Hehe
Blonde, jacked Natalie Portman bringing the sass?
Iāll be in my bunk.
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Going to see Dr. Strange this evening. Iāve tried to avoid spoilers as much as possible but, as a YT addict, I think I know too much already just from the titles of the multitude of clips about this movie on there.
I wasnāt much in the mood in the end, but I wet to see Dr. Strange anyway as Iād already paid for the ticket. I am glad to report that I was happily distracted by this movie. Iāve liked how the personality of Strange has developed from him being a complete a-hole at the beginning, and this movie is another great vehicle for the character.
Visually, it is stunning. See it on a big screen.
Spoilers
Marvelās clever use of the multiverse to clean up the timeline continues here. After SM: NWH adroitly tied off the numerous, rapid-fire reboots of that franchise, they use it here to bring the X-Men and the Fantastic Four into the MCU. They even use the Dark Hold, previously only seen outside of the comics in Agents of Shield.
Now that they have a character who can traverse the multiverse at will, they basically can do whatever the fuck they want with whoever the fuck they want. MCU - Star Wars crossover, anyone?
Speaking of the Fantastic Four, Krasinski and Blunt as Reed Richards and Sue Storm gives me hope that the next iteration of that franchise is not going to be a complete fuck up.
Iāll have to go see this movie based solely on this trailer starting at about 1:30.
Goddamn, that looks good.
So in honor of the new Top Gun, I was watching a video of a military lawyer break down Maverickās bad behavior in the original. In short, there would be no Top Gun 2 in real life because the Navy would not have put up with him, and he likely would not still be alive, as he was guilty of some very serious charges. His first stunt , saving Cougar, would have earned him an immediate court-martial, no exceptions, where at the very minimum he gets 5 years in the brig and a dishonorable discharge. Couple that with his flybys, proceeding below the hard deck, violating direct orders, not to mention his relationship with a civilian within the same command, itās highly unlikely he would have avoided the death penalty. His likely sexual relationship with Iceman, would have been problematic, as well.
Surely you donāt want us to believe that Tom Cruise could play a closeted hotshot.
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I thought the first one was kind of a stupid movie at the time because of his behavior would never have been tolerated. I still enjoyed it in spite of its implausibility. I want to see the new one, knowing full well, there will be stupid shit.
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Thatās a good warm-up, now do Star Wars.
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At least Star Wars was set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Top Gun was supposedly āMerica in 1986.
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I never saw Top Gun. What I remember about the movie, though, was that it came out about the time home theater hifi became a thing, and you couldnāt go into a stereo shop without Top Gun on a screen.
My first cousin married one of those guys, Top Gun was a hilariously stupid awesome movie that they played on the Nimitz over, and over, and over.
āDid yall ever play greased up volleyball?ā āNah, we played soccer and football on the flight deck.ā
And yes, they all (movie guys) would have been run out of the Navy in about 2 weeks.
If Iām thinking of watching TG Maverick, No Time To Die, or Knives Out today, what does the consensus recommend?
(I say TG Maverick because āMaverickā is a separate and completely awesome movie)
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Knives Out is fun, havenāt seen the others. Top Gun is allegedly ludicrous fun.
I havenāt seen TG Maverick. I hated Knives Out. I enjoyed NTTD, but bring tissues.
What he said.
I donāt understand how anyone could āhateā that movie.
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Yeah, itās not an all-time classic, but itās enjoyable.