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THERE’S A MOMENT early on in Top Gun: Maverick where Ed Harris’ character — Ibelieve his name is Admiral Crankyfrown — turns up at his Air Force base for a day’s barking at subordinates. Suddenly, he’s blasted back by the slipstream of a top-secret aircraft, as Tom Cruise heads up into the stratosphere. It’s one of the coolest shots in a film stuffed with very cool shots. And it’s also a relatable moment. For, after a couple of barren years pop-culture-wise, 2022 has hurtled by at Mach-10 velocity, a blizzard of exciting new things rocking us back on our heels. Multiverses, screaming goats, dragons, Dark Lords, bullet trains and high-speed planes — it’s been a lot, in the best possible way.