Top Gun; Maverick

[Seth]

I hope it's fun.   Top Gun; Maverick is to be released in 2019.  TOP GUN though unrealistic is still a fun movie.  I hope the sheer awesomeness of aviation and flight is captured in this one too.  I'll organize some sort of viewing party.

Filming started today and Tom Cruise sent this out:

[320KPH]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk75ps

 

Iceman, the Later Years...

Edited June 4, 2018 by 320KPH
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[Skates97]

If you have never watched it with the director commentary it is worth doing. You watch the whole movie with not only the director but the guys from Top Gun that assisted with the technical aspects and setting up the different sorties, they talk about the reason they did different things including the aerodynamics of the "flat spin" that killed Goose and why they used that, the guys that did the cutting and editing of the footage, etc... There are a number of cameos in the movie by the pilots that did the flying as well as Top Gun instructors that advised on the set and they point those out. I enjoyed it possibly more than just watching the movie itself.

[jaylw314]

3 hours ago, Seth said:

TOP GUN though unrealistic is still a fun movie.

Awww, man!  I suppose you're gonna tell me next that Santa Claus isn't real??

[TonyK]

Anyone else notice his rank?  Who the hell would let that guy advance that much?

[Jeff_S]

I would hope after 31 years he made it to Captain rank. Otherwise he’d be a civilian and there’d be no movie!

[Rick Junkin]

5 hours ago, Seth said:

TOP GUN though unrealistic is still a fun movie.

One of my favorite science fiction movies...

Not representative of reality (what from Hollywood is?) but entertaining none the less. I was in flight school when this came out, and have to admit that all of us wannabes went to see it when it opened. 1986 - was it really that long ago? I'm sure I'll be sucking in my gut and going to the new release when it opens. Probably even wear my old pair of RayBans.

After all, I LOVE science fiction.

Cheers,
Rick

[320KPH]

Skates, 

 

Check out the commentary on The Battle Of Britain?

 

The example that surprised me was that  the sound guys hung microphones from balloons and had  Spitfires fly past for the sound effects!

[Jim F]

Let’s hope that there is a big increase in new pilot training starts. That would be good for GA. 

[StevenL757]

Actually, the line was “Maverick’s in a flat spin...he’s heading out to sea”.

[wcb]

On the history channel there have been some great "Air Aces" and air battle scenes that have been recreated.  One Vietnam air battle in particular is almost exactly what occurred in the big climax battle in Top Gun (out numbered and out gunned but the superior pilot won the day) with the major real difference being the aircraft involved. 

[TWinter]

On ‎6‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 6:37 PM, Skates97 said:

If you have never watched it with the director commentary it is worth doing. You watch the whole movie with not only the director but the guys from Top Gun that assisted with the technical aspects and setting up the different sorties, they talk about the reason they did different things including the aerodynamics of the "flat spin" that killed Goose and why they used that, the guys that did the cutting and editing of the footage, etc... There are a number of cameos in the movie by the pilots that did the flying as well as Top Gun instructors that advised on the set and they point those out. I enjoyed it possibly more than just watching the movie itself.

I saw the commentary you are talking about.  Something I thought that was funny was the fact the directors/film makers said some movie actors are pretty arrogant and high maintenance, but actually found the Navy Pilots were actually more arrogant and difficult to work with... I'm not downing the Navy Jet Jocks who helped make the movie (my brother was actually a TopGun Instructor and I've met several TopGun pilots), so I have some slight right to be able to call it as it is.. Yes, I do love my brother, but does he sometimes have the big head..yep! Some of those guys are pretty big headed, but on the other hand they can do stuff in a jet I could only imagine, They are awesome pilots and most with highly earned educations from Annapolis. 

My brother's biggest comment about the original movie was that it was made to portray the school as a competition. Actually far from the truth, and far from the actual way TopGun works. There is no competition to be the "Best of the Best". It's training and teamwork. But of course if that's all they showed it would not have made a billion dollar movie and one of the biggest recruiting tools for the Navy.

I'll be curious how the sequel comes out. As we all agree here on MS. Good, bad or cheesy we probably all will watch it. 

-Tom

[steingar]

So far the rash of decades late sequels has produced at best lame movies.  I'd rather they tried doing something original, but that would take creativity and risk.

[MARZ]

12 hours ago, TonyK said:

Anyone else notice his rank?  Who the hell would let that guy advance that much?

As in life - people are promoted to the point that they become least effective

[1964-M20E]

So I guess not F-14s in this one. 

[TWinter]

2 hours ago, 1964-M20E said:

So I guess not F-14s in this one. 

Not sure what is current now. I think when my brother retired the Super Hornet was in use. He retired quite a while ago, so not sure what the new weapon of choice is.  

[Seth]

18 hours ago, jaylw314 said:

Awww, man!  I suppose you're gonna tell me next that Santa Claus isn't real??

I'm Jewish

 

But my wife is not and I now celebrate Christmas AND Easter in addition to the plethora of Jewish holidays.  I do admit I trip up about the stockings and Santa.  I nearly messed up one night two years ago at Christmas time.  I'm learning . . . and I do very much enjoy the holiday spirit.

 

-Seth

Edited June 5, 2018 by Seth

[steingar]

1 hour ago, Seth said:

I'm Jewish

 

But my wife is not and I now celebrate Christmas AND Easter in addition to the plethora of Jewish holidays.  I do admit I trip up about the stockings and Santa.  I nearly messed up one night two years ago at Christmas time.  I'm learning . . . and I do very much enjoy the holiday spirit.

 

-Seth

Its what you get for marrying a chikza.

[kris_adams]

I'll admit it...I'm super excited for it to come out!

[Guest]

4 hours ago, TWinter said:

Not sure what is current now. I think when my brother retired the Super Hornet was in use. He retired quite a while ago, so not sure what the new weapon of choice is.  

Likely a drone flown from a dark bunker somewhere.  Sadly with each new generation of fighter plane there are even fewer fighter pilots.

Clarence

[MyNameIsNobody]

Original Director passed away.  New Director also directed one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies (also with Cruise) that had some great animated flight scenes: Oblivion.  I have seen both a bunch of times, but TG has been decades.  Probably have a need...a need for reboot.

[MyNameIsNobody]

“Take me home ya big stud or lose me forever”.  At least Goose got lucky before his luck ran out...”out to sea, in a flat spin”  Funny.  Didn’t catch that back in the day, but I was a long way away from my intro to flight...Sold me on sport bikes more than Ray Bans.  Bought a Seca Turbo shortly after seeing that.

[MyNameIsNobody]

Yes, I know he rode a Ninja.  No, I don’t mean Kelly McGillis.  

 

[TWinter]

17 minutes ago, MyNameIsNobody said:

“Take me home ya big stud or lose me forever”.  At least Goose got lucky before his luck ran out...”out to sea, in a flat spin”  Funny.  Didn’t catch that back in the day, but I was a long way away from my intro to flight...Sold me on sport bikes more than Ray Bans.  Bought a Seca Turbo shortly after seeing that.

I think I was wanting the ZX10 back then? I think it was the ZX10 during the TopGun era. I remember our local bike shop had a crotch rocket on the showroom floor and I'd stop in just drooling over it. Ended up with Katana 1100... Ahhh, to be young again

[TWinter]

1 hour ago, M20Doc said:

Likely a drone flown from a dark bunker somewhere.  Sadly with each new generation of fighter plane there are even fewer fighter pilots.

Clarence

Got me thinking..If history repeats itself, when the war was over P-51 Mustangs were at near give-a-way prices as surplus. Maybe drone warfare (God forbid seriously), but thinking fun and outside the box...does this mean there might be a surplus of F18 Hornets at give-a-way prices in the future?..  Just thinking out-loud.

There is a movie that is roughly based on the military pilot, all based in bunkers and using drones and remote drone armor drops.

-Tom