Ever imagined what a sequel to Top Gun might involve? Entertainment Weekly’s Josh Rich did. Here’s his 30-second pitch for Top Gun 2: Electric Boogaloo:
The tables turn as Maverick (Tom Cruise), now a teacher at San Diego’s elite flight school, romances hotshot student Butch (Jennifer Garner). The Cold War may be over, but when terrorists send Top Gun scrambling, Mav must slip back into his jumpsuit to save L.A.…and Butch.
What do you think? Would it take your breath away? To what other movies would you like to see sequels? I myself am totally holding my breath for another two-plus hours with the Tenenbaum family. Don’t lose that lovin’ feelin’ — holla back!
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Sure – I’d love a sequel, although I guess Goose might not be back, unless it was all a dream. Hell, why not ET 2, it was the biggest movie before Titanic, and obviously that won’t won’t have a sequel. Most anticipated though, would be Fast Times 2 – I’m sure there’s enough junior Spicolli’s out there.
Butch…is quite possibly the worst name you could have thought of. Otherwise, great idea!
UGH!!!!!! Maybe if we turn our backs on Tom Cruise, he’ll just fade away. Has anyone ever noticed that he has a tooth right in the middle of his mouth? Ha! Now you’ll always look for it in that so-called “million dollar” smile. I would approve of this sequel only if he dies in a fiery, graphic crash sequence. Toodles!
Tenenbaums yes! Top Gun no.
Travis: I once read a sequel to ET, where he was back on his home planet and trying to save the forest or something, and while I don’t recall it being very good, at least there’s a precedent!
How about a Risky Business sequel-Let’s see what Joel has been up to
I’d love to see Tom Cruise in a Top Gun movie again. Sounds great!
I think that Butch is the PERFECT name for Maverick’s love interest. It’s quite masculine…just like Tom likes it.
I have less than no desire to see a “Top Gun” sequel or, for that matter, anything with Tom Cruise or Jennifer Garner. That said, you have picked a perfect combination of stars. Two beautiful but bubble-headed bimbos who live their lives for how it plays for the career machine and who have little to no regard for the integrity, contributions, or position and experiences of others. Both totally bereft of empathy for others, it would be interesting to see how they would deal with each other.
Please no. The first Top Gun had enough cliches. Iceman was a good laugh though.
Cant see that there would be a future in a Top Gun sequel, but they supposedly are going to do a Rocky 6..
so i guess i rest my vote.
How about a sequel to Stand By Me or The Shawshank Redemption…. i would be first in line for those two.
A Top Gun sequel would make tons of money, especially with Tom Cruise in it. He’s still young enough to pull it off, but get someone sexier than Jennifer Garner to co-star. No matter how bad the sequel flops, it can’t take away from the original 80’s classic.
i’m not alone in saying a “first wives club” sequal would be kick ass, am i?
TWISTER 2. I know, I know. I’m not talking about a direct sequel with the same cast, or a continuation. I’m talking about a new storm chasers film with a brand new cast and a completely different story. F/X are years ahead of where they were, and the tornadoes and weather would look fantastic. Plus, if you made the story center around Tornado Alley, and a town like Jerell, TX, where ten tornadoes hit in one day the story could be exciting. Add a love story, and personal stories of survival, and it could be one heck of a summer tentpole project.
Leave it alone.
tom cruise is the worst.
unless it’s a horror movie or a movie based on a serial books (Harry Potter), there’s no need for sequels.
A Top Gun sequel? Who does Maverick fight this time – post-partum depressed mothers?
The sequel I’ve been waiting for is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off II – Ferris is trapped in an office cubicle, and escapes to spend a “sick day” on the town.
Haha, great comment Janet!
Sequels usually aren’t as good as the originals. Top Gun, while fun, was never a great movie to begin with. And this summer millions of people refused to care about Stealth, which essentially was a Top Gun sequel without the original cast. While I’m sure another Top Gun movie would have a better storyline than a “magic plane that can fly by itself,” maybe it wasn’t just the plot of Stealth that kept people away. Maybe people just don’t care about fast jets anymore. However, an Iceman spinoff? I’m all for that.
Crash and burn! The plot sounds awful, but who can resist another run at Mach 2?
I’ll be in line with all the other folks on the date of the movie release, and will probably dissing it on this very website the next day. If the movie turns out to be good, I’ll be in line to buy the four dvd Top Gun collection! Aww yeah!
No! Titanic 2, bitches! Eh? Eh?
AWESOME – THE MOVIE WOULD BE GREAT , BUT THEY NEED SOMEONE OTHER THAN JENNIFER GARDNER, AND THEY COULD CHANGE THE STORY LINE, GOOSE HAD A DAUGHTER SO THEY COULD AGE HER TO HAVE TAKEN UP WHERE HER DAD LEFT OFF AND IT COULD BE MAVRICK THAT SAVES HER… BETTER STORY LINE
How about Mav going after a rogue Iceman that is working as a merc for some Eastern European country. In the meantime he is helping train a new hot shot played by Hayden Christensen. No chic fighter pilots in this one. It would ruin the testosterone flow of the film. I can hear the Kenny Loggins lead-in now.
How about a sequel to Star Wars Episode 3
sequels are those funny things in Hollywood (as we’re all WELL aware), and the challenge isn’t “does it suck?” or “make it or don’t make it”, the challenge is: okay, they’re GONNA MAKE IT (hypothetically), so now, since they are, how can you make it good?
that said, I like the “Butch” thing, and I like the Goose-daughter thing. why not combine them?
Maverick could be be long from Top Gun, and though he’s still “a celebrity” in the school, it really means nothing. Mave could come to visit the Goose’s kid (another bird name, like “Dove” or “Raven”), and the current instructor could be Butch (played by Jennifer Garner).
along the way, J.G. will teach, offering Mave another shot at teaching on newer planes, etc. during a training mission she’ll reveal to the class that there was an accident that killed a student many years ago – Goose – so now the kid blames Mave cause she never knew.
conflict time, where some threat sends America’s Top Guns on a mission. you’ve gotta somehow get the kid stuck in the same situation that Mave was in, so that she understands it first hand. then J.G., sorry, “Butch” gets in there… but it’s not enough… not until big bad Mave swoops in saving the day.
throw in a few more convoluted plot points and you’re there. sequel-city!
Sequels R’ Us!!!
How ’bout…
“Pearl Harbor 2: Back to The Bay” (Maybe this time – and war – they could team Ben Affleck up with Michael Vartan! Oh, wait – no. How about Ben Affleck and Scott Foley – huh? Oh, screw it – nevermind!)
or
“Attack of The Killer Tomatoes 2: Massacre at Heinz Field” (Um, I think the plot sells itself, folks, and it better, because who would be desperate enough to star in this CRAP – well, okay, maybe Kevin Costner!)
And, as for the previous post who suggested this one, who NEEDS “Twister 2″ when all you have to do is turn on cable news if you want to see shameful overacting by self-important prima donnas (Hello, Anderson Cooper, Shephard Smith [cough]) tossing and twirling around in massive storms like a couple of out-of-work soap opera stars!
The id and I – “We put the ‘fun’ back into dysfunctional!”
First Wives Club 2! Second Wives Club? :0)
Off the subject, but if you like to laugh, check out the video I did for a pasta contest at my church. It came out pretty good, I think. One of my more favorite acting jobs…
http://hillbillygrahamcrackers.blogspot.com/2005/10/long-live-antonio.html
Then just click on the link under “Long Live Antonio”! Hopefully you’ll enjoy it!
For the need for speed, please NO SEQUEL! Not every freakin’ hit film that’s released needs a sequel. Come up with something original for a change.
I dont know… But master and commander let pretty much up to a sequel… and this time peter would have a chance to correct the mistakes he made in the first film… but just to say… it was a great movie