End it. This was a fantastic sendoff. It provided a good story, good entertainment, good production, good nostalgia, and good closure. Leave well enough alone!

Topgun = Tom Cruise. Rooster is cool, but it just ain't Tom. If it ends, this should be it.

If Disney buys the rights to Top Gun, even Jon Hamm's character will have his own movie.

I was in AirForce pilot training when the original was released. It stayed in the base theater for at least 6 months and served as inspiration for every test I had to take! As sequels go its hard to find a sequel better than TG Maverick. Tom Cruise was right in waiting, AND delaying the release until after theaters opened up after the pandemic shutdown. Although Cruise truly understands the value of story over just ringing up easy cash, I truly can't imagine a 3rd installment. I think it's better to end at the pinnacle of accomplishment.

they used kilmer's son's voice with AI to do the voice, also, every single pilot got to pick their call sign. Hangman explains this on a late night talk show, and explained why he chose hangman, as well as why he left a letter out on the helmet

They need a prequel about viper and mavericks dad and the creation of top gun

The call sign of Rooster was also a thematic fit. As Hangman described it in the bar scene, Bradshaw has a tendency to stay aloof and watch everything from above like a rooster perched and looking down at the yard.

I was a kid when the original Top Gun came out, 11 years old, and I'd already made my decision to join the British Royal Air Force. Top Gun was an absolutely awesome film for me, really enjoyed it, although the excessive homoeroticism felt a bit over the top even then. I never did join the RAF, ended up in the Royal Artillery instead, but retained a strong interest in aviation, and took up skydiving as a hobby. I was massively enthusiastic when I heard about Top Gun: Maverick, and personally I think it's a great sequel to the original!

I was an OS in the US Navy when Topgun came out in 86. I was shocked to see my ships patch on Maverick leather jacket, USS William H Standly (red/gold patch with gold trident, right front of jacket). I have always loved the F-14 Tomcat, even got to talk to Sundowner 102 after a night of tracking them in mock dogfight. TG Maverick was exciting to watch, my how times have changed. Neat to see the F-14 as there are only a handful left as the mass majority of them were demolished after it was retired. One can still be seen in the Tillamook air museum in Oregon.

A Top Gun prequel should be next. With Maverick's dad and Viper in Vietnam. That way you don't need Tom Cruise, and that sounded like an interesting story about how Maverick's dad "did it right ".

10:43 they also changed the word "insure" to "ensure"

Perfectly tied into TOP GUN and actual reality with Val Kilmur playing Admiral Kazansky and passing away R.I. P. Iceman was historical.

Top gun changed everything in the 80s. This is the best sequel I've seen

15:00 The Mach number actually varies on altitude. If he was flying at 120k ft (like in the MSFS mission), he would be going only about 6800 mph.

You just can't have a Top Gun movie without Tom Cruise.

If a sequel is as good as Maverick. I don't care how long I wait. I was 12 years old when top gun came out and this movie made me feel like a kid again. I was so excited to watch it and I was so excited watching it. It made me so happy. Loved the movie, love this video The Why. THANK YOU

THESE TWO MOVIES ARE CLASSICS AND I LOVE THEM BOTH. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ONE. LEAVE IT HERE PLEASE‼️‼️‼️‼️

Rooster call sign is so fitting given who the character is. So well chosen Miles Teller. A Top Gun third sequel with no Tom Cruise will be a shame, but I think the new cast (from Top Gun Maverick) can pull it off, if given a fantastic script.

The reason the ejection seat didn't work was cause it wasn't armed, you can see the red tab above each seat is sitting upright instead on pushed down as it should be when it's armed

I would love a third film, but Maverick was such a great film, I would want to see the story come to a close. Of course, they're probably going to do a third film though. This made way too much money, which is INSANE, considering it wasn't released in China.

Learning they gave the finger to the Chinese government, accepting 9-figure losses, makes me love this movie even more. Something I didn't deem possible.

“Mach 10 isn’t possible with todays tech in a jet” X-43 would like a word with you. That has hit Mach 15

You managed to get the very first fact wrong. Everyone got to choose their own callsigns EXCEPT for Hangman since they re-wrote his character for his callsign to become part of a sub-plot in the movie. During an interview, Jay Ellis said the cast went drinking at the Officer's club at the real TOPGUN school in Fallon, NV. Lewis Pullman had his cell phone on the bar, and Jay Ellis called him out to the bartender who then told Lewis that he had to buy a round for the bar. Lewis was embarrassed, but paid the tab, but then Jay Ellis felt bad and paid him back the next day...hence his callsign, "Payback". Monica Barbaro got so drunk that night they thought she might have had alcohol poisoning and said she basically spent the night on the bathroom of her hotel room. Everyone said she arrived downstairs the next morning like nothing that happened and someone mentioned she "arose like a Phoenix"...hence her callsign...which honestly, no offence, makes your #4 fact sound really made up. Like you just watched the movie and put 2 and 2 together? Otherwise, it was a pretty entertaining list.

So there is no one in the production house that is old enough to remember the original? I can't be the only one that got tired of the "I just saw this, I'm young, he-he". Can't wait until you find out there was a Star Wars movie before Andor.

10:26 This shit caught me off guard like the dude sounded pumped and the music was all up beat and i thought it was gonna be like "he ran into financial issues"

Great video! About ejecting at mach 10, no, it's not even a problem because no Mach 10 aircraft would eject like that. They'd use a crew escape capsule where the cockpit was self-contained. Think that doesn't sound realistic? It's already been done. The F-111 had one.

I can't imagine a third one being better than the second, the first was amazing, the second was even better, how would they beat it. My fear would be that it would diminish the franchise.

We really need a Hot Shots : Topper

end the series on top...this is an amazing movie that needs to not be torn down by a sub-standard sequel for the sake of cash-grabbing- something Hollywood needs to learn...

My family and I have watched this movie so many times. We love it. I have to say that the beach football scene is my favorite and definitely not forgettable to me lol 😂😅

The raid also has a lot of similarities with the real-life Operation Opera flown Sunday, June 7, 1981 against the Al-Tuwaythah Nuclear Research Facility, outside Baghdad, Iraq by the Israeli Air Force in a preemptive strike flying F-16's.

#31: the final mission is based on the navy's recommendation. When the filmmakers asked the pilots what the most difficult mission was they could envision, it was the final mission. Only difference? Their version also took place at night.

many more lines are echoed in this, like Rooster saying "not good". Nice to see such continuity in a film, and is demonstrates the level of detail and care they put into this.

The navy said yes to Tom Cruise flying their F18 super hornet, but only if he passed the qualifications like every other pilot. It was the studio and their insurance company that said NO.

CRAZY how small these IMAX cams have gotten since they first came to existence.

there is no Top gun without Tom Cruise... Don't make the mistake of what Universal Studios did with the Jurassic park franchise!

I think is special that Tom Cruse has so much pull with Paramount to have so much so that everybody even got our Navy on board with there Best Top Gun Pilots, they really need more recognition

Bro, I knew all of these but great content I love it.

Amazing Facts! Enjoyed watching this! 💯 Looking forward for Top Gun 3 soon!

Correction: The voice of the whispering Iceman was done by Val's son, since his son's speaking voice sounds almost identical to Val's prior to the cancer.

I saw the first TOP GUN ON VHS at Paul Revere middle School AEROSPACE CLASS. IN LATE 1986 OR EARLY 87. LIFE CHANGING.

I'm not sure it was intentional, but Mav's latest love interest is Penny. I'm Guessing that is the Admirals daughter. Flash back to the original in the scene when the aircraft commander is about to Tell Mav and Goose they are going to Top Gun. Just before that he laying out all the reasons he can't believe he is about to do what he is about to do because, ie. “You’ve been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader 3 times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of High Speed passes over 5 air traffic control towers and one Admirals Daughter” Goose whispers to Mav..."Penny Benjamin?" Thoughts?

6:22 does it for me😂 Especially Phoenix

Glad to see I didn’t actually know most of these facts. Good video.

You missed another 'Star Wars' similarity: Sneaking through the Death St... er enemy base to activate the esoteric piece of equipment so they can escape in the beloved hunk of junk.

#19. You missed one other change: "...insure" was corrected to "ensure".

Iceman's speech to Maverick was 🥶

did anyone notice that Penny Benjamin in referenced in the original Top Gun? She was "one admiral's daughter"

Watched it about a year ago with my uncle and grandpa and the music is already nostalgic

i was waiting for this!

The canyon run in Star Wars was inspired by the film 633 Squadron, about Mosquito fighter bombers

This movie was amazing… Tom Cruise at his best. Great action. Other actors were great as well. Just loved this movie… And yes I was a huge fan of the original. It came out when I was in college.

I would totally love to see a Top Gun Rooster. Maybe Amelia could become a fighter pilot and Rooster and Maverick could teach her. I also think that most of the young pilots in Maverick should be in it because they are essential characters.

This movie did well on its own as a pilot movie, but what got thinking afterward was the the soundtrack just wasn't up to ANYTHING to set the feel of the pace of the movie like the original. I'm old enough to remember the first Topgun movie. I knew a guy (A second class) when I was in the Navy who was onboard the USS Nimitz when they filmed scenes there; he said Tom Cruise was not a personable kind of actor. The soundtrack for that movie was one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard EVER.Today I live some distance away from the bar "Kansas City Barbeque," but I still go there: and yes, the barbeque is that good! When I lived only five blocks away from the bar many years ago while working at the shipyard, I never knew it because of working all the time. One year I was going to Seaport Village for the first time and walked right by it! I go now once a year or so, and watch the movie every 10 years or so also. Kelly McGillis not being in the second from what I know just makes sense. By the way, yes we do have that craft, (not specifically that exact plane model, but yes nontheless), and yes the location imagery for the target was accurate. Chech Iran sites on Google Maps for a a rectangular box in a bleached out area of Irannear the Caspean Sea. Its there. The coordinates though were fake. I forgot to mention that the mission they practiced is the intended strike plan by Israeli Forces with the help of U.S.Forces. "Operation God's Wrath."

US 11000+ per hour for that beautiful jet + the pilot is crazy 😅

"And a sequel to edge of tomorrow" W H A T

Top Gun Hangman has my vote. I don’t mind that he’s arrogant. But undoubtedly gets a dose of humility at some point. No one stays that way forever.

This movie was so perfect a third would be criminal

Never seen Miles before Maverick now recognize him in a lot of movies. I am sure he would make a REALLY good sequel to Maverick with HIM as the star!

Fun Fact. at 7:48, a crash is shown. It's a Canadian Forces CF-18 Demo that lost power in one engine while practicing a low speed pass at Lethbridge, Alberta in 2010. The pilot ejected and survived.

Tom Cruise just makes so many good movies.

I cry like a baby each time I watch this movie. At least 10 times. Why? Because of the one thing you don't understand: Nostalgia.

Fun fact, when we see the data displays in CIC after the jets launch, we see CG-49. CG-49 was the USS Vincennes which is best known for shooting down the Iranian jetliner in the Persian Gulf in 1988. The Vincennes was an original 5 Ticonderoga class cruiser with the MK-26 twin arm launchers not the MK-41 VLS which means she didn’t carry tomahawks. Oh and she was decommissioned in 2005, scrapped in 2011 so…ghost?

Lots of cool background stories about the making of a movie with waited decades for TOP GUN Maverick

A sequel to Edge of Tomorrow? Can't wait.... 🙂

Top gun rooster would be amazing to see.

I was under the impression that Hangman was the one that changed his call sign. He even said he did it in an interview.

Thank you for this video. I love the way you brought up the USS Lincoln. But I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71. The aircraft carrier depicted in the final scenes when the final battle happened. That was not the Lincoln

Great review!

What *everyone* talks about: - The SR-72 "Darkstar" is only a mock-up prop for the movie and cannot fly, practical effects were used to have the jet fly over Mojave Desert up to the skies. Reaching Mach 10 isn't impossible for in the 1960's, the North American "X-15" hypersonic aircraft can reach up to Mach 6.7 and rumors speculated that the SR-91"Aurora" was the second to achieve Mach 6 only in the 1980's and is completely hidden within the hangars of Area 51. What *nobody* ever talks about: - The final battle between Maverick's stolen F-14 Tomcat and the Rogue Nation's SU-57 Felon's are all practical effects and CGI. Meaning the enemy fighter jets were only digital models while the Tomcat was a real jet being propped inside a hangar with green screens surrounding it for practical effects.

@The Why At 10:37 for entry #19 there was a second change: the word "insure" was corrected to "ensure". ".. and to ensure that...". You can see the 1986 typo at 10:39 in the video.

The comment about the darkstar is true to an extent on the speed. We actually have technology now that is pushing that envelope. As a matter of fact in 1967 the X-15 which was classified as a fighter jet reached 4,520 mph ATG. That means that 56 years ago we were only about 3,000 mph away from Mach 10. There is no set speed for Mach as altitude, pressure and other factors affect it. Mach is the point that the speed of sound is broken at those particular factors. The average is about 700 mph.

I watchwd Top Gun every day after school when it came out on VHS. I watched it daily for just over 3 years.

Ed Harris also was in “The Firm” opposite Cruise

The song in the background is so sweet!

When he said mock up of the real dark star, couldn't help but hear Mach up.

One thing I noted was the fact that Iceman's funeral was carried out by a Marine detail. I don't know how that came to be since each military branch has their own funeral detail. Being an Admiral especially, the ceremony would have been carried out by the Navy.

I saw this movie for 18 times in theatre, then watched it again and again for 30 times over in my house...and also watched promotion video and I coule get it mostly about 30 facts....and I see it still now often when I have time

Fun Fact: Tony Scott’s idea (18) became Ace Combat 7

A 3rd film focused on rooster could work if cruise was in it even a small part! Maybe play him as a now retired father figure? After all in this film he was told" this would be his last mission!" Or a prequel? Focusing of mavericks dad and how he died in the infamous "boogys were like fire flys all over the sky" dog fight!

4:48 one of the only videos that actually identifies the fact that he didn't pull the ejection seat safety pins when they were prepping to launch

Nice video and great secrets

Top Gun: Rooster, if the script and plot works, would be fantastic. Could Monica Barbero be involved?

Wanted a sequel since the original. Favorite movie of all time. Perfect storyline for a sequel. Can't say this is better. Enhanced, definitely. They're equal for different reasons for me. Another Top Gun without Maverick in the driver's seat isn't on my radar. Pun intended. Just wouldn't be the same. Can they come up with a storyline that truly makes sense w/out Maverick and could it be as badass without him? Wouldn't make sense to me, but we'll see.

Question: Would the best of the best pilots really be assigned to the second best plane in the Navy's inventory?

12:20 Wait, you say they could only do one take, but the BTS shot is very different from the one in the film - none of the actors nor the car is there, so this is clearly a different shot. Of course, I also don't see the roof lifting off in the BTS one, so perhaps this is a practise run and the one they filmed was lower and thus was strong enough to lift the roof and "destroy the set" as they put it.

Fun fact 31: “Men” changed to “men and women” wasn’t the only thing changed in the opening script. The word “insure” was changed to the more grammatically-accurate “ensure.” 😎

Make a third Slow the F down! the reason Maverick was so darned good was the fact time had passed, things had naturally progressed, which made it so good

Great review of 30 topics. What background music is used ?

The main mission was also based off of the mission in Ace Combat 7 where you and your squadron pilot through a canyon to attack a base while not trying to be spotted by the enemy

Great review.

I think Glen Powell would’ve done amazing as Goose’a son but Miles Teller did amazing as well and in all honesty I knew he was talented and I loved him before Maverick but he exceeded my expectations by far!!

Loved the movie. Great video!!!

I kind of want to see Top Gun: Warlock, perhaps set during the Gulf War or maybe over Bosnia, with Charles Parnells character in action.

I have heard about the third installment don't think that's going to be anything like the first two I just don't see it happening but that's just me I think everything that needs to be said has been said with these two

A 56 year old "Top Gun" instructor already pushed the "envelope". Leave it.

Hangman's selection of the song "Slow Ride" on the jukebox was an intentional jab at Rooster because he always falls behind everybody else.

Actually there are two differences between the opening text in the 1986 film and the 2022 film. In the 1986 text, (10:38) they said, incorrectly, “to insure” instead of “to ensure” which is the correct word.

Amazing

You failed to mention when they show Maverick has 33 rounds left is also how many years had passed from the original movieto when it was supposed to hit theaters but due to cover this flew under the radar. Pun intended.