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There's a lot of stuff in this film that can be considered fantasy movie magic, but it think the greatest example of that is there actually being two combat ready SU-57s.

In honor of Mover, when I saw the movie at the theater back in May with my 26 year old daughter I yelled out TOMCATS! Daughter reverted to her teenage self and slithered under her seat in embarrassment. It was glorious.

The FACT that Rooster knew how to pull the pins from the missiles but forgot to do it for the ejection actually makes sense because how could he know? That's why he couldn't eject later

As a GSE mechanic, the luck for the airstart not to have dead batteries got me.

I think you guys hit the nail with the signals from Bandit 1. First was "Follow ahead." Second was "Take heading 330" trying to lead them back to base, and even dipped right to indicate that as "turn now and follow me".

Another pilot on YT mentioned that thumbs down signal could also be "Plane is bad, need to land." And the enemy pilot is basically "Ok, follow me heading 330" -- because the nearest runway was cratered.

Seeing two pilots reacting like a baby every time they see a tomcat makes me love the aircraft even more😭

According to Edward "Mooch" Caroll, climbing on the F-14's horizontal stab as a RIO after the ladder is closed and locked is a real thing. He does it too himself back in the day.

7:20 "this is the greatest part of the movie", RIIIIIIIGHT.... i've watched this movie 2-3 times, but this scene in the dark room in particular when they realize he is alive, i've probably watched over 50 times, its sooooo gooood - He's supersonic... - He's airborne! - IN WHAT?! Chills every time.

I imagine Tom Cruise explaining to Mover how to refuel and arm the F14 but all he does is looking at the damn thing shouting: "TOMCATS!!!"

I couldn't believe that tomcat was CGI and I've seen plenty up close, hats off to the team.

Gotta love how what we initially thought was an easter egg or fleeting callback to the original film in the trailers (the Tomcat flying away over the snowed mountains) was actually the central piece of the third act of the movie.

The part about asking a DCS expert about the Tomcat start-up was epic. Respect.

Not afraid to admit that I squealed like a 12 year old girl during these Tomcat scenes....and yeah, my wife laughed at me the entire time.

The expression on my face when this scene happened was pure joy. As someone who never got to watch OG Topgun in theaters I felt special knowing I'm alive and watching a Topgun movie in theaters. This is truly a love letter to Topgun and fighter jet movie fans

Love how Maverick is, "It's been a minute...(since I've flown a Tomcat)", then proceeds to fly surface-of-the-sun-SHIT-HOT in life and death dogfighting about 5 minutes later, downing two superior airframes. My oh my!

We have pilots of an F-16 and F/A-18, and even they constantly cheer for the F-14. The undying beauty of the Tomcat really came out in this movie, they did it justice all right

i love how every single aviation enthusiast just universally loves the tomcat, no matter how old it gets

I read elsewhere that the clear visor was used so that the viewing public can actually see that it was the real actors doing the scenes, and not trigger naysayers into claiming it was just a double hiding behind a black visor…

All that attention to detail pulling pins and conduits and they don't arm their seats. Also, the radio being busted was an easter egg. They took Anthony Edwards up back during filming of the original movie and a breaker had popped for comms, so Bozo had him feel behind his seat for the popped breaker. By the end of filming, "Goose" knew how to do it instinctively. Edwards thought he was going to get electrocuted in that first attempt, though.

This was the best part of the movie for me - I'm not even worried about the little errors missed - It was just EPIC....

Rooster: You've gotta be shitting me.... Wild Weasels: You didn't do any SEAD in this mission, you don't get to say that.

In Hollywood movies, everyone's usually a "special forces" guy/girl so they automatically know everything. Great point about flaps, coming from a GA pilots perspective. If anything, I'll give it to TGM for being one of the most realistic of all the aviation genre to even attempt to depict a lot of these details. Tom Cruise's goal is we be entertained, and I can safely say he succeeded

I was a Intruder and Hornet PR for many years. Much of the flight gear (O2 mask lower hose, Comm Cord, G-suit) is the same, the big difference is the Leg garters F-14/A-6 guys worn to retract their legs during an ejection

I love how people get so triggered by you guys giving real life input on how things actually are. Then they are the same ones who get pissed off about things are ARE real (calling the carrier the Boat) yet they have no experience to back up their complaints..🤣🤣 great series Mover and Gonky!

It cross bleeds on the A-6 Intruders also !!!! I was a U S Navy Intruder plane captain back in 1973-75. VA-42 NAS Oceana, Va. Beach, Va.

I know there a number of things wrong with this movie but I always appreciated that this is the first air combat movie that shows a fighter jet needing an external air source to start.

Also according to Ward Carol, mavericks start up sequence is correct. Pretty cool to hear!

Having been on the wrong end of a Hind, I can attest both that they have a single gatling gun but it fires a lot faster than one from a John Wayne movie, and that they would more likely engage a small target like that with some of those 128 S5 rockets it's carrying. Always happy to see one splashed though! We did a lot of bare-base detachments and a shed-load of cross-training went on so yeah we could all do every job there was to wind up the airplane.

I was groundcrew in the Royal Air Force for 14 years and when they reached the Tomcat and interacting with the start-up equipment I got very excited. Was funny hearing that the pilots had no idea what to do 😂

Reminds me of an Oddball quote in Kelley's Heroes, "Don't look at me. I only ride 'em. I dunno what makes 'em work!"

The love and enjoyment of flying that you & Gonky show during this series is pretty damn motivational ... And look my wife is not an aviation buff but even she squealed when she saw the Tomcats

Two things I question in this part. 1. The enemy Mil Mi-24 "Hind" fires on Mav as soon as it spots him. Would they not attempt to take him alive first? 2. Maverick and Rooster don't appear to carry pistols on them. Am I wrong to assume that fighter pilots would always be strapped in case they bail out over enemy territory and encounter infantry?

I was a Jet Engine Mechanic in the U.S. Navy when I served, I served with VFA-151 on the U.S.S. Midway with the F/A-18A's, Then was stationed with VF-114 on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, I worked on the F-14A's B's and D's with VF-24 and VF-31 along with time at Top Gun at NAS Miramar, before returning to the F/A-18 community at the end of my service, With the F-14 Tomcat, the air source is plugged into the starboard side rear fairing under the airbag about where the trailing edge would be if the wings are not swept, now you can from the cockpit pit which engine that you crank first, NORMALLY the starboard engine is started first to get Primary hydraulic pressure for the brakes and horizontal stab actuators, after the engine is running at idle, you can start the other engine or air can be disconnected and start the other engine with cross bleed starting, now after a lot of pausing the instruments look to be right, we do not get a very long glance at them, BUT the fuel is WRONG the gauge reads 20,000 pounds, but that is impossible without drop tanks which this F-14 does not have, the max fuel weight would be 16,000 pounds of internal fuel, I did see a few things that was wrong when "ROOSTER" was going around and prepping the outside for takeoff, the first thing he removed was the electrical connector, this is NOT done till BOTH engines are at idle and both generators are fully online, now I am not an ordie, but I have NEVER seen anyone just grab the flag and yank out the pins out, also I don't even think that is possible, I DO know that those pins are locking pins, there is a button that has to be pushed to release pull them, I do not know which version of Sidewinder that are on this plane, but after he pulled the pins, he DID NOT pull out the T handle, rotate it 90 degrees to enable the rocket motor, and fold back down to the side of the missile body, the pulling of the air hose looked ok, but the main gear safety locks are a bit more complicated than just a locking pin like in the nose gear or any of the gear pins on an F/A-18, as far as how he got onto the plane to enter the cockpit, that is correct, and was quite common to be done, G-suit and oxygen are identical BUT the F-14A had a different ejection seat if they done this, they would NOT have any leg restraints available for them you use, Ejection would be very problematic, in the F/A-18 the leg restraints are ATTACHED to the seats and are fully adjustable for each individual crew member, the the F-14A and B this is not the case, the leg restraints are part of each crew members flight gear, Kock fittings are the same, also when they got in the seats, MAVERICK should have known but on top of the seat is a safety switch, with a little red paddle, before you go flying, that paddle which is usually done by the crew member is flipped down, to arm the seat, upon landing, they reach up and flip it up disarming the seat, now how come when they were in the little hangar, the plane had a launch bar, but when taxi out, no launch bar??? flaps and slats help in takeoff and landing, neither can be used on the F-14 without the wings being in the 20 degree position, yes there is an ejection handle in the F-14A's between your knees, but the Primary is the face curtain rings,

You're killing me with these parts...I got to wait for the next one, ugh. Lol, love this series.

I know the Tomcat in aviation action sequences was entirely CG. However, production designer Jeremy Hindle said that they used one F-14A from the San Diego Air & Space Museum, for the actors to physically TOUCH the jet, as well as whenever Maverick was doing his thing with the jet.

I love the way you guys rip it apart when something stupid happens I laughed so hard! xD But you also give credit where it's truly due. This is so cool to see your perspective on this.

Thank you both for your service. Really enjoy watching military guys pick apart (or praise) military movies.

Maverick:”Rooster, you have to remember what your dad taught you!” Rooster:”How to shit in a toilet?”

filmmaking note/editing here: since there's a jump cut between each thing Rooster is doing to get the plane ready, Mav probably was telling him what to do in the "story" and they used the elliptical editing technique so viewers could fill in the gaps. you guys explain things so well but are also really funny.

Love it! The commentary from you guys is fantastic!

I really enjoy the commentary from you guys. I have never been so entertained watching commentary on anything before. Keep up the great content.

Thankyou for this series, appreciate it

This scene actually gave me behind enemy lines vibe actually the entire scene after the Sam’s go after them could be a behind the enemy lines spin-off.

They missed a trick...lying on that bank observing the Tomcat...the only line for Mav should have been..."I feel the need!"

These are great. Glad Gonky came. NEED MOREEEEE!

I have a friend who is an NFO, and I see her and her friends acting just like the two of you. It made your commentary that much more enjoyable.

I agree...the "no flap takeoff" was something that caught me as well. No way they would have taken off successfully like that WITHOUT full flaps. But still....I can not count how many times I rewound where Mav used the downed first plan to escape the first missile. That was just brilliant. Totally unrealistic....but still brilliant.

I like how they remove the launch bar on the F-14 to make it even more not carrier ready

I love it when Mover teams with Gonky for some Top Gun fun. 💛🙏🏽

As an ex Egyptian fighter this is totally different from how we communicate with each other if the radio is down

Keep'em coming. Loved this series more than the actual movie itself (especially MOVER's face when hollywood gets it wrong)

I enjoyed your facial expressions and excitement Mover! And I am smiling because Gonky is always smiling 😁. I enjoy watching these reviews!

So the seat pan for the Super hornet and Tomcat are different but your mask would fit both (common fittings). Same for G-suit. There were like 2 options for G suits but they all had the same fittings. Also same harness Koch fittings to integrate with your parachute. Different parachutes and different seat pans but same fittings. -Retired PR1

It was pretty cool that they squeezed the F-14 into the film, but the manner by which they acquired it was beyond implausible.

Seeing a Tomcat today with power while cleaning up from Ian made my day! TOMCATS! Thanks Mover & Gonky for the entrrtainment!

I'm really enjoying this series! Good to see you guys enjoying the TOMCATS!

My buddy and I saw this 3 days early, and right before they show the Tomcat through the bino's I said "There's no FUCKING WAY they're gonna steal a Tomcat" way louder than I intended. The next second, the movie cut to the F14. Everyone within probably 5 rows turned, looked at me, turned back to the screen and started laughing.

The detail I LOVED was that they correctly included the IRST on the front of the SU-57. That and the breakers in the F-14. Love those details.

Top Gun Maverick was great, a fun movie with the 80s feel. Listening to these two guys and how they also loved the movie as well, especially with their own fighter jet experience and getting excited to see the F14 just shows what a great movie it was.

i love the way how Gonky is acting and commenting whilst giving signals of using IDD during (or before) this video. However, great job gents, totally loved it!

Love these videos. Hate how short they are.

Love when as soon as the Tomcat shows up it turns from "Ruins movies" to "Is this how it was back then". Also, starting to get way too much mission impossible vibe from cruise in this part, I would expect the younger version would've not have even waited for them felons to get close...

This is when Top Gun Maverick turned into Metal Gear for a hot minute and I loved it. Sneaking into the base and getting the tomcat was awesome.

this is what ive been waiting for, because ive really been wondering what these handsigns were all about

I loved this part of the film. Tomcats!! The tomcat looks so good. I got the 330 heading in theatre, thanks guys for this!!!

Mav in this is very similar to TCs character in War of the Worlds..a working class guy full of regrets, an outsider who is out of touch with the younger gen but still can be the hero they look up to by the end

ahhh wish we didnt have to wait for part 7 and 8!!!! I love the videos C.W

I love Mover saying stuff like: "Who told you that?" after Rooster is hit. Really brings these things back to reality.

The F-14 may be obsolete by todays standards. But dam that is a good looking aircraft. I am surprised it did not find its way into the civilian market like your T-38 did Mover. There is a lot of people out there that have more money then sense that could of saved them.

Through the first 1/4 of the movie Mover: This sucks.. this is so wrong Through the last 1/4 of the movie Mover: YEAHHH! TOMCATS!

I love how you guys talk about how silly the movie is but at the same time are so enthusiastic about it.😅👍

Yes this one is the best and i cant wait to see it ...

@C.W. Lemoine I had 2 consecutive bad jumps while with the 82nd Airborne back in 1982. ( a month apart from each other ) I lasted in the ARMY till 1987 when I had to be medically discharged due to those injuries, in 1993 I received my 100% VA Disability due to those back injuries.... So yeah it's a thing 🙂 *PS:* yeah I knew while watching this in the Theater the SU-57 was saying go to heading 330 😆

@Mover - The T-38 has to have the valve moved manually because the USAF is cheap and refused to update the airplanes with the motorized valve that Northrop put on all the F-5s. When NASA got their T-38s, they insisted the valve be put on the plane. Only airplane I've ever been around with a manual pneumatic crossbleed valve. But hey, at least it wasn't an SR-71 where they originally started them with Cadillacs. :)

I liked the added realism of not everything working on the F-14; even better would be some sort of engine “chip” light warning that there are metal chips detected in engine or gearbox oil. Just something for old maintenance personnel to notice

"Maverick Im in the intake HELP HELP" had me rolling

I get he didn't have options but 1:39 gotta love hiding behind a dead tree when getting shot at by helo gun rounds. Pretty sure those rounds would go through it like wet toilet paper lol. He could at least be down hidden behind it and start Army crawling away from his last known location so they are shooting at a spot he isn't at anymore.

The reason the Hind attacked was because the airbase just got blown to shit and their friends and crewmates were there. They likely just wanted payback and weren't thinking straight, after all you can parade a dead US Pilot in front of the TV just as much as you can a live one.

1983: Little Rooster was born. The first thing, his Dad told him:" In a few years, when you get shot down by a SAM in whatever modern jet rubbish, and you found a old tomcat, you have to store the ladder this way. And listen, this is the intake, you have to climb the wings. Good luck son!"

From the little I know about the front seat of the F-14 from DCS, it did look like Maverick was doing the startup correctly as you can see him powering up stuff like the HUD on the right hand panel, and cranking the port engine to start it. Not 100% sure if bleed air can be used to start the starboard engine but it wouldn't surprise me if you can

It can’t be… It can’t be

Great video Mover, Also DCS player here the F-14 does cross bleed.

This whole series is so great

Been watching these a bit out of sequence but I’m very much enjoying you guys and the commentary!

​Looking at it, I don't think Rooster's seat is armed...

Sir, your spine an neck issues are not related to your service. 60% disablitiy is approved.

That's how I start mine up on DCS, amazing detail

Now I’m scrambling to find 7/8 just when it’s getting exciting. 😂

They didn't go to garand thumb sere school

Yes, just about all multi-engine jets starts cross bleed from HPC to HPC once one of the engine running, in real life. P.S. Totally enjoying this Mover Ruins Movies... Thank you!

Hey- I don’t know donkey squat about planes, signals, procedures or engagements but just watching TG-Maverick- 36 years after the original is SO COOL! I’m a girl but these movies are so heartfelt and an adrenaline rush, I want to get a plane and fly the hell out of it! I jumped up and screamed several times during the crazy flight scenes. Thanks guys for critiquing the obvious errors but still loving the movie .

2:29 was legit the funniest part of the movie I remember the whole theater laughing out loud...

Been waiting for this one. Sweeeeeet.

When Rooster got held back four years he spent all them learning how to prep a Tomcat

Great catch on the short field take off about also using flaps and not just spreading the wings of the Tomcat!

DCS F-14 flier here. I dunno if it's correct, but Maverick started up the F-14 the same way I always do. Display/HUD switches on, then crank the engine when the air is connected.

The Darkstar theme coming in really gets the blood pumping when they steal the F14

Climbing onto the horiz stab was probably just him thinking “what’s the lowest thing here to climb onto?” (If we imagine this to be real, lol!). I’m more shocked the plane was flyable! Wasn’t the Tomcat a maintenance hound even with USN parts support? Anyway, back to the popcorn and joy of this fun flick!!