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2:42p, 8/26/21
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2:45p, 8/26/21
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For what it's worth, my buddy who's seen the movie like three times now has told me over and over again that I'm going to absolutely love the first 10 minutes. These reports seem to confirm that.
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2:45p, 8/26/21
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This movie is going to actually release, right?
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In reply to TCTTS • 3:37p, 8/26/21
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TCTTS said:
For what it's worth, my buddy who's seen the movie like three times now has told me over and over again that I'm going to absolutely love the first 10 minutes. These reports seem to confirm that.
Any thoughts from him about the other 90 or so minutes?
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In reply to aggiebrad94 • 4:42p, 8/26/21
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I don't want to say too much because I don't want to inadvertently reveal his role or anything, but I'll say that he's been with a primary company associated with the movie for a long, long time, and he says he thinks this is the best thing they've done since he's been there. And they've had some massive hits over that time. As for the story itself, I don't ask for specifics because I don't want to know, but he wouldn't tell me even if I did. I just know that he genuinely loves the movie, and he's always shot straight with me in the past.
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4:54p, 8/26/21
TexAgs: Requesting a few spoilers, over?

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4:59p, 8/26/21
Here's a description of the footage from Cinema Blend.

https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2572616/tom-cruise-showed-us-top-gun-maverick-opening-15-minutes-heres-what-happens?pv=related_list
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1:07p, 9/1/21
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For f/ck's sake...

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1:30p, 9/1/21
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Well that ****ing sucks.
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1:45p, 9/1/21
At this point I am rooting for hackers to get access to the final cut and release it online. Even Rockstar Games thinks these pushbacks are getting ridiculous
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In reply to tk for tu juan • 1:48p, 9/1/21
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yep - I'm so frustrated...
even Bond is staying put... come ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
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1:53p, 9/1/21
Just release the ****ing movie already.
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In reply to nosoupforyou • 2:03p, 9/1/21
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nosoupforyou said:
yep - I'm so frustrated...
even Bond is staying put... come ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

For now. This move could very well start a chain reaction. Might depend on how Shang-Chi does this weekend...
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2:13p, 9/1/21
I'm pretty close to no longer giving a **** about a lot of movies - let the fans who love movies go see them already. the movie companies will survive top gun making $125 million instead of $250 million at the box office.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 2:20p, 9/1/21
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I'm basically with you at this point.
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2:48p, 9/1/21
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Top Gun updates only please! Take it offline guys...


STAFF: DO NOT DERAIL THIS THREAD WITH CV-19 POSTS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF POSTS WHERE THAT TOPIC CAN BE DISCUSSED.
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4:00p, 9/1/21
I'm not sure what they stand to gain at this point in pushing it back again. Getting really close to not caring to see it at all at this point when they keep screwing around with the release. Other movies that got pushed back to this year have done well after finally getting released no reason to push this one another 7 months.
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5:02p, 9/1/21
i'm frustrated too, but honestly, this doesn't diminish my desire to see this film one bit. i'll be there opening weekend whenever it gets released.

that said, how cool would it be if they released those first 13 minutes on november 19th? i mean, why not at this point?
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In reply to jackie childs • 5:24p, 9/1/21
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Great idea. Like Nolan does with his opening sequences, releasing them in front a big blockbuster the Christmas prior. Legit going to suggest this to the powers that be, as I know I can bend the ear of at least get one person in charge...
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5:53p, 9/1/21
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Tom Cruise is going to actually look old before this movie is released.
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8:09p, 9/1/21
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This sucks..
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In reply to AliasMan02 • 9:29p, 9/1/21
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4:29a, 9/2/21
Having the huge investment in the movie sit on the shelf is costing them money. They could have taken the revenue from this summer and made two more movies by next summer. And this is all on the huge gamble that Memorial Day 2022 is when the world has fully returned to pre-covid normal and will accept a military hero movie. The movie may be great, but they need to fire their finance and accounting guys. A bird in the hand.
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 6:08a, 9/2/21
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A big part of it is that Cruise wants to do a massive, worldwide, in-person promotional tour. And Paramount basically gives Cruise what he wants. I'm not at all saying this was solely his decision, but he *really* wants to promote the hell out of this movie on a global scale, with all kinds of TV and in-person event appearances, which definitely factored into Paramount's decision. And with all the current travel bans and spikes and restrictions and and what not, there was just no way that was going to happen in the next couple of months.

That said, yeah, at some point you just have to release the damn thing, Cruise's desires be damned. If there's yet another variant next May, and we still don't have this sh*t under control, we'll have way bigger problems to worry about, and at that point I seriously doubt they'd push again. They'd probably just get what they can from the box office and then release it 45 days later on Paramount+.
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6:55a, 9/2/21
I fear this will be the "Chinese Democracy" of movies. No idea when it will release and no way it can live up to the hype caused by its anticipation.

I really hope I'm wrong.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:22a, 9/2/21
TCTTS said:
Great idea. Like Nolan does with his opening sequences, releasing them in front a big blockbuster the Christmas prior. Legit going to suggest this to the powers that be, as I know I can bend the ear of at least get one person in charge...
sweet, do it man.

it's really kind of a no-brainer in my mind. they've already shown the footage to some folks, i can't imagine they'll be able to keep it under wraps for another 8 months. this way they control the release, get to show it how it was intended to be shown and generate some positive buzz.
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In reply to TCTTS • 8:29a, 9/2/21
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TCTTS said:
A big part of it is that Cruise wants to do a massive, worldwide, in-person promotional tour. And Paramount basically gives Cruise what he wants. I'm not at all saying this was solely his decision, but he *really* wants to promote the hell out of this movie on a global scale, with all kinds of TV and in-person event appearances, which definitely factored into Paramount's decision. And with all the current travel bans and spikes and restrictions and and what not, there was just no way that was going to happen in the next couple of months.

That said, yeah, at some point you just have to release the damn thing, Cruise's desires be damned. If there's yet another variant next May, and we still don't have this sh*t under control, we'll have way bigger problems to worry about, and at that point I seriously doubt they'd push again. They'd probably just get what they can from the box office and then release it 45 days later on Paramount+.


Well, there will be and it's endemic. At some point, we have to rip the bandaid off and release these movies.

At this point, the only movie I give a damn about seeing at the theaters is Dune and that's solely for imax experience. Everything else has been relegated to home theater.

IOW, theaters have lost me at this point unless it's a major, major property filmed in imax.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 8:56a, 9/2/21
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Good grief this series of gifs are perfect
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In reply to Philo B 93 • 9:16a, 9/2/21
Philo B 93 said:
Having the huge investment in the movie sit on the shelf is costing them money. They could have taken the revenue from this summer and made two more movies by next summer. And this is all on the huge gamble that Memorial Day 2022 is when the world has fully returned to pre-covid normal and will accept a military hero movie. The movie may be great, but they need to fire their finance and accounting guys. A bird in the hand.

I don't know for absolute certain, but it would be very surprising to me if it's the accounting and finance guys keeping a 150 million dollar asset sitting on a shelf not earning money.
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9:32a, 9/2/21
The original movie was released in 1986. That's 35 years ago. People who were 20-40 years old then are 55-75 now. Which means that actuarial science is going to indicate that part of their target nostalgia audience is literally starting to die off.
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12:35p, 9/2/21
The other risk is a pirated release online. The movie is probably one of the most guarded assets in America, but the geeks have 9 months to hack it.
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