Top Gun

Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis (1986) A hot-shot Navy jet pilot tangles with MiGs and flirts with a civilian astrophysicist.

Did I really need to type the intro for this movie? Hasn't everyone already seen this one?

Actually, prior to right now, I haven't.

Thus far, this movie is gloriously 1980's style cheesy.

And in other news, the F14 is an attractive aircraft. Looks a lot better than the F/A-18 that replaced it. Rather a shame, really.

And it seems that Mr. Cruise likes to ride his motorcycle without a helmet. But on the plus-side, it seems that Woman Lady, for lack of remembering her actual character's name, or the actress' name, drives a Porsche 356. Those cars are kinda hilarious. Very dome-like.

Going back to the looks of the F14, it looks so much bigger than the F5s or the A4s that they're flying against.

And now I finally understand where the "Too close for missiles, I'm switching to guns" quote comes from.

Sadly, the power of the mustache was unable to save Goose from dying after he ran into the F14's canopy after ejecting. Tis a shame.

And I wonder if fighter pilots actually wear aviator sunglasses. Because, I'm pretty sure that this movie alone kept the aviator sunglasses industry alive for quite some time...

In other news, I like Val Kilmer. He's a good actor, and usually has some pretty fantastic hair.

Have I mentioned how much I like F14s yet? Because they's awesome.

And where exactly are these MiG 28s keeping their Exocet anti-ship missiles. Because it seems that all they've got are their Sidewinders on the wingtips. They've got nothing on the other hardpoints. In fact, they've got no other hardpoints. And I'm pretty sure that the F5 doesn't have any internal room to carry them inside the fuselage. Oops, I totally meant MiG 28. Because those aren't just F5s painted black. No, not at all. And MiG 28s totally exist... Yeah... Sorry, getting a bit too anal about this...

Although they now seem to have realized they shouldn't be using their missiles for taking out the fighters, and are instead only using their guns.

Also, on the topic of airplanes, the F-8 looks hilarious. Instead of having the air intake further back, like on the F16, the air intake is only just behind the nose. You should totally look it up. Its hilarious... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-8_Crusader