Sundevil106150
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So yah this is happening apparently......Top Gun 2
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-gun-2-lands-jungle-731131
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-gun-2-lands-jungle-731131
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Top Gun 2, Why God
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We all like to rag on Top Gun. Plenty of it was Hollywood. But I bet a lot of guys in naval aviation that can't hardly stand to watch it anymore love other movies that are not any better. I'll admit that some of the scenes I love. Most of the flying and on deck stuff is great. If they do this I hope they are able to film some great flying sequences and not rely on CGI. The premise is workable. Today, in the airline biz, the emphasis is all about going back to basics. Too much button smashing. Too much reliance on automation. My brother in law instructs at Higher Power. He is a retired USAir check pilot, C-130 Nam guy and T-38 IP. He is reporting that right now the guys most in need of basic stick and rudder, power and pitch, are the military guys he is teaching. I can see an old salty Mav bitching about spotting the deck with the HUD, flying auto throttles on the ball, and not being able to employ a weapon using the FORCE.
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speedroller
Rangers
Eh. TG2 has "been happening" for years. Hiring another writer to take another pass at another script doesn't really mean much in Hollywood. Sometimes it happens because an exec takes it as his pet rock. Sometimes it's just to retain rights to a property. I'll believe it when they actually start filming it.
speedroller
Rangers
This is what I wanted to post.
Sundevil106150
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I see your point. You think there will be an influx of wannabes though like after the first Top Gun movie? Might be entertaining to see all of them try to get on AW and discuss what % get jets and what not
. Maybe add to the parodies too that can be made as well. 
Assuming Maverick was a junior LT in the first movie at about 28 years old, he would be a terminal Captain or an Admiral in the sequel pushing 56 years old. I hope they maintain some type of continuity.
Yeah, because back in the day we didn't have the sort of O-4 board results you have had lately . I am sure that now days Mav would be a 2xFOS LT given his record.
Reminds me of a quote from Bogey and Bandits...
“Somewhere in every Navy ready room, stuffed in a locker among the stacks of videos that pilots watch to kill time between flying duty, is a much-viewed copy of Top Gun. It still gets played a lot. The pilots all know the film is silly. Farcical. Cartoonish. They love it.”
I will, of course, never admit to liking Top Gun.
“Somewhere in every Navy ready room, stuffed in a locker among the stacks of videos that pilots watch to kill time between flying duty, is a much-viewed copy of Top Gun. It still gets played a lot. The pilots all know the film is silly. Farcical. Cartoonish. They love it.”
I will, of course, never admit to liking Top Gun.
I will, of course, never admit to liking Top Gun.
Show me someone who claims not to like Top Gun and I'll show you a liar.
In reality, she was acting Dep Sec Def until a couple months ago.If your interested in continuity, here's Charlie (who now bats for the other team). So, she'd be senior/retired SES by now, so that fits. That's gonna be one helluva a love scene...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Fox
