I think 5 missions is right. I used to be able to put that Tomcat on the deck with my eyes closed but damn that game was hard as hell.
Top Gun 2: Maverick
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I think 5 missions is right. I used to be able to put that Tomcat on the deck with my eyes closed but damn that game was hard as hell.
Reread the thread. It has been brought up. Chappy first off was shot down. Sinclair never even went to top gun bro.
Right. Like they are willing to ignore the fact that some movies have Aliens that can turn into trucks and cars and transform into huge robot fight people. But not Tom Cruise flying an airplane at an older age.
Top Gun is a Naval program, my man Chappy was a USAF pilot. Secondly, Chappy basically went on a suicide mission to take the heat off of young Doug Masters.
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I may be wrong, but I think that's him just after the "classroom" scene (~1.26). It's not Maverick, insignia on the uni is wrong. Looks like 3 stars. Maverick is still a captain.
Yeah that might be him.
BTW the one thing I do like about the Trailer is they address a few issues I have already ask.
1. Why at this point this many years later would Maverick be flying airplanes when he should be way higher ranked. Basically, they are showing he is still the wild man aviator.
2. What planes are they flying
3. Has some of the flight scenes inmproved.
The first top gun was so solid on them catching great flying scenes. However, they were not giviin much to work with. I watched a documentary where most of that stuff is the same video just from different angles. The Navy barely let them work on it. They gave them a few flights and said good luck. It appears the Navy is all in on this one and gave them the proper access to the guys flying.
BTW I am hearing Tom was not the nicest guy to the people on the aircraft carrier while he was on board and some of them might protest this movie.
Never mind, I was initially confused by your post, thinking you were implying that Maverick was "still" a Captain going back to the original movie, which would't make any sense since he was a Lieutenant in the first movie, the difference being 2 stripes vs 4. Clearly you meant "still a captain" as opposed to an Admiral.
I don't know what the military's attitude towards Hollywood was in the 1980s, but it has greatly shifted its working relationship over the years when movies are going to have a positive portrayal, including assigning advisers. This was especially evident with the Air Force's involvement with Stargate and the Navy's involvement with JAG.
That and when Top Gun came out it had a dramatic shift in people wanting to become fighter pilots and increased the number of qualified candidates so they could get the best.
Here's one though...why the Marine funeral detail? Mav and all his homies were Navy. New character gets killed? Mav's son/daughter is a Marine aviator and get's killed?
I have done several Navy details as a Marine. It's pretty common. Pending what personel is available in that area. I will have to watch the movie to get a better idea. However, I have done detail with Half Navy, Half Marines. If it's a highly decorated Navy person, they might use 8th and I out of Washington DC since they are the dog and pony show Marines and they want it to be spot on.
