Scott Clevenger

WTF, Top Gun?

The 36 years between Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick isn't the longest gap separating a film from its sequel--that record is held by Bambi (1942), which waited 64 years for a follow-up, making Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest (2006) the first movie sequel to bomb at the box office yet still qualify for Medicare. But it does offer further evidence, as if any were needed these days, that those who fail to learn from history are forced to repeat it. Like a verp.