Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Poya

He's the same height as Napoleon, which explains way too much.

In his prime, Pele, pictured here with me at a young age – https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post15045504 was only an inch taller and Tom is the same height as Lionel Messi - https://www.lineups.com/articles/top...1-Lionel-Messi .

I definitely don’t share Tom’s opinions on religion and medicine (be it psychiatry or infectious disease) but, I very much admire his focus and work ethic leading to great success and so pigeonholing a person’s character based on his/her height, in my mind, is no different than doing so with regards to one’s weight, intelligence, ethnicity, etc.

[Eye Candy]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

In his prime, Pele, pictured here with me at a young age – https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post15045504 was only an inch taller and Tom is the same height as Lionel Messi - https://www.lineups.com/articles/top...1-Lionel-Messi .

I definitely don’t share Tom’s opinions on religion and medicine (be it psychiatry or infectious disease) but, I very much admire his focus and work ethic leading to great success and so pigeonholing a person’s character based on his/her height, in my mind, is no different than doing so with regards to one’s weight, intelligence, ethnicity, etc.

I'm 5'6 1/2", and so, I think I would see eye to eye with Tom...

[yanksno1]

Do we know if this has any IMAX scenes in it? Wondering if I should see this there or in a Atmos theater.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by yanksno1

Do we know if this has any IMAX scenes in it? Wondering if I should see this there or in a Atmos theater.

I believe the whole movie is in 1.90:1 aspect ratio.

[LordoftheRings]

Top Gun 2 is next week. Holy flying gun! Just 7 more days to go, and the sky is all ours.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Top Gun 2 is next week. Holy flying gun! Just 7 more days to go, and the sky is all ours.

7 days?

My friend and I will be seeing this on Top Gun Tuesday so three more days!

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

7 days?

My friend and I will be seeing this on Top Gun Tuesday so three more days!

Even better. ...And @ a discount...Tuesday's best.
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Earlier in this thread some folks were wondering why some of the original cast were not in Top Gun #2. ...One of the main reasons ... you gotta keep in shape if you want to last and look your best. In Hollywood it's a top gun rule.
▪︎ https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/t...d-all-the-time

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Even better. ...And @ a discount...Tuesday's best.

Not for the EAE they're referencing. It's $30 here. Must be around that much.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by ticTACsnitch

Not for the EAE they're referencing. It's $30 here. Must be around that much.

$48 total for two of us with the service fee. But we get a pin, print, and an NFT.

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

$48 total for two of us with the service fee. But we get a pin, print, and an NFT.

Good price on the tix. Everyone who attends the EAE gets those items.

[Penton-Man]

Promise (https://ew.com/movies/tom-cruise-ohi...me-show-video/ ) kept - https://twitter.com/TBDBITL/status/1528013480883851264

[Farerb]

I had a 1+1 deal on IMAX tickets so I got two tickets for this Thursday

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by Farerb

I had a 1+1 deal on IMAX tickets so I got two tickets for this Thursday

Is that a B1G1?

[Farerb]

Originally Posted by ticTACsnitch

Is that a B1G1?

Do you mean "buy one ticket get another one for free"? I'm not sure I'd describe it like that.

Last April, the theater near where I live had these scratching cards that got you some various awards, the awards could be several things like free popcorn or drinks, or free tickets or 2 for 1 tickets, either for IMAX or regular screenings. I managed to get two 2F1 IMAX tickets. One of them I used for Doctor Strange, and the other one for this film.

[ticTACsnitch]

Originally Posted by Farerb

Do you mean "buy one ticket get another one for free"? I'm not sure I'd describe it like that.

Last April, the theater near where I live had these scratching cards that got you some various awards, the awards could be several things like free popcorn or drinks, or free tickets or 2 for 1 tickets, either for IMAX or regular screenings. I managed to get two 2F1 IMAX tickets. One of them I used for Doctor Strange, and the other one for this film.

B1G1 and 2-for-1 are the same.

Anyway, sounds like you got yours in some kind of a raffle held by and for your local theater. Thought it was a promo by one of the chains that was open to everyone.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by ticTACsnitch

Not for the EAE they're referencing. It's $30 here. Must be around that much.

Not too bad for Top Gun 2 with Tom Cruise.
And if the theater is within a 100-mile radius; you need to consider the gasoline to go and back.
* Price of a liter here is $2.35 + or -

Those fighter jets must be expensive on fuel.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

Top Gun 2 is next week. Holy flying gun! Just 7 more days to go, and the sky is all ours.

“He eats, sleeps and dreams this job,” said Wyck Godfrey, the former president of production for Paramount. “There is nothing else that takes his attention away. He outworks everyone else. He knows every detail.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/b...-maverick.html

And, I’ll add, doesn’t forget his top priorities - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...e#post20086553
^ Kinda reminds me a little of another famous and professionally successful movie actor –

“He could speak to any reporter in the world and get his word out to millions of people, but he chose to talk to a high school student." - https://stvmcqueen.tripod.com/interview.html

[Penton-Man]

^ Steve McQueen, also being quite successful on 2 wheels, for instance, finishing in the top 10 from a field of 500 riders at a prior Elsinore Grand Prix -

Harvey Mushman Elsinore Grand Prix - YouTube

during which he hit a dip in the road at speed, going head over heels before landing…hard and fracturing his foot in 6 places. Tom, b.t.w., suffering the effects of forced dorsiflexion compression fractures of his ankle while performing a stunt in Mission Impossible Fallout –

Tom Cruise Reacts to Slow-Mo Footage of How He Broke His Ankle | The Graham Norton Show - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

This one’s for you Bob.
Perhaps, like with Steve -


Someone of notoriety will devote a song specifically to Tom -

Sheryl Crow - Steve McQueen (Official Music Video) - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

I'm 5'6 1/2", and so, I think I would see eye to eye with Tom...

Personally (as I couldn’t care less about the novels, nor cliques they’ve established, for me, only motion picture or TV series adaption is of interest), I think that Tom made a far cooler Jack Reacher character in the Reacher movies than does Alan Ritchson in the TV series because, for one thing, you’ve gotta love a little guy taking on more than one -

JACK REACHER Clip - "5 Against 1" (2012) Tom Cruise - YouTube

as compared to -

Reacher (Amazon) "Prison Brawl" Sneak Peek HD - Alan Ritchson Jack Reacher series - YouTube