silverado427 10,679 Posted July 19, 2019 Did we do this yet. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voyager9 3,434 Posted July 19, 2019 F18’s? Boooooooooooo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 4,322 Posted July 19, 2019 I'll go see it anyway! Poor Kelly McGillis did not age well! 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 5,504 Posted July 19, 2019 Top gun was like Pearl Jam Ten, I hope this isn’t vs 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJRulz 82 Posted July 19, 2019 Grumman F-14 Tomcat - the best all around fighter plan ever made >>>>>>>>>> F-18. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted July 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, JohnnyB said: I'll go see it anyway! Poor Kelly McGillis did not age well! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted July 19, 2019 Ugh, they are going to make us wait another year? And wow, Ed Harris got reallly old looking... hopefully they did not make him look older than he is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voyager9 3,434 Posted July 19, 2019 20 minutes ago, NJRulz said: Grumman F-14 Tomcat - the best all around fighter plan ever made >>>>>>>>>> F-18. I wonder where they found one for the movie? I hear Iran still has a few with low air miles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 4,322 Posted July 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, voyager9 said: I wonder where they found one for the movie? I hear Iran still has a few with low air miles. Perhaps we should grab a couple right before we nuke them back to the ice age! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJRulz 82 Posted July 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, voyager9 said: I wonder where they found one for the movie? I hear Iran still has a few with low air miles. They sold them to Iran before their Islamic revolution. We obviously regret it now. I cant believe they still are able to fly them. Besides the fact we stopped making parts, with the sanctions and all we are not furnishing parts to our mortal enemy. The movie guys must have gotten permission to redeploy a mothballed f14 - they retired then ‘06. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 4,322 Posted July 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, Maksim said: Ugh, they are going to make us wait another year? And wow, Ed Harris got reallly old looking... hopefully they did not make him look older than he is. They did make him look older! Really older! Here's a June 2019 pic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voyager9 3,434 Posted July 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, NJRulz said: I cant believe they still are able to fly them. Besides the fact we stopped making parts, with the sanctions and all we are not furnishing parts to our mortal enemy I don’t think Iran has been able to fly them for decades, for the reason you gave. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handyman 5,682 Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnnyB said: I'll go see it anyway! Poor Kelly McGillis did not age well! The IceMan has seen better days, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krdshrk 3,877 Posted July 19, 2019 Needs moar Kenny Loggins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJM981 924 Posted July 19, 2019 Val Kilmer looks like a bad photoshop. Was he taking HGH? His head looks way too big for his body. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Underdog 1,593 Posted July 19, 2019 Forget that clown from Risky Business... Here we go.... Maybe I can see both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 4,322 Posted July 19, 2019 Wow! I don't know if I'm up to another Rocky or Rambo movie just yet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Underdog 1,593 Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Handyman said: The IceMan has seen better days, too. Isn't that Bill Maher? Rambo isn't Rocky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,259 Posted July 19, 2019 11 hours ago, NJRulz said: The movie guys must have gotten permission to redeploy a mothballed f14 - they retired then ‘06. Or, you know, cgi. Or models. Or a mix of both. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,259 Posted July 19, 2019 9 hours ago, ChrisJM981 said: Val Kilmer looks like a bad photoshop. Was he taking HGH? His head looks way too big for his body. He's recovering from throat cancer. HE also had a couple other health problems prior to that to help out too. Also most celebrities have big heads and are shorter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisJM981 924 Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, raz-0 said: He's recovering from throat cancer. HE also had a couple other health problems prior to that to help out too. Also most celebrities have big heads and are shorter. I'm still pulling my foot out of my mouth. Poor guy. Apparently it's been a long road to recovery for him and he doesn't appear in public very much from what I read. The angle of the picture makes the shot very unflattering. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Displaced Texan 11,731 Posted July 19, 2019 I’ll be skipping this one in the theaters. Will wait till it’s on TV...which probably won’t be too long. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper 6,372 Posted July 19, 2019 14 hours ago, JohnnyB said: Poor Kelly McGillis did not age well! Maverick (Cole Trickle) needs to go back and do a remake with this one instead.... Days of Thunder 2... She aged quite a bit better... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
High Exposure 5,661 Posted July 19, 2019 14 hours ago, voyager9 said: I wonder where they found one for the movie? I hear Iran still has a few with low air miles. Pretty cool article. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-iconic-f-14-tomcat-returns-aboard-a-u-s-navy-aircraft-carrier-for-top-gun-maverick/ Looks like the F-14 was from the San Diego Air and Space Museum and loaded onto CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt. It also looks like Cruise will be flying an F18 himself in some shots. Some of the filming was done on CVN-72 The USS Abraham Lincoln. One of my guys was a yellow shirt on that ship - pretty sure I’ll be going to see this in theaters with him. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
10X 3,296 Posted July 19, 2019 21 minutes ago, High Exposure said: Pretty cool article. https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-iconic-f-14-tomcat-returns-aboard-a-u-s-navy-aircraft-carrier-for-top-gun-maverick/ Looks like the F-14 was from the San Diego Air and Space Museum and loaded onto CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt. It also looks like Cruise will be flying an F18 himself in some shots. Some of the filming was done on CVN-72 The USS Abraham Lincoln. One of my guys was a yellow shirt on that ship - pretty sure I’ll be going to see this in theaters with him. I'd posted the trailer to a pilot forum yesterday; one of the former military pilots said the face-on shots of Cruise in the cockpit must have had him in the rear seat of an F-18 F variant. He also observed that to get permission to use Navy aircraft in the low-level flight sequences shown, the production company must have gotten "waivers from God". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
voyager9 3,434 Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, 10X said: I'd posted the trailer to a pilot forum yesterday; one of the former military pilots said the face-on shots of Cruise in the cockpit must have had him in the rear seat of an F-18 F variant. He also observed that to get permission to use Navy aircraft in the low-level flight sequences shown, the production company must have gotten "waivers from God". The dual-seat F makes sense. I’d imagine even if the Navy was willing let Cruise fly the plane, I doubt they’d be willing to let him fly solo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
High Exposure 5,661 Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, 10X said: I'd posted the trailer to a pilot forum yesterday; one of the former military pilots said the face-on shots of Cruise in the cockpit must have had him in the rear seat of an F-18 F variant. That makes sense. He does look pretty close to the wings/far back on some of those shots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HBecwithFn7 296 Posted July 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Sniper said: Maverick (Cole Trickle) needs to go back and do a remake with this one instead.... Days of Thunder 2... She aged quite a bit better... What? Not "Eyes Wide Shut????" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silverado427 10,679 Posted July 23, 2019 58 minutes ago, High Exposure said: Talk to me Goose. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites