![]() That said, part of the film does feature a variant of the Intruder designed to go after anti-aircraft radar sites, intentionally exposing itself to enemy fire in order to get the bad guy to reveal himself.Limited to subsonic speeds, carrying no guns or air-to-air weapons, and resembling nothing so much as a giant tadpole with wings, the Intruder is as uncool as it gets, but is remarkably good at what it does, which is low-level attack, often at night. Cool Plane: Half of the point of the movie is that the Grumman A-6 Intruder could be considered an aversion.They almost crash upon landing and Morg dies from blood loss. There isn't anything particularly wrong with their plane, but Grafton's Bombadier-Navigator has been mortally wounded, and Jake is frantically trying to help control the bleeding with one hand while trying to land the plane with the other. Coming in Hot: In the beginning of the film.This nasty little prank is officially recognized by the US Navy as a sign of excessive boredom on a ship. Chekhov's Gunman: The Phantom Shitter.Burial at Sea: Morg receives this after being killed by the "peasant with a rifle".''Sir, my bombardier and 58,000 other Americans are dead. He hatched his Airstrike Impossible plan out of a burning desire to actually do something that matters for a change. Broken Ace: Grafton is intensely frustrated by the way the Vietnam War is being prosecuted, with ridiculous targets like a "road junction" (empty jungle in the middle of nowhere) or a "suspected truck park" (described as "two tents under a tree") costing lives every day.Or at least, Grafton seems incapable of doing anything except push them. Commander Camparelli seems to have almost nothing but berserk buttons.Berserk Button: While he is more than willing to perform airstrikes that kill hundreds of enemy troops, Grafton does not want to be reminded of how many peoples' deaths he has personally caused in his air strikes.When it's over, one of the A-6 pilots helps the Chief hold the racist face-to-face with the croc while the Chief declares, "Repeat after me, boy: Black is beautiful!" ![]() ![]()
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