Agreed.
One of the problems the military faces when working with hollywood is the lack of experience the military liason has! Might be a newbe or might be a "ship guy", advising for the aviation movie,or "air guy", advising for the ships, that really has no clue as to how it is really done, he/she just might be interested in getting the job done and having the branch of service shown in the right light, realism be darned. Also, the hollywood types have their own ideas, realism be darned, just make it explode!
Chuck Pfarrer, author of Warrior Soul, and screen writter for US Navy Seals, said in an interview, that by the time his screen play was disected by 5 producers, two directors and every relative they had that "knew of certain elements" the actual author did not, it read nothing like he had written. "I give 'em filet mignon and they grind it into baloney."
This is the reason many authors are demanding final approval of screen plays.
Don
I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it.