The Chinese come to the rescue of NASA and the movie literally concludes with one of the American heroes fist-bumping a Chinese astronaut on a joint mission back to Mars. It's a sad reminder of how bad the new cold war has become in just a few years.

2015: :wholesome: We can explore space together! :solidarity:

2022: President Xi is going to invade Taiwan at any moment LAUNCH THE NUKES NOW! :guts-rage:

:sadness:

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Love how he just suddenly knows how to fly an old Soviet aircraft better than people trained in it and equipped with Su-57s

    • RedundantClam [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      The plane they stole was an F-14 Tomcat which is an American plane, I think it was the primary jet in the original movie. After a brief google search the Iran connection may be stronger than I thought, I guess the US gave a bunch to the Shah before the revolution and Iran continues to operate them. So the Su-57 is the only thing making me think not Iran since they're Russian and they don't have very many.

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        At no point did anyone in the movie question the fact that the people they were fighting had American planes?