Top Gun

[Brandon]

fuck you guys. the 80's was top gun, la gears, and overall shorts with the one strap hanging down. i even still remote drop that shit when it comes on tnt or whatever. it was the shit for the 80's.

although, the older i get and as the movie ages, the whole gay angle is tripping me out a bit because that movie was what being a man was in the 80's.....you drank with your buddies, were in the military, rode a motorcycle, and smashed your hot blonde superior. all manly things and a great reason to all play volleyball in jeans with your shirts off.

i think that is also the first movie i saw with my parents where there was a sex scene.....you know, being a kid and looking at them for approval when maverick and charlie (fuck, even the chicks name is a dude name!!) start to get down because at that ripe young age you don't know if you're allowed to watch scenes like that.....all while hopping you get to see some nipple.

[gotbeer]

You know all the SJW's today?  Their parents hated Top Gun.

[mrwicked]

On 11/28/2016 at 9:53 AM, cezero said:

i can already tell that eventually, somebody's going to start making fun of airwolf in this thread.

never make fun of airwolf. 

i remember doing a helicopter tour over maui with my parents once when i was a kid. 

we all get headphones, you can talk to the pilot and each other. and it starts with this cheesy music.

and im like "dude, you know what you should do, it swap that crap out for the airwolf theme song."

the pilot lit up in excitement like you wouldnt believe. so fun.

[Blarg]

Why would you use anything but the Magnum PI theme song in a helicopter over Maui? It's an epic meditation on intangibility.

 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Being heavily into aviation, I liked the flying scenes. The acting was dreadful, and the plot was all over the place. Apart from the American planes posing as MiG-28s, a couple of things that Maverick did would have gotten a pilot's wings pulled and likely gotten him kicked out of the Navy: Buzzing the tower, and abandoning another pilot during a dogfight.

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 hours ago, Blarg said:

Why would you use anything but the Magnum PI theme song in a helicopter over Maui? It's an epic meditation on intangibility.

 

 

When i was younger, TC came to the restaraunt i worked at. i got excited, and yelled "TC!"

He didnt want to be recognized i dont think. and i was sad because he owned the helicopter...he was the cool one.

[ten ocho recon scout]

21 hours ago, Taggart said:

fuck you guys. the 80's was top gun, la gears, and overall shorts with the one strap hanging down. i even still remote drop that shit when it comes on tnt or whatever. it was the shit for the 80's.

although, the older i get and as the movie ages, the whole gay angle is tripping me out a bit because that movie was what being a man was in the 80's.....you drank with your buddies, were in the military, rode a motorcycle, and smashed your hot blonde superior. all manly things and a great reason to all play volleyball in jeans with your shirts off.

i think that is also the first movie i saw with my parents where there was a sex scene.....you know, being a kid and looking at them for approval when maverick and charlie (fuck, even the chicks name is a dude name!!) start to get down because at that ripe young age you don't know if you're allowed to watch scenes like that.....all while hopping you get to see some nipple.

Cut Cali some slack. His generation wasnt honna be impressed with some pretty boys flying around, with lame love stories and an unrealistic enemy.

His generation had vampire vs werewolf movies.

[m0nkey]

I thought Cali was like 30 something

[Brandon]

which makes it worse

[JAHV76]

5 hours ago, calscuf said:

Everyone knows that when you do a flyby on the tower at over 400 knots the only thing that happens is the tower commander gets some butts.

And coffee spilled on him

[Tank]

22 minutes ago, calscuf said:

That's his fault.  He knows Maverick.  He knows he's probably gonna bust the tower.  Yet every time Mav is coming in for a landing dude needs to have a fresh cup of coffee AND be drinking it? 

I'm sorry, but I believe in a little thing called personal responsibility.

once again, the lawyer has spoken.

keep up that kind of attitude and you'll be unemployed by spring.

[Kevin]

13 hours ago, calscuf said:

That's his fault.  He knows Maverick.  He knows he's probably gonna bust the tower.  Yet every time Mav is coming in for a landing dude needs to have a fresh cup of coffee AND be drinking it? 

I'm sorry, but I believe in a little thing called personal responsibility.

Don't forget he ran into the guy carrying all the cups of coffee as well.

 

I just think he has incredibly bad timing. 

[Sully151]

I still use the line "Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full" at least once a month.

 

speaking of that, how was the pattern full when he and iceman were the only two planes in the air cuz both the god damned catapults on an aircraft carrier were broken?

 

oh and Meg Ryan's Carole was way cuter than Charlie. Probably didn't just lay there either.

[AngelsLongBall]

14 hours ago, calscuf said:

That's his fault.  He knows Maverick.  He knows he's probably gonna bust the tower.  Yet every time Mav is coming in for a landing dude needs to have a fresh cup of coffee AND be drinking it? 

I'm sorry, but I believe in a little thing called personal responsibility.

Personal responsibility aside, you can't undo the need.  The need for speed

[Sully151]

For what is really a pretty bad movie, there sure are a lot of quotable lines that are still used 30 years later. Even when they are used sarcastically or in jest, it's  impressive.

 

i also bet enlistment took off with that movie. Everyone wanted to be a  pilot. I know I wanted to grow up to be a pilot or an actor.

[Amazing Larry]

20 hours ago, m0nkey said:

I thought Cali was like 30 something

 

19 hours ago, Taggart said:

which makes it worse

He probably wouldn't even know what to do with Penny Benjamin.

[Amazing Larry]

Here's a trip down memory lane:

 

[Sully151]

5 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

 

He probably wouldn't even know what to do with Penny Benjamin.

The Admiral's daughter?

[Kevin]

22 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

 

He probably wouldn't even know what to do with Penny Benjamin.

Cali could probably fly a cargo ship full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong though. 

[AngelsLongBall]

52 minutes ago, Kevin said:

Cali could probably fly a cargo ship full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong though. 

Would he have been able to explain to Sundown why they could have had him, man?

[Kevin]

17 minutes ago, AngelsLongBall said:

Would he have been able to explain to Sundown why they could have had him, man?

ONLY WHEN I AM DAMN GOOD AND READY! YOU GOT THAT? 

[arch stanton]

6 hours ago, Sully151 said:

For what is really a pretty bad movie, there sure are a lot of quotable lines that are still used 30 years later. Even when they are used sarcastically or in jest, it's  impressive.

 

i also bet enlistment took off with that movie. Everyone wanted to be a  pilot. I know I wanted to grow up to be a pilot or an actor.

Then they all found out that they had to do "Officer and a Gentleman" first and that despite what they'd inferred from the movie and listening to the Village People homosexuality is actually frowned upon.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 11/30/2016 at 3:05 PM, calscuf said:

Cant look at that without hearing the little yell that goes with it.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 11/30/2016 at 4:49 PM, AngelsLongBall said:

Would he have been able to explain to Sundown why they could have had him, man?

Funny you mention that. the sundowners are a squadron, and rhats the helmet that guy wore in the movie...his callsign was his squadron...ie, the one black dude in the movie didnt rate a name in the movie

[Slegnaac]

On 11/29/2016 at 0:23 PM, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Being heavily into aviation, I liked the flying scenes. The acting was dreadful, and the plot was all over the place. Apart from the American planes posing as MiG-28s, a couple of things that Maverick did would have gotten a pilot's wings pulled and likely gotten him kicked out of the Navy: Buzzing the tower, and abandoning another pilot during a dogfight.

Wait, what, those weren't real MIGs?  I'm not sure if I will ever be able to watch this movie again .