Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[Penton-Man]

There will be buzz kills out of petty jealousy regarding any movie, or any topic in life for that matter, for example the latest I’ve heard about is some naval personnel (active and retired) nitpicking about the accuracy of the ribbons and medals on Iceman’s chest, in this heads-up I posted prior to the release of this trailer - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...l#post19970726

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Top Gun: Maverick (thread) ...
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It's not much so far but with May 27 approaching fast it might take off eventually

Alas, a wise seasoned owl, secure with his career and accomplishments in life, not jaded by petty jealously once said – “We were too successful and it looked like we were having fun and God knows anytime you’re having fun, you’re doing something wrong, by somebody.”

Episode 2 | Stories from the very 1st TOPGUN Commanding Officer - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by G.I. SnakeEyes

I can tell you how early a screener it was in private cause I don't know if something about it is still the same and don't want to spoil anything for anyone if they kept it this way.

SnakeEyes , I don’t think this will ruin the movie for anyone reading. So, do you recall seeing in the test screening you attended, (as it was quite gracious of the U.S. Navy to have even given permission for cameras to film in there in the first place, if the production desired it) any video inside the CDC on the TR?

[Penton-Man]

Addendum for clarity to ^
Not the CDC associated with protecting against pathogens, e.g. - https://covid-19-therapeutics-locato...ub.arcgis.com/ , but rather this CDC - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...ion_center.jpg

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

There will be buzz kills out of petty jealousy regarding any movie, or any topic in life for that matter, for example the latest I’ve heard about is some naval personnel (active and retired) nitpicking about the accuracy of the ribbons and medals on Iceman’s chest, in this heads-up I posted prior to the release of this trailer - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...l#post19970726

Alas, a wise seasoned owl, secure with his career and accomplishments in life, not jaded by petty jealously once said – “We were too successful and it looked like we were having fun and God knows anytime you’re having fun, you’re doing something wrong, by somebody.”

Episode 2 | Stories from the very 1st TOPGUN Commanding Officer - YouTube

The higher to the moon and the lower to the ground and the faster to a shooting star we fly into the world of Maverick: Top Gun ... the better for all of them, and for all of us.

Top Gun: Maverick x Porsche - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

^ Bob, if you lived closer - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post20030217 , we could attend together , again (not that I would recommend this practice with regards to any movie, to anyone – https://www.thewrap.com/spider-man-n...-alanis-video/.

As an aside, did you know – Volkswagen, yes Volkswagen, to the best of my knowledge, currently holds a majority share in Porsche, Audi, Scania, and also wholly owns Skoda Auto and the manufacturer of the super car in the right side of our driveway as seen in my motor car hyperlink. Oh, and also, in the grand scheme of things, owns the company that produces the motorcycle that Tom C. rides in real life - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati_Motor_Holding

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Great shot ^

In the fine Insider article included here - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...l#post20034747 , one will note commemorative patches of the Top Gun: Maverick production tacked up along one of the beams (R->L motion picture Set Lighting, Visual Effects, Top Gun patch), some of which wouldn’t surprise me if they hadn’t already shown up for sale on ebay and such, anyway, barely seen under the lighting, but acknowledged to the I-Bar patrons is the patch for the highly energetic tech advisor and navy aerial coordinator for the movie.

I-Bar patrons attend movies too - https://www.navymwr.org/programs/mot...8-aadec78b09b7

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

The higher to the moon and the lower to the ground and the faster to a shooting star we fly into the world of Maverick: Top Gun ... the better for all of them, and for all of us.

Copy that, we care for all. We gave even Wabs, a heads-up as for a chance to get out his man cave and strut his stuff into movie history with this casting call for Top Gun: Maverick, which was purposely unidentified as such on Vivienne’s website at the time - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...n#post15626221

[G.I. SnakeEyes]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

SnakeEyes , I don’t think this will ruin the movie for anyone reading. So, do you recall seeing in the test screening you attended, (as it was quite gracious of the U.S. Navy to have even given permission for cameras to film in there in the first place, if the production desired it) any video inside the CDC on the TR?

I'm not sure what the TR is, but from what I remember the only part of anything like the "CDC" from the picture in that link, that I remember is towards the beginning of the movie a scene with Ed Harris.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by G.I. SnakeEyes

I'm not sure what the TR is, but from what I remember the only part of anything like the "CDC" from the picture in that link, that I remember is towards the beginning of the movie a scene with Ed Harris.

Sorry for the shorthand confusion. TR stood for the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which if you click on the bolded hyperlink, scrolling down and following my poor long arrow drawing, departed Coronado Bay to head out to sea.

Also, sometime later on in that thread I shared a pic (courtesy of a crew member) from onboard the carrier. I don’t recognize, for sure, the guy on the right though -

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Sorry for the shorthand confusion. TR stood for the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, which if you click on the bolded hyperlink, scrolling down and following my poor long arrow drawing, departed Coronado Bay to head out to sea.

Also, sometime later on in that thread I shared a pic (courtesy of a crew member) from onboard the carrier. I don’t recognize, for sure, the guy on the right though -

Tim... Someone...

[Benoit Blanc]

Allen? Is it Tim Allen?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Benoit Blanc

Allen? Is it Tim Allen?

TC ... Théodore Cruise...the guy who plays Maverick in Top Gun.

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

TC ... Théodore Cruise...the guy who plays Maverick in Top Gun.

[LordoftheRings]

Humor we can all use sometimes.
When people are too serious that's when things go wrong.
Humans were not created to be too serious all the time.
Serious things like related to health, life, survival, ...require serious solutions.
Movies are not serious; they're entertaining.

USS Theodore Roosevelt ... (TR)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Benoit Blanc

Tim... Someone...

No matter. G.I. SnakeEyes’s wife and mine, too, have better teeth than both of dem Mavericks.

[Penton-Man]

Not surprisingly, the cast of TG: M has given numerous well-deserved accolades to fighter pilots. Back in Coronado, something more under the radar was the fact that the Navy granted permission to use and modify the VRC-30 hangar and squadron space, a support squadron which is also worthy of recognition in war or peacetime (https://www.c2greyhound.com/index.php/rip )

on set in Nov. 2018 here – https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...s#post16121481 .
In the following post below that ^ by Staying Salty, something which many aviation enthusiasts are wondering about, since time was spent filming off the east coast on the carrier USS Lincoln back in 2018, and has remained uncertain to movie fans as nothing definitive has shown up in the trailers, is whether or not any footage of F-35s made the final cut of Top Gun: Maverick as many bloggers seem to either really admire, or dislike, that stealth fighter jet.

Anyway, since the Navy considers the F-35 to be its premiere multirole combat aircraft what do you think....at least a snippet in the movie showing carrier ops with F-35Cs…..or not?

[Penton-Man]

^ Regardless, the local college kids during a field trip seem to have loved getting as close as possible to having flown and carrier landed one - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...n#post19007544

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Humor we can all use sometimes.
When people are too serious that's when things go wrong.
Humans were not created to be too serious all the time....

flashback -

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Lewis was looking mighty enthused after bowling a strike following the day’s shoot. Perhaps the cap was his lucky charm –

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by G.I. SnakeEyes

She is ready to kick the tires and light the fires....

I know of someone she should meet - https://thewhoisbio.com/rob-fukuzaki/#:~:text=Maverick

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by G.I. SnakeEyes

She always takes my breath away, haha

My better half, of whom I’m undeserving, be onboard in the above pic, here - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post16627391