aggieband 83 said:
When Maverick asked Iceman about who was the better pilot, I could not hear/understand Iceman's response. Ice made a joke and some people in the audience started laughing.
What was the response said but Ice???
I don't know. While I agree and really liked the dynamic between Hangman/Rooster, I walked away with a different perspective on the two. Iceman was the pilot who wouldn't make a mistake. Remember how Ice wouldn't take the shot right before Goose died? Hangman, on the other hand, was such a cavalier, risk-taker pilot who sped away from his wingman - much more like Maverick.Quote:
And I can't say enough about the cast of Rooster and Hangman. Hangman in particular played a perfect Ice Man role... you have to sorta hate him but in the end you too want to give him a man hug.
Gig-Em2003 said:
Surely there are some tidbits you can drop here!
Awesome day!
Oh my gosh, you can't leave us hanging like that!TCTTS said:
and then we went across the street for drinks and sat poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel and talked for two hours about it, with our buddy who knew everything there was to know about the making of (man, I wish I could repeat everything he told us, but I don't want to get him in trouble).
TCTTS said:
Ha, ok, but these are the only relatively innocuous ones I feel comfortable sharing…
- This one might depress the hell out of you, but at Iceman's funeral, they originally used an image of Kilmer from the original Top Gun next to his casket. However, when they test screened the movie, no one under 30 knew who the hell that was, to the point where they were even confused as to whose funeral it was. So they replaced it with the present-day admiral image of Iceman from the hallway.
Damn, I wish I would not have know that. Drive would have been perfect and given us old a super dose of nostalgia while youngsters would have just thought is was a good song. The lyrics are also perfect for the scene and their romance.Keegan99 said:
The last two are great, and kinda hilarious. Thanks.
And while the Gaga song has grown on me, they should've used Drive.
The "Drive cut" is going to become a thing now
Brian Earl Spilner said:
Put me down for thinking the Lady Gaga song is not good. Pretty bland and forgettable to me. Very generic.
Gooses wife (Meg Ryan) died of cancer. I think they killed her off because Ryan is very old looking and hasn't been acting in several years. and so that it made Mav the only family Rooster hadTyHolden said:
Where happened to maverick's original girlfriend?
Gooses wife?
or that Mav has his very own crew chief who follows him all over the world.BaitShack said:
I loved how everyone at the top gun base suddenly made it out to the carrier together.
a better question- what was the point of Mav on a sailboat for 4 minutesbagger05 said:AgTrip said:
Loved it but my only complaint...
Who goes sailing in a pair of boots???
The type of person who plays beach volleyball in jeans.
who here thinks that Tom Cruise in real life has a hangar like that and works on his P-51 himself...tk for tu juan said:
The movie was awesome. There were two moments that briefly took me out of the film. First moment, the worst possible day of almost losing an aviator to g-lock, almost losing an aviator to a bird strike, and finding out Iceman passed away. Little too much drama in a sequence. Second moment, Mav running thru the woods, had to hold back laughter at Cruise's running style. Like he was turtling heading for a toilet.
Phoenix was absolutely beautiful, the sailing scene was awesome, and living in a hangar that contains a P-51 would be an awesome retirement
BTW, hardly noticed during the movie they had a nameless, faceless enemy. It didn't matter in the storytelling/action
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Kaffee: Whoa. Hold it. We gotta take a boat?
Barnes: Yes, sir. To get to the other side of the bay.
Kaffee: Nobody said anything about a boat.
Barnes: Is there a problem, sir?
Kaffee: No, no problem. I'm just not that crazy about boats, that's all.
Galloway: Jesus Christ, Kaffee, you're in the Navy for crying out loud.
Matt_ag98 said:TCTTS said:
Ha, ok, but these are the only relatively innocuous ones I feel comfortable sharing…
- This one might depress the hell out of you, but at Iceman's funeral, they originally used an image of Kilmer from the original Top Gun next to his casket. However, when they test screened the movie, no one under 30 knew who the hell that was, to the point where they were even confused as to whose funeral it was. So they replaced it with the present-day admiral image of Iceman from the hallway.
This is sad...but there was enough Gen-X fan service for me in this that I am ok with it
Keegan99 said:
Jon Hamm as Cyclone was pitch perfect as "pr i ck of a commanding officer", and the two-star Warlock was spot on as the comedic mediator between Cyclone and Mav. If either of those roles miss by even a bit, the movie doesn't work.
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I got a call. I remember I was in my car and the phone rang. And I picked it up, hands-free of course. They said, "They're looking at you for this Top Gun sequel." And I was like, "What? Hell yes." They said, "We haven't seen a script." I said, "Tell them yes."
"I'm in."
Yeah! "Well, we don't know what we're getting paid." "I don't care. Tell them, yes. We'll work all that **** out later."
I'm sure the vast majority is done by someone else.tk for tu juan said:
In real life he has someone that maintains his P-51.
Can't speak with certainty as to how Cruise's 'stand is outfitted, but in terms of WWII, the P-51 only became the superior Allied fighter in Europe after they replaced its original Allison engine with the British Merlin. AFAIK, the P-51D, which Cruise's appears to be (I say appears because it could actually be a P-51K or a later Korean War F-51), was the first Mustang variant to get the Merlin. /warbird nerd'03ag said:I'm sure the vast majority is done by someone else.tk for tu juan said:
In real life he has someone that maintains his P-51.
I do think I heard recently that he has his mechanics certification. But that thing have a Merlin in it? That's kind of like having one of Jay Leno's ridiculous old cars. Probably only a handful of people that can work on that.
the bigger question is:Cinco Ranch Aggie said:Can't speak with certainty as to how Cruise's 'stand is outfitted, but in terms of WWII, the P-51 only became the superior Allied fighter in Europe after they replaced its original Allison engine with the British Merlin. AFAIK, the P-51D, which Cruise's appears to be (I say appears because it could actually be a P-51K or a later Korean War F-51), was the first Mustang variant to get the Merlin. /warbird nerd'03ag said:I'm sure the vast majority is done by someone else.tk for tu juan said:
In real life he has someone that maintains his P-51.
I do think I heard recently that he has his mechanics certification. But that thing have a Merlin in it? That's kind of like having one of Jay Leno's ridiculous old cars. Probably only a handful of people that can work on that.
