I am someone who likes to reminisce about the old days. I’ll probably do this in many of my posts just because it’s so much fun. So what is the reminisce of the day?

“Flight of the Navigator”

If there’s one movie in the world that has stuck with me in one form or another through the years, “Flight of the Navigator” would be it. I am impatiently awaiting until they finally release this on DVD because I’ll pay any price to get it. It’s on VHS and being sold on eBay for a lot of money because of it being out of print. Maybe I’ll finally win an auction and buy a copy.

So why is this movie so good? It’s not like it was nominated for any awards; it’s not like the actors and actresses should have been given an Oscar for their performance; the music definitely wasn’t your Star Wars soundtrack. However, this movie is just one of those movies that brings me back to those days on TBS back in the late 80’s when I’d watch it endlessly. I loved the whole alien from space theme (I had some G.I. Joe vehicles that were silver plated and I would imagine playing with them like I was in the movie or something), I thought the music was really cool for the movie theme (I’ll explain why in a sec), the whole concept was awesome! My favorite scene is when they are flying around and the Beach Boys tune “I Get Around” is playing in the background. It’s one of those scenes that brings a smile to my face because it looks like so much fun!

This movie has always come back in my mind for one reason or another. The first time I saw “The Sixth Sense” around the scene where Bruce Willis is trying to negotiate with the guy in the bathroom, the music in the background immediate reminded me of Flight of the Navigator. It was the progression of the song that triggered this thought. In fact, there are many movies with this same progression. Even “Unsolved Mysteries” has this progression. Basically, I should nickname this progression the “Alien Progression”. It’s always used in mystery, spacy kind of movies. I should try to figure out if it actually has a real name.

At parties where I hear “I Get Around”, the first thought that comes to mind is that scene. Seeing anything NASA brings back the movie. And just about any children’s movie around that time period, they all pretty much remind me of this movie. I sorta just clump them all together as nostaligia. I’ll write about more of these movies in the future.