One 48 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Should be worth a watch, was a bit indifferent about original film, but know its a cult classic, we do not get many films of this genre so will definitely go to support my local cinema on the 25th May and if its as good as they say will buy the Blu Ray when it comes out. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/top-gun-maverick-release-date-tom-cruise-b2068196.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Let's hope the ridiculous, Hollywood "wish-fulfillment" of the first movie has been left behind. In the original's final scene, the F-14 pilots could have very easily brought about WW3, but that is entirely glossed over, of course. Billions of people dying, in return for a load of fighter-jocks having their "moment in the sun"? Doesn't seem like a fair trade to me. Still, Tinseltown and reality have never been close buddies, have they? Chris. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, spruecutter96 said: Still, Tinseltown and reality have never been close buddies, have they? They aren't really associated with low-earning documentaries. That's not their purpose. 😏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One 48 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 Heh, with movies like this I just wear my blockbuster "popcorn and large coke" head and forget about aviation realism As Scale Modellers we strive for ultra realism and can be quite un-forgiving, same with Flight Simmer enthusiasts too, both groups can be quite hard to please at the movies, LOL. If its as good as all the previews of the early screening says, it will be a fun ride all the same though, kinda looking fwd to it now 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 Looking forward to the new Top Gun movie in a week or so, as I am sure we all are, Ward Carroll ex Tomcat RIO has posted a spoof done by a Tomcat squadron just after the original film was released. Check it out on Youtube it is called Pop Gun. 🙂 Colin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 6 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: as I am sure we all are, Umm... that's a negative, Ghost Rider. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Likewise, looking forward to it. Ward's reviews have been positive & the airborne footage simply screams "big screen" required! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 I don't care that it probably won't be very realistic, or that such-and-such wouldn't have happened, or this, or that, or the other. I've been waiting for this since I was a kid and I'm bloomin' well going to enjoy it! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, jackroadkill said: I don't care that it probably won't be very realistic, or that such-and-such wouldn't have happened, or this, or that, or the other. I always say to enjoy a movie you have to leave your critical faculties as to realism and such like at the pop corn stall coming into the cinema. On the discussion on here about Kelly's Heroes and Tiger tank engines the point was made that the story behind the guys is perhaps not the best moral if you think about it. That's true as regards so many movies when you stop and analyse them. Top Gun Maverick will be just one to sit back, forget we ever knew anything about aeroplanes, go with the spectacle and enjoy with the family. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 hour ago, JohnT said: I always say to enjoy a movie you have to leave your critical faculties as to realism and such like at the pop corn stall coming into the cinema. On the discussion on here about Kelly's Heroes and Tiger tank engines the point was made that the story behind the guys is perhaps not the best moral if you think about it. That's true as regards so many movies when you stop and analyse them. Top Gun Maverick will be just one to sit back, forget we ever knew anything about aeroplanes, go with the spectacle and enjoy with the family. I agree it is, first and foremost entertainment-the format is film not a technical manual. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 All booked for next Thursday. Suspect like the first one, the story will be a bit ‘meh’ but the flying well worth the watch. Doubt it’ll beat the Tomcats, but hey, it’ll still be fun. Rewatched the Final Countdown the other day, and some cool stuff in that film too SD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: Looking forward to the new Top Gun movie in a week or so, as I am sure we all are, Are you ex general service RN....bizzare thing back in the 80s the most requested film by ARKs ships company was top gun much to the bemusement of 801 NAS .🤣🤣 Yes and no doubt Ill watch it (in disguise)🥸 Edited May 18, 2022 by junglierating 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Been waiting for this film for ages, I will leave my anorak at home for this one, sit back, relax and enjoy it. Cheers Dennis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Very much looking forward to this one, Top Gun was THE film of my mid-teens, and only poured fuel on the fire of my flying ambitions 😂 Hoping to save this to watch on IMAX, but as I saw the original three times at the cinema, this will probably go the same way ☺️ Here's Pop Gun for the Googly challenged: It's genuinely funny and self-deprecating, loads of decent in-jokes but not impenetrable for non-aviation people. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 How are they going to shoehorn Tom Cruise’s P-51 into the plot? Max Junior seeing it tonight at a charity showing. We’ll be seeing it soon Trevor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, Max Headroom said: How are they going to shoehorn Tom Cruise’s P-51 into the plot? Yes...'thirty years on an O-4/O-5 government salary and owns his own P-51' is one massive plothole to fill... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, jackroadkill said: I don't care that it probably won't be very realistic Just like the first one, then. Edited May 19, 2022 by Hook 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Hook said: Just like the first one, then. But with more wrinkles (and less Kelly McGillis.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikT Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I've been looking forward to it as well. Leave your brain at the door, and enjoy the movie for what it is: a fun time watching fighter jets zoom around. Who doesn't like that? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Apparently any old grey jet will do. In Leicseter square, for the film, is a plastic Typhoon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Apparently any old grey jet will do. In Leicseter square, for the film, is a plastic Typhoon. The Daily Fail describes it as a fighter from the film- accurate as ever. Colin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairystick Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 6:37 PM, Alan P said: It's genuinely funny and self-deprecating, loads of decent in-jokes but not impenetrable for non-aviation people. The amount of "fines" that would've been handed out for breaching protocols, would have been massive! The entire class fiddling with pens... A superb slapstick approach to fighter weapons school. On 5/19/2022 at 7:11 PM, Alan P said: Yes...'thirty years on an O-4/O-5 government salary and owns his own P-51' is one massive plothole to fill... Potentially as a consultant or test pilot for a manufacturer in a private capacity. Or some type of related story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/19/2022 at 5:11 PM, Alan P said: Yes...'thirty years on an O-4/O-5 government salary and owns his own P-51' is one massive plothole to fill... He didn't have to put kids through college I guess? And he got into BitCoin early ... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Well in a first, Top Gun is the first movie both me and my wife want to see together. But for entirely differing reasons. I didn't know her back then but photos of her at the time of the original, shows hair suspiciously like Meg Ryan's.😉 I was never bothered by the lack of realism in the original even though I was already knowledgeable enough to recognise it. It won't this time either. We'll be bringing our teenagers with us. They know little of Top Gun and their disinterest in aviation is total. Their reaction will be interesting. I enjoyed the Popgun video. Definitely a couple of chuckles. I loved the start with him kicking increasing amounts of FOD into the tie-down points just before he boards the F14. Thanks for the link @Alan P Edited May 23, 2022 by noelh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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