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Top Gun 2
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-w...2-is-happening
On my phone can't post the video up of Tom saying it. |
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05-26-2017, 01:57 PM | #32 |
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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. |
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05-26-2017, 02:55 PM | #33 |
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05-26-2017, 03:20 PM | #34 | |
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It was basically one of the first pics that started his 'brand' |
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05-26-2017, 03:36 PM | #36 |
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On the flipside, Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star in the world, bar none.
He has a ridiculously successful franchise in Mission Impossible, created the storyline for the sequel to Edge of Tomorrow and joined Universal's Dark Universe, which features Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Javier Bardem with word on the street that Angelina Jolie comes on board as Bride of Frankenstein. The bottom line is that he doesn't need to do Top Gun 2, so if he's doing it, it'll likely be at least good, if not very good. But they'd best avoid a The Force Awakens type of situation. |
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05-26-2017, 03:50 PM | #39 |
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Nobody's gonna mention Kenny Loggins killing the intro?
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05-26-2017, 03:51 PM | #40 |
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Seriously - is this movie 60% as good without the opening setup? Screaming jets, chaos on the flight deck, slow top gun theme transitioning into the frenetic organ and power chords....
....I just came a little. Sorry. And yes, each and every single surround sound system I have ever purchased/installed has necessitated that I buy the newest version of Top Gun to blast the shit out of and give the system a proper test drive. I have the damn song on my phone to try out car stereos on test drives. That is the ultimate go-fast, adrenaline fueled anthem... |
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I think waiting 30 years, much like with the latest Star Wars sequels, was a good idea. As mentioned, dogfighting really doesn't exist anymore but drones are every where, all over the world. But then again, I don't think anyone wants to watch a bunch of guys basically playing video games, either. |
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Yeah, the opening sequence was just flat out amazing and Kenny Loggins absolutely killed it.
We saw him at the Hollywood Bowl over 4th of July weekend a couple of years ago and he ****ing killed there, too. Unreal band, amazing voice, multi-generational songs. He's very, very under-appreciated. |
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And for (many) of us, the timing can never be recaptured. I was 6 when we got our first copy and can you imagine a 6 yr old kid watching those friggen jets screaming about? I remember making little fake control yokes out of my crinkle tubes (have no idea what those plastic bendy toys were actually called) and sitting in my room flying that jet. "I'm gonna hit the breaks" {start bending stupid crinkly tubes about} No, there's no approaching Top Gun. There can't be. But so what? Tom Cruises half-asses exactly nothing. I think he's weird as shit but he's also my favorite actor to watch because he's balls to the walls every minute the camera is rolling. He will not let this suck. I refuse to believe it. |
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05-26-2017, 04:09 PM | #45 |
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{watches intro again}
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