Haha! Yes, I was there! Was hilarious/sad.Quote:
I wonder if anyone else here was at Cinemark in CS circa '98, '99, or '00 when they had the throwback midnight showing of Top Gun. It was sold out. Everyone in there started the night off at the shot bar and then went to see the '80s idol at midnight. All of the sudden Goose dies and then after that we get beach volleyball. The movie stops and some poor representative walked to the front of the crowd. He informs everyone that the reels were received last minute and in a rush they were spliced together in the wrong order. The theatre gave everyone a free showing for a future movie. That's the last time I tried to watch Top Gun on the big screen. If they showed again tomorrow I'd be there
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Top Gun. Man, being a kid in the Reagan Era was awesome.
My prediction:
The US military has become too dependent on drones and technology that today's pilots have lost their edge stick-and-throttle-wise. An unnamed enemy (since China buys movie tickets too) will have found some sort of exploit that makes our drones useless. Suddenly we are in need for a re-invigorated Top Gun commanded by recently retired Navy officers like of Maverick and Iceman to bring that edge back. Some young Tom Cruise wannabe will be the new Maverick and Tom and Val will teach him what they know. Suddenly a battle will break out and young Tom Cruise will be called upon along with old Tom and Val to duke it out with this unnamed foe flying black jets that oddly look like F-16s. America wins, everybody hugs, and we all go get in line to watch it again.
The US military has become too dependent on drones and technology that today's pilots have lost their edge stick-and-throttle-wise. An unnamed enemy (since China buys movie tickets too) will have found some sort of exploit that makes our drones useless. Suddenly we are in need for a re-invigorated Top Gun commanded by recently retired Navy officers like of Maverick and Iceman to bring that edge back. Some young Tom Cruise wannabe will be the new Maverick and Tom and Val will teach him what they know. Suddenly a battle will break out and young Tom Cruise will be called upon along with old Tom and Val to duke it out with this unnamed foe flying black jets that oddly look like F-16s. America wins, everybody hugs, and we all go get in line to watch it again.
From what I understand, you're not far off. Though Val likely won't be anywhere near that involved, and he won't be flying.
Excess weight costs more fuel.TCTTS said:
From what I understand, you're not far off. Though Val likely won't be anywhere near that involved, and he won't be flying.
please, not this guyaTmAg said:
My prediction:
The US military has become too dependent on drones and technology that today's pilots have lost their edge stick-and-throttle-wise. An unnamed enemy (since China buys movie tickets too) will have found some sort of exploit that makes our drones useless. Suddenly we are in need for a re-invigorated Top Gun commanded by recently retired Navy officers like of Maverick and Iceman to bring that edge back. Some young Tom Cruise wannabe will be the new Maverick and Tom and Val will teach him what they know. Suddenly a battle will break out and young Tom Cruise will be called upon along with old Tom and Val to duke it out with this unnamed foe flying black jets that oddly look like F-16s. America wins, everybody hugs, and we all go get in line to watch it again.
SheriffBarclay said:
Not sure how I'd turn out if I saw TG at age 6.
Awesome. And quite possibly a little bi-curious.
Yeah, it was, but I'd put the odds of the sequel being another vehicle to push the liberal agenda at around 99.9%.Urban Ag said:
Top Gun. Man, being a kid in the Reagan Era was awesome.
Bad guys will be rednecks, or better yet Russians. Tom Cruise & his boys will be defending poor downtrodden middle eastern refugees, etc etc.
Is this pilot (not the duck) going to be in the second one as well:
Yep. Just got confirmation on this. Not a done deal yet, but close. Cruise not only worked with Kosinski on Oblivion, but Kosinski's next, Granite Mountain (which comes out in October and features a great cast) is apparently "really good." And of all the justified complaints about TRON: Legacy, none were about the action - in fact, the action was not only great, it was super clear and well choreographed, which could translate well to the dogfights and what not here. We just need a great script now. Fingers crossed that's already been taken care of.
Of Kosinski's two movies (TRON: Legacy and Oblivion) I do have to say that he composes beautiful scenes. Oblivion especially is a gorgeous film.
DC should look at Kosinski
Yep, and he also has GREAT musical scores, too. Could see him really embracing something cool here that plays off the original theme.
Can he direct Top Gun's dogfights? He did some very cool ones in each of his movies:
Surely they've had talks with him at one point or another. My guess is after Tron, he doesn't want to go back to anything even close to that vibe/genre for a long while.
You're probably right. I could just see him doing something really cool looking with the much maligned Flash.
Definitely on board with him doing Top Gun 2 though.
Definitely on board with him doing Top Gun 2 though.
Holy **** that sounds awful.TCTTS said:
From what I understand, you're not far off. Though Val likely won't be anywhere near that involved, and he won't be flying.
Mmmm Olivia Wilde
Just....don't....F...it...up.
Two words: Shia. Labeouf.Quote:
young Tom Cruise wannabe will be the new Maverick
He will not take away our need for speed!
Both those films are beautiful, amazing concept art too. Both also got a bit lost in the plot, but they're great to look at.GiveEmHellBill said:
Of Kosinski's two movies (TRON: Legacy and Oblivion) I do have to say that he composes beautiful scenes. Oblivion especially is a gorgeous film.
Random sidenote: one of my former coworkers went to high school with him in Iowa. That was an odd conversation one afternoon: "Oh, I went to high school with the guy who's directing that new Tron movie."
Ghost91 said:
Bad guys will be rednecks, or better yet Russians
I mean, weren't they kind of the implied enemy in the original?
The 2017 version of 1980's Tom Cruise?.....Zach Efron comes to mind.
Don't think "Young Tom Cruise."
Think... "Young Anthony Edwards," if you get my drift.
I have no idea if they're still going down that road - probably not - but that dynamic was apparently on the table at one point...
Think... "Young Anthony Edwards," if you get my drift.
I have no idea if they're still going down that road - probably not - but that dynamic was apparently on the table at one point...
TCTTS said:
Don't think "Young Tom Cruise."
Think... "Young Anthony Edwards," if you get my drift.
Goose's son is now a RIO badass but his pilot dies in a flat spin. He goes to get advice from Maverick. Mav tells him he can either show up and graduate or not. The graduating class is then given a highly secret mission and Maverick tells him "Goose's son, you'll get your pilot when you get to the ship. And if you don't.....give me a call, I'll fly with you."
NoahAg said:Two words: Shia. Labeouf.Quote:
young Tom Cruise wannabe will be the new Maverick
Looking forward to the 4chan Easter eggs!
I lived my life based on Top Gun 
I spent years perfecting my bite.
I spent years perfecting my bite.
You know how I know you are gay?ApachePilot said:
I lived my life based on Top Gun
Guitarsoup said:Not only that, but if they do something really stupid like have them fly drones - that's an enlisted MOS. They are fighter pilots, so obviously they are officers.BQ78 said:
Kilmer and Cruise would have to be four or five star admirals now or been retired for a few years. Putting them in the cockpit will make as much sense as putting the President of the US in a fighter jet, ala' Independece Day
Unless they are consulting for AF or something off the wall. AF requires UAV pilots to be commissioned.
Really? I know an enlisted AF guy that swears he flies armed drones. What a *****.Two Down said:Guitarsoup said:Not only that, but if they do something really stupid like have them fly drones - that's an enlisted MOS. They are fighter pilots, so obviously they are officers.BQ78 said:
Kilmer and Cruise would have to be four or five star admirals now or been retired for a few years. Putting them in the cockpit will make as much sense as putting the President of the US in a fighter jet, ala' Independece Day
Unless they are consulting for AF or something off the wall. AF requires UAV pilots to be commissioned.
Anyway, if Maverick is flying drones in some smelly trailer, this is going to be the worst movie ever made.
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