Top Gun: Maverick

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Posted by Tom Cruise to his Twitter today with the hashtag “Day 1”: https://mobile.twitter.com/TomCruise/status/1002062865971499008

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Only problem is that bug in the background instead of the Turkey. Looks like Topgun 2 is happening fo’ real.

Please, oh great movie sacrificial cow, do not screw up a beloved movie franchise. For the love of all that is holy.
 
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If you have entered the “TV and Movie” sub-forum with realism at the forefront of your mind, please exit to the right.

All the rest of us, prepare to rekindle your childhood desire to be a fighter pilot!

I’m in.
 
No the fact that he would still be in the navy at all.
I thought the trailer hit this “problem” right between the eyes. Remember, Pete Mitchell is supposed to be a screw up. Helluva pilot, but a screw up.
 
Lots of Captains? I thought most were let go if not promoted by a certain time period. I've never been in the military so all I know about it is from Down Periscope.

10 U.S. Code § 634: Mandates retirement for O6s not on a promotion list to O7 after 30 years of active commissioned service, except for certain officers in the Navy or Marine Corps who are either limited duty officers or permanent professors at the United States Naval Academy.

He could be a LimDu as a test pilot.

Or on a selection list for O7 and constantly being passed over.

Or it could just be a movie. ;)
 
Plot prediction:
Iran figures out how to make one of their ‘Cats more lethal or something. The US doesn’t like that. They try to send a drone to blow it up—an Iranian Tomcat blows it out of the sky. They decide the only way to take care of it is to sneak in the only guy on active duty that knows how to fly the crap out of a Tomcat. Since he’s been trained as n MP and a spy in other movies, Maverick is able to infiltrate the snowy mountain stronghold and steal the bird right out from under the Iranians.

Bam. Cut it. Print it.
 
Y’all know John Wick didn’t really kill all them people and Captain America is really a liberal snowflake right? It’s a movie. Let Maverick do his flyby in his depends while chugging an Ensure and downing some Centrum Silver.


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Y’all know John Wick didn’t really kill all them people and Captain America is really a liberal snowflake right? It’s a movie. Let Maverick do his flyby in his depends while chugging an Ensure and downing some Centrum Silver.


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I'm actually a little surprised the "church" allowed him to look so old.
 
Plot prediction:
Iran figures out how to make one of their ‘Cats more lethal or something. The US doesn’t like that. They try to send a drone to blow it up—an Iranian Tomcat blows it out of the sky. They decide the only way to take care of it is to sneak in the only guy on active duty that knows how to fly the crap out of a Tomcat. Since he’s been trained as n MP and a spy in other movies, Maverick is able to infiltrate the snowy mountain stronghold and steal the bird right out from under the Iranians.

Bam. Cut it. Print it.

You forgot the "Top Gun" style competition that they have to determine who gets to fly the mission. Maverick backs up the wheelchair and throws his hat in the ring. LOL
 
I'll be damned if it doesn't really look like he's flying that Bug jet. They've got their act together with the visuals it seems.
 
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Val Kilmer is in this too. Over/under that's the Iceman all ice cold in the box?
 
“Sonar...play me a dirge, matey.”

lol

@RetiredUSNChief can confirm, Down Periscope is one of the most accurate submarine movies ever made.

I would peg life on a boat as 80-90% Down Periscope, and about 10% Hunt for Red October.

At least that's how I would grade it on the Key West when I was on her.
 
If you have entered the “TV and Movie” sub-forum with realism at the forefront of your mind, please exit to the right.

All the rest of us, prepare to rekindle your childhood desire to be a fighter pilot!

I’m in.
I'm excited, if I wanted realism I would watch a documentary, this is simple fun.
 
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