BillTIZ
Final Approach
What? I thought Kelly McGillis was perfect for that part. And hot.
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Agreed, for that movie, she was PERFECT!!
Confident, smart, knew how to handle egotistical fighter jocks, and good looking too.
What? I thought Kelly McGillis was perfect for that part. And hot.
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Agreed, for that movie, she was PERFECT!!
Confident, smart, knew how to handle egotistical fighter jocks, and good looking too.
Agreed, for that movie, she was PERFECT!!
Confident, smart, knew how to handle egotistical fighter jocks, and good looking too.
You should see her now .............. AND she plays for the other team.
Take my breath away.....
well, heck, she's almost 55 years old. what are people expecting?
"If I was flying, Goose would still be alive."
Classic- I am gonna steal that one.
The curmudgeons among us get their entertainment from stale documentaries on the History channel. Here's a fun one for you:
Tom Cruise in Top Gun, 1986:
and in the latest installment of Mission Impossible, 2012:
The guy is some kind of alien. He hasn't aged one iota in 25 years. He's the same damn age as me!
So is Michelle-
I shouldn't be this way. I am 40 and already falling apart!
Top Gun is really a snapshot in time for me and the characters never age in my mind.
well, heck, she's almost 55 years old. what are people expecting?
The curmudgeons among us get their entertainment from stale documentaries on the History channel. Here's a fun one for you:
Tom Cruise in Top Gun, 1986:
and in the latest installment of Mission Impossible, 2012:
The guy is some kind of alien. He hasn't aged one iota in 25 years. He's the same damn age as me!
I am in that tiny minority of pilots who don't like the movie or the music.Some of the flying footage is pretty cool, but aside from that... meh.
There's also something weird about the story in Top Gun... couldn't quite put my finger on it until Tarantino explained it (warning: NSFW)... :wink2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzY9a-WmE6o
The other thing the curmudgeons don't tend to mention is movies centered around airplanes are usually not very good to begin with.
It was a corny movie.
A fantastic flying movie would be The Great Waldo Pepper.
It's all that scientology he believes in
I suppose that depends on what aspect of Naval Aviation you are referring to.That is a surprising conclusion. Wouldn't say that I have drawn too many parallels in my personal experience.
I suppose that depends on what aspect of Naval Aviation you are referring to.
Yes, the plot was silly. The love story is silly. The stuff like buzzing the tower was pretty silly too.
But the behavior of Naval Aviators in general, from the bar scenes, to the locker room stuff to the volleyball......they perfectly captured the nature of brown shoes.
Exactly....folks that complain that there is too much testosterone in Top Gun are not realizing that it is exactly what they were trying to capture!Sort of a testosterone enhanced, fear of failure fueled, pecking order sorting exercise.
I suppose that depends on what aspect of Naval Aviation you are referring to.
But the behavior of Naval Aviators in general, from the bar scenes, to the locker room stuff to the volleyball......they perfectly captured the nature of brown shoes.
Yeah I think you nailed that. And you could find the same basic behavior in any group of highly trained guys doing something a bit edgy. Sort of a testosterone enhanced, fear of failure fueled, pecking order sorting exercise.
My sister got married to a C-17 pilot yesterday (both USAFA grads.) Had 3-4 Top Gun songs played at the reception!
Danger Zone
Take My Breath Away
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Great Balls of Fire.
Another thing: It seems most guys think the Kelly McGillis love story thing is stupid, but I disagree. Without that sub-plot to provide some sort of framework, the film would have no soul.
Without a doubt.I bet y'all would prefer Top Gun to having to listen to George Lucas introduce that god-awful Red Tails at Oshkosh. Admit it.
Blargh.
Kelly McGillis' character just didn't work. Not attractive enough to be Maverick's love interest, and too young to have the bona fides to be the "intel chick/instructor" at Top Gun. Where, exactly, did she get the knowledge to do the ACM critique in the film session? Of course, the character could have been 40-something, but I don't think Maverick was interested in a Cougar...
IIRC, Ron Levy mentioned that the job/position of her character was actually based on a dude with a fair amount of professional experience in ACM.a really smart person in her late twenties couldn't possibly understand ACM? Really? Is ACM rocket science?
IIRC, Ron Levy mentioned that the job/position of her character was actually based on a dude with a fair amount of professional experience in ACM.
Most of the 'civilian' folks who do jobs like that are retired or former military, so seeing her in that job was a bit of a stretch.