Finally saw the original Top Gun - UPDATE! Now I've seen the sequel, too

That movie convinced my son to join the Navy. A move he never regretted.

Never got around to seeing the original, but I heard it's pretty good. I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise either.

I saw it for the first time about 2 weeks ago. Thought it was a bit homoerotic in places, but entertaining nonetheless.

The soundtrack was pretty dope for the time.

when you grow up with Top Gun, it doesn't matter what people think, good bad sucks.. etc.. it's like Rocky you know.. I'll watch the new one, but meh, it's just another movie for cruise production company to make money, it can't be a generation influencer, I don't imagine

Re KIDS.

There's a old pilot line that goes ....

[b]There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots[/b].

Also in pilot language is the phrase ...

[b]Bought the farm[/b]

which translates into "got killed".

The thing that still strikes me about Top Gun almost 40 years later is that, by the time I reached the door of the theater, I had forgotten pretty much everything about it.

I saw it for the first time about a month ago!

Gee, you really are a laggard, aren't you? 😂

And that is reality -- we turn these billion dollar pieces of machinery over to kids to fly. But then they have the required reflexes to do what needs to be done at those high speeds. There aren't many old fighter pilots, and the Chuck Yeagers of the test pilot world are far between as well. As I recall there was a cameo appearance by Chuck Yeager, or a fictionalized version of him, in the original Top Gun.

I enjoyed the original, as well.
But I don't really have an interest in watching the sequel because I don't much care for Tom Cruise, either.

Im pretty certain i saw the original. Apparently, it made little impression.
I really don't care for cruise and have no interest in adding to his bank account.

The only problem is that I think in most modern fights, they stand off at a distance and use missiles.

I just can’t after watching team america..

Phuk yeah 🕺

Tm Cruise is who he is. Nobody is perfect, and not everybody likes everybody.
But the movie's sequel is awesome. 🙂

I've still never seen it 😆

I loved the original, but it fit right into the spirit of the 80s. I do plan to see the new movie, but I haven’t decided if I’m waiting until it’s streamed.

I still have yet to see it

I liked the original back in the day. Not sure if I'd still like it now.
I have no interest in seeing the sequel.