I know there's some audio clipping. It was on my end and I'm not 100% sure why, but I was unable to fix it. Sorry about that! I'll do better next time. Hope it's not too big of a distraction.

As a warbird owner myself I can attest to the fact that most of us (who aren't lawyers/doctors/real-estate agents) are in fact airstream hobos living in hangars who own kickass warbirds

I agree on the Darkstar scene, I've seen the movie once, and the thing that came to me while watching it was the line: This is a love letter to aviation. And when you think of it that way, you realize that that scene was a salute to Chuck Yeager and the men with the Right Stuff. And I was talking to my son afterwards, and I mentioned that if you ever read the REAL story of Yeager's F-104 testing and subsequent crash.... The Darkstar scene seems almost believable compared to how it went down in real life.

As a crew chief. The most unrealistic scene was when all the pilots went to the beach. And the flightline being completely empty. "Yeah right". They are beating the crap out of those jets all movie. Maintenance would've been stacked on the aircraft.

11:00 I always interpreted Rooster's conservative flying style to be overcompensation for Maverick's recklessness, since he feels Maverick was responsible for Goose's death.

I still have to give props to whoever decided that they had to keep that P-51 Merlin engine sound front and center at the end (i.e., not be overwhelmed by the music). It shows that in spite of everything else, this movie was made by lovers of fighter aviation.

"Do you dream after you die?" Mover: "I don't know, ive never died" 5 minutes after that exchange, im still laughing.

I'm just glad that this is crushing the box office, if for no other reason than the fact it means studios will green-light more aviation movies. This is a watershed moment, since basically the only other movies that do this well are comic book franchises. I still think the original had the better quotes and music. Lady Gaga phoned it in! She can really sing but that song was imminently forgettable.

This was the closest live action Ace Combat movie we ever saw. The last act of the sequel really plays so well XD

Just got out of seeing Top Gun Maverick and man... What a f*cking experience.. I've not been this satisfied with a movie in years! Im so glad I was able to see this masterpiece in the best way on the big screen as it was meant to be. The emotion and the thrills.. Such an unforgettable film. I even got abit teary eyed and during one of the best and arguably the best scene in the movie.. Thank you Val Kilmer.🙏 As someone who grew up watching the original, and slowly over the years gained much respect for the first movie, who honestly never thought we'd even get a sequel in the first place given the amount of work and effort needed to pull something like this off, boy im glad we did. What an absolute sendoff for Pete "Maverick" Mitchell himself. Thank you, Tom Cruise for your work and dedication to making this movie the best possible experience. Man.. What a f*cking ride it was! WHOOOO!!👌😎👌

I quite liked the surface to air missiles not being the magical never ending things from most Hollywood movies. It was defending 1... defending 2... but once evaded or otherwise defeated, they weren't in some mad never ending ballet dance with the same missile shot 5 minutes earlier.

One thing I didn't understand either was... How did penny know about them training for this "secret" mission? After Iceman died and Maverick was told that he wouldn't be overseeing the training anymore, he came to Penny and she said "I heard." She heard from WHO?? Whoever told her that leaked classified information.

My biggest issue was Hangman acting like a douche due to his notoriety for being a MIG killer. But no one recognizes the guy with 3 MIG kills.

It was confirmed in another interview that the crew speaking in E-2 was the actual advisor.

22:02 - Mover, the story I heard was that the female E-2 operator shown on screen was a real Hawkeye operator. They said she came in to give some reads so that the actors would know what they should sound like and the producers said "well, why don't we just have her do it?"

Incidentally, the current IMDb score for Top Gun: Maverick is also 8.6/10 a.k.a. 6.9/8!

Back in the day.... A student on the pilots course I did (and failed) was an airframe mechanic on a squadron of RAAF Dassault Mirage III. He told a story about how, one day, a Mirage pilot had come across a light plane during a low level flight, the pilot pulled up sharply, and the jet was 'bent', to the extent that when it came back to the flight line, everyone heard the engine spool down in a VERY short time. He explained how integral the Atar engine to the structure of the jet. So, I learned early that planes can be overstressed.

One thing I can say about the Darkstar scene is there is an episode of "The Fighter Pilot Podcast" about the SR-71 where the interviewee, Brian Shul stated that the Navy wanted to keep the Blackbird flying as they still saw it as an important asset. The Air force wouldn't let the Navy be able to aquire the special Tankers needed to keep the Blackbird mission ready so that idea fell through. So if any branch would want a hypersonic spyplane in a world of satellites it would be the Navy.

Loved the comments from both of you. Dad is a USAF fighter pilot, and he had similar criticisms of the new Top Gun movie. But none of the criticism kept us from enjoying it, lol. BTW, we were stationed Tyndall a couple of times. My dad is a graduate of the USAF Weapons School at Nellis, circa 1963-64. Right before Vietnam, he had a strike target deep in a certain Asian country with no return to base plan. He was going to try to get out of the country anyway and hoped to splash down near a Navy ship for pick up. He deeply appreciated his brethren at sea. Then he went to Vietnam (flying the F-100 and F4C Phantom). There was this one munitions target in a cave in the bend of a river with a really steep egress. Pilots had to lob a bomb at it carefully (no guided missiles at the time) and then climb tightly up to avoid the mountain. It was like playing chicken and almost no one was able to hit it (including Dad). When he got back to the States, Dad was a T-38 IP at Webb and at Columbus. I grew up listening to his discussions with fellow fighter pilots or listening to him mentor student pilots in our home. (Don't ask me why they did not notice a quiet girl listening in the corner.) I guess I enjoy your channel because I still like sitting in the corner and listening to fighter pilots shoot the breeze (or shoot something else, lol).

In my opinion the intro was in place purely for nostalgia and get those hairs standing on end immediately. Brings you straight into the feeling of the original Top Gun, with a modern twist. It also give a little taste as to what’s to come, before fading out into Maverick in the present day. Granted it would have been nice if it was longer, I think we lost around 2 minutes compared to the original. I thought it was a great movie and will no doubt get better and more established with each viewing. It’ll go down as a classic for sure. Great to see you guys sharing your thoughts on it though as pilots 👌🏻👌🏻

Agreed on the rushed carrier ops scenes. Slomotion makes EVERYTHING COOL. My biggest problem with the movie was with the ending credits. While the credits rolled, they should have let the REAL Maintenance/Deck/Ops/Support crew montage a "Hi Mom and Dad...love you" camera roll for a roaming camera. Totally missed an opportunity to show the world the kids, moms, dads , brothers and sisters who work in one of the most dangerous places on earth.

I still think like one of my favorite scenes is when they are in the tomcat fighting the Su and rooster says “do some of that pilot shit mav” quoting his dad unintentionally from Top Gun

I just got to the part where you’re revising the intro to the movie and here’s a thought: -Start with the carrier montage/Danger zone -Stick with it, show some carrier ops. -Rooster comes down back to the boat, gets the new top secret assignment -‚Who did they get to train us?‘ -Then cut to Mav and the Darkstar

Part of the point that I feel like the writers wanted to make was that in this movie, Maverick isn’t the same Maverick as the 80s Tomcat Maverick. He’s older. He’s seasoned. His career has moved past the “hot shot fighter jock who is constantly posturing and trying to prove he’s the best”. So I feel like going from the opening carrier scene, with the classic top gun nostalgia and then cutting hard to older Maverick in his hanger really helps to bring home the fact that he is a character who has naturally grown as a person, as an aviator, etc. Like they are sobering the viewer to the idea that even Maverick can’t be a hot shot forever. I think including that he is a test pilot for Darkstar shows that he has grown as an aviator. You probably could have talked about it or shown it without the dramatic hypersonic test flight, but that just made for good visuals. But it did help to show that while he’s older, wiser, seasoned, etc…he is still gusty as ever and willing to push the edge. Just my two cents.

Not to brag but I got DarkStar up to Mach 10.4 at 275,000ft and then landed it safely so I feel like I know a thing or two.

Can't wait for Mover Ruins Movies version on this movie. I agree that it wasn't all it could be but I did enjoy it. I especially enjoyed all the little nods back to the original like Maverick riding up to Penny's house just like he did in the original; Penny driving a Porsche like Charlie did; all the "talk to me Goose" and "break right" talk; and the opening scene on the carrier with the original music. That stuff was great!

I laughed at the scene where the carrier's elevator, loaded with two F/A-18s, drops to pick up Maverick then returns to the flight deck.

The reason they had Admirals around in the movie, is so there was someone who outranked and could bust Maverick. For those who aren't familiar with Navy ranks, a Navy Captain is an O-6 , right below one-star Admiral. A Captain in the Navy is the equivalent of a "full-bird" Colonel in the other services in which a Captain is an O-3.

The Rooster post intro scene should have been a low threat strike or CAS mission that started well then went sideways, possibly with a bad bomb drop OR say an SU22 pops in, Rooster can't cope with the situation for some reason (TIC and bandit in the AO, easy to make this high tension), and show Hangman splashing the SU22 (remember, were told hes the only active fighter pilot with a confirmed kill when he's introduced). This would show a reason for Roosters hesitancy, it would tie in Mavericks "Theyre the best flying low threat high altitude bomb dropping missions" line, it would make Hangman not so hate able/overly douchey, a bad bomb drop would display more reason why F models/WSOs would be an asset, and would make the intro just flow better.

Iron Eagle 2 and Maverick share some subtle similarities: 1. In Mav: the Skunkworks scene is called: Dark Star & in IE 2 the mission was called: Operation Dark Star. 2. Both Mav & IE2 have missions requiring 4 jets to fly thru a gorge/canyon in order to take out a Rogue State Nuclear Facility. 3. Both Chappie and Maverick are working on old aircraft when they’re introduced 4. The recruits or team chosen in both movies have a hard time gettin along at first - & have to have some time off… 5. Both have one women pilot in the mission… Idk if anyone else noticed these things but… i still thought it was a great movie I do feel the into was rushed… Hanz Zimmer did his thing too

Regarding the actors in jets looking like actors in jets. In some of the behind the scenes videos, Tom Cruise comments that all the actors started to look normal in the jets after all the training they received. They needed to be reminded to emote and exaggerate their movements.

They lost me when Tom Cruise rode on base without a helmet and no reflective vest.

You should ask Dave Berke to do an interview, he was a former top gun instructor and helped with the production of this movie

My father was a test pilot for the Navy and also did carrier ops… in the Korean war. Because of the many ejections and head injuries from said test flights he actually developed Alzheimer’s later in life. I took him to see the original top gun when he still was able to differentiate reality from fantasy (a side effect of the Alzheimer’s). Unfortunately he felt the need to say rather loudly during the opening scenes how half the stuff would’ve got people a LOR in real life! People in the movie theater around us were getting extremely irritated with his running loud commentary and it lyrically cost me a couple hundred dollars worth of popcorn for half the movie theater in apologies! He was in his element though after the movie, a lot of people did come up in the lobby and ask him about his experience ..I wish he was still with us to see the second one, I’d love to hear what he would have to say. This former navy brat LOVES your channel… you guys are a riot and a credit to the brotherhood👍🏻 THANK YOU for your service🙏🏻 so glad you’re still with us.

17:15 I interpreted rooster being pushed back 4 years as being due to having to enlist to get the GI bill to pay for college. ROTC scholarships can pay tuition, but that's often not enough. Also, when they're explaining the mission to Maverick and they show Rooster's card it mentions he went to UVA.

The excuse for not flying F-35s for this mission should have been Pete Mitchell saying "Maverick doesn't slide into anything called Fat Amy, we are going with Hornets".

Thank you retired Blue Angel Pilot Navy Commander Frank Weisser! You flew all the low flying scenes with Tom Cruz in the #2 seat. I am still looking for the names of all the original Navy pilots in the movie.

I felt that after the Danger Zone scene, they missed a chance to intro the new pilots and their quirks before cutting to Mav and Darkstar. Show Rooster and Phoenix and Bob doing stuff, then intro Hangman at Topgun, like they showed Mav/Goose with the MiG, then intro Iceman at the school. The actors in jets thing was something they wanted to do in the original movie, but the footage looked goofy, so they did the ground sim thing with cockpit mockups.

I will totally agree about the opening scene feeling rushed. It demanded a better pace and dynamic to get to the whole carrier deck action sequence which is also very short. It felt like it was done quickly just to appeal to the fan base that requested “danger zone” and a similar opening to the first film. It only needed a few seconds more (30/50” tops) to make it great. Also the camera work as great as it was it can’t hold a candle to Tony Scott’s work. It felt shaky and most of the tracking shots could not follow the aircraft properly. If you see the original Too Gun opening apart from the fact Scott is using a lot of backlight to keep the aircraft silhouette bigger and more impressive all the aircraft shots are framed and tracked to perfection during any kind of movement (take off, landing, trap, etc). TGM lacked that in that opening scene, the camera could not frame properly the aircraft or people and their activity, stay with them for long periods hence why you see loads of cuts. Loads of fast cuts usually show poor directing execution - *cough* *cough* Michael Bay.

My biggest issue with the movie was: if you’re gonna launch dozens of cruise missiles and potentially starting a war, just take out the SAM Missile launchers. You’ve already gone hot, might as well just go all the way

The best thing about this, is that since it is doing well, we might get more Flight movies, but we will for SURE get more Action Movies that aren't superheros. And Thats something that I am missing a lot at the moment.

39:30 where you fix the overarching plot holes really completes the whole film for me. Loved the film overall, but your extra “head canon” polished it up.

The wings moving, that's exactly how I read it.. that he was like, why you doing that? Not that he didn't know about it.

OMG, the last few minutes talking about a "realistic" reason for the movie's mission, budget cuts, Fat Amy broke again, all O4s ETS'd for the Airlines, had me LMAO on my drive to work. All Vets understand the MILITARY REALITY HUMOR!!! LOL!! Great video Mover/Wombat. Made my morning.

In the first Top Gun, as Mover says it, the Tomcat is the star of the movie. The movie made Tom Cruise a big time movie star, but the airplane was the star of the movie. I actually like the flying scenes from the first one more than this one. While you have to get past the same shots are used multiple times and the airplanes change mid-scene, the exterior shots of the Tomcats was much more thrilling than watching actors look like they are pooping their pants. The clear bubble visors bothered me. They just looked goofy. I know they used them so you could see the actors, but they should have found visors that had some tint to them - even the visor Mover has on in his Hornet Go-Pro footage would have worked. You can see enough of the face that you could have known who was who. While you had to pause reality a bit in the first one - overall it wasn't completely outside of the scope of reality. This one had a much more Iron Eagle feel to the story. It's a movie and a good movie, but need a big reminder to pause reality and go with the entertainment value. And the sailing scene with Penny Benjamin made no sense.

Love the idea of the Dark Star story as a prologue, very much reminded me of the the altitude record scenes in The Right Stuff and a bit of a nod to the golden age of test pilots and experimental aviation.

Enjoyed the movie more in IMAX for sure, having watched it three times. Just took everything in as "believe" so I could just simply enjoy the fact I was watching an aviation movie. Didn't feel there was enough carrier deck action in the movie. Agree not enough background on the pilots, especially Hangman, Payback and Rooster. Penny was highlighted more than them. Bob cracked me up! Loved that the story though had a mission for the last half of the movie. Loved Maverick's "bringing them back alive sir" comment. Goose really impacted Maverick's code of life in a major way, assuming other's during Maverick career have also died. Didn't understand why more rescue planes weren't sent out at the end or was that just Cyclone's "protect my job" personality? I assumed that Hangman also left the deck of the carrier without approval since he was told to stand down??? How does a carrier launch occur without approval??? Enjoyed Warlock really pulling for Maverick at the end. Loved the Maverick/Hondo interaction, though not much of it in the movie, but the love and respect came across.

Great video. Looking forward to the Mover Ruins Movies. I really think that having the Darkstar sequence as the opening would have been better, like a prologue, I am in 100% agreement about that

23:52 I saw that as a rhetorical question. He’s not inquiring “why are the wings coming out?”, he’s basically saying “I know what you’re doing, and I’m not sure I’m ok with it”. It’s not what he says, it’s how he says it. 24:40 when preparing to ‘land’ Maverick says they have no nose gear and no tail hook. As for the seats not working - when they started her up, they didn’t arm the seats (I know this from DCS). Maverick may not know the RIO stuff, I can believe that, but he knows how to arm the seats. And the RWR when they finally turn things on? I liked that, it was a “huh? I know what that alarm is, but they splashed the two Su-57s, so what is this for?” Because you think they’re safe, but nope. No radio, so no one to tell them “hey, there’s another bandit between you and the boat, adjust course while we send Dagger Spare up to intercept… it will take him 10 minutes because he’s carrying 3 bags, 2 LGBs and 4 AIM-120s”… that really was an unnecessarily heavy Rhino, wasn’t it 😂 Thankfully, as much as I understand certain things (like an overloaded F/A-18) and why this and that is accurate or inaccurate, I’m not a pilot like you guys, so I can still fully immerse myself in the movie. Although I’ll never fully understand what it’s like for you guys watching it, it does come across with what you’re saying how much you have trouble just taking it for what it is, without your pilot side itching to critique the whole time while you watch. I’m looking forward to the Maverick edition of Mover Ruins Movies 😃 In the meantime - Mover Ruins Movies: Iron Eagle 3? (The one with the paintball firing warbirds 😂)

I saw the Dark Star scene as a way to say, he can do all the other things later in the film. He went mach 10.4 then the rest of the film he was able to hit over 9g at his age and he's outworking the younger pilot's.

That was an enjoyable review. Good insights and objective scores. Thanks gentlemen!

I was searching for this video. Thank you sir!

I am a huge fan of the original and I really expected to be disappointed by this one. I wasn’t. This movie was a 10/10 to me as crazy as that sounds. Even the over-the-top scenes just seemed to fit with what they were trying to achieve here as a sequel to Top Gun. It all just worked for me and I found myself empathizing with all the characters and the chemistry between them was there. I even appreciated the initial cockiness of the pilots in the bar scene because they were all later brought back down to earth and humbled by subsequent events. I loved it and I dare say it’s better than the original to me. Like I said before I had come into it with a very critical mind and they absolutely won me over.

2 admirals, simply trying to recapture the dynamic of Viper and Jester.

Loved this rip on the shenanigans of the film. You guys crack me up! Loved this!

Another great analysis guys. Keep up the good work!

just to note why rooster might have "lost" time because he didn't get into the naval academy. perhaps there was no NROTC at or near his university; perhaps when he graduated from university he didn't get into OCS immediately, or had to wait a while for a pilot slot. there could have even been some intervening medical issue between 18 and 22 (such as an injury) which delayed him flying, that he might not have otherwise had had he gone into the Naval Academy.

Loved it so much. Saw it once in IMAX once in regular. first IMAX I've seen in forever and it really was worth it for Top Gun Maverick, the audio was much more intense in imax

Thanks Mover & Wombat! Great stuff. One of my pet peeves in movies is "the novice" - the storytelling device wherein the audience is having something explained to them via the 'master' in the movie teaching someone in the movie. Drives me nuts. Because so often it isn't actually needed. Anyways - love the channel.

Thank you, guys, for review! I saw the movie yesterday, and i really like it. Great visual, a little sci-fi and good enough story.

I love your resequencing of the movie to be the Darkstar test, followed by the intro, followed by a Rooster event, followed by the diner. Rooster getting into the Academy - If it's anything like the Air Force, I'd guess the vast majority of Naval pilots are also academy grads, so it's possible as a ROTC grad, Rooster would have little chance to be a fighter pilot. "Why are the wings moving?" - I could buy Rooster being unfamiliar with the F-14, but I interpreted as you did; he was asking if what he thought was about to happen. Would be the same as if they were in a Hornet and Maverick unfolded the wings. Penny Benjamin - First movie names her as an Admiral's daughter, so this is probably how they got her in the backseat of an aircraft. "None of them know who Maverick is" - I could see the Navy brass trying to downplay as much as possible a pilot like Maverick. He's obviously not liked amongst his generation, Iceman being an exception. The Girl Pilot - I agree now that it was pointed out; she's the every-pilot. Regarding her being a female, I don't think the outside is anywhere near as meritocratic as the military is or tries to be. From the outside, it's seen as a man's world, especially the combat side. Famous female combat pilots are few and far between when viewed from the outside, so I think they wanted to highlight to the outside what the majority of us from the military already know: women can do this too and can be just as good at it. Regarding "policing your own;" fighter pilots have a reputation both in and outside of the military for being supremely confident to the point of arrogant. Acting cocky is how everyone expects a pilot to act so people think fighter pilots are constantly jockeying with each other for dominance. The mission - They tried for the Star Wars and Ace Combat stakes. "The target shaft is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust report right below the main port. The shaft is ray-shielded so you'll have to use proton torpedoes." "I don't know why two Admirals are there." - This bothered me more than anything else in the movie. From what the movie tries to explain, these two Admirals wouldn't even be involved. These two flags have a lot more else to worry about than this two-week training mission. I could see it more Maverick being sent out to the boat that would be tasked for the mission and working up the crew that would do the mission, not being sent to a shore installation run with a pair of non-operational flag officers.

I really love the insight you guys are bringing to this as both writers AND airmen. Everything is well-said! Still disagree on Mover's points on the Darkstar scene: I think it was important to show Mav's desire to help those around him, even at his own personal cost.

Great review. I didnt mind Hangman's character arc. I think he found humility and teamsmanship during training, swallowed his pride and told Rooster to 'give them hell,' after his perceived snub on the mission. He was distressed when his first request to fly air cover was denied, so you knew he was a gamer, (or that was the message anyway, I understand virtually any pilot would have been Jonesin to get into that fight). He was the same obnoxious F during the victory scene on the carrier, but now he was one of them, part of he team, he was THEIR obnoxious F. Even Phoenix, who found him off-putting, gave him a hug. This is what happens when you skip the volleyball/football scene Mover, you miss out on all the subtle points! lol Really tho, the 'there's your team' line that Maverick to speaks to Cyclone in the football scene is part of a big theme, resolving differences, putting the team first, and gettin' it done. Working Hangman's mean-girl persona into the mix was a big part of that.

Thanks for that conversation guys! Even though movies are movies and i really enjoyed Top Gun Maverick, it's also interesting to get the real perspective on what we saw versus the real world of military aviation. (Thank you KZfaq for being the platform where these conversations happen).

Wow Mover, nail on the head. If they did the Darkstar stuff first, THEN the intro, followed by more Super Hornet stuff it would’ve definitely added some “uhmph” to the Bug.

Nice breakdown. Enjoyed the perspective from an author. Random question. When they were dispensing expendables, they would hit a mushroom button that appeared to be on the sidewall of the cockpit. Am I wrong, or aren’t those on a button on the throttle? Part of HOTAS setup? Also really get a kick out of the random pop ups you put up when WOMBAT talks.

This video is so entertain, because the way mover delivers his insights from the movie and in his experienced is a fact on what pilots reacts inside the jet. Big respect to you sir for all the realtalks and hope that in the future, if they will continue this movie there should be some improvements to develop:).

you know its good when there are multiple vids....:) Good content

So Maverick shoots down two SU-57s and becomes an ace. The tradition in two crew aircraft, F-4 & F-14, both the pilot and the RIO are accredited with the victories. So, given he also shot down the Hind, does Rooster now have three kills?

Im not sick of hearing from Top Gun Maverick... not tired of watching it. It really is a great movie.

I initially disagreed with your views on moving scenes around, but damn looking back after seeing it 3 times, that would’ve made this movie perfect. They should’ve had you guys as production editors. Such a good review guys. Love the channel.

Thank you for a very informative inside review!

Curious.. i noticed that the intro was kinda rushed in with a shorter version of the original anthem.... also while its still awesome.. in the original that intro linked directly with what came next (Mav and Cougar intercepting the MIGs) because it was the same carrier they launched from and returned too.. but in Maverick the scene then cuts abruptly to a totally unrelated part (the darkstar plot) and that seemed like if the intro , while awesome, seems like a "fanservice insert" .. like if they decided later on the editing of the movie "oh right..lets just recreate the intro and insert it into the beginning"

@ c.w. Lemoine>> i have one serious question, in the end, when Hangman destroy’s SU-57, while it was engaged with TomCat, why didn’t SU-57’s radar warned him that he has been painted ???

I’m really happy to hear someone who shares my opinion that this movie was agonizingly close to perfection… they were just a few minor tweaks from having this thing be a 10/10. I’m actually planning on doing a detailed movie review where I propose how it could’ve gone with just a few of these tweaks. Thanks for posting this video to re-inspire me to get back on that project.

Hangman has a kinda sorta turnaround scene before they leave for the mission when he wishes Rooster good luck. They didn't explain any of it but I just took it as whatever rivalry he had went out the window when it came time to do the mission.

I gotta add this: Rarely have I ever seen a picture of a Hawkeye look sexy but that picture hanging on Wombat's wall sure does make it look sexy!

Love your work Mover, a little surprised with Wombat on you didn’t call out the Hawkeye radar going blank when they called below radar coverage, maybe for Mover Ruins Movies. Also with the discussion on why a four aircraft strike, this would have been perfect for JASSMs instead. Keep up the great work my daughter like Rooster wants to be a pilot and starts high school next year. A little sad she doesn’t want to be like her old man and be a WSO.

Love the review man. Can you do a video explaining (what you can lol) the F-35 thing? Is it just the stealth aspect and they can cruise in at altitude and bomb away freely?

Hey, Wombat, I still have my ‘66 Mustang my father purchased in 1980 and gave to me in 1988! Mustangs rule!

Interesting to hear both of your views; thank you. I only saw the movie today and think you are perhaps being generous with your scores. For me, it is a 7 out of 10 at best, but I want to say 6.5, largely due to the terrible dialogue which runs throughout. The storyline was pretty weak too, however.. the flight scenes (real and cgi) did make for some amazing viewing. I do appreciate though that you are looking at it through a specific lens rather than just as a stand alone movie in itself. I saw something that you said previously with Gronky; that the F-18 is not really “sexy” on screen in the same way as the F-14 so it was almost starting from a losing position compared to the original and I couldn’t agree more. The Hornet didn’t get my pulse racing in the same way. Thanks again though as I completely admire you and your colleagues for the skill and dedication you have to have to fulfil what is only a dream for most (me included).

6.9 out of 8 is a really good score. The movie is just great fun.

Gentlemen: Thank you for your dedication to duty! Your expertise on this subject is definitely TOP-NOTCH! I served as a "ground-pounding Gulf Marine" that appreciated - actually APPRECIATED the Air-Ground Liaison who served alongside me during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. His experience as a pilot became secondary to his ability to instill morale. Do correct me if I am wrong, but all pilots are issued a call sign for combat/traffic/morale purposes. The pilot assigned to my unit (Third Marine Regiment/Task Force Taro) may have had the privilege (I served in the command Element as an Operations Clerk) to give the Commanding officer a call sign. As a show of morale, members of the command element received their personal call signs...to include myself (L-Dog).

Loved hearing the perspective from guys that have done it about the little things. Now that you mention it the darkstar/scunkworks seen should have been handled and implemented differently

BOB is the hero of that movie...

Mover!! Rooster was an F/A-18 Guy, He never armed his seat, He probably didn't know, you have to reach up on top of the seat and pull the arming pin, that's why the loops and face curtain never left the housing when it was pulled, Maverick would have done it instinctively (And probably done off screen) Plus Maverick explained to him that they were the loud handles, Which given their appearance he should have guessed.

Love the review. Mover is the anxious LT. Wombat is the good Senior Officer bring him back to earth. You both get a Muttley Laugh.It was nice during the credit roll that enlisted got some props.

Loved the review and Wombats treason flight novel

In the movie you can hear mav make the call to the boat that he had no nose gear and no hook.

On the Darkstar scene, I couldn't understand why he was slowly turning at such a speed. It LOOKED good, but it made no sense to me why he wasn't flying arrow straight

You nailed it on the opening sequence. Great one liners guys! 8.75/10??? From WOMBAT???!!! THAT'S HILLARIOUS!!! Mover I know it's your channel, but I'm a Wombat fan too.

Finally got the chance to watch it. It was awesome, incredible work!!! Loved it. Also BOB Rules!!!!!!!

Since there's a lot of nostalgia with the original Top Gun, I want to throw a fun question out there. NAS Miramar obviously didn't survive to make another appearance in Top Gun Maverick (yes, yes, I know it's still an active installation, but it's now MCAS Miramar). Mover and everybody else: what's one closed air base from the 1980s (can be USAF, USN or USMC) that you really wish was still open and you could be stationed at to fly from? For me it's MCAS El Toro, California. Huge runways, great location and the hub of west coast Marine Corps aviation up until the late '90s. A close second for me would be NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii. How about you???

Living in an air stream, but having a hanger with a p51 and all the space to work on some bad ass cars? I'll take that all day vs a traditional house. Now to find a way to talk my wife into this.

I've seen it twice.. IMAX was a pretty cool experience. I'm not a fighter pilot but I was doing a heck of a lot of gen av flying when TG1 came out, so TG1 played a significant part in my timeline. I didn;t see TG2 for that plot, it was for the ferw minutes of flying in the movie. What impressed me the most was the recounting of how various parts of the film were filmed and flown by the pilot(s_ that actually flew it. I'll also admit it I'm a softie for P-51s and the barrel roll during the credit roll reminded me a flight I had in a P-51 jump seat around the same time that TG1 came out

The sarcasm at the end was so damn funny 🤣

Regarding actors in the jets - according to a couple interviews I've seen with the actors, the director thought they started to look too comfortable pulling the G's, so he advised them to act more intensely.

Love how they used BOB Hoovers escape from a German concentration camp in which he stole an enemy plane and flew to safety

Appreciate the professional insights into how things actually work. That being said, this wasn't a documentary, it was a movie. They did a lot of things for the entertainment of a lay audience and for storytelling purposes.

Was Def looking forward to this I just love to see WOMBAT'S very fast Ford escort and hear about Movers always reliable Hellcat SUV.