Top Gun: Maverick

kakarott · 2 Sep 2022 at 20:36

Could see few throwbacks to part 1.

Why did maverick pick rooster when it was clear he was slow? Yea let's risk this mission with my mate's slow son.

The guy that blacked out, he should have died I mean someone should have.

Was obvious the other guy was gonna come in the end to save the day. Ending could have been better, get everyone together have a chat celebrate etc.

MissChief · 2 Sep 2022 at 20:48

Steampunk said:
Well the fastest non-classified manned flight was mach 6.7 (X15 in 1959) and the fastest UAV on record is mach 9.6 (X43A), so for a top secret project to be aiming for mach 10 is not that much of a leap. There are other designs like Shefex aiming for Mach 11. But you're not going to eject from that and then ask for a glass of water.

I’m just surprised that he survived an ejection at Mach 11.

Also Mach 11 is 8439.96mph. Given the time and speed he was going at he would have crossed the continental United States, 2,800 miles, in less than ten minutes Yet he was supposedly somewhere in the midwestern United States When he ejected.

One 48 · 2 Sep 2022 at 21:05

MissChief said:
I’m just surprised that he survived an ejection at Mach 11.

Also Mach 11 is 8439.96mph. Given the time and speed he was going at he would have crossed the continental United States, 2,800 miles, in less than ten minutes Yet he was supposedly somewhere in the midwestern United States When he ejected.

MissChief
Its a movie not an ultra realisic Documentary.
Why did you go looking for realism in a film like this?

tom_e · 2 Sep 2022 at 21:10

The surviving the ejection kind of ties into some people's theory that it's his death dream

Malevolence · 2 Sep 2022 at 21:11

MissChief said:
I’m just surprised that he survived an ejection at Mach 11.

Also Mach 11 is 8439.96mph. Given the time and speed he was going at he would have crossed the continental United States, 2,800 miles, in less than ten minutes Yet he was supposedly somewhere in the midwestern United States When he ejected.

He did execute a long 180 mid flight though.

One 48 · 2 Sep 2022 at 23:35

For those of us who like aviation realism, please try DCS flight simulation, very realistic Hornet and Tomcat carrier operations too.

As for the movie, its not the best but would watch again for the fun of it.

checjb · 3 Sep 2022 at 10:36

The hardest part for me to wrap my head around was how good both Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connolly looked. I mean, it's been a while since Top Gun and Labyrinth came out.

cu3ed · 3 Sep 2022 at 16:13

MissChief said:
I’m just surprised that he survived an ejection at Mach 11.

Also Mach 11 is 8439.96mph. Given the time and speed he was going at he would have crossed the continental United States, 2,800 miles, in less than ten minutes Yet he was supposedly somewhere in the midwestern United States When he ejected.

Well he didnt hit Mach 11.
Theirs a long film gap of last seeing him and the debrie in the sky, a plane would have massively dropped in speed and the know survived ejection was about just over Mach 1.
Theirs literally a screen filing shot of him turning to make a huge 180.

the shadow · 3 Sep 2022 at 16:46

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BUDFORCE · 3 Sep 2022 at 23:04

checjb said:
The hardest part for me to wrap my head around was how good both Tom Cruise and Jennifer Connolly looked. I mean, it's been a while since Top Gun and Labyrinth came out.

Jennifer Connelly used to be hot, I mean she still is, but you seem requiem for a dream?

The movie is average at best but you get to see a fair amount of her, including a quite erm, memorable scene towards the end of the movie.

She was 14 in Labyrinth.

ivrytwr3 · 3 Sep 2022 at 23:47

Watched this evening - what a sequel, very good.

Goose's son - they got the resemblance spot on!

Jennifer C - don't find her attractive at all and her whole thing was shoe horned in. I had to Google who she was and if we were meant to recognise her and i spent most of the movie thinking, "what happened to Charlie?" A few minutes scenes of Tom/Jennifer chatting, "me and charlie broke up because x" and some form of explanation/background to who she is.

No Righteous Brothers, no Berlin - would have been good to hear. Maybe even Mav could have witnessed some rookies pulling the same move with a girl and give a knowing smile!

Rooster lost both parents - oooooof! Meg Ryan not want to come back?

But the story - bit flimsy, but the jet scenes were fantastic. I wonder if this will do for Naval recruiting what the original did

Captain · 4 Sep 2022 at 02:52

You don’t find Jennifer attractive? Guess you’re more a Tom Cruise fan then

kola · 4 Sep 2022 at 11:43

ivrytwr3 said:
But the story - bit flimsy, but the jet scenes were fantastic. I wonder if this will do for Naval recruiting what the original did

the jet scenes had far too many cuts for me

the shadow · 4 Sep 2022 at 11:53

keyser van someone · 4 Sep 2022 at 17:20

MissChief said:
I’m just surprised that he survived an ejection at Mach 11.

That was fully explained in the film. His hair was messed up a bit.

MissChief · 4 Sep 2022 at 18:07

keyser van someone said:
That was fully explained in the film. His hair was messed up a bit.

And he was thirsty.

Bigpig · 4 Sep 2022 at 20:59

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Destination · 7 Sep 2022 at 16:44

ivrytwr3 said:
Watched this evening - what a sequel, very good.

Goose's son - they got the resemblance spot on!

Jennifer C - don't find her attractive at all and her whole thing was shoe horned in. I had to Google who she was and if we were meant to recognise her and i spent most of the movie thinking, "what happened to Charlie?" A few minutes scenes of Tom/Jennifer chatting, "me and charlie broke up because x" and some form of explanation/background to who she is.

No Righteous Brothers, no Berlin - would have been good to hear. Maybe even Mav could have witnessed some rookies pulling the same move with a girl and give a knowing smile!

Rooster lost both parents - oooooof! Meg Ryan not want to come back?

But the story - bit flimsy, but the jet scenes were fantastic. I wonder if this will do for Naval recruiting what the original did

Jennifer Connolly is Penny the admiral's daughter who is referenced in the first film, Goose speaks of him getting i trouble for something to do with penny sunbathing, so i think she wasn't a terrible shoe horn.

ivrytwr3 · 7 Sep 2022 at 16:55

Destination said:
Jennifer Connolly is Penny the admiral's daughter who is referenced in the first film, Goose speaks of him getting i trouble for something to do with penny sunbathing, so i think she wasn't a terrible shoe horn.

Disagree, it was a throw away line from a movie from over 30 years ago. Add to this those that were not old enough/did not see the first movie - this was 100% shoe horned in with very little explanation.

Washout · 7 Sep 2022 at 17:11

ivrytwr3 said:
Disagree, it was a throw away line from a movie from over 30 years ago. Add to this those that were not old enough/did not see the first movie - this was 100% shoe horned in with very little explanation.

Does it really matter? As you say - 30 years have passed and wasn't like he was married to the love interest in the first movie!