Top Gun: Maverick (2022) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!

[@douggetchess4732]

I saw the original in theaters when I was 20, my parents also saw it in theaters. I didn't know that until this movie was about to be released and my 80 year old parents mentioned how much they would like to see it in a theater. So as a Fathers Day gift last June I took them to see Maverick in a theater. I was concerned the load noise might annoy them, but they loved it as much as I did. The sounds of the planes and visuals were just incredible. It was a fun afternoon for a 57 year old man with his 80+ year old parents. It became more meaningful when in October Dad passed away, making Mavrick the last film he ever saw in a theater.

[@mikerosoft1009]

That's a wonderful memory to have with your dad. May he rest in peace.

[@bamboosho0t]

I was 8 when Top Gun was in theaters. My parents said no to Ferris Buellers Day Off, but they said yes to Top Gun and Transformers: The Movie. 😄

[@monarchisto]

@@bamboosho0t Nothing's gonna stand in our way, not tonight.

[@Cherokeelion]

Thats a real, real good memory to have.

[@fuckTrump-v7j]

God-fucking-dammit.....that's a great story.

[@kingscorpion7346]

I'm so glad they didn't just have Val Kilmer show up in a picture as an Admiral, but gave him film time reprising his role as Iceman. that scene was powerful!

[@CDRhammond]

When I saw this movie in the theater, I had to correct the people seated next to me when they asked why Ice was only a Commander. Due to my veteran hat they figured out before the movie even started that this was what I did in the navy.

[@kingscorpion7346]

@@CDRhammond sometimes, you just gotta correct people when they just don't know what they're looking at.👍 as for myself, I was serving in the Navy when the original Top Gun came out, and we all lost our minds over that movie!

[@CDRhammond]

@@kingscorpion7346 The real CNAF earned his wings the year the first movie came out. Did you happen to catch Glenn Powell's easter egg he put in on his own, it was not caught till post production.

[@kingscorpion7346]

@@CDRhammond nope, completely missed it!

[@CDRhammond]

@@kingscorpion7346 I missed it the first time too. He types in 86 when selecting a song on the juke box.

[@clevelandcbi]

*TRUE STORY:* I had to buy dinner, ice cream, and go see the new Jurassic to convince my daughter and niece (both 13 now) to sit through part one and see this with me. They went back 4 more times. Both said it blew all the Jurassic movies out of the water, and they're both HUGE Jurassic fans. That's the best honest review/recommendation I've got.

[@topherbec7578]

It just shows that people still want patriotic movies if Hollywood would just make them.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*Anything is better than the new Jurassic movies. They're just Chris Pratt-centric remakes of the originals.*

[@frankgesuele6298]

Now they feel the need, the need for speed!😎

[@IntenseSarcasm]

I feel like I've read this comment before, did you write it on another reaction?

[@clevelandcbi]

@@IntenseSarcasm A few, I believe.

[@BryonLape]

"Talk to me Dad" and "I'm sorry, Goose" get me every time.

[@MAC-nm5is]

What I loved the most about this film was Mavericks personal growth from the first movie. It was all about him in top gun even to the end. In this movie he was all about caring for others. Saving the dark star program, wanting to protect his pilots and get them home, risking his career to show them the mission could be done using his timeframe, saving rooster and lastly committing to Penny

[@tomyoung9049]

To be fair, his ego still peeked up when he pushed Dark Star too far. He made ten and could have set down. But in Maverick style, he had to go for it.

[@crankfastle8138]

growth? he's an awful naval officer that should never have been allowed to fly. has he ever obeyed one order? ever?

[@mattp6089]

Very true, but also somehow still a maverick rulebreaker! Also not everything he does is for that reason. Pushing Mach 10 in the Darkstar was, pushing 10.3 was not, hah!

[@dallasyap3064]

Except for pushing Maverick beyond mach 10, that was really unnecessary. That prototype being blown up already would cost a lot for the program.

[@markymarknj]

YES! Move and Gonky, a couple of ex fighter pilot KZbinrs, said that they couldn't see the point of the DarkStar scene; I think it was necessary, so as to establish that, while Maverick still does his thing, it's on behalf of others. The DarkStar scene set the stage for an others focused Maverick.

[@kevindown1592]

For those that don’t know Bob is played by Lewis Pullman son of Bill Pullman. Bill played the President in Independence Day, Lone Starr in Space Balls, and many more films.

[@annamariepowell9162]

When I originally watched thr movie I kept thinking he looked familiar

[@JohnSmith-wh2ob]

Yep my mom said that to me when I took her to see it then when you google a picture my goodness they are like twins 😂

[@hellowhat890]

He and his dad both played characters that got to fly in F-18s. ❤

[@charminbaer2323]

Raspberry. There's only ONE MAN who would dare give me the raspberry.. Lone Star!!!

[@Swordsfor200Alex]

Yep...Bill Pullman the most boring man in Hollywood. It was hilarious that his son is just like him character wise.

[@Cadinho93]

The Maverick and Iceman scene proved that despite being rivals in the past. Iceman always had his back after Goose dead. Iceman was Maverick's wingman outside of a plane and even in his last breath was drawn Iceman always had Maverick's back later in life. Also, one thing I love about this film. They succeed to make new characters interesting in just one movie. Rooster, Hangman, Phoenix and Payback are some of the best newcomers in this film. Hangman remind me of Iceman and his rivalry between Rooster remind of the rivalry between Iceman and Maverick. This is notalgia done right.

[@clevelandcbi]

Agree with everything except that Hangman mirrored Maverick in the original, right down to leaving his wingman. Maverick even mentioned it. I honestly liked all the new characters too.

[@rjwilley9164]

​@clevelandcbi Yes I agree! So many reactors compare Hangman to Iceman when he should be compared to Maverick as a loose cannon. If anything, Rooster is closer in style to Iceman with his more calm, methodical, team-based approach.

[@Adino1]

The top brass all thought Maverick was a relic of the cold war and was an unnecessary risk Iceman knew a long time ago Maverick was dangerous but he realized after 1986 sometimes you need someone dangerous

[@todderickson2435]

Don't forget Bob!!! He was awesome!

[@crankfastle8138]

the irony is iceman protecting maverick all these years didn't help him. it afforded maverick the freedom to be an asshole all the time and never suffer commensurate or adequate consequences

[@JasonMoir]

"The Navy needs Maverick..." just like KZbin needs the Schmitts. :-)

[@jeremystevens5312]

I agree

[@JohnSmith-wh2ob]

Hell yea

[@TBRSchmitt]

Wow! Thank you haha

[@tomhoffman4330]

Amen to that!! 😇

[@ozymandias1758]

I concur😊I've been waiting for you guys to react to this ever since it was released for home audiences

[@robwalsh9843]

First movie in years to actually put me on the edge of my seat.

[@Lightningrod75]

How'd you manage that? I thought my seat was on hydraulics.

[@mmmatthews9135]

haven't you seen Star Wars A New Hope?

[@clevelandcbi]

​@@mmmatthews9135 Everyone has. It was great. This was better. And yes, basically same bombing scenes.

[@mayorjimmy]

This film not even getting a nom for best Cinematography is a joke. This movie was hands down the best Cinematography in decades.

[@pkdude5334]

It's good, but I think Bladerunner 2049 was the best cinematography I've ever seen.

[@mablungblackhand3618]

This is the best movie I've seen in years. This is why we old-timers used to flock to summer blockbusters. Only time will tell if Hollywood will start thinking of their viewers and once again start making good movies that appeal to their audience or continue to lose viewers by basing their production, story, & casting decisions on other factors.

[@albertaguy4817]

In the 80's-90's if it had Tom, Sly, or Arnie... we all showed up!

[@ongoing_cake_discussion]

Price is the number one limiting factor. NOT the type/direction/genre/production of the movie. Just an FYI. Some of the best performing movies have been "B'Movie Horror, Anime, Animation, 1st time directors, 1st time actors, etc". However, I def agree, this is one of the best films of all time.

[@mablungblackhand3618]

Ticket price? Or production cost? Even many bad films now break a billion dollars in ticket sales. However, consistently bad decisions in production, story, & casting have diminished the brands of many IPs such as Star Wars and the MCU (Marvel) to the point that they are approaching irrelevance. For example, in the Star Wars universe, consider the death of Han Solo in such a trivial manner and the diminishment of Luke Skywalker to a green milk-chugging burnout. In a huge shakeup in the MCU, Victoria Alonso (Pres of VFX, Animation & Post-production) was recently scapegoated and fired for a lot of people's (principally Kevin Feige's) continuously bad decisions throughout Phases 4 & 5. Amazon Prime's Rings of Power was a colossal waste of time, money, and energy for a completely forgettable failure of the most expensive TV production of all-time. The list of colossal recent failures goes on and on. And more and more fans are now abandoning these stink-bomb franchises in droves. As you say, recently there have been many quite successful "B' movie productions. These films simply don't have the production resources to waste on such a grand scale, so talented people working on them have to try to gain audience support through more traditional storytelling methods. And it shows.

[@jjc5871]

@@ongoing_cake_discussion "Best performing" is arbitrary. It's easy to call a movie that brings in $1 million a huge success when it only had a $20k budget. As good as everything in Maverick looked, it only had a $170 million budget. Brought in nearly $1.5 billion in theaters though. The new ant-man had a $200 million budget, had CG that looked like absolute shit, and hasn't even hit $500 million in box office sales. Hasn't been quite 2 weeks yet but the new shazam still hasn't made it's base budget back yet, and the general rule is movies have to double their budget at the box office just to become profitable. Doesn't matter how much money gets thrown at a movies budget if the writers, directors, and/or actors are trash.

[@ongoing_cake_discussion]

@@jjc5871 Best performing among who liked the movie. Not financial. As in grand total and social outlook on said movie. Being talked about a lot. Etcetera. Price is the limiting factor as far as cost to see a movie. The average prcie for a 5-person family is almost 100$ without concessions. CGI shouldn't matter as it does. Again, that is a jaded view and the entire reason the cost of films are out of control. 99% of a movie can be great and the 1% is what's talked about. I am talking more about the type of movie anyway. If a movie is made for a small group of people and that group of people like/love it, it is a success. Everyone who complains about zero perfection are the anchors who keep happiness low. It makes fans not want to even talk about the things they love. People just say what they like is "shit". Sound familiar? Respectable criticism aside. Calling something "shit" isn't a respectable critique.

[@jaydisqus3353]

I was thrilled that they got Val in there. His daughter said they preformed it with the help of a computer.

[@CxOrillion]

Apparently while they did record an AI-synthesized version of VK's voice, it wasn't what they actually used for the movie.

[@jaydisqus3353]

@@CxOrillion really? I thought she said the used some kinda AI intelligence to get the voice right. Idk, he was pleased with it.

[@303bourbonguy2]

​@@CxOrillion Val kilmers son did the speaking part

[@TalkingHands308]

@@303bourbonguy2 No, guys please stop with all of this misinformation. Both the thing about it being an AI voice and it being his son are both not correct. Straight from the director when he was asked about this, the voice in the movie WAS VAL KILMER SPEAKING. They used computers to clean it up a little bit but it was really him. The AI voice thing is something Val Kilmer is doing so that he can act in future movies where they will use the AI voice which WILL SOUND NORMAL, not like he has a throat condition like in this movie. The AI voice will basically allow Val Kilmer to lip-sync in future movies and the voice will deliver the lines for him and it'll sound as if he never had throat cancer. So the AI voice is something Val Kilmer is doing but is unrelated to this movie, and the son doing his voice I think was something that they did for a documentary about Val Kilmer, also unrelated to this movie.

[@JoeMama410]

Iceman’s voice was performed by Frank Welker.

[@seamustheplatypus]

This movie is brilliant because it was made the old way. It comes from an era when writers and directors made movies for the audience. They made their films universal in themes and crafted them to be crowd pleasers. That's why so many films from the 80s and 90s have become iconic. Craftsmanship, passion and love for the audience. Basically everything that is totally absent from today's Hollywood.

[@RobertMorgan]

One choice that made this story focus on the story itself was not showing an opposing side or trying to even characterize the enemy force, you don't need to know that, it would change nothing about the pilots jobs and struggles. They don't care about the politics or controversy around what they've been ordered to do, they just care about doing their jobs, executing the mission as required, and not dying doing it.

[@UnbrokenGlass]

A good part of it is Tom Cruise. One of the last true film superstar.

[@johnyd1911]

Absolutely loved this Movie.... Saw the first showing with a bunch of Service Men in IMAX and all of us were blown away. Not ashamed to say I teared up multiple times, starting right from the opening scene. One of the few movies I saw multiple times in IMAX. Can say this was probably the bestest all around movie in 2022. Definitely was robbed of awards at the Oscars...

[@bamboosho0t]

I think Hollywood has something against Tom Cruise.

[@parcaleste]

@@bamboosho0t and even more against actually good and touching movies.

[@itzbp9949]

I 100% agree

[@jeffburnham6611]

Was nice to see an F-14 again. That aircraft will always be the iconic fleet defense aircraft to me.

[@tru3sk1ll]

Sexy ass plane

[@michaeljacyna1973]

This belongs in the conversation of one of the greatest sequels of all time, along side with T2, Aliens, Empire Strikes Back, Dark Knight, etc

[@tru3sk1ll]

100%

[@19brittani]

FACTS!

[@pkdude5334]

Bladerunner 2049 should be in that conversation as well

[@_toph_]

i like to imagine the scene with iceman and maverick as a perfect parallel to val and tom in real life. two incredibly talented standouts in their field both remembering their long and accomplished careers. even joking about who is the better pilot/actor.

[@ben2741]

In an interview, Val mentioned witnessing Tom’s performance and work ethic and thinking to himself that he was witnessing the beginning of a great man’s career

[@crankfastle8138]

Val is clearly a much better actor than Tom. Tom is a weird dude, I don't think they're particularly friendly in real life. but I don't think Tom is a person who keeps close friends.

[@zainnaveed2002]

@@crankfastle8138 Lmao tom was the reason val was even in this movie tom said he wouldn't do the movie until val was in it

[@RobertMorgan]

I'd have paid to see a Maverick vs Doc Holliday character fight.

[@Pandaemoni]

14:20 "This movie already makes me want to be so much more adventurous...I definitely won't, but it makes me want." 😆

[@scottdarden3091]

Rooster " c'mon Mav do some of that pilot shit" is my favorite through back to Top Gun, when Goose said that.

[@Downtime-33]

After watching so many studios try to "deconstruct" my childhood heroes, I was afraid to watch this in theaters. When I finally did see it, I was deeply moved. For what seems like the first time in a long time, they let one of my beloved characters be heroic.

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

Deconstruction is good

[@chrissibersky4617]

I'm so glad they kept focus on where it matters. So many franchises has been ruined by focusing on woke crap. I don't mind a female fighter pilot as long as it's not about proving how worthless men are.

[@mohammedashian8094]

@@jesseowenvillamor6348 not ALL the time

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

@@mohammedashian8094 but MOST of the time

[@mohammedashian8094]

@@jesseowenvillamor6348 well you should’ve been more specific in your first comment

[@jim8368]

You two were great on picking up who Penny Bengamin was and the fact that Charlie wasn't in this movie, "she's gone". After dragging our emotions up and down and putting us on the edge of our seats they have a little humor to lighten the tension. Mav knew his career with the Navy was over when he came back to the carrier in the F-14. He also knew he wouldn't ever get a chance to fly an F-14 again, so he made the best of it with a low pass. We wouldn't expect anything less from Mav.

[@Britcarjunkie]

Maybe, maybe not: the F-14 was there, seats 2, looked airworthy, and Maverick knew how to fly it. A no-brainer. After landing, the same Admiral that wanted him gone, gave his approval for a job well done. Personally, I feel that Maverick retired after that mission - but if Cruise wanted to do another film, it was left open for that to happen. Sad part is, in reality, there are no airworthy F-14's left in the USA: there's a handfull of them in museums, but all critical/classified components have been removed & destroyed, and the rest of the F-14 fleet was destroyed, so that the Iranian government (the only other country that bought the F-14 - and who hasn't been on our good side since the '70's) can't get their hands on any critical parts, to keep theirs flying. That's a very sad thing, because, while I was in the USAF, seeing a F-14 fly was an awsome sight! They're bigger than the F-18, but just as maneuverable, and faster. Them being retired & replaced rather than upgraded, was purely politics & money, as the new F-18 Growler, is basically what the F-14 was, right off the production line, (as well as also being an air superiority fighter). Only difference, is it took the F-18 40 years to get to where the F-14 already was, and it still isn't as fast. I mean, the F-15 and F-16 are both just as old as the Tomcat, yet even with the F-117, the F-22, and the F-35, the F-15 is STILL in production, and the F-16 is - sort of. Not only is this film a "love letter" to aviation, but it's also a "love letter" to the F-14.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

@@Britcarjunkie sadly the F-14 as too high maintenance. She had the highest maintenance hours to flight hours ratio, and cost too much. Too many moving parts (sweeping wings, old avionics and systems etc.). She was ahead of her time in role and performance, but behind on the technological side. 15s and 16s are far easier and cheaper to maintain (it helps that they aren’t carrier-borne) and upgrade, and have fantastic combat records (F-15s are 104-0 in aerial combat!). The F-14 will always be the most iconic fighter jet in aviation history, but her flaws were too costly 😢 And it’s a damn shame that politics got in the way of an upgraded version… the ST-21 program was canned before it got past the drafting stage, but the proposals were insane! A Tomcat with 5th gen tech, the only aircraft more advanced would have been the F-22. But Dick Cheney said “no” 😢

[@Britcarjunkie]

@@CoffeeMatt10 That's part of the problem with technology - lots of moving parts. As for the swing wing design, I tend to lean towards that being just another excuse, as the EF-111 and the Panavia Tornado had swing wings, and that never seemed to be a reason for retiring them. And, the B-1 is still in service, as much as it drinks fuel. I do understand the Tomcats were old - so are B-52's, but with all the maintenance they require, they're sticking around - probably until wings start falling off again! (Happened at, I think, Norton AFB in the '80's: just sitting on the ramp, minding its own beeswax, and a wing fell off!) In defense of B-52's, however, even with twice the engines as the B-1 or B-2, the '52 is more cost effective: doesn't drink as much fuel, and parts are cheap, due to most of the technology being of the best museum-quality...and the engine upgrade should make them even cheaper to operate. But yes, it is a damn shame the Tomcat wasn't upgraded. That, and the SR-71.

[@hellowhat890]

25:12 One of the greatest cinematic shots of all time in film history. ❤

[@wolfsilinger6303]

A Bridge Too Far about the operation market garden from 1977 you must see! With many Stars : James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Ryan O Neal, Maximilian Schell, Robert Redford...

[@back2back379]

Best cinematic experience of my life seeing this in theaters! A groundbreaking, standard raising film.

[@SigTheSauceMan]

That moment when you realize the climax is just the Death Star trench run from Star Wars.

[@cicero2410]

"When the f*ck did we lose air superiority???" 😂 BEST question of any reviewer

[@leif712009]

“This movie definitely makes me want to be more adventurous. I won’t, but it makes me want to be.” Hilarious! Me too! 😂

[@boomeister2]

One day you'll blink and 30 more years have flown by...so be more adventurous!!

[@clevelandcbi]

I'm 43, and the only comparable theater experience I've had was the original Jurassic Park for the total wow factor. Also two of the only ones I've seen where people were literally cheering (When T-Rex and Hangman saved the day). Also applauded as the credits appeared.

[@johnyd1911]

100%.... Also had the same thing way back when JAWS first came out. The Original Summer Blockbuster.

[@303bourbonguy2]

I wish I could have seen this 1 in theaters.

[@SilverJackLeg]

Seeing Alien in theatre back then was awesome as well as the first Matrix.

[@clevelandcbi]

​@@johnyd1911 Wish I was alive for that one. My late dad said my mom wouldn't even get in a pool for months afterward 😂😂😂

[@johnyd1911]

@clevelandcbi 😂 My Dad actually built us a pool after watching it saying he was never going back into the ocean! 😆

[@michaelsegriff3362]

Put this one in The Schmitts Reaction Hall of Fame! Top notch for Top Gun Mav! I saw this in the theater. It made me cry, gave me chills and thrills, and I literally left the theater uplifted.

[@buzzardbeatniks]

One thing I liked about Hangman was that he was never knocked down a peg when it came to his skill and even though he was arrogant he still saved the day, the writers didn't feel the need to make him fuck up and need to be saved by someone that he had previously discounted as I think most movies would have done.

[@zmarko]

Everything about this movie just plain works. It's such a perfect way to wrap up the Maverick character. And Miles Teller was incredible as Rooster. He's also incredible in one of his earlier movies, The Spectacular Now, which more of a drama movie, but his performance is nothing short of outstanding (as is Shailene Woodley's), it's definitely worth checking out sometime.

[@MJKeenan30]

Teller was great in Whiplash too.

[@charlize1253]

I know this comment is very late, but I just learned this from an ex-pilot: the movie is so well-researched that at the climax, there's an accurate real-life reason why Rooster's ejection seat won't work: the F-14 had a safety feature that required the pilots to manually arm the ejection seat every time they got in, but Rooster was never trained on the F-14 so he wouldn't have known that.

[@havok6280]

The actor who plays Hangman also plays a naval aviator in a movie called Devotion. It's about the first black navy pilot during the Korean War. It's fantastic. Highly recommend.

[@johnyd1911]

Incredible movie! All those Corsairs and emotions.... Tears flowed bigtime

[@walover165]

He's also John Glenn in "Hidden Figures".

[@jeremybr2020]

In case you don't already know, the character Bob is being played by Bill Pullman's son. Bill Pullman was the President in Independence Day.

[@QuinceyG]

So glad you both watched and posted this so close to watching for the first one. :) This is how a sequel is done folks :)

[@matthewlee8725]

When we first see Jennifer Connelly's character, David Bowie is playing in the background :)

[@bobogus7559]

15:06 We didn't lose air superiority - we've still got the F-15, F-22, and (in some sense) the F-35 for that, as they are air superiority fighters flying with the Air Force. The F/A-18 is not an air superiority fighter, but rather a multirole fighter that does ground attack, reconnaissance, supporting fire, and a handful of other roles in the navy, and the F-35 is not a dogfighter. Also, the F-14 was a naval air superiority fighter and interceptor, but it was from the 1970s and didn't get upgraded to nearly the level of many other contemporaries like the F-15 and F-16 - instead it was replaced by the F/A-18 and later also the F-35C.

[@cpt_BoxSoT]

Finally someone who actually knows there shit🙌✅️

[@TheGoIsWin21]

Also (I'm a bit buzzed on my vacation so I'm gonna share thoughts as the video goes, lmao), F-18's have two variants, one with a single seat and one with two seats. That's why the wingman is so important for the mission. The guy in the backseat in the wingman aircraft is able to direct the laser for the bomb without having to worry about flying. It's also how they were able to film so much of this realistically; the actors were sitting in the backseat of actual F-18's pulling actual high G maneuvers. There's a fair bit of CGI in the movie, but a LOT of the shots of the actors in the cockpit are them genuinely suffering in the backseat of a fighter pulling high G's. They did a phenomenal job of recreating the chaos of air combat. As a good comparison, some of the radio communications between pilots are available from the "shock and awe" campaign of the first Iraq war, and it basically sounds a lot like that quick sequence of the pilots flying for their lives after the bomb drop, just a lot of yelling and maneuvering and panicked callouts of missile launches and evasive manuevers. As for catching them with a net, well... the Navy learned a lot of hard lessons in WW2, and "sometimes planes need to land with an obscene amount of battle damage" was right up there with the most important.

[@jenspfennig9226]

Daniel: Wonder, what happened to the other girl? Sam: She's gone! Quickest discard ever 🤣

[@keithcharboneau3331]

You mean Kelly McGillis? well the short story is that after Top Gun, a short series of movies following Top Gun, and then 15-20 years of heavy illicit drug and alcohol abuse before she got clean, took their toll on her body and she is NOT the young beautiful woman that she used to be, and she looks very much the rode hard and put away wet person that she is today, that is the long and short of what happened to her. they NEVER considered for even a single second of bringing her back for this movie.

[@19brittani]

she got old and grey and obese.... frfr

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

Pat on the back for figuring out who penny was during her intro scene. Fantastic movie.

[@julieeverett7442]

"with a history high-speed maneuvers over five air control towers, and one admiral's daughter"

[@MsAppeljack]

The actor who played Hangman auditioned for Rooster, and was crushed when he did not get it. Tom Cruise really wanted him in the film and had the character based off of Maverick and Iceman written for him.

[@rmsgrey]

This movie proves you can do a legacy sequel right, and also proves that even recycled tropes can be effective in the right hands - aside from the ventilation shaft being slightly bigger (3m rather than 2m) and needing two shots rather than just one because this vent has a cover, it's very much the trench run from A New Hope (right down to one character getting encouragement from a ghost). But it's done so well that it doesn't matter that it's so familiar.

[@Funk_Reactions]

So as a Navy Veteran. I was stationed at VFA131 Wildcats at NAS Oceana as my very first duty station and what’s craY our sister squadron VFA143 performed a lot of these maneuvers in this movie. So many nostalgia moments. I recognize NAS Fallon from anywhere and real Navy Airmen know about the Fallon Shuffle 😂. Anyways this brought back so many memories as was sooo happy to see it in theaters.

[@guymorris6596]

Is the Top Gun school at NAS Fallon or Miramar ?

[@Funk_Reactions]

@@guymorris6596 NAS Fallon, at least it was when I was in the Navy. I was in from 03 to 08.

[@JozyMozy]

14:34 - Sam: "She's gone." 🤣🤣🤣 Edit- 42:06 - me, exactly. Welcome to the club. Incredible reaction.

[@crankfastle8138]

too old, fat, and unattractive for the film, unfortunately

[@odinsahn7648]

It's very rare that a sequel surpasses its predecessor but Maverick did everything just right. The characters had great chemistry, the casting for Rooster was perfect, the SFX was breathtaking to the point that you couldn't even tell where the CGI was. The story was basic but more purposeful than the original and the action was placed perfectly throughout with the emotional aspects having real depth this time around which gave the characters, not just Maverick, a driving force. I was really impressed with this film from the beginning sequence and it never let up, I'm glad you guys enjoyed the film. Great reaction from you both keep it up and love the channel.

[@jillfromatlanta427]

Great movie...two things you may not be aware of - Bob is played by Lewis Pullman (Bill Pullman's very talented son....he looks so like his dad), and two, Ice's lines of dialogue were spoken by Val Kilmer's son...all of the actors flew in planes with cameras on them (no green screens)...

[@randeecarreno4289]

Glad that you two made it home safely after last night. I love this movie so much! One of my all-time top favorite sequel movies, and one of my top favorite movies of 2022. 8:38 You are both correct. Penny is the Admiral's daughter that was mentioned in the first movie. I love that we got to see Val Kilmer again for that one scene. Definitely one of my favorite moments of the movie with Iceman and Maverick. Fun Fact: There was very little CGI effects for the aerial shots in this movie. The cast all took flight training lessons. Those are the actors doing doing those scenes. If neither of you have seen it yet, I very highly recommend the Miles Tiller movie "Whiplash". Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊

[@mmmatthews9135]

after all that you didn't notice that it's basically Star Wars A New Hope rip off.

[@leonrussell9607]

What happened last night?

[@Tr0nzoid]

@@mmmatthews9135 , the first one had a nod to Star Wars, with the need to take out the enemy before it got in range to take out their base. It's not quite a rip-off by having to strike a target.

[@mmmatthews9135]

@@Tr0nzoid it's what the target is and how the target is hit that was basically page for page. there's a difference between a nod and a complete knock off.

[@davidw.2791]

@@Tr0nzoid The whole death star 2-metre target shenanigans was based on real life Dive Bombing miracles from WWII.

[@scottdarden3091]

Your right TBR, you can't eject at Mach 10. 3 and survive.

[@tru3sk1ll]

THat was my first thought also, been then I said what the hell, it's a movie , meh, you don't dogfight with missles that close either, most plan battles take place miles away without ever seeing the enemy, it's a battle of radar and missle tracking now, pilots don't do much

[@scottdarden3091]

@@tru3sk1ll correct and in Top Gun, Iceman's plane gets riddled with cannon fire. The air through those holes would break it up. One of several problems Pete Pettigrew LCDR the technical advisor had with the movie.

[@RealBLAlley]

@@tru3sk1ll It's more than plausible. The moment he lost power the plane would have started losing altitude, slowing it exponentially as the air got more dense. He would have ejected at a much slower speed and probably activated a self destruct since it was an advanced experimental plane, and to avoid having it crash into a populated area.

[@markwang77]

There’s a fun fan theory out there that says Maverick actually doesn’t survive that Mach 10.4 explosion and that every moment after that in the movie is his redemption afterlife dream (rekindle lost love, repair relationship with Rooster, pull off impossible mission, defeat two 5th Gen planes with antique F-14, and save the day as the hero). It’s fun to ask yourself what was more likely: Maverick accomplishing all of the above or perishing in an explosion of such speed and altitude that no human could survive? 🤔

[@fd009597]

You can see the story of a real Tomcat Barricade Trap I think Pilots name was BIO

[@drzhraje]

"Maybe little less licking." ... ... "Maybe little more licking." 😂 What a great reaction and so many funny one liners. 👍

[@TheGoIsWin21]

The funniest thing about this is that there are quiet rumblings that this was essentially the actual reveal of a new Skunkworks aircraft, and Tom Cruise got to show off the new hotness in aircraft development. 😂 Also, not that it needs to be a channel reaction, but there's a pretty fun behind the scenes video of the various actors passing out, trying not to throw up, etc as Tom Cruise insists they all get put through the intense G forces necessary to show off air combat.

[@Grujnot]

In case of, "Bob" is played by Lewis Pullman, Bill Pulman's son, the one who played the President of the USA in Independance Day (so a pilot fighter)

[@definitelydelish]

Penny Benjamin [Jennifer Connelly] was mentioned several times in the original movie: Captain in opening when saying they were going to Top Gun "One pass on an Admirals Daughter [Penny]", Goose saying "Penny Benjamin?" to Maverick right after the Captain's Statement and Meg Ryan during her visit mid movie, "Goose told me all about the time you went ballistic with Penny Benjamin.” --- we haven't lost Air Superiority, the F-22 would likely take out a SU-57 Felon [enemy fighter portrayed in movie] before even seeing it visually. They set up a specific reason they can't use our stealth aircraft [F-22 doesn't do carrier take offs last I heard and the F-35 would be no use on the target with the enemies GPS jamming so the best current carrier fighter bomber is the F-18 SuperHornets used in the movie.]

[@definitelydelish]

@@GhostWatcher2024 Always partial to the F-35 Battle Penguin (cause of its short wings an fat body) but she is a heavy girl now with the changes in mission parameters and added tech & weapons..

[@johnyd1911]

I will add that only the F-18's have 2 seaters which allowed all of the Stars to sit in the rear seat of them to be filmed in action... 😁

[@JustLiesNOR]

@@johnyd1911 and the navy wasn't about to let them into real F-35s

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

jennifer connelly milf they're probably take this down

[@willhenschel1039]

@@GhostWatcher2024 that’s the movies excuse the real reason is that f35 isn’t two seater which is what was needed for the movie so the actor can sit in the back while a real pilot flies

[@darkphoenix2]

15:05 "When did we lose air superiority" We haven't really. The F-22 and F-35 are still 5th generation fighters comparable, and most likely, superior to the Su-57 being used in this movie. The F-18 is a more limited plane, and it probably wouldn't be used for a mission like this in reality, or at least not alone. But for the purposes of filming, it was the only appropriate aircraft to allow filming the actors inside, since the F-22 and F-35 don't have two seater variants.

[@emilymcplugger]

The difference with the first one is the mission. In the first film they’re trying to get through Top Gun and prove they’re the best. Big woo. In this one EVERYONE is the best and it’s a suicide mission, so you spend an entire movie getting to know and like and care about all the characters…and they might well get killed. That tension is throughout the movie and makes you care even more. That’s why it works so damn well.

[@drlee2]

Yeah, it was amazing that even with the limited interactions between the characters in this film, somehow they all felt genuine. Like that late scene between Maverick and Hondo felt highly emotional even though Hondo is a new character and he had like maybe only a handful of lines throughout the entire film.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Hondo, Maverick’s own personal Warrant Officer 😂 One of the Darkstar project leads A Top Gun instructor(?) A drill sergeant 😂 A carrier deck crew member An officer in the mission room Man must have a big family to have to hold down so many jobs 😂

[@Itstwofourteen]

"Quality vs. Quantity" perfectly exemplified, imo.

[@sticky4158]

@@CoffeeMatt10 lots of PTAD lol

[@el34glo59]

Somewhat yes. They pulled it off. But still a hair lacking. Not bad or anything. Movie was amazing. But I felt there were moments where the interactions didn't feel genuine. But they were so small, I didn't mind. I also think someone should have died saving someone. Maverick even. Would have been extremely emotional at the end

[@Nick_Barone]

I missed it myself, but in the initial briefing they said the F-35 wouldn’t work for this type of mission (gotta suspend disbelief for that). The F-35 is our fifth generation fighter so we technically still (and always will) have air superiority…..

[@ikr9358]

And the F-22 is still probably the most advanced fighter in the world.

[@Markus117d]

@@ikr9358 The F22 is the best air superiority fighter, But the F35 is the more advanced in terms of the technology built-in. But the F35 is a multi-role fighter. So it's not as manoeuvreable or fast as the F22..

[@johnyd1911]

They said all of that bs because only the F-18 has a 2 seater which enabled them to actually go up and film them flying.... 1 JDAM would've done the job....

[@cbrbruce7161]

Did you get the Easter egg? When Maverick first meets Penny(Jennifer Connely) in the bar!! Music by David Bowie plays in the background, with whom she filmed Labyrinth when she was 16.And Hangman taps 86 into the jukebox, the year of the first Top Gun movie

[@EVGriffinJr]

I’m 48 years old. I have to admit I saw this film first but I never seen the original! Right after I saw this I went back and looked at the original. I personally think this one is better but the old film is definitely not a squirrel by no means. It’s sort of like the first two Terminator movies. The first one is a classic, but the second one took what the first one did and did it better!

[@hellowhat890]

Fun fact: Maverick says that the mission could be pulled off by the F-35 fighter but the GPS jamming prevented it from hitting the target. The F-35 is featured in the opening carrier scene but only the exterior. The real reasons why is because the F-35 cockpit can only seat one person. The F-18 had the room to incorporate the custom camera rigs and have the actors ride in the back. Also, the inside of the F-35 has parts that are still classified. So it couldn't be filmed at all

[@clevelandcbi]

Fun fact: The original is the only movie I saw 2x in one day in a theater. My idiot brother (12) thought he could convince the ticket lady that I (6) was his son so we could watch Stallone's movie "Cobra." It didn't work, so we watched Top Gun again.

[@ozymandias1758]

Here at 35:31 Bob's being ecstatic at the safe return of Maverick and Rooster, as well the success of an impossible mission, is the most wholesome reaction ever. His beaming face.. so much emotion. Love that guy🎉

[@TechPanzer]

This movie had no business being this good. One of the very few sequels that actually surpass the first movie, and by a significant margin! Apart from a few technical mistakes regarding the dogfights, the movie does pretty much everything right. And the best part: no politics or social commentary, just entertainment!

[@BishopWalters12]

Best blockbuster movie I've watched in a least 10 years.

[@wren7195]

Haven't seen anyone really bring this up, but that brief moment of near-panic in Rooster when Mav tells him they have to eject... in an F-14. With Rooster in the wizzo seat. Where his Dad passed away.

[@Hauns91]

Swear this movie was the first blockbuster in a while that really gives you so many different damn emotions.

[@shanenolan5625]

Thanks, guys. I'm glad you made it home .

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

not big cruise fan but 89 year old mom is so watched it with her surprised how good it was top-notch aerial scenes suspenseful story with satisfying resolution knew it wouldn't win for best picture (this kind of film doesn't anymore) wonder if we really have mach 10 hypersonic plane if so must be top secret

[@RexFuturi]

When I saw this in theaters the first time, I walked out of the theater feeling happy. My mood was lifted for the rest of the day. A movie hasn't done that for me in a long time. Maybe they're supposed to. So, I went and saw it a second time with my daughter. Best movie of the year.

[@hellowhat890]

14:09 Jennifer Connelly and Tom Cruise are actually sailing that boat for real. That moment he falls forward and she goes "you ok?" Is actually an improvised line which was kept in the film.

[@TomCat777]

The P-51 Mustang at the beginning and end of the movie is actually Tom Cruise's own aircraft. Penny is the Penny Benjamin that thru talked about at the beginning of the first Top Gun. It was the scene with the Captain yelling at Maverick and Goose after they assisted Cougar back to the ship

[@lucykwiatek5159]

15:06 We didn't, but I find it unlikely that the Navy would allow a film crew to work inside an F-35.

[@christhompson6010]

glad you guys reacted to this because i knew you would do it justice in your reaction. Surprising thing with this film is the story was so well written with no roll your eyes moments.

[@AlexandruFlorea1990]

Glad you got home safely!!! I have to say I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise but I'll watch this reaction because I'm a huge fan of yours 👍

[@Harri927]

I love this movie a lot better than the original. It's my 2nd favorite movie of 2022 right behind The Batman. It won an academy award for Best Sound and I'm really proud it did that.

[@johnyd1911]

Should've won a lot more.

[@alucard624]

@@johnyd1911 The fact it was even nominated for Best Picture was because the Academy wanted to tamp down their image of only nominating and especially giving rewards to art house flicks almost nobody watched, let alone heard of in recent years. There's a reason the term "Oscar bait" exists and it's not a compliment.

[@crankfastle8138]

​@johndamico8855 for what? it definitely wasn't worth the best picture nom.

[@TraceCoburn]

Interesting note about USN kill-count policy: in a two-person aircraft, _both_ crew get _full_ credit for any kills the plane makes. With the gunship Rooster smoked to save Maverick’s life, then the two fifth-gen fighters Maverick killed ( _with his guns_ , always _the_ most righteous of kills), Hangman doesn’t have a lot of room to get too puffed up: *Hangman:* “Remember the day I scored my second kill _saving your life_ ?” *Rooster:* “You mean the day _I_ scored _three_ kills?” *[Rivalry/Bromance intensifies]*

[@arkikali5632]

I'm sure someone's already commented, but they don't usually catch it with a net. There's a tail hook on the plane that catches a cable on the deck. But in this case, they had no front landing gear and their engine was crapping out, so it was the "safety net" if you will. Love y'all's reaction!

[@ZillaMesh]

This movie was the best movie of 2022 by far. Nothing else came close. I don't know 1 person who wasn't blown away & thoroughly enjoyed this movie. This is what movies are made for. Pure enjoyment.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Great reaction to such a great movie! The amusing thing for me that almost no one seems to get is that Hangman is Maverick as he would have been in this era of single seat warplanes. The main thing that kept Maverick from being what Hangman was is that Mav always had Goose, who was his conscience in some ways, riding brakes on Mav's worst impulses and making them not so bad. Mav was responsible to and for Goose, and since Goose was his only family Mav usually held himself in check so he wouldn't let Goose down. Hangman didn't have a back seater to be responsible to and for, so he could go all out to prove he was the best he could be and better than everyone else, which justly earned him his callsign: because he'd always hang you out to dry to prove you weren't as good as he was. Luckily, and thankfully, Hangman learned the important lesson about teamwork through Mav, who uniquely understood Hangman's driven personality. Hangman's character development was a very well done part of the movie too. In an early script, Hangman was to be Ice's son. I'm glad they scrapped that. The single/double seat arrangements for the F-18s was done so that each pilot could focus only on flying and the back seater could focus solely on acquiring the target with the laser and watching for other issues when that focus wasn't needed anymore. Plus, having the weapons officer in the trailing plane theoretically gave them an extra second or three to get a clear lock on the target from a clear perspective. Also, most everyone relaxes when they see that Rooster has ejected, but I didn't relax because I remembered that Goose ejected too. In the F-18 scenes, professional military pilots were doing the actual flying, but the back seat cockpits were set up to look like the real thing. The tech advances for getting us inside the cockpit with the actor were amazing! And the actors had additional duties to their usual acting as they had to test and make sure the cameras were set and focused properly, that their makeup was good, and that the shots were as near perfect as possible. The director had the toughest time since all he could do was stand around and wait until the day's flying was done, then collect all the day's filming out of the onboard camera systems and take it to watch for the first time then and make notes for the next day's flying. The actors actually had to go through an intensive training program to prepare them for flying in the fighters. I imagine there was some vomit hosed out of the cockpit after some of those maneuvers. Even though the actors, from what I remember, were never taken above 4G, that's nothing to sneeze at. Especially over time. I know the Fury 325 roller coaster at Carowinds near where I grew up in Charlotte, NC is said to max out at around 4Gs, that's just for a short period of time. The WWII plane Cruise was working on at the beginning and flying at the end of the movie is his own personal plane that he is licensed to fly. He took members of the cast and crew up in it for fun in between work. That had to be a blast. Val Kilmer, of course, had been fighting throat cancer in real life, but it was important to have him in this movie and he wanted to be there. His voice in the scenes was a programmed synthesized voice, but it was perfectly his voice as it might be. It was so good to see them as such close friends, and to know that Ice had constantly been Mav's guardian angel, keeping him in the service no matter what Mav did to get himself dismissed. And it showed a lot of how well Ice really understood Mav, and explains a lot of Mav's behaviors in the early movie. Mav is basically suicidally depressed when the movie starts, but he's not the suicidal type, so he looks for situations where he can go out doing what he does best, but he fights to survive anyway because that is his nature. Ignoring how he feels (typical man, I know) he focuses on something else that he can control: flying. All Mav has is the service. He has no family. Even Goose's family he's not close to, though we only learn why as the movie advances. The Navy and the people he works with, best shown in Hondo, are the only family he has. So he pushes beyond Mach 10 because the project is going to be shut down and he'll lose the team/family he's been working with and, knowing as he does that Ice has been fighting cancer, he is aware that his long-term guardian angel might not be able to keep him where he needs to be. His time is running out, and he's well aware of that, so if he stays in pure Maverick mode and pushes juuust a bit more, and a bit more again, then maybe he can go out doing what he loves before that is taken away from him too. So he does. But he survives. And his guardian angel is still able to shift him back to someplace he needs to be. And, whether this was Ice's grand plan knowing who all from Pete's history was there or not, Mav ends up where he needs to be to reestablish a will to live beyond the military. Reestablishment of his old family with Rooster. Rediscovery and, much more importantly, a new appreciation of an old flame (mentioned but never seen in the original movie). And suddenly Mav has every reason to not die in the cockpit. So, of course, he must go and do something that could very easily make him die in the cockpit. In a Hollyweird full of shallow and dull movies and shows with shallow, poorly done scripts and no actual thought behind them and shallow, unrealistic characters who only change in shallow ways if at all, a movie of this great depth made me so happy to see. I can watch it again and again and love it still. So very well done. For all the concerns I've had for Tom Cruise's weirdnesses in the past, he is absolutely a glorious hero for making this movie happen.

[@crankfastle8138]

wow. nobody is reading all that.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

@@crankfastle8138 LOL! I'll happily admit that it's not essential to read. For the interested or curious it might be worth it. And if nobody wants to read it, that's fine too. 🙂 It's only stuff I thought interesting enough to share in case anyone else would think it was interesting. Don't care? No worries. No harm, no foul. 🙂

[@19brittani]

@@thatpatrickguy3446 i like to read unlike most people,. Good post.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

@@19brittani LOL! Thanks! I appreciate that and you. 🙂

[@spikeinmadness5005]

32:16 Your guy's reaction to the "smoke in the air" scene was fantastic. Lol

[@katemaloney4296]

I didn't care for the first movie, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to see MAVERICK, but this voice inside said to go watch it. So, I dragged my daughter to the theatre and we more than e joked it! But the sweetest surprise was during the end credits and I read that the USS Abraham Lincoln was the carrier used. My late ex had been stationed on the Lincoln and I felt that he was with me. This movie hit every single emotion and used it to keep drawing the viewer in. I give it a 99%. I would pay to see MAVERICK again and again and again.❤

[@dallasyap3064]

Maverick crashed somewhere in Idaho in his Darkstar test flight. Hangman also plays another Navy pilot in another aviation themed film Devotion also released in 2022.

[@evillink1]

The first movie was more about soaking in the awesome 80's vibe than the action. This one is on a whole other level though.

[@richardb6260]

"You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system." Star Wars (1977) "Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?" Star Wars (1977)

[@ivanhayes5633]

"It'll be just like beggars canyon back home," Star Wars 77

[@julieeverett7442]

@@ivanhayes5633 All of us, of a certain age, caught the reference, so would anyone else who loves movies!!!

[@tomking7080]

Sequels especially 30+ years later usually don’t work but I think that they did a great job with this.

[@tomhoffman4330]

The "Tron" Sequel worked, IMO. It was only 28 years later, and it was Directed by Jospeh Kosinski (who did this one, too)!!!

[@Ozai75]

To explain the 5th Generation Fighters, F/A-18's aren't Air Superiority fighters, they're Fighter/Bombers, which means while they *can* dogfight, they are not *designed* for that role. The current 5th generation fighter the US has is the F22 Raptor, and the F-35a Lightning II (which is a replacement for the traditional F/A-18 Hornets. Although there *is* a F/A-18 Super Hornet that's considered fifth generation as well,) The only one of the three that's strictly Air-Air combat is the Raptor. The planes in the film are very loosely based on the Su-57 Felon, Russian 5th generation fighter.

[@Bulligity]

Seeing this on the IMAX was epic.

[@rbrtck]

That's Tom Cruise's own P-51 in real life, and that's really him flying it. I'm not sure whether that is really Jennifer Connelly flying with him, though. Probably...? 🤨 EDIT: Just looked it up, and yes, she flew with Tom Cruise in the movie.

[@anavasquezhernandez183]

Samantha's stress level during ALL of the third act was AS-TRO-NO-MI-CAL. Poor soul XD

[@jjmalaprop9968]

I was 20 when Top Gun came out in 1986. It was … fine. Nostalgia often clouds memories on the greatness of movies. My expectations for TG Maverick were modest, but WOW!! Blew me away. I love it!

[@clevelandcbi]

Blew me away at 42 same way Jurassic Park did when I was a kid. My 2 favorite theater experiences by a mile.

[@jthomann71]

Footbal instead of volleyball because volleyball is a 2 man sport, crew against crew for a Top Gun trophy. Football because it teaches teamwork to accomplish a common goal. The movies had 2 different objectives.

[@hellowhat890]

31:10 If you listen carefully to the music at this scene, notice that it's a slow orchestral version of "Highway to the Danger Zone." Super fitting for the moment that Maverick pilots an F-14 and has Rooster in the backseat. ❤❤❤

[@hellowhat890]

8:35 You are indeed correct. Penny is Penny Benjamin, the admirals daughter that Goose and Maverick mention briefly in the first film.

[@chetoverholt7606]

Such a great sequel. So we’ll done. One of the rare occasions that the sequel is better than original. I was 12 when original was released and saw it multiple times in theater. I was scared to watch sequel because so many are a let down. But this one was so great!

[@bobogus7559]

24:49 That is correct. There are two variants of the F/A-18 Super Hornet: the single-seater is the E (Echo) variant, and the two-seater is the F (Foxtrot) variant. That's also why the teams are called that - Maverick and Rooster are in the single-seater Echo team, and whereas Payback and Fanboy, and Phoenix and Bob are each in double-seater planes in the Foxtrot team. The person in the rear seat is there to operate the laser guidance system and any other advanced weapons, leaving the person in the front seat to just fly the plane.

[@rbrtck]

Hey, Bob got in a few good burns on Bagman. That's not bad for a "stealth pilot".

[@dannyb9209]

Wasn't a massive fan of the original growing up but damn this one was gripping....when maverick flies the route to show it can be done I had same facial expression as half the room 😂

[@willgenre]

this better than the first imo

[@ck_idgaf1680]

As for all movies that are liked by the majority, you have detractors who will bring up Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan, being asked. Here's the real stories. Kelly McGillis was initially upset but she also said she doesn't know if she would have said yes even if she was asked, she has other priorities in her life now and she needed to get away from acting and Hollywood. As for Meg Ryan, she really hasn't said anything other than they didn't ask. BUT folks need to remember, this movie was originally scheduled for 2012 and Meg was in the script, but Tony Scott died in 2012 which delayed it, and Cruz had 3 movies to do that took it his time, and then the new director wanted to tell a new story and it was not sure if she would be available because it was up in the air.

[@hellowhat890]

The P-51 Mustang that Maverick flies is actually owned by Tom Cruise. I believe the one he has is actually one of the Red Tails Mustangs. The P-51s with the notable decorated red tails were the fighters used by the Tuskegee airmen, the all African-American group of pilots during the Second World War. ❤