You cannot pick your own call-sign or nickname in the military. Your fellow pilots, sailors, or soldiers will give you one.
@Belzediel
5 ай бұрын
Dawn Marie, callsign 'Gigglebox', she is a civilian, you do NOT salute her.
@bigsteve6200
5 ай бұрын
Giggles is about right !. Semper Fi
@DavidSaum-is6xm
5 ай бұрын
They christend me PRIVATE PARTS
@PaulGuy
5 ай бұрын
Usually involving something embarrassing. As is tradition.
@billtisch3698
5 ай бұрын
Best one I heard was SLAG given to a new pilot after his first launch off a carrier. It sounds kind of badass except that they named him that from his reaction to the launch: It stands for "Screams Like A Girl." LOL!
@dustinjones8887
5 ай бұрын
Not just a "man" movie. The reason this was such a blockbuster movie at the time, and now, is bc men and women both loved it. In 1986 when it was in theaters, it remained in theaters a long time bc women loved going back to see it again and again, esp when it hit the dollar theaters.
@GD-tt6hl
5 ай бұрын
Highest grossing movie of 1986!
@o0pinkdino0o
5 ай бұрын
It's also a gay movie. There are a lot of shower scenes, homo erotic scenes with Ice and Mav staring deeply into each other's eyes and that volley ball scene. "This gives me a hard-*n"... "Don't tease me."
@JimHoltslander
5 ай бұрын
Lots of 80s action movies were loved by both. What a great time it was!
@RoGueNavy
5 ай бұрын
My folks and I saw this in the theater. Ostensibly, it was for my Dad's birthday. In reality, I think it was for me, since I was absolutely obsessed with military jets. I was on the edge of my seat, for most of the movie. The next day, Dad woke me up before dawn, and took me to Naval Air Station Oceana, in Virginia Beach. That's the Master Jet Base for the East Coast, and Dad was stationed there. On his way to work, he dropped me off on the back porch of the Air Operations building, at the flight line. He gave me a pocketful of change, and a disposable camera. I spent the day watching F-14's, A-4's, F-18's and A-6's flying, up close and personal. I even met a few pilots, and scored a few squadron patches. One of the very best memories of my entire life!
@zurnie
5 ай бұрын
A6s? back in the good old days. My dad was retired Army, surface to Air missiles. When he needed his medical work done in his civilian life we drove 3 hours to an Air Base as it was closest. I went with one time and sat outside medical reading a book watching B52s cycle through touch and goes. Suddenly I heard an engine that sounded way different from the usual Buff's Pratt Whitney's. I got my first sighting of an A10. They were up practicing for an air show that was later that week. I saw me first ever cobra move. Ever since the A10 has been my favorite plane. This was just before the Warthogs entered service.
@Deathbird_Mitch
5 ай бұрын
I currently live across the river from The Blue Angels home base. Luckily I grew up in the flight-path for JFK Airport so planes don't disturb me.
@JaRyCu
5 ай бұрын
Dude, that had to be the BEST birthday ever. Absolutely amazing memory, and thank you for sharing it with us.
@craiglaw6979
5 ай бұрын
Nobody tell her what a stealth fighter costs, she might faint.
@darthsaren6519
5 ай бұрын
nobody tell her how much an air=air missile costs and the fact you just shoot it and you might even miss. Its like pissing millions of dollars :)
@theylied1776
5 ай бұрын
No, Goose is a backseater. He's the radar, radio, and weapons officer. A wingman is a second fighter jet that stays behind or alongside of you on a mission. A Wegmans only job is to shoot down any fighter jets that approaches.
@CxOrillion
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. The technical term is RIO (pronounce "Ree-Oh") or Radar Intercept Officer. Basically Goose's job was to run the radar and act as a second set of eyes to watch for threats. In the initial briefing at Top Gun, you can hear Viper talking about how the best pilot and RIO from each class have their name on a plaque at the back of the room.
@timmooney7528
5 ай бұрын
@@CxOrillion correct. They were called RIOs back then, but in the the Super Hornets they call the back-seaters WSO's or weapons systems operators.
@BDogg2023
5 ай бұрын
@@CxOrillionFor years I thought they were saying “Rears.”
@tru3sk1ll
5 ай бұрын
I always thought they were "REELS"
@jonandkristen
5 ай бұрын
@@CxOrilliongreat explanation. An additional task the RIO could perform is to lock and fire both the AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. The pilot had the ability to fire the AIM 7 and AIM 54 as well, and only the pilot could launch the AIM 9 Sparrow, use the M-61 Vulcan 20 mm canon, or drop bombs.
@nittyblahblah8939
5 ай бұрын
13:25 Dawn Marie: "30 million, where do they get the money for that?" American Taxpayer: "Hi."
@TheDiplomat27
5 ай бұрын
Dawn Marie, the US spends hundreds of billions of dollars on our military each year. Yes, our fighter jets cost tens of millions of dollars apiece. And that is also not counting the millions of dollars that each missile costs. The US spends A LOT of money on the military.
@jkbowers56
5 ай бұрын
$30 million ... cheap. Today's F-35s have a $82.5 million price tag.
@michaelceraso1977
5 ай бұрын
haha Dawn has the best quotes in some films, Im 16 min in and cant wait to see her face when that scne with goose happens. YOU must see the huge follow up film that Cruise got into theaters after the SHAMDEMIC and the real look at flying one of those fighter jets, as the actors were in them with real pilots in a lot of the action scenes
@Demigord
5 ай бұрын
$30 in 1985 is $88 with inflation@@jkbowers56
@jusan7585
5 ай бұрын
Western civilization: “thanks” U.S: “your welcome”
@silvervibranium2832
5 ай бұрын
I just wanted to give a little appreciation to a man who gave his life for this movie. Art Scholl was one of the best stunt pilots and filmed many films. He was involved with Top Gun. For one of the scenes his plane went into a spin to create footage for the F14 flatspin. His last words were "I have a real problem." His plane crashed into the sea and pilot and plane were never recovered. I've been a fan of his before Top Gun. RIP.
@bobbyclarkston8836
5 ай бұрын
That’s thirty million dollars in 1986 money. Today that would be eighty-five million.
@bobmcfadden1111
5 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise had a few films already under his belt, but Top Gun really made him a superstar. Some of his early work includes Taps, All the Right Moves and Risky Business. All are worth a watch.
@SilentBob731
5 ай бұрын
Plus The Outsiders, which launched several careers including Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez.
@billstephens396
5 ай бұрын
I had to pantomime a movie for family... I got... Wait for it... - slides in to 'Old Time Rock and Roll' - Yep... Did the whole thing... I guess I won that night, huh? kzitem.info/news/bejne/qGiLvKevj359lno
@PinnaclePete
5 ай бұрын
"Risky Business" made Tom a star. "Top Gun" made him a SUPERSTAR!
@bodan1196
5 ай бұрын
As is Legend. Cruise's first lead, I think. Admittedly not everybody's cup of tea, though.
@jduncanandroid
5 ай бұрын
You really left out Legend? With Tim Curry playing the best demonic character ever? :P
@RetiredSailor60
5 ай бұрын
Russian Aircraft Corporation "MiG", commonly known as Mikoyan and MiG, is a Russian aerospace and defence company headquartered in Begovoy District
@SarahMaeBea
5 ай бұрын
thank you! I was hoping someone would answer in a comment. :)
@timmooney7528
5 ай бұрын
Mikoyan-Gurevich.
@skaterdave03
5 ай бұрын
You forgot the G, Gurevich
@neutchain7838
5 ай бұрын
And Northrop was an American aircraft manufacturer until they merged with Grumman in the 90s forming the company called Northrop-Gruumman nowadays. :)
@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
5 ай бұрын
Mikoyan & Gurevich the leading designers of Soviet fighter aircraft. Their work bearing the acronym MiG= Mikoyan & Gurevich. (The i in MiG is the Russian word meaning, and.)
@eddawg79
5 ай бұрын
Top Gun Maverick is amazing and I think you'd absolutely love it.
@mortimerbrewster3671
5 ай бұрын
I loved Top Gun and expected Maverick to be great. I didn't expect it to surpass Top Gun so spectacularly.
@herrzimm
5 ай бұрын
After all these years, the F-14 is still a GORGEOUS plane, both in the "swept wing figuration" for speed and "split wing figuration" (wide open) for agility.
@Rob-eo5ql
5 ай бұрын
Love the F-14. My favorite!
@igotheretoo1450
5 ай бұрын
That would be wing CONfiguration
@quantumskywalker6888
5 ай бұрын
It can be due to nostalgia, but for me it's jetfighter perfection.
@stevencass8849
5 ай бұрын
It really is. Sure, it’s been surpassed technologically, but it really is a gorgeous fighter.
@Tr0nzoid
5 ай бұрын
I got to see them back then but I never got to see one fly in person.
@defunctus408
5 ай бұрын
The pilot helmets are equipped with sun visors but they are not dropped down for the movie purpose.
@williamjones6031
5 ай бұрын
1. An old shipmate of mine was onboard 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 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. (Besides Navy recruitment).
@johnmguzman7491
5 ай бұрын
So much info🧡👏
@corpusD
5 ай бұрын
Flight of the Intruder is a good movie, but better book.
@williamjones6031
5 ай бұрын
Agree. I've read all the Coons books.@@corpusD
@Anon54387
5 ай бұрын
Witness is a great movie, really underrated IMO. That director, Peter Weir, really likes doing those fish out of water movies (like Dr Maturin in Master and Commander, another Wier movie, being the odd man out among all those Navy guys, the O'Brien books are definitely worth a read) except that this time it's the big city guy being the fish out of water among the Amish, a bit of a table turn. There is something timeless about some scenes in his movie, one could be watching it at any time over any number of centuries, like the scene where the cats are fighting in the barnyard and Ford's character is sitting there watching that wind driven rocking pump on the well or in Master and Commander with the long shot of all those sailors climbing up and down that rigging at change of watch. I get, between Top Gun and A Few Good Men, the idea that Tom Cruise has some emotional attachment to the navy in an outsider looking in sort of fascination with it all. Meg Ryan and her musician boyfriend Mellencamp are a pair of leftist crapweasels.
@Anon54387
5 ай бұрын
If she likes seeing things under the sea, she should watch Das Boot.
@defunctus408
5 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise's original teeth starred in the 1983 crime drama "The Outsiders" along with a stacked cast.
@michaelallen3894
5 ай бұрын
Definitely check out Maverick
@robertsmith4681
5 ай бұрын
Goose is a RIO or Radar Intercept Operator, he sits in the back and operates the F14 Tomcat's radar and radios and long range weapons and whatnot. Basically Goose's job is to figure out where the bad guys are in the sky and then tell Maverick who is "doing the pilot sh*t" what direction, altitude and whatnot is best in order to intercept those "unknown" called "bogies" and unalive them if they indeed turn out to be bad guys. When it comes to his death it represents a real "problem" with the F14 in the sense that sometimes the canopy would not be far enough away from the aircraft by the time the seats got yeeted out of the aircraft and crewmen ended up slamming into it on their way out, killing them. The "flat spin" is also something that the F14 was prone to when an engine malfunctioned, engines on those were so far apart that when you lost one the plane would be thrown into a spin.
@Cauldronb0rn
5 ай бұрын
The RIO is also in charge of countermeasures and ecm. That problem with the ejection seats was discovered and fixed rather quickly. The RWR sounds are also not accurate in this movie, nor are the HUD that shows a targeting reticle. The movie also shows the RIOs grabbing a bar in front of them to help them turn in their seat to look around. While this is accurate the bar is actually much closer to the back of the pilots seat and also has controls for launching countermeasures on either side of it. If they tried to show it as it is in real life the camera would have to be where the pilots seat is.
@jeremysmith54565
5 ай бұрын
Yeah in which case if they're enemy then they're called bandits.
@evancortez2
5 ай бұрын
Goose's real name is Nick Bradshaw, Maverick is Pete Mitchell, Iceman is Tom Kazansky, Viper is Mike Metcalf, Jester is Rick Heatherly
@stevenprice8253
5 ай бұрын
The character 'Psycho' is featured in the movie "Stripes," not "Top Gun." "Lighten up, Francis."
@RetiredSailor60
5 ай бұрын
Val Kilmer in Real Genius and Top Secret
@Lonejustice1
5 ай бұрын
The Saint.
@SaHayes-it2uw
5 ай бұрын
You are Genx like me I’m guessing 😊
@BillTheScribe
5 ай бұрын
Top Secret is 100% a Dawn Movie.
@russellbastion4315
5 ай бұрын
Great soundtrack@@Lonejustice1
@bobschenkel7921
5 ай бұрын
The Doors.
@floorticket
5 ай бұрын
This is the earliest movie I can remember where my friends were saying things like: "Don't wait to rent it, you gotta see it on the big screen."
@theendistheend123
5 ай бұрын
My brother and I waited 2 YEARS for this to come out on video. SUCKED!
@poisonedpawn7813
5 ай бұрын
"I love goose, hes the best !!" ... uhhh about that.
@louismarzullo1190
5 ай бұрын
R.I.P., Goose
@snowlover3675
5 ай бұрын
Spoiler alert! Geez man! Next you’re going to tell me Darth Vader is Lukes Dad!!
@wyldhowl2821
5 ай бұрын
It is never a good idea to be nicknamed "Goose" in an action movie, and especially not if you're the protagonists best friend. Precedent was set by Mad Max.
@notmyrealname1730
5 ай бұрын
The $30M cost of the F14 was in 1986. The US Navy now flies the F35C which costs about $110 million.
@creech54
5 ай бұрын
You may have recognized the bald officer as the Principal/Sheriff from the "Back to the Future" movies. The one with the mustache is Tom Skerritt from "Alien".
@lalou4617
5 ай бұрын
You saw him Val Kilmer Tombstone. He was Doc Holiday. " I'm your Huckleberry! "
@APigsEye
5 ай бұрын
Goose's wife is the actress, Meg Ryan, who went on to mega romcom hits starring in films opposite Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal and Hugh Jackman. She is still active in film today, however, more as a director and writer than actress.
@wilshade
5 ай бұрын
TAPS was Cruise's first movie. He and Sean Penn were supporting characters. Timothy Bottoms and George C Scott started in it.
@itss_nattyj
5 ай бұрын
It wasn’t The Outsiders?
@BouillaBased
5 ай бұрын
Tim Hutton, not Bottoms.
@wilshade
5 ай бұрын
@@BouillaBased Thank you! Brain fart on my end.
@Tallenn
5 ай бұрын
According to imdb, Taps was 1981, The Outsiders 1983. Both GREAT movies.
@matthewcostello3530
5 ай бұрын
Goose is the navigator... the Radar Intercept Officer wingman is a pilot whose aircraft is positioned behind and outside the leading aircraft in a formation.
@jeremysmith54565
5 ай бұрын
Oh of course yeah RIO for some reason thought it meant Intelligence Officer, makes sense I suppose lol.
@deweyoxburger295
5 ай бұрын
Navy recruiters were outside the theater to sign everyone up.
@toddjones1480
5 ай бұрын
Weird that anyone would be eager to sign up after watching Goose die by random equipment failure. This movie was part of a series of things that made me not want anything to do with the military. The first was people reacting like they just stepped in dog shit when they heard my dad was enlisted Navy. The second was seeing my parents and friends’ parents basically not have real relationships because dad spent so much time away.
@BouillaBased
5 ай бұрын
I’m sure a lot of them ended up painting bulkheads, wondering where their lives had gone so wrong.
@jessecortez9449
5 ай бұрын
It's a return on investment. Almost every Hollywood movie that features the military has direct oversight from the military. So much so that they usually have a hand in funding the movie. They want the military, government and the U.S. in general cast in a glorious light. Seed the public consciousness with this and they end up getting people's support and even them signing their life over.
@rogeriopenna9014
5 ай бұрын
30 million in the mid 80s is about 85 million dollars today. But the cost of an F22 is actually 350 million per airplane
@michaelhandy9758
5 ай бұрын
I love that Iceman is closest to the classic ‘antagonist’, and he’s both 100% right and as skilled if not better than the hero.
@stevesmith4600
5 ай бұрын
I thought that the Russian MIGs were the antagonists 😕
@michaelhandy9758
5 ай бұрын
@@stevesmith4600I said classic antagonist, like someone who is a co-lead of the film who has an actual speaking part and conflict with the protagonist. The MiGs were enemies but not really a counterpart to the protagonist.
@silvervibranium2832
5 ай бұрын
@@michaelhandy9758 Iceman was the "antagonist". MIGs were just the targets. lol
@michaelhandy9758
5 ай бұрын
@@silvervibranium2832 yep, four of them had to die because their idiot leaders thought it'd be a good idea to fire on American aircraft with a whole ass carrier group a short flight away.
@mgordon1100
5 ай бұрын
@stevesmith4600 The movie isn't about the Cold War with the Soviets. It's something like Rocky, which is more about the character development and personal relationships rather than boxing. The inclusion of Russians is merely an external force playing a small part in Maverick's growth.
@abrahamdiaz3648
5 ай бұрын
Now you must watch: "Top Gun: Maverick" one of the best sequels ever!!
@merkury06
5 ай бұрын
"Top Gun Maverick" got me and many others back in the theater after COVID.
@rubensalvador9422
5 ай бұрын
Yes Dawn see Top Gun Maverick. But I would suggest to watch Hot Shots! next. ;)
@citpeks2000
5 ай бұрын
The coin rolling trick is called The Steeplechase Flourish
@jeremysmith54565
5 ай бұрын
Now you've seen both this and Airplane, you absolutely must see Hot Shots, you'll love it!!! The man like commanding the control tower in Airplane, is the Admiral in Hot Shots haa! He's frigging hilarious!!! (In part Deux he's been elected POTUS as well haha).
@evatesche
5 ай бұрын
YES! Hot Shots is hilarious.
@jeremysmith54565
5 ай бұрын
@@evatescheThe ref to the drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket, when he's giving that huge bolloking kinda haha 🤣🤣 When the non-spoof one played by Gunny who's shouting orders lol (R Lee Emery I think his name was, he died a bit ago though)
@andreasbenning
5 ай бұрын
i second this!!! Give us Hot Shots!!! Then some Rambo movies and Hot Shots part deux! :)
@RetiredSailor60
5 ай бұрын
I was in my 4th year in the Navy when this movie came out. It was a great recruiting movie. Goose is a RIO, Radar Intercept Officer. He sits in the back
@CoastalNomad
5 ай бұрын
Cougar is the Pilot, Merlin is the RIO.......
@RetiredSailor60
5 ай бұрын
@@CoastalNomad Thanks for the correction. I meant to say Goose is the RIO
@CoastalNomad
5 ай бұрын
@@RetiredSailor60 We all have Goofs from time to time...... I mixed up some actor brothers in a reation last week...... LoL
@topherbec7578
5 ай бұрын
A high-school friend of mine wanted to be a fighter pilot so bad after seeing this movie. He had the grades and even a pilot license but couldn't pass the eye exam. He was devastated. I think he's a plant manager for a mattress company in Oklahoma now.
@anthonyguadagnino2681
5 ай бұрын
Saw this about 100 times when it first came out in ‘86. My sister worked at the movie theater.
@MGower4465
5 ай бұрын
MIG is Mikoyan Guerrovich (probably misspellled that), the company in the Soviet Union that, along with rival Sukhoi, built essentially all the fighters deployed by the Soviets. Here its used as a generic term since they don't know the actual type of fighter just from radar. The'Mig-28' is totally fictional, the aircraft shown onscreen are American F-5s with a bad-guy paintjob. Goose s real name is Nick Bradshaw.
@tdivison
5 ай бұрын
The first movie I can remember Tom Cruise in was The Outsiders. It is a story about a teenage gang of boys from the wrong side of town. A very good movie. Certainly worth watching.
@bambamnj
5 ай бұрын
The guy sitting behind the pilot in the same plane is known as your Rio {Goose is Maverick's Rio} Rio stand for Radar intercept officer, a category of Naval Flight Officer who was the second crewman in the F-14 Tomcat. The Rio's responsibilities are communication and navigation and spotting assistance is spotting.. such as locating other aircraft
@Salta0monte
5 ай бұрын
I think it's worth knowing before watching the sequel that, in that movie, the actors are actually in the planes for a lot of the shots, although they're not at the controls - they used two-seaters to make it look like the actors were flying the planes.
@neutchain7838
5 ай бұрын
Hence the reason they coudlnt use the Fat Amy in the sequel. There are no two seater variants.
@finishin.my.coffee8780
5 ай бұрын
My father was a veteran and totally obsessed with aviation. We went to see this in the theater when it came out. I was completely blown away by the dogfighting footage The guy at the beginning, Cougar...he played the best friend of the main character in Christine and went on to direct Blue Crush and a bunch of other things. I never knew until recently that the song you said was amazing was done by Billy Idol's guitarist, Steve Stevens.
@jakubfabisiak9810
5 ай бұрын
There's a bit of fighter pilot lingo here. And it's not just slang - the point is to avoid any confusion. And so - "bogey" is a plane of unknown status. "Bandit" would mean a plane confirmed hostile. When spotting an enemy plane, you'd call out "tally", or "no joy" if you have no visual. And regarding 11:55 - the "hard deck" represents ground. You are literally asking the ground to be flexible, and move out of the way. Another way to look at it - you may have a plane just outside a country's airspace, and crossing back into it, so you end up shooting down another country's plane in their own airspace - a good way to start a war (although if you've been given "weapons free", all bets are off at that point).
@Philistine47
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. The "hard deck" is several thousand feet above ground level in the exercise to give a margin for safety if something goes wrong. It's not just rules for the sake of rules, which is something the film arguably ought to have explained.
@davefost
5 ай бұрын
MiG is short for Mikoyan-Gurevich the Soviet design bureau that specialized in designing fighters for the Soviet Union. Soviet design bureaus tend to be named after their chief designer (or designers in this case) in the same way that Boeing is named after William Boeing and Douglas was named after Donald Douglas. The plane Maverick flew was the Grumman F-14, btw, which was designed and built by the Grumman company... named after their founder, Leroy Grumman. There were other designers such as Sukhoi, that made 'fighter type' aircraft but up to the 80s, all major Soviet fighters were MiG designs. In Korea, they fought Mig-15s, in Vietnam: Mig-17s, Mig-19s, and Mig-21s. Hence the generic term of 'MiG' for a Soviet fighter. One big difference between Western (US,UK,etc) and Soviet aviation is in the west, the same company usually designs and builds the aircraft while in the Soviet Union, the designer would only design and build the first few prototypes.... production would be handed over to a state-owned production facility rather than being performed by the designer's bureau. If that didn't put you to sleep, nothing will. I'll shut up now....
@fd009597
5 ай бұрын
I got to see Rightous Brothers sing in concert ..That Loving Feeling is awsome when crowd sings like the bar scene
@MrFurious1993
5 ай бұрын
Tom Cruise was in several very good and successful movies before this one, but Top Gun was the movie that really made him a household name. Probably the most notable of his early movies would be Taps (1981), The Outsiders (1983), Risky Business (1983), and All the Right Moves (1983). As for Val Kilmer, my favorite movie with him is called The Saint and it's a movie I think you'd really enjoy.
@paulmartin2348
5 ай бұрын
I back you up on "The Saint". (think I have it on DVD even from back in the day) I will comment up top again and hope she sees it.
@CoastalNomad
5 ай бұрын
Great Reaction..... I saw this in Theaters in Fall of 1986, while attending Marine Corps Infantry School..... The reason the love scene was shot in shadow, They decided to shot the scene during editing, and Kelly was already working on another movie and had dyed her hair.... Alot of Familiar Faces in this Classic Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards - Goose (Revenge of the Nerds, ER), Val Kilmer - Iceman (Tombstone, The Doors, Real Genius, Deja-Vu), Kelly Mcgillis (The Accused, Witness), Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels), Tom Skeritt (Alien, TV's Pickett Fences), Michael Ironsides (Starship Troopers), Tim Robbins - Merlin (Shawshank Redeption), Clarance Gilyard - Sundown (Die Hard, TV's Matlock, Walker: Texas Ranger), Rick Rossovich - Slider (Terminator), James Tolkan - Stinger/Commanding Officer (Back to the Future) The Red Star on the planes symbolized part of the USSR (Solviet Union) Family of Countries....
@robertsmith4681
5 ай бұрын
It was long hinted they were supposed to represent Lybians, there were a few incidents in the 80s.
@CoastalNomad
5 ай бұрын
@@robertsmith4681 Lybia would be a logical option....... But, Just like in Maverick..... I think they kept the country hazy to avoid direct politics.....
@exile220ify
Ай бұрын
Every time I see that ship commander I expect him to yell out "Slacker!" like he did in the Back To The Future movies :)
@subliminallime4321
5 ай бұрын
My dad's callsign was Witch Doctor when he flew helicopters for the US Army. They don't get to pick their own. It's a nickname that your fellow pilots come up with.
@fiddiehacked
5 ай бұрын
So do you know the song by Alvin the Chipmunk?? LOL
@subliminallime4321
5 ай бұрын
@@fiddiehacked I never heard the story of how he got the name, but yeah I know the song. Maybe that has something to do with it, idk 😂
@nickname6747
5 ай бұрын
"$30m!" That film was nearly 40 years ago. Modern F35Bs that train in the skies above Scotland are $136m, each. Thanks for uploading, Dawn.
@denveradams4909
5 ай бұрын
What you see happening on the aircraft carrier, involves Arresting gear and the catapult. Arresting gear stops the planes with the tailhook. The catapult launches the aircraft. FYI, my MOS in the US Marine Corps was very close to this. Expeditionary Airfield Equipment Technician. Our equipment was land-based and used for both emergency landings and also training pilots to use the arresting gear, prior to rotation to a carrier.
@daves536
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for your service!! My son is a Marine currently stationed in Fort Worth, Texas.
@lechat8533
5 ай бұрын
I love this movie. I watched it in the cinema when it came out and fell in love with Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. It was phenomenally made, and after 38 years, it hasn`t lost its charm. Like most American military movies, it was sponsored by the US Army, the reason being that the Army was running short of Navy pilots. In 1986, we all knew it was a US propaganda movie, but we loved it anyway. The soundtrack is fantastic, especially in the Summer :) No matter which Tom Cruise movie you pick, his name is always a guarantee of quality. Take care my friend, and thanks for another great reaction❤
@paulmartin2348
5 ай бұрын
The Army and the Navy are two separate entities. This is a Navy movie and was funded by the Navy to promote Navy recruitment. (the US Army has NOTHING to do with Navy pilots)
@christiantidball6121
5 ай бұрын
Back in the 90s I was stationed in San Diego with the U.S. Navy. At that time Top Gun was still held at Coronado across the Bay from S.D. It doesn't matter which Navy Base you go to in that area there is a good chance if there is a TV Top Gun is playing. I've probably seen Top Gun more than 100 times while I was there.
@JonnyRicter
5 ай бұрын
TOPGUN was based out of NAS Miramar until 96, when it was transferred to the Marines and became MCAS Miramar, but they probably utilized Naval Base Coronado as well. In 96, it was moved to NAS Fallon in Nevada.
@arraymac227
5 ай бұрын
At my brother's (1997) wedding dinner, the glass tinkling task, not the bride-groom kiss, but a 'love' song had to be sung. The ushers, myself included, did 'You've lost that loving feeling.'
@rbrtck
5 ай бұрын
These are fighter aircraft, fighter jets, or usually just fighters. The Grumman F-14 Tomcat that Maverick flew was known as a fighter-interceptor, which describes its usual role. Its main job was to defend the fleet from incoming threats like bombers, cruise missiles, or enemy fighters, and in that capacity it was an interceptor--it intercepted and shot down airborne threats. To that end, it was a large fighter that often carried large, long-range missiles (not seen in the movie), and a large, long-range radar. It was also a fighter because it was agile, despite its size, and can "dogfight" or maneuver to shoot down enemy fighters at close range, as well. In general, this kind of aircraft is just called fighter, whatever its main duties might be. And some could perform many roles.
@Panterakat1
5 ай бұрын
MIG Short for Mikoyan Gurevich The Russian manufacturer of those aircraft. I loved this reaction video. You were kind of stuck on Mavericks father not being dead. Goose dying was part of the 80's formula where the lead character has to overcome the death of someone close to grow into their super hero role. A fun role for Val Kilmer is in a movie called Real Genius. Goose, Anthony Edwards played a nerd in Revenge Of The Nerds. Both are fun movies to watch.
@CDRhammond
5 ай бұрын
Jester and Viper are instructors at the school they play the "bad guys" in the engagement. Both Jester and Viper were in A-6 Skyhawks which were at that time used as adversary aircraft while Maverick and the other students were in the F-14. Another adversary aircraft that is still used today is the F5 which plays the role of the actual enemy aircraft both in the beginning and end of the movie.
@disposablehero4911
5 ай бұрын
You do not give yourself your nickname. The pilots you serve with do. No one gets a cool nickname, no one. Current day, an F22 is $350 million each.
@JustLiesNOR
5 ай бұрын
30 million in todays money is ~85 million. A new, 2023 and onward production, F-35 costs around 83 million.
@hoagsmash4188
5 ай бұрын
I desperately want to know what my name would be LOL
@josephD32
5 ай бұрын
@@JustLiesNORF-35A's cost that. The Navy's F-35C runs at $102.1 Mil.
@michaelkeenan3437
5 ай бұрын
@@hoagsmash4188 black reaper
@paulmartin2348
5 ай бұрын
That fighter costing 30 million was in the early '80s. The F-15 EX that is being manufactured is still an old airplane but the base price is 117 million now.
@theTemplar08
5 ай бұрын
An officer and a gentleman 👍👍👍
@coastermania17
5 ай бұрын
In this movie the cockpit shots were done in front of a green screen. In Top Gun Maverick, all the actors were in the planes with the cameras. Some of the most beautiful cinematography I have ever seen
@LordVolkov
5 ай бұрын
You may also enjoy Anthony Edwards (Goose) in Revenge of the Nerds. Also has some great songs.
@adameager7114
5 ай бұрын
He had a family! He had the perfect family! He had the perfect mustache! Honestly the first time I ever laughed at that scene. You're a gem!
@emilmlodnicki3835
5 ай бұрын
I had to look up the fact that Merlin was Tim Robbins.
@mikerhodes8454
5 ай бұрын
This movie came out the summer before my senior year in high school, and I remember so many people got sucked in by this and joined the navy thinking it was going to be flying jets and playing volleyball, only to later find out they would be scrubbing decks and cleaning the bathrooms. best recruiting movie the navy ever had.
@merkury06
5 ай бұрын
They should have watched Officer and a Gentleman. I'm the same age and must say flying jets is very hard to get into, thank God I was told that by real vets at the time.
@wilshade
5 ай бұрын
The BLUE ANGELS are the US Navy equivalent of the Red Arrows. Lots of YT videos of them.
@raezor82
3 ай бұрын
I got an ad at the beginning that started out “Time to retire those contraptions from the 80’s”😂
@philmakris8507
5 ай бұрын
Check out Goose (Anthony Edwards) in the REVENGE OF THE NERDS franchise and in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
@Anon54387
5 ай бұрын
24:31 I think the bald guy is the one who played Strickland in Back to the Future.
@tigerslear
5 ай бұрын
This is the only TRUE TOP GUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ronbo11
5 ай бұрын
In the mid-late 1970s, a whole new generation of fighter jets were built for the US armed forces. The Air Force got the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (a single seat, single engine dogfighter) & the McDonnel-Douglas F-15 Eagle (a single seat, twin engine, air superiority fighter - more missiles). The Navy got the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (a twin engine, 2 seater fighter, with variable sweep wings and the most advanced weapons system available at the time). The price tags went for $13-15 million for each F-16 in the beginning to over $33 million for each F-14. Navy planes were designed for redundancy, 2 engines, 2 crew, etc. and the Phoenix guided missile system onboard could supposedly track and kill 6 moving targets simultaneously. The swiveling wings allowed for wing forward for take-offs, cruising and landing since more surface area was exposed and greater lift was provided at lower speeds. As it F-14 gained altitude and speed, the wings would swivel back to reduce the surface area and reduce drag so it could go fully supersonic when needed.
@timwong5908
5 ай бұрын
20:21 what a plot twist if Viper was keeping Maverick's dad in his basement all this time! 😅
@johnmguzman7491
5 ай бұрын
😂❤Storyline of Top Gun 3!!?
@mortimerbrewster3671
5 ай бұрын
I thought it was funny that even after hearing the story about how his dad died, she expected the dad to still be alive.
@neutchain7838
5 ай бұрын
Damn man that scene from Pulp Fiction wiht the gimp came to mind. I will never going to be able to forget this lol
@davismccardle1
5 ай бұрын
Top Gun is my all time favorite movie. I have seen it over sixty-five times. I also had a scale model of an F-14 hanging from my bedroom ceiling as a kid. The wings swept backwards and forwards.
@mckrackin5324
5 ай бұрын
Goose was Maverick's RIO (Radar Interceptor Officer).
@lexgso5141
5 ай бұрын
MiG is a Soviet military fighter aircraft produced by a design bureau Mikoyan and Gurevich. So you take the first letter of each M and G. Word "and" is pronounced "eee" in Russian so English speakers just called it MiG.
@KevinHollisWI
5 ай бұрын
Tom cruise actually debuted in the movie “The Outsiders”. The outsiders had a HUGE list of debuts from HUGE stars. You would LOVE it! ❤
@acupojo
5 ай бұрын
He didn't debut in Outsiders. He was in like 3 movies (Endless Love [1981], Taps [1981] & Losin' It [1982]) before even doing that one.
@KevinHollisWI
5 ай бұрын
@@acupojo that’s right, him and Matt Dillon were the only ones who weren’t debuting
@mypl510
5 ай бұрын
I really do miss those birds flying in and out of Miramar. It is the Marines now, and they have some cool stuff, but seeing Tomcats and Phantoms was awesome! Hopefully Maverick gets a full Best Movie Ever!
@philmakris8507
5 ай бұрын
Google Quentin Tarantino's monologs on how Top Gun is actually about Maverick's struggle with his homosexuality.
@Rob-eo5ql
5 ай бұрын
Classic! Funniest thing I’ve ever seen 😂😂
@Dan-dg8js
5 ай бұрын
£30m in 1985 when the film was shot would be around £85m today after it’s adjusted for inflation. The F22 Raptor is about £250m per plane.
@jaquesshugossen9398
5 ай бұрын
The music is part of what makes the movie great, you also have good hard fast fighter action, there is romance and drama, the loss of Goose which, I think is there, not to upset people in a grand way, but to show that actions have consequences and one needs to take responsability for them, and is part of Maverick's character arc. Tom Cruise had done Legend plus the ones listed in comments before "Top Gun". Top Gun is a very beloved film with real aurcraft works, just like "The Final Countdown", another fighter film with F-14's.
@revjohnlee
5 ай бұрын
A "wingman" is actually another pilot that flies another aircraft and serves as a sort of "partner". Some planes, like the F-14s in this movie, are 2 seaters and have a pilot as well as a RIO or "Radar Intercept Officer" to help out. The A-6 were another type with crews of 2. In that case the pilot flew with a BN or "bomber/navigator".
@okami36
5 ай бұрын
As a child in the 80's this movie was a huge part of my childhood. Sadly, I did not get to become a fighter pilot. The need for glasses pretty much killed that dream. Top Gun: Maverick is DEFINITELY worth the watch.
@pringals
5 ай бұрын
The coin and pen trick is called "coin twirling" or "pen twirling". ... also "coin rolling" is another way to say it.
@uncoolmartin460
5 ай бұрын
The aircraft do have mirrors, mounted inside the canopy framing but they'll have a very limited field of view, it's better to look over the shoulder when dogfighting. good pilots will constantly be looking around for threats.
@jeremysmith54565
5 ай бұрын
That bit when they buzz the tower in reality would likely get them grounded and have their "wings taken off them" was said by a I think genuine USAF pilot, but I can't quite remember, as what they're flying are F12's which are Navy planes (the tail hook for carriers). Yeah they aren't cheap nor to run either lol, though forgot the colour of the bands over the missiles, they're evidently if you look at them simulated ones (meaning there's no live warhead inside them, for them to arm and engage).
@MikeWood
5 ай бұрын
In the same year it was in theaters, I had to take a short flight in a small De Havilland Dash-8 out of a regional airport by a lake. I queue up my Walkman while taxiing. When the plain revved up and they let the brakes go, Highway to the Danger Zone started to play and then we were over water and climbing. Nerdy fun only I was experiencing on the flight. :)
@allenruss2976
5 ай бұрын
No cgi back then so everything in this movie is practical effects and masterful filming
@secondrickamendment4770
5 ай бұрын
“They’re on a mission…. To find Maverick’s DAD!” I was putting in eye drops and completely missed my face because I started laughing 😂 Thanks I needed that!
@rbrtck
5 ай бұрын
Some of the lyrics to "Danger Zone" are indeed "Highway to the danger zone" and "Gonna take it right into the danger zone" and "Ride into the danger zone". Yes, they're supposed to sound similar, as this was how the lyricist was playing with the words, similar to how several variations on melodic themes are sometimes done in music.
@quixote6942
5 ай бұрын
The "Code Names" are the Pilot's "Call Signs"... YOU'RE call sign should be "Banshee"! When they showed the actors in the Cockpits during flights, they were passengers in the back seats and their reactions were real. Tom Cruise loved it so much that he actually became a pilot and owns several planes.
@rbrtck
5 ай бұрын
Actually, a wingman is the pilot who is paired up with you, if you were a pilot--you in your plane and him/her in their separate plane. The guys who ride in the back, who are sometimes called GIB for "Guy In Back", were called RIOs in the USN at that time, or Radar Intercept Officer. The USAF have long called then WSOs (Weapon Systems Officer, pronounced "wizzo"), and the USN apparently switched to that term some years ago.
@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw
5 ай бұрын
MiG, stands for Mikhail and Gurevuch. The leading designers of Soviet fighter aircraft. Their work bearing the acronym MiG= Mikhail & Gurevuch.
@DruggedBunny
5 ай бұрын
They filmed many of the in-air scenes in real planes in this film. Also, the pilot who filmed the first-person view of the flat spin scene (from a light aircraft) crashed and died while filming more shots -- he was never found. (Art Scholl.)
@billbabcock1833
5 ай бұрын
In general, in a side by side seating configuration the pilot is in the left seat in an airplane, or in the right seat in a helicopter. In a tandem (one in front of the other) seating configuration, the pilot is almost always in the front. Goose was not a pilot, he was the RIO (Radio Intercept Officer) sometimes called GIB (Guy In Back). Goose was killed when engine failure put the plane in a flat spin, where the plane is spinning out of control. Think of a Frisbee flying flat, but losing altitude, with no way of regaining control.
@stevetheduck1425
5 ай бұрын
A pilot's handle is earned in unusual ways: some are coveted, like 'Guns', or 'Iceman', but they can be referring to simple jokes someone once made. In the RAF, it's very informal, and mostly names like 'Steve', 'Baz', 'The Avid Guardian Reader', etc. Nothing serious, and of course never actually used. Radio callsigns like 'Ghost Rider' in the early part of the film are usually given to units within a task force: Naval fighters = Ghostrider, Ground attack planes Pickle, or 'Ganaf' in Saving Private Ryan, for the commander of the troops on Tom Hank's beach.
@MP-ej9pw
5 ай бұрын
Top Gun was a hit at the box office and then when it went to VCR they offered the tape at a much lower cost in the video stores because they had a Diet Pepsi commercial at the beginning. It was a huge success and changed the market. Interesting observation about Val Kilmer here twirling the pen during his first scene in Top Gun, during his first scene in Tombstone he is twirling a coin through his fingers.
@rbrtck
5 ай бұрын
This is a love story...between Maverick and Viper. What a guy!
@EricksonEtc
5 ай бұрын
"I Love Goose." "He's a Dad, I Love him even More"... (oh, you sweet summer child...)... :)
@garycollins7750
5 ай бұрын
Maverick was the pilot, Goose was his Radar Intercept officer so they fly together.
@W1ckedRcL
5 ай бұрын
The F14 Tomcat has two seats, which obviously means two crew. The guy up front is the Pilot. In the F14 he's in charge of all the main flying stuff. Take off, landing, flying the aircraft, and in combat he's in charge of the guns and the heat seeking missiles, which are referred to as "fox 2s". The back seat guy in the F14 is known as the RIO, or Radar Intercept Officer. Back then the F14 was cutting edge technology and it was built to protect the Aircraft Carriers, and intercept any threats it might encounter. This meant that it had a big, very powerful radar in the nose. But the technology of the day wasn't like it is now. So the back seat of the F14 was dedicated to operating that radar. He was also in charge of various other duties like operating the radio and watching the fuel. The pilot could also do this but it was primarily the RIO's job. As for weapons, that massive radar was designed to work with a huge missile only the F14 could carry called the AIM54 Phoenix. And it could also control the AIM7 Sparrow. The Phoenix was what's known as a "Fox 3". A missile that is guided by the jet for a short time but has it's own radar for the final few miles until impact. The Sparrow is a "Fox 1". A missile without any radar that needs to be guided all the was by the jet. Because both of these missiles are controlled by the radar in the F14, the RIO was in charge of operating and firing both of them. A "Wingman" in flying terms is another jet that flies with you and will basically cover you during combat. That's the simplest way to put it. Anyone can be the Wingman. It just depends on who is put in charge of the flight that day. Whoever is in charge, the other guy the the Wingman. MiG, as they're referring to the enemy aircraft, is an abbreviation for the Russian aerospace company Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau. The enemy aircraft you see in the movie are not actually MiGs. They're in fact American F5 Tigers with a cool paint job and a fictional name of "MiG 28". The American military often used them as aggressor aircraft in training because they're small, lightweight, and fairly maneuverable. A Callsign is not something you pick for yourself. Your fellow aviators pick it for you. The callsigns in these movies are entirely fictional. Real callsigns need to be only one or two syllables, something short and simple that can be easily heard and understood over a radio. If you think $30 million is a lot of money for a jet, you should look up how much some modern fighter jets cost 😅
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