Top Gun Maverick

[Panzerwomble]

Little known fact , in the first film Cruise was going to be call sign "Booster" .....after his ejection seat modifications

[Tony T]

1 hour ago, Panzerwomble said:

Little known fact , in the first film Cruise was going to be call sign "Booster" .....after his ejection seat modifications

 

That's why mine would be Kneecapped 

 

Tony

[adameliclem]

6 hours ago, R Palimaka said:

Personally I think it’s reading way too much into it…and maybe the reviewer should cut back on whatever they’re smoking.

I dunno, man, if they’d smoked more they might have written less. 
 

Adam
 

 

 

 

 

[Out2gtcha]

6 hours ago, Panzerwomble said:

Little known fact , in the first film Cruise was going to be call sign "Booster" .....after his ejection seat modifications

 

 

Now that's comedy right there!

 

 

[GreyGhost]

 

-Gregg

Edited June 7, 2022 by GreyGhost

[LSP_Ray]

10 hours ago, LSP_Matt said:

Oh...in honour of going to stage 5 on the Highway to the Danger Zone...I bring you zone 5 home cooking

 

 

That looks like my grandfather's cake when my cousin and I tried to ignite all 95 candles on it. Damn near started the overhead cabinets on fire! It did melt some of the icing...Our wives said we were idiots...

[scvrobeson]

15 hours ago, R Palimaka said:

I just read a “theory” that Maverick was actually killed in the attempt to take Darkstar to Mach 9, and the rest of the movie is him dying, sort of a dream sequence. The theory proposes an explanation for some of the inconsistencies and references to the past, like Rooster showing up looking like his father. 
 

 

I thought about it during the movie.  Extra theories are fun with a pulpy movie like this.

 

 

Matt 

[Eagle Driver]

Let me leave you on a good note:

 

 

It made me smile, I hope you'll get the same vibe!

Bye and all the best!

[LSP_K2]

20 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

That looks like my grandfather's cake when my cousin and I tried to ignite all 95 candles on it. Damn near started the overhead cabinets on fire! It did melt some of the icing...Our wives said we were idiots...

 

[LSP_Ray]

5 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

Damn close! Except we didn't have time to actually bring him the cake! 

[Scotsman]

My little "I enjoyed the film" thread has eh Hmm changed somewhat, Ah well - have fun guys!

[Shoggz]

Loved it. As did Mrs Shoggz.

Just sheer fun, with dollops of nostalgia for good measure.

[GreyGhost]

 

-Gregg

[Jack]

Saw it tonight (EU time) together with my son, enjoyed it very much, had some impressive sound/vibration experiences (and it wasn't even 4D), and in the end some really good laughs on the Sukhoi-Tomcat dog fight.

Especially the "link" we had with a scene from "Hotshots" were the bandit pilots used calls like "shiskebab, shiskebab" and the pilot figure in Maverick looked very much the same as in that parody.....

But is was great to see this movie, must have been costly to have real Hornets participate in it, but then again great PR for the navy

[Jack]

On 5/29/2022 at 3:53 AM, Eagle Driver said:

Awful, awful movie.

Not actual spoilers below. Well, MAYBE if you overthink what I am about to write. Small text is what you might not want to read.

Ward Carroll YouTube actually depicts a lot more. I would assume that you already watched it. As well as the commercials. They say most of it if you look closely.

 

Now, I was in SD for the premiere and have a video on how almighty Tom lands on the carrier and slides off of the back seat of the helicopter. Also I watched the movie last week. Money wasted. Got a poster and a pin. Gee.

So, before I start, TAKE A LOOK /and a good one PLEASE/ at the commercials seen on YouTube.

The one and only jet pilot Tom Cruise using BOTH hands putting his mask on, while the Super Hornet seemingly driven by AI roll itself leveling its wings.

That should be enough. If you want more, read below. If you want to keep everything a big surprise, STOP HERE. Anyhow, what I am about to write is already on the web for couple of days. This is the harsh reality:

 

Cobras in Super Hornet, WTF? But we already knew that's coming.

 

A 2nd gen. fighter pilot, son of a fighter pilot killed in Tomcat comments on why Tomcat's wings are moving!?!!? WTF?? Insulting.

 

Columbia Shuttle destruction practically seen in an aircraft /and survived by its pilot/. What? Really? Insulting, especially to the victims.

Ridiculous advertisement from Lockheed Martin by the way. You'll see.

 

A misfit who almost nobody can stand besides Iceman stole a jet to show off and got away with it? Really? We all know Maverick is the worst pilot possible with that attitude from 1986 right? A pilot WOULD never act like he did in 1986 by the way. 

 

Bird strike killing an engine led to a crash, really? What about passenger planes? Do they fell of the sky like that too? Would that scene create some afterthoughts? No redundancy on the Super Hornet is what they are suggesting maybe?

 

Double Gun Mi-24 in CGI? Double???!!! Heh. Good one. Especially considering two perfectly good and flyable Mi-24Ds in Texas. No, no, this movie was done for IMAX, everything is real because Cruise says so. NO CGI, no fantasies. "There was no other way" he said. 

 

Roll rate of Super Hornet exaggerated. Expected. Same as in M:I famous helicopter scene.

 

33.3% higher G load on a Super Hornet /limit is 7.5/ survived by the plane seemingly without a problem. Oooweee! 

 

Many /probably most/ of the scenes are still shot using green screen. Expected. Watch carefully when you visit the theater. 

 

F/A-18 displayed on the ridiculous demo of the mission as an F-18? F, really? For a ground attack mission?

 

Callsigns seen on radar picture? Reaaaly?

 

Sailing scene? REAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALY?!???!?

 

I won't even start on admiral Kazansky.

For that I can say only one thing: F#ck whoever wrote this movie. F%ck Tom Cruise for letting this slide.

That was VERY insulting on EVERY possible level.

 

This was a joke. Mix of Iron Eagle II /remember there Operation Opera was hinted/ depicted in modern times with Super Hornets, with some mix from first Iron Eagle when the kid got his father on the runway and took off. Same basic ideas. 2022 realization. I rather watch Iron Eagle I and II. Some child memories at least. Doug Masters landing his Israeli F-16 to pick his father from the runway. Oh wait, it was an US F-16, but USAF refused to embarrass themselves and never gave the production its jets.

 

They ruined EVERYTHING. Moslty Cruise with his mentor complex and his stupid jokes. That was mission impossible in a jet fighter. Every single bullshi7 in MI can be seen again and again in TG Maverick.

Tony Scott absence was felt most of everything. Ridley should've taken over.

The film was shot in rushed sequence, disrupted scenes, slightly mixed story. Bad directing. I can go a lot deeper on that, but in short: expect the same movie as the first one, only worse. Sequences are identical. If you don't get it the first couple days, it will sink in time, trust me.

Complete disaster. 
Not if you enjoy M:I movies though. For me, after MI: 2, all else is bull$hit. But if you like those, you'll like this flop too.

 

Expect Director's cut, since some of the scenes seen on the YT commercials were missing.

 

P.S. Oh yes, Radios of F-14 are not working, greased young pilot doesn't know how to work them. Then the other greased young man appears seemingly OUT OF NOWHERE and then.... both planes are on the same frequency speeking shi7 to each other.

 

Cruise said that this was hitting a bullet with a bullet. Now I know for sure why they made American Psycho after him.

Please tune to 121.5. Suicide hotline.

 

Ok....you made your statement, and like it's been said over and over again:  IT'S A MOVIE, NOT A DOCUMENTARY............