Hi everyone, i know it was suppose to be Hacksaw Ridge today, unfortunately there was a copyright issue so I have to go back and re-edit it. It will be released next Monday instead!
Hi Dasha I just wanted to say that I'm a big fan of you I love your accent and I really love your reaction videos they are amazing and I just wanted to say you are absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait for your next reaction video thank you for being you and your soul is pure and perfect and I love it you have a good day 😊 ❤
Of course! You know we love when you watch war movies... As a veteran you're reaction is... tearful ;). So hey, if you want the best of Tom Cruise you have to watch Jack Reacher, OBLIVION and Edge of Tomorrow. Those are by far his best 3. Laterz Russialita!
No worries! This is a MUCH better movie than Hacksaw Ridge in my humble opinion. Saw this original "Top Gun" film on top a former USS aircraft carrier under the stars.
Former Navy, I was stationed at Naval Training Center, San Diego when they were filming, they brought in sand and made that volley ball court on the baseball field, The base is closed now but for those that remember that base, down the street from the McDonalds caddy corner was the baseball fields. We couldn’t get close enough to see anything when they were actually filming.
I saw this movie in the theatre I was 10. Like all kids who saw it I wanted to be a pilot after that. I never did become a pilot but I did get to fly with my Canadian Air Cadets group, a Cessna and a glider. We also took a trip to McChord AFB where we got to live a bit of the base life. I swear I've never been marched so hard or stood at attention so long as I did there, my CO was determined to make a good impression. I had a lot of fun in Air Cadets we all did. We use to troll our Flight Sergeant when we did drill, whenever he gave an order we would respond "Yes Sir" and he would say "Don't call me Sir I'm a Flight Sergeant" and we would respond "Yes Sir Flight Sergeant Sir" but as soon as the CO came around it was "Yes Flight Sergeant". He was a good sport.
When they flew into Ice's jetwash, the hot exhaust was drawn into the front of Maverick's plane, robbing it of oxygen. When that happens, the fuel stops burning, called a flameout, and the plane falls out of the sky.
For clarity, the jet wash was sucked into the intakes of both engines. That's those big square things on each side of the aircraft. The intakes take in massive amounts of clean air and mix it with jet fuel sprayed into the turbines. The jet wash disrupted the air flow.
The Topgun origin in the beginning is 100% true. That's how it all started back in 1969. The movie was co-written by then Topgun officer, so while it takes some liberties, it's still much more realistic than the sequel. The flying was done by Topgun instructors in all featured planes. US Navy brass allowed flying within safety envelope, so it looks good on camera. In reality, safety zone was 500 feet, but that looked boring on big screen. Actors also flew in the back seat, but they were not trained, so the footage was useless because they were constantly fainting from the g-force and looked very disoriented. Actor scenes were later done in studio with fake cockpits and back projection. The jet wash is a sudden disturbance in the air, which caused one of the F-14's engines stall and sent the plane into the unrecoverable flat spin. Early F-14 engines were prone to this and it was known issue, that claimed too many lives among naval aviators. Last but not least, Maverick was forced to fly as soon as possible and let go on his best friend. That's how combat works, there's no room for recovery. Topgun instructors were Vietnam war veterans and they had a saying: You can't dwell on a lost friend past the first beer.
Even though multiple Air Force officers praise the sequel for realism and dunk on the original for not recognizing the punishable by death crimes Maverick commits and gets away with?
@@NathanJasper Yeah even though Iceman was supposed to be the antagonist of the movie he was 100% valid. Maverick was flying like an asshole and was putting himself, Goose and others at risk.
Tom Cruise had a lot of big movies back in the day (and now). A Few Good Men with monster performances from Jack Nicholson and Cruise is a must watch and a great courtroom drama. Jerry Maguire and Cocktail are good ones that aren't action movies as well.
My friend and I saw a screening of Top Gun (this one) where Val Kilmer attended, spoke and was selling some of his art. Neither of us knew at the time he had throat cancer. When he spoke, at first we thought he was f-ing with us.....until I looked it up. It's such a shame. Such a talented actor.
Michael Ironside is a fantastic actor that's been in tons of films/TV shows. He was in Total Recall, Starship Troopers (as the teacher/Colonel), a great mini series from the early 1980's called "V" (although his role was in the follow up mini series V: The Ginal Battle). He's very good at playing tough, hard characters, or bad guys. Lol.
Merlin was played by Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption). We don't get to see his face very well in Top Gun, but that's him. I think the only time we can see his face is when Maverick gets out of the jet and everyone is celebrating. For another Tom Cruise movie, I recommend "Interview with the Vampire".
I saw this movie at the cinema. Then owned it on video cassette. By the time I left high school I could recite the whole movie. Or so I thought because even though I have watched this over a hundred times I missed the hemlock reference until watching this reaction. For some reason I always thought she was saying a brand of whisky.
Hemlock is the poison the philosopher Socrates was given to drink when he was sentenced to death. There's also a right to die/euthanasia organization called the Hemlock Society.
@@russellward4624 There have been a few bars that had a drink called Hemlock. They were usually long island iced teas that would but your six down for a while. Might have been a few times where we went out and hit a bar so much, we forgot what happened ;) we just got lucky we never did anything real stupid.
Honestly, I think Maverick got everything he needed from Viper, who risked his own career and freedom (by illegally revealing classified information) just to give Maverick a sense of closure regarding his father, which helped him. He also gave excellent advice that Maverick respected and listened to. Charlie tried to help, but her "tough love" and reverse psychology did nothing for Maverick, in my opinion, and even felt cold and inappropriate in a time of grief. The real love story is between Maverick and Viper, who was fond of him from the start. Charlie would never risk her career for him like Viper did. And Viper even offered to fly with Maverick if no other RIO (the guy in back) was available. That line and Viper's delivery of it always chokes me up. Their relationship is far more moving and meaningful than Maverick's romance with Charlie.
Whatched this movie for the first time flying to Europe on my first duty assignment, so while as 🌽y as it is, it still holds a special place. Bonus, it probably inspired many young men and woman to become pilots.
This movie was made during the final years of the Cold War, and while the "bad guys" are never named, the red stars on the planes tell you that they are supposed to be "Russians"/USSR - who were the advisory of the Cold War. This film AND the new film intentionally avoid mentioning the names of the enemies, so that they didn't overly offend anyone and could give the movie a worldwide audience. The actual planes (the black pointy planes with the red stars) are really US-made F-5 jets - low-cost "day fighters" that we mostly sold to other countries who couldn't afford more advanced aircraft. The real Top Gun used F-5s and A-4s to simulate the "enemy" because both planes were much smaller and more maneuverable, forcing the Top Gun pilots to vastly increase their dog-fighting skills if they were to have any hope of winning. In the movie, you actually see the A-4s (which are light bombers, not air-to-air fighters) being used for training - flown by Jester and Viper - but the F-5s are only seen as "Russians." The planes used by the Americans is the F-14A Tomcat, which really did have problems with their engines flaming out and really could go into a flat spin in that situation, and Goose's accident was based on a real accident. Later models of the Tomcat got much better engines and never really had that problem, but those engines were just hitting the fleet when this movie was made. The Tomcat is flown by a pilot in the front seat, and there is a RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) in the back seat who operates the radar and assigns the missiles to targets. While it isn't shown in the movie at all, the main purpose of the Tomcat was to carry giant, very-long-range Phoenix missiles, and the plane could launch 6 of these at once and the radar could guide each of the 6 to a different target - which is why they needed a dedicated RIO to manage everything. Goose is a RIO and Maverick is a pilot - only the pilot has controls to fly the plane or fire the weapons - the RIO can only run the radar.
I'll second that. Legend was directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator - Dasha watched these). Aside Tom Cruise is Mia Sara (Ferris' girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Dasha also watched this) and Tim Curry in amazing makeup as Darkness. Dasha saw him in "The Hunt for Red October".
Saw this when it came out in 1986. At the time I was serving in the military on special duty aboard a Navy aircraft carrier. The theater was packed with service personnel, Navy and Marine Corps. We cheered every time a Russian MiG was shot down.
Imagine how my girlfriend felt watching the volleyball scene when we watched the film in 1986 at the cinema. She was about the same age as you are now.
This came out when I was in high school, one girl in the group of friends I hung out with was totally in love with Tom Cruise; annoyingly, as in "NO, let's watch TOP GUN on VHS for the 29th time..." It got annoying to the point that I finally edited the 'Hunt for Red October' carrier crash scene into the beginning of Top Gun- "THE END"
Jet wash is the air turbulence (or "wake" turbulence) that is created by an aircraft as it passes through the air and can cause another jet's engines to stall or "flame out" if it flies into that turbulence.
Great movie. A great 80s underrated Spy Comedy with the guy who plays Goose is Gotcha! which I highly recommend you see. Another great Val Kilmer movie is The Saint. Also you should try other Tom Cruise movies like Rainman , The Firm, A Few Good Man, Cocktail, Interview with a vampire, Vanilea Sky.
Fun(?) story. Back when this was in theaters, one showing in downtown Murray, Utah hit the final battle just someone crashed through a photo studio and broke the gas main. The resulting gas explosion a few minutes later blew out all the windows in a 1/2 mile (800 meter) radius. The theater was well inside that circle and people thought the room shaking was a special effect. No one was seriously injured, somehow.
I really enjoy how you get so into the movies, your comments and reactions are super. This is a very cool classic that has survived the test of time. Great job Dasha.
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 the men 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 great 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. Goose was 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. IMVHO it's better than this one. HINT HINT. 13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seem like they were practicing. Most of all, it has a plot.
I was in the USAF. The sunglasses the pilots were issued were not Ray Ban Aviators. Ray Ban sold a ton of Aviators after this film was released. The same with their Ray Ban Wayfarers after "Risky Business" hit the screens.
Hollywood clearly didn't know what the "hard deck" is meant to represent or they wouldn't have had Maverick go below it after Jester. The hard deck is meant to simulate the ground for the purposes of the training mission. Once Jester went below it, he technically "crashed" and Maverick won right there. For Maverick to follow Jester below the hard deck meant they BOTH crashed and died.
I always hated that narrative sloppiness. Clearly the original writer knew better, but someone came behind him and changed it for purposes of the story without realizing they were ruining the story with that change. That's Hollywood...
Dasha, you must see the sequel "Top Gun: Maverick" next. A serious must. The tension and feels are amped up times 20 than this one. One of the best sequels Hollywood has made in a long time.
Well... really ... its the music and the flying making this movie good . Not the acting or script..... This movie was also one in a series of movies with simular concept.. I would say.. with out the music.. this would not be thenone remebered.
Top Gun school came about during the Vietnam War. Our pilots were technicians, not warriors ... and this had to change. Tom Cruise can fly a jet plane himself. Still does. "Tom Cruise Terrifies James in 'Top Gun' Fighter Jet!" is from this year. Pilot training can be fatal, one of your young aviators crashed and died on his first solo flight ;-( The "wash" behind another plane, is the turbulence from the engine exhaust of the plane in front, you lose lift and control. To be a pilot takes talent, education and training. Military pilots more so.
Yeah, you were getting a bunch of requests for this the past couple months because they recently released the sequel after 36 years, and it was fantastic.
Another great film with Kelly McGinnis is "Witness", also staring Harrison Ford. VAl Kilmer has several must see films including Real Genius, Willow, The Saint, Tombstone, and Heat. Awesome reaction.
*My father was stationed on the USS Ranger (CV-61) when they filmed the scene, in the Admiral's Quarters, where Cougar turned in his wings and the Captain told Mav & Goose they were going to Top Gun. My father was the only one with the key to that room, that day, so they wouldn't have been able to film that scene without him. He retired, CWO4, off the Ranger in 1987* 😁 *Also, they offered him to be an extra, but he declined. My sisters and I still haven't forgiven him. lol When we all went to the Seattle premier, he was pointing out all his friends. Actually, we forgave him a little, when we got to wear his "Top Gun" jacket, the pilots gave to him, for his retirement, to school.*
On a normal ejection procedure, the plane is moving forward which will clear the canopy from the plane. Then they eject. Pilot goes left, Rio goes right. All good. In a flat spin, there wasn’t time for the canopy to clear the milliseconds before the rockets in the seat fires and they exit the plane causing the potentiometer for a dateline head injury. There where procedures developed in this scenerio. Jettison the canopy, which Maverick says, then eject.
I think the word you were looking for was "mature". Great reaction, this movie got to you on all the channels. Action, romance, family bonds, personal growth, man vs. man rivalry and man vs. himself. While Maverick's behavior would not be tolerated in the real world, when you allow it in the context of the story it works very well, and of course Cruise acted and presented himself perfectly for the part. The cinematography is outstanding and they used the best pilots to film the aerial sequences. So glad you enjoyed it and had it on your channel.
Hi Dasha. I've never been much of a 'high-five' person...ever...but after this movie was released, I noticed everybody started high-fiving everywhere you looked. Forty years later and it hasn't stopped...and I still haven't felt the need...to high-five. That's my little comment for this movie...I couldn't stay quiet. I like watching these movies through your eyes, you've made me chuckle with your innocent and organic reactions. You're English is better than many who already know how to speak...the words will come, you're doing amazing. Many would have trouble doing what you're doing, if it were Russian they had to learn. I agree with others...'Legend' was Tom Cruise's best movie, in my humble opinion (and very much like Avatar/Princess Bride with storybook worlds.) Have a great life!
If you thought the flying scenes were good in this. You have to watch the new one Top Gun: Maverick The flying in that is absolutely spectacular. It's one of the few sequels that at least equal if not surpasses the original.
10:20 It is dangerous, they are going at a speed up to 2.35 times the speed of sound a long way up in the air. That's why this is only for the best pilots. 12:45 It's a very close bond, they are literally putting their lives in each other's hands every time they fly, so they must have absolute trust in each other. If you think your pilot has a problem you have to confront them about it. 21:51 Air turbulence created by another aircraft. In normal formations they may be close, but the shape avoids the planes getting caught in each other's jetwash.
This movie is so good. If you want to see more Tom Crusie movies you should watch The Outsiders the director's cut (he play's a character name Steve),All the right moves (he younger in this movie),and Cocktail (1988)
Dasha, Even in training, freak accidents can still happen. When pilots eject they experience 10+ Gs of velocity. When Goose’s head hit the canopy, he suffered head trauma and his neck snapped; he died instantly. His death is one, I admit, I still can’t get over. Many a grown adult has broken down hard at that one moment. After Goose’s death, Maverick wasn’t cautious…he started second guessing everything in the air. Definitely chalked up to survivor’s guilt. The “talk to me Goose” moment was when he snapped back as you saw.
This my dad's favorite movie! This was also the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS when I was 5-6 years old. It made $360 million dollars ($800 million dollars today) against a $15 million dollar budget. It took home the Oscar for Best Original Song, Take My Breath Away.
Dasha you made us smile when you said, "I feel like I want to be there, singing that song". I know that bar/restaurant with piano. Come visit Southern California and I'll take you there.
This one is a childhood favorite. Yes, real school. The movie actually resulted in an increased amount of fighter pilot recruitment as it inspired a good generation or three of fighter pilots lol. So much so, that I hear you will get fined if you reference the movie during training.
Another great Eighties flying movie -- FIREFOX (1982) with Clint Eastwood (who also directed) sneaking into the USSR to steal a new MiG fighter plane. He even studied Russian so he could speak it in the film.
"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash." The initial acquisition cost of an F-14 is quoted by the US Navy at around $38 million. However, the primary disadvantage of the aircraft is not its purchase cost but maintenance expenses. The salaries of Navy Fighter Pilots in the US range from $60,770 to $187,200 , with a median salary of $117,290 . The middle 60% of Navy Fighter Pilots makes $117,290, with the top 80% making $187,200.
Jet wash - When something moves through the air, it makes a disturbance, like something moving through water. The air coming out of the back of the engines is like a fire hose of very turbulent air. The choppy air made "missed" the intake for the engine and choked it out, causing the engine to stall. Hemlock (the drink she asked if he was drinking) is poison.
This is outside of the movie, but it made me think of hard to believe real life flying by military aviators. A great example was in March, 1967. Earl Aman and Bob Houghton's F4 Phantom jet was hit by antiaircraft fire and leaking fuel so badly that it couldn't make it back to friendly territory. This was a terrifying prospect because the chances of a successful search and rescue in the heart of a enemy nation were not good, and downed aviators were being killed by angry mobs or were being captured and tortured. Bob Pardo and Steve Wayne's F4 was almost as badly damaged, but they didn't want to abandon Aman and Houghton. They had Aman lower his plane's tailhook, with the tailhook pressed against their plane's windscreen (later against the metal at the base of the windscreen when the glass started to spiderweb), Pardo and Wayne pushed Aman and Houghton's plane 80 miles until they crossed the border where they ejected and were picked up by rescue helicopters.
Ward Carroll has a channel, if you want to hear interesting stories about the F-14 Tomcat. He was a Rio and Top Gun instructor. C.W. Lemoine is another pilot with a channel. He flew the F-18 Hornet (replaced the F-14), then flew F-16 Fighting Falcons, and finally the F-5 as part of an aggressor training squadron (this was the adversary jet in the first sequence with Cougar). Great guys, knowledgeable, and entertaining. Hornet Vids is a channel where you can see, via GoPro, F-18 startup, taxi, catapult launch and landing (recovery) on a carrier from the pilot’s perspective.
Just to let you know, this is not how the Us Navy operates. It’s a nice story filled with a lot of flash and glamour,but if any pilot in the Navy did any of the shit these guys did their careers as a aviator would be over. And they would be brought charges for insubordination and dereliction of duty.
I'm so glad that you give us this movie reaction!😍 Hacksaw Ridge is good movie too but.. Your reaction was awesome! Older movies like pre 2000 are just so much better at every way than nowadays movies. I hope that you watch more older movies , cheers!♥️ Armageddon reaction would be great!!
Just watch Iron Eagle to see how difficult it is to make a great movie about fighter planes. So the jet wash is the superheated stream of air that comes out the back of the engines. The front of the engines are sucking cold air in, so when Mav sucks in Ice's hot air, the engines failed. I always say this when I walk past a stinky person "oh no, I've flown right through his jet wash !" Hardly anyone recognises Tim Robbins (Shawshank) who is Merlin, Mav's rear in the final fight.
I enjoy watching these movies with you. I have seen this move many many times since I was a kid, and I love your first time reactions. Makes me feel like I am watching it again for the first time.
"What Is Jet Wash?" To answer your question, Dasha: Jet Wash is the exhaust coming out of the jet engines Considering that the exhaust comes out of the engines at such a high velocity, it can make a planes flight characteristics unstable
Glad you watched this Dasha. Great reaction. Awesome movie. You have to see Top Gun : Maverick. I saw it in the theaters last week and it is absolutely amazing.
Whenever they introduced a side character's family in the 1980's movies, you just knew that side character was going to die lol. They made fun of this in "Hot Shots" and "Austin Powers".
30:36 From what I know, combat pilots / naval aviators say they are "shooting" their weapons. They never say "firing" or "fire" unless there is an honest-to-goodness fire in their aircraft. Great reaction!
@Dasha Reacts You may like 'An Officer and a Gentleman', about recruits going through training to be navy pilots. Won multiple awards, including best screenplay Oscar.
TOPGUN was an actual curriculum for the US Navy, instituted during the Vietnam conflict. It was effectively disestablished in the mid 2010s when the F-14 Tomcat (the REAL star of the movie) was retired. A version of it exists today, but focuses less on air to air combat and is geared towards strike fighters like the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35. Michael Ironside played Richter in Total Recall, that's probably where you recognize him from. I'm surprised you didn't comment on Enterprise's commander being played by the same guy who played Marty's principal in Back to the Future (unless it's in the full one on Patreon). One of the film's biggest inaccuracies is how "cool" the callsigns were. You wouldn't see a "Maverick" or "Iceman." Callsigns are chosen by the other pilots, and are usually going to be insulting or embarrassing in some way, usually based on something you did or about your personality (Flight of the Intruder has a great example of this: A rookie pilot is dubbed "Razor" by the other pilots not because he's a badass, but because he looked like he was too young to shave!). Occasionally you'll see one that has actual meaning behind it. For example, Ewan McGreggor's brother is a pilot in the RAF, who received the callsign "Obi Two." The opening scene, showing the fighters taking off and landing were actually filmed aboard USS Enterprise. The "MiG-28s" (of which there's no such thing; MiG fighters always have odd-numbered designations, IE the real-life MiG-29) are actually played BY the American-built F-5 Tiger light fighters referenced in the movie. The F-5 was designed as a cheap fighter for export to American allies without giving them their highest technology. One mistake made by the film is that while the A-4 Skyhawk IS more maneuverable than the F-14, it's a subsonic-only aircraft. The Tomcat was CONSIDERABLY faster. Maverick would have been grounded MULTIPLE times throughout this film had they actually enforced military law and rules. Goose's wife is played by 80s/90s romcom queen Meg Ryan. In fact this was one of her FIRST film roles. Maverick's crash resulted from a very real problem with the F-14 at the time the film was made. The engines were notoriously unreliable, and disruption of airflow could cause a compressor stall which would kill thrust from the affected engine. Because the engines were spaced so far apart, this put a considerable amount of torque on the airframe, causing it to yaw (rotate around its vertical axis) towards the side of the down engine, resulting in the flat spin (where the aircraft spins out of control around that vertical axis) as shown in the movie. The incident of Goose striking the canopy and being killed has also happened in military aircraft (in fact, the entire accident in the film is based on a incident experienced by an F-14 crew). As another aside: They actually put the camera plane used to get the aerial shots (not an F-14, but single-engine propeller aircraft) in a flat spin for the film to get the visual. Unfortunately, the pilot ran into a problem and was killed when the plane crashed during the stunt. Moments guaranteed to make the manliest of men cry: The sacrifice of the T-800 at the end of Terminator II. The deaths of Boromir and Theoden, the Charge of the Rohirrim, and Frodo's departure in Lord of the Rings. And Goose's death in Top Gun. The final battle was based on the real-life Gulf of Sidra incidents, in which F-14s engaged and shot down Libyan fighters. The first incident, in 1981, saw US F-14s fired on by Libyan Su-22s, with two Libyan fighters shot down (no F-14s lost). During the second incident in 1989, F-14s downed a pair of Libyan MiG-23s (again, no F-14s lost). The actual depiction of the battle is...less than accurate. For one, it's at MUCH closer range than this sort of fight would actually occur at. Maverick and Iceman are also not using the "Fox" codes (as was correctly shown in Independence Day) when launching their missiles, while the backseat guys (RIOs) are only being used as an extra pair of eyes, rather than actually controlling the radar. There's no use of flares or chaff to distract incoming missiles, and Iceman's plane would have been crippled if not downed outright by cannon hits it took. And a "bogey" only represents an unidentified (but generally presumed hostile) aircraft. Once it becomes confirmed as hostile it's instead called a "bandit." But it does make good cinema.
I'd add Darth Vader's death scene to the list of moments that will make even the manliest of men cry. The bogey phrasing also led to one of the best jokes in Hot Shots!, though I don't think Dasha would get it because she has no cultural frame of reference for Humphrey Bogart.
I don't think Iceman was being very safe when he cut Maverick off, obstructed Maverick when Maverick had the shot, failed to take the shot himself, and then carelessly blasted his jet wash down Maverick's intake, which led directly to the accident that killed Goose. It was an accident, but it was also pure selfishness on Iceman's part. Iceman didn't show himself to be a team player, but rather a bully. But sure, Maverick is the "dangerous" one, of course. This movie might be a little too true to life.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is a great sequel to this classic. You definitely should do a reaction on it. Also, if you have a chance, you should do a reaction to Hot Shots! (1991). It’s a parody of Top Gun, but it’s so hilarious. You’ll have fun and a lot of laughs with that movie. Take care Dasha. Keep laughing and smiling. Peace ✌🏼😎
In the past, with less avionics, many fighters required two flyers ... one pilot officer, one weapons officer. Today computers are much better, often only a single flyer is necessary per plane. In the US Navy, these are aviators, not pilots ;-) The crew chief on the runway, owns the plane ... the pilot isn't the boss. I once worked with a former Marine aviator, he was former because he violated the rule of not flying thru a thunderstorm (if avoidable). He damaged his plane and could have died (hailstones in thunderstorm). That was the last time he flew!
Top Gun is one of the best films of all time, based on actual training and scenarios. Your reaction, questions and comments were great, Dasha. I remember feeling those same exact emotions when I first saw this movie. It is still intense. Although maybe not as good in terms of being as realistic as Top Gun, I think you may also enjoy the classic hit movie "Iron Eagle". Dasha you should watch it as you will definitely like the story line of the movie as well as some good action scenes.
Flight controls on an aircraft are pitch (up and down), roll (tilt left and right), and yaw (turn left and right, also used to taxi the aircraft on the ground), throttle (fast or slow). You asked about "turning" so many times that a pilot gets sick 11:00 That's rolling, and that wouldn't exactly make a pilot sick, but excessive, out of control yaw rate might. What's the real danger is G-LOC (Gravity-induced Loss Of Consciousness), especially at higher Gs. The stronger the gravity pull in a positive G turn, the less time it takes to induce G-LOC and kill you. 21:48 Jet wash is the other plane's exhaust trail. No oxygen, so the plane that flies through it loses its capacity to burn fuel, resulting in what we call a flame-out. In a twin-engine craft like the F-14 Tomcat, if one engine goes out and the other continues to burn, the plane goes into a flat spin and stalls, losing lift and falling from the sky. Naturally in such a case you want to be able to restart your engine, but if you can't, then you have to eject.
This movie is one of the reasons I became a USN aviator. I did not get my chance with the Tomcat but I did fly the hornet which is the fighter featured in TOPGUN : Mavrick.
Michael Ironside the other instructor is the main teacher from STARSHIP TROOPERS. And the guy on the ship with the quote about checks was the principal in BACK TO THE FUTURE movies
2:05 Yep, those are the missiles. As usual nothing gets by you Dasha. 🤓 20:42 That lady you said was amazing was Meg Ryan, who a few years after this became a major star for her roles in romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless In Seattle. Eventually she got to play a military character herself in Courage Under Fire, which is well worth a reaction. Goose was played by Anthony Edwards, who is most well known for playing Doctor Mark Greene on the long running American TV show ER (short for emergency room). Though there are way too many episodes for you to do reactions to it (it ran for like 15 years, for several hundred episodes), I definitely recommend you check it out on your own time if you can find it somewhere. Great Emmy winning show that delivers on adrenaline. 28:55 I can't believe you timed your "Oh shit" to coincide with the same line being spoken by an actor in the movie. 😂
Hi everyone, i know it was suppose to be Hacksaw Ridge today, unfortunately there was a copyright issue so I have to go back and re-edit it. It will be released next Monday instead!
Hi Dasha I just wanted to say that I'm a big fan of you I love your accent and I really love your reaction videos they are amazing and I just wanted to say you are absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait for your next reaction video thank you for being you and your soul is pure and perfect and I love it you have a good day 😊 ❤
That sucks but I understand Dasha, can't wait, cool reaction as always on this movie, take care sweetie 🥰
Of course! You know we love when you watch war movies... As a veteran you're reaction is... tearful ;).
So hey, if you want the best of Tom Cruise you have to watch Jack Reacher, OBLIVION and Edge of Tomorrow. Those are by far his best 3.
Laterz Russialita!
@@raffiliberty5722 but must include the movie that made Tom Cruise a star in the first place …”Risky Business” classic 80’s teen movie
No worries! This is a MUCH better movie than Hacksaw Ridge in my humble opinion. Saw this original "Top Gun" film on top a former USS aircraft carrier under the stars.
Former Navy, I was stationed at Naval Training Center, San Diego when they were filming, they brought in sand and made that volley ball court on the baseball field, The base is closed now but for those that remember that base, down the street from the McDonalds caddy corner was the baseball fields. We couldn’t get close enough to see anything when they were actually filming.
I saw this movie in the theatre I was 10. Like all kids who saw it I wanted to be a pilot after that. I never did become a pilot but I did get to fly with my Canadian Air Cadets group, a Cessna and a glider. We also took a trip to McChord AFB where we got to live a bit of the base life. I swear I've never been marched so hard or stood at attention so long as I did there, my CO was determined to make a good impression. I had a lot of fun in Air Cadets we all did. We use to troll our Flight Sergeant when we did drill, whenever he gave an order we would respond "Yes Sir" and he would say "Don't call me Sir I'm a Flight Sergeant" and we would respond "Yes Sir Flight Sergeant Sir" but as soon as the CO came around it was "Yes Flight Sergeant". He was a good sport.
@@xenowerks7020 Don’t call him sir, he works for a living. 😂😂
I just missed that. I was training at San Diego when the movie came out.
I was stationed on USS Dixon living on C street and walked over to B street to watch them shoot the scene where Kelly chases Tom down.
Didn't it turn in to a marine base?
When they flew into Ice's jetwash, the hot exhaust was drawn into the front of Maverick's plane, robbing it of oxygen. When that happens, the fuel stops burning, called a flameout, and the plane falls out of the sky.
That scene was based on a real crash.
For clarity, the jet wash was sucked into the intakes of both engines. That's those big square things on each side of the aircraft. The intakes take in massive amounts of clean air and mix it with jet fuel sprayed into the turbines. The jet wash disrupted the air flow.
As the old joke goes; “what’s the difference between God and a fighter pilot?”
“I don’t know, what?”
“God doesn’t think he’s a fighter pilot”
LOL true for some pilots out there.
The Topgun origin in the beginning is 100% true. That's how it all started back in 1969. The movie was co-written by then Topgun officer, so while it takes some liberties, it's still much more realistic than the sequel.
The flying was done by Topgun instructors in all featured planes. US Navy brass allowed flying within safety envelope, so it looks good on camera. In reality, safety zone was 500 feet, but that looked boring on big screen. Actors also flew in the back seat, but they were not trained, so the footage was useless because they were constantly fainting from the g-force and looked very disoriented. Actor scenes were later done in studio with fake cockpits and back projection.
The jet wash is a sudden disturbance in the air, which caused one of the F-14's engines stall and sent the plane into the unrecoverable flat spin. Early F-14 engines were prone to this and it was known issue, that claimed too many lives among naval aviators.
Last but not least, Maverick was forced to fly as soon as possible and let go on his best friend. That's how combat works, there's no room for recovery. Topgun instructors were Vietnam war veterans and they had a saying: You can't dwell on a lost friend past the first beer.
Even though multiple Air Force officers praise the sequel for realism and dunk on the original for not recognizing the punishable by death crimes Maverick commits and gets away with?
@@NathanJasper Yeah even though Iceman was supposed to be the antagonist of the movie he was 100% valid. Maverick was flying like an asshole and was putting himself, Goose and others at risk.
ZERO CGI
Most part is true by the self.. thwy are just put together in a practical manner.
@@krisfrederick5001 techincially the hud is CGI
Tom Cruise had a lot of big movies back in the day (and now). A Few Good Men with monster performances from Jack Nicholson and Cruise is a must watch and a great courtroom drama. Jerry Maguire and Cocktail are good ones that aren't action movies as well.
"and if you don't...gimmie a call I'll fly with ya". That line gets me every time 😢 great reaction as always 🥰
I wish he actually did.
@@tylermccoy5121 I do too - especially if I was Maverick and I found out that my RIO was gonna be Andy Dufresne...
The guy that played Iceman is Val Kilmer. He plays in Tombstone as Doc Holiday. Great movie
Best movie for a few good actors:
Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, Powers Boothe
My friend and I saw a screening of Top Gun (this one) where Val Kilmer attended, spoke and was selling some of his art. Neither of us knew at the time he had throat cancer. When he spoke, at first we thought he was f-ing with us.....until I looked it up. It's such a shame. Such a talented actor.
I think Kilmer's first film was 'Top Secret!', a parody of war/spy movies with similar humour to 'Airplane!'.
He's a great villain in the horror movie The Thaw.
i am partial to real genius
Michael Ironside is a fantastic actor that's been in tons of films/TV shows. He was in Total Recall, Starship Troopers (as the teacher/Colonel), a great mini series from the early 1980's called "V" (although his role was in the follow up mini series V: The Ginal Battle). He's very good at playing tough, hard characters, or bad guys. Lol.
Don't forget "Scanners." That's where I first saw him. Those images are burned into my head forever.
Don’t forget Scanners as Revok 💀
@@highlander31527 And extreme prejudice with Nick Nolte
One of my favorite roles is "The Patriarch" on Andromeda
@@highlander31527 don't tell me that. It already has Tudyk!!
Merlin was played by Tim Robbins (Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption). We don't get to see his face very well in Top Gun, but that's him. I think the only time we can see his face is when Maverick gets out of the jet and everyone is celebrating.
For another Tom Cruise movie, I recommend "Interview with the Vampire".
I second this recommendation. Interview with a Vampire is a great choice.
Hahaha you got me, “Hemlock? I thought it was water” 😂 hemlock is poison, he was wallowing in sorrow so she was making a joke. Love your reactions
Haha I'm not a cocktail person so I always assumed it was a type of drink.
I saw this movie at the cinema. Then owned it on video cassette. By the time I left high school I could recite the whole movie. Or so I thought because even though I have watched this over a hundred times I missed the hemlock reference until watching this reaction. For some reason I always thought she was saying a brand of whisky.
Hemlock is the poison the philosopher Socrates was given to drink when he was sentenced to death. There's also a right to die/euthanasia organization called the Hemlock Society.
@@russellward4624 There have been a few bars that had a drink called Hemlock. They were usually long island iced teas that would but your six down for a while. Might have been a few times where we went out and hit a bar so much, we forgot what happened ;) we just got lucky we never did anything real stupid.
Honestly, I think Maverick got everything he needed from Viper, who risked his own career and freedom (by illegally revealing classified information) just to give Maverick a sense of closure regarding his father, which helped him. He also gave excellent advice that Maverick respected and listened to. Charlie tried to help, but her "tough love" and reverse psychology did nothing for Maverick, in my opinion, and even felt cold and inappropriate in a time of grief. The real love story is between Maverick and Viper, who was fond of him from the start. Charlie would never risk her career for him like Viper did. And Viper even offered to fly with Maverick if no other RIO (the guy in back) was available. That line and Viper's delivery of it always chokes me up. Their relationship is far more moving and meaningful than Maverick's romance with Charlie.
Another classic from my childhood. This is why Dasha is the reigning, defending, reaction champion of RUclips.
Hope you’ve checked out Popcorn in Bed reactions too! To me, neck & neck.
@@jimhsfbay Agreed
Hey Dasha, if you've reacted to the movie "Alien", you might recognize the actor who played "Viper"
That's Tom Skeritt, who played Dallas in Alien
She has watched the first two Alien movies, and I bet she recognized him.
The two o's in Goose line always gets me. This is one of my favorite childhood movies regardless of the inaccuracies.
*I love how **#Dasha** bears her emotions for all to see*
Whatched this movie for the first time flying to Europe on my first duty assignment, so while as 🌽y as it is, it still holds a special place. Bonus, it probably inspired many young men and woman to become pilots.
This movie was made during the final years of the Cold War, and while the "bad guys" are never named, the red stars on the planes tell you that they are supposed to be "Russians"/USSR - who were the advisory of the Cold War. This film AND the new film intentionally avoid mentioning the names of the enemies, so that they didn't overly offend anyone and could give the movie a worldwide audience.
The actual planes (the black pointy planes with the red stars) are really US-made F-5 jets - low-cost "day fighters" that we mostly sold to other countries who couldn't afford more advanced aircraft. The real Top Gun used F-5s and A-4s to simulate the "enemy" because both planes were much smaller and more maneuverable, forcing the Top Gun pilots to vastly increase their dog-fighting skills if they were to have any hope of winning. In the movie, you actually see the A-4s (which are light bombers, not air-to-air fighters) being used for training - flown by Jester and Viper - but the F-5s are only seen as "Russians."
The planes used by the Americans is the F-14A Tomcat, which really did have problems with their engines flaming out and really could go into a flat spin in that situation, and Goose's accident was based on a real accident. Later models of the Tomcat got much better engines and never really had that problem, but those engines were just hitting the fleet when this movie was made. The Tomcat is flown by a pilot in the front seat, and there is a RIO (Radar Intercept Officer) in the back seat who operates the radar and assigns the missiles to targets. While it isn't shown in the movie at all, the main purpose of the Tomcat was to carry giant, very-long-range Phoenix missiles, and the plane could launch 6 of these at once and the radar could guide each of the 6 to a different target - which is why they needed a dedicated RIO to manage everything. Goose is a RIO and Maverick is a pilot - only the pilot has controls to fly the plane or fire the weapons - the RIO can only run the radar.
Just as they did in Mavrick.
If you're liking Tom Cruise, something that may get overlooked but very unique is Legend (1985). A gothic fantasy movie
You should see Risky Business. I also think Oblivion is underrated.
I'll second that. Legend was directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator - Dasha watched these). Aside Tom Cruise is Mia Sara (Ferris' girlfriend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Dasha also watched this) and Tim Curry in amazing makeup as Darkness. Dasha saw him in "The Hunt for Red October".
Agreed she would love legend
Yes, Legend. The cinematic version, not the directors.
Also, one of my favorites is The Last Samurai, one of his best performances, in my opinion.
Saw this when it came out in 1986. At the time I was serving in the military on special duty aboard a Navy aircraft carrier. The theater was packed with service personnel, Navy and Marine Corps. We cheered every time a Russian MiG was shot down.
"Sometimes something has to break to be built back even better"
Damn, Dasha, why are you chopping onions in here? Lol very well said
Imagine how my girlfriend felt watching the volleyball scene when we watched the film in 1986 at the cinema. She was about the same age as you are now.
I love how empathetic you are Dasha, even though I can't bear to watch you cry.
This came out when I was in high school, one girl in the group of friends I hung out with was totally in love with Tom Cruise; annoyingly, as in "NO, let's watch TOP GUN on VHS for the 29th time..."
It got annoying to the point that I finally edited the 'Hunt for Red October' carrier crash scene into the beginning of Top Gun- "THE END"
Jet wash is the air turbulence (or "wake" turbulence) that is created by an aircraft as it passes through the air and can cause another jet's engines to stall or "flame out" if it flies into that turbulence.
Great movie. A great 80s underrated Spy Comedy with the guy who plays Goose is Gotcha! which I highly recommend you see. Another great Val Kilmer movie is The Saint. Also you should try other Tom Cruise movies like Rainman , The Firm, A Few Good Man, Cocktail, Interview with a vampire, Vanilea Sky.
Dasha would love Jerry MacGuire since she's all about romance lol
Gotcha! is one of my favorite unknown movies, and Val Kilmer is great in so many roles: Real Genius, Willow, The Saint, Tombstone, and so many others.
Fun(?) story. Back when this was in theaters, one showing in downtown Murray, Utah hit the final battle just someone crashed through a photo studio and broke the gas main. The resulting gas explosion a few minutes later blew out all the windows in a 1/2 mile (800 meter) radius. The theater was well inside that circle and people thought the room shaking was a special effect.
No one was seriously injured, somehow.
Val Kilmer also starred in a fun film titled "Real Genius".
Check it out!
Not to mention Tombstone.
Or Top Secret, his best work
@@barreloffun10 You are correct sir. I was focusing mainly on '80s films.
I really enjoy how you get so into the movies, your comments and reactions are super. This is a very cool classic that has survived the test of time. Great job Dasha.
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 the men 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 great 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. Goose was 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.
IMVHO it's better than this one. HINT HINT.
13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seem like they were practicing. Most of all, it has a plot.
I've never seen a crash during recovery but I HAVE seen a crash from a cold cat launch. Fortunately they punched out and were recovered.
The air flight sequences in this film are awesome both quality-wise and filmmaking-wise
I was in the USAF.
The sunglasses the pilots were issued were not Ray Ban Aviators.
Ray Ban sold a ton of Aviators after this film was released.
The same with their Ray Ban Wayfarers after "Risky Business" hit the screens.
Hollywood clearly didn't know what the "hard deck" is meant to represent or they wouldn't have had Maverick go below it after Jester.
The hard deck is meant to simulate the ground for the purposes of the training mission. Once Jester went below it, he technically "crashed" and Maverick won right there. For Maverick to follow Jester below the hard deck meant they BOTH crashed and died.
I always hated that narrative sloppiness. Clearly the original writer knew better, but someone came behind him and changed it for purposes of the story without realizing they were ruining the story with that change. That's Hollywood...
@@BigTroyTHollywood in a nutshell, pretty much. Christ I hate that hive of vapidity, zealotry, and toxicity.
Dasha, you must see the sequel "Top Gun: Maverick" next. A serious must. The tension and feels are amped up times 20 than this one. One of the best sequels Hollywood has made in a long time.
I thought "Hot Shots" was the sequel.
Yes, it's one of the few sequels that easily holds up to the original. Kinda like Shrek 2, when you think about it.
Top Gun is amazing and the sequel is even better!
Yes!👍
Well... really ... its the music and the flying making this movie good . Not the acting or script.....
This movie was also one in a series of movies with simular concept.. I would say.. with out the music.. this would not be thenone remebered.
“Textbook doesn’t always work in real life “ Wisdom from Dasha!
Top Gun school came about during the Vietnam War. Our pilots were technicians, not warriors ... and this had to change. Tom Cruise can fly a jet plane himself. Still does. "Tom Cruise Terrifies James in 'Top Gun' Fighter Jet!" is from this year. Pilot training can be fatal, one of your young aviators crashed and died on his first solo flight ;-( The "wash" behind another plane, is the turbulence from the engine exhaust of the plane in front, you lose lift and control. To be a pilot takes talent, education and training. Military pilots more so.
Yeah, you were getting a bunch of requests for this the past couple months because they recently released the sequel after 36 years, and it was fantastic.
Another great film with Kelly McGinnis is "Witness", also staring Harrison Ford. VAl Kilmer has several must see films including Real Genius, Willow, The Saint, Tombstone, and Heat. Awesome reaction.
I was scanning the comments for Witness... I think Dasha would enjoy it a lot.
As an American I never understood why we perceive each other as enemies. You are a great RUclipsr
Seeing some of the aerial shots in this film in a theater with a full size screen was an intense experience.
*My father was stationed on the USS Ranger (CV-61) when they filmed the scene, in the Admiral's Quarters, where Cougar turned in his wings and the Captain told Mav & Goose they were going to Top Gun. My father was the only one with the key to that room, that day, so they wouldn't have been able to film that scene without him. He retired, CWO4, off the Ranger in 1987* 😁
*Also, they offered him to be an extra, but he declined. My sisters and I still haven't forgiven him. lol When we all went to the Seattle premier, he was pointing out all his friends. Actually, we forgave him a little, when we got to wear his "Top Gun" jacket, the pilots gave to him, for his retirement, to school.*
On a normal ejection procedure, the plane is moving forward which will clear the canopy from the plane. Then they eject. Pilot goes left, Rio goes right. All good. In a flat spin, there wasn’t time for the canopy to clear the milliseconds before the rockets in the seat fires and they exit the plane causing the potentiometer for a dateline head injury. There where procedures developed in this scenerio. Jettison the canopy, which Maverick says, then eject.
I think the word you were looking for was "mature". Great reaction, this movie got to you on all the channels. Action, romance, family bonds, personal growth, man vs. man rivalry and man vs. himself. While Maverick's behavior would not be tolerated in the real world, when you allow it in the context of the story it works very well, and of course Cruise acted and presented himself perfectly for the part. The cinematography is outstanding and they used the best pilots to film the aerial sequences. So glad you enjoyed it and had it on your channel.
Hi Dasha. I've never been much of a 'high-five' person...ever...but after this movie was released, I noticed everybody started high-fiving everywhere you looked. Forty years later and it hasn't stopped...and I still haven't felt the need...to high-five. That's my little comment for this movie...I couldn't stay quiet.
I like watching these movies through your eyes, you've made me chuckle with your innocent and organic reactions. You're English is better than many who already know how to speak...the words will come, you're doing amazing. Many would have trouble doing what you're doing, if it were Russian they had to learn.
I agree with others...'Legend' was Tom Cruise's best movie, in my humble opinion (and very much like Avatar/Princess Bride with storybook worlds.)
Have a great life!
If you thought the flying scenes were good in this. You have to watch the new one Top Gun: Maverick The flying in that is absolutely spectacular. It's one of the few sequels that at least equal if not surpasses the original.
10:20 It is dangerous, they are going at a speed up to 2.35 times the speed of sound a long way up in the air. That's why this is only for the best pilots.
12:45 It's a very close bond, they are literally putting their lives in each other's hands every time they fly, so they must have absolute trust in each other. If you think your pilot has a problem you have to confront them about it.
21:51 Air turbulence created by another aircraft. In normal formations they may be close, but the shape avoids the planes getting caught in each other's jetwash.
This movie is so good. If you want to see more Tom Crusie movies you should watch The Outsiders the director's cut (he play's a character name Steve),All the right moves (he younger in this movie),and Cocktail (1988)
Dasha,
Even in training, freak accidents can still happen. When pilots eject they experience 10+ Gs of velocity. When Goose’s head hit the canopy, he suffered head trauma and his neck snapped; he died instantly. His death is one, I admit, I still can’t get over. Many a grown adult has broken down hard at that one moment.
After Goose’s death, Maverick wasn’t cautious…he started second guessing everything in the air. Definitely chalked up to survivor’s guilt. The “talk to me Goose” moment was when he snapped back as you saw.
Yup more pilots today are killed today in accidents involving training or ramp strikes than by actual enemy fire.
@@CDRhammond TY for your service, sir. 🫡
A Few Good Men, Rain Man, Last Samurai, & War of the Worlds are also really good. Actually there are a lot of great Tom Cruise movies.
Born on the 4th of July ,Interview with the Vampire, Risky Business.....
This my dad's favorite movie!
This was also the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS when I was 5-6 years old.
It made $360 million dollars ($800 million dollars today) against a $15 million dollar budget.
It took home the Oscar for Best Original Song, Take My Breath Away.
True story: I went to see the sequel last Friday all the while asking myself Q: "How much Teller is in this movie, anyway?" A: "Miles"
The first Top Gun reaction I've seen where someone points out that Maverick throwing Goose's dog tags into the ocean is Maverick letting Goose go.
Dasha you made us smile when you said, "I feel like I want to be there, singing that song". I know that bar/restaurant with piano. Come visit Southern California and I'll take you there.
This one is a childhood favorite. Yes, real school. The movie actually resulted in an increased amount of fighter pilot recruitment as it inspired a good generation or three of fighter pilots lol. So much so, that I hear you will get fined if you reference the movie during training.
In fact I believe the Navy would actually have recruiting booths at movie theaters when this debuted.
Another great Eighties flying movie -- FIREFOX (1982) with Clint Eastwood (who also directed) sneaking into the USSR to steal a new MiG fighter plane. He even studied Russian so he could speak it in the film.
"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash."
The initial acquisition cost of an F-14 is quoted by the US Navy at around $38 million. However, the primary disadvantage of the aircraft is not its purchase cost but maintenance expenses.
The salaries of Navy Fighter Pilots in the US range from $60,770 to $187,200 , with a median salary of $117,290 . The middle 60% of Navy Fighter Pilots makes $117,290, with the top 80% making $187,200.
Jet wash - When something moves through the air, it makes a disturbance, like something moving through water. The air coming out of the back of the engines is like a fire hose of very turbulent air. The choppy air made "missed" the intake for the engine and choked it out, causing the engine to stall.
Hemlock (the drink she asked if he was drinking) is poison.
This is outside of the movie, but it made me think of hard to believe real life flying by military aviators. A great example was in March, 1967. Earl Aman and Bob Houghton's F4 Phantom jet was hit by antiaircraft fire and leaking fuel so badly that it couldn't make it back to friendly territory. This was a terrifying prospect because the chances of a successful search and rescue in the heart of a enemy nation were not good, and downed aviators were being killed by angry mobs or were being captured and tortured. Bob Pardo and Steve Wayne's F4 was almost as badly damaged, but they didn't want to abandon Aman and Houghton. They had Aman lower his plane's tailhook, with the tailhook pressed against their plane's windscreen (later against the metal at the base of the windscreen when the glass started to spiderweb), Pardo and Wayne pushed Aman and Houghton's plane 80 miles until they crossed the border where they ejected and were picked up by rescue helicopters.
Ward Carroll has a channel, if you want to hear interesting stories about the F-14 Tomcat. He was a Rio and Top Gun instructor.
C.W. Lemoine is another pilot with a channel. He flew the F-18 Hornet (replaced the F-14), then flew F-16 Fighting Falcons, and finally the F-5 as part of an aggressor training squadron (this was the adversary jet in the first sequence with Cougar).
Great guys, knowledgeable, and entertaining. Hornet Vids is a channel where you can see, via GoPro, F-18 startup, taxi, catapult launch and landing (recovery) on a carrier from the pilot’s perspective.
I can't wait for her reaction for Top Gun 2
Michael Ironside was in 'Total Recall' and 'Starship Troopers'
Just to let you know, this is not how the Us Navy operates. It’s a nice story filled with a lot of flash and glamour,but if any pilot in the Navy did any of the shit these guys did their careers as a aviator would be over.
And they would be brought charges for insubordination and dereliction of duty.
I'm so glad that you give us this movie reaction!😍 Hacksaw Ridge is good movie too but.. Your reaction was awesome! Older movies like pre 2000 are just so much better at every way than nowadays movies. I hope that you watch more older movies , cheers!♥️ Armageddon reaction would be great!!
The second movie was amazing. You'll weep with joy.
“The Final Countdown” deals with time travel and Pearl Harbor
Not an example of great cinema, but I love The Final Countdown. It just works for me.
Just watch Iron Eagle to see how difficult it is to make a great movie about fighter planes.
So the jet wash is the superheated stream of air that comes out the back of the engines. The front of the engines are sucking cold air in, so when Mav sucks in Ice's hot air, the engines failed.
I always say this when I walk past a stinky person "oh no, I've flown right through his jet wash !"
Hardly anyone recognises Tim Robbins (Shawshank) who is Merlin, Mav's rear in the final fight.
I LOVE this movie so much, saw it the 1st time around when I was a kid, I fell in love with planes, I still love them
Great reaction, Dasha! Now do Top Gun 2 (2022)...it's even better than this film!
I enjoy watching these movies with you. I have seen this move many many times since I was a kid, and I love your first time reactions. Makes me feel like I am watching it again for the first time.
"What Is Jet Wash?"
To answer your question, Dasha:
Jet Wash is the exhaust coming out of the jet engines
Considering that the exhaust comes out of the engines at such a high velocity, it can make a planes flight characteristics unstable
Glad you watched this Dasha. Great reaction. Awesome movie. You have to see Top Gun : Maverick. I saw it in the theaters last week and it is absolutely amazing.
Whenever they introduced a side character's family in the 1980's movies, you just knew that side character was going to die lol. They made fun of this in "Hot Shots" and "Austin Powers".
30:36 From what I know, combat pilots / naval aviators say they are "shooting" their weapons. They never say "firing" or "fire" unless there is an honest-to-goodness fire in their aircraft.
Great reaction!
@Dasha Reacts You may like 'An Officer and a Gentleman', about recruits going through training to be navy pilots. Won multiple awards, including best screenplay Oscar.
TOPGUN was an actual curriculum for the US Navy, instituted during the Vietnam conflict. It was effectively disestablished in the mid 2010s when the F-14 Tomcat (the REAL star of the movie) was retired. A version of it exists today, but focuses less on air to air combat and is geared towards strike fighters like the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-35.
Michael Ironside played Richter in Total Recall, that's probably where you recognize him from. I'm surprised you didn't comment on Enterprise's commander being played by the same guy who played Marty's principal in Back to the Future (unless it's in the full one on Patreon).
One of the film's biggest inaccuracies is how "cool" the callsigns were. You wouldn't see a "Maverick" or "Iceman." Callsigns are chosen by the other pilots, and are usually going to be insulting or embarrassing in some way, usually based on something you did or about your personality (Flight of the Intruder has a great example of this: A rookie pilot is dubbed "Razor" by the other pilots not because he's a badass, but because he looked like he was too young to shave!). Occasionally you'll see one that has actual meaning behind it. For example, Ewan McGreggor's brother is a pilot in the RAF, who received the callsign "Obi Two."
The opening scene, showing the fighters taking off and landing were actually filmed aboard USS Enterprise. The "MiG-28s" (of which there's no such thing; MiG fighters always have odd-numbered designations, IE the real-life MiG-29) are actually played BY the American-built F-5 Tiger light fighters referenced in the movie. The F-5 was designed as a cheap fighter for export to American allies without giving them their highest technology. One mistake made by the film is that while the A-4 Skyhawk IS more maneuverable than the F-14, it's a subsonic-only aircraft. The Tomcat was CONSIDERABLY faster.
Maverick would have been grounded MULTIPLE times throughout this film had they actually enforced military law and rules.
Goose's wife is played by 80s/90s romcom queen Meg Ryan. In fact this was one of her FIRST film roles.
Maverick's crash resulted from a very real problem with the F-14 at the time the film was made. The engines were notoriously unreliable, and disruption of airflow could cause a compressor stall which would kill thrust from the affected engine. Because the engines were spaced so far apart, this put a considerable amount of torque on the airframe, causing it to yaw (rotate around its vertical axis) towards the side of the down engine, resulting in the flat spin (where the aircraft spins out of control around that vertical axis) as shown in the movie. The incident of Goose striking the canopy and being killed has also happened in military aircraft (in fact, the entire accident in the film is based on a incident experienced by an F-14 crew). As another aside: They actually put the camera plane used to get the aerial shots (not an F-14, but single-engine propeller aircraft) in a flat spin for the film to get the visual. Unfortunately, the pilot ran into a problem and was killed when the plane crashed during the stunt.
Moments guaranteed to make the manliest of men cry: The sacrifice of the T-800 at the end of Terminator II. The deaths of Boromir and Theoden, the Charge of the Rohirrim, and Frodo's departure in Lord of the Rings. And Goose's death in Top Gun.
The final battle was based on the real-life Gulf of Sidra incidents, in which F-14s engaged and shot down Libyan fighters. The first incident, in 1981, saw US F-14s fired on by Libyan Su-22s, with two Libyan fighters shot down (no F-14s lost). During the second incident in 1989, F-14s downed a pair of Libyan MiG-23s (again, no F-14s lost). The actual depiction of the battle is...less than accurate. For one, it's at MUCH closer range than this sort of fight would actually occur at. Maverick and Iceman are also not using the "Fox" codes (as was correctly shown in Independence Day) when launching their missiles, while the backseat guys (RIOs) are only being used as an extra pair of eyes, rather than actually controlling the radar. There's no use of flares or chaff to distract incoming missiles, and Iceman's plane would have been crippled if not downed outright by cannon hits it took. And a "bogey" only represents an unidentified (but generally presumed hostile) aircraft. Once it becomes confirmed as hostile it's instead called a "bandit." But it does make good cinema.
I'd add Darth Vader's death scene to the list of moments that will make even the manliest of men cry.
The bogey phrasing also led to one of the best jokes in Hot Shots!, though I don't think Dasha would get it because she has no cultural frame of reference for Humphrey Bogart.
I think Tom Cruse should have gotten an academy award for his part in Rain Man (1988), watch that one some time.
This one just popped up in my head as a request: "Pearl Habor" (2001) ... I think you will love that one. :)
Goose dying the first time you see the movie is a gut punch.
Your reactions are very powerful Dasha, and it shows how much of a heart you have.
An earlier Tom Cruise movie to check out is "TAPS". He's a military academy student.
Your so lucky! I've waited 15 years for a part 2 ever since I seen Top Gun! and Top Gun Maverick just released for you to watch!
One of the best movies ever. YES, there are more than 1, but this one is in that group of GREAT movies. (IMO) Great Reactions.
32:37 You would _really_ think, at _some_ point, this guy would learn not to take a sip of his coffee while combat aircraft are on _approach._ 🤷
I don't think Iceman was being very safe when he cut Maverick off, obstructed Maverick when Maverick had the shot, failed to take the shot himself, and then carelessly blasted his jet wash down Maverick's intake, which led directly to the accident that killed Goose. It was an accident, but it was also pure selfishness on Iceman's part. Iceman didn't show himself to be a team player, but rather a bully. But sure, Maverick is the "dangerous" one, of course. This movie might be a little too true to life.
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is a great sequel to this classic. You definitely should do a reaction on it. Also, if you have a chance, you should do a reaction to Hot Shots! (1991). It’s a parody of Top Gun, but it’s so hilarious. You’ll have fun and a lot of laughs with that movie. Take care Dasha. Keep laughing and smiling.
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When Maverick was talking about his choice of duty, he should have said "Top Gun 2"--such a missed opportunity! 😉
In the past, with less avionics, many fighters required two flyers ... one pilot officer, one weapons officer. Today computers are much better, often only a single flyer is necessary per plane. In the US Navy, these are aviators, not pilots ;-) The crew chief on the runway, owns the plane ... the pilot isn't the boss. I once worked with a former Marine aviator, he was former because he violated the rule of not flying thru a thunderstorm (if avoidable). He damaged his plane and could have died (hailstones in thunderstorm). That was the last time he flew!
Now you have to see the sequel and react to it and let us know which one you liked better👍
Top Gun is one of the best films of all time, based on actual training and scenarios. Your reaction, questions and comments were great, Dasha. I remember feeling those same exact emotions when I first saw this movie. It is still intense. Although maybe not as good in terms of being as realistic as Top Gun, I think you may also enjoy the classic hit movie "Iron Eagle". Dasha you should watch it as you will definitely like the story line of the movie as well as some good action scenes.
Flight controls on an aircraft are pitch (up and down), roll (tilt left and right), and yaw (turn left and right, also used to taxi the aircraft on the ground), throttle (fast or slow). You asked about "turning" so many times that a pilot gets sick 11:00 That's rolling, and that wouldn't exactly make a pilot sick, but excessive, out of control yaw rate might. What's the real danger is G-LOC (Gravity-induced Loss Of Consciousness), especially at higher Gs. The stronger the gravity pull in a positive G turn, the less time it takes to induce G-LOC and kill you.
21:48 Jet wash is the other plane's exhaust trail. No oxygen, so the plane that flies through it loses its capacity to burn fuel, resulting in what we call a flame-out. In a twin-engine craft like the F-14 Tomcat, if one engine goes out and the other continues to burn, the plane goes into a flat spin and stalls, losing lift and falling from the sky. Naturally in such a case you want to be able to restart your engine, but if you can't, then you have to eject.
This movie is one of the reasons I became a USN aviator. I did not get my chance with the Tomcat but I did fly the hornet which is the fighter featured in TOPGUN : Mavrick.
Un verdadero clásico de acción de la grandiosa década de los 80... saludos desde Sudamérica-chile 👍🇨🇱
Michael Ironside the other instructor is the main teacher from STARSHIP TROOPERS. And the guy on the ship with the quote about checks was the principal in BACK TO THE FUTURE movies
It is always so very enjoyable watching along to your reactions 👍♥️
A lot of people, including myself, love the latest "Top Gun" even more than the original.
2:05 Yep, those are the missiles. As usual nothing gets by you Dasha. 🤓
20:42 That lady you said was amazing was Meg Ryan, who a few years after this became a major star for her roles in romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless In Seattle. Eventually she got to play a military character herself in Courage Under Fire, which is well worth a reaction.
Goose was played by Anthony Edwards, who is most well known for playing Doctor Mark Greene on the long running American TV show ER (short for emergency room). Though there are way too many episodes for you to do reactions to it (it ran for like 15 years, for several hundred episodes), I definitely recommend you check it out on your own time if you can find it somewhere. Great Emmy winning show that delivers on adrenaline.
28:55 I can't believe you timed your "Oh shit" to coincide with the same line being spoken by an actor in the movie. 😂
Cougar should have landed when Andy Fufresne told him to
The parody of this is "Hot Shots" definitely worth a watch
4:04 "Oy oy oy!" There it is, too cute!