Top Gun: Maverick

Oafley Jones · 18-12-2019 4:48pm

Is anyone really surprised?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9lnIDdkMo

pixelburp · 18-12-2019 6:51pm

Oafley, just remove the "v=" from the text between the YOUTUBE tags. It only needs to have the hex code.

That video seems unclear, in that it seems to imply the actors really were flying those jets, which I just don't believe for a second; yet during the snippets of Cruise in the cockpit, I didn't spot anyone else that looked like the real pilot.

And yeah, it'll be a weird world when Cruise becomes too old to perform these stunts himself (with the suggestion being that the next 2 MI films are shot back to back for that precise reason).

Oafley Jones · 18-12-2019 7:23pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Oafley, just remove the "v=" from the text between the YOUTUBE tags. It only needs to have the hex code.

That video seems unclear, in that it seems to imply the actors really were flying those jets, which I just don't believe for a second; yet during the snippets of Cruise in the cockpit, I didn't spot anyone else that looked like the real pilot.

And yeah, it'll be a weird world when Cruise becomes too old to perform these stunts himself (with the suggestion being that the next 2 MI films are shot back to back for that precise reason).

I wouldn’t take that from it. It’s a couple of years training to get near those things and I’m sure the vast majority people understand that. I don’t think they’re being disingenuous. I am shocked that the rest of the cast was allowed/ were up for it. Cruise I’d never any doubt.

19-12-2019 8:07am

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Is anyone really surprised?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz9lnIDdkMo

This is how you make a blockbuster movie in 2019.

Kermit.de.frog · 19-12-2019 1:57pm

Really looking forward to this more than any movie in the last few years to be honest.

Great marketing too so far which is rare enough these days.

MisterAnarchy · 19-12-2019 2:09pm

Pity that there isnt a proper IMAX screen in Ireland to watch this on.

Skyknight · 20-12-2019 12:34am

pixelburp wrote: »

Oafley, just remove the "v=" from the text between the YOUTUBE tags. It only needs to have the hex code.

That video seems unclear, in that it seems to imply the actors really were flying those jets, which I just don't believe for a second; yet during the snippets of Cruise in the cockpit, I didn't spot anyone else that looked like the real pilot.

And yeah, it'll be a weird world when Cruise becomes too old to perform these stunts himself (with the suggestion being that the next 2 MI films are shot back to back for that precise reason).

He's in the backseat of a two seat (Super)Bug(F/A-18F), with the camera facing aft. The real pilot is in the front seat doing the work. Its will of course be interspersed with, in all probability lower interior body shots in a mockup, and external shots of (a) real F/A-18E, and there you go. As far as I can remember, its something similar to what they did in the first movie, where with the aid of some interest in camera angles they gave the impression that that were in the real thing.

There were apparently alot of really pissed Navy personnel on the USS Theodore Roosevelt by the time filming on the carrier wrapped.

Kirby · 20-12-2019 2:09am

Skyknight wrote: »

He's in the backseat of a two seat (Super)Bug(F/A-18F), with the camera facing aft. The real pilot is in the front seat doing the work. Its will of course be interspersed with, in all probability lower interior body shots in a mockup, and external shots of (a) real F/A-18E, and there you go. As far as I can remember, its something similar to what they did in the first movie, where with the aid of some interest in camera angles they gave the impression that that were in the real thing.

There were apparently alot of really pissed Navy personnel on the USS Theodore Roosevelt by the time filming on the carrier wrapped.

You are spot on but there ARE some shots of him actually flying. It was a contract stipulation by Cruise himself before he would agree to do it. That there would be at least one high-speed shot in the film of him actually flying. He has actually been trained to fly one.

Skyknight · 20-12-2019 2:53pm

Ah right....It might be his own P-51 he's flying. Not sure how willing the DoD is about letting a civilian fly one of their birds(maybe a T-45), regardless of how well trained/famous they are. Then again it is the States :rolleyes:

silverharp · 20-12-2019 3:45pm

Skyknight wrote: »

Ah right....It might be his own P-51 he's flying. Not sure how willing the DoD is about letting a civilian fly one of their birds(maybe a T-45), regardless of how well trained/famous they are. Then again it is the States :rolleyes:

im sure he flew....in the back seat

Slydice · 03-02-2020 1:31am

Superbowl Spot:

silverharp · 02-04-2020 6:49pm

Pushed back to Dec 23rd ,Christmas movie it is then

CastorTroy · 03-04-2020 8:23pm

May seem off topic, but I started watching the last Transformers webseries yesterday and one of the preludes is about Starscream.

Smiled when I heard the music because clearly whoever made it thought if it's about a jet, it has to have a very Top Gun like soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfRXNIRE12g

Physicskid9 · 25-01-2021 10:51pm

Had been excited for this film but forgot all about it due to it being postponed, that was untill the trailer popped on YouTube. Looks incredible and cannot wait to see it.

EoinMcLovin · 09-04-2021 7:24pm

Now releasing on November 19th

silverharp · 09-04-2021 9:56pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Now releasing on November 19th

I was right about an xmas film, just got the year wrong

robwen · 09-04-2021 10:12pm

It's not out till November but Cruise, Miles Teller & Jennifer Connelly were on the Graham Norton show this week promoting it, that's a bit mad!
Episode is not airing tonight because of Philly's passing

speedboatchase · 12-04-2021 5:00pm

robwen wrote: »

It's not out till November but Cruise, Miles Teller & Jennifer Connelly were on the Graham Norton show this week promoting it, that's a bit mad!
Episode is not airing tonight because of Philly's passing

Sure the new Bond movie's song is a year old at this point.

Dades · 13-04-2021 5:39pm

speedboatchase wrote: »

Sure the new Bond movie's song is a year old at this point.

And the fact that it won a grammy before anyone has even seen the movie is an absolute farce.

Surely a song in that category has to be judged in conjunction with the visual media it is purporting to represent?

mikhail · 13-04-2021 6:10pm

You may be assuming that those awards are much more than a marketing exercise.

JP Liz V1 · 17-04-2021 10:44pm

robwen wrote: »

It's not out till November but Cruise, Miles Teller & Jennifer Connelly were on the Graham Norton show this week promoting it, that's a bit mad!
Episode is not airing tonight because of Philly's passing

Graham saw it, needs to be seen on the big screen, IMAX

Slydice · 19-04-2021 12:08am

I'd always kind of assumed it's a big screen movie. I imagine the people who saw the first one in a cinema might be able to say for sure.

Sleepy · 20-04-2021 10:03am

I just spotted Myles Teller's character in that "Real flying" video... call sign "Rooster" and that tashe? You have to presume he's going to be playing Goose's son?

JP Liz V1 · 20-04-2021 10:07am

Sleepy wrote: »

I just spotted Myles Teller's character in that "Real flying" video... call sign "Rooster" and that tashe? You have to presume he's going to be playing Goose's son?

Yes he pretty much revealed it on GN

Sleepy · 20-04-2021 1:40pm

Didn't know Teller was in it until I saw that clip. Taking it as a positive, have liked him in everything I've seen him in.

silverharp · 01-09-2021 7:15pm

Damit

https://twitter.com/Borys_Kit/status/1433128516971753476

Sad Professor · 01-09-2021 7:24pm

M:I7 delayed as well.

pixelburp · 01-09-2021 7:26pm

Do we have an inkling why both have been pushed back? Cluttered schedule or just Delta anxiety in the US?

Sad Professor · 01-09-2021 7:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117834403#Comment_117834403

My first assumption was that Tom wants his full slice of the box office and the studio wants him to have it too.

johnny_ultimate · 01-09-2021 7:29pm

And Jackass Forever too! The Paramount Push to 2022.

Slydice · 01-09-2021 7:54pm

Hollywood Reporter saying as much about the Box Office money..

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-maverick-mission-impossible-7-release-date-tom-cruise-1235006871/

The date moves come as concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and its delta variant continue to hamper theater attendance and make putting tentpoles into cinemas a risky proposition for studios. Paramount, like other studios, regularly consults with epidemiologists on decisions such as this, and the studio is hopeful the box office will recover in 2022 when these films are now set to open.

Sad Professor · 01-09-2021 8:30pm

"Paramount, like other studios, regularly consults with epidemiologists on decisions such as this"

This made me laugh. What a dystopian world we live in now!

Sleepy · 02-09-2021 12:18pm

FFS, we could be looking at a posthumous release at this stage!

silverharp · 02-09-2021 12:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117834799#Comment_117834799

interestingly concert tickets are selling in record times at the moment in the States.

p to the e · 02-09-2021 1:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116944663#Comment_116944663

Today I learned a gosling is a young goose. They missed a trick with the casting.

JP Liz V1 · 04-09-2021 11:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116946897#Comment_116946897

Best thing in Footloose remake

Slydice · 31-01-2022 1:33am

Tom Cruise in an introduction to an American Football match this evening.

Combined with Top Gun Theme and Clips of the new film.

Enough to have me wanting another trailer, I'll say that much!

The Time is Now featuring Tom Cruise | AFC Championship Tease | CBS Sports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_yWXlX-G_I

Slydice · 14-02-2022 12:38am

Superbowl night! Top Gun / Porsche ad.

Porsches going fast.. clips from the movie.. and The Music! .. awe yeah.. the music!

Top Gun: Maverick x Porsche

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O8f2dorq08

pixelburp · 14-02-2022 8:34pm

Celebrate America HooRah energy with a German sports car 😁

Wikipedia's telling me this coat $152 million; now under the Hollywood Accounting rule of 2x the budget to break even - plus maybe some extra lost for the various delays - that's north of $300 million worldwide before this film makes money.

I'm dead curious to learn how this does; assuming the film's not a piece of ****, whether (Cruise + Nostalgia) - CoVid can pull a crowd. This still opening in China? Given previous issues over having a Taiwanese flag in the trailer (the horror).

Slydice · 14-02-2022 10:15pm

I'd say there's an additional element in there of Cruise gaining a heap of experience building on top of a franchise with Mission Impossible.

Staying somehow grounded to the original feel and yet building on it doesn't sound easy for sure.

Plus, there's got to be a weight of expectation from the fans of the original.

Anyway.. I've just googled for a theme for top gun maverick and listen to two versions.. no pressure to the producers 😁

Top Gun Maverick Theme - Epic Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwDk7hqb7x4

Top Gun Maverick (SoundTrack)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h39-2HO_rh4

silverharp · 15-02-2022 2:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118631340#Comment_118631340

I'd be surprised if it lost money and I really doubt it will pull in a billion. Its the one film this year where ill be saying "son were going to the cinema!" so yeah to the nostalga and lots of dog fighting jets and cool aircraft carrier scenes, whats not to like!!!

pixelburp · 15-02-2022 7:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118634562#Comment_118634562

I doubt it'll lose money, I'd just wonder how well it'll do against a climate allergic to anything other than dependable brands. What's in its favour for sure is Tom Cruise's latter-day attempts to kill himself on screen via a late stage middle age crisis; means the action should be spectacular - and "real". We've already seen footage of Cruise shotgunning a takeoff; while Joseph Kosinski has shown himself an able visual director.

MisterAnarchy · 15-02-2022 9:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118636443#Comment_118636443

Thats a good point you make about it being "Real".

From the clips I've seen, the action looks real and genuine unlike so many modern blockbusters with their blatantly fake cgi which robs it of any suspense.

They used a revolutionary 6 Imax camera setup in each cockpit.

I have no doubt that visually and sonically it will be groundbreaking, the question is will the script be good enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNtJ4HdMavo

16-02-2022 7:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118637015#Comment_118637015

Unless Tom wrote it himself can it really be that good??? 😁

pixelburp · 16-02-2022 8:23am

Well, the three screenwriters are: Christopher McQuarrie (who wrote and directed all the latter-day Mission Impossibles, so knows how to craft a damn fine action movie); Ehren Kruger (who cowrote 3 of the 5 transformers movies, and so doesn't know how to write an action movie!); and Eric Warren Singer (whose biggest credit is co-writing American Hustle, worked with Kosinski before with Only the Brave so may just onboard to punch up some parts).

McQuarrie's the standout there, but I wouldn't know to what extent each of the 3 men has contributed to the script that was shot. If it's all McQuarrie... hype! If it's all Kruger... uh-oh.

Sleepy · 16-02-2022 4:00pm

I can't imagine this ever being as quotable as the original but, let's face it, Top Gun was never about the script... or even the plot tbh. Once they have epic, well shot, dog-fights with real planes tearing off runways to that theme tune, I'll be happy...

pixelburp · 29-03-2022 3:53pm

One more trailer for the road; you definitely get the benefit of all that "in cockpit" footage, though there were a few suspiciously fake, CGI shots...

https://youtu.be/xL3CTra4bS4

silverharp · 29-03-2022 9:27pm

end of May , I thought it was going to be later, yipee.

Big Gerry · 03-04-2022 10:39pm

Top Gun 2 is now 4 years old it was shot back in 2018.

walshb · 03-04-2022 10:40pm

Tom do all the stunts, yeh?🤔

Top Gun: Maverick

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