#taps 1981

[pilvimarja]

[maverickcalf]

If Taps came out before Endless Love, Tom Cruise's first line of dialogue to the world, would've been about dungeons and dragons.

[boasamishipper]

Taps: Brian Moreland x Alex Dwyer x David Shawn

see while i like moreland/dwyer and moreland/shawn and shawn/dwyer individually, i've never really given an ot3 much thought. even now i am still going Hmm........current consensus: they are a package deal do not separate (and also give them all therapy)

[eldritchmint]

Seriously, what are these dumb kids doing, like isn't there 12 year olds there 😭

[pixlerelish]

Day 2: The last movie of his you watched

Short Answer: Taps

Longer Ramblings: Under the cut

Unless we count interviews/youtube clips, which we’re not gonna count I’m sure.  So that was what... last week?  NO, watch party this past weekend​.  I was headachey and spaced out for half of it, not to mention the fact that my side of the movie was lagging the whole time. BUT possibly to sum up the experience in two sentences:

“Bro fuck that movie“

“P much my exact thoughts the first time I saw it“

5/10 would re-watch

10/10 for sticking it to the man

12/10 for bestie pointing out that he plays a captain. Again.

1/10 for baby actors that my brain can’t reconcile with the roles I know them as (I’m sorry but the entire movie I’m internally screaming that is literally NATHAN FORD standing there)

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Your turns @lephantomdelioncourt​ and @lovesickmermaid​ (haha, I’m on a roll now)

Tom 30 Day Challenge Tumblr Thingy Cruise

Original Ask Game

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[maxwellendowed]

Day 2: The Last of His Movies you Watched

WELL it's gonna be the same as @pixlerelish because we haven't watched my movie for Movie Night yet at my apartment..... SO

Yup! It's TAPS. Bruh....this movie man. I'll admit he's a little crazy cutie, and I mean

0.0

Uhhhh what was I saying OHYEAH. The movie overall is kinda fucked up. I probably won't watch it again unless someone says something or like I'm in the same room with it on or something.

lmao, this little trigger happy boy was worth it though.

I just got home and I can't brain anymore so byeeeee

@lovesickmermaid @pixlerelish my bitches ;) <3

[charlotte-lancer]

For Whumptober day 5.

[emcgoverns]

elizabeth mcgovern (with timothy hutton) attends the “taps” movie premiere and afterparty (december 1981) | 📸: walter mcbride & laurie sagalyn

[heart-eyed-love]

Boys *Defeated Sigh*

Summary | Eddie uses your fear to torture you a little and you just want him to grow up.

Contains | Fem!Reader, Cursing, Reader has a fear of bugs, Eddie being an annoying boy, Friends-to-Lovers (eventually)

Pairing | BestFriend!Eddie x BestFriend!Reader

Word Count | 629

Summer 1981

Growing older with Eddie was weird. Cause even though the boy was 2 years older than you, he still thought the most stupid things were funny. So once you entered your first year of being a teenager you looked at him differently. Constantly confused on why he would still act so immature, but your mom always told you girls mature faster than boys. So that’s just what you chalked it up to being.

Summer had finally started, and you took it upon yourself to spend some of your time outside, just doing whatever you could to get out of the house.

Today, you had settled on up at the picnic table that resided near your trailer, reading one of your books and sipping on some ice cold lemonade.

Too immersed in your book to hear the boy himself approaching behind you. It’s not until you feel a light tap on your shoulder you take notice, but as you turn your head over you notice something grosser than the annoying teenage boy you expect.

The cicada being held by dirty fingernails way too close to your face has you screeching and hitting his hand away, “Eddie!” You scooch further away on the bench.

“Jeez, calm down! It’s just the shell.” He says, laughing as he crouched down to grab it again.

“I don’t give a shit. That’s disgusting.” You sneer at the shell of the creature he’s picking up again, then his head suddenly his face snaps towards you with a smirk as he stands up fully again.

“Wait, are you scared? Do bugs scare you?” He chuckles even more, and you wish you could knock that stupid smirk off his face. You weren’t big on telling people your fears, not wanting them to be able to use it against you. Not even if that person happens to be the person you’d consider your best friend.

“What?! No, I’m not!” But your tone comes out all wrong, and you can already tell by the look on his face whatever he’s about to do next is not gonna be fun.

He quickly moves right up to you, shoving it right back in your face. “Eddie stop!” Squealing as you push yourself further away on the bench, but that ends up not helping you one bit. Your ass is suddenly hitting the dirty ground as you reach the bench's end.

Eddie standing over you with the shell has you kicking his leg as warning and you quickly scramble back up, rounding the opposite side of the table.

“You sure you’re not scared?” He laughs cockily and your jaw is clenching, how you are managing to feel anger and fear from his boy at the same time amazes you.

A minute of him chasing you around the table was enough for you and you finally smacked his hand once again when he finally got too close. Hitting the shell to the ground and stomp your foot on it, and you look up to glare at him once the job is done.

You are surprised to see him still laughing, “Big Baby.” Your eyes narrow at him and your nostrils flare.

The boy had gone through a whole year of High School and he’s still antagonizing you, and you’re the baby?!

“Me?! You just chased me around with a bug like a toddler! Grow up, Munson.”

Your words are lost on him, and he shrugs his shoulders and begins walking away, “Can’t wait to see how you react to the real thing!” He shouts over his shoulder as he retreats back into his trailers.

You stay standing there with wide eyes as your mind now rakes through ideas to protect your future self.

God, you wish this boy would just hurry up and mature.

[seat-safety-switch]

While I was working on my car out in the driveway, I heard a persistent hooting. In accordance with my training as a shitbox mechanic, I immediately started trying to figure out what the noise could be. Suspension bushing? No. Serpentine belt bearings? Could be. Horn? Hasn't worked since 1981. Wheel bearings? God, no, I hope not. And then I realized the car was not running. The hooting was coming from an owl.

Eventually, the hooting began to annoy me. I felt as though I was being judged by this strange animal. Not amused by my incompetent attempt at re-tapping the wrecked threaded holes on the distributor, the fates had sent a creature to mock me from a nearby tree. Every time I started on a task, a hoot would break my concentration. It was all I could think about. The project had been completely forgotten.

Now, I'm no ornithologist. I'm not even an ophthalmologist. Whenever I tell this story to "owl people," the first thing they always ask me is what make and model the owl was. It is not lost on me that this is the same thing I ask people whenever literally any story about a car is told to me ("how could you not notice?") but I hope you can forgive me. This owl sounded hungry, hooting away at the night sky.

You know, I've been out late at night and hungry too, bud. I decided to kick the trunk of my long-unrunning Volare, dislodging several families of mice, who skittered out onto the driveway in a panic. One of the mice didn't make it to a newer, safer home (the Viscount parked next to it,) as the owl swooped from the sky and snatched itself a tasty dinner. Perhaps this would quiet the owl's incessant hooting.

No dice. The owl got back to their tree, and then asked for seconds. This ingratitude was beyond frustrating. Look, buddy, I gave your ass one handout already, that's more than all your ancestors got. Leave me alone. The owl did not leave me alone.

Anyway, officer, I would like you to show me the specific bylaw statute that says I can't build an owl perch in the middle of my yard. It keeps the mice out of my wiring harness, it keeps a beautiful animal of the wild fed, and also my neighbours with small dogs don't let them poop on my lawn anymore. And if you truly believe I "own" this owl, then you go tell him to buzz off. He's gonna eat your eyes for breakfast, go ask your boss what happened to the last guy.

[pilvimarja]

[maverickcalf]

Every day I am sad we never got to hear Wayne Rodgers opinion on the movie Taps.

Given the boys watch mash on tv at one point and the ending of the movie...

[byler-alarmist]

OK so remember how we were talking about how different characters in the show style themselves differently ar certain points to make themselves into something their love interest would like? Like Nancy dressing more New Wave-y to fit Jonathan's musical tastes, Lucas wearing the Karate Kid-inspired shirt because Max was crushing on Ralph Macchio, etc?

Remember this part?

Well.....

Tom Cruise in Taps, 1981

I rest my case

[inconspicuousdreamgirl]

13 days off Ronance moments since it’s pride month!!!🌈

Day: one

The time when Robin noticed a Tom cruise poster in nancys room, then proceeded to dress incredibly similar almost exactly like his character in the film taps (1981). I know it’s not exact but Robin really was like “Nancy likes Tom cruise so I’m gonna dress like him”.

[oliviatom]

This is a collection of roles Tom Cruise played from 1981 to 1990. At the age of 19, he started landing significant roles in films, beginning with Taps, where he already became an actor whose face was prominently featured on posters. He gained tremendous attention with Risky Business and became a global star with Top Gun. Later, with Born on the Fourth of July, he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and won the Golden Globe for Best Actor. During his 20s, he took on various genres and roles, leaving a filmography of 12 movies.