Misreading of the movie. The diner scene is funny because of the novelty of a burnt astronaut-looking dude interrupting a regular day. Everyone including Maverick acts like it's weird, because it is.
I didn't see this "cool, collected group" you're talking about. I don't think that actually exists. One of the Hispanic pilots G'd so hard that he passed out, not exactly his fault but not cool either. The other prominent non-whites were Payback and Fanboy and neither of them had much to do in general compared to everyone else. Bottom line they are all elite pilots, and the most skilled pilot is Hangman (the jerk).
Phoenix (the girl) was neither terrible, nor super special wonderful. Bob looked like a weak nerd in the beginning but the point of his character is that he's actually an amazing EWO. Dimensionality creates memorable characters. Hangman got his redemption just like Iceman.
I don't get this white authority figure thing, the black no.2 of Jon Hamm obviously doesn't approve of Maverick either. Was there even another non-white commanding figure in the movie?
Rorschach test I guess.
Misreading of the movie. The diner scene is funny because of the novelty of a burnt astronaut-looking dude interrupting a regular day. Everyone including Maverick acts like it's weird, because it is.
I didn't see this "cool, collected group" you're talking about. I don't think that actually exists. One of the Hispanic pilots G'd so hard that he passed out, not exactly his fault but not cool either. The other prominent non-whites were Payback and Fanboy and neither of them had much to do in general compared to everyone else. Bottom line they are all elite pilots, and the most skilled pilot is Hangman (the jerk).
Phoenix (the girl) was neither terrible, nor super special wonderful. Bob looked like a weak nerd in the beginning but the point of his character is that he's actually an amazing EWO. Hangman got his redemption just like Iceman.
I don't get this white authority figure thing, the black no.2 of Jon Hamm obviously doesn't approve of Maverick either. Was there even another non-white commanding figure in the movie?
Rorschach test I guess.