Kumar123 Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 11 hours ago, Bird Bird Bird said: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61710500 Reality can be a bit more complicated. Tl;dr? I had a quick glance and the author of the article is apparently saying that China isn't even mentioned in Top Gun and this is a sign of Beijing's power? By that logic, Top Gun doesn't mention India either, so I guess Hollywood is scared of us too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar123 Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Mr. Comingle said: After Tencent pulled out their investment. Same thing lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar123 Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mr. Comingle said: The point is that a movie about elite airforce division does not mention China even though it's US' no 1 rival and called a threat by politicians and defence personnel. It's also heavily implied that the unnamed enemies are Chinese. They're just scared mention it. Uh... no. From what I understand, the unnamed enemy country was an amalgamation of a bunch of countries. The best guess from a lot of people was Iran, not China. https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/6/3/23151745/top-gun-maverick-enemy-country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 53 minutes ago, Kumar123 said: Tl;dr? I had a quick glance and the author of the article is apparently saying that China isn't even mentioned in Top Gun and this is a sign of Beijing's power? By that logic, Top Gun doesn't mention India either, so I guess Hollywood is scared of us too? Quick glances can cause confusion. The article primarily says that adding a Taiwan flag has nothing to do with China. There have been incidences in the past when such incidents have been ignored, and movies have been allowed to run in China. Bottomline: China does not want you to know which movies can be banned or allowed, keeping everyone confused, and thus unable to take a decision and bow down to whatever CCP demands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunk Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 I guess China doesn't also want Hollywood movies stealing limelight and box office money from their own movies. And they have been banning biggest blockbusters like NWH because of random "reasons". Although stuff like Strange 2 would have never released there because of horror elements/black magic and Top Gun is like the biggest "f**k yeah, 'merica" movie about American forces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 Just back from top gun Maverick. What a thrill...loved it. Might go again for a 4dx show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar123 Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 3 hours ago, Bird Bird Bird said: Quick glances can cause confusion. The article primarily says that adding a Taiwan flag has nothing to do with China. There have been incidences in the past when such incidents have been ignored, and movies have been allowed to run in China. Bottomline: China does not want you to know which movies can be banned or allowed, keeping everyone confused, and thus unable to take a decision and bow down to whatever CCP demands. That can't be right lol. Taiwan flag was something that was present in the original Top Gun. What other reason would they have to remove it except China? After Tencent backed out and China started being confusing like you said, they added it back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomShade Posted June 14, 2022 Report Share Posted June 14, 2022 7 hours ago, Mr. Comingle said: The point is that a movie about elite airforce division does not mention China even though it's US' no 1 rival and called a threat by politicians and defence personnel. It's also heavily implied that the unnamed enemies are Chinese. They're just scared mention it. That's Russia though. I guess it's supposed to be Iran because of the ancient F-14 tomcat just lying around in their hangars. Apparently in the OG Top Gun too the soviets weren't mentioned by name, just the MiGs, and the SU50 here is also called a "fifth generation fighter" instead of you know the Su-50 Reminds me of those Selmon bhai or other *Khan films many years back than never mentioned the "Padosi Mulq" by name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazyniks Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 The VFX look amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, Krazyniks said: The VFX look amazing. They f**ked it by casting Ranbir. The guy can only do one look - constipated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazyniks Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bird Bird Bird said: They f**ked it by casting Ranbir. The guy can only do one look - constipated. Ayan Mukherjee said in an interview few years back he can't think beyond Ranbir for his movies . . Anyway excited for this movie hope it turns out good . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Bird Bird Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Krazyniks said: Ayan Mukherjee said in an interview few years back he can't think beyond Ranbir for his movies . . Anyway excited for this movie hope it turns out good . Just from the trailer, one can see that he's either having a single expression throughout the movie, or is overacting in those fight scenes. I'm sure the movie will do good based on VFX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Krazyniks said: The VFX look amazing. Meh. Will watch on hotstar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gecko89 Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Dang, CGI does look pretty good. Knowing Bollywood, they'll probably have some soppy love story shoehorn Ed into it and have everything else revolve around that. Still, maybe I'm wrong :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STICK3Rboy Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 This looks like fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumar123 Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 17 hours ago, Krazyniks said: The VFX look amazing. I wish the VFX looked different. But I guess this is all they can do with the budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Yeah the VFX while decent looks strange in that trailer. The fire has some sort of pinkish tint throughout. It looks like green lantern meets Dr strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Now I remember what those power color effects in brahmastra reminded me of. The neon powers from Infamous game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunk Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 23 hours ago, Bird Bird Bird said: Just from the trailer, one can see that he's either having a single expression throughout the movie, or is overacting in those fight scenes. I'm sure the movie will do good based on VFX. Ranbir feels just weird for this role, could have gone with someone who usually does action movies like Hrithik or Vidyut. But I guess Bollywood wallahs love working within their circles only lol. The trailer reminds me of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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