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The new Top Gun movie?

• CuriouslyC 4y ago
  AKA Navy Star Wars + hardcore nostalgia play (so many shot-for-shots with the original)?
  • TeMPOraL 4y ago
    What's wrong with nostalgia, though? People like to criticize back-references as a cheap way to entertain the audience knowing the referenced works, but I think it's a legitimate feature. A movie or a show doesn't exist in a vacuum; watching a sequel or a work in the same universe, I expect to see both subtle and direct call-backs.
    • CuriouslyC 4y ago
      I liked the nostalgic aesthetic and references of stranger things, it never felt gratuitous. Top gun had a lot of shot for shot callbacks and filler scenes/shots that could have been edited down/out to make for a tighter movie. It's like they couldn't decide if they wanted it to be a sequel or a remake, so they said "why not both?"