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The story has Kirk Douglas's captain commanding the USS Nimitz, which is sucked through a vortex into 1941, on the eve of Pearl Harbor, leaving the captain and his unofficial civilian advisor (Martin Sheen) to ponder the quandary of whether to intervene and prevent the impending disaster, but risk potentially catastrophically changing history in the process. there is something to be said for the impressiveness of seeing real F-14s doing their thing, although there is no doubt that Top Gun found an infinitely better way to harness the potential of these iconic aircraft replica Zeroes from WWII, and a very intimate look at a fully operational Nimitz-Class nuclear aircraft carrier. It does, however, boast some real aerial action featuring F-14 Tomcats, A-6 Intruders, Sea Kings and.

Predating the cheesy '86 classic, however, was actor-turned-director Don Taylor's The Final Countdown, a pretty dry affair which takes a surprisingly serious angle on an undoubtedly preposterous premise, jettisoning any potential for entertaining eccentricity in favour of a pretty mundane relating of unfolding events. As CG evolved across the course of these features, however, the practical footage became infinitely less remarkable, leaving - once again - Top Gun standing out above the rest. Tony Scott's Top Gun is clearly the foremost example, but there are a few others across the decades, including Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down, Bay's Armageddon, and even the first couple of Iron Man films.

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There is something to be said for watching relatively rare footage, and it is indeed relatively rare for the US Navy - and, in this case, the Department of Defence too - to give their full support to a film production.

'Stay safe until time runs out.Ultimately little more than an advert for the US Navy - although with more of a documentary vibe than, say, Top Gun - The Final Countdown is still an interesting time capsule of an experiment.

On-screen вЂ“ 'Knock off your rivals and watch for open panels at 0!'.

Description вЂ“ 'Punch and kick your rivals to knock them off, but don't get caught on a panel when it counts down to 0!'.

Advice вЂ“ 'Watch the panels carefully! The countdown will speed up as the game progresses.'.

Rules вЂ“ 'Shove foes off the platform, but watch the numbers! The panels break when they reach zero.'.

One has the winner celebrating, and another has the Fly Guys dropping all four players, after which they all sulk.

There are two different versions of this purpose. If everyone falls, the winner will be dropped off by a Fly Guy first, followed by everyone else. If everyone survives until the end, they all perform their winning poses. Winners then perform their victory poses while losers perform their losing poses. In Mario Party 7 and Superstars, Fly Guys drop any losers onto the platform in the order they placed, from second to fourth. The ending to The Final Countdown in Mario Party 7 If all players fall simultaneously, a random winner is decided. The last player standing on the number panels wins the minigame. Additionally, the countdown speed increases as the game progresses. Competitors can move and punch and kick their opponents to try to force them off the whole platform or into a hole. If the number on a panel reaches zero, the panel gives way, eliminating any player standing on it, then automatically resets to a random number from one to nine. There is a number on each of the panels (1вЂ“9), and the numbers on each panel decrease by one after a certain time period. The playing field is a platform with nine panels. They then reset to random numbers as the players head in from the sides and leap onto the platform.

The panels start at two, then count down to zero and open.