Picking Nits
The convenient escape, lack of casualties and impossible crash
In the discussion (12)
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- Cyclone’s decisions are jokingly suspected of sabotage — Chris Ryan
- Rooster’s age and delayed training are worked through — Chris Ryan
- The younger pilots seem to have almost no personal lives — Chris Ryan
- The two downed pilots land conveniently close to each other and a usable airstrip — Chris Ryan
- An operational familiar F-14 makes their escape convenient — Chris Ryan
- Maverick dying while saving Rooster might have supplied a powerful ending — Chris Ryan
- The forest escape feels like a tonal shift — Chris Ryan
- The hosts argue for at least one meaningful pilot death, proposing Phoenix and Bob — Chris Ryan
- Maverick’s age as an active pilot is questioned — Chris Ryan
- Opening-flight survival and lack of medical aftermath are criticized — Chris Ryan
- Rooster returning safely through the defended valley is unexplained — Chris Ryan
- The final hangar scene raises a question about Rooster living with Maverick — Chris Ryan