I just read that there's going to be a second Top Gun movie (apparently with Tom Cruise). And I just have to say -- if it's as homoerotic as the first one, I am ALL IN.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Steph L. - Jun 28, 2015 3:43:03 pm PDT #29209 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2015 6:10:47 pm PDT #29210 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
No one Cruise's age would be flying in the Navy as a fighter pilot, would they?
Consuela - Jun 28, 2015 6:52:07 pm PDT #29211 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
No one Cruise's age would be flying in the Navy as a fighter pilot, would they?
Nah, but he could be a Colonel giving shit to all the young guys.
megan walker - Jun 28, 2015 7:06:30 pm PDT #29212 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I wouldn't say I regret seeing it, but I wasn't totally impressed. I cried at all the crypoints (which is to say, basically the entire movie), but thinking back I'm not sure I actually liked it.
Thank you! The more I think about it, the more problems I find. Especially after rewatching most of their other films.
Calli - Jun 29, 2015 1:49:21 am PDT #29213 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
No one Cruise's age would be flying in the Navy as a fighter pilot, would they?
Nah, but he could be a Colonel giving shit to all the young guys.
I'd love to see a scene where some young stud buzzes the tower, Col. Cruise give him/her hell, and someone who knew him back in the day is all, "Really?"
SailAweigh - Jun 29, 2015 7:20:33 am PDT #29214 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
he could be a Colonel giving shit to all the young guys
Nah, he wouldn't. Mainly because he's Navy and the Navy doesn't have Colonels. They do have Commanders, though, and it would be extremely possible he'd be one. And he'd still be flying.
Edited to add: I know from whence I speak; I was stationed with Topgun and transferred out the year before the movie was made.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2015 9:34:57 am PDT #29215 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Lewis Black as Anger
A rare case where being redundant is a great thing.
Consuela - Jun 29, 2015 10:19:25 am PDT #29216 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, duh! I forgot they were Navy pilots, I thought they were Air Force...
SailAweigh - Jun 29, 2015 10:44:14 am PDT #29217 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
There were, occasionally, Air Force pilots who came through the course. More in the early days of the squadron, during the Vietnamese war. I don't think the AF had their own school yet; they do now.
Juliebird - Jun 29, 2015 3:51:30 pm PDT #29218 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Awesome movie aside, I can't stop watching the trailers for Fury Road. And the more I watch, the more I am awed by the editor and sound mixer, having now heard the full tracks samples were taken from. And also the fact that the awesome drums and horns are actually from the movie. It makes me want movie trailer end credits and awards. I want this talent acknowledged and celebrated.