Man, he said, “they should have a recruiting table outside the stage.” “They really should,” I said, knowing deep down we are talking about very different staffing schedules. My brother, who is ten years older, married and has four children now, took me to see Better In the summer of 1986. I’m talking, of course, about the beach volleyball scene, a minute and forty-second scene in which naked Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and Rick Rosovich (plus jersey wise Anthony Edwards) face off in a high-stakes mini-game for the sound of “Playing With the Boys” by Kenny Loggins. Some of us have experienced a moment that will remain in our hearts forever. A few of us got into this multiplier and found ourselves motivated in ways that our peers might not have. It was a big sweaty phenomenon.īut Better It holds a completely separate place in some of our hearts.
Better All hell blew up in the summer of 1986 for a variety of reasons: the chauvinism of the Reagan era, the “danger zone” of Kenny Loggins, and the sheer glow of young Tom Cruise.
the original Better It is about a group of people who know how to fly highly advanced fighter planes but have not yet decided that they can wipe the sweat off their faces even with regular paper towels. This weekend sees the release of Top Gun: Maverickthe long-awaited follow-up to the blockbuster 1986 movie, and while the movie wasn’t necessarily so need to (the need to Speed!) sequel I’m ready.