Jeremy
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Post by Jeremy on Nov 3, 2010 17:29:08 GMT -5
Or I'd try this. I NEED BACKUP THOUGH!
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JRX
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Post by JRX on Nov 4, 2010 10:46:34 GMT -5
Iron Eagle > Top Gun
....and I thought Top Gun was generally beloved.
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Post by amanderson on Nov 4, 2010 16:24:48 GMT -5
Man, I think I'm the only person that doesn't like TopGun. It was just so cheesey.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Nov 4, 2010 16:43:06 GMT -5
Nope, I don't like Top Gun either. I'm pretty convinced that any love this movie has is due to nostalgia - see also The Goonies.
Also, from Cracked...
Why It's a Classic
Director Tony Scott had his work cut out for him in 1986 trying to convince American audiences that a subject as dull as F-18 fighter jets firing missiles and dogfighting could be cool. Luckily he was aided by first-time action hero Tom Cruise-known then for dancing around in his underwear in comedies-and by a young musical visionary named Kenny Loggins, who pumps out the mid-tempo soft rock throughout.
Why It Secretly Sucks
Watching Top Gun in our contemporary era, where words like "homoerotic subtext" exist, the average viewer will spend half the film wondering when Maverick and Iceman are going to kiss already (right), and the other half wondering what a Danger Zone is, and why being on the highway to it is relevant to the film. Given that Tom Cruise shows more smoldering sexual chemistry with Val Kilmer during a shirtless beach volleyball game than in any scene with intended love interest Kelly McGillis, it's hard not to watch Top Gun today on a level the filmmakers hadn't intended.
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Post by jamofpearls on Nov 4, 2010 16:46:48 GMT -5
I remember when I first saw top gun on VHS...maybe right after it first came out (on VHS) that I never really understood what happened to Goose. This was before I knew about broken necks.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 16:48:46 GMT -5
So, true story...my brother and his friends accomplished this feat a few years back. He tells me this every blue moon that brings up the occasion.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2010 17:06:29 GMT -5
Iron Eagle was much better. Completely unbelievable but much better
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Nov 7, 2010 20:18:59 GMT -5
Iron Eagle cashes in on angsty teenage silliness and the laughable premise of a teenager being able to capably fly an F-16 in combat situations.
Top Gun goes on the testosterone factor, which then brings all the general homo-erotic subtext accusations, the criticism of over the top characters, and it's general Jerry Bruckheimer stuff.
Also, they were F-14s in Top Gun, not F-18s.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 7, 2010 20:21:59 GMT -5
I don't think it's just the masculinity. That volleyball scene is just... holy mackerel.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Nov 7, 2010 20:22:08 GMT -5
Not to mention that Top Gun had one of the greatest cheesy 80s movie theme songs ever:
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JRX
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Post by JRX on Nov 8, 2010 0:29:50 GMT -5
Not to mention that Top Gun had one of the greatest cheesy 80s movie theme songs ever: |
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