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Upper Deck previewed its 2009-10 hockey set today, and it includes the above beauty, complete with superfluous "s."

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It’s July 23rd and there are three pictures of AO (and one of lying-on-his-back digivechkin) on the front page of the site. All is well.

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by J.P. on Jul 23, 2009 5:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Coming soon to a shoebox next to JP’s desk.

by EmilyB on Jul 23, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions  

The link in tiny print at the bottom is broken, just to save everyone’s time if you were curious… : ] Was this a fundraiser for the troops or something?

Yeah, I’m a little nosey!

by war_capitals on Jul 23, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Crosby: You’re everyone’s problem. That’s because every time you go out on the ice, you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous.

Ovechkin: That’s right! Cros…bee. I am dangerous.

by Gould Old Days on Jul 23, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions  

Please spare us the Crosby/Malkin vs. Ovechkin/Semin volleyball scene.

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by J.P. on Jul 23, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

Great. Now I have Kenny Loggins in my head.

Rockin' the Red in Section 412

by boutros23 on Jul 23, 2009 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Even though I’m ex-Air Force, I’m not ashamed to admit that it never gets old watching Top Gun. A classic, despite the cheese factor being Limburger-level and the military accuracy non-existant.

by Cluster on Jul 24, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

Top Gun...

…the first five minutes of the movie showing the carrier operations is the best Infomercial the US Navy could ever have asked for. They show quite a bit of that intro before their football games in Annapolis… that whole sequence with the instrumental followed by the Kenny Loggins song… it’s inspiring (and accurate, Jerry Bruckheimer was filming the regular operations on the carrier and edited it into what it is…)

Let's go Caps!

by MikeL-Pivonka on Jul 24, 2009 10:12 AM EDT up reply actions  

apparently the air force was offered top gun but passed? decided the pilots were shown in too negative a light?

/possibly propaganda from a USAF dad

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 24, 2009 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

It’s Hollywood. But as someone who knows that you can’t just “put on the brakes and they’ll fly right by!”, I have to snicker at the redonkulous flying scenes. And if you ever really buzzed the tower, your wings would be ripped off your chest, rather than being told that if you screw up again “you’ll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!”

In my opinion, life MikeL said, this was a goldmine for the Navy. The AF got hosed with those Iron Eagle movies.

by Cluster on Jul 24, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions  

USAF will always have air force one, though.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 24, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

True dat. Underrated flick. Loved the scene where one of the Eagles swallowed a missile to save Harrison Ford.

by Cluster on Jul 24, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

and really, tom cruise vs. harrison ford? no contest.

by Natty Bumppo on Jul 24, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions  

I used to work for a bunch of the Navy pilots who flew the F-14s/migs for the movie. They had great stories.

Rockin' the Red in Section 412

by boutros23 on Jul 24, 2009 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

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