'Top Gun' soars again in stunning 3-D remake

The “fantastic” new version was completed by the original director before his suicide

By John Anderson
Newsday

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 08, 2013

~~<p>If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and parody a close second, "Top Gun" has been under a siege of compliments since its release in 1986.</p>
<p>Two entire movies — "Hot Shots!" (1991) and "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993) — were inspired by the Tom Cruise Navy flier romance. "Family Guy" seems to lampoon the Tony Scott film every chance it gets. YouTube virtually overflows with sendups of the movie's homoerotic volleyball sequence. Just two years ago, when Chinese state TV showed what it said was a Chinese fighter jet destroying a U.S. aircraft, it was actually footage taken from "Top Gun."</p>
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and parody a close second, "Top Gun" has been under a siege of compliments since its release in 1986.

Two entire movies — "Hot Shots!" (1991) and "Hot Shots! Part Deux" (1993) — were inspired by the Tom Cruise Navy flier romance. "Family Guy" seems to lampoon the Tony Scott film every chance it gets. YouTube virtually overflows with sendups of the movie's homoerotic volleyball sequence. Just two years ago, when Chinese state TV showed what it said was a Chinese fighter jet destroying a U.S. aircraft, it was actually footage taken from "Top Gun." Login for more...