#don't become Arnold Schwarzenneger stomping on the T-800's legacy with every increasingly uninspired outing of the Terminator

[setsumushou]

Top Gun: Maverick is the best movie I’ve seen in years, but HEEELLLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOO to a “Top Gun cinematic universe.” I think Paramount underestimates how much nostalgia and old people coming out to see this played into its popularity--they see some young people reposting gifs from the beach football scene and go, “Yes! This is why this movie was successful!” when it’s like....bruh, you’re not going to recreate something like the Iceman/Maverick hug again for another 36 years. I adore the movie and plan to watch it multiple times again, but I personally do NOT need a sequel to this (at least for another 20 years, maybe).

Unfortunately, I feel that this mirrors what happened after Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), which still remains one of the best sequels AND movies of all time, but unfortunately spawned a multitude of cringey TV shows and follow-up movies that resulted in such an iconic series going out sad.

I hope this isn’t going to happen, but ugh, Hollywood.