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Hated the original, won't see the remake.
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is this one going to have Lou Gossett Jr in it?
Don't think so, and I'm guessing Kelly McGillis isn't going to be in it either.
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Could have done without the volleyball scene in the first one but it was a good movie. The family is excited to see this one. To the grumps, go see it, enjoy it, it’s just a movie, not a training video.  No more pics of Kelly. 
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The only thing I can add is if God made a place prettier than Whidbey Island he must have kept it for Himself.
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is this one going to have Lou Gossett Jr in it?
He wasn’t in the original. Your thinking of “An Officer And A Gentlemen” Besides, he’s 83 now. Older than dirt 😜
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Our airwing (Airwing One), on USS America were conducting FON (freedom of navigation) ops off of Libya and gave Mohammar an early morning wake-up at about the time the original Top Gun came out. One of our squadron (VF-33) wives somehow got a counterfeit tape and sent it to us. After we watched it, it was then given to the ship’s TV station where it was put out on USS America’s TV system. It was a huge hit except with the A-6 squadron since they had been the ones to actually drop the bombs on Mohammar’s facilities but the movie, of course, focused on fighter squadrons and the Tomcat. 😀
Some of the flying scenes in the original do a good job of showing the maneuverability of the Tomcat but as far as I’m concerned, the best part of the original and the only part worth watching, is the opening segment with all the flight deck scenes. Watching that part alone and hearing the whine of the TF-30 engines is enough to give me goosebumps ‘cause I’ve seen all of that hundreds of times. Brings back lots of memories.... most good, some not so good.
My wife and I will probably go see it and I’ll have to do my best to refrain from saying, “that’s B*** S*** “.
My wife took my daughter (9) and son (5) to see the original and in one scene with the XO “Jester” he had a VF-33 patch on his flight suit. When my son saw the VF-33 patch he jumped up in the theater and yelled, “THAT’s MY DADDY’s SQUADRON!” 😀 Good kid😊
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is this one going to have Lou Gossett Jr in it?
Don't think so, and I'm guessing Kelly McGillis isn't going to be in it either. Haha Wrong ! She has a cameo role as an aircraft carrier
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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when top gun first came out, i took my no one grandson, as a rather small boy, to see it. He was pretty much hooked.
Today, he is a major in the air force flying go fast jets. I think that movie was instrumental in his career path.
he has several advanced aerospace engineering degrees and does some interesting stuff.
The only problem i found with the original movie is to find that maverick's girl friend was gay. Her decision to turn gay could be considered an act of mercy to the heterosexual male population. ![[Linked Image]](https://cdn-ami-wordpress.heartyhosting.com/www.nationalenquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kelly-mcgillis-now-top-gun-sequel-1.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://cdn-ami-wordpress.heartyhosting.com/www.nationalenquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kelly-mcgillis-now-top-gun-sequel-2.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://cdn-ami-wordpress.heartyhosting.com/www.nationalenquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/kelly-mcgillis-now-top-gun-sequel-5.jpg) Wow ! That beast didn’t age well ! Seriously?? WTF.
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is this one going to have Lou Gossett Jr in it?
LMao
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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is this one going to have Lou Gossett Jr in it?
He wasn’t in the original. Your thinking of “An Officer And A Gentlemen” Besides, he’s 83 now. Older than dirt 😜 Iron Eagle you mean!!
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i dont like this, top gun is like an holy grail among movies and this one will definitely not be as good as the first. female james bond and now this. Hollywood is screwed.
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i dont like this, top gun is like an holy grail among movies and this one will definitely not be as good as the first. female james bond and now this. Hollywood is screwed. Your thinking of days of thunder..... Gotta drive thru the smoke...
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I made it very clear to my wife that I will be seeing this film opening day, without a shirt, while wearing my dog tags.
And nobody can stop me. And a volleyball? Riding a crotch rocket .....
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when top gun first came out, i took my no one grandson, as a rather small boy, to see it. He was pretty much hooked.
Today, he is a major in the air force flying go fast jets. I think that movie was instrumental in his career path.
he has several advanced aerospace engineering degrees and does some interesting stuff.
The only problem i found with the original movie is to find that maverick's girl friend was gay. Her decision to turn gay could be considered an act of mercy to the heterosexual male population. Wow ! That beast didn’t age well ! You'd still hit it just because. Holy crap..."take my breath away" 🙉🙀💩 I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that she bats from the other side of the plate now.
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I agree with Nasal Areator that the opening scenes with live footage off the flight deck were the best part of the movie. You really had to suspend disbelief for the rest of it, although it had cute throw-away lines. Watched a Marine F4 burn down Savannah Beach one Saturday in 1969 about 300 AGL and well in excess of the 250kt speed limit, then pull it up in a vertical AB climb rolling wing over wing until he was out of sight. Loudest thing I'd ever heard. As my later Airforce F4 friend said " Those engines could take a barn door supersonic." I imagine the space shuttle is louder, but I havent seen that.
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Took three different girls to see Top Gun the month it came out. Major rack time with all of them afterwards.
Thanks Maverick. Girls with digks probably ......
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Took three different girls to see Top Gun the month it came out. Major rack time with all of them afterwards.
Thanks Maverick. Girls with digks probably ...... This is becoming a theme.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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"Maybe we're all happy."
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And in an instant it’s ruined for me.
‘TO LEARN WHO RULES OVER YOU, SIMPLY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE’
Conspiracy theorists are the ones who see it all coming…
You are the carbon they want to eliminate !
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Dont be so fast to condemn. Seems to be a good explanation other than the Obvious Placating of Chinese angle but Ill leave that for others.
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