Warbird Information Exchange

How is Meg Ryan looking these days ?

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And Tom Skerritt is 71 and playing the lead in the Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of Don Quixote`in Seattle. It's just a shame Tommy never grew into his nose, I've tried over the years to imagine him @ 7' 3 "

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I just read the note on CNN: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/15/top-gun-2-in-the-works-with-role-for-tom-cruise/?iref=allsearch Having Cruise makes obvious sense for marketing, But the original was released in 1986. That means that Maverick would have had to have been in for at least 4 years as he’s an O-3 at the time of the movie. He’d have hit retirement age OVER A DECADE ago even now. Even an Admiral is done by about 30 years. Unless he’s a three-star at the time of the sequel (and no way a guy with that record would make that rank), it won’t make sense at all.
Sure, purists and nitpickers feel that the original was moronic, but I enjoyed it anyway. I still do, and I went to a screening of it last summer for the anniversary of the film and found it just as enjoyable on a big screen as it was in the 80s.

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Wow what a bunch of sour grapes. The music was great, the cinematography, especially the air to air, was great and most importantly they really got the attitude and interplay between the pilots right. I make no secret that I liked it when it came out and I like it now. Lighten up Guys.

Ken Dwelle
3rd generation Fighter Pilot

Better still combine BOTH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AhMyr1g ... re=related

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I sincerely hope I'm never as bitter as some of the people on this board. Good gravy.

I loved the original. Sure, it's corny... but that's what makes parts of it entertaining. That movie was a big reason I fell in love with the F-14 when I was a kid and started wanting to go to airshows. Eventually, I learned to love the warbirds more, but that movie was a big reason in sparking my interest. The flying scenes are awesome, and there's an endless array of corny and hilarious one liners. My personal favorite:

"Goose, whose ass did you have to kiss to get here anyway?"
"Well the list is long, but distinguished..."

I'm not thrilled about the sequel, but I'll probably go see it anyway. Tom Cruise is too old to pull off that role, unless he's playing someone's dad or grandpa. I'd still rather have an old Tom Cruise than someone young who barely has command of the English language like say, Channing Tatum (GI Joe made me want to vomit, but that's another story). I'm interested to see what they come up with and will go see it, unless Goose comes back from the dead as a zombie or something like that...

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does anyone remember the red flag with william devane?

I'll tell what would be the bees knees, would be a prequel where it shows the fledgling school, during the height of the vietnam war, F-4's, a-4's, the whole shabang!!

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You tell me,

Anthony,
There have been remakes, several times with Lou Gossett and with Charley Sheen 'roger that sleepy weasel?'

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Me, too. It actually had a notable impact on my desire to fly military fighters.

That being said, I'm still wary of a sequel. The script for Top Gun was actually very good and pretty darn accurate as initially written (it's available out there on the internet for anyone interested in finding it). It was dumbed down by the group that actually made the movie, but the source material was interesting and unique enough that the result was a pretty cool movie at the time.

This time around, they're starting with hype, a title, and starts...but no script. A backward recipe for a successful movie.

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Since I remember it as the film that Art Scholl was killed making, I really don't want to see a sequel to it.......it may have been OK in it's time, but it wasn't worth his life.

as i remember he was killed shooting some background scenes.

Why was he doing acrobatics while filming background scenes?

Art Scholl was flying a Pitts S-2 with multiple cameras attached to it to record the view from an aircraft in a spin for the "dual engine flameout" scene that results in Maverick's and Goose's ejection and Goose's death. Scholl's aircraft never recovered from the spin and he and the aircraft impacted the Pacific Ocean.

As a side note, WIXers may want to pick-up a copy of Topgun Days: Dogfighting, Cheating Death, and Hollywood Glory as One of America's Best Fighter Jocks. The book is written by Dave "Bio" Baranek, who was a Topgun instructor and also participated in the aerial sequences used in the film "Top Gun."

Anthony

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Say What? I didn't know there was a fatality making that flick, especially that of Art Scholl

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