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New trailer is out 😎
Wonder which mens hair dye is sponsoring that?
I will bet 50p that the 'plot' of this one is pretty much the same as the last one.
nickc
Full MemberI will bet 50p that the ‘plot’ of this one is pretty much the same as the last one.
And the same as all his other movies no doubt. Crisis of confidence, love of a good woman etc.
I.
Can't.
Wait. 😀
He's still a maverick, but recognised as "one of the best" (somehow) pulled from obscure duty to teach pilots of the next generation how to do air to air as "last chance option" by rival (and secretly jealous) senior officers. Much squaring up to the Old-Man by younger pilots who're initially unimpressed by come to respect his skills. Somewhere in there there's a hot young woman (perhaps pilot or analyst) who's somehow inexplicably attracted to a man who's the same age as her father, she knows of him by reputation. He's never heard of her (natch)
He leads them in a mission that's top secret. Comes back rehabilitated after saving reputation of jealous rival officers, all salute the flag.
Fin - Exit stage left chased by a bear...
50p or my name's not Sammy Spoiler
“I will bet 50p that the ‘plot’ of this one is pretty much the same as the last one.”
How is that a bad thing..?
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Grinning like a loon 🙂
Will it include beach volleyball?
Somewhere in there there’s a hot young woman (perhaps pilot or analist)
😱
Somewhere in there there’s a hot young woman (perhaps pilot or analist)
I don't think it'll be that kind of film
Will it include beach volleyball?
Don't be ridiculous. It's (american) football.
Let me go back and change that....😜
It looks like absolutely preposterous, testosteroney, homo-erotic nonsense!
I can't bloody wait to see it on the big screen! 😀
That trailer made me grin from ear to ear for exactly 2 minutes and 31 seconds. Bring it on!
I can’t bloody wait to see it on the big screen!
Me neither, I've honestly been missing a big, flashy, dumb-but-good action film. What with this and the forthcoming Mission Impossible film, I'm quite looking forward to a couple of cinema trips this year
Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends.
Can’t wait and big screen it is and possibly with the wobbly seats and immersion.
they had me at the piano theme tune! tingles...
Brain off, popcorn on, i'm in!
possibly with the wobbly seats and immersion
Again, I don't think it's that kind of film 😉
I'm guessing it will be absolutely terrible
I'll be watching it
I’m guessing it will be absolutely terrible
Without a doubt
I’ll be watching it
Me also probably, but I genuinely can't figure out why. I mean, it's going to be shit isn't it? Everyone knows it is, no one is expecting it to be anything other than a complete pastiche of the first film (which was absolutely itself a plot free hot mess of nonsense) why do we fall for this shit every-time?
mass produced cheescake made into a film.
mass produced cheescake made into a film.
mmmm cheeeeesecaaaake.
I'm not going until they confirm there's a beach volleyball game in this one!
why do we fall for this shit every-time?
These films, for me, fall into two types:
1) Stupid, but know they're stupid really and don't take themselves too seriously (see Top Gun, Mission Impossible)
2) Stupid, but think they're somehow clever, and tale themselves far too seriously (recent Bonds, recent Star Warses)
The first lot serve the absolutely honourable purpose of entertaining me for a couple of hours.
The second lot just irritate me.
Me also probably, but I genuinely can’t figure out why. I mean, it’s going to be shit isn’t it? Everyone knows it is, no one is expecting it to be anything other than a complete pastiche of the first film (which was absolutely itself a plot free hot mess of nonsense) why do we fall for this shit every-time?
There isn't a film in existence I've watched more times than the original - every night after getting in from the nightclubs in the late 80's - 5 or 6 of us in my mates lounge
Looks like Goose left his rubbish moustache to his son then.
why do we fall for this shit every-time?
Because we want to leave our brains at the door and watch some absolutely preposterous load of old cobblers 😀
I’mguessing it will be absolutely terriblehoping against hope it will be okay
There are precedents for long-awaited sequels (not reboots) that haven't been terrible... Bill & Ted, Blade Runner, Tron... most have been shite, granted 😃
Will almost certainly go see it either way. Have seen the original at the cinema a few times, there's nothing to match watching jets scream past as Danger Zone cranks out of the sound system 🤣
I’m not going until they confirm there’s a beach volleyball game in this one!
Again, watch the trailer, prepare for disappointment (1:57)
There isn’t a film in existence I’ve watched more times than the original
I think the teenaged plane nerd in me was so offended by the flying sequences that I've maybe watched it twice, and that was probably one too many times.
Top Gun is not - and this cannot be overstated - a film for nerds. It was made by, and for, [I]winners[/I].I think the teenaged plane nerd in me was so offended by the flying sequences
The second half of this is quite interesting. Some good faces pulled by the actors 🙂
That Lego one is amazing!
That Lego one is amazing!
It really is!
There was a TopGun re-make advertised before the pandemic. With being distracted i'm not sure if that was actually released at the cinema and this is another one in the series, or if this is the one from a few years ago and the original release was delayed.
Anyone able to advise?
Nice to see Goose's original moustache making an appearance even if he's still swimming with the fishes
yes, same one that was advertised before the pandemic and then delayed
Me also probably, but I genuinely can’t figure out why. I mean, it’s going to be shit isn’t it? Everyone knows it is, no one is expecting it to be anything other than a complete pastiche of the first film (which was absolutely itself a plot free hot mess of nonsense) why do we fall for this shit every-time?
mass produced cheescake made into a film.
Look - some things are for savoring, some things are just for enjoyment - this has both feet firmly in the latter. Leave your expectations at the door, strap yourself in and ENJOY it all the more! The 80s were ACE!
It's going to be frickin AWESOME!
I'm oiling myself up as we speak....
scud
Full Member
I’m oiling myself up as we speak…
...I fear you've overshared. Again.
Just came to say...
I've never watched the original one.
Doesn't look like they've used the original GPZ900, even though it makes you think that when he whips an old dusty cover off.
I thought it looked very different in that trailer... 🤔
versus...
I is disappoint...
some things are for savoring, some things are just for enjoyment – this has both feet firmly in the latter.
Indeed. Sometimes I want a nine course tasting menu with a matching flight of carefully selected wines. Sometimes I want a lamb shish/kofte combination, lots of salad, chilli sauce, and a nice cold can of Kronenbourg. This is very much a kebab and Kronenbourg film.
What a time to have a 13yo son… 😀
I watched the original with some "absolutely preposterous, testosteroney, homo-erotic" rally drivers/fans, and didn't dare say what I really thought of it.
The main interest in that trailer was "which ski resort is that?"
This is very much a kebab and Kronenbourg film.
Commie, It's a hot dog and Bud film.
Commie, It’s a hot dog and Bud film.
Thinking about it, the most ridiculously unbelievable thing in the first film (and possibly this one), is that anyone would willingly drink Budweiser...
Random facts
- loved the original
- loved the motorbike too
- i'm wearing a top gun t shirt today
- film was slightly ruined for me when I wore said t shirt out once and the bouncer said it was a chick flick. it is i guess (volleyball scene, love interest etc) but it's still good 🙂
New one probably won't live up to the old one but still look forward to seeing it
Can we have a Lego version of the Film.
it would be infinitely better acted no doubt
why do we fall for this shit every-time?
Because I was inverted
*cough*bullshit*cough*
And that, sceptics, is why this is ace. 🙂
Must Google to see if IWC are making a new Top Gun watch alongside the release.
(Not that I can afford one anyway, but the old one was cool in the very naffest way)
Looking forward to big screen flying antics.
Hoping it will take my breath away ………
This is very much a kebab and Kronenbourg film.
That would be Videodrome, wouldn't it?
Hoping it will take my breath away ………
I see what you did there.
The LEGO trailer looks infinitely more watchable than the real thing.
“I will bet 50p that the ‘plot’ of this one is pretty much the same as the last one.”
I will be surprised if the plot is that complicated. This is Tom Cruise after all. Despite that I will be watching it
Judging by the extended trailer, the pilots are really being put through the wringer. Most of the jets I recognise, F-14 Tomcat, F-18 Hornet, but there’s one that I’m sure isn’t real, or at least never got into production or is a proposed stealth aircraft. Looks familiar, though.
Big dumb fun, haven’t been to the cinema in several years, used to go all the time, and as I now have long periods of time off, I might start going in the afternoon, this might be the first, just for shits’n’giggles.
I do, however, have a couple of the green flying jackets that Cruise wears when he makes his return, a CWU-45P, cold weather, and a CWU-36P warm weather. the latter one has a unit badge sewn on, which after much internet searching, I tracked down. The jacket was sold as dating from the 90’s, and the patch confirmed it, it’s US Army TEXCOM, Test And Experimental Command based In Florida, which was amalgamated with two other units into US Army TEVCOM, Test And Evaluation Command, around 1997/8. I guess the former owner was pilot or crew evaluating and testing rotary-wing aircraft - nice to own something with a bit of established history.
Does this mean we get Hot Shots (Trois et Quatre)?
I’m not going until they confirm there’s a beach volleyball game in this one!
Isn't Cruise 60 years old?
Do we really want beach volleyball with 60 year olds? (I'm only 53 and my knees can't take beach volleyball.)
What a time to have a 13yo son… 😀
I was just going to say, who the hell am I going to watch this with. The cinemas are going be full of middle aged blokes on their own.
Me and my 40y old friends are going to the cinema together. We're the only ones who will truly get it. One is flying in (not in an F18) just for the event.
Thinking about it, the most ridiculously unbelievable thing in the first film (and possibly this one), is that anyone would willingly drink Budweiser…
The US is - or at least, certainly was - very big on 'domestic' products. If you could get a Budweiser for $2 or a Grolsch for $6, the Bud is suddenly a lot more attractive a choice.
Me and my 40y old friends are going to the cinema together. We’re the only ones who will truly get it.
Does this mean we get Hot Shots (Trois et Quatre)?
It was made by, and for, winners.
kayak23
Full Member
Doesn’t look like they’ve used the original GPZ900
It was a 750.
And it was a bloody awful film too.
Not as bad as Point Break (what is?) but come on, it was bollocks.
(Runs away and hides).
Runs away and hides
You can't run and hide from Tom Cruise in an F18. It's really fast and he's really small. No hiding place is secure.
Anyone over 40 was alive and engaged in the 80s. This is an 80s film for 2020(2 - bloody pandemic)!
That lego trailer is pushing all sort of buttons. It's fantastic
You can’t run and hide from Tom Cruise in an F18. It’s really fast and he’s really small. No hiding place is secure.
Or Jonny Utah, his knee might give way, but he'll jump out of a plane without a parachute to get his man!
Where I used to work, we had an apprentice whose name was Maverick. Thankfully, I got a heads-up on the names, so when I raised an eyebrow with his manager and said “Topgun?” She said yes and laughed.
Nice nod to Val. I’ll watch it.
Presumably not set at Miramar. I was locked in at the museum there when I went to San Diego. It's a portacabin on the edge of the base, and access is strictly via a side gate if you are not a US National. They shut that gate early and you can't leave via the base.
Museum piece.
