We love top gun. We love it so much, that we can quote just about any line of dialogue from start to finish. But love, like any other passion, is double-edged. It means that any follow-up that bears the name has incredibly high hurdles to clear. Top Gun: Maverick clears many of these hurdles with ease: Are there gripping aerial combat scenes which show pilots flying by the seat of their pants? Yes. Does it feature that iconic introduction complete with those unmistakable anthems? Yes. (Plural because Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone is as much an anthem as Harold Faltermeyer's Top Gun, alright.) So what happened?
Top Gun: Maverick is, well, all about Maverick. It's in the title and if you plot Tom Cruise's inevitable rise to superstardom, you can trace it all the way back to his role as Lt. Pete Maverick Mitchell. Let's first talk about what the inaugural movie did great: It was a popcorn movie, it doesn't deal with exposition. It was a sports movie (pilots competing for Top Gun trophy - which does not exist in real life) wrapped in the trappings of high-octane aerial combat. So it had the basic elements of tension: rivalry between pilots; frowned upon romance between instructor/pilot and of course, best buddy Goose, whose ultimate demise gave the titular character a challenge that his sheer skill with an F14 Tomcat could not readily overcome. These elements are missing from Top Gun: Maverick.
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The One That Started It All
Girard-Perregaux celebrates 49 years of the Laureato, the timepiece that helped to kick-start the popularity of steel sports timepieces.
Return To Mont Blanc
Wes Anderson Brought US To Montblanc's Fictional Headquarters Several Months Ago. Now, He Shows Us More From The Collection.
Manners Maketh Man
The Principle Of Style Is Character, And The Core Of Character Is Conduct.
Slow Travel In Switzerland
The Swiss public transport system certainly aces the luxe factor with eye popping train rides, indulgent multi-course meals on a Belle Epoque era steamship, and even efficient luggage transport services.
A NEW DAWN IN SOLAR ENERGY
AUGUSTMAN SPEAKS TO MANDALA CLUB CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER LILLY GILBERT ABOUT THE MOVEMENT THAT COULD CHANGE HOW BUSINESSES IN KEONG SAIK ARE POWERED THE MANDALA SOLAR COLLECTIVE.
THE POWER OF THREE
ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC IMAGES IN SINGAPORE TOOK THE FORM OF KOKILA PARVATHI, SITI AMIRAH (ALSO KNOWN AS CAMIRA ASRORI) AND SOBIKUN NAHAR ON THEIR WAY TO COURT. AUGUSTMAN SPEAKS TO THEM ABOUT THEIR IDEAS ON COMMUNITY ORGANSING, AND ABOUT RETHINKING OUR THOUGHTS ON POWER.
FLIGHT OF THE NARISAWA BEE
The esteemed Chef Yoshihiro Narisawa shares with us the intimate details of his brand's expansion into Singapore and what having the Mandala Club as its permanent address means to him.
DRINK THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
Preferably with a dram of The Macallan, in hand. The famed whisky maker celebrates 200 years of making perfection.
AND BUTCHER'S BLOCK MAKES IT THREE
SINGAPORE'S CHAPTER OF THE DOM PÉRIGNON SOCIETY HAS INDUCTED A THIRD MEMBER, RAFFLES SINGAPORE'S BUTCHER'S BLOCK, GIVING DISCERNING DINERS BETTER ACCESS TO THE EPICUREAN SAVOIR FAIRE THAT COMES WITH THE MARK OF THE SOCIETY.
AMERICAN SPIRIT
ROB SAMUELS, THE EIGHTH-GENERATION WHISKY-MAKER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MAKER'S MARK, EXPLAINS WHY THE BRAND'S CELLAR AGED EXPRESSION IS A PEAK INTO THE FUTURE OF BOURBON.