Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[puddy77]

Here's a 4k version of the last trailer for download. Notice the grain.

https://thedigitaltheater.com/2022/0...a-and-ac3-5-1/

Edit: Found my 4k copy of the 2019 trailer. Found a screenshot to compare the two.

[LordoftheRings]

https://www.topgunmovie.com/home/

Tom Cruise’s ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Everything to Know About the Film’s Release Date, Plot and 1st Wave of Reviews

[LordoftheRings]

Click on this baby ^

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by puddy77

Here's a 4k version of the last trailer for download. Notice the grain.

https://thedigitaltheater.com/2022/0...a-and-ac3-5-1/

Edit: Found my 4k copy of the 2019 trailer. Found a screenshot to compare the two.

I luv grain looks more real.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by puddy77

Here's a 4k version of the last trailer for download. Notice the grain.

https://thedigitaltheater.com/2022/0...a-and-ac3-5-1/

Edit: Found my 4k copy of the 2019 trailer. Found a screenshot to compare the two.

Puddy, a few general comments as trailers can, but do not always, precisely represent the final product. These days, the quality in the appearance of the grain sometimes being added to digitally captured imagery has increased since the time of those polarized forum/message board arguments and the conclusions by reviewers that artificial grain = frozen grain, which is fake and therefore bad. For instance, Stefan (https://www.company3.com/artists/stefan-sonnenfeld/) has been color grading on the Resolve for years and if Joe or Claudio desired it, Resolve Grain looks good for adding texture. Better yet is LIVEGRAIN - https://www.livegrain.com/ , something which a feature film having a large budget like Top Gun: Maverick could easily absorb its additional expense, likewise if the filmmakers desired it.

Whether theater-goers and home theater enthusiasts realize it or not, color scientists, especially, know that humans, at least subconsciously, prefer some texture in what they see with their eyes and this didn’t all start first with the ‘film look’ presented in motion pictures captured by film cameras and celluloid; but rather, the inherent phenomenon of stocastic resonance involving the human visual system.

Anyway, with your theatrical or home deliverable, if compression doesn’t make the value of adding grain to digital imagery totally moot (which it can/and has with some finished products), then I think it is quite worthwhile to add some texture to provide a more organic look.

[Britbuffguy]

Gonna pony up for the $20 show here, which hits a few days early and comes with a free pin. Ha.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Puddy, a few general comments as trailers can, but do not always, precisely represent the final product. These days, the quality in the appearance of the grain sometimes being added to digitally captured imagery has increased since the time of those polarized forum/message board arguments and the conclusions by reviewers that artificial grain = frozen grain, which is fake and therefore bad. For instance, Stefan (https://www.company3.com/artists/stefan-sonnenfeld/) has been color grading on the Resolve for years and if Joe or Claudio desired it, Resolve Grain looks good for adding texture. Better yet is LIVEGRAIN - https://www.livegrain.com/ , something which a feature film having a large budget like Top Gun: Maverick could easily absorb its additional expense, likewise if the filmmakers desired it.

Whether theater-goers and home theater enthusiasts realize it or not, color scientists, especially, know that humans, at least subconsciously, prefer some texture in what they see with their eyes and this didn’t all start first with the ‘film look’ presented in motion pictures captured by film cameras and celluloid; but rather, the inherent phenomenon of stocastic resonance involving the human visual system.

Anyway, with your theatrical or home deliverable, if compression doesn’t make the value of adding grain to digital imagery totally moot (which it can/and has with some finished products), then I think it is quite worthwhile to add some texture to provide a more organic look.

Artistic creation; like the way 'Dune' (Denis Villeneuve) picture was manipulated to give that special intent.

Also, many flicks by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Days of Thunder, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the Stare, Man on Fire, Domino, Deja Vu, Unstoppable).

[Penton-Man]

So, Puddy, after getting somewhat didactic in my post above, do you, like LordoftheRings, like the texture of the TG:M trailer?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I would suspect that IWC watches will become quite popular in the future, at least with fans, since Tom wears an IWC watch in Top Gun: Maverick with his character Maverick rocking a Porsche Design Chrono 1 and other cast members wearing other IWC models too, e.g. –

REVIEW: The IWC Big Pilot’s Watch 43 TOP GUN Ceramic - YouTube

but, personally, for me (https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post18930610 ) I’ve always been most fond of Hanhart’s 417ES - https://timeandtidewatches.com/hanha...watch-mcqueen/
given its heritage with #278 - https://revolutionwatch.com/mcqueens...the-1964-isdt/ which I think, if memory serves, Steve went onto wear later in Bullitt too.

https://twitter.com/GregTarzanDavis/...79922317135872

[Penton-Man]

And Bob, speaking of Bullitt ^, in case you were unaware, there’s an upcoming Spielberg connection –
"You can bet there's going to be an epic car chase," says an insider. "And you can guarantee that Spielberg will out-do anything Steve McQueen did in the original film.” -
https://express.co.uk.trem.media/ent...isco-Chronicle

I say, perhaps so, but not in real life driving a car –

Twelve Hours of Sebring (1970) - YouTube

P.S.
Race Results - https://www.racingsportscars.com/res...970-03-21.html

[LordoftheRings]

No I wasn't aware; I am now.
▪︎ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...tt-1235100026/

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Just found out that there is going to be a female pilot in this. Triggered.

one who flew and mentored Monica (call sign Phoenix) in Top Gun: Maverick –



Courtesy Kelli

[TheBondFan]

I never saw a 4DX movie, for Top Gun Maverick will it be 2D or 3D ?

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

I never saw a 4DX movie, for Top Gun Maverick will it be 2D or 3D ?

Neither I. How come we don't hear much about 4DX?

* Top Gun: Maverick doesn't appear to play in 3D in North America.

https://www.3dor2d.com/home/tag/Top+Gun+Maverick

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Neither I. How come we don't hear much about 4DX?

* Maverick will be in both dimensions, 2D and IMAX (((3D))).

Yeah... I would like to watch it in 4DX but if the movie is displayed in 3D it doesn't interest me...

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

Yeah... I would like to watch it in 4DX but if the movie is displayed in 3D it doesn't interest me...

I corrected my post: Maverick appears nowhere in 3D anyway.
IMAX 2D yes; good enough for me.

* What is 4DX?

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

I never saw a 4DX movie, for Top Gun Maverick will it be 2D or 3D ?

Depends on the cinema chains in your country. It's mostly carried by Regal in the US.

Maverick is 2D only.

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Neither I. How come we don't hear much about 4DX?

Coz it's a gimmick and a terrible one at that. Mostly takes you out of a movie rather than immerse you in it. Validates Scorsese comparing certain movies to theme park rides. 4DX is TRASH!!!

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

* What is 4DX?

https://www.cj4dx.com/aboutus/aboutus.php

[puddy77]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

So, Puddy, after getting somewhat didactic in my post above, do you, like LordoftheRings, like the texture of the TG:M trailer?

I'm fine with it. I assume it's to more closely match the original movie. But my original question:

Originally Posted by puddy77

Hey Penton, question for you (or anyone who knows anything). Tonight I saw the trailer at a Dolby Cinema. And for the first time I noticed grain. A lot of grain. More than the Nope trailer that followed it, which I know was shot on film. And even more than The Northman, which was also shot on film. But we all know this was shot on Venice.

Does anyone remember it being so grainy two years ago? Or is it new? I know Kosinski basically locked the film back then and said in an interview that he wasn’t going to fiddle with it with all his extra time. So do you think they added a regular digital grain emulation to match the original movie back then. Or do you think it’s possible that Cruise, being the film enthusiast, saw Dune and The Batman and decided to do a film out like them?

[An4h0ny]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

The 4DX for this movie is going to be AMAZING.

This weekend Regal started showing the extended preview in 4DX theaters and it's really out of this world. Your seat-movement effects match the flying manoeuvres perfectly, there's wind all over the place, really makes you feel like you're up there with all of the pilots.

Nice.

I wish we had that locally.

[Frank TJ Mackey]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

The 4DX for this movie is going to be AMAZING.

This weekend Regal started showing the extended preview in 4DX theaters and it's really out of this world. Your seat-movement effects match the flying manoeuvres perfectly, there's wind all over the place, really makes you feel like you're up there with all of the pilots.

Do you live in a major US city? If so, where? I haven't seen much of this.