Watching Top Gun, one thing stands out...

[Nittany Ziggy]

Don’t forget to make the hand - crossing gesture when saying that.

 

[Carl Spackler]

My son was an extra on Gossip Girl TV show for an episode and had a two/three second kissing scene on the show lead in for that episode, pretty cool during his acting/modeling days of yesteryear.

 

[GOD the almighty Creator]

Quentin Tarantino was the guy who first brought up the hidden homosexual subtext in the Top Gun script - way back in the movie 'Sleep With Me' (1994)....Tarantino is 'Sid'....

Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest ****ing scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.

Duane: Oh, come on.

Sid: Top Gun is ****ing 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 ****ing 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 ****, what the **** 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 ****ing force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they ****ing 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 ****ing 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! ****in' A, man!

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[lein]

yeah- it was very, very poorly done

Carriers don't go to sea without escorting destroyers and usually a cruiser- both ship types that have a LOT of firepower to protect the carrier. And BOTH catapults being down at the same time so they can't launch any planes? I've never heard of that happening, and I'd be willing to bet that it never has happened. That's the whole reason they have two- redundancy.

Of course anybody who can believe Tom Cruise as a warrior can probably believe anything.

Actually they have four catapults. The two off the bow and two more that launch off the angle flight deck.

 

[sluggo72]

Back in the day, a friend was manager at a Circuit City TV (look it up young'ns). When they wanted to sell a big Screen with a surround sound, the go to movie to play was Top Gun. I think they had about 100% closure rate with it!!

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

I have to confess to never watching that film in it's entirety.....just various clips. So, I have an honest question: Who were they training to fight against? China? Russia?

 

[BobPSU92]

I have to confess to never watching that film in it's entirety.....just various clips. So, I have an honest question: Who were they training to fight against? China? Russia?

China in ‘86?

 

[83wuzme]

Future engagements are likely to involve veritable swarms of drones. That’s going to make the close - in dogfight scenes from Top Gun rare. The F - 35 isn’t the dog it has been described. A lot of it’s capabilities don’t show up at airshows, but even so, the Block 3 versions are starting to get serious attention at those kind of events.
The problem with the plane was the decision to buy it before flying it. The brass were apparently convinced that simulations could take the place of a lot of tradtional development and that concurrency would save money. Neither of those assumptions seems to have held true.

 

[GOD the almighty Creator]

Future engagements are likely to involve veritable swarms of drones. That’s going to make the close - in dogfight scenes from Top Gun rare. The F - 35 isn’t the dog it has been described. A lot of it’s capabilities don’t show up at airshows, but even so, the Block 3 versions are starting to get serious attention at those kind of events.
The problem with the plane was the decision to buy it before flying it. The brass were apparently convinced that simulations could take the place of a lot of tradtional development and that concurrency would save money. Neither of those assumptions seems to have held true.

Just have the means of shooting exploding bags of sand in a dogfight or outer space to disable satellites.

It doesn't take much.

 

[LafayetteBear]

Yes he does. His name is Ali. Sophomore running back. Taller, thinner than SB.

No kidding? Does he have any of the talent his older brother has? I'd be tempted to offer him based on the genes alone.

 

[EPC FAN]

No kidding? Does he have any of the talent his older brother has? I'd be tempted to offer him based on the genes alone.

Good speed, quick feet, long way to go, physically. It's up to him. He can see a great role model, up close.

 

[Woodpecker]

Just have the means of shooting exploding bags of sand in a dogfight or outer space to disable satellites.

It doesn't take much.

It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters.

 

[Nitt1300]

Actually they have four catapults. The two off the bow and two more that launch off the angle flight deck.

I stand corrected- I spent my time on destroyers, so my observations were from a distance

 

[LionDeNittany]

Quentin Tarantino was the guy who first brought up the hidden homosexual subtext in the Top Gun script - way back in the movie 'Sleep With Me' (1994)....Tarantino is 'Sid'....

Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest ****ing scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.

Duane: Oh, come on.

Sid: Top Gun is ****ing 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 ****ing 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 ****, what the **** 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 ****ing force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they ****ing 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 ****ing 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! ****in' A, man!

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You can say this about many things.

Ever wonder why in all those State Farm commercials, Clay Matthews is always at Aaron Rodgers house? Many times in a robe?

Means nothing, unless you want to twist it, which you can.

LdN

 

[Hotshoe]

One of my favorite myths to break for women involves Richard Gere. Whatever the movie was with Diane Lane set in the Outer Banks and a big storm hits and they lose power and yada yada yada. Despite not having power all night and when he wakes up first thing in the morning and still in bed, he's clean shaven!!! No beard growth overnight or all day for that matter. I point that out all the time to women. Watch a Richard Gere movie and watch how he wakes up in the morning, no five o'clock shadow, no beard growth, no stubble, clean shaven practically all the time.

Nights in Rodanthe

 

[kgilbert78]

I know a guy who was an extra in Over the Top. I always wanted to be an extra in a movie. Or maybe get one line...”these pretzels are making me thirsty”.

My SIL was an extra in Teachers (filmed at the old Central High in Columbus). She was a senior in HS at the time. Some day I'll have to look more closely at that movie to see if I can find her.