43: Top Gun: Maverick

Episode 43 of the The Last Star In Hollywood podcast, hosted by Next Word, titled "43: Top Gun: Maverick" was published on September 13, 2024 and runs 118 minutes.

September 13, 2024 ·118m · The Last Star In Hollywood

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Summary

This week, we feel the need for speed all over again with Joseph Kosinski’s much-delayed, hugely successful Top Gun: Maverick! Is Pete Mitchell the same guy, so many years later? How does the film respond to the legacy of the original? Is Kosinski maybe too good at his job? Unanswered Questions: Is Top Gun about patriotism? Militarism? Commercialism? All or none of the above? How does the marketing and production material mythologize the making of the film? Is there anything thematic happing in Maverick’s technological regression from the fictional DarkStar to the Boeing F/A-18E to the Grumman F-14? Further reading: Playboy (January, 1990) Budweiser, PBR, Coop F5 Grapefruit, Voodoo Ranger IPA F1 Official Trailer Regal 4DX “‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cinematographer Pushed Camera Technology Limits to Put Audiences in Pilot’s Seat” (Variety) Tenet “3 Rounds with the Cast of ‘Top Gun: Maverick'” (Entertainment Weekly) “Garth Marenghi – Writing“ The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord! Join us next week as we close out Tom Cruise’s filmography — for now — with Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning! The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.Copyright © 2024 The Last Star In Hollywood. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

This week, we feel the need for speed all over again with Joseph Kosinski’s much-delayed, hugely successful Top Gun: Maverick! Is Pete Mitchell the same guy, so many years later? How does the film respond to the legacy of the original? Is Kosinski maybe too good at his job?

Unanswered Questions:

Is Top Gun about patriotism? Militarism? Commercialism? All or none of the above?
How does the marketing and production material mythologize the making of the film?
Is there anything thematic happing in Maverick’s technological regression from the fictional DarkStar to the Boeing F/A-18E to the Grumman F-14?

Further reading:

Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord!

Join us next week as we close out Tom Cruise’s filmography — for now — with Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning!

The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★