I actually enjoyed Top Gun?! (First Time Watching & Reaction)

[@Alyska]

Let me know if I should react to the latest Top Gun film!

[@thegunman2841]

You must. Seriously. Best movie of the 2020s hands down.

[@GFiero87]

Yes... 110%

[@SonicFrozen_Fan2005_Official]

It's definitely a MUST WATCH! A best successor to this one.

[@thedoctor4327]

Probably some of the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a while and it’s presently in my Top 3 films of 2022 thus far (along with RRR and Everything Everywhere All At Once)

[@abrahamdiaz3648]

Absolutely!!! The second one is much better!

[@kevinburton3948]

About Cougar "freaking out" after the encounter with the enemy planes--- It was *extremely* rare that US pilots engaged with enemy aircraft after the Vietnam War, so Cougar had probably never been in this situation his entire career. Unfortunately you can never truly know how you are going to handle it until you actually go through it. So for the 1st time in his life, he was in a situation where he could have been killed, and barely got out of it by the skin of his teeth. He couldn't handle it and had a panic attack afterwards. Think of it like a guy who trains in Martial Arts his entire life, but freezes when someone robs him at gunpoint because it's the real thing this time and he's never had a gun shoved in his face. And then has PTSD afterwards.

[@takeoutartist]

Exactly. Can’t understand why a lot of reactors don’t get it. Imagine having an enemy missile lock on you for over 10 seconds. I’d piss in my suit.

[@gluuuuue]

Yeah, the high tension is significant. "Aerial supremacy (also air superiority) is the degree of which a side in a conflict holds control of air power over opposing forces." That enemy fighter was essentially demonstrating to Cougar that he could end him.

[@johnl9242]

Its so strange. I saw this when I was 13 back in 1987 and got it immediately.

[@michaellynch5254]

Well it's also the fact that they showed his family picture in the cockpit with him. Then he even said it's his family he almost orphaned his daughter and she doesn't know him. I think it was more about he doesn't want to do that to his family.

[@osez111]

It's all fun and games till you face a real mig 28 protecting his country

[@MrMOTUMan]

This movie is an absolute classic! The sequel is also a fantastic movie.

[@ASSASSIN19923]

im glad second one is not that cheesy like first one and is more serious on new objective first movie feels like teens movie

[@JedHead77]

Fun Fact: The “older guy” with Charlie at the bar was the real-life guy they based the character of Viper on.

[@tannhauser5399]

@JedHead77 - true. And a lot of that behaviour is reall too... A bit exaggerated in the movie of course. But it is not "childish" in anyway. Some may see that, and I get it too. But at the end those kind of guys/professionals, at that level, yeah - they are driven by the ego too, and they know their own abilities...and they better be/do. Ego included, and also being part of the larger team. It is a part of what is making them the best at what they are doing. In any profession really, if you look deep enough. And at the top level, any job , top of your field, after 15+ years of working at the top - yeah, you will meet some really "strange" people. And this is not a negative. No. Far from it. Some of that behaviour, attitude - is exactly what has brought them to the top level. And stay there. A lot of them are not a "social creatures" too. And that is OK too. As long as they are doing their jobs, and at the top level of any field... I'm cool with it :)

[@yxeaviationphotog]

The "old guy" IS Viper. Pete "Viper" Pettigrew, who is an actual Mig killer from Vietnam.

[@johnalley8397]

RE: Cougar, they were not just flying around happily near some other planes. They were on the battlefield with a longstanding enemy (at that time, "at peace", but the cold war was never quite peace) That enemy painted Cougar and his wingman with a sniper rifle's laser pointer and wiggled it back and forth for 30 seconds. Focus: photo of wife and child. Result: Combat trauma.

[@notsureyou]

Every female reactor: "I like Goose" Everyone who has ever watched the film: 😬

[@GreyDoofus88]

28:33 By bleeding your speed the enemy fighter overshoots you, thereby making them vulnerable to attack. Which is why whenever you tail a bandit, it's imperative to try and keep your distance as well as matching their speed.

[@notsureyou]

I see you have been watching "Growling sidewinder" youtube channel 😎

[@kimleechristensen2679]

I concur, its a rookie mistake to trail your enemy to close. "Dont get to close Chewie, but don't show it... I don't know ... fly casual" 😄 PS: I'm damaged by to many flight sim games set at the 100% realism level.😏

[@hellowhat890]

15:55 Fun fact: Tom forgot his line during this scene. The kiss he gives Kelly was improvised and they kept it in the film. So his reaction after she confesses stunned him and he didn't know what to say.

[@napalmwedding]

The harshness of Charlie's words at the airport was unquestionable to me for so many years, but also, consider this: 1.Charlie has super-high security clearance, she knows a lot of shit regarding the details of what they do. 2. We're talking about the top 1 percent of Naval Fighter Weapons School. They aren't as easily broken as Mitchell who works at Safeway.

[@ElPhenomenon]

It always amazes me that when watching reactions people never understand why cougar freaked out , he literally was a finger pushing a button away from blowing up in the sky . He realized that at any moment he coulda lost his family just like that . Great reaction though .

[@tperry8130]

I understood what happened when I first watched it when I was in 7'th grade. Sometimes they just don't get the context of the scene happening. Puzzles me too.

[@Tenchi707]

Great reaction? Bruh

[@emilysheldon3284]

Even without context it was very clear to me that he was having an anxiety attack but maybe just because I experience them often myself and my friend has even more severe ones

[@TheRaider8199]

Not only did he get in trouble the 1st day, he got in trouble for flying below the Hard Deck. That's a major safety violation, since the Hard Deck is a simulation for Ground Level to give pilots a buffer zone above the actual ground. So, by flying under the Hard Deck to get a lock on Jester, he essentially was flying underground (meaning for the purposes of the simulation, Goose and Maverick were dead, a the target lock on Jester didn't count).

[@InfiniteStates]

To be fair though, Jester dove for the hard deck as soon as he was in Maverick's sights, which was kind of a dick move...

[@sparrowlt]

"Arent we going to talk about the fact the instructor tecnically crashed himself into the virtual ground sir?" .. wich means Maverick would had "won" too since a kill is a kill (in this case is known as a maneovering kill when you make the enemy fly into terrain)

[@mattgarrett2583]

Now you have to watch Hot Shots. The true sequel to Top Gun.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

"He just does what he wants." Me: That's why he's a Maverick.

[@shainewhite2781]

This was the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS and its also my dad's favorite movie. The film was a box office success, making $360 million dollars ($798 million dollars today) against a $15 million dollar budget. It took home the Oscar for Best Original Song.

[@thetankgarage]

Love the stories fighter pilots have about the Top Gun instructors. They get there thinking they're hot shit, understandably, since they're the top pilot of either army, navy, airforce or marines. Then they have a duel against an instructor and realize they are so far behind they don't even have the vocabulary to explain how they got shot down :). Maverick didn't win his first duel, he flew into the ground if it'd been a real fight.

[@brucechmiel7964]

Jester broke the Harddeck first.

[@Caseytify]

@@brucechmiel7964 He started it!!! Whaaa... Jester is an instructor, he can do any damn thing he wants. The goal is to improve these kids flying skills, not find excuses. Besides which it was a dramatic tool to highlight Mav's irresponsible attitude.

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@Caseytify The dogfight was invalidated. Mav broke the rules, but Jester, continued as if the fight was still on. He was participating as a valid combatant. A no contest order could have been given and a restart to the scenario assuming that there was still operational fuel and flight time left in the operation. Those sorties are meticulously scheduled.

[@dallasyap3064]

Except that TOPGUN is for Navy and some from Marine Corps. The Air Force has its own school called Weapons School where it has different training squadrons specifically for different aircrafts. The Army does not have any fighter school bcoz it does not operate fighter jets.

[@brentage5000]

Love this movie so much. Got some of the most iconic music, got some insane actual aerial maneuvers, got twenty ounces of adrenaline...glad you enjoyed it and can't wait for your review of the sequel And yes, the vibes definitely skirt the friendly competition/bromance fence. It's pure 80s testosterone the whole way, and I love it.

[@damnthisuser]

Fun fact I visited that bar in SD. It has nothing but bras hanging from the ceiling from like 30 years ago to present.

[@yagoo3223]

This is Voodoo 3 requesting a fly by~ "Negative ghost rider, the pattern is full"

[@napalmwedding]

Alyska even KNOWS that Goose's death was Iceman's fault.

[@SpartanShepard]

I don't know about anyone else, but watching Top Gun (especially TG Maverick), makes me want to play Ace Combat

[@antonioyu6743]

This happened to me I played assault horizon

[@aross344]

The new film is definitely worth a watch. As is the film 'hot shots'. It's a parody.

[@Eisenhorne77]

When I was in the military, I used to load weapons on planes. We were at Red Flag an air combat exercise and the plane I worked on was really old but was more known for getting shot down every combat sortie. This combat exercise takes place in Las Vegas so that's one big reason why everyone likes going. Well, I get off work loading weapons and I get back to the hotel, I am in the elevator and a bunch of the pilots that flew the planes I worked on got in and started talking about getting a kill. I said congrats on your kill I work on your planes, one of them smiled, stuck his hand in the air and gave me a high five.... then said, yeah, he pretty much flew right in front of me... we all busted up laughing. It was fun because the pilots are high on everything when in the air and it's hard for them to come back down to reality after a combat exercise so, them been cool with me was very rare for pilots. For the rest of the few weeks in the combat exercise they find me each day on the flightline loading weapons and always came over to say hi, I would say "Good hunting", they loved it, lots of fun that deployment.

[@JedHead77]

Prayers to Val Kilmer (Iceman) on his current struggles with throat cancer. 🙏🏼

[@joshuawells835]

Legal Eagle recently made a video going over this film and said in real life, Maverick a) would not have a callsign as awesome as "Maverick" (callsigns are usually based on some embarrassing story from bootcamp) and b) would have so many charges of conduct unbecoming an officer or gentleman, reckless operation of aircraft, etc... that he would either be dishonorably discharged from the US Military or imprisoned.

[@Caseytify]

Both, actually. I saw that video. It's harsh. ;)

[@michaeljacyna1973]

Another real life Top Gun instructor said that the idea of competition is ridiculous and goes against the very idea of what training is supposed to be: learning to be a unit

[@osmanyousif7849]

The fact that any Commander, Admiral, or Lieutenant still allows Maverick to keep flying must mean they really don't give a damn about risking their careers.

[@garyballard179]

"Maverick" may sound like a cool callsign, but the definition/synonyms of _maverick_ are independent, nonconformist, unorthodox, etc. The types of things the military frowns on. So Maverick earned his callsign by being a loose cannon - something you don't want in a fighter pilot. He's called Maverick because he's everything they don't want him to be.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Merlin is Tim Robbins. Shows up in a couple more Tom films.the Admirals daughter, is in 2! Ice is in 2!

[@jacobsmith7254]

After this you’ve gotta see the newest one. Totally worth 30 years of waiting. You also gotta continue with the back to the future trilogy.

[@TerminatorJuice]

Funny story... when I was a kid my mom took me to see Top Gun in the theater, and I was loudly singing along to "danger zone" at the beginning of the movie, and then suddenly the movie stop playing, and everyone in the theater could hear my terrible singing before I realized what had happened! It was so embarrassing! Lol

[@zedwpd]

You dont get to give yourself a callsign. It's done on callsign night when your training is over and you earn your wings. I'm Viking.

[@jamisongarrison1972]

How did you manage to get a cool callsign? It was my understanding that most callsigns were insults or lame

[@stubbornscorpio7]

Cougar was panicked because he did not know the intentions of the enemy fighter. They had missile lock on him. He realized if that fighter had shot, his wife and daughter would have lost him.

[@ckobo84]

How is your morality not the very first thing you take into consideration when thinking about becoming a fighter pilot? Just seems strange that it would suddenly dawn on him all at once.

[@brentage5000]

@@ckobo84 1. I think you might have meant mortality. 2. The film took place in 1986 and Cougar was young -- probably even too young to have fought and flown in Vietnam, which was over in 1975. This was most likely his first actual combat situation, and that can really open your eyes to how quickly death can come for you out there. It's probable (of course), that his nerves would have settled with time and he would have been fine, but he chose not to roll those dice.

[@Appreciation-Community]

@@brentage5000 Not to mention how much is riding on it. They are staking their lives on something that could potential start a global conflict. He was at the mercy of a wildcard bandit with a gun to his head.

[@VegetaLF7]

@@ckobo84 Because you can talk a good game about how you'd handle yourself under fire, but until you actually find yourself in that situation for real you simply don't know how you'll be able to handle it.

[@richarddowns7162]

Dang .... I've watched Topgun like, 100 times, and Goose NEVER died until you predicted it! I hope you're happy, Young Missy! 🤪

[@jonesey251]

"I got a weird flirty vibe ..." this movie is one of the most unintentionally (officially) homoerotic movies in the history of cinema. I blame the cocaine

[@JedHead77]

Maverick losing Goose is similar to Luke losing his best friend Biggs in the first Star Wars - you have to (learn to) focus on what’s at stake, and mourn later.

[@adamsweetz5156]

Seeing Andy Dufresne from Shawshank Redemption at the end there gets me all the time

[@savagekruger77]

"Maverick: Lizard Boy" LMAO

[@haydo-9916]

Top Gun: Maverick was a banger!! Tom Cruise literally made the latest movie!!

[@spaghetti9845]

In the intro that is not smoke. The catapults are powered by steam and that is the steam escaping from the piston you see. The new Ford class carrier uses a magnetic launch system.

[@patricklagerberg4387]

Cougar couldn’t fly at the start because he came so close to death and could only think about his family he almost left behind

[@Caseytify]

Panic attack.

[@ckobo84]

If you're going to be a fighter pilot you should already be comfortable with the idea of dying. How did it suddenly surprise him that he could be killed?

[@ScreamingTc]

Goose's death was based on a handful of real events on the original F-14A. To save money on manufacturing costs, the F-14 used engines were taken from an earlier fighter jet that had never been intended for dogfights, and so the fatal flaw of interrupted airflow causing a compressor stall, leading to the flameout, was only discovered after it started causing crashed. The biggest problem was the flat spin the F-14s found themselves in would lead to an area of low pressure just above the plane, meaning the canopy never separated in the way intended, and the ejecting pilots could smash into them. It claimed a few lives before they re-wrote the manual on how to deal with the flameouts.

[@arakuss1]

The TF30 engines were designed for the F-111B which was a multi role fighter bomber. In the 1960s, US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara forced the Navy to participate in the USAF’s TFX (Tactical Fighter Experimental) competition to reduce development costs. This would be General Dynamics F-111 which was was terrible for carriers and the F-11B was dropped for the Gruman F-14 in 1968. Pratt and Whitney which had the engine contract already had the TF30 engines but yes they were not designed for some of the high intense angles a fighter jet performed but they did have power. The Navy had insisted on its own fighter jet so the F-14 would be developed with the TF30 engines. No sooner did the first first F-14 took off in 1970 the Navy asked for an upgrade. This would be the F-14B but the Pratt Whitney engine F-100 failed its tests so any chance of upgrading the exiting F-14s or a new F-14B was put on hold in 1974. It was not till 1979 when General Electrics designed the new F-101 for the B-1 which was later canceled. In 1984 with some changes General Electrics wins the contract for the new engine upgrade the F-110 Engine. The new F-14Ds and upgrades to the F-14 fleet would not begin till then 1987. So had Maverick and Goose flew a little later Goose would still be alive. Your right in an attempt to reduce costs they went with the TF30 engines it was not to reduce manufacturing but development costs. The navy by 1970s was already looking to upgrade. When the F-14 was in development the only engine was the TF30. No others were ready yet and Pratt's & Whitney new engine failed which is what the Navy wanted to upgrade to. So it was either no F-14 or the F-14 they got in the 1970s.

[@TheTrmetzgar]

If you are wondering why Cougar freaked out so bad. The sound of being locked on is the equivalent of having a loader fun held to your face. You are as good as dead if they fire and some people don't bounce back right away. You nailed an issue with this movie that no one really talks about, that being the accident that caused Goose's death was more Iceman fault than anyone if you think about it. Here you have a guy that is always going off about the rules and is known to be cool and calculating but it was his frustration and completive nature that triggered the accident. I mean everyone was telling him to "get out of there" but he wanted to win so bad he was acting like Maverick. Once he realized that he couldn't get the shot he pulled off in anger. At his level of skill and knowledge he should have been aware of the danger his jet wash could create but he made a mistake out of arrogance. Sure Maverick needed the wake up call and he should feel guilty so it was good for the story but I feel that this was a lost opportunity for Iceman character growth. I love this movie.

[@The_Dudester]

Flight of the Intruder is every bit as fun as Top Gun, but completely different. You will enjoy it.

[@georgeandritsakis1482]

My favorite Navy movie of all, the book is awesome as well

[@spaghetti9845]

Popular misconception that pilots need great eyesight. Yes there is a minimum but, if you wear contacts they count for corrected vision. Not without. In theory you can have terrible eyesight but if you can pass the test with correction you are good to go.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Maverick didn't perform the risky move he got criticized for during the final fights. That move was a Split-S. What Maverick did at the end was apply the airbrakes, which incidentally would not cause the F-14 to pitch up in that manner.

[@Caseytify]

I _think_ he pulled up deliberately. Not sure.

[@biguy617]

The actress that plays Charlie is Kelly McGillis. She was a good actress she is retired now from acting.

[@mchawk315]

The reason Cougar is freaking out is that encounter caused him to have a panic attack. They are fucking terrible and suck ass. I know because I've had one before and can confirm.

[@jeanine6328]

You were smart to watch this first. Perfect way to do it. 👍🏻 It’s weird how many people interpret the guys little stand offs as flirty. I don’t think we saw it like that back then. People were not as violent in the 80’s and more capable of controlling emotions. ESPECIALLY guys like these. It’s not about beating each other up or making threats it was kinda like intimidation just through presence. It was about who was gonna flinch or blink or back away being uncomfortable nearly nose to nose. Now it’s flaring nostrils, puffed up chests and talking louder than the other guy. You don’t even have to make sense, just drown them out. It used to be about having nerves of steel…. Now it’s seeing what you can steal to get on someone’s nerves.

[@therealbs2000]

This was actually a hilarious reaction video lol 😆 🤣 thanks for that

[@CDRhammond]

I can relate to "Couger" not because of being locked on to a radar guided missile (which is the only time you would get that alarm Heat seeker you have to look for the trail as it comes off the enemy fighter) but due to a bad Carrier landing. I came in way to low and came a second away from killing not only myself but several other crewmembers on the flight deck. Like you saw with "Mavrick" I had to go back around a few times take a few deep breaths get myself under control and land on the deck. I did not quit from flight status because of it.

[@CDRhammond]

The guy "Charlie" was meeting in the O club that is actually the pilot that inspired the character of "Viper" in this movie. He also had that Call sign while he flew fighters during Vietnam.

[@magpie2541]

funny thing there is no top gun trophy. i think in the commentary they said if there was one there would be more deaths at top gun

[@TheBearGrappler]

Go see Top Gun Maverick. Actors flew in F-18 jets, they paid $11,000/ hour to “rent” these planes from the Navy.

[@monsterliew]

TOP GUN: LIZARD BOY in theatres now : )

[@CaddyJim]

When the enemy got missile lock on cougar scared him he thought he was going to die and he has a family so he resigned

[@ASSASSIN19923]

second one makes first movie look like a walk in the park

[@InfiniteStates]

A lot of the awesomness of this film are down to the late, great Tony Scott (RIP) who directed it. His other films are also worth checking out, especially the phenomenal Man on Fire. And for extra points, the Quentin Tarantino/Tony Scott masterpiece that is True Romance :D

[@RamonPalomino85]

I really appreciate they respectively give us a nod to the late Tony Scott during the sequel's end credits. RIP mi amigo.

[@vodkavecz]

Definiately watch Top Gun Maverick in cinema. I did, and my only regret is I didn't watch it in a bigger room, like in Imax. The last third of it was pretty amazing visually, and edge of the seat.

[@Laserbeak316]

Well Alyska, looks like you’ve entered the DANGER ZONE!

[@davelister2961]

Archer. Lol.

[@dklounge7082]

I'm guessing Alyce has never seen Batman Forever since Val Kilmer (who plays Iceman) played Batman in that movie

[@CyclopsRevolution]

The reason films like this are somewhat "predictable" is mainly because the plot has been copied many time over the years.

[@leonthesleepy]

I saw it for the first time this year too, and really enjoyed it! The sequel is MUCH better tho!

[@ScarriorIII]

Funny thing is, the F-14 with the right loadout was capable of independently targeting and engaging 6 targets simultaneously. The Migs in this film were fictitious, but even the best the Soviets had at the time couldn't compete with that. This would've never been a fight irl.

[@hyp3rsora]

“Oh thank God we didn’t have to see them go 🦎🦎🦎 in their mouth again” is my favorite reaction from this reaction video 😂😂😂

[@pistonburner6448]

13:35 You gots to trust Tom Skerritt! And especially his moustache.

[@ryangiles5174]

That is still the saddest scene in top gun, goose's death

[@corran9361]

Yes, would like a Topgun Maverick reaction!

[@biguy617]

This is an awesome movie. You should check out other Tom Cruise movies like The Outsiders, A Few Good Men and other Val Kilmer’s movies like Tombstone and Real Genus, The Doors which is about the true story of Jim Morison the lead singer of the Classic Rock n Roll band The Doors. Too bad Val Kilmer doesn’t act anymore though he got Throat Cancer and was forced to retire from acting. He is mentioned in the new Top Gun movie. Miles Teller plays Goose’s son in the movie. Jennifer Connelly plays Tom Cruise’s new love interest. Her character is the “Admiral’s daughter” that was mentioned in the throw away line.

[@Nimbus1701]

This movie is incredible, and the 2nd one was just amazing. It was good enough to make my step mom (in her 60s), my real mom in her 70sn and my dad in his mid-70s brave the crowds at the cinema to go see it in person. I treated them as none of them had ever seen a movie on an IMAX screen before and they are still talking about to this day..... and we saw the movie the weekend after Memorial Day. It's phenomenal, and goes to show you that when there are good characters, people buy into the story, actors enjoy working together and buy into the "process", it doesn't have to be 4 trillion dollars worth of CGI to make a blockbuster. Both films are amazing and I coukd very easily with either of them o er and over. Thus is a Hollywood blockbuster done right, so the formula is out there..... and it didn't involve superheroes to get it to $1 billion+.

[@XRos28]

In the real TOP GUN there is no trophy. It's not a sport, it's a military flight school.

[@dabe1971]

If you want to see the movie that proved Tom Cruise could actually act you need to watch 1988's 'Rain Man'.

[@gabrielaguirre8311]

totally Agree

[@Appreciation-Community]

Yeah thats a great Cruise film. Also The Color of Money.

[@Okkotsu86275]

Taking it back to the 80s. I like it

[@superbooster2636]

4:35 you know what they say about those navy guys 🤣🤣🤣

[@williamjones6031]

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 great 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 Goose was 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(RIP), Willem DeFoe and Danny Glover. I'm actually in it for a very brief period of time. HINT HINT. You will be the first. 13. Watching/sharing the new "Top Gun Maverick" is a must. The ariel work in that movie makes this one seem like they were practicing. The best part is that it has a plot.👌

[@comedyriff5231]

With regards to Cougar freaking out. This movie takes place during the "Cold war", the tense rivalry between USA and Soviet Union. Every little conflict could lead to a nuclear war that would kill a majority of humanity. So the scuffle with the Soviet Mig spooked Cougar, maybe it was too much pressure for one man to take, to be responsible for the possible death of most of humanity

[@ThE3ngineer]

Alyska, Cougar's reaction after being lock on, its equivalent at flying, being lock on its like having someone pointing a gun right on your forehead... that gave him ptsd

[@brianng8350]

I guess she is young, but to refer to Top Gun as an old movie, I want her to react to some old b&w classic movie… hahaha…

[@mikehill1626]

The captain at the beginning is the one who played the principal in Back to the Future

[@josephD32]

I used to be one of those guys on the flight deck in a green shirt. In my case, USS Nimitz. I operated the equipment that the wires are attached to that actually stop the aircraft when they land. Fighter pilots are the cockiest bastards you will ever meet. They're not necessarily jerks, but there's no question about their self confidence. You HAVE to have that attitude to do the job they do. They were always cool with us tho. Probably because we operated the equipment that ensures they can land safely.

[@yagoo3223]

Of course we want you to react....to everything!!!

[@JedHead77]

Alyska, fun fact: Iceman played Batman once. 🦇

[@jonnybb]

Of course you enjoyed it, ITS TOP GUN!

[@A.K-nz]

As one of my favourite top movie reactors to watch. I just love it.... Your such a delight to listen to and watch on these reactions. This movie was no different....Some of your comments were so farkin funny, i thoroughly enoyed watching this with you....

[@anthonyguadagnino2681]

Hers are a few of the classics u need to watch. Braveheart, good will hunting, Forrest Gump, Shawshank redemption, saving private Ryan, inglorious basterds, the green mile.

[@JedHead77]

Alyska, you may remember Viper from the first Alien movie.

[@jonathancathey2334]

You are to young, but when this movie was released. The Cold War was in full affect. U.S./N.A.T.O vs U.S.S.R/Warsaw Pact. U.S. fighter jets mixing it up with Soviet fighter jets. Didn't happen very often, and when they did. There was always the risk of escalating force on each side. Which could have resulted into a real shooting war. The type of war that turns the surface of the earth into glass.

[@dallasyap3064]

Should definitely watch the sequel, its amazing, and it has Iceman too. Already watched it twice, planning to watch it a 3rd time.

[@MethosFilms]

One of the best movies ever made.

[@Projeckt]

You definitely need to react to Top Gun Maverick!💯

[@JamesJoyce12]

you have to understand the ethos of being a fighter pilot - in WWI the average pilot survived 11 days - in the Battle of Britain it was four weeks - after graduating from a class of 32 in my day- within five years three were killed - it was dangerous and is still dangerous

[@robovike]

Let me second everyone: go see Top Gun: Maverick. I was really surprised at how good it is and it's at least 100x better than the original.

[@osez111]

nope, it's only 95% as good as the original !

[@sleepyghost4994]

My dad actually worked on the jet in this film, the f14 tomcat. I can't watch it with him, he nitpicks the film to death.

[@Caseytify]

Well, there are tons of absurdities in it. From the comments I've seen from combat aviators, they see this one as similar to the new one; silly as hell, but an entertaining movie.

[@davelister2961]

Mate, you should try watching Jurassic Park with a room full of Palaeontologists like I did. 😂

[@patricklagerberg4387]

Great movie, Maverick is even better which is rare for a sequel

[@savagekruger77]

The high five is mandatory, it's to check if you and your partner are both alive

[@CaddyJim]

*Kelly McGill's, Tom Cruise's* love interest is actually a *Lesbian* in real life

[@shooterdownunder]

Fun fact: since you are a fan of Star Wars the clone wars did you know that there was a script written for an unmade episode that was going to revolve around captain Rex and the clone pilots. It was inspired by top gun.

[@ericpersons3499]

Quentin Tarantino described this as “one man’s struggle with his homosexuality “

[@TheSuperSnake313]

Can't wait for you to see the new one, and remember the actors are actually in the jets in Maverick. So good

[@johnorduno]

Top Gun Maverick is a great movie, you need to react to it!

[@andykapped0823]

I agree

[@Markus117d]

At the start they didn't shoot, But they did have the equivalent of a loaded gun pointed at them, Don't know about you, but that would cause a lot of people to freak out a bit.. Lol..

[@WorldCupIS]

Top Gun Maverick IS amazing. Recommand

[@Azdbacksfans]

FYI RE:sweaty guys... It's VERY hot below deck on carriers...

[@po5283]

Can't say whether you should react to the new one since I haven't seen it yet myself, but I can tell you, you should 100% watch Hot Shots, a hilarious parody of this movie!