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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Blackcat1 » Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:18 am

paddyboy wrote:
Sat Apr 02, 2022 4:02 am
Hi Gareth :P

Yes, I’ve noticed you have quite a few would-be Schumachers on your roads when we visit SWMBO’s relatives in Usk :lol:

They think the A449 is the main straight at Brands Hatch :Wow:

Paddyboy :clap:
Some crazy youngsters 😂. My neighbour passed his test and a few months later he goes through a red light and causes a crash and now he's banned from driving for a year . Doesn't a red light mean stop? 🙄😊 They must drive perfectly on their test!!
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Ghostrider01 » Thu May 26, 2022 11:08 am

Blackcat1 wrote:
Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:18 am
paddyboy wrote:
Sat Apr 02, 2022 4:02 am
Hi Gareth :P

Yes, I’ve noticed you have quite a few would-be Schumachers on your roads when we visit SWMBO’s relatives in Usk :lol:

They think the A449 is the main straight at Brands Hatch :Wow:

Paddyboy :clap:
Some crazy youngsters 😂. My neighbour passed his test and a few months later he goes through a red light and causes a crash and now he's banned from driving for a year . Doesn't a red light mean stop? 🙄😊 They must drive perfectly on their test!!
All three colours mean stop ... one of them allows you to go only if the way is clear !

The driving test unfortunately does not teach common sense (which appears to be a lot less common than the phrase suggests) :(

In fairness to youngsters though ... I've seen plenty of 'mature' drivers who also think roads are race circuits. Sadly there will be a solution to speeding .. driverless cars :( :( :grr:

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Ewart » Thu May 26, 2022 12:44 pm

Saw this last night on a Sky VIP ticket.

Unfortunately me and the wife were last into the screen and had the front row neck aching seats.

But that was pure amazing. Possibly the best film I’ve seen since I first watched Top Gun. Strap in. Enjoy the ride.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by James Cutting » Thu May 26, 2022 12:59 pm

Second that, absolutely brilliant film!!
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by BPAG » Fri May 27, 2022 6:21 am

If you are located close to Arc Cinemas in the Nottingamshire area, XV490 will be making making appearances at showings of the film this coming weekend.

ARC Cinema - Hucknall - Friday 27 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 5pm until 8.30pm

ARC Cinema - Beeston - Saturday 28 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 5pm until 8.30pm

ARC Cinema - Daventry - Sunday 29 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 4pm until 8pm

So, if you're heading to either of the above venues then, in addition to the movie, you can get entry to the cockpit as a jet-fighter-taster before viewing the film. XV490’s owner Mike Davey will be there overseeing proceedings and keeping an eye on safety, so if you're visiting then pop over and say hello.

And what has a Phantom got to do with Top Gun? Well, remember when 'Viper' recounts flying with Maverick's old man back in 1965 when bogies were “…like fireflies, all over the sky”? Well, they were flying F-4's at the time. A tenuous link, we know, but a definite link, nonetheless…

Anyway, who needs an excuse to show off a Phantom - it is its own excuse!

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by pg1610 » Fri May 27, 2022 7:52 am

BPAG wrote:
Fri May 27, 2022 6:21 am
If you are located close to Arc Cinemas in the Nottingamshire area, XV490 will be making making appearances at showings of the film this coming weekend.

ARC Cinema - Hucknall - Friday 27 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 5pm until 8.30pm

ARC Cinema - Beeston - Saturday 28 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 5pm until 8.30pm

ARC Cinema - Daventry - Sunday 29 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 4pm until 8pm

So, if you're heading to either of the above venues then, in addition to the movie, you can get entry to the cockpit as a jet-fighter-taster before viewing the film. XV490’s owner Mike Davey will be there overseeing proceedings and keeping an eye on safety, so if you're visiting then pop over and say hello.

And what has a Phantom got to do with Top Gun? Well, remember when 'Viper' recounts flying with Maverick's old man back in 1965 when bogies were “…like fireflies, all over the sky”? Well, they were flying F-4's at the time. A tenuous link, we know, but a definite link, nonetheless…

Anyway, who needs an excuse to show off a Phantom - it is its own excuse!

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Red-Eye-Knight » Mon May 30, 2022 8:43 pm

Just been to seen Top Gun and if anyone has not seen it I would definitely recommend it absolutely brilliant, Some of the camera shots are amazing.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Rob666 » Tue May 31, 2022 7:29 am

Saw it at the weekend on IMAX, absolutely stunning flying sequences and that alone is the reason it needs to be seen on the big screen. Yes it’s cheesy thats to be expected but I am sure it will as the original have hordes of young men and women walking through the recruitment doors to be the future Navy pilots.

I have never seen a movie twice at the cinema, this will be the first!

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by raptor9 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:57 pm

Saw it this morning. Sorry. Didn't enjoy it. First film was better. This one owed too much to the original. Story line was the usual gung-ho over testosterone American tosh [to be expected], allowing a bunch of immature youngsters to fly the top missions. Had this been real, I suspect none of them would be allowed anywhere near an aircraft, let alone be the elite of the U.S. Navy. Flying sequences were undoubtedly well done, but each clip didn't last long enough to enjoy, before cutting away to yet another shot all the time!!. Story as predictable as night following day, and, to me, with a little experience of flying, it was a bit laughable, although I am well aware that it is aimed at the general public. I thought, as in the first film, that the background to the titles [the live Carrier deck] was the best part of the film. Sorry. Only my thoughts, which many, if not all will disagree with, but, hey......... there you go. :)

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Nighthawke » Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:15 pm

Without F-14s it can never match the first one.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:46 pm

Nighthawke wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:15 pm
Without F-14s it can never match the first one.
Definitely!!!
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:54 pm

You can't beat the opening scene of TOP GUN ! Tomcats being ready launched on the carrier and Kenny Loggins singing danger zone . Fantastic. Haven't seen the sequel yet but everyone tells me its awesome but i guess a few of those people who saw it didn't even realise there was a different aircraft in this film 😊
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Alf » Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:51 pm

Blackcat1 wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:46 pm
Nighthawke wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:15 pm
Without F-14s it can never match the first one.
Definitely!!!
The new one has F-14s as well as the F-18s.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:11 pm

Alf wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:51 pm
Blackcat1 wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:46 pm
Nighthawke wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:15 pm
Without F-14s it can never match the first one.
Definitely!!!
The new one has F-14s as well as the F-18s.
I meant as the main Star 😊
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by iainpeden » Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:30 pm

Isn’t that the P-51?🙄

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by raptor9 » Wed Jun 01, 2022 11:16 pm

Controversial !!! :D

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by James Cutting » Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:07 am

raptor9 wrote:
Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:57 pm
Had this been real, I suspect none of them would be allowed anywhere near an aircraft, let alone be the elite of the U.S. Navy.
Same could be said for the first film, no?? That's the point, after all, it's just a film :S :lol: :lol:
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by raptor9 » Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:24 am

Absolutely, James. Some people said it was fantastic, for myself, I prefer films that are rather more realistic.... just an opinion, that really doesn't matter. I just found the first film better.

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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by Blackcat1 » Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:39 am

Iron Eagle ! Now that was realistic! 😅 I jest of course 😅. Sorry for going off topic 😉
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Re: Top Gun Maverick

Post by James Cutting » Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:14 am

raptor9 wrote:
Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:24 am
Absolutely, James. Some people said it was fantastic, for myself, I prefer films that are rather more realistic.... just an opinion, that really doesn't matter. I just found the first film better.
Yeah that's fair! :D
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