# Top Gun or Commando? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422 "2014-10-05T00:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/21 "2014-10-05T22:26:40Z")
Let off some steeeem, Boyo Jim. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/22 "2014-10-05T23:15:41Z")
Commando. Given a choice between Ahnold kicking ass or a smug, smirking Tom Cruise interspersed with the same like 2 shots of F-14s whizzing around, I’m taking Ahnold every single time. Seriously, they literally re-use the same footage like a dozen times throughout the movie. Weak. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/23 "2014-10-05T23:53:40Z")
Yeah but the opening scene on the carrier deck, with the Faltermeyer music, is way cool. ETA: Not just Faltermeyer, but also the transition to Kenny Loggins. Way cool. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/24 "2014-10-06T00:09:25Z")
Arnold can smell the bad guys coming. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/25 "2014-10-06T00:14:26Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > ETA: Not just Faltermeyer, but also the transition to Kenny Loggins. Way cool. True. “Danger Zone” is one of the great 80s songs which tried to be cool, then became _almost_ 80s style lame, but remained awesome somehow. Also in that category: “You’re the Best” (“Around! Nummanummaneeneenow!”). ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/26 "2014-10-06T01:29:46Z")
But without Top Gun we don’t get Hot Shots and the even better Hot Shots Part Deux. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/27 "2014-10-06T02:02:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Top Gun has the best homoeroticism! It’s even worse (or better depending on your point of view) than Mad Max. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422/28 "2014-10-06T02:17:41Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > But without Top Gun we don’t get Hot Shots and the even better Hot Shots Part Deux. I hadn’t even thought of that, so my appreciation for the _Top Gun_ has just skyrocketed. _Eagle River?_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gun-or-commando/700422.md?page=1)