Yeah, it’s late and I find myself stuck on this stupid movie. Since many of you were in the military…tell me, do they teach you to reapeat everything TWICE?
You got a MIG on your tail…you got a MIG on your tail…
Break left…break left…
I can’t believe I did Kelly McGillis…I can’t believe I did Kelly McGillis…
No flyby allowed (Oh thanks for the coffee)…No flyby allowed (Oh thanks for the coffee)…Damn that Maverick.
For watching the whole movie, maybe I should be the Jackass of the Week.
Why? Because you feel the need - the need for speed!
Admit it: you love that movie and so does everybody else that says they don’t. I’ll admit it. I’ve got the VHS, the DVD, and I watch it every other week on TBS. I wish they would come out with a sequel, however I’m hoping that they find a replacement for Kelly McGillis (she’s lost that loving feeling). How about Angelina Jolie, Penelope Cruz or some other hottie.
If it wasn’t for that movie I probably would have gone to med school and made something of my life. As it was, I spent 10 years (in the prime of my life) chasing skank at the local O’ Club. Man those were good years. Oh, and the flying wasn’t bad either.
Here’s to all those other poor idiots that chased “the dream” (after seeing TopGun)- Cheers!
<<tell me, do they teach you to reapeat everything TWICE? >>
Necesarry due to the nature of throat mikes, earpeices and air-combat. It’s not like flying straight and level at angels 20 on a clear, Sunny day.
Brett
Replace Kelly with Nicole Kidman.
Charlize Theron.
I hate that movie, but I like Tom Cruise. And that Kelly McGillis (?) chick is not happening. All roles like that should be played by Denise Richards.
This courtesy of Eric Petersen, Colorado Springs, CO:
The Top Gun Trainer workout
1 - Put Top Gun on the VCR
2 - Press play and start your trainer ride while watching the movie
3 - Go 30 seconds HARD on your biggest gear everytime someone says the word MAVERICK
4 - Cooldown while listening to “Take my breath away”
If you remember the movie, this makes for a great workout, especially towards the end :-)))
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Kelly McGillis is starring in a Broadway play of Mrs. Robinson based on the movie.They say she does a nude scene in it.I think the play is in Detroit this week.Some S.E. Michigan slowtwitchers should go see it.Maybe you might get lucky!!!
Yuck. Now you know, if it were Denise Richards I would be there.
Sid (Quentin Tarantino): You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest fucking scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.
Duane (Todd Field): Oh, come on.
Sid: Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it’s a story about a bunch of fighter pilots.
Duane: It’s about a bunch of guys waving their dicks around.
Sid: It is a story about a man’s struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man. You’ve got Maverick, all right? He’s on the edge, man. He’s right on the fucking line, all right? And you’ve got Iceman, and all his crew. They’re gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they’re saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways.
Duane: What about Kelly McGillis?
Sid: Kelly McGillis, she’s heterosexuality. She’s saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go the normal way, play by the rules, go the normal way. They’re saying no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? That is what’s going on throughout that whole movie… He goes to her house, all right? It looks like they’re going to have sex, you know, they’re just kind of sitting back, he’s takin’ a shower and everything. They don’t have sex. He gets on the motorcycle, drives away. She’s like, “What the fuck, what the fuck is going on here?” Next scene, next scene you see her, she’s in the elevator, she is dressed like a guy. She’s got the cap on, she’s got the aviator glasses, she’s wearing the same jacket that the Iceman wears. She is, okay, this is how I gotta get this guy, this guy’s going towards the gay way, I gotta bring him back, I gotta bring him back from the gay way, so I’ll do that through subterfuge, I’m gonna dress like a man. All right? That is how she approaches it. Okay, now let me just ask you - I’m gonna digress for two seconds here. I met this girl Amy here, she’s like floating around here and everything. Now, she just got divorced, right? All right, but the REAL ending of the movie is when they fight the MIGs at the end, all right? Because he has passed over into the gay way. They are this gay fighting fucking force, all right? And they’re beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it’s over, and they fucking land, and Iceman’s been trying to get Maverick the entire time, and finally, he’s got him, all right? And what is the last fucking line that they have together? They’re all hugging and kissing and happy with each other, and Ice comes up to Maverick, and he says, “Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!” And what does Maverick say? “You can ride mine!” Swordfight! Swordfight! Fuckin’ A, man!
God, how I love IMDB!!!
Laughed a mouthful of cereal through my nose. Top work fella.
If I’m watching Maverick riding Iceman’s tail, does that make me a gay voueyer? I though sucking my buddy’s wheel sounded bad enough!
What about Goose, though? Is he bi?
His name is Goose and he’s Maverick’s back seat. BUT, he’s married to Meg Ryan, who’s also looking sort of butch in the film, and getting a little too chatty with the girls.
I say the Goose’s are bi swingers.
Admit it: you love that movie and so does everybody else that says they don’t.
Sure - why not!
I thought everyone wanted to go right out and try to get themselves a Navy AOCS contract (isn’t hat an 8 year commitment after flight training?) after seeing “Top Gun” thinking how could it would be off work by 3:00 in the afternoon, then head out to the beach for a couple games of beach volleyball before dinner with one of their instructors? Can someone explain to me exactly how a female government contractor, apparently without benefit of military experience/service, gets to be an expert in OPFOR equipment and ACM tactics? Especially considering the fact that Top Gun was pre-tail hook - an age in which women were not yet allowed to fly/crew combat aircraft/missions? Oh, could someone with Naval aviation experience please tell me what is meant by “put in hack, twice” during Mavericks dressing down by the Air Wing Commander when he was reading Maverick the riot act after the “MIG” encounter (sure looked like F-5’s to me) at the begining of the movie?
Being a former Army guy with only limited exposure to carrier, I did find it pretty convenient how the producers made it look as if Maverick and Goose were in the Mediteranean fighting MIGs one day, and in-processing NAS Miramar for Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) the next. Brings up another question, didn’t the base realignment process actually end up seeing the Naval Fighter Weapons school consolodated with the Navy’s Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center school at NAS Fallon sometime in the late 80’s?!
Of course the best part of the whole movie was not one mention about those 6-8-10 month cruises on the carrier that probably saw a lot of weeks without a day off or the fact that regardless of whether on a carrier or on shore, military officers can expect a 12-14-16 hour duty day - yep, I am all over that!
Michael
Oh, could someone with Naval aviation experience please tell me what is meant by “put in hack, twice” during Mavericks dressing down by the Air Wing Commander when he was reading Maverick the riot act after the “MIG” encounter (sure looked like F-5’s to me) at the begining of the movie?
Michael
Not 100% sure, but from the context, I always thought it meant he was thrown in the brig twice.
It is disciplinary in nature, but usually means confined to quarters (when not on duty), sort of “go to your room” for officers
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… sort of “go to your room” for officers
To which Maverick replied: “You’re not the boss of me!!!”
“Are too!”
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Mr. Tibbs, admit it, you cry at the end of American Flyers every time you watch it!! (BTW, I have a taped copy of AF from HBO that’s probably 10 years old and the DVD…)
As for Top Gun…how come everytime Maverick does the “Coffee Flyby”, the guy that spills the coffee all over himself is the same whether on the ship or at Mirimar? Did he qualify for Top Gun too??
MWB