Apache Pilot REACTS to FIRE BIRDS (1990) | Mover Ruins Movies

Casmo (former AH-64/OH-58 pilot) joins me to take a look at the 1990 classic FIRE BIRDS starring Nicholas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones. Mover Ruins Movies.
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[@Alvi410]

“This is not our Top Gun, this is our Iron Eagle 3” That was probably one of the harshest insults to a movie i ever heard.

[@edtlonsway]

and it was kind.......

[@TheNordicVoyager]

C'mon why the hatred for Iron Eagle? A kid dogfighting Inspector Poirot with Queen soundtrack cranked up to 11! What more could you ask for? LMAO!

[@quietprofessional]

@@TheNordicVoyager It'd be nice if they repeat that for the rest of the Iron Eagle sequels but...

[@Alvi410]

@@TheNordicVoyager Iron Eagle one was: Ehhh. Its kinda like Karate Kid in the Sky but still fun. Iron Eagle 2 was: Its dumb. Iron Eagle 3 was: Its too dumb. Iron Eagle 4 was: I never saw it but i have a bad feeling about it.

[@Russellsperry]

I would say more like Iron Eagle 2.

[@DarkAngelGuyver]

Dirty secret: This is the movie that convinced 10 year old me to become a pilot. Was gaga about the Apache, started thinking about getting US citizenship. Fell in love with the Viper a few years later and started thinking Air Force. Sadly air force didn't pan out, and I'm freezing my ass off in northern Canada, but at least I'm flying. :D

[@escstudios2068]

@@wakeuppeople7327 Red shirt idiot got the triangle on his shirt

[@ugs192]

What do you fly now? Flying anything is amazing

[@DarkAngelGuyver]

@@ugs192 Flying a Dash 7 currently. Basically a museum piece with wings

[@MostlyPennyCat]

​@@DarkAngelGuyver Oh, the Dash 7's a _wonderful_ bird, I love De Havilland

[@rumrnr78]

​@@DarkAngelGuyverFour engine turbo prop time baby! Uncle did RCAF time above the Pine Line- Fam in Peterborough

[@trevorbodnar5495]

Next: Real Astronaut reacts to Space Cowboys.

[@Russellsperry]

That would be good one, or the movie Gravity.

[@Usebitchute]

Or perhaps, hear me out here, a real cowboy! reacts to space cowboys.

[@DonWan47]

Jesus, that’d be fucking hilarious and about six hours long.

[@IT-sq5rj]

@@Russellsperry I want to know if they reduce their O2 and talk to people in China on the ISS?!

[@crazyworld54321]

We've never been in space. Astronauts are just Hollywood actors.

[@Stubby0266]

I served with one of the pilots that flew in this movie. I was his crewchief on the AH-1F Cobra before he transition over to the AH-64. I met him at the food court at Eustis, while I was going thru my advancement training, and mentioned to him that the movie wasn't that great. He said, " but it was sure fun being involved and making it !" "The Bear"

[@bigdaddy7119]

What time frame was that? I was at Eustis in ‘89 going through the 67U (Chinook) school for AIT

[@wedgie502]

i was at Eustis in 95 and "Enterprise" was still there. im curious if it ever returned to flight status.

[@UnadulteratedSharpy]

@@bigdaddy7119 I was at Eustis in '89 going through 68F (Electrician) school for AIT

[@jericho1-4]

Something I always wondered about is did the Army shitcan the Kiowa intel targeting for the Apache when the Apache got the longbow upgrade cause I didn't see any OH-58's in Afghanistan or Iraq working with the AH-64's with the spotters mast on top of the main rotor

[@shadowpuma5382]

"Thats about the most warrant officer thing ive seen in this movie." Awesome. Lol, fire for effect. I love Firebirds.

[@mactac25]

“I’m pushing you because you beat the shit out of me a couple days ago.” And I’m dead....😂

[@michaelhurley212]

All the tarmac scenes were filmed at Ft. Hood using my Dads' Apaches and buildings when he had command of, what was then, The Apache Training Brigade. I was there during most of the filming and remember first meeting Nick Cage and as my Dad shook his hand he told him to "go get a haircut", still one of the funniest things he ever did. All the actors were very cool and had some great stories to tell about the other movies they had done.

[@NoneYaBidness762]

I watched them film this at Ft. Hood. Was an Apache crew chief. The movie was so anticipated and soooo bad. The scenery takes me back. Also Sean Young was very friendly. She wandered into our hanger one day and spent about 15 min asking questions about the helos and such.

[@appleiiee]

Cool that Ms. Young came over to your hangar to ask questions. My husband was at 1/6 CAV flying OH-58C's when they were filming at Hood. I think Tommy Lee Jones still has a ranch out in San Saba County. Thank you for your service, None Ya!

[@DerekMoore82]

I thought it was a great movie. I've seen it multiple times, it never gets old.

[@orzorzelski1142]

All of that trouble would've been avoided if they sent the Airwolf.

[@starkparker16]

The theme song alone would have saved the day.

[@firebythewater4477]

Stringfellow woulda tore that azz up guick like n a jiffy with The Lady!!

[@scarecrow108productions7]

@@Christopher-li6gg yeah, he would cut down Stoller's MD-500 like a cheese grater. Erik Stoller won't stand a chance against Stringfellow, let alone he may have bagged down a Cobra, a Blackhawk, and several more DEA units, but we'll see if he'll hold on his own in a fight against the Airwolf.

[@julienj80]

they used knight rider in super pursuiit SFX LOL

[@SpriGgEx]

Airwolf has the same Problem as this Movie. Everyone shoots unguided Rockets as if they were fire and forget weapons xD

[@TheCartajay]

Fun fact: fort Mitchell was named after Pete Mitchell, a naval aviator who is now a US navy Captain who's father was a naval Avaitor during the Vietnam war

[@wyskass861]

Does Army ever name their facilities after Navy people?

[@TheCartajay]

@@wyskass861 lol it's a joke Pete Mitchell was in top gun

[@wyskass861]

@@TheCartajay That makes more sense

[@floydwegienka6582]

That is Pima Community collage west campus, here in Tucson, AZ

[@Leadblast]

I guess Fort Mitchell was named so after Billy Mitchell, but the Pete "Maverick" Mitchell works.

[@Adonnay76]

"That's wha thappens when you turn 40, the Apache out-taxis you..." really got me :D

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

Me too! They roasted this movie in just the right way. Not mean, but not holding back too much, either =D

[@RickHollmer]

"You need a whole task force for one asshole?" - Best line ever.

[@TacComControl]

I mean, we sent what, 200,000, 300,000 after one asshole in Afghanistan, and it turned out he wasn't even there?

[@RickHollmer]

@@TacComControl This was decided because there was sufficient QUANTITY of assholes. Just not the quality of asshole that we initially set out to find.

[@MattKearneyFan1]

@@TacComControl tearing apart the taliban was one of the priorities

[@TacComControl]

@@MattKearneyFan1 And we did such a great job of it that now the Taliban runs Afghanistan again, just as much as they did before.

[@TerryTerius]

@@TacComControl I wonder how many years it will be until we make the same mistake with some other country, telling ourselves the same lies and propping up corrupt incompetent governments.

[@jamesharazda5027]

I forgot Tommy Lee Jones and Nicholas Cage were in that movie. They probably wish more people would forget that too.

[@kycon13]

Look up cages list of movies. This one isn’t that bad in comparison lol

[@kycon13]

@17ll3 x214 that’s amazing lol.

[@somethingsomeonesaid6455]

ya know, its no flight of the intruder, but looks like it was fun to make. Apaches were "new" back then....saw it perform at an airshow; to go from nearly 90 degrees straight up to hover 200ish feet up in about 3 seconds was a sight to behold.

[@Music-pl8xf]

@17ll3 x214 Does Cage charge extra for dialog

[@AICW]

@@Music-pl8xf The Screen Actors' Guild does.

[@baghdaddymike6669]

I was an extra in this flick (along with the rest of U of Arizona Army ROTC) we watched in awe as the McDonnel test pilots took the Apache through its paces. And Shawn Young was nice enough to sit down with us for lunch. Good times!

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Sean Young

[@seansamurai1981]

For those in the UK, this film is called Wings of the Apache.

[@Tigermoto]

You legend

[@SvenMl78]

German Title: Airborne- Flügel aus Stahl...

[@PlexingtonSteel]

@@SvenMl78 *Air Borne. Such a stupid name

[@shura0107]

I know it as this as well.

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

German movie titles are often so different that you don't know what movie someone from the US or UK is talking about until you get to see some scenes directly that you'll instantly remember then :D

[@brianb8060]

"He walked in the kitchen and forgot why he was there." Yep. Sounds about right.

[@MatthewCallison]

Also, if you're doing helo movies, ya gotta do "Blue Thunder". I mean, it's classic.

[@kiss4luna]

I mistook it as "Blue Angels" at the first galance.

[@tristanholland6445]

Oh yeah that is good movie and a great message about governments spying on their own citizens.

[@joshuasill1141]

And episodes of Air Wolf!

[@Reticuli]

@@joshuasill1141 Airwolf does spy stuff better than it did the aviation. I loved the trimmer button as the boost thing.

[@nabilbudiman]

@@tristanholland6445 there's nothing wrong with spying if you're as JAFO saw the bombshell blondie doing her thang with your binocular

[@roblongstaff8500]

Referring to a tank as a turtle is a reference to the Navajo Code Talkers during WWII. Even more fun is that Nicholas Cage featured in the movie Windtalkers about the same subject.

[@ab5olut3zero95]

Yep. And both his war movies are terrible!

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Those Indians

[@ukmediawarrior]

I love seeing Dale Dye in anything. The man is a legend in his own lifetime. A Vietnam vet, retired as a Marine Corp Captain and has appeared in movies or been a technical advisor on films and tv shows since 1986. In Wings of the Apache he stars as Colonel McNeil but you can usually see him as a captain or colonel in most things that want to add some real military feel to their characters. I suppose one of his most recognised roles was as Colonel Robert Sink in Band of Brothers and he put the actors through boot camp before production of that series.

[@BlackHawkBallistic]

I'm pretty sure playing a 90yr old colonel in Steven Siegals most recent movie is totally more iconic

[@shockerthreeone]

I’m a 38 year old CW4 with four kids. I can relate to those early morning runs near the flight line. They feel like hell. Lol

[@q1o2]

Impressive progression! Very nice sir! I'm 30 now and headed to WOCS, and now I have to wait 2 years after completing flight school to get CW2... Ouch

[@Thegeneralms1]

I never saw. Warrant officer run.😂😂😂😂

[@jericho1-4]

The great thing about Army CWO's is there always up for a poker game, The bad thing is if you clean them out they might not let you on their precious whirly birds lol.

[@dougmasters4579]

I agree with Mover's final thoughts. If you like military-themed aerial action & cheesy one liners, then it's a decent film to sit through. it's a film for the fans basically. And also he makes a great point, the aerial photography is first rate. You just don't see that quality anymore.

[@13mike27]

Little then instructs her to remove one of the still-functioning Stinger missiles from his AH-64 Apache and attach a grip stock unit to it so it can be shoulder-launched: this is readily possible as the air-launched Stinger (AIM-92 or Stinger ATAS) is identical to the ground version, even retaining the sighting unit. This is one of the earliest appearances of an actual FIM-92, as previous launchers seen in film and television were actually the discontinued FIM-43 Redeye. It is also a rare case of a Stinger in film appearing with a real grip stock unit, rather than a fabricated one fitted to a spent launch tube.

[@rickyjanzen6684]

That's all well and good, but he probably wouldn't have needed to tell her to do any of that had he just fired the thing at the bad guy while he was still in the air like it was originally intended... :P

[@gunsmithgeoff8218]

@13mike27 So in real life it could simply be dismounted and immediately used as a standalone MANPADS? How does its fire control interface with the helicopter? Data cable? When firing ATAS mode from the helicopter gunner's seat, would the same 45-second time limit apply (due to the BCU) or is it receiving power from the aircraft (cable) and basically unlimited time to track and fire?

[@lolman345_8]

@@gunsmithgeoff8218 ancient response, but the handle data bus plugs into the same port on the ATAS launcher for vehicles, the only difference is that the vehicle launcher has two larger tanks which provide 8 45 second launch windows. You can take a stinger tube from a ATAS and use it as a MANPAD, in a humvee stinger launcher or the emplaced mount without any modifications, its fully plug and play. Only change between the launchers is that the hand held setup just takes the individual power + cooling canisters.

[@gunsmithgeoff8218]

@Lolman345 _ I appreciate your reply. So you're saying the onboard tanks hold more argon, but they still only transfer enough coolant to the seeker for a 45-second window per "arming"? So can the gunner re-arm and get another 45-second window immediately afterwards, if he wants (like with no interruption in seeker functionality)? How does he do that, exactly? Do you know how many BCUs an Apache of that era would've carried for dismounted (handheld) use? Maybe just the one stowed on the MANPADS handle assembly?

[@104th_Fallen]

"does the army really age you that much" - Mover "I'm 29 and I feel great!" - Casmo

[@DerekMoore82]

I'm 40 and nothing works like it used to. I always feel like I'm outta gas. But Tommy Lee Jones looks old enough to be my grandpa in this movie.

[@mallekgarson9127]

37:40 " I'm gunna hit the brakes, he's gunna fly right by!". I can almost ALWAYS predict when you're going to say that, but it still get's me EVERY TIME. That and " You're gunna WHAT?!" Love it

[@papasierra8954]

The "A" model did have full motion simulators, separate boxes for front and back seats...graphics were very old school, but got the job done.

[@EfEmDee]

"Three kids? No wonder he looks old!" Damn, Mover. That stung.

[@SKGunslinger]

This movie was filmed partially in Arizona and some of my fellow Army Guard members are extras in the movie. Those Cobras and the Blackhawks in the beginning of the movie were AZ Army Guard.

[@Flipper-mno13]

"Half ass, full blast. Let's do this boss." " Kill 'em with wing turbulence." "Riceman has nothing on Iceman." Definitely hit the brakes and let him fly by..."you don't have keys?" Casmo was so cool and low key. This was fun. Thanks Mover.😊 👍🙃

[@MikeK2100]

My favorite Apache story was one was hovering outside of work and figured something was going on at the National Guard base down the road. I got it's attention and got it to turn the gun on the print shop I worked at. It lasted long enough for one to tell the other, "That's stupid." What shook me was I never realized how fast the gun can be turned on and trained. I loved this review!

[@brucewelty7684]

I had the opportunities to commute through Ft. Rucker. It is slick when a 64 pops up and targets you with its gun. Weirder than that was 9/12 and the entire training cadre was grounded. I would have felt a hell of a lot safer with them whizzing around looking badass.

[@nunyabusiness896]

The gun is supposed to be linked to the helmet and where the gunner is looking, so if they looked at you, the gun would follow.

[@davidkanengieter]

I'm 44, have a 6 year old and 4 month old. His pre-geriatric aches and grumblings are accurate.

[@Linus76]

I can't imagine still being in now at my geriatric age of 45. A ruck march would probably literally kill me now.

[@480JD]

FML, I'm gonna be 40 this year and have a 12, 10, 8, 6 and 2 year old.

[@jcak552]

@@480JD Rocking you are

[@leefithian3704]

Lucky you , really ... I’m a 47 yr old boy , envious of Your dilemma lol

[@ericd7761]

bruh my old boss was 64 and he would pour concrete and lay block with us get out of the office😂😂

[@owensparks5013]

For anyone wanting a couple of books written by an apache pilot "Hellfire" written under the name "Ed Macy" and "Apache" are excellent. It's in cockpit stuff from training to front line missions. British pilot with some great stories.

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Read this book before and it was really awesome. At the start of the book, Ed used rockets to attack a group of Taliban hiding in some bush and he mentioned the number of projectiles in each rocket and the number of rockets fire. The result was gruesome when ground troops did a BDA. Also the request for support for a US F-15 when they needed heavier munition which their Hellfires were not enough. The last part about the rescue of Royal Marine at Jugroom Fort was nail biting when the pilot landed behind enemy lines with some Marines strapped on the stub wings to retrieve the body of the fallen Marine.

[@kenbarney3843]

It was a Saab 35 Draaken, a "multi role" fighter that really was not meant for air-to-air. But, in my opinion, one of the sweetest looking airframes ever.

[@LEJapproach]

Well, the name is "Draken" (with one a) and air-to-air was in fact its main design goal, albeit its intended opponents were fast, high-flying bombers, not other fighters. Apart from that, you're right. 😉

[@chrismyers2073]

Wow long time- I am the medic (front) carrying TLJ to the medivac chopper. I was actually attached (as a medic) to the 1/285 located outside Tucson, AZ, spent my career as a flight medic (91B1F). Also much of that scene is filmed on a ranch owned by one of our pilots. The crashed AH-64 was a salvage from a tail rotor accident from another unit (Texas I think) My unit was across from the WAATS (western army aviation training) and yes we could ask to fly the simulator (lunch hour only) always a wait. I crashed- always.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

It's amazing what I find on KZbin....and that's just in the comment section

[@hfl7393]

Thank you for a hilarious video, I'm impressed that you recognized the SAAB J35 Draken! :) The J35 had one or two (depending on version) 30 mm Aden cannons, so it didn't have to rely on creating turbulence to down a helicopter. :)

[@Russellsperry]

I wonder if an Apache pilot ever screamed “I am the greatest“ in the simulator after watching Firebirds?

[@orlock20]

They stopped screaming it and now have it as their ringtone. The Apache E has it built into the fire control system so every time the trigger is pulled, that phrase is uttered by an outside speaker in order to strike fear into the enemy. Meanwhile the speaker is broadcasting the Airwolf theme song on a loop.

[@ulor5939]

@@orlock20 I want to believe.

[@Russellsperry]

@@orlock20 / Now that’s the way to do it! That takes psychological warfare to a whole other level.

[@andrewhogan6533]

@@orlock20 I’m going to go ahead and believe this

[@Linus76]

thats actually the most common pickup line apache pilots use :)

[@eknohekim]

Am I missing all the props for Dale Dye? Couldn't be an 80's war movie without Dale.

[@brianhaygood183]

Dale is awesome, and yes, Dale's involvement was required to be a great '80's - '90's war movie.

[@alexshmalex]

So true... I'm surprised he wasn't in Top Gun!

[@Caffeine_Club]

@@alexshmalex He didn't really get his start until 'Platoon' which came out the same year as 'Top Gun'. If that had been made a few years later, I guarantee he would have been in it 😄

[@alexshmalex]

@@Caffeine_Club He would have made a great Top Gun instructor or even better, the Air Boss with the coffee!

[@MattKearneyFan1]

@@alexshmalex he was in the army so he wouldn’t be fitting but he did great in band of brothers

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

The best thing about the comment at 29:44 (and the earlier mention of a guy with a Stinger) is that's what actually wins the day against the fast movers: One guy ending up on the ground and shooting from the shoulder.

[@mississippirebel1409]

I have always loved this movie because I have always loved the Apache. One of my biggest regrets while i was in the army (2000-2010) was not trying to become a warrant officer and becoming a helicopter pilot.

[@muzzaball]

Wow Mover - that new intro for M.R.M is sensational. Those production values keep getting better and better. Thanks for all your efforts. This had to be the BEST that you have done, so good. Cheers mate.

[@northroad1]

Back in 2005 my battallion HQ was moved to an old flight sim building on the flight line at Hood, and those simulators had what looked like an exact replica of the Apache crew compartment. I remember they were mounted up in the air on long hydraulic cylinders, and you had to use a catwalk to reach the cockpit. The computer room that drove it all ran off those large magnetic tape reels, so my thinking is that it was original Apache program equipment, from when the Army was first transitioning units in the 80s. Contractors tore it all out not long after we moved in.

[@Bellthorian]

As a former Stinger guy the back blast would not have killed hum. The Stinger has a small explosive charge that ejects the missile out of the tube and then the missile rocket motor ignites when the missile is a safe distance away from the gunner.

[@Jeremiah_Johnson139]

When I was a kid, 'Firebirds' was right up there with 'Iron Eagle'. It wasn't as good as 'Top Gun' or 'The Final Countdown', but had lots of good action, cool flying, and pretty good cinematography. Every blue-moon, I'll watch 'Firebirds' again. I roll my eyes at certain scenes, but still marvel at the flying, and some of the pyrotechnics. I'm never sorry I watched it, though.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

I still want them to make "Iron Eagle V - Joint Assult - Firebirds 2."

[@digitalproductions4758]

This is an epic addition to the series, more "MST3K"-esque than the others so far... love it!

[@chipper7458]

Couldn't agree more. Mover, as I mentioned in Airwolf, if you haven't seen it (which I'm gonna guess you have), you must!

[@manowaari]

Oh man, those helicopters sounds like Knight Rider car on Pursuit mode!

[@sd501st5]

That's the exact sound effect. And apparently the baddie flew a toned down version of Airwolf, because that effect was there, too.

[@jimcombs6760]

I was at Ft. Hood while this was being filmed. We used to drive up and down the road that parallel the flight line. In the original cut you could see a glimpse of my blue 1986 Mustang. Good times!

[@480JD]

Did the dealer get you for 25% interest?

[@jimcombs6760]

@@480JD nope. Bought it back home in St. Louis.

[@izzymp7304]

I loved the movie when it came out in the movies, I was a kid back then. I served 9 years in the army, noticed the unrealism now but I think it was still a good recruiting movie like Top Gun.

[@wizcorn9958]

I also love it when movies come out in the movies.

[@Wood-In-My-Eye]

When I was stationed in Bosnia during IFOR. We would call in dust offs to clear crowds and the responding helo was always an Apache. It scared everybody to run and disperse. She is an amazing bird. I knew one of the CW5’s that ran the entire unit. He was a cool person to talk shop with! I always wanted to fly them. I went a different path though. I did learn rotary, yet my point is follow your dreams and have no regrets! There is a plan believe in that plan!

[@WasabiSniffer]

"Who's up there?" "Cougar and Merlin, and Mover and Gonky." "Great, Mover and Gonky." "With Casmo on the rescue bird." "... I quit."

[@killian9314]

who's cougar and merlin? is that a top gun reference

[@CDRhammond]

@@killian9314 yes its a top gun reference Cougar was the pilot that has a nervous breakdown in the first 10 min of the movie Merlin was his RIO (now known as WSO) who also at the end of the movie sits backseat to Maverick

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Nice, i can see the Moververse is slowly growing. Especially infamous *harrharr*

[@adamross2256]

I loooved this movie when it released. I even started talking to recruiters for the warrant officer flight training program, but never pulled the trigger :P Something I never noticed before: The sound effect when the Scorpion flies by is the same as when KITT drives by, in Knight Rider.

[@aewhatever]

This actually was the best reaction video I have ever seen yet. It reminded me of Mystery Science Theater 3000

[@Skyisnotalimit]

32:26 A Swedish Saab J35 Draken yes. I remember as a kid crawling through the J35 fighter with the engine out. My dad grabbed me at the intakes. I got to sit in it's cockpit too. It was crazy. I still remember the jealous classmates ar school when i told them about it.

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Tommy Lee Jones is the token old guy in every movie he stars in. This is probably the only movie he's ever looked young in

[@garyg7145]

Coal Miner's Daughter

[@pontiacGXPfan]

@@garyg7145 as Doolittle Lynn?

[@garyg7145]

@@pontiacGXPfan That's the one.

[@leonardotavaresdardenne9955]

Rolling Thunder.

[@MStreppelhoff]

Anyone noticed those sound at the beginning they also used for Knight Rider in Hot Pursuit Mode ?? .. :D

[@Void304]

I always knew that someday this masterpiece would get the respect it deserves.

[@JeanBatiste5158]

now I understand why the US army find it difficult to recruit at that time

[@Linus76]

BURN

[@kurtiskraehmer9243]

Thank you for this! I've always liked this movie and it was definitely a good episode of Mover Ruins Movies. It was cool to hear the views of a real Apache pilot.

[@zepter00]

Scorpion has .50 cal M3 in this big pod. You can see the same thing on OH-58 D Kiowa.

[@darthrevan3476]

If you ask a typical 64 pilot if this is their favorite movie you'll get punched in the face

[@Linus76]

if you ask anyone if this is their favorite, you deserve to be punched in the face.

[@SpriGgEx]

From the Aireal footage ist is awesome. But there arent really any other Helicopter focused movies out there i can think off. Its still better than Iron Eagle 3 or 4 xD

[@HSKFabrications]

@@SpriGgEx Blackhawk down lol

[@SpriGgEx]

@@HSKFabrications Its not a Helicopter Movie, the Helicopter is more a Plot Devise here, you don't even get to know any Pilot xD

[@leefithian3704]

I think the Kiowa is /was superb , great vids

[@jeffsmith4835]

In the stinger launch scene the stinger motor lobs itself about 9 meters before the flight motor kicks in to protect the operator from backslash. She was attempting to convert the stinger from weapon round to ready round. However you wouldn't put the BCU in the gripstock assembly until ready to launch back in the 80s I was 16s in the Army which is stinger crewmember

[@JnEricsonx]

This is why I LOVED the "Strike" games for Genesis and SNES, cause you pilot a Apache in it.

[@PV1230]

Loved those games

[@480JD]

It had a wierd enclosed tail rotor fan. Probably made it easier on the graphics, just had to mirror one file for both directions.

[@Solar-td4fj]

Love your "Mover Ruins Movies" series, so keep up the good work. The way the "panty training" is supposed to work instead of directly using the simulator is by restricting the dominant eye. It's a very common rehabilitation technique for limbs after a stroke or other type of neurological injury (I've never seen it used for eyesight though), but the way it is supposed to work is this: When one of your arms is affected, you instinctively begin using the unaffected arm more and more, which makes rehabilitating the affected arm harder, so one way to rehab it, is by restricting the good arm (like with the use of a sling), to force you to only use your bad arm to help it regain some function. Here the concept is basically the same. In the sim he could still use both of his eyes, so his dominant eye would still well, dominate, making it harder for him to process the information from the other eye. With the panty and periscope he was forced to only rely on his non-dominant eye by taking away his dominant eye. In theory it should help, although he wouldn't notice any benefits after a single training session.

[@void870]

Tommy Lee Jones: "The Army isn't stressful at all, I'm 25 and I feel great." *visibly old as fuck

[@joerhodes213]

"He walked into the kitchen and forgot why he was there". I can totally relate to that. It happens to me a couple times a week.

[@robertduran100]

"It was the Army's answer to Top Gun, and the answer was wrong" - Casmo, 2021 (colorized)

[@dperl5640]

Was skeptical about his call name until the very end when Casmo says, with perfect facial expressions for the comment, "Whew, what a journey!! lol Good vid, boys.

[@stepanbroz8842]

Saab 35 Draken as the "fast mover" :)

[@sparrowlt]

Such a cool and beautifull jet.. it looks so futuristic.. someone could do one of theese crappy movies with Drakens as some kind of 5th gen fighter and people would totally buy it

[@PV1230]

I always liked the gripen.

[@sparrowlt]

@@PV1230 You mean the newer Gripen or the good old Draken we are talking about?

[@PV1230]

@@sparrowlt the other one

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

@@sparrowlt Designed in the 1950s!

[@albertoconnor443]

When working at Martin Marietta, my coworkers and I referred to this movie as Fire Ants. DoD also said Hellfire missiles could not be used in the movie. LOL

[@andyrudeseal6347]

I was 18 when this came out. My dream was to fly the Apache well before that, but having diabetes is a no go. Can't wait for DCS one to come out, I will live in my VR AH-64D lol.

[@HappyBear376]

Poor eyesight and colour blindness done for me. Wound up doing comms.

[@andyrudeseal6347]

@@HappyBear376 They wouldn't even take me for that, guess they afraid of me dying in basic lol

[@Jacksteri]

This movie came from the TV and our family managed to catch and record it to VHS cassette. I used to watch this movie so many times as a kid because all the explosions and fight scenes were so cool. Now that I watched this review I didn't realize they used Drakens. Also I'd like to use those "guided rockets" :D I will prolly watch this movie again and get the Apache for DCS. This is such a nostalgic movie. Thanks for reviewing it!

[@55Reever]

I'll have you know that Fort Mitchell was named after Pete Mitchell! Wait, never mind.

[@greezay]

Being a veteran myself, I find this humor hilarious Mover. Keep up the awesome comedic narrative going!

[@SkullAngel002]

I lost at "It's just a HUD!" 😂😂😂

[@ErikWolowitz]

I remember being part of the SIMNET testing at Ft Knox waaay back in the day. During the beta testing we let the Apache guys pop in the M1 sim and blow stuff up and we got to fly the apache sim. Back then the Apache sim was just a blacked out room with a chair and console in the middle and a bunch of TVs in front of you. The flightsim graphics in this movie look exactly like the old SIMNET graphics.......

[@WildBillKelso32]

I dunno... I’m 37 and I feel as old as Tommy Lee Jones looks in this movie. 🤣🤣

[@HappyBear376]

You've not hit your peak yet youngster! 😂

[@WildBillKelso32]

@@HappyBear376 yeah you’re probably right 🤣

[@pontiacGXPfan]

To think this man is in his 80s now

[@OrangeApocalypse]

I wonder if that 'Scorpion' was built by Knight Industries...it seemed to be using the same powerplant as K.I.T.T. 🙄😂

[@BrianMeyer41]

I had a crush on Sean Young watching this movie.

[@smtn04]

FUNNIEST 'Mover ruins movies'! Mover, you should do more with Casmo. you guys are a great team! reminds me of 'Mystery science theater'.

[@HoopesJohnC]

This was awesome. Just as fun as MST3K. Thanks for these.

[@rosshein356]

Holy crap thank you for doing this one! I was convinced this movie was a figment of my imagination 😂

[@Desert515]

Need to do Blue Thunder with Cosmo

[@studiophoenixmassaggi]

The jets at the end are two Saab 35 Draken, first flight dated in 1955, air service started on 1960. Famous for landing and taking off from short and moderate prepared highway lanes (took only 300/500 meters to do that)

[@slappymcgillicuddy7532]

Fact: Dale Dye is in every single military movie

[@garymcbride9698]

I said the same thing. He just has that military officer look

[@skipker]

Again, your "Mover Ruins Movies" with Casmo has some of the best videos on KZbin

[@MongooseTacticool]

Dale Dye as commander. He's always the commander.

[@guardrailbiter]

He has held that rank since birth. ;-)

[@MongooseTacticool]

@@guardrailbiter "Here lies Gen. Col. Maj. Capt. Lt. Dale Dye, USN, USAF, USMC, USA, ..."

[@NickFromDetroit]

23:20 In Germany, I was AVIM maintenance and our platoon leader was W-2 Cobra pilot, on his 2nd wife, 15 years younger than him, and his haircut & mustache was never to regs. He was cool, though. 24:50 I never saw base housing that nice in my 4 years in and 4 bases. 26:30 You youngsters have never seen an old computer tape drive from the ‘60s? Sheesh!

[@JonSalsberg]

Table wasn't a pentagon. It was a coffin.

[@yrsued]

You know a little bit of trivia?? The bad guy pilot... Was a Test Pilot at McDonnell Douglas back in the 90's!!

[@BabylonWanderer]

The scorpion sounds exactly like Knight Rider :)

[@generalzod9193]

Hey Mover, Man of Steel has some amazing military sequences with fighter jets and A10s and several other military aircraft, that would make a great "move ruins movies" episode! If you're reading this, hope you have a great day!

[@Degulines]

Username checks out

[@KirkThompson1969]

Fort Mitchell as in Pete Mitchell the Navy Ace from Top Gun?????

[@daemonllama78]

Funnist line of the movie is the Commander giving a brief to everyone before the final mission: "We launch immediately. We move out tomorrow."

[@fatal_bull]

Tommy Lee Jones .. born 40, looks 50 for the majority of his career... Never passes 60!?!

[@pontiacGXPfan]

He's probably 80 now

[@mapquest681]

"😆Love those glamour shots". Casmo I thought I was the only one that ever noticed that! LOL

[@KyleCowden]

Does every "War Room" look like Dr. Strangelove now?

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*_"There's so many things wrong right now, Mover."_* SO MANY Aviation flicks suffer that malady.

[@maxjpind]

YES!!!! “I AM the GREATEST! I AM the GREATEST!” Nock Cages best movie barre-none

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Face Off. 😏

[@TheNordicVoyager]

@@WALTERBROADDUS OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!

[@johno9507]

The Apache and Blackhawks models used are modified Miniature Aircraft USA X-cell .60's kits (10cc two stroke) with 4 blades rotor heads & 1500mm diameter blades, and the Cobra's and OH-6 are smaller X-cell .40 kits. The tail rotor was driven by automotive speedometer cable that replaced the standard torque tube drive, and for the Apache it used 2 standard X-cell 'Delta 3' tail rotor hubs spaced at 55° apart just like the real helicopter. The Cobra used the standard X-cell 2 blade rotor head but with the wider cord .60 size blades and with the flybar removed. All helicopters used Century models fiberglass fuselages. (Interestingly the helicopter kits didn't come with the stub wings because Century models was worried people would fire rockets from them, so they were fabricated. 😂) The Saab Drakens were ducted fan and had to be bungee launched from the top of the mountains, and as they were all blown up they didn't have any landing gear. One of the Drakens was so packed full of explosives that they had a hard time maintaining level flight but thankfully they blew it up before it hit the ground. All models made by Magic models in the US. As a avid Radio control helicopter pilot I love this movie as they used the same model helicopters that I fly. I can still pick the scenes where rc helicopters were used.

[@dougmasters4579]

Those copters and the jet certainly looked like the real thing when they got hit and blew up. About a million times more convincing better than that CGI explosions.

[@donmanolito1980]

In German, when he kills Stoler, he says: "Sag der Welt auf Wiedersehen!" Which means "Say goodbye to the world!" Which I think is a lot cooler then "I kill him now" 😆

[@ashesofempires04]

The magic of translation, when they have a second chance at putting in proper dialog.

[@MlTGLIED]

Ja man, so was das 😆

[@NickFromDetroit]

When they first show the 58-D on the flight line, it only has a two-bladed tail rotor. The 58-Ds I worked on during Operation Desert Shield/Storm had four-bladed tail rotors. And the command pilot always sat in the left seat, co-pilot in the right.