i've searched for a long time but haven't found a way to make top gun cool. after all these years, it's still lame. even the mash-ups are disappointing. the other i found was soulja boy meets the top gun theme. this one was almost cool. if the creator of this video had used the cheap trick vocals instead of the trashy house vocals, i think it might have been a winner. the video has a couple good moments, and the irony of gay disco on top of a butt-slapping testosterone military movie isn't entirely wasted.
after watching it several times, the mash-up is starting to grow on me, and perhaps the baby d. vocals were a good choice. euro-house is often derided, but this song could work at a discotheque.
the author recut the opening of the movie to work with the music, and the omission of the human interaction and dialogue suggests that top gun can be interpreted as the story of the airplanes. the actors and story are incidental. the thrust of the narrative is the planes: taking off, landing, exploding, recovering.
consider the movie in the inverse. would it be possible to excise all scenes with planes and watch the movie? the answer is a resounding "no." to watch the heartbreaking love story of tom cruise and kelly mcgillis across the death of anthony edwards and suggestive gay fantasies of val kilmer would be torture without the planes.
This post is probably also a good opportunity to mention Iron Man and the Military Industrial Complex.
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