Top Gun 2

[Jonnyuma]

Too bad Goose died in the first one (*SPOILER*), Anthony Edward's could probably use the work.

All I can say is that when Stallone got his AARP card he was wise enough to change-up the story line while maintaining a plausible character arc... now he's a trainer. That does not seem to be the case w Cruise.

 

[bbbass]

That does not seem to be the case w Cruise.

Oh no, Mr. Ego would never allow that!!! Still... I wish they'd taken him out entirely and made the movie that way. TC is not the draw, honkin azz jets and fighter combat is the draw!!!

 

[etrain16]

Too bad Goose died in the first one (*SPOILER*), Anthony Edward's could probably use the work.

All I can say is that when Stallone got his AARP card he was wise enough to change-up the story line while maintaining a plausible character arc... now he's a trainer. That does not seem to be the case w Cruise.

They could bring him back - like in Star Wars. He could guide Maverick on his path to retirement.

 

[300Pete]

First it's Top Gun 2 and then that, Days of Thunder 2? Lol

 

[No_Regerts]

First it's Top Gun 2 and then that, Days of Thunder 2? Lol

I thought Days of Thunder was Top Gun 2?

 

[nammac]

I thought Days of Thunder was Top Gun 2?

 

[300Pete]

I thought Days of Thunder was Top Gun 2?

If Days of Thinder was Top Gun 2, would Cocktail have been Tip Gun 3??? LOL!!!!

 

[bbbass]

Days of Thunder was that chili my wife made...

 

[Ironbar]

Yep, I officially can't wait!

No effing way. Tom Cruise is a psychopath and I refuse to contribute a penny to this re-hashed drivel.

 

[Kruel J]

No effing way. Tom Cruise is a psychopath and I refuse to contribute a penny to this re-hashed drivel.

Alrighty then.

 

[300Pete]

Days of Thunder was that chili my wife made...

And you called the "foreplay", "Risky Business"?

 

[CamoDeafie]

Probably not gonna watch this one. Grew up on the first one along with the Rambo series... since this one is being produced.. whats the odds that Charlie Sheen is gonna make a coke fueled final sequel to the Hot Shots series? (they used F-11 Tigers in the first Hot Shots by the way...) for another cheesy movie from the 80s backed by the Pentagon (US Army); may I suggest watching Fire Birds, starring Nicholas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sean Young? Its basically Top Gun with helicopters...

 

[cigars]

Isn't Tom Cruise a little short to be a storm trooper? Did he have to sit on a phone book in the cockpit?

His old Gpz 900 kind of rocked though.

 

[No_Regerts]

And you called the "foreplay", "Risky Business"?

But it took "All the Right Moves" to get in that position. It was "Far and Away" the most important part.

 

[No_Regerts]

Probably not gonna watch this one. Grew up on the first one along with the Rambo series... since this one is being produced.. whats the odds that Charlie Sheen is gonna make a coke fueled final sequel to the Hot Shots series? (they used F-11 Tigers in the first Hot Shots by the way...) for another cheesy movie from the 80s backed by the Pentagon (US Army); may I suggest watching Fire Birds, starring Nicholas Cage, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sean Young? Its basically Top Gun with helicopters...

It was more BS than Top Gun was. I watched it with my dad, who flew Cobras during his last ten years in the Army where he did quite a bit of air to air training. He wasn't impressed in the least bit. Shooting unguided rockets from a hover against moving fighter jets and helicopters? Right.

 

[Kruel J]

But it took "All the Right Moves" to get in that position. It was "Far and Away" the most important part.

I'm going to go see it regardless. To each his own.

 

[No_Regerts]

I'm going to go see it regardless. To each his own.

Me too! Top Gun was, and still is, one of my favorite movies of all time.

 

[Kruel J]

Me too! Top Gun was, and still is, one of my favorite movies of all time.

Same!

 

[CamoDeafie]

It was more BS than Top Gun was. I watched it with my dad, who flew Cobras during his last ten years in the Army where he did quite a bit of air to air training. He wasn't impressed in the least bit. Shooting unguided rockets from a hover against moving fighter jets and helicopters? Right.

And the "machine gun effect" from those same 70mm Hydra tubes? Hilarious. Also hilarious, the simulator scene with Nick saying "I AM THE BEST" and losing the game.

Edit; huh. Truth is indeed weirder than fiction, 1978-1979 the US Army and the USAF conducted training experiments pitting helicopters against fighters

J-CATCH - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That said, I don't recall any actual helicopter to helicopter combat happening with the US Army helos... other countries, maybe?

 

[No_Regerts]

And the "machine gun effect" from those same 70mm Hydra tubes? Hilarious. Also hilarious, the simulator scene with Nick saying "I AM THE BEST" and losing the game.

That said, I don't recall any actual helicopter to helicopter combat happening with the US Army helos... other countries, maybe?

Mainly the training was to assist Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots how to deal with helicopters. It was in the 80s and most radar had a hard time picking up a low hovering helicopter with all the ground clutter. Fighter tactics with radar guided missiles is to start low and shoot up, vs diving to gain the energy advantage like they did in WWII and Korea. When looking down, fast movers would frequently overshoot and then get a simulated stinger launch on egress.

They theorized in the end the most effective weapon was an unguided bomb. No need for radar lock or heat signatures. If the bomb landed close enough, the helicopter would likely take enough damage to go down.