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Top Gun 2
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...2-is-happening
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So essentially they'd spent 10 minutes talking about the Raptor, then the rest of the movie trying to phase it out in favor of the POS F-35. You could have dogfighting scenes with A-4s and T-45s shooting their billion dollar jets out of the sky using late 70's technology. Then Kelsey Grammer could show up and gruffly explain things while Carey Elwes and Toby Ziegler sigh a lot.
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Tom Cruise has been fighting for this film for a decade and if they've finally cracked the nut, it should be a fun ride, although I'd set my expectations fairly low because the first film was genius. The other challenge they face (and IMO, it'll make or break the film), is that the cast of Top Gun featured so many mid-20's talented actors like Cruise, Kilmer, Tim Robbins, Anthony Edwards, Adrian Pasdar and even Rick Rossovich. The talent gap is huge in 2017 versus 1985 (when the movie was filmed). Who are they going to cast? A bunch of Disney kids? |
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I bet Levitt could pull off a good role.
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A "robots vs. robots" movie would be boring...
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Boeing currently has two unmanned fighters under contract that fit very similar parameters...
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thankfully they're keeping the "Top Gun" name, even though the official name for it is
Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). lol. NSAWC just doesn't sound good for a movie. Unfortunately for me, I've been there (Fallon, NV) way too many times with my squadron.
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The era of the dogfighter isn't completely gone but it's close...
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hell, the AIM-9s are basically a last ditch weapon now. On pilot told me "they're basically just an gun with extended range" lol. Though, a good weapon to have in a dogfight / within probably 5-10 miles. one of our pilots shot down a Mig-25 (or maybe 31..can't remember...they're basically the same, 31 is just a little bigger if I recall) from so far away that the only way we confirmed a shoot down was reviewing his HUD footage from the shot, validating he had good parameters, ensuring arming pins were removed from the missle by the ordenance guys, then us Intel guys had to wait for a satellite pass over the air base where it likely came from - and compare that imagery to the previous days' imagery. One day they had like 6 Mig-25's....the next satellite pass and next few days of imagery they had 5, 5, 5, each day. So that's when they finally categorized it as a shoot down. ....but that would make for a shitty movie lol.
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EDIT: Truf...
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This.
Hell, a RED DAWN 3rd try would make more sense...
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Hope they make this solid... excited to hear it may be happening
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