Top Gun: Maverick, Sequels and Nostalgia’s Moving Target
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There was a four-hour stretch in 1986 that I thought being a fighter pilot would be pretty damn cool. Those were the two hours that I sat and watched Top Gun and the two hours after in which I imagined sitting in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat, scorching Migs in the Indian Ocean and working to stay above the hard deck. It’s a fleeting memory, though one I’ve held on to through about 10+ rewatches of the movie over the last couple of decades.
Top Gun: Maverick, Sequels and Nostalgia’s Moving Target
Top Gun: Maverick, Sequels and Nostalgia’s…
Top Gun: Maverick, Sequels and Nostalgia’s Moving Target
There was a four-hour stretch in 1986 that I thought being a fighter pilot would be pretty damn cool. Those were the two hours that I sat and watched Top Gun and the two hours after in which I imagined sitting in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat, scorching Migs in the Indian Ocean and working to stay above the hard deck. It’s a fleeting memory, though one I’ve held on to through about 10+ rewatches of the movie over the last couple of decades.