*TOP GUN* is ICONIC

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Now, Top Gun Maverick.

This is my mom's favorite movie. She has it on VHS, DVD and Blu Ray. Taking her to see Top Gun: Maverick and watch her getting all giggity and smiling like a teenager is one of my most cherished memories.

Back in the 90's my dad bought a 53" Toshiba CRT tv and a 1000w Yamaha surround sound system, hooked it all up, threw in Top Gun, cranked the sound system to max and shook the whole house with the opening scene. The guy across the street came over, banged on the door. My dad stopped the movie. Opens the door. Neighbour says "Heard you were watching Top Gun!". Neighbour comes in. They watch Top Gun together. Just two dudes bein dudes. I was like... 8 years old. Still hilarious.

Nat immediately resuming her policy of predicting everybody's death. 😂

The fact she called goose’s death within the first 3 minutes of the movie is insane.

“Don’t vote, just go watch it” is the appropriate reaction

Natalie, you are now required by the rules of reacting on YT to watch "Hot Shots" from 1991, slightly less drama, but edible romance scenes, and the commanding officer is really on top of things.

I was absolutely obsessed with fighter planes, back in high school. When this came out, my folks took me to see it in the theater. I loved it so much! The next day, my Dad woke me up before dawn, had me get dressed, and took me to work with him. He worked at Naval Air Station Oceana, the East Coast's Navy Master Jet Base. He took me to the flightline, at the control tower. He got me a tour of the tower, then took me to the back porch of the building, facing the flight line. He handed me a brand-new pocket camera, 3 rolls of film, and a big baggie of change for the snack and drink machines in the building. I spent the whole day, taking pics of the planes! Even scored a few patches from different fighter squadrons. Literally the best day of my entire life!!

9:23 That man is Rear Admiral Pete Pettigrew, the REAL 'Viper' and technical advisor for the movie. In the Vietnam War, he and his wingman came under attack from 4 MiGs whilst low on fuel. 90 SECONDS later, two MiG's were down, Pete bagging one and the remaining two saw enough, broke contact and ran. Legend.

After the first cut of the film, the producers didn't think it was sexy enough, so they shot the love scene. Kelly McGillis had changed hair color for another role she had taken, so the love scene was shot in silhouette. Also, the elevator scene to build up tension was added, and she wore a ballcap to cover up her hair color.

Maverick isn't just "pretty well received", it's genuinely one of the best action movies ever made. I can't wait

Nat, we better be covering top gun Maverick!! It’s literally an almost perfect blockbuster

Always loved that they did pair Merlin and Mav got paired together at the end. Maverick helped Merlin survive at the start, and lost his partner, and now Merlin can help Mav. Good story telling, even if done before

Your gonna love/enjoy the phenomenal sequel.

Did you notice that Goose's wife was Meg Ryan?

Merlin is played by Tim Robbins ( The Shawshank Redemption)

I was a kid when this came out and it's interesting what still works and what is outdated, specifically the "suck it up" mentality. 80's movies were one reason why gen X have such a hard edge when it comes to how we deal with stress and sadness.

One of the first movies I remember friends saying "You need to see it on the big screen. Don't wait to rent it."

10:04 I love how Goose takes his aviators off and Maverick put his on. LOL