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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
It's a tough nut to crack. The original was so perfect in every way that how could it be followed up with anything even half as good?
I think waiting 30 years, much like with the latest Star Wars sequels, was a good idea. As mentioned, dogfighting really doesn't exist anymore but drones are every where, all over the world. But then again, I don't think anyone wants to watch a bunch of guys basically playing video games, either.
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Here's the other problem - has ANYTHING military captured the public's imagination quite like the damn Tomcat? The thing just looked like a fighter jet. And swept wings, specially designed missiles...jesus, the thing was a marketing poster.
And for (many) of us, the timing can never be recaptured. I was 6 when we got our first copy and can you imagine a 6 yr old kid watching those friggen jets screaming about? I remember making little fake control yokes out of my crinkle tubes (have no idea what those plastic bendy toys were actually called) and sitting in my room flying that jet.
"I'm gonna hit the breaks" {start bending stupid crinkly tubes about}
No, there's no approaching Top Gun. There can't be. But so what?
Tom Cruises half-asses exactly nothing. I think he's weird as shit but he's also my favorite actor to watch because he's balls to the walls every minute the camera is rolling. He will not let this suck. I refuse to believe it.