Top Gun 2

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

They have been trying to do this for years. It kinda died out when Tony Scott killed himself

Would love to see it and hope it finally happens

The expense of this film would be huge...and what planes would they fly??

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Kman34

The expense of this film would be huge...and what planes would they fly??

It's about drones and the end of "dogfighting".

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by Kman34

The expense of this film would be huge...and what planes would they fly??

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It's about drones and the end of "dogfighting".

It should be about the f-22 Raptor, which is going to pretty much end dog fighting, because nothing will even come close to shooting one out of the sky.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

It should be about the f-22 Raptor, which is going to pretty much end dog fighting, because nothing will even come close to shooting one out of the sky.

They could make it like the Pentagon Wars when the whole thing was centered around how badly they ****ed up designing the Bradley.

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.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

It should be about the f-22 Raptor, which is going to pretty much end dog fighting, because nothing will even come close to shooting one out of the sky.

I'll post more if/when I hear more plot details but as of now, the script doesn't even exist, just the basic outline of the new generation of drone fighters vs. old school dogfighting.

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?

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Who are they going to cast? A bunch of Disney kids?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

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Zac Efron will be 30 when the movie starts filming next year and Dave Franco will be 32.

There's a real dearth of mid-20's male talent right now.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

There's a real dearth of mid-20's .... talent right now.

EDIT: Truf...

[eDave]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I'll post more if/when I hear more plot details but as of now, the script doesn't even exist, just the basic outline of the new generation of drone fighters vs. old school dogfighting.

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?

This is sounding like it's going to be awful actually.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by eDave

This is sounding like it's going to be awful actually.

And don't forget, the score by Harold Faltermeyer, along with the Oscar winning Take My Breathe Away by Berlin, along with the The Top Gun Theme with Steve Stevens, is as iconic as the film itself.

I think it would best to pivot to something uniquely different than the original.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

And don't forget, the score by Harold Faltermeyer, along with the Oscar winning Take My Breathe Away by Berlin, along with the The Top Gun Theme with Steve Stevens, is as iconic as the film itself.

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Very good point.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

And don't forget, the score by Harold Faltermeyer, along with the Oscar winning Take My Breathe Away by Berlin, along with the The Top Gun Theme with Steve Stevens, is as iconic as the film itself.

I think it would best to pivot to something uniquely different than the original.

Bruckheimer involved at all?

It was basically one of the first pics that started his 'brand'

[eDave]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

And don't forget, the score by Harold Faltermeyer, along with the Oscar winning Take My Breathe Away by Berlin, along with the The Top Gun Theme with Steve Stevens, is as iconic as the film itself.

I think it would best to pivot to something uniquely different than the original.

Yea. And name it something else.

[Bowser]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

It should be about the f-22 Raptor, which is going to pretty much end dog fighting, because nothing will even come close to shooting one out of the sky.

Unfortunately for this movie the F-22 is USAF property, not USN.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Unfortunately for this movie the F-22 is USAF property, not USN.

Boeing currently has two unmanned fighters under contract that fit very similar parameters...