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IIRC the scene in the awacs plane boiled down to Michael Bay telling the airmen to do whatever it is they normally do when calling in a strike package and just started rolling.
Having spoken to someone in the field, it’s even better than that. Originally the crew were given a script. AWACS crew refused, said it was crap. Then Bay said “okay, do it your way.”
Almost like how every military scene in a movie should be done.
But no one wants to see two hours of talking absolute sleep deprived nonsense followed up by calmly doing something cool for 5 mins, while ignoring all the rules you got taught 5 years ago.
I mean, that’s how it should be done. The amount of times I watched military movies and just absolutely cringed/turned it off due to inaccuracies is ridiculous. You could literally hire a 22 year old veteran at $1 a day and shaking any random stars hand to offer advice in order to make a movie more plausible.
One of the greatest military movies I ever saw was *Thats My Boy* and only because it was purposefully inaccurate. I loved it.
There was load at Travis who was gifted some sort of sports car for his role in the movie, no idea what it was, ain't a car guy. Dude had his own Instagram page for his car. Had a bit of a following I think.
Pretty cool they did that for him.
That's the story that was told.
He was already extremely successful prior to the movie. Already owned several houses and a few nice cars.
Think he's stationed out in Hickam just absolutely living the life.
Anyways um, tell your kids to become a loadmaster if they ever ask you for advice about joining the Air Force lol.
Saw this bad boy in person at an air show. It’s name is Heavy Metal. Apparently those stick figures printed on are actual kill counts from Afghanistan, a tradition grandfathered in from the Vietnam war. IIRC each stick figure = 20 Taliban KIA. The ‘blank’ figure must be 10 KIA.
E: see comment below, I’m probably wrong on the stick figure count
That movie is nothing but pure unfiltered propaganda for the American military. And it worked. The military is clearly severely underfunded. QUADRUPLE THE BUDGET!
Alright I know celebrities can be weird but does she go by the “if it’s yellow rule” cause I can let that go. But if she NEVER flushes that’s just ridiculous.
I'm going to be that guy, but iirc Scorponok wasn't killed in that scene. They rained tons of firepower down on him with the infantry on the ground, the UAV, the A-10's, this AC-130, and despite all that he still managed to escape burying itself on the sand and leaving part of it's stinger behind.
I'm pretty sure this was more to show that the plane itself was in the movie rather than actually a "kill marker" for a decepticon, since decepticons are fictional
That Scorponok theme has a one hour repeat vid on YouTube I've listened to several times to psych myself up. Jablonsky did good.
That scene where the pilots are mounting up on the A-10s while this theme played was like a massive boost of adrenaline!
"Be advised, ground team is requesting 105 sabot rounds."
Love that scene. "Bring the rain"
EPPS I NEED A CREDIT CARD
LEFT CHEEK, LEFT CHEEK, LEFT CHEEK
"send the hogs"
“Sir, I need to tell you this attitude is not going to speed things up at all.”
That reminds me of the exact same bit in Heartbreak Ridge
one of the best airforce recruitment ads
Stargate SG-1 got me lol
Are you commanding a BC-304 yet, or are you one the redshirts on SG-3?
“Deep space radar telemetry”
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Indeed
This goes HARD https://youtu.be/wat57RsLl7k?si=30FHnz_S32IqsDeM&t=1m59s
Adama: Optimus, what do you hear? Optimus: Nothing but the rain.
Scorponok theme on that whole scene is amazing.
Unashamed propaganda Also really cool
They used a bunch of Airmen as extras in the movie. I knew probably half a dozen people that did it.
IIRC the scene in the awacs plane boiled down to Michael Bay telling the airmen to do whatever it is they normally do when calling in a strike package and just started rolling.
" do whatever you normally do, but make it extra bad ass and use ALL the lingo."
"Would one of you be ok with exploding?"
I want to hear the loaders and the sensor operators yelling ready, READY and firing!
Having spoken to someone in the field, it’s even better than that. Originally the crew were given a script. AWACS crew refused, said it was crap. Then Bay said “okay, do it your way.”
Almost like how every military scene in a movie should be done. But no one wants to see two hours of talking absolute sleep deprived nonsense followed up by calmly doing something cool for 5 mins, while ignoring all the rules you got taught 5 years ago.
I mean, that’s how it should be done. The amount of times I watched military movies and just absolutely cringed/turned it off due to inaccuracies is ridiculous. You could literally hire a 22 year old veteran at $1 a day and shaking any random stars hand to offer advice in order to make a movie more plausible. One of the greatest military movies I ever saw was *Thats My Boy* and only because it was purposefully inaccurate. I loved it.
There was load at Travis who was gifted some sort of sports car for his role in the movie, no idea what it was, ain't a car guy. Dude had his own Instagram page for his car. Had a bit of a following I think. Pretty cool they did that for him.
Probably one of the yellow corvettes that Bumblebee turns into? I remember they released a special transformers edition that you could win
My mistake, he wasn't in Transformers, he was in Man of Steel, they gave him an orange McClaren.
Ahh no worries! That’s honestly way cooler
[https://www.instagram.com/airforcegtr/](https://www.instagram.com/airforcegtr/) Don't think he got it anymore.
Wait they just gave a loadmaster a 150,000+ car for being an extra in a movie?
That's the story that was told. He was already extremely successful prior to the movie. Already owned several houses and a few nice cars. Think he's stationed out in Hickam just absolutely living the life. Anyways um, tell your kids to become a loadmaster if they ever ask you for advice about joining the Air Force lol.
Bumblebee turns into a Camaro, not a Corvette.
Ahh, thanks
With Michael Bay’s history I wouldn’t be surprised if his scripts have cache blanc with the Pentagon.
Decepticon*
auto correct did me bad
Saw this bad boy in person at an air show. It’s name is Heavy Metal. Apparently those stick figures printed on are actual kill counts from Afghanistan, a tradition grandfathered in from the Vietnam war. IIRC each stick figure = 20 Taliban KIA. The ‘blank’ figure must be 10 KIA. E: see comment below, I’m probably wrong on the stick figure count
We were using 1 stick figure for 5 kills in Iraq/Syria/end of Afghanistan on Whiskeys and U-boats.
I was thinking the blank was one of those things from r/aliens
That movie is nothing but pure unfiltered propaganda for the American military. And it worked. The military is clearly severely underfunded. QUADRUPLE THE BUDGET!
If the service wanted you to have a Megan Fox, they would have issued you one.
She does not flush and has BO issues. Be careful what procurement you wish for.
Alright I know celebrities can be weird but does she go by the “if it’s yellow rule” cause I can let that go. But if she NEVER flushes that’s just ridiculous.
“Ugh don’t you know battleship, top gun, and all the transformers movies are just US military propaganda!?” “Yes” *giga Chad face*
> battleship "Let's drop some lead on those muthaf...." **[FIRE!](https://youtu.be/nCqDdsZY7RA?si=_2tag14MKR8qmAt2&t=81)**
Four gingerbread men, and one transformer.
I'm going to be that guy, but iirc Scorponok wasn't killed in that scene. They rained tons of firepower down on him with the infantry on the ground, the UAV, the A-10's, this AC-130, and despite all that he still managed to escape burying itself on the sand and leaving part of it's stinger behind.
I'm pretty sure this was more to show that the plane itself was in the movie rather than actually a "kill marker" for a decepticon, since decepticons are fictional
stolen valor
Those fuckers have to pay
When Transformers aren’t cool enough you bring in the AC-130.
Don’t you dare ruin my childhood memories!
That scene was such an mw2 vibe.
one of the best scenes in the entire transfomers franchise, the base jump assault in the third one was also pretty cool
Can't remember if that is the one with the call sign BIG DADDY.
Nah this one's call sign is "Heavy Metal" at the Cannon Air Force Base.
That Scorponok theme has a one hour repeat vid on YouTube I've listened to several times to psych myself up. Jablonsky did good. That scene where the pilots are mounting up on the A-10s while this theme played was like a massive boost of adrenaline! "Be advised, ground team is requesting 105 sabot rounds."
Also good for that same feeling? The scene in Battleship with the old guys firing salvos with the 16" guns on the Mo.
Oof. Mo has 16 inch guns.
Oof. Thanks for correcting me. Thats a likeable quality in people.
only god knows how fucking hyped i was for this scene as a 13 year old
We used to listen to them work out while at camp rudder at night while we were in the field
Which transformer movie??
2 I belive
Nah it was 1. Where they fired at the Scorpion that was fighting the soldiers.
Spooky 3 2, use 105 shells. Bring the rain!
It killed one evil robot and 4 gingerbread men.
Deception vs DecepTIcon
3 white dudes, one black and a decepticon
Decepticon?
*Decepticon*
so what's up with the pseudo subdued us army engineer insignia ?
Literally the bad guys