Top Gun Sequel.

aerofan · July 17, 2007, 02:03:48 PM

If there was a sequel to Top Gun, what do you think the storyline would be?

Brian da Basher · July 17, 2007, 03:24:51 PM

Top UCAV!

Brian da Basher

famvburg · July 17, 2007, 03:29:41 PM

Mav as a TG instructor, he & Charlie married & whatever her job in DC was supposed to be, still close with Goose's widow & kid. Charlie maybe expecting or already they have a Mav Jr.. Another Middle East crisis & Mav steps in riding shotgun with or for a rookie & creates another Mav hotshot. Depending on timeframe of the sequel, probaly more F-14s, but probably F-18s. Maybe even real MiGs or Sus as enemy a/c, again, depending on timeframe & if after The Wall went tumbling down. These might even play into Mav's activities, flying former USSR stuff as tests or something.

Shasper · July 17, 2007, 04:33:12 PM

Honestly, I took a bit of artistic license by "assuming" that a F-20 based Mig would be the badguy (hence the MiG-32 I have yet to build).

I dunno about Mav n Charlie married, but its a possibility. F-14Bs or Ds in the mix along with Bugs, how about a female mav-type character?

Shas B)

Maverick · July 17, 2007, 04:56:53 PM

For meself, I'd wonder about a sequel, due to the strong possibility of the slightly 'jingoistic' nature of the first movie. I love the show, obviously, but don't know how well it would go in our rather PC world.

From a hypothetical point of view, I think the idea of a female Pilot has real merit with an older Maverick being her instructor/mentor. I'd actually think of casting Pink in the role. She's sassy, got an attitude a mile while and gosh-darned cute to boot!

Mav

Mossie · July 17, 2007, 05:04:27 PM

TG is well regarded as an icon in the Gay community, so, Mav is re-united with Iceman when both fly on a clandestine mission. After the old matcho posturing, both get drunk in a bar & get it on back at Ice's. Back in the old US, Mav & Ice are getting on well, when Charlie turns up, re-awakening old feelings Mav had forgotten about. There's a bit of a love triangle, there's a breif threesome then Mav finally goes off with Charlie, in the final scene, a tearful Iceman sings 'You've lost that loving feeling' to Mav!

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A lot of things have changed in twenty odd years!

Shasper · July 17, 2007, 05:33:39 PM

Lets leave the Tarentinoism outta this, please

Shas B)

Matt Wiser · July 17, 2007, 05:36:09 PM

IIRC talk of a sequel back in 1993-4, before Don Simpson (one of the two producers along with Jerry Bruckheimer) died. The gist of the talk was Mav was now CO of TOPGUN, and he and Charlie are married. He's matured a lot, and helped Goose's widow some. Then a pilot with a record similar to Mav's arrives with the same attitude he had when Mav got to TOPGUN. The difference is that this one's a girl. It was being talked about in magazines like People and Entertainment Weekly; then Simpson died, and that was the end of it. He may have been the one pushing it, but Bruckheimer may not have wanted to, so....

dragon · July 17, 2007, 06:11:37 PM

QuoteIIRC talk of a sequel back in 1993-4, before Don Simpson (one of the two producers along with Jerry Bruckheimer) died. The gist of the talk was Mav was now CO of TOPGUN, and he and Charlie are married. He's matured a lot, and helped Goose's widow some. Then a pilot with a record similar to Mav's arrives with the same attitude he had when Mav got to TOPGUN. The difference is that this one's a girl. It was being talked about in magazines like People and Entertainment Weekly; then Simpson died, and that was the end of it. He may have been the one pushing it, but Bruckheimer may not have wanted to, so....

I would agree with this plot line. I would also add some unresolved psychological issues that Goose's kid might have with Uncle Pete. As to the plot complication:

1. Task Force led by Rear Admiral ICEMAN on board USS Enterprise needs some help due to understaffing. He takes the top 5 crews from TOP GUN along with their teacher MAVERICK on what seems to be a routine cruise near the location of the end battle of the first movie. Carrier gets attacked and the junior varsity has to join in the task force defense.

2. Astronaut ICEMAN's Space Shuttle lands on a Military base where the MiG-28s are based at. The crew is held hostage, but because of the war in Iraq there aren't enough assets to go around in order to rescue them. However Admiral MAVERICK and his students are in the area, training on STRIKE teachings at sea. Also in the STRIKE Force is USMC Captain Nick Bradshaw junior and his Marine Expeditionary Force. Junior varsity goes to rescue the hostages.

jcf · July 17, 2007, 06:32:21 PM

QuoteTG is well regarded as an icon in the Gay community, so, Mav is re-united with Iceman when both fly on a clandestine mission. After the old matcho posturing, both get drunk in a bar & get it on back at Ice's. Back in the old US, Mav & Ice are getting on well, when Charlie turns up, re-awakening old feelings Mav had forgotten about. There's a bit of a love triangle, there's a breif threesome then Mav finally goes off with Charlie, in the final scene, a tearful Iceman sings 'You've lost that loving feeling' to Mav!

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A lot of things have changed in twenty odd years!

Nah, I figure it would have to be about Mav and Iceman's adopted son, relatively stable gay couples be allowed to adopt and all that, flying his F-35 against a fantasy Caliphate Air Force.

Chip off the old blocks and all that jazz.

Cheers, Jon

Maverick · July 17, 2007, 06:58:54 PM

Dang, and I thought I was 'left of centre' asking for Pink as a pilot....

Son of Damian · July 17, 2007, 11:10:44 PM

QuoteIIRC talk of a sequel back in 1993-4, before Don Simpson (one of the two producers along with Jerry Bruckheimer) died. The gist of the talk was Mav was now CO of TOPGUN, and he and Charlie are married. He's matured a lot, and helped Goose's widow some. Then a pilot with a record similar to Mav's arrives with the same attitude he had when Mav got to TOPGUN. The difference is that this one's a girl. It was being talked about in magazines like People and Entertainment Weekly; then Simpson died, and that was the end of it. He may have been the one pushing it, but Bruckheimer may not have wanted to, so....

If the female star was Jessica Alba (Air Force brat btw), Jessica Biel, or Scarlett Johansson; and tom cruise stayed the hell away it would be totally awesome B)

Archibald · July 18, 2007, 01:10:04 AM

Ten years after goose death, Maverick and Charlie now live in chicago. One day Mav has to eject, is badly hurt and its tomcat fall in the middle of chicago. Then Maverick is send to the Cook county hospital, where he has a shock seeing that the doctor looks very much like Goose. After an inquiry he discovered that Mark Greene is in fact a clone of Goose made by mutants living under the pacific waters.
Then he meet hot red-haired Elizabeth Corday, after a nice threesome scene they learn that Peter Romano (now known as Graem Bauer) threaten to blast the Cook county with a nuclear suitcase. Maverick manage to escape the Cook County, jump into its Tomcat with Jack Bauer as RIO ("family affair" said Jack).
Seeing that Graem Romano jump into an helicopter and a tremendous air combat happen. But, Romano's chopper finnally crash and he lost an arm in the inferno...

Iranian F-14A · July 18, 2007, 01:13:46 AM

Well,we could go the Vanilla Sky(another of my favorites) route,have Penelope Cruz as a Venezuela Su-30MKV pilot,maybe throw in Salma Hayek as her WSO.As far as plot,haven't ironed that out yet,but Penelope Cruz as a Flanker pilot in of itself would be a great starting point.

And I have to disagree,Tom Cruise isn't as weird as some actors.Think about Angelina Jolie with Billy Bobs blood around her neck.Granted though,she is hot...

Sadley though,I think any Top Gun sequal today would go the way of "Stealth",although,it could be argued that the orginal was the "stealth" of its day.Mindless,inaccuate entertainment.

Archibald · July 18, 2007, 01:17:56 AM

QuoteWell,we could go the Vanilla Sky(another of my favorites) route,have Penelope Cruz as a Venezuela Su-30MKV pilot,maybe throw in Salma Hayek as her WSO.As far as plot,haven't ironed that out yet,but Penelope Cruz as a Flanker pilot in of itself would be a great starting point.

And I have to disagree,Tom Cruise isn't as weird as some actors.Think about Angelina Jolie with Billy Bobs blood around her neck.Granted though,she is hot...

Sadley though,I think any Top Gun sequal today would go the way of "Stealth",although,it could be argued that the orginal was the "stealth" of its day.Mindless,inaccuate entertainment.

You lucky guy Iranian... thanks Luc Besson, Hayek and Cruz already made a movie together.
That's the only interesting thing in the movie, otherwise Bandidas as the movie was called, is a pure bullsh*t (as with many Besson movies IHMO

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