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The old guy that Charlie (Kelly Mcgillis) is meeting in the Officers club is Rear Admiral Pete (Viper) Pettigrew a Vietnam veteran and actual Top Gun instructor and the technical advisor for the movie.

Carrier commander be like "your old man was a slacker. You're all slackers!"

Sometime I just realized a just a year or two ago, when Viper told Maverick to give him a call and he would fly with him, there would be no time to get Viper to the ship for the mission, Viper said he would fly with Maverick in front of the other pilots to show them Viper had confidence in Maverick and they should too

Jen, "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise is awesome!

My Brother was considered a Hero at Miramar. He delivered the beer.

Actual call signs are seldom "cool". They're usually about your character or a goof that they won't let you forget in good humor. You'll really enjoy Top Gun - Maverick. It's a good thing you are watching them back-to-back while everything is fresh in your memory.

Lately, a lot of long standing reaction channels have been getting stale and boring as their voting Patreon followers start showing their cultural amnesia, but your channel remains fresh and exciting. 70% of the credit for that goes to your sparkling and genuine enthusiasm (many other KZfaqrs have become commercial and fake as they've gotten big), and 30% of the credit goes to your supporters who keep the channel viable.

I served as a young Marine in a Marine Corps squadron during this era, early eighties. Our squadron flew the F-4 Phantom aircraft like Mavericks Dad flew. Can tell you there are crashes and death during training. We lost a few crew members. It was the first time in my young life that I experienced the death of Marine brothers I was close to. When you are young, you think nothing could ever happen to you, so you sometimes take things to the edge. I still think of those guys to this day, some forty years later. Semper Fi !

If you’re wondering how Goose died; the canopy wasn’t all the way clear when they ejected, and he ended up flying right into it. He cracked his skull open and it killed him instantly. This is also based off a real fatal accident that happened with an F-14 Tomcat pilot :(

The first time a movie ever made me cry as a child. I even went as Maverick for Halloween. Lets see if she notices Andy Dufresne before he went to Shawshank.

Yes, Danger Zone was written for this movie. If you listen to the opening lyrics, it’s all about hooking up the catapult, getting ready for launch.

The first funeral I ever attended was for a soldier who fell out of the back of a Jeep and broke his neck on a training exercise. The event depicted in the film where Goose died actually happened at Top Gun.

Being afraid of heights MIGHT be a problem if you're a pilot. I took my mom to an airshow. She said the same thing, she was excited and said she wishes she could be a pilot. I told her she might have to go higher than 3 feet up.

Legend ,Jerry Maguire ,Interview with the Vampire ,Tropic Thunder Rain Man, Minority Report ,A Few Good Men , Cocktail, and all of the Mission Impossible movies are just a few you can start with. My favorites.

Val Kilmer in “HEAT” is great too !! Al Pacino and Robert Di Niro are great in it too!!

I really felt your pain on this one, when Goose died...that one still gets me too, each and every time. 💔 Still another Great Reaction, Thanks Jen, and I'm glad that you did Both of Movies back-to-back...it's a Superior Sequel in every way, so I know that You Loved it too!!

Goose is such a likeable character, played by Anthony Edwards. Eight years after this movie, Anthony Edwards became one of the leads in the very successful TV series _ER_ . Again, his character, Dr. Mark Greene, was very popular. And in ER's 8th season, we again had to deal with the death of Edwards' character.

I served in the Navy when this movie came out, and we all lost our minds over it!

I grew up with Top Gun and it’s the movie that made me wanna become a pilot! And the intro is the most badass movie intro I’ve ever seen. Those F-14 Tomcats are my favorite jets too. They’re so massive and yet super fast and agile, and majestic looking! ❤

That almost perpetual smile on your face in the beginning was so great to see, Jen. As for your call sign, you're definitely "Flick chick". Great reaction as always. :)

This came out the summer before my senior year in high school, and so many people joined the navy after school thinking it was going to be cool jets and volleyball games. Good recruiting movie for the navy.

Other great Tom Cruise movies, in my opinion, A Few Good Men; The Firm; and Collateral. Also one of his first starring roles, a young Tom Cruise in All The Right Moves. Many others but those are my favorites.

Not all callsigns are as cool as Viper...the pilot Tom Cruise went up with to get a feel for the F-14 and what being a pilot is all about was named of all things.."Bozo". So considering all of the grandpa wheezes displayed, I can see your call sign being wheeze or "Weezy"..🤣 your decision of course... good review darlin'.....

The guys who made Airplane! also made a excellent parody of Top Gun called Hot Shots! it stars, pre-2 and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer.

Jen, "Days of Thunder" is a great Tom Cruise movie that doesn't have many reactions. The soundtrack of that movie is my favorite.

Pretty much any Tom Cruise movie is a good shout. Personal favourites of mine are Oblivion, Rock of Ages, Jack Reacher (just the first one), and the Mission Impossibles

I ADORED this movie when it came out! I was in NJROTC (high school level Navy ROTC)... and after the summer break, we came back to a new teacher in NJROTC - a U.S. Navy Commander, who drove up in his red Porche, wearing his Navy Khaki uniform, with his leather flight jacket... Commander Richmond was a REAL F-14 pilot, the year after we all watched Top Gun. He was kinda our hero. 🙂 For your callsign? I'm gonna say either "Cinema" or "Reactor" (with a radiation symbol on your flight helmet). And don't feel bad for mourning Goose... It's been more than 30 years, and I'm still not over Goose! I cannot WAIT for your Top Gun Maverick reaction! (one of the top 3 sequels in movie history!)

Family had lunch at the dive bar in San Diego where Great Balls of Fire was shot at during Christmas on the way to Los Angeles. Brother pointed it out when we drove by and I was like let's just go eat there then! Got the shirt, picture on the piano and there's a cutout there where you can put your head to be Maverick or Charlie.

The outsiders will always be my favorite tom cruise movie. It hits home with me . Reminds me of childhood.

Tom Cruise movies I recommend: Oblivion, Days of Thunder, Mission Impossible(s). I loved having Mr Stickland (principle from back to the future) in this. Michael Ironside also was great... he commands such a presence in his roles. Jet wash is the effected space behind the jet engines that's effected by the thrust of the engines. Your utter shock about Goose was such a genuinely surprised reaction. It was obvious that nothing like that happening was on your radar. In general call signs and nick names in the military are given to new recruits from an event that happens whether embarrassing or bold. I can't think of any specific events from your reactions... but as someone who reacts.... Shock, Shocker, Fash, Bink, Pulse, Shimmer, Wavelength, Insight, Vision, Spyglass, Judge Jen, Optic are a few I think could work for you. Got to love browsing words through a thesaurus... helps with things like this.

Ice is a stickler for the rules too. That's why he really isn't a "bad guy" in this movie. He just doesn't like operations outside of the rules which keep people safe. Training deaths happen more often than you would think. Within the first 2 years of my son joining the Air Force, there were 3 training deaths during large Army training maneuvers. His job was support of the ground troops so he was out in the field with them. Mom wasn't a fan after that. Oh! And since callsigns usually aren't as flattering as in the movie LOL .. you'd probably get Wheezy :O

Btw the way, "Merlin" who ended up being "Maverick" (Tom Cruise) co-pilot when Goose (Anthony Edward) is Andy Dufrese from Shawkshank Redemption.... it's Tim Robbins.

I was absolutely obsessed with this movie as a kid when it first came out (yes, I’m that old)! To this day I will still watch it anytime it happens to be on tv! Days of Thunder was another one of my childhood favorites which was basically just Top Gun in race cars. Thanks for yet another awesome reaction Jen! I’m sure you’re gonna love Maverick as well (though I didn’t find it quite as good as the original but it was still awesome, as nearly every Tom Cruise movie is)!

Amazing classic Top Gun directed by Tony Scott starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt and Michael Ironside. The music video of the film is the classic song "Take My Breath Away" single by Berlin and of course the iconic line "I feel the need....the need for speed". Thank you Jen great reaction and don't forget reacts the sequel Top Gun: Maverick

This movie had a lot of influence from MTV, in the 80s it was the golden age of that music video channel, and they tried to recreate the experience of watching music videos but in movies, that's why the movies from that period in the mid-80s were movies. They had a lot of music and montages, a very pop lighting aesthetic, very colorful images, other movies influenced by MTV: Rocky 4, Flashdance and Footloose, Days Of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2, etc.

Glad you enjoyed the movie. I mentioned once before in the comments that you should see the movie 'Collateral.' It's one of Cruise's best work and highly rated.

15:04 I like Jen's happy dance. So adorable 👏

Goose, was the motivation for much of Mavrick's good actions. (I mean good as opposed to rule breaking) And in a movie like this Goose's death was the big loss. Mav losing the girl wouldn't affect him, kick him out of Top Gun the movie ends, it had to be Goose.

I saw this when it came out. It's never been a favorite but I do remember really loving the sound inside the theater. You could feel the rumble going through you.

Hardly anyone realises that Tim Robbins (Shawshank Redemption) plays Merlin, Cougar and Maverick's replacement rear. Jet wash is where the air, which is very cold gets superheated as it is turned into jet exhaust. The engines are built to have cold air in and hot air out, so when hot air goes in, that causes the issue - wake turbulence, a compressor stall and a flat spin. In reality this would be very rare and likely occurance. I have a friend from Newcastle (UK) whom I can make tear up just by saying "Goose is dead."

80's classic Fantastic reaction Jen. Your excitement, curiosity and playful attitude makes it so fun. I remember asking to see this as a kid when it first came out because of the cool fighter planes. My older sister saw it, but my parents found out about the steamy love scene and said I couldn't go. RIP Goose Can't wait to see your reaction to the sequel.

Imagine seeing this film, on the big screen, in the theater, I think I saw this 3 times, was sooo cool!!! The 3rd time, I remember the Navy recruiters were set up outside the theater, and would try and recruit kids coming in to see this film...that's great this film was/is and how influential it was back in '86, great reaction as usual Jen!! Thanks for watching this one! Hope all is well with you, and is well in Canada..👍👍👍👍👍

Yes, Danger Zone was made for this movie. Kenny Loggins made like half of the 80s movie theme songs.

Music in this movie was composed by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop I & II, Fletch, The Running Man) and Giorgio Moroder (Midnight Express, Scarface, Flashdance, The NeverEnding Story). Moroder won his second Oscars award from composing Take My Breath Away, which was performed by Berlin (it was originally supposed to be done by Blondie, but their version was rejected iirc). Moroder is one of the most important figures of modern popular music, he's produced/composed loads of massive hits and was pioneering electronic dance/pop music in the 70's. Harold Faltermeyer is basically his student, working together on some albums and movie scores in the 70's and 80's after Moroder discovered him. When these guys come together, you know the music is going to kick ass, they were huge in the 80's.

Oh yea, I love this move. When I saw it as a kid my brother and I did the high five they do while playing volleyball for like a month. I was incredibly impressed with Top Gun Maverick as well. Looking forward to that reaction too.!

Jen, you will LOVE the sequel. Us mere mortals that saw this in theaters in '86 had to wait 36 years for it, and it was definitely worth the wait! Forgot you're Canadian: I was just in Delta, B.C., on Sunday & Monday for work, for the first time in 8 years, and brought back 2 bags of ketchup chips, and some Aer-O bars...missed those. 😁

27:47 You can see although he is denied permission to the flyby, both planes Ice Man's and Maverick's make the flyby, basically Ice Man endorsing Maverick's celebratory attitude. And so from a rivalry, a friendship is born.

As it turns out the guys in the background during the bar scene when they are singing you Lost that Loving feeling, are some of the actual top gun instructor pilots who will be flying in some of the scenes you see later in the movie

Great movie. A great 80s underrated Spy Comedy with the guy who plays Goose is Gotcha! which I highly recommend you see. Other great Val Kilmer movie is The Saint and Wilow. Also you should try other Tom Cruise movies like Rainman , The Firm, A Few Good Man, Cocktail, Interview with a vampire, Vanilea Sky. There is also the spoof of the movie Hot Shots. Also another 80's classic movie like this Officer and a Gentleman.

I remember seeing this movie in the theater with my dad back in 86' I was 14 or 15 years old. Thought that was the coolest movie ever.

Slamming your head into the canopy even with the helmet on; snapped his neck, perhaps. Worse is that Goose was concussed then drifted into the water. The oddest part is that both were wearing their automatic inflatable vests, which would've deployed when exposed to seawater. For the scene, both devices were not inflated. Driving home that Goose was submerged until Maverick 'pulled' him above the surface and awaited Medivac.

The pilots normally get their call sign by something happening to them during their training. One of our pilots earned his call sign while flying with us at VA-174 DET (Detachment) NAS (Naval Air Station) El Centro. The pilot went into a bombing run and his canopy separated from his A-7 aircraft. The Pilot kept his cool, lowered his seat as far down as it could go, and flew a clean landing at NAS El Centro, bringing the plan back to the ramp. His call sign got assigned him, so for his career he was known as Breezy. Top gun use to be at NAS Miramar, but they flew their missions in Nevada. To save fuel, time and training duration the Navy move Top Gun to NAF (Naval Air Field) Fallon, Nevada. The small jets which the Top Gun instructors were flying are A-4 Skyhawks. All the pilots who I knew which flew Skyhawks, loved the handling of the nimble jets.

Tons of 80s cheese in this one, and I'm all here for it. Lol. I hope you get to Maverick soon. It's quite simply an excellent sequel. Tom Cruise has an EXCELLENT filmography. I mean, the guy has been a superstar for approaching 40 years, and has dozens of incredible films. I'm hoping once you finish the Bond films, you dive into the Mission: Impossible films, as they are tons of fun, and have some absolute incredible stunts (mostly performed by Cruise).

I can't wait until you get to the next one, Jen!

There are a lot of great Tom Cruise films, and many have been rightfully suggested here, but let me add one that isn't a giant movie, but super interesting for what it was. Tom Cruise followed up Top Gun with the film The Color of Money where he co-stars with Paul Newman! It's kind of a much later sequel to Newman's 1961 film The Hustler, about a young pool shark. Well worth a watch.

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 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 mission, besides Navy recruiting.

I love all your reactions. BUT . . . I love your ACTION MOVIE reactions best of all because of how excited and invested you get. Very cool!!!

Okay, call signs for Jen… “Barf”… “Wheeze”… “Banking Manoeuvre”… (don’t believe the movie - call signs are rarely flattering and are usually in-jokes!) 😁 It was so much fun seeing you get pulled straight into the movie, Jen! I love it when the 80s reaches out and grabs someone… and then seeing you get flustered by silhouetted lurrrrrve scene, and all the while watching with sympathy, knowing what happens to Goose… The flying footage in this movie is incredible, and I don’t think it’s ever been topped (even in the new one). It’s about 90 or 95% real too, with just a few shots being done with miniatures (when the F-14 is in the flat spin, some of the missile and all of the explosions). I can’t even tell you how awesome it was, seeing it as a 10-year-old! When it became a massive hit, Paramount wanted to rush a sequel into production, thinking they could do it on the cheap by using the left-over aerial footage. When they were told that almost every frame of usable footage had already been used, they decided to give it a miss and the only sequel we got was a video game… until last year! Hope you enjoy that one too!

Cougar had a full-blown panic attack. The dude was dead to rights and only survived because the other guy just "didn't want to" pull the trigger. Having your life directly hanging on the decision of someone else and not being in control would mess anyone up. Its akin to a criminal pointing a gun at your head and you only live because "they're feeling generous" or something

FYI, Viper’s house is in the city of Oceanside and they turned it into a pie shop.

One of the best movies ever and an instant classic, so glad you finally got to react to this movie.

When I was in the Navy, I was a sonar technician on a submarine. I got to hear jets taking off from the surface of an aircraft carrier, while I was underneath them. One of the coolest experiences of my life. Once I got out of the Navy, I became an actor. I once appeared in a Dutch TV show about flight school. I played a student pilot. The crafts table on set had lots of Dutch snacks including several varieties of black licorice. I normally don't like black licorice, but I think it's primarily due to the artificial ingredients they use here in America. Over there, it's all natural and much better tasting.

"Top Gun" is one of the ultimate 80s movies that you had to see, especially if you're a dude! I loved it the very 1st time I saw it back in the day. Weeping Scorpion stated below that "Flick Chick" should be your call name. I like that one. I'd give you the handle "Swoon" with 4 stars pasted just above your helmet visor. 🛩 Loved the reaction, as always. 📽❤️ The entire "Mission: Impossible" franchise, "Jerry Maguire", "Minority Report", "Risky Business", "Collateral", "The Last Samurai" and "Edge of Tomorrow" are my choices for T.C. films. I still loved him best in "Tropic Thunder"! BOOTY SWEAT!

Welcome to the DANGER ZONE Jen! This film reminds me so much of the 80s. Again great choice! Can't wait for your reaction to part two. Once again your excitement is contagious! Always here for it! Thanks again Jen...Eric

You already have a call-sign, it's Jennypenny. Great reaction with your usual enthusiasm. If you want to see other performances by Tom Cruise, I highly recommend Born on the Fourth of July, Magnolia, and Tropic Thunder. I apologize if I don't watch your reaction to the sequel--I don't watch reactions to movies I haven't seen, but I'll download the video and throw you a like. Stay groovy.

From my understanding, Cougar quit not because of the pressure of becoming the best, rather the risk of losing his life and leaving his family behind that can occur anytime.

The one thing that never set well with me about this plot is that they spend all that time learning to dogfight and getting into guns range to be effective and reduce the reliance on missiles, and then they worry about having only one missile left in the final scene, never using guns against the enemy once.

Your call sign - ‘Canadian Goose.’

CallSign: Wheeze

After all of Jen Murray's movie stories. This one has a special place. When Goose died, it is real. Jen one of your best. I cried 😢

Growing up in the 1980s like I did, you don't skip out on what this film meant to the culture. Months earlier, there was a film of similar content called Iron Eagle (loosely based on true events) that had spawned 3 sequels. But Top Gun would eventually outrun, outgross and overshadow that film. Cruise as an leading man on his A-game with a great supporting cast. The late, great Tony Scott (brother of Ridley Scott) with one of his first blockbusters features with producers Bruckheimer and Simpson. Everybody wanted to be a fighter pilot after seeing this and the impact on recruitment was unbelievable. No.1 film of 1986, soundtrack goes platinum and the song "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin won an Oscar & Golden Globe for Best Original Song. It was in limited re-release for IMAX theatres only in 2013 and it was just as good the second time.

Tom Cruise? Mission: Impossible series, of course. Minority Report, Oblivion, and Vanilla Sky are personal favorites that you might find interesting. Collateral is an early 00s classic

Jen feels the need. The need for speed! Just don't buzz the tower. 😁

When Goose died, I almost lost that lovin feeling... Bring on Top Gun Maverick...

One helpful thing I learned along the way is that the “hard deck” simulates ground level for safety, so dropping below it is not only a major safety violation but technically means you’ve crashed by the rules of the simulation.

What makes this so cool is that at least 95% of the flying in the original "Top Gun" is real, in-camera, dangerous stunt work. No CGI, no artificial digital environments like in "Top Gun: Maverick." Only a couple shots use models because of explosions and a jet free fall.

The actor who played Sundown also played Theo in Die Hard.

Have you seriously not seen any other Tom Cruise movies? *>Mission impossible series* *>Rain Man* *>Born on the 4th of July* *>A Few Good Men* *>Far and Away* *>Collateral* *>Interview with the Vampire* *>Valkyrie* *>American Made* *>Tropic Thunder* All great movies. Magnolia is probably his best dramatic roll (along with Born on the 4th of July) but that movie gets mixed reactions from people. I myself don't know what to think about it. His performance is amazing though.

23:45 F-14 Tomcats can hold 16,200 pounds of fuel, and it can carry 2 external fuel tanks on the bottom and can refuel itself while flying (the external tanks hold about 2,000 pounds of fuel each, and they can also be used as unguided bombs). Also, a Tomcat can weigh 80,000 pounds fully fueled and armed :)

26:55 I saw a PBS "Nova" documentay that had a great cockpit video recorded during training in which you, the audience, could clearly (and loudly) hear the missile warning, but the pilot's brain was overwhelmed with so much incoming information that it couldn't process the warning, and though his ears picked up the sound, his brain didn't hear it. The documentary went on about different types of interfaces and conrol systems to help prevent that kind of overload.

The Admiral at the graduation ceremony is Tom Cassidy, one of the pilots who, as part of Project 'Have Doughnut', evaluated the MiG-21F-13 that was flown by defecting Iraqi Air Force pilot Munir Redfa to Israel in 1966. There is a video on KZfaq, titled 'Throw a nickel on the grass', that features Cassidy as the test pilot from U.S. Navy Air Development Squadron-FOUR (VX-4 'Evaluators') who was chosen to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the MiG at Area 51 in 1968.

The accident that killed Goose was based on real-world issues with the F-14 Tomcat. - The original engines had been made for an earlier, heavier aircraft that didn't maneuver the same as the F-14. They would stall out (lose airflow) at certain angles, and flying thru Iceman's "wake" disrupted the air going into Maverick's engines, leading to that flat spin. - The early canopies would be fired straight up when released, and since Maverick's plane was falling straight down, when his and Goose's ejection seats fired, they went straight up as well. Both issues were corrected in later Tomcats. Enjoyed the reaction. Will keep an eye out for the sequel!

One of my all-time favorite movies. I can probably count on one hand the people in my life who have seen it and don't like it...and those people are wrong.

From the late 60s through the 70s, people in the military were viewed with contempt by the general public and by Hollywood and stereotyped as fools or war criminals. For a variety of historical and cultural reasons, that turned around 180 degreees in the 80s. "Top Gun" was one of the most popular of the 80's movies that reflected that cultural shift. "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) was another popular military movie with a hit song, a love story that gave it broader appeal that the strictly action based military movies, and a character who finds maturity and redemption through the ethos of the service. It was significant for how it reflected that changing attitude toward the military (e.g. "stolen valor" became more common as people who never served started claiming to be decorated veterans) and for Louis Gossettt Jr.'s Academy Award winning performance as a man of color who is in an antagonistic position of power over a handsome, likable white leading character and who, rather than being portrayed as the villain or as a misguided lesser person who gets set straight by the leading character, is shown to be the wiser, better man. I'd love to see somebody react to it.

Goose's death hits me hard every time. "Ponytail"

Jet wash is the air turbulence behind the plane caused from a jet engine. Like a ship's wake. Goose's death is based on a real death of an F-14 pilot. When the F-14 entered a flat spin, when the pilots ejected, the airflow caused the canopy to hover above the plane instead of being thrown back like it's supposed to if the plane were flying normally. So since the canopy was still above the plane, Goose ejected directly into the canopy breaking his neck/back. Not sure if you saw but Merlin is played by Tim Robbins. Andy Dufresne from Shawshank Redemption.

I just noticed! Maverick got his callsign because he goes his own way. Goose got his callsign because he makes people laugh. Iceman got his callsign because he flies so cool. Sundown got his callsign because... 🤔

A movie with a young Tom Cruise is Taps. I can’t find anyone that has done a movie review of it. Made in 1981 it not only has Tom in it but also Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton. And it has the famous actor George C. Scott.

Great Top Gun reaction. It is such a fun popcorn movie. Originally the film was more about all the pilots, but the producers decided to focus more on the romance aspect after seeing a Charlie like female expert at Top Gun. As probably said elsewhere, call signs are voted on by your piers, not self chosen. So my vote for yours Jen would be Book. As in by the "book". Also a play on the sexy librarian look that you have going with the glasses. Another Val Kilmer film, from the year before this, that is one of my fav comedies is Real Genius (1985). Top Gun took him on a more serious film path, afterwards, but I always thought he was a great comedic actor.

Great reaction, Jen. Our should I call you by my recommended call sign, "Wheezer"? Your "grandpa laugh" [wheeze] gets me everytime. I was stationed at Miramar when they were filming Top Gun. Never saw TC myself, but the station was chock-full of film crew and equipment.

1) The Outsiders! Another 1980s movie. It has a young Tom Cruise, Ralph Mauchio, and Patrick Swayze... 2) The car racing movie he was in with Nichole Kidman... 3) Risky Business! I love that old time Rock and Roll!

It's awesome you're doing these as a double-feature. I've watched a few reactions to both but as the Mandalorians say "This is The Way". Awesome start to a Saturday, and a welcome visit with Jen and her Serious Girl Spectacles. 👍✌❤

2:48 To fly like in a real fighter jet like that in real life that close,is fantastic and dangerous. It was so cool to see someone do that in a movie.

- Tom Cruise doesn’t meet the height requirement to be a naval pilot. - I love that they set Iceman up to be an antagonist, but he’s 100% correct in everything he says. When he finally drops the act to tell Maverick that he’s sorry about Goose, you realize he’s not the villain. It’s Maverick against himself.

Yes all pilots have nicknames. They usually aren’t cool. They are usually tagged on them because of something derogatory. It could be a feature of their body or personalities or it could be something really embarrassing.

Most of the aerial sequences were done with REAL aircraft. Where they used models is fairly obvious when you think about it. New filming techniques were developed specifically for this movie. It is also worth noting that one Jamie Hyneman was involved in the special effects side of things for this movie. He later co-hosted a TV show you may have heard of, called "Mythbusters'. Several models from Top Gun can be seen on the wall of his establishment in several episodes..

Hi Jen, Kenny Loggins wrote the song for the movie. A good Tom Cruise movie to do next is Risky Business

Anthony Edwards and Meg Ryan were such a cool couple in this -- they actually were together for a while after the movie.

If you get the chance. There is a video from a Navy Lawyer explaining that some of the things Maverick did in the movie would have gotten him the death penalty