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I nearly died laughing. It was like when Goose laughed at "The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room.". My laugh was a lot like that. She was too funny.
Don't be too hard on Iceman. There's a saying, "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots." Maverick kept losing because he was too bold and foolish. If his practices were real he died again and again. It was only when he learned to take his time and not go by pure instinct that he started to become successful... in both love and war.
Blue, In the training flight with Viper you asked why the "other guy" didn't communicate to Maverick about Jester. Here is why: during these training flights the two pilots are together as lead and wingman (support). In this case Maverick left his lead, Hollywood, to go after Viper which left Hollywood alone against a superior pilot, Jester - his instructor. Since Jester was a better pilot he was able to get the "kill shot" on Hollywood and go help Viper and thus he came up behind Maverick and got the kill shot on him too. Since Hollywood was declared "killed" in this training flight he is then incapable of communicating to Maverick because the dead just don't talk.
This is my dad's favorite movie and it was the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS when I was 5-6 years old! It was a box office success, making $360 million dollars ($800 million dollars) against a $15 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Original Song, Take My Breath Away.
HEy Blue, a music band breaking the rules in a concert is what we love to see. An artist redefining the medium of art is what we search for in this world, but a fighter pilot breaking the rules and being reckless in a military exercise or engagment is not what the doctor ordered. You can't go rogue when the lives of hundreads of your fellow soliders are on the line. That includes your fellow pilots and all the ground and support staff back on the aircraft carrier.
That's actually NOT correct. Discipline is required but, being safe and flying like everyone else WILL get you killed in an instant. Maverick's only problem was, he had to learn when and how to control his unpredictability. If all pilots went by the book ALL the time, then they would be easy to defeat, especially in a dogfight. Only when flying in formation do they (pilots) have to conform to a certain set of rules and actions, because doing so at such times prevents accidents and adds strength of numbers. However, in a real dogfight, being predictable is usually NOT what you want to be, unless you have or ARE a wingman. In this movie, Maverick was still learning, just as Iceman was. That's why they were BOTH sent to Top Gun ... to learn. Maverick needed to learn control, and Iceman needed to learn to loosen up a bit. He (Iceman) got caught twice being unprepared in the movie, once in training (Goose's accident) and once in the final battle scene, and neither time was he able to adequately defend himself or show the skills that Maverick had. In both cases, it was Maverick who had shown he was the better, more capable pilot, and even showed that he learned how to recover from the situation that caused the accident ... something Iceman still is incapable of. Now, after he returns to become an instructor well, how to get out of that "jetwash problem" might be something he can teach others. So, yes, in training and in regular patrols, you want pilots to adhere to standard flying techniques and formations, but in a real battle, that shit goes right out the window the moment it becomes necessary, especially when it's 6 to 2 like in the final dogfight, because 2 planes flying together makes an awful easy target for 6 planes to hit.
” do not fire unless fired upon.” Keep in mind this was during the Cold War. And Firing means starting a war. You DO NOT Want to be responsible for that!
Maverick didn't blame Iceman for Goose dying. His line of "I don't know what the he'll went wrong" indicates that he was still unsure why the F-14 couldn't recover from the flame outs. In response to Jester being upset over the "kill" during their fist HOP, he clearly stated beforehand hand that there was to be no engagement below 10,000ft. In the military, orders need to be followed precisely to ensure everyone's safety. That is especially important at Top Gun since they are a Military School designed to teach high level aireal combat.
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said about following direct orders and complying with the rules of engagement. However, I never really understood why Jester went into that deep dive after all.... the rule was the hard deck being at 10'000ft, simulating the ground, and Jester went there first. Even IF he had an actual problem, those should be communicated while the exercise was still running, and not at the superiors office.
@@danielberger1378 being retired Air Force himself, my father once told me it's most likely that Jester was trying to see if he could Maverick into breaking the rule of the hard deck. He was aware of the disciplinary issues Maverick had aboardt the aircraft carrier.
Agreed. But it was a Hoe move for Jester to try and run out of bounds to keep from being killed. He just didn't wanna get his butt handed to him by Maverick on their very first engagement. He was also ticked cause he knew he got got and if it had been a REAL dogfight he would probably have just been REALLY killed by Maverick.
Not that it's easy to recognize because you only see his face uncovered once at the end, but nobody ever picks up on the fact that Merlin, who flew with Cougar in the beginning, and Maverick at the end, was played by a young Tim Robbins. You know, Andy Dufrane from "The Shawshank Redemption".
You asked about how their heads aren't messed up. I'm going to assume you mean their necks. I was a military Aviator. I visited the chiropractor regularly. When you pull Gs, and are twisting regularly it gets you a little off in the neck and back. I also fly a Pitts S1 and it's the same deal. I still go to the chiropractor to this day.
Cool reaction; glad you liked it so much! The push to get Mav back in the air was for the same reason that, when a rider is thrown from a horse, they're told to get up and get back in the saddle - right away! 'Cause the longer you dwell on it, the harder it is to do, and the more likely they are to 'hang it up' and just quit and walk away ... which he came *very* close to doing. Also there's a _very_ *very* fine line between 'pushing it' just because you like living on the edge and seeing how close to edge you can get without falling off, 'just because it's a rush' ... as compared to 'pushing it', where you're recognizing everything that's happening, and knowing where the edge is and *not* stepping over it. That's one of the things that Fighter Weapons School ('Top Gun') students (& *especially* ones like Mav) need to learn. For others ... they may need to learn *how to* 'push it', to get that sharper edge.
Tom Cruise was inspired by this movie to learn flying. He got really good and actually did some of his own stunt flying in one of the Mission Impossible movies.
As much as losing his best friend, his only family, sucked, there's a reason they had to push Mav back into the air. The longer someone has to be away from a plane, car, bicycle, horse, whatever, after an accident with it, the more likely it is that they'll never return to it. Getting back up there is showing him that he can still do it, that accidents are horrible, losing people is horrible, but the job still needs to be done. A friend of mine's oldest uncle was a Marine pilot in WW2. He once said that of the dozen pilots he started with in his squadron, by the time the war was over he was one of three of the originals remaining, and he had lost count of replacements lost in the three years he was at war. Especially in the military, you've just got to get back into it and work your way through it. Especially in the air corps. And Iceman has very good points. Iceman is reliable and follows tactical planning, so his wingman knows that Iceman is trustworthy and can be relied upon, so there's no worry about anything but opposition. When Mav breaks off from being Holly's wingman, he leaves Holly on his own. A plane alone is basically dead in a combat situation. While Mav's inventiveness has its place, his disregard for being someone that his fellow pilots can trust could easily get multiple people killed. That's the lesson Mav has to learn. Sometimes being the best is being someone good and reliable, because no one can trust someone who is brilliant but unreliable. That's why Ice won the trophy. That's why Ice DESERVED that trophy. Ice is one of the best and he can be relied upon. And the accident wasn't Ice's fault. Sh!t just happens sometimes. And if Mav had been on point instead of flying wingman we all know he would have stayed there until he got his shot instead of finally properly veering off like Ice did. Mav was just a little too aggressive following up, and sh!t went wrong because of it. And the spin meant the canopy wasn't blown completely clear as it would have been in a straight fly eject. Accidents happen. People die. Even in training. I lost a couple of friends that way.
A fun piece of trivia for you: In the 1980s, VHS tapes ran around $85 to purchase. In 1989, Paramount teamed up with Pepsi to put in a commercial on the VHS copy of Top Gun, just before the movie began. Pepsi paid Paramount a significant amount for the commercial, allowing Paramount to cut the cost of the VHS tape of Top Gun by nearly 75%, from $85 to $26.95. Unsurprisingly, Top Gun became the #1 movie to own on home video in 1989.
Thats $194.93 in 2022 equivelant for your b.s. claim of a $85 vhs tape. At no point in history has any oiece of technology been that expensive. Not a-tracks. Not cds. Not dvds. Not blueray. Not 4k. Not vinyls. Nor was VHS!!!!!!!
I think I remember that commercial. A pair of fighters were flying and they decided it was time for refreshments and the guys in one plane apparently had rigged his drink dispenser so he could not pull it out. So the pilot popped the top off the bottle and got a cup then rolled the plane and went inverted so he could pour the drink into the cup.
Fun Fact: The elevator scene was the last scene to be shot because they needed filler footage after editing and Kelly McGillis had to return from another movie she was shooting to film it. That;s also why she has a hat on her head because she had already cut her hair for the other movie.
When this movie came out I was 17. I have absolutely loved it for 36 years. But the new one is better, and if you liked this one at all, you have to see it as well. Also, the planes Maverick and the other students were flying is the F-14 Tomcat--my favorite plane ever (no doubt at least partly because of this movie).
One of the things that made this film, so revolutionary for its time - And, in fact, was never again replicated until Top Gun: Maverick - was the fact that they used actual footage of actual Navy jets. I remember seeing it when it came out; the closest thing we’d ever seen was Star Wars, and that was made with miniature models. This inspired an entire generation of young men-and women-to become pilots. All told, the expense that was put into this film was a good investment by the U.S. Defence Department.
Please do a reaction to the sequel, many including me say that it is even better than the first one and the flying scenes are so much better because of modern filming techniques, lot easier to follow what's happening in the air.
The thing about TopGun in real life is, someone like Maverick never would have been accepted to undergo that type of training. His fitness report says it all. And a pilot that unpredictable and reckless would have been washed right out of the school and received a permanent negative mark on his record.
I nearly died at the "This movie should have been called G** D***IT MAVERICK!" line of hers. I laughed as hard as Goose laughed when Iceman said "The plaque for the alternates is in the Ladies Room." She was way too funny.
Reacting to the new one right after doing this one is a great idea: I'd say go for it. Various bit of info in response to your questions: (yes, I'm probably the British version of your friend who took you to the museum...😉 ) Not seeing how many planes there are on radar. That can happen, especially with the 1970s tech you see here. If two target planes are too close together, the radar can see them as one big target. Likewise, if one target plane flies right behins another one, the radar may not see it at all. Soviet-trained pilots were well aware of this, and would try to exploit it. The tactic the MiGs use in the final battle, of flying a 'normal' 4-plane formation with a fifth one hiding them, was absolutely something that real MiG pilots tried. Special Effects. Nearly all the flying scenes were done with real planes: the 'MiG-28s' (no such thing in real life) were actually repainted F-5E Tigers that are used by Top Gun to simulate MiGs. The film had MASSIVE co-operation from the US Navy, since they (correctly) saw it as a great recruitment tool for them. Even some of the missile launches were real. Planes blowing up, being damaged or in a flat spin were done by the very high-tech method of throwing models off a ladder or suspending them on wires and fiming them against the blue sky. The Accident. It wasn't anybody's fault, except maybe the Pratt & Whitney engine company's. The F-14's TF-30 engines were notoriously twitchy about disturbed airflow into the intakes and absolutely could flame-out (stop working) if you flew through the turbulent jetwash (exhaust) of another plane. The design of the F-14 had the engines wide apart, so if one engine quit before the other, the asymetric thrust could definitely send it into a flat spin. When pilots eject, the clear canopy is jettisoned a second or so before the seat fires and is normally pulled well clear of the plane by the airflow. However in a flat spin the airflow above the plane is messy and complicated. What happened here is that the canopy stayed above the cockpit in that messy air and Goose hit it when he ejected a second later. Weird accidents like this do happen in real life. Ejection seats aren't perfect 'get out of jail free' cards: physics, gravity, aerodynamics and Sod's Law all still get a vote in the outcome...
The house his instructor lives at in this movie was turned into like a landmark in oceanside, ca. I remember skating by it sometimes when id drive down there. then one day I went by there and it was gone. I was like "dude wtf happened to top gun house? Then my homie told me they moved it down the street... lol San Diego will never let that thing go down.
1. An old shipmate of mine was on the Enterprise when they filmed this. 2. Gooses death was not Maverick's fault. Iceman was bogarting his LOS approach and they got caught in the jet wash. 3. I spent 24 years in the US Navy. 6 on "bird farms" (Carriers). I have seen 1000+ launches and landings without a single crash. These men and women and the people working the flat tops are doing the most dangerous job in the world (for the good guys). Shout out😎 4. Kelly McGillis/Charlie was in a movie with Harrison Ford "Witness" that's seriously worth a first time/share HINT HINT 5. Tom Skerritt/Viper not only played Dallas in "Alien" he also played Strawberry in "Up in Smoke" with Cheech and Chong. 6. Val Kilmer/Iceman has a long list of movies including but not limited to: "Willow", "The Doors" and "Tombstone" 7. The officer(Goose) is the RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) radar, communications and navigation. 8. Onboard the ship the Squadron leader would not be smoking a cigar in that operation space. 9. Meg Ryan is my honey. A great overlooked movie with her is with Tom Hanks called "Joe vs the Volcano" She plays 3 parts. HINT HINT 10. Onboard the ship/aircraft all the perspiration is Hollywood(not the pilot). There is AC onboard. 11. The TOP GUN school is no longer located at Miramar near San Diego. It's now at NAS Fallon, NV. 12. In 1991 I was stationed on the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) and they made a movie onboard called "Flight of the Intruder". It was seriously cool. Brad Johnson, Willem DeFoe and Danny Glover. I'm actually in it for a very brief period of time. HINT HINT. 13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seems like they were practicing. Better yet, it has a plot/mission. (besides Navy recruitment).
Actually, for a moment, dear Trix, if you pay close attention, Slider says there are SIX MiGs against Iceman alone slightly after Maverick is launched. Maverick shoots down 3 and Iceman shoots down 1 (hence why Maverick says, albeit slightly mistakenly, “Whoo! Scratch 4!”). Two MiGs decided to retreat instead of remaining in the fight because they could not match Iceman and Maverick. Also, just wanted to explain a couple things: during the training accident: Iceman positions himself to shoot down one of the instructors with Maverick behind as Iceman was leading the score list for the trophy. He wanted to secure a victory. It was not so much for following the rules. His sudden move accidentally creates a jetwash, a disrupt in the airflow of one of the engines. This destabilized Maverick’s plane and caused both engines to flameout and shut down, losing all thrust. This caused their fall called flat spin (Iceman says it while calling for assistance). The plane is falling vertically while rotating violently. During ejection, Goose hit his head with the canopy (surprised you missed it). It was partially based on a very similar accident in real life to a fighter pilot that was killed in the same way. Nice reaction! Will look you reacting to Top Gun Maverick, AKA Top Gun 2.
Tom Cruise is actually a very accomplished pilot in real life. He is NOT a military pilot so is allowed to ride in those planes but now allowed to fly them.
FUN FACT: The US Navy allowed the movieakers 2... Only 2 live missile shots. But you see more that 2 shots in the movie. That is because they took several different angles on both shots. They sid it so well you can't really tell. In fact when The Navy saw the movie they did an investigation into how the movie makers broke the 2 missle rule but it turned out that no they just did a masterful job of useing the footage they got from covering those shots from so many angles. True Story.
Not only was this the highest grossing film of 1986, it also helped the United States Navy significantly increase recruiting numbers. The flying sequences were achieved with scale models, stunt pilots and rear projection
During the filming of the movie, the actors were sitting in the front seats of air craft that had a modified cockpit that resembled the F-14. This way they could achieve the look of actually flying in a time before CGI was good enough. All of the flying was done with real Navy Fighters and pilots. Models were only used when the aircraft where blown up. After Top Gun, Tom Cruise got the flying bug and got his pilots license in 1994(?) He has since upgraded it to include twin engine, jets, and helicopters. He has always preferred to do his own stunts and has injured himself on more than one occasion. In 'OBLIVION' (an stunningly filmed, awesome) Sci-Fi movie that was filmed in Iceland, he crashed a motorcycle while jumping a sand dune. In a recent 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' he broke his ankle jumping from building to building. By the way, did you recognize Tom Skerritt (Viper) as Capt. Dallas from the original 'ALIEN'? If you want a good laugh and see what the actor can really do, watch Tom Cruise take talk show host James Corden for a ride in some of his toys. It's good to be rich and talented. ruclips.net/video/v1iZtBM23bY/видео.html
Blue that love scene silhouette had you really feeling steamy. Even the camera has some fog build up from the heat you are feeling. Take it easy Blue. TAKE IT EASY. HA
Aerial Stunt photographer Art Scholl was killed during the making of this film when he took up his aerobatic aircraft loaded with cameras to film an actual flat-spin to be used in the movie. Whatever happened, he wasn't able to pull out and crashed into the ocean. He and his plane were never recovered.
"Fire only if fired upon." -- That was the common "rule of engagement" (ROE) for American military personnel back then. And yes, it put our people at a disadvantage. But in recent decades the rules have loosened some in some contexts. I can't say exactly what they were, but when I deployed in the Army on a peacekeeping mission, our rules were... slightly adjusted, let's just say.
They were also in international waters. If they had fired at the MIG jets first, they would have been seen as the aggressors. The MIG who locked onto Cougar was trying to scare him away because they were ultimately outnumbered 2 to 1.
@@leffew2000 You're forgetting your own words. If they were over international waters, our people had as much right to be there as theirs. The MiG was not trying to "scare." It was trying to poke the Americans into a reaction that their side could play.
@@TommygunNG Never been deployed, have you. The last thing you want is for a potential enemy to get close to an aircraft carrier. Scaring them off is the most effective way since the other pilot doesn't know if the other pilot is actually going to launch a missile or not.
5:31 "I would be shocked, maybe terrified." Yeah... A lot of moves pulled to initiate romance in the 1980's have been significantly downgraded from "moves," to "misdemeanors." I was quietly hoping you would get to this one. It's a childhood favorite of mine. It's one of those movies that you don't think is going to grab you. Can confirm that the second one came out a few months ago. I highly suggest you check it out. And yes, the soundtrack to this movie is just awesome. I am thankful for it introducing me to Steve Stevens, Kenny Loggins, Berlin, and The Righteous Brothers.
Tom Cruise IS an actual pilot, but didn't get his pilot's license until 1994, 8 years after this movie was released. However, he was not qualified to fly F-18's but, he AND his movie pilot crew learned how to fly them for the movie, though they were only allowed to "ride in" the planes for the movie, from what I understand.
15:37 "What happened to their second plane? They had another plane that's backing them up or whatever, I mean, they were supposed to back it up, but.. why didn't they communicate, 'Hey, it's coming towards you. Look out..', you know? There needs to be communication." That was Hollywood and Wolfman. They got killed by Jester first, because Maverick was supposed to be their wingman but left. So once they're shot down, they're not able to communicate anything, 'cause they'd be too dead.
Has our little Miss. Trixy Blue found herself a in the making future pilot boyfriend? Here's to him for getting her to watch Top Gun and giving a really good movie review.
I was 11 in 1986 and that steamy love scene is why my parents wouldn't let me see the movie when it came out. So I didn't get to see it till it was out on VHS and my parents fast forwarded past that scene.
When this hit theaters, I was still in the Navy. Definitely one of those pump you up type of movies. Remember hearing alot of cheering in the audience during the final fight scene.
When Mav abandons Hollywood to go after Viper, he left Hollywood vulnerable to being killed by Jester, which is what happened. Jester then went on to take advantage of Maverick’s single-minded focus on Viper to pull up onto his 6 o’clock and take him out. ‘Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.’ In close-range aerial combat, ‘losing’ can very easily mean losing your aircraft, your life, and the life of your crew-not to mention anyone on the ground counting on you to complete your mission.
Good girl, good girl!! The F-14 fighter jet ✈️ is the US 🇺🇸 NZ 🇳🇿 Australia 🇦🇺 Canada 🇨🇦 and or any kind of Navy and Air Force. Love you for reacting to this Hacksaw Ridge is a definite reaction!!
The scene with the flame out were goose died is closer to reality then you think. The F14A tomcat do to it's engine design actually experienced engine failed in certain situations. The F14A is the plane featured in this movie. Also a stuntpilot did die during the filming.
As a former Army attack helicopter pilot with combat experience, and now fly jets, I never used the “text book”! War sucks and people don’t play by the rules…
I hope you take the time and ready to Top Gun's sequel: Top Gun: Maverick. TG was a great film that I had the pleasure to have seen, as a teenager, in the theaters in 1986. The 2022 follow-up, TGM, is possibly one of the greatest sequels to have been made. After your reaction, if TGM is still playing in a movie theater relatively close to you, then I strongly advise that you watch it there (and in the largest, most advanced, format available to you). TV, Computer Monitor, Home Sound System, Headphones, etc., will not do you, nor the film, justice.
In this movie, the flight scenes are real by actual pilots. The actors were filmed green screen. In the new movie, the actors went thru flight training for the G’s etc and were in the actual planes for the shots! It’s as good as the original, an actual plot with some call backs as well. PS: The early F14s were known for flameouts in flat spins and the canopy not clearing in that situation. Corrected on later models.
The sequel does this Justice and that’s saying something. Really great movie. Btw, the Migs were the enemy jets. US side was flying F-14s or at least were supposed to be, if I’m not mistaken.
These are real shots with real planes. And they were really dangerous too. The movie is dedicated to Art Scholl, an aerial photographer who died filming the movie. They wanted real life pictures of what it would look like inside a plane in a flat spin. Unfortunately, he was unable to recover from the flat spin. Do you really want the answer about not seeing the number of enemy planes on radar? The radar used on the early versions of the F-14 were designed in the mid-1960s and had two modes. One of these is a long-range scan and the other is a shorter range scan. The long range scan had a sweep that took a longer time and was not as accurate for smaller aircraft, especially those traveling at the same speed very close to each other. The radar system and analog computer from the 1960s was designed to track and attack large Soviet bombers, not fighters.
You could say this was the movie that launched Tom Cruise’s acting career. It’s good to know that, at least for you Blue, well over thirty years after it was made the movie had the power to leave you animated, charmed and moved. You really should watch the sequel as soon as you can.
When they were filming this movie, the Navy agreed to let them film their training flights. They were only allowed to film very short and specific things, and the missile was an actual trainer they fired. So all the far out shots of the planes in flight are real, and the shots of missiles are the same shot being played multiple times.
ACTUALLY... Tom Cruise WAS taken up in a real Fighter Jet! He was put In the "Back Seat" as the pilots performed some Maneuvers so they could get real reactions from him. Tom has his pilot's license now.
Blue, You are correct!!! The soundtrack to this movie was awesome. Not a bad song in the entire thing. In fact, back in 1986 this was considered the #1 soundtrack not only for the year but to date (at that time) in movies.
"We weren't below the hard deck for more than a few seconds...." --- Maverick. Translation: "We didn't hit the ground for more than a few seconds....." Hahahaha
15:37 Because when Maverick went off after Viper, Jester managed to outmaneuver and kill the second plane flown by Hollywood. They can’t communicate or warn Maverick when they are “dead.”
In the new movie the actors are actually in the jets - Tom Cruise trained them all to fly and designed a new camera system to get better shots. Definitely check it out
Unfortunately this is not correct. The majority of in-cockpit scenes were in a mocked up cockpit in front of a green screen. Many of the aerial combat external footage was filmed with actual aircraft and pilots and was carefully choreographed, as was the standard back then for air shots. There was a lot of pioneering model work done for the planes and missile impacts/explosions, but no, Tom didn't fly in Top Gun. He DID take away an appreciation for it from a demo flight they were allowed to take, and he carried that into an interest in his later life.
Pretty darn cute reaction. F-14 Tomcat, we have one near me at an air museum. I was surprised at how big that plane is. Don't feel bad about dating. I Have dated in 4 years.. been on dating apps met some ppl but it is what it is.
I think I still have this sound track ... on cassette. I don't own a cassette player but hey I have the music. And... everyone loves Goose that's why it always hits hard during "that scene". Allegedly the cat in Captain Marvel, set mid 80' s, is named Goose after him.
Great movie. Another 80s romantic drama Officer and And A Gentleman with Richard Gear or Cocktail with Tom Cruse . Also a great 80's spy romantic comedy with the guy who plays Goose who is almost unknown today is Gotcha! which I highly recommend .
Great reaction Blue! But I have to disagree with you. Twice Maverick was Iceman's wingman and twice Mav decided to go rogue, trying to make a name for himself, and the result was getting Goose killed in an ejection accident. So in this case, textbook, would have worked and their F-14 Tomcat wouldn't have gone into that flat spin. But, it's only a movie, and it's all about the drama and romance, lol. I'll be looking forward to your next great reaction, Peace! 👍🎥🍿
Goose died not because of anything Maverick did. Iceman should have disengaged high and right which he didn't do. By Iceman choosing to disengage straight up, it put Maverick's F-14A right in the path of the jet wash. Ice killed Goose.
You are, alas, incorrect about "by the book" pilots, especially in programs like TOPGUN. When you're pushing the limits like that you can't afford to play the cowboy and "do you own thing." Remember the beginning of the movie? He risked a $65 million warplane on a bonehead maneuver. Even back in WW2 rogue "cowboy" pilots were looked down on. There are too many ways to die in combat without playing the fool. That's what Iceman meant by calling Maverick dangerous; he could cause more damage than the enemy. Take the lesson about leaving your wingman. As Jester said, you never, ever leave your wingman, because now _they're_ not protected. The Germans had many tricks to decoy enemy fighters by splitting them up, then ambushing them. That's why, when Viper asks if he trusted Maverick, Jester answered "I don't know." You can't trust someone who's busy "doing their own thing" in combat. Iceman was _not_ responsible for Goose's death. Maverick was flying too close to Iceman in his eagerness to make a kill, and flew through his jet wash. As Ward Carroll points out in a RUclips video I linked below, the F-14A's engines were prone to compressor stall. Aside from the beefcake for the ladies, the volleyball game was supposed to show the competitiveness of aviators. Successful fighter pilots are by nature Type A personalities. That was Maverick's character arc, going from loose cannon to a trustworthy fighter pilot.
Tom Cruise is an accomplished pilot, including jets, but neither he or the other actors were flying these Navy fighters. In the new film, you see him flying is own personal WW2 propeller driven fighter.
I was Maverick for Halloween when I was 5, bomber jacket, aviators and the haircut! This is literally the first film that made me cry as a child... P.S. Lets see if she spots Andy Dufresne, before he goes to Shawshank 👀
No Generals or Colonels in the U.S. Navy, that would be in the Army, Marines, or Air Force. In the Navy or Coast Guard that it would be Admiral or Captain.
The plane that Maverick left didn't tell him the enemy plane was coming because he wasn't allowed to. Technically he was supposed to be dead/shot down, so he wouldn't have been able to if it was real and not training. Everyone should subscribe to your OF after this because for all the tension the sex and flirting was causing, you are gonna have to find an outlet for that LOL. Yes, the director used real footage of fighter jets and was on board the USS Enterprise for filming the aircraft carrier. During filming, he wanted the light to hit the ship a certain way and asked the captain how much it would cost to turn the ship around. The captain said "$25,000." Tony Scott, the director, cut him a check and told him to turn around. lol The dogfights were filmed using in cockpit cameras and a Gulfstream private jet custom outfitted with a bunch of cameras on its frame. Sad note, the film is dedicated to one of the stunt pilots. The director wanted film of the inside of a jet during the flat spin accident. The stuntman said he would do it, but was unable to recover. His last radio communication, as he dropped below minimum altitude for the stunt, was "i have a problem, i have a REAL problem." RIP
Hey Trixy I absolutely loved your reaction, just as entertaining as Top Gun. Also I hope everything is going well in your life. You are one of my favorite reactors 💙💙💙💙
Sugar I enjoy watching your reactions. Your cheerful bubbly personality brightens my day. How about a look at the most ignored US military service. Please try 'The Guardian' with Kevin Costner Your reactions are very cute Thanks!
Maverick and Goose's partner plane circa 15:30 couldn't communicate that Viper was coming, because it was dead. It wouldn't be realistic for the exercise for the "destroyed" plane to still be able to radio a warning.
Heard I looked like Tom Cruise in the end of the sommer of 1986, had no clue who he was, beacuse spending 6 months in the bush of Cyprus as a UN soldier
"That trick always works!" Actually, that is a fast way to an empty coffin. What looks good on camera in a movie is almost never a good idea in real life. In aerial combat Energy is life. Dumping a huge amount of velocity with a maneuver like that is betting that at the end of the maneuver you have a shot with high probability of kill. Had the missile missed, the MiG-28 (an actual F-5) would have been able to regain the initiative against him and probably splash him. The F-14A, while still a pair of powerful engines, could not recover from that type of energy dump without dumping the nose to gain speed, leaving it open to an easy kill shot when the MiG came around with its superior turn-rate at speed. It's still a good movie, one that I grew up with as a kid and has influenced my love of aircraft and flight simulations to this day.
“This movie should be called “God Damn it Maverick” 😂 I spit out my drink
I nearly died laughing. It was like when Goose laughed at "The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room.". My laugh was a lot like that. She was too funny.
Don't be too hard on Iceman. There's a saying, "there are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots." Maverick kept losing because he was too bold and foolish. If his practices were real he died again and again. It was only when he learned to take his time and not go by pure instinct that he started to become successful... in both love and war.
Beautifully said!
Blue,
In the training flight with Viper you asked why the "other guy" didn't communicate to Maverick about Jester. Here is why: during these training flights the two pilots are together as lead and wingman (support). In this case Maverick left his lead, Hollywood, to go after Viper which left Hollywood alone against a superior pilot, Jester - his instructor. Since Jester was a better pilot he was able to get the "kill shot" on Hollywood and go help Viper and thus he came up behind Maverick and got the kill shot on him too. Since Hollywood was declared "killed" in this training flight he is then incapable of communicating to Maverick because the dead just don't talk.
This is my dad's favorite movie and it was the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS when I was 5-6 years old!
It was a box office success, making $360 million dollars ($800 million dollars) against a $15 million dollar budget.
It won the Oscar for Best Original Song, Take My Breath Away.
HEy Blue, a music band breaking the rules in a concert is what we love to see. An artist redefining the medium of art is what we search for in this world, but a fighter pilot breaking the rules and being reckless in a military exercise or engagment is not what the doctor ordered. You can't go rogue when the lives of hundreads of your fellow soliders are on the line. That includes your fellow pilots and all the ground and support staff back on the aircraft carrier.
That's actually NOT correct. Discipline is required but, being safe and flying like everyone else WILL get you killed in an instant. Maverick's only problem was, he had to learn when and how to control his unpredictability. If all pilots went by the book ALL the time, then they would be easy to defeat, especially in a dogfight. Only when flying in formation do they (pilots) have to conform to a certain set of rules and actions, because doing so at such times prevents accidents and adds strength of numbers. However, in a real dogfight, being predictable is usually NOT what you want to be, unless you have or ARE a wingman.
In this movie, Maverick was still learning, just as Iceman was. That's why they were BOTH sent to Top Gun ... to learn. Maverick needed to learn control, and Iceman needed to learn to loosen up a bit. He (Iceman) got caught twice being unprepared in the movie, once in training (Goose's accident) and once in the final battle scene, and neither time was he able to adequately defend himself or show the skills that Maverick had. In both cases, it was Maverick who had shown he was the better, more capable pilot, and even showed that he learned how to recover from the situation that caused the accident ... something Iceman still is incapable of. Now, after he returns to become an instructor well, how to get out of that "jetwash problem" might be something he can teach others.
So, yes, in training and in regular patrols, you want pilots to adhere to standard flying techniques and formations, but in a real battle, that shit goes right out the window the moment it becomes necessary, especially when it's 6 to 2 like in the final dogfight, because 2 planes flying together makes an awful easy target for 6 planes to hit.
” do not fire unless fired upon.” Keep in mind this was during the Cold War. And Firing means starting a war. You DO NOT Want to be responsible for that!
SOP for any NATO armies in warfare.
exactly
Maverick didn't blame Iceman for Goose dying. His line of "I don't know what the he'll went wrong" indicates that he was still unsure why the F-14 couldn't recover from the flame outs.
In response to Jester being upset over the "kill" during their fist HOP, he clearly stated beforehand hand that there was to be no engagement below 10,000ft. In the military, orders need to be followed precisely to ensure everyone's safety. That is especially important at Top Gun since they are a Military School designed to teach high level aireal combat.
I wholeheartedly agree with what you said about following direct orders and complying with the rules of engagement. However, I never really understood why Jester went into that deep dive after all.... the rule was the hard deck being at 10'000ft, simulating the ground, and Jester went there first. Even IF he had an actual problem, those should be communicated while the exercise was still running, and not at the superiors office.
@@danielberger1378 being retired Air Force himself, my father once told me it's most likely that Jester was trying to see if he could Maverick into breaking the rule of the hard deck. He was aware of the disciplinary issues Maverick had aboardt the aircraft carrier.
Agreed. But it was a Hoe move for Jester to try and run out of bounds to keep from being killed. He just didn't wanna get his butt handed to him by Maverick on their very first engagement. He was also ticked cause he knew he got got and if it had been a REAL dogfight he would probably have just been REALLY killed by Maverick.
Not that it's easy to recognize because you only see his face uncovered once at the end, but nobody ever picks up on the fact that Merlin, who flew with Cougar in the beginning, and Maverick at the end, was played by a young Tim Robbins. You know, Andy Dufrane from "The Shawshank Redemption".
You asked about how their heads aren't messed up. I'm going to assume you mean their necks. I was a military Aviator. I visited the chiropractor regularly. When you pull Gs, and are twisting regularly it gets you a little off in the neck and back. I also fly a Pitts S1 and it's the same deal. I still go to the chiropractor to this day.
Cool reaction; glad you liked it so much!
The push to get Mav back in the air was for the same reason that, when a rider is thrown from a horse, they're told to get up and get back in the saddle - right away! 'Cause the longer you dwell on it, the harder it is to do, and the more likely they are to 'hang it up' and just quit and walk away ... which he came *very* close to doing.
Also there's a _very_ *very* fine line between 'pushing it' just because you like living on the edge and seeing how close to edge you can get without falling off, 'just because it's a rush' ... as compared to 'pushing it', where you're recognizing everything that's happening, and knowing where the edge is and *not* stepping over it. That's one of the things that Fighter Weapons School ('Top Gun') students (& *especially* ones like Mav) need to learn. For others ... they may need to learn *how to* 'push it', to get that sharper edge.
Tom Cruise was inspired by this movie to learn flying. He got really good and actually did some of his own stunt flying in one of the Mission Impossible movies.
Forgot to add the top gun 2022 has his plane in it
As much as losing his best friend, his only family, sucked, there's a reason they had to push Mav back into the air. The longer someone has to be away from a plane, car, bicycle, horse, whatever, after an accident with it, the more likely it is that they'll never return to it. Getting back up there is showing him that he can still do it, that accidents are horrible, losing people is horrible, but the job still needs to be done. A friend of mine's oldest uncle was a Marine pilot in WW2. He once said that of the dozen pilots he started with in his squadron, by the time the war was over he was one of three of the originals remaining, and he had lost count of replacements lost in the three years he was at war. Especially in the military, you've just got to get back into it and work your way through it. Especially in the air corps.
And Iceman has very good points. Iceman is reliable and follows tactical planning, so his wingman knows that Iceman is trustworthy and can be relied upon, so there's no worry about anything but opposition. When Mav breaks off from being Holly's wingman, he leaves Holly on his own. A plane alone is basically dead in a combat situation. While Mav's inventiveness has its place, his disregard for being someone that his fellow pilots can trust could easily get multiple people killed. That's the lesson Mav has to learn. Sometimes being the best is being someone good and reliable, because no one can trust someone who is brilliant but unreliable. That's why Ice won the trophy. That's why Ice DESERVED that trophy. Ice is one of the best and he can be relied upon.
And the accident wasn't Ice's fault. Sh!t just happens sometimes. And if Mav had been on point instead of flying wingman we all know he would have stayed there until he got his shot instead of finally properly veering off like Ice did. Mav was just a little too aggressive following up, and sh!t went wrong because of it. And the spin meant the canopy wasn't blown completely clear as it would have been in a straight fly eject. Accidents happen. People die. Even in training. I lost a couple of friends that way.
Fun Fact: The “older guy” with Charlie at the bar was the real-life basis for the character of Viper.
I learned something
A fun piece of trivia for you:
In the 1980s, VHS tapes ran around $85 to purchase. In 1989, Paramount teamed up with Pepsi to put in a commercial on the VHS copy of Top Gun, just before the movie began. Pepsi paid Paramount a significant amount for the commercial, allowing Paramount to cut the cost of the VHS tape of Top Gun by nearly 75%, from $85 to $26.95.
Unsurprisingly, Top Gun became the #1 movie to own on home video in 1989.
@@HollowVortex81 Yes.
Thats $194.93 in 2022 equivelant for your b.s. claim of a $85 vhs tape. At no point in history has any oiece of technology been that expensive. Not a-tracks. Not cds. Not dvds. Not blueray. Not 4k. Not vinyls.
Nor was VHS!!!!!!!
@@WheresWaldo05 Oh really? I advise you take a deeper look into that time, because I was alive when VHS tapes were that expensive.
I think I remember that commercial. A pair of fighters were flying and they decided it was time for refreshments and the guys in one plane apparently had rigged his drink dispenser so he could not pull it out. So the pilot popped the top off the bottle and got a cup then rolled the plane and went inverted so he could pour the drink into the cup.
Fun Fact: The elevator scene was the last scene to be shot because they needed filler footage after editing and Kelly McGillis had to return from another movie she was shooting to film it. That;s also why she has a hat on her head because she had already cut her hair for the other movie.
When this movie came out I was 17. I have absolutely loved it for 36 years. But the new one is better, and if you liked this one at all, you have to see it as well. Also, the planes Maverick and the other students were flying is the F-14 Tomcat--my favorite plane ever (no doubt at least partly because of this movie).
One of the things that made this film, so revolutionary for its time - And, in fact, was never again replicated until Top Gun: Maverick - was the fact that they used actual footage of actual Navy jets. I remember seeing it when it came out; the closest thing we’d ever seen was Star Wars, and that was made with miniature models. This inspired an entire generation of young men-and women-to become pilots. All told, the expense that was put into this film was a good investment by the U.S. Defence Department.
Please do a reaction to the sequel, many including me say that it is even better than the first one and the flying scenes are so much better because of modern filming techniques, lot easier to follow what's happening in the air.
The thing about TopGun in real life is, someone like Maverick never would have been accepted to undergo that type of training. His fitness report says it all. And a pilot that unpredictable and reckless would have been washed right out of the school and received a permanent negative mark on his record.
I nearly died at the "This movie should have been called G** D***IT MAVERICK!" line of hers. I laughed as hard as Goose laughed when Iceman said "The plaque for the alternates is in the Ladies Room." She was way too funny.
The title of this movie should be "God Damn it Maverick." Funniest thing I've heard all day.
I used to deliver pizza to Tom Skerritt when I lived in Seattle. The guy is the epitome of cool and down to earth nice. His wife is an angel as well.
My brother was considered a Hero at Miramar Air Base... He delivered the beer.
He is and was a god amoung men.
@@RLKmedic0315 😅
Not all heroes wear dress whites.
Blue, remember “Penny Benjamin”. She’s mentioned twice. 😉
"Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose"
Not in air combat. You only get to lose once.
And now the Top Gun parody.
Hot shots! 🙃
Reacting to the new one right after doing this one is a great idea: I'd say go for it.
Various bit of info in response to your questions:
(yes, I'm probably the British version of your friend who took you to the museum...😉 )
Not seeing how many planes there are on radar. That can happen, especially with the 1970s tech you see here. If two target planes are too close together, the radar can see them as one big target. Likewise, if one target plane flies right behins another one, the radar may not see it at all. Soviet-trained pilots were well aware of this, and would try to exploit it. The tactic the MiGs use in the final battle, of flying a 'normal' 4-plane formation with a fifth one hiding them, was absolutely something that real MiG pilots tried.
Special Effects. Nearly all the flying scenes were done with real planes: the 'MiG-28s' (no such thing in real life) were actually repainted F-5E Tigers that are used by Top Gun to simulate MiGs. The film had MASSIVE co-operation from the US Navy, since they (correctly) saw it as a great recruitment tool for them. Even some of the missile launches were real. Planes blowing up, being damaged or in a flat spin were done by the very high-tech method of throwing models off a ladder or suspending them on wires and fiming them against the blue sky.
The Accident. It wasn't anybody's fault, except maybe the Pratt & Whitney engine company's. The F-14's TF-30 engines were notoriously twitchy about disturbed airflow into the intakes and absolutely could flame-out (stop working) if you flew through the turbulent jetwash (exhaust) of another plane. The design of the F-14 had the engines wide apart, so if one engine quit before the other, the asymetric thrust could definitely send it into a flat spin. When pilots eject, the clear canopy is jettisoned a second or so before the seat fires and is normally pulled well clear of the plane by the airflow. However in a flat spin the airflow above the plane is messy and complicated. What happened here is that the canopy stayed above the cockpit in that messy air and Goose hit it when he ejected a second later. Weird accidents like this do happen in real life. Ejection seats aren't perfect 'get out of jail free' cards: physics, gravity, aerodynamics and Sod's Law all still get a vote in the outcome...
True. In fact what happened to Goose was based on an F-14 accident that really happened.
The house his instructor lives at in this movie was turned into like a landmark in oceanside, ca. I remember skating by it sometimes when id drive down there. then one day I went by there and it was gone. I was like "dude wtf happened to top gun house? Then my homie told me they moved it down the street... lol San Diego will never let that thing go down.
1. An old shipmate of mine was on the Enterprise when they filmed this.
2. Gooses death was not Maverick's fault. Iceman was bogarting his LOS approach and they got caught in the jet wash.
3. I spent 24 years in the US Navy. 6 on "bird farms" (Carriers). I have seen 1000+ launches and landings without a single crash. These men and women and the people working the flat tops are doing the most dangerous job in the world (for the good guys). Shout out😎
4. Kelly McGillis/Charlie was in a movie with Harrison Ford "Witness" that's seriously worth a first time/share HINT HINT
5. Tom Skerritt/Viper not only played Dallas in "Alien" he also played Strawberry in "Up in Smoke" with Cheech and Chong.
6. Val Kilmer/Iceman has a long list of movies including but not limited to: "Willow", "The Doors" and "Tombstone"
7. The officer(Goose) is the RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) radar, communications and navigation.
8. Onboard the ship the Squadron leader would not be smoking a cigar in that operation space.
9. Meg Ryan is my honey. A great overlooked movie with her is with Tom Hanks called "Joe vs the Volcano" She plays 3 parts. HINT HINT
10. Onboard the ship/aircraft all the perspiration is Hollywood(not the pilot). There is AC onboard.
11. The TOP GUN school is no longer located at Miramar near San Diego. It's now at NAS Fallon, NV.
12. In 1991 I was stationed on the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) and they made a movie onboard called "Flight of the Intruder". It was seriously cool. Brad Johnson, Willem DeFoe and Danny Glover. I'm actually in it for a very brief period of time. HINT HINT.
13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seems like they were practicing. Better yet, it has a plot/mission. (besides Navy recruitment).
Actually, for a moment, dear Trix, if you pay close attention, Slider says there are SIX MiGs against Iceman alone slightly after Maverick is launched. Maverick shoots down 3 and Iceman shoots down 1 (hence why Maverick says, albeit slightly mistakenly, “Whoo! Scratch 4!”). Two MiGs decided to retreat instead of remaining in the fight because they could not match Iceman and Maverick.
Also, just wanted to explain a couple things: during the training accident: Iceman positions himself to shoot down one of the instructors with Maverick behind as Iceman was leading the score list for the trophy. He wanted to secure a victory. It was not so much for following the rules. His sudden move accidentally creates a jetwash, a disrupt in the airflow of one of the engines. This destabilized Maverick’s plane and caused both engines to flameout and shut down, losing all thrust. This caused their fall called flat spin (Iceman says it while calling for assistance). The plane is falling vertically while rotating violently. During ejection, Goose hit his head with the canopy (surprised you missed it). It was partially based on a very similar accident in real life to a fighter pilot that was killed in the same way.
Nice reaction! Will look you reacting to Top Gun Maverick, AKA Top Gun 2.
Tom Cruise is actually a very accomplished pilot in real life. He is NOT a military pilot so is allowed to ride in those planes but now allowed to fly them.
In real life, Tom Cruise is also a cult member belonging to Scientology.
FUN FACT: The US Navy allowed the movieakers 2... Only 2 live missile shots. But you see more that 2 shots in the movie. That is because they took several different angles on both shots. They sid it so well you can't really tell. In fact when The Navy saw the movie they did an investigation into how the movie makers broke the 2 missle rule but it turned out that no they just did a masterful job of useing the footage they got from covering those shots from so many angles. True Story.
Not only was this the highest grossing film of 1986, it also helped the United States Navy significantly increase recruiting numbers. The flying sequences were achieved with scale models, stunt pilots and rear projection
The combat sequences, where stuff is blowing up, yeah, but there was an awful lot of actual planes flying in that movie.
During the filming of the movie, the actors were sitting in the front seats of air craft that had a modified cockpit that resembled the F-14. This way they could achieve the look of actually flying in a time before CGI was good enough. All of the flying was done with real Navy Fighters and pilots. Models were only used when the aircraft where blown up. After Top Gun, Tom Cruise got the flying bug and got his pilots license in 1994(?) He has since upgraded it to include twin engine, jets, and helicopters. He has always preferred to do his own stunts and has injured himself on more than one occasion. In 'OBLIVION' (an stunningly filmed, awesome) Sci-Fi movie that was filmed in Iceland, he crashed a motorcycle while jumping a sand dune. In a recent 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE' he broke his ankle jumping from building to building. By the way, did you recognize Tom Skerritt (Viper) as Capt. Dallas from the original 'ALIEN'?
If you want a good laugh and see what the actor can really do, watch Tom Cruise take talk show host James Corden for a ride in some of his toys. It's good to be rich and talented. ruclips.net/video/v1iZtBM23bY/видео.html
Blue that love scene silhouette had you really feeling steamy. Even the camera has some fog build up from the heat you are feeling.
Take it easy Blue. TAKE IT EASY. HA
Aerial Stunt photographer Art Scholl was killed during the making of this film when he took up his aerobatic aircraft loaded with cameras to film an actual flat-spin to be used in the movie. Whatever happened, he wasn't able to pull out and crashed into the ocean. He and his plane were never recovered.
"Fire only if fired upon." -- That was the common "rule of engagement" (ROE) for American military personnel back then. And yes, it put our people at a disadvantage. But in recent decades the rules have loosened some in some contexts. I can't say exactly what they were, but when I deployed in the Army on a peacekeeping mission, our rules were... slightly adjusted, let's just say.
They were also in international waters. If they had fired at the MIG jets first, they would have been seen as the aggressors. The MIG who locked onto Cougar was trying to scare him away because they were ultimately outnumbered 2 to 1.
@@leffew2000 You're forgetting your own words. If they were over international waters, our people had as much right to be there as theirs. The MiG was not trying to "scare." It was trying to poke the Americans into a reaction that their side could play.
@@TommygunNG Never been deployed, have you. The last thing you want is for a potential enemy to get close to an aircraft carrier. Scaring them off is the most effective way since the other pilot doesn't know if the other pilot is actually going to launch a missile or not.
@@jeffburnham6611 Yep, I've been deployed, as I said. Try learning to read.
Hacksaw Ridge, a must see movie, and definitely Top Gun Maverick.
Maverick would be in Military Prison with half the crap he pulled or the very least his flight status revoked
The scene Mav comes out with Goose's stuff and talks with Carol hits surprisingly hard.
In the sequel, Tom Cruise had all the actors control cameras in their cockpits as they flew.
5:31 "I would be shocked, maybe terrified." Yeah... A lot of moves pulled to initiate romance in the 1980's have been significantly downgraded from "moves," to "misdemeanors." I was quietly hoping you would get to this one. It's a childhood favorite of mine. It's one of those movies that you don't think is going to grab you. Can confirm that the second one came out a few months ago. I highly suggest you check it out. And yes, the soundtrack to this movie is just awesome. I am thankful for it introducing me to Steve Stevens, Kenny Loggins, Berlin, and The Righteous Brothers.
Tom Cruise IS an actual pilot, but didn't get his pilot's license until 1994, 8 years after this movie was released. However, he was not qualified to fly F-18's but, he AND his movie pilot crew learned how to fly them for the movie, though they were only allowed to "ride in" the planes for the movie, from what I understand.
Tom Cruise is also an actual cult member belonging to Scientology.
15:37 "What happened to their second plane? They had another plane that's backing them up or whatever, I mean, they were supposed to back it up, but.. why didn't they communicate, 'Hey, it's coming towards you. Look out..', you know? There needs to be communication."
That was Hollywood and Wolfman. They got killed by Jester first, because Maverick was supposed to be their wingman but left. So once they're shot down, they're not able to communicate anything, 'cause they'd be too dead.
Has our little Miss. Trixy Blue found herself a in the making future pilot boyfriend? Here's to him for getting her to watch Top Gun and giving a really good movie review.
I was 11 in 1986 and that steamy love scene is why my parents wouldn't let me see the movie when it came out.
So I didn't get to see it till it was out on VHS and my parents fast forwarded past that scene.
When this hit theaters, I was still in the Navy. Definitely one of those pump you up type of movies. Remember hearing alot of cheering in the audience during the final fight scene.
14:36 ...and he did it again, he guessed the name of the second movie.
You should see more Meg Ryan movies.
Hitting that canopy doing 90,100 m.p.h.definitly broke his neck.
When Mav abandons Hollywood to go after Viper, he left Hollywood vulnerable to being killed by Jester, which is what happened. Jester then went on to take advantage of Maverick’s single-minded focus on Viper to pull up onto his 6 o’clock and take him out.
‘Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.’ In close-range aerial combat, ‘losing’ can very easily mean losing your aircraft, your life, and the life of your crew-not to mention anyone on the ground counting on you to complete your mission.
Good girl, good girl!! The F-14 fighter jet ✈️ is the US 🇺🇸 NZ 🇳🇿 Australia 🇦🇺 Canada 🇨🇦 and or any kind of Navy and Air Force. Love you for reacting to this Hacksaw Ridge is a definite reaction!!
The scene with the flame out were goose died is closer to reality then you think. The F14A tomcat do to it's engine design actually experienced engine failed in certain situations. The F14A is the plane featured in this movie. Also a stuntpilot did die during the filming.
Now you have to watch Hot Shots!
As a former Army attack helicopter pilot with combat experience, and now fly jets, I never used the “text book”! War sucks and people don’t play by the rules…
I hope you take the time and ready to Top Gun's sequel: Top Gun: Maverick. TG was a great film that I had the pleasure to have seen, as a teenager, in the theaters in 1986. The 2022 follow-up, TGM, is possibly one of the greatest sequels to have been made.
After your reaction, if TGM is still playing in a movie theater relatively close to you, then I strongly advise that you watch it there (and in the largest, most advanced, format available to you). TV, Computer Monitor, Home Sound System, Headphones, etc., will not do you, nor the film, justice.
Yes, watch Top Gun Maverick. It is one of the few sequels (not from James Cameron) that is just as good as the original.
In this movie, the flight scenes are real by actual pilots. The actors were filmed green screen. In the new movie, the actors went thru flight training for the G’s etc and were in the actual planes for the shots! It’s as good as the original, an actual plot with some call backs as well. PS: The early F14s were known for flameouts in flat spins and the canopy not clearing in that situation. Corrected on later models.
Naval aviator Ward Carroll actually did a RUclips video on this. Apparently they based it on an actual event.
ruclips.net/video/LwS1k8LKxJg/видео.html
So I’ve read. Flameouts, flat spins, and canopy clearing issues all reported in early models but resolved in later ones.
The sequel does this Justice and that’s saying something. Really great movie. Btw, the Migs were the enemy jets. US side was flying F-14s or at least were supposed to be, if I’m not mistaken.
These are real shots with real planes. And they were really dangerous too. The movie is dedicated to Art Scholl, an aerial photographer who died filming the movie. They wanted real life pictures of what it would look like inside a plane in a flat spin. Unfortunately, he was unable to recover from the flat spin.
Do you really want the answer about not seeing the number of enemy planes on radar? The radar used on the early versions of the F-14 were designed in the mid-1960s and had two modes. One of these is a long-range scan and the other is a shorter range scan. The long range scan had a sweep that took a longer time and was not as accurate for smaller aircraft, especially those traveling at the same speed very close to each other. The radar system and analog computer from the 1960s was designed to track and attack large Soviet bombers, not fighters.
Merlin is Tim Robbins from Shawshank! Also in War of the Worlds, with Cruise!!
You could say this was the movie that launched Tom Cruise’s acting career. It’s good to know that, at least for you Blue, well over thirty years after it was made the movie had the power to leave you animated, charmed and moved. You really should watch the sequel as soon as you can.
One of them anyway
When they were filming this movie, the Navy agreed to let them film their training flights. They were only allowed to film very short and specific things, and the missile was an actual trainer they fired. So all the far out shots of the planes in flight are real, and the shots of missiles are the same shot being played multiple times.
ACTUALLY... Tom Cruise WAS taken up in a real Fighter Jet! He was put In the "Back Seat" as the pilots performed some Maneuvers so they could get real reactions from him.
Tom has his pilot's license now.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that the sad face on the thumbnail has something to do with Goose.
Blue,
You are correct!!! The soundtrack to this movie was awesome. Not a bad song in the entire thing. In fact, back in 1986 this was considered the #1 soundtrack not only for the year but to date (at that time) in movies.
The Imperial War Museum Duxford in the UK is amazing!
Little known fact, Top Gun: Maverick is actually the third movie. The second was called God Dammit Maverick: I Want Some Butts.
Blue, Goose’s death wasn’t Iceman’s fault. Mav flew through Ice’s plane’s jetwash, which caused his engines to malfunction.
To be fair, I wondered about that the first time I saw the movie.
"We weren't below the hard deck for more than a few seconds...." --- Maverick. Translation: "We didn't hit the ground for more than a few seconds....." Hahahaha
"You know, Tom Cruise is flying a plane". I think he is a licensed pilot.
Still, they didn't let him fly for real in the movie for liability reasons.
*Jets; not planes; and yes you need to see the sequel.
15:37 Because when Maverick went off after Viper, Jester managed to outmaneuver and kill the second plane flown by Hollywood. They can’t communicate or warn Maverick when they are “dead.”
"Tom Cruise looks like my ex-boyfriend"
Weird flex but okay 😂
Now you can see the 2nd one. GOOSE'S son is a pilot in it. Very good movie
In the new movie the actors are actually in the jets - Tom Cruise trained them all to fly and designed a new camera system to get better shots. Definitely check it out
I believe the term for the spin Maverick goes into after going through the jetwash is a dead spin. Good reaction :).
One of my all time favorite movies, glad you reviewed it! And yes Tom Cruise flew all the actors got training. No CGI back in those days babe.
Unfortunately this is not correct. The majority of in-cockpit scenes were in a mocked up cockpit in front of a green screen. Many of the aerial combat external footage was filmed with actual aircraft and pilots and was carefully choreographed, as was the standard back then for air shots. There was a lot of pioneering model work done for the planes and missile impacts/explosions, but no, Tom didn't fly in Top Gun. He DID take away an appreciation for it from a demo flight they were allowed to take, and he carried that into an interest in his later life.
Pretty darn cute reaction. F-14 Tomcat, we have one near me at an air museum. I was surprised at how big that plane is. Don't feel bad about dating. I Have dated in 4 years.. been on dating apps met some ppl but it is what it is.
The "second one" is the new one from 2022. And yeah, you will enjoy the hell out of it. ;)
I think I still have this sound track ... on cassette. I don't own a cassette player but hey I have the music.
And... everyone loves Goose that's why it always hits hard during "that scene". Allegedly the cat in Captain Marvel, set mid 80' s, is named Goose after him.
No the Captain Marvel movie was set in the 90' s
I have the soundtrack on vinyl. Lucked out and found it at a thrift store a few years ago.
Great movie. Another 80s romantic drama Officer and And A Gentleman with Richard Gear or Cocktail with Tom Cruse . Also a great 80's spy romantic comedy with the guy who plays Goose who is almost unknown today is Gotcha! which I highly recommend .
Anthony Edwards (Goose) has had a long and distinguished career in TV, less so in film.
@@alexanderriley2979 I know but Gotcha! is really an underrated 80's Gem.
"It sucks because he has a little kid too!"... Well, let me tell you about this small little film that came out this year about that
Tom cruise is awesome & this movie is great as a message for what the navy goes through & it’s wild that Tom Cruise owns a plane & can fly it
Great reaction Blue! But I have to disagree with you. Twice Maverick was Iceman's wingman and twice Mav decided to go rogue, trying to make a name for himself, and the result was getting Goose killed in an ejection accident. So in this case, textbook, would have worked and their F-14 Tomcat wouldn't have gone into that flat spin. But, it's only a movie, and it's all about the drama and romance, lol. I'll be looking forward to your next great reaction, Peace! 👍🎥🍿
Goose died not because of anything Maverick did. Iceman should have disengaged high and right which he didn't do. By Iceman choosing to disengage straight up, it put Maverick's F-14A right in the path of the jet wash. Ice killed Goose.
You are, alas, incorrect about "by the book" pilots, especially in programs like TOPGUN. When you're pushing the limits like that you can't afford to play the cowboy and "do you own thing." Remember the beginning of the movie? He risked a $65 million warplane on a bonehead maneuver. Even back in WW2 rogue "cowboy" pilots were looked down on. There are too many ways to die in combat without playing the fool. That's what Iceman meant by calling Maverick dangerous; he could cause more damage than the enemy. Take the lesson about leaving your wingman. As Jester said, you never, ever leave your wingman, because now _they're_ not protected. The Germans had many tricks to decoy enemy fighters by splitting them up, then ambushing them.
That's why, when Viper asks if he trusted Maverick, Jester answered "I don't know." You can't trust someone who's busy "doing their own thing" in combat.
Iceman was _not_ responsible for Goose's death. Maverick was flying too close to Iceman in his eagerness to make a kill, and flew through his jet wash. As Ward Carroll points out in a RUclips video I linked below, the F-14A's engines were prone to compressor stall.
Aside from the beefcake for the ladies, the volleyball game was supposed to show the competitiveness of aviators. Successful fighter pilots are by nature Type A personalities.
That was Maverick's character arc, going from loose cannon to a trustworthy fighter pilot.
Tom Cruise is an accomplished pilot, including jets, but neither he or the other actors were flying these Navy fighters. In the new film, you see him flying is own personal WW2 propeller driven fighter.
Did you notice who flew with Maverick, in the final skirmish? It's Tim Robbins (Andy from Shawshank)
I was Maverick for Halloween when I was 5, bomber jacket, aviators and the haircut! This is literally the first film that made me cry as a child...
P.S.
Lets see if she spots Andy Dufresne, before he goes to Shawshank 👀
No Generals or Colonels in the U.S. Navy, that would be in the Army, Marines, or Air Force. In the Navy or Coast Guard that it would be Admiral or Captain.
Trixy, you need watch Hacksaw Ridge after this it's Incredible Story. Besides you'll see Andrew Garfield for the fourth time.
The plane that Maverick left didn't tell him the enemy plane was coming because he wasn't allowed to. Technically he was supposed to be dead/shot down, so he wouldn't have been able to if it was real and not training.
Everyone should subscribe to your OF after this because for all the tension the sex and flirting was causing, you are gonna have to find an outlet for that LOL.
Yes, the director used real footage of fighter jets and was on board the USS Enterprise for filming the aircraft carrier. During filming, he wanted the light to hit the ship a certain way and asked the captain how much it would cost to turn the ship around. The captain said "$25,000." Tony Scott, the director, cut him a check and told him to turn around. lol
The dogfights were filmed using in cockpit cameras and a Gulfstream private jet custom outfitted with a bunch of cameras on its frame.
Sad note, the film is dedicated to one of the stunt pilots. The director wanted film of the inside of a jet during the flat spin accident. The stuntman said he would do it, but was unable to recover. His last radio communication, as he dropped below minimum altitude for the stunt, was "i have a problem, i have a REAL problem." RIP
Hey Trixy I absolutely loved your reaction, just as entertaining as Top Gun. Also I hope everything is going well in your life. You are one of my favorite reactors 💙💙💙💙
You should react to all the mission impossible movies, they get better with every entry
Sugar I enjoy watching your reactions. Your cheerful bubbly personality brightens my day. How about a look at the most ignored US military service. Please try 'The Guardian' with Kevin Costner Your reactions are very cute Thanks!
Thanks a lot :)
Love how you look in this video, you look fabulous, your natural hair color is great.
Maverick and Goose's partner plane circa 15:30 couldn't communicate that Viper was coming, because it was dead. It wouldn't be realistic for the exercise for the "destroyed" plane to still be able to radio a warning.
Heard I looked like Tom Cruise in the end of the sommer of 1986, had no clue who he was, beacuse spending 6 months in the bush of Cyprus as a UN soldier
"That trick always works!"
Actually, that is a fast way to an empty coffin. What looks good on camera in a movie is almost never a good idea in real life. In aerial combat Energy is life. Dumping a huge amount of velocity with a maneuver like that is betting that at the end of the maneuver you have a shot with high probability of kill. Had the missile missed, the MiG-28 (an actual F-5) would have been able to regain the initiative against him and probably splash him. The F-14A, while still a pair of powerful engines, could not recover from that type of energy dump without dumping the nose to gain speed, leaving it open to an easy kill shot when the MiG came around with its superior turn-rate at speed.
It's still a good movie, one that I grew up with as a kid and has influenced my love of aircraft and flight simulations to this day.
Hey Blue fairy🧚🫐, just so you knows Tom Cruise is an actual pilot in real life too! Good reaction Blue fairy🐼😊
Trixy, I almost didn't recognize you without your blue hair LOL. You still look lovely regardless!