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What year was this supposed to take place? If Goose kid was like 5 in 1986 he’d be in his 40s present day. Also he should of been restoring a F6F or something instead of a p-51 but I’m sure that was an easier plane to actually get. Anyways. It was fun but blah. E: also my theory is he died when his test plane blew up and the rest of the movie is his version of heaven or a death fever dream. Everything goes right, he out-files pilots 40 years younger the him, has one last mission where he saves the day, he makes amends with his best friends kid, and gets to go ballistic with Peggy Benjamin again. davecrazy fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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Jul 18, 2022 02:12
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The original Top Gun took place vaguely in the late 80s and this one takes place vaguely in the late 2010s, Rooster is vaguely 30. Don't think about it too much.
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Jul 18, 2022 06:38
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Gaius Marius posted:It's Tom Cruise's Plane Yeah, but a Corsair would be more appropriate and sexier.
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Jul 18, 2022 06:57
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tactlessbastard posted:Yeah, but a Corsair would be more appropriate and sexier. An Grumman F4F Wildcat or F6F Hellcat would have been more appropriate for a former F-14 Tomcat pilot.
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Jul 18, 2022 07:18
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I do love that Mav's hangar home is just stuffed with cool poo poo that presumably Tom Cruise owns. Just sitting in the background is an Aston Martin DBR1, a 50s race car worth 20+ mill. Although I guess you could make an argument that it's a replica that Mav built. Similarly, maybe he rescued the P-51 from the scrap heap and restored it. It kinda works with the character, outside of work he is lonely and focuses all his free time on building speed machines.
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Cataffy posted:I do love that Mav's hangar home is just stuffed with cool poo poo that presumably Tom Cruise owns. Just sitting in the background is an Aston Martin DBR1, a 50s race car worth 20+ mill. Although I guess you could make an argument that it's a replica that Mav built. Similarly, maybe he rescued the P-51 from the scrap heap and restored it. It kinda works with the character, outside of work he is lonely and focuses all his free time on building speed machines. "I have the need, the need for speed!" as a cry for help, not a statement. That's interesting.
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Saw this again last night and am now just reading about it endlessly. Apparently they built a full size mockup of the Darkstar that was so realistic, China repositioned spy satellites to get a look at it. And the scene where it flies over Ed Harris and pulls the roof off a guard shed was done for real and it destroying the set was not intentional lmao. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMbBh2CxUOw
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Jul 18, 2022 17:21
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Mantis42 posted:The original Top Gun took place vaguely in the late 80s and this one takes place vaguely in the late 2010s, Rooster is vaguely 30. Don't think about it too much. But how will I update the TG wikia
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All due respect to the ending dogfights, but Mavericks trench run has to be the best part of the movie.
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Jul 18, 2022 19:55
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tactlessbastard posted:Yeah, but a Corsair would be more appropriate and sexier. A Corsair wouldn't be all that much more appropriate. They were rarely used on carriers because of how difficult to land they were, so they're really more a Marine thing than a Navy thing. And as Scuffy_1989, one of the Grumman -Cat ancestors would be the best choice.
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PeterWeller posted:A Corsair wouldn't be all that much more appropriate. They were rarely used on carriers because of how difficult to land they were, so they're really more a Marine thing than a Navy thing. And as Scuffy_1989, one of the Grumman -Cat ancestors would be the best choice. Aren’t Marines Navy?
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No, don't say that around them if you know what's good for you
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They still have to learn to land on carriers though
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Gaius Marius posted:No, don't say that around them if you know what's good for you I mean, they are. But I hear your point. My grandfather was a drill Seargent at Parris Island and he definitely made the distinction very clear. TraderStav fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jul 18, 2022 |
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davecrazy posted:What year was this supposed to take place? If Goose kid was like 5 in 1986 he’d be in his 40s present day. I believe you can see he has 2020 tags on his bike
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Yeah, remember that the movie was supposed to come out in 2020 but kept getting delayed because of COVID (and Cruise wouldn't allow them to dump it to Paramount+).
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Timby posted:Yeah, remember that the movie was supposed to come out in 2020 but kept getting delayed because of COVID (and Cruise wouldn't allow them to dump it to Paramount+).
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EvilBlackRailgun posted:They still have to learn to land on carriers though Yeah, sure. My point isn't that Marines never fly from carriers or that Corsairs never flew from carriers, though the latter was rare. It's that a Naval aviator who spent his life taking off from aircraft carriers wouldn't necessarily be drawn to a fighter plane that was mainly flown by Marines from land bases.
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I think the best in-universe explanation is that Maverick just inherited the plane from his dad or grandfather and thus didn't actually get to choose one that would be more professionally relevant. It's probably the only situation (besides obscene family wealth that is never mentioned) that would explain how he came to own a multi-million dollar aircraft.
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No way, he clearly stole it. Ole Maverick and his plane stealing shenanigans. Gotta keep an extra eye on that one at any flight museum or air show.
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is the character of maverick based on john mccain? naval pilot, called a maverick, likes to bomb iran, crashes several planes, etc
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I did appreciate Chekov's Gun reference early in the film.
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I thought it was adorable Tom Cruise could finally stand eye to eye with his costar in a wide shot.
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davecrazy posted:What year was this supposed to take place? If Goose kid was like 5 in 1986 he’d be in his 40s present day. They do mention that Maverick caused his career to be delayed by pulling his application to the Naval Academy.
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Mantis42 posted:is the character of maverick based on john mccain? naval pilot, called a maverick, likes to bomb iran, crashes several planes, etc No. You can tell by the way the Maverick character can raise his hands above his shoulders.
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TraderStav posted:I mean, they are. But I hear your point. My grandfather was a drill Seargent at Parris Island and he definitely made the distinction very clear. Drill instructor. The Army has Drill Sergeants.
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just watched this movie and my only take is this hell yeah in addition... gently caress yes
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When's this going on streaming
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What if it streamed on flights .
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Stairmaster posted:When's this going on streaming I keep reading that Cruise demanded a 120-day window so streaming/physical media won't be available until September-ish. I hope they release it back to IMAX one more time before that because I'd really like to see it in that format.
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I just really love the Darkstar sequence, from "They want Mach 10?", to the control room, to the sonic boom, but especially when you see it moving through the sky against the backdrop of clouds. It's just perfect.
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"Where am I?" "Earth"
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TG:Maverick is accused of ripping of Iron Eagle II, but I had know idea how deep that went:
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Hell yeah, HBO just added Hot Shots and Hot Shots Part Deux to their streaming app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih78dz2XyLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7HtPMW2tzc
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Sirotan posted:Saw this again last night and am now just reading about it endlessly. Apparently they built a full size mockup of the Darkstar that was so realistic, China repositioned spy satellites to get a look at it. Lol they could have just bought a model kit from the 80s, Darkstar is pretty much an F-22-ified version of the Testors F-19 
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Why the loving gently caress is something awful praising this poo poo movie? Literally ALL OF THE ENEMY SOLDIERS ARE FACELESS. AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE LIVES, FAMILIES, OR LOVED ONES. but OUR soldiers (read:amercians) in this movie have them. Why? Because "the enemy aren't people". But functionally, the plot is NOT IN ANY WAY DIFFERENT from Triumph Of The Will or Birth Of An Nation. "The enemy doesn't have remorse, emotions, or logic, therefore they must die." That is word by word the fascist handbook. Just because they don't say "it's brown people" doesn't mean it isn't still an racist, fascist, sexist movie that isn't any different from something hitler would've made if given a film crew. And a good chunk of the money given to this movie will be given to the scientologists who make sure their detractors "disappear", fact. sa, if you WANT people to stop loving voting in manchin's and trumps, then stop loving rewarding hollywood and start loving donating to your local loving antifa instead. It would do better to saving our skins from WW3 than watching some dumb loving tom cruise flick. You guys don't pull loving punches when hating on superheroes? Why is a loving flighter jet any different? Because there's only been 1 flighter jet movie in the last decade instead of 30? Who gives a poo poo. Jets are enemies of peace. Treat them like poo poo like you would treat nukes like poo poo. Just because guns and punches and kicks are more popular in movies these days doesn't make it original or an triumph of "originality". No one's made a movie where the heroes use Gas Chambers and Nukes to kill brown (or maybe asian, considering people don't realize that Iran DOES in fact have snow. Look it up.) people in the last few decades, either. But we aren't rooting for that to make a come back, are we? TheNamedSavior fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Jul 27, 2022 |
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Sirotan posted:Saw this again last night and am now just reading about it endlessly. Apparently they built a full size mockup of the Darkstar that was so realistic, China repositioned spy satellites to get a look at it. And the scene where it flies over Ed Harris and pulls the roof off a guard shed was done for real and it destroying the set was not intentional lmao. That set could've been the site of an hospital for children instead and you guys are celebrating the fact China freaked out over it. No, I am not excited for the fact that America's relations with an blood-thirsty, fake-communist dictatorship that is currently in the early phases of a retake of the Holocaust is so bad that they legitimately think a movie set is a staging area for a violent war crime factory. I do not want to fight in a loving third world war, and I don't want to loving get nuked. So hollywood, loving stop.
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TheNamedSavior posted:Why the loving gently caress is something awful praising this poo poo movie? Literally ALL OF THE ENEMY SOLDIERS ARE FACELESS. AND NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAVE LIVES, FAMILIES, OR LOVED ONES. but OUR soldiers (read:amercians) in this movie have them. Why? Because "the enemy aren't people". But functionally, the plot is NOT IN ANY WAY DIFFERENT from Triumph Of The Will or Birth Of An Nation. "The enemy doesn't have remorse, emotions, or logic, therefore they must die." That is word by word the fascist handbook. Just because they don't say "it's brown people" doesn't mean it isn't still an racist, fascist, sexist movie that isn't any different from something hitler would've made if given a film crew. Sir, this is a Wendy's drive-thru.
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