How Would Our Lives be Different Without the Horse Woman??

My boy Dave, or the "ConDogger" as I like to call him, mentioned some Top Gun references in his blog recently. Of course much of what he said is a direct result of our spending a lot of time together and having all sorts of endless conversations about what most would consider a pointless and complete waste of time. No doubt there is also the handful of people who understand our obsession with the sometimes unvisited corners of pop-culture though even that small handful may still find topics like "November 5th" a little off the wall.

I am comfortable saying I have watched Top Gun over a hundred times, I don't think that is unreasonable. Having said that, there are times that I watch it and just kinda zone out and there are times that I pay very close attention hence the Nov 5th crap. So, today, on my fancy in-car dvd player I threw it in just for fun. What did I walk away with this time?...certainly nothing that hasn't crossed my mind before. The Horse Woman.












I have always found Kelley McGillis objectionable. I am sure that in person she is very nice and has some very redeeming qualities, but I think Mr. Ed has more sex appeal and a slightly shorter face. My issues are not with her as a person only with her being cast as the leading lady of Top Gun when there were clearly better choices. There could have been any number of reasons for her being in the movie, maybe since it's such a "dude-centric" film they couldn't afford to have a hot woman taking away from all of the gay innuendos and sweaty beach volleyball scenes ("woah-oh, pl-ay-in with the boys"), . On the other hand, had they cast someone who was truly hot for the role guys everywhere would still be talking about her, like the young Carrie Fisher in Jedi. She may not be much to speak of now but I'm still wiping my drool off the floor of Jabbas lair.