If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#31
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 17, 6:06*pm, Bill Kambic wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:06:19 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard wrote: On Oct 17, 2:23*pm, Alistair Gunn wrote: In sci.military.naval John twisted the electrons to say: This one will be easy. *Tom Cruise takes the Tom Skerritt role as commander of Fighter Weapons School and finds the latest talented hot shot pilot is the daughter of his old RIO Goose. *Yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, sunset. Actually, that's moderately plausible ... IIRC, it was definitely plausible if not directly mentioned that Tom Skerritt's character had kids as well ... *So possible love interest for the daughter of Goose there too? -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... Love interest will be Iceman's daughter, that way they can get into the DADT drama... BB Put 'em both in and they can Duel in the Skies for Tom. *Either who gets him or who has to take him. *;-) Actually he and Iceman always had a certain "tension" between them... BB |
#32
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 16, 4:55*am, Bill Kambic wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:38:02 -0700 (PDT), "Mr.Smartypants" wrote: On Oct 15, 4:29*pm, "vaughn" wrote: wrote in message .... Not only does Paramount want a "Top Gun" sequel; they're thinking franchise." They must be smoking something illegal! *First, Top Gun is one of those classics that really shouldn't be touched. *Further, look at what a wacko loose cannon Tom Cruse has made of himself. *Who would invest money knowing that Tom could do something (else) crazy and make their investment go up in proverbial flames? If they do it, it will be on Netflix 30 days after release, and the evening movies shortly thereafter. Vaughn Top Gun a classic!!? Sure it's a classic; but a classic what?!?!?!?! Do you people have *no* standards at all? If they did they would all acknowledge that THE classic NAVAIR flick of all time was "Hot Shots." *And it's classic sequel, "Hot Shots: Part Deux." * spits on the ground Bulls-eye, mo-cha-cho. That ties with "Bridges at Toko Ri" for numero uno. |
#33
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 17, 9:02 pm, BlackBeard wrote:
On Oct 17, 6:06 pm, Bill Kambic wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:06:19 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard wrote: On Oct 17, 2:23 pm, Alistair Gunn wrote: In sci.military.naval John twisted the electrons to say: This one will be easy. Tom Cruise takes the Tom Skerritt role as commander of Fighter Weapons School and finds the latest talented hot shot pilot is the daughter of his old RIO Goose. Yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, sunset. Actually, that's moderately plausible ... IIRC, it was definitely plausible if not directly mentioned that Tom Skerritt's character had kids as well ... So possible love interest for the daughter of Goose there too? -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... Love interest will be Iceman's daughter, that way they can get into the DADT drama... BB Put 'em both in and they can Duel in the Skies for Tom. Either who gets him or who has to take him. ;-) Actually he and Iceman always had a certain "tension" between them... BB I figured TOP GUN starred a cool airplane with a 'soap opera' backdrop, nifty ships, cool shots of F-5's. I like that kind of stuff. I'd argue the star of APOLLO 13 was the LM. GATHERING OF EAGLES starring giant B-52's with megatons of bombs and some people drooling on it, a few chicks with pointy tits, whining about needing more sex. That sells. Ken |
#34
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:02:50 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard
wrote: On Oct 17, 6:06*pm, Bill Kambic wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:06:19 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard wrote: On Oct 17, 2:23*pm, Alistair Gunn wrote: In sci.military.naval John twisted the electrons to say: This one will be easy. *Tom Cruise takes the Tom Skerritt role as commander of Fighter Weapons School and finds the latest talented hot shot pilot is the daughter of his old RIO Goose. *Yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, sunset. Actually, that's moderately plausible ... IIRC, it was definitely plausible if not directly mentioned that Tom Skerritt's character had kids as well ... *So possible love interest for the daughter of Goose there too? -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... Love interest will be Iceman's daughter, that way they can get into the DADT drama... BB Put 'em both in and they can Duel in the Skies for Tom. *Either who gets him or who has to take him. *;-) Actually he and Iceman always had a certain "tension" between them... In that case should we make it their two sons?!?!?!?! :-) |
#35
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 18, 8:42*am, Bill Kambic wrote:
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:02:50 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard wrote: On Oct 17, 6:06*pm, Bill Kambic wrote: On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:06:19 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard wrote: On Oct 17, 2:23*pm, Alistair Gunn wrote: In sci.military.naval John twisted the electrons to say: This one will be easy. *Tom Cruise takes the Tom Skerritt role as commander of Fighter Weapons School and finds the latest talented hot shot pilot is the daughter of his old RIO Goose. *Yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, dogfight, yadda yadda yadda, sunset. Actually, that's moderately plausible ... IIRC, it was definitely plausible if not directly mentioned that Tom Skerritt's character had kids as well ... *So possible love interest for the daughter of Goose there too? -- These opinions might not even be mine ... Let alone connected with my employer ... Love interest will be Iceman's daughter, that way they can get into the DADT drama... BB Put 'em both in and they can Duel in the Skies for Tom. *Either who gets him or who has to take him. *;-) Actually he and Iceman always had a certain "tension" between them... In that case should we make it their two sons?!?!?!?! *:-) Top Gun 2 thus endorses both repealing Don't Ask and allowing gay marriage at the same time. Hollywood will greenlight this project. I'll have to post my "Modern German Luftwaffe movie idea" I was considering... |
#36
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote: When will there be an equivalent tac-air film to "Blackhawk Down" or "We Were Soldiers"? Whenever you get around to writing the screenplay! Judging from the stories about your F-4 time in Europe you tell here from time to time, there should be material enough for an early-eighties pilot movie. You could even tie it in with some historic events to provide background and color - how about "Able Archer"? Cheers Helge |
#37
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message ... When will there be an equivalent tac-air film to "Blackhawk Down" or "We Were Soldiers"? You already wrote the book, now all we need is the screenplay, the financing, and the actor ballsey enough to play Robin Olds. It would have it all; Sex, Cool Airplanes, Combat, Booze, Conflict with Authority, Mustaches... Vaughn |
#38
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote: I wrote all three. (Fighter Pilot in collaboration with Robin Olds' daughter.) I have, of course, read the first two. The last is on my list... There is plenty of material out there and a screenplay adaptation isn't what is holding such a film back. Then I wonder what is? I have the feeling that the day-to-day life in a Cold War fighter squadron is quite interesting enough for those writing and lurking in these groups; for box office success, however, there probably needs to be some added drama. That might be provided by adding an exercise that almost manages to trigger WW III - as "Able Archer 83" reportedly did. Cheers Helge |
#39
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 19, 8:24*am, "H. Wilker"
wrote: In article , *Ed Rasimus wrote: I wrote all three. (Fighter Pilot in collaboration with Robin Olds' daughter.) I have, of course, read the first two. The last is on my list... There is plenty of material out there and a screenplay adaptation isn't what is holding such a film back. Then I wonder what is? I have the feeling that the day-to-day life in a Cold War fighter squadron is quite interesting enough for those writing and lurking in these groups; for box office success, however, there probably needs to be some added drama. That might be provided by adding an exercise that almost manages to trigger WW III - as "Able Archer 83" reportedly did. Cheers Helge Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stuart shows up on the movie channels, but its based in the 50s. Funny, recently AF films are about bombers, no notice of tankers or fighters. Call to Glory was good, backdrop was real. But it was a TV series. The Navy had Flight of the Intruder, which wasn't bad. But that was a while back. |
#40
|
|||
|
|||
Top Gun 2
On Oct 19, 12:32*pm, frank wrote:
On Oct 19, 8:24*am, "H. Wilker" wrote: In article , *Ed Rasimus wrote: I wrote all three. (Fighter Pilot in collaboration with Robin Olds' daughter.) I have, of course, read the first two. The last is on my list... There is plenty of material out there and a screenplay adaptation isn't what is holding such a film back. Then I wonder what is? I have the feeling that the day-to-day life in a Cold War fighter squadron is quite interesting enough for those writing and lurking in these groups; for box office success, however, there probably needs to be some added drama. That might be provided by adding an exercise that almost manages to trigger WW III - as "Able Archer 83" reportedly did. Cheers Helge Strategic Air Command with Jimmy Stuart shows up on the movie channels, but its based in the 50s. Funny, recently AF films are about bombers, no notice of tankers or fighters. Call to Glory was good, backdrop was real. But it was a TV series. The Navy had Flight of the Intruder, which wasn't bad. But that was a while back. The military is using security as a toe in the door for a lot of things. They don't want film people wandering around and perhaps shooting some troops doping off or someone working a car during working hours. Locally we have Patrick AFB, which has the Air Force Technical Applications Center. This is a four story building very close to a main highway A1A. Despite having been rehabbed for security with heavy fences, etc. there seems to be a need for a new $200 million facility further back inside the base. The CO says in a newspaper article that the new facility will be "just across the street from the current one". Hopefully the street inside the base and not A1A. The purpose of the building, tracking nuclear-weapon detonation and testing worldwide, of course, secret and only disclosed to those who take the local paper. Things got awkward after 911 when the military closed A1A, for security reasons, and made anyone trying to get from Satellite Beach to Cocoa Beach by car or truck take a roughly 30 mile detour. http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...Air-Force-Base |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|