Top Gun (1986) * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * the volley ball scene...

[@NathanS__]

"Landed on those water things" Ships lol . Specifically aircraft carriers

[@awkwardashleigh]

Ah yes. Ships. Water things.

[@princeoftonga]

@@awkwardashleigh also the way planes take off from ships is really cool: Its called a steam catapult. The plane basically gets shot off the front of the ship using high pressure steam!

[@lokithecat7225]

TopGun Review by Ashleigh: People get trained to drive air things, sometimes the air things land on the water things so they can reach far away lands. Sometimes there are bad people in other air things and they have to pew pew at them until their air things fall out of the sky. He can get it, he can get it, and they can get it.

[@MichaelGMunz]

@@awkwardashleigh They travel on the big-blue-wet-thing.

[@Perktube1]

As a vet, I thought this was common knowledge.

[@johnrust592]

"My ovaries can't handle this." Without a doubt, yours was THE greatest commentary on a volleyball match in the entire history of the human race!

[@CyNoe]

@Ashleigh Burton best line yet

[@TownAllDay]

“Instantly ovulating” 😂

[@elijahvincent985]

I lost it laughing there!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

For real though, that was some yummy ass man candy ;) lol.

[@di3486]

This movie was the romantic ideal for us 80’s pre-pubescent girls 😂

[@RetiredSailor60]

As a retired Navy Sailor, to answer a few of your questions; the officer in the back of the F-14 is the RIO (Radar Intercept Officer). He/she is responsible for detecting, tracking, identifying unknown aircraft. He/she doesn't have controls. The wires across the deck of the carrier are the arresting wires to "trap" the plane as it comes in. Yes those planes can juke and move very quickly.

[@kevinhooper3003]

Isn’t the apparatus on the plane called a tail hook?

[@RetiredSailor60]

@@kevinhooper3003 Yes it is, tail hook.

[@RetiredSailor60]

@GreenGoSpanish It's called Swept-wing configuration.

[@RetiredSailor60]

@GreenGoSpanish LOL. I wish I was retired. Still have to work a full-time job for a few more years.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

He/she? What a clunky thing to keep saying

[@weldonwin]

19:00 Okay, so what happened here is they flew right through the Jet Wash (Thats the stream of super hot air from the back of the jets) which got sucked into their engines. This starved on of the engines of air, so it cuts out, the other engine is still running at full power which pushes them sideways and into a spin and they drop out of the sky like a brick. Maverick is pinned against the side, because he's in the front seat, further from the centre of mass so the centrifugal force is pushing hard into the side. Since Goose is further back, he's closer to the centre of the spin and doesn't get hit as hard, but the spin also means the canopy doesn't clear like it was supposed to and so Goose slams into it HARD. All of this was based on a REAL accident the Navy Technical advisor on this movie saw first hand.

[@tonyhaynes9080]

Goose screwed up. They are meant to jettison he canopy first then bang out. It's a mistake that a few F14 crews made when they first came into service.

[@alicequinn505]

I think the canopy wasn't jettisoning because of some physics someone explained in another comment- it was all falling at the same rate

[@orangeandblackattack]

Excellent analysis of the accident. Physics wins.

[@BDogg2023]

Throughout history, sailors have traditionally been buried at sea. To me, when Maverick throws Goose’s dog tags into the ocean it symbolizes Maverick burying Goose at sea, giving him the respectful burial he deserves as a Naval officer, as well as letting him go.

[@jbrisby]

And that his heart would go on...

[@robertmccauley754]

@Always Watching throwing them out rather than giving them to his son. Should’ve been addressed in the sequel.

[@leiatyndall8648]

I don't like that he didn't give them to Goose's family. What if they would've wanted them? If not, then fine, but the offer should've been extended. However, I couldn't help but giggle @ the Titanic reference there (although I didn't like that scene, either, though I "get" both movies for doing it, to a point).

[@jessecortez9449]

Y'all realize that military personnel get multiple sets of dog tags right? They're just as easy to make as literal dog tags. I had half a dozen at any given time when I was in the Marine Corps. We had to wear them like a necklace lace them into our boots, sew them into flak jackets, have a nice and shiny set for inspections... Maybe you could say the emotional value of those set being on him when he died but his family had many other more important things to deal with like making sure his benefits were handled properly because paperwork is CONSTANTLY forgotten, lost, ignored, argued over for military.

[@BDogg2023]

@@jbrisby 😂😂😂

[@modrenwarefare]

Danger Zone was actually written for Top Gun so no royalties had to be paid. Kenny Loggins was not originally supposed to sing the song either. Originally it was going to be the band Toto who was going to sing it. But they ran into legal troubles with Toto’s team so they asked Loggins who already wrote one song for the film. “Playing With The Boys.” (The volleyball scene song). He agreed and the rest is history.

[@brettleisy356]

Toto is ok and all, but I really don't see it coming out as well if they had stuck to Toto for it. glad they had Kenny do it.

[@charlesmatthews7397]

I was wondering how she knew the song but not know anything about the movie. Apparently she didn't make the connection.

[@modrenwarefare]

@@charlesmatthews7397 It’s not uncommon. Danger Zone is quite a popular song and a piece of 80’s lore. Most people are aware Danger Zone exists and have no idea it was because of Top Gun.

[@badbiker666]

The first time I saw this movie I lost my shit when Goose died. His character was specifically written to endear him to the audience. His unusual affability; his relationship with his wife and son; his love of flying, especially with his buddy Maverick; their inside jokes; his mustache; and his attempts to influence Maverick into becoming a better man; were all designed to make the audience love him, which was designed to make the audience feel his death to their very core. AND IT WORKS! When Goose died, I felt like I lost a friend. That's some of the best script writing you'll ever see, right there. I can't say that Top Gun is one of my favorite movies, not by a long shot, but I recognize how skillfully the film was written, directed, and performed.

[@nocturneJOJO]

Val Kilmer is actually never a dick in this movie, yeah they are competitive but that is understandable and encouraged in that sort of environment, but everything he says to Maverick is actually a good criticism, he basically remind him that despite being in a competition for the first place they're all playing for the same team and that safety is paramount in that line of work. Maverick might be the most naturally gifted pilot, but Iceman is by far the best one.

[@louisem.3829]

Which is obvious with his top place in this movie and his rank of admiral in the latest movie.

[@biguy617]

Watch the documentary he did on Amazon Prime, Val.

[@daveyjones5702]

no, he just symbolically represents one. lol

[@patrickb4750]

@@louisem.3829 *Spoiler

[@macmcleod1188]

@@patrickb4750 val kilmar as admiral is in the movie trailer. I would not watch anything related to a movie if I wanted to avoid all spoilers. Heck, the trailers have been randomly popped up as ads while watching unrelated videos and tv shows

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

Iceman wasn't a bad guy, he correctly pointed out Mavericks flaws. He's an antagonist to what is a very flawed protagonist, Maverick does way too many stupid moves to even be an officer. 23:03 They fly very close together, so the radar thinks it's just one aircraft until it can get a more accurate reading by getting closer to them.

[@kaitlynraw4899]

That's a really good point. I went to see Top ygun Maverick last week, and when I came home I rewatched Top Gun, which I have not seen in probably 20 years. And I noticed when I was watching it the other day, Iceman really isn't a bad guy. Originally when I watched it back in the '80s I thought 'What a jerk'. But I guess we were meant to as young people. But now I'm like, Nope he was right. He was kind of rude how he went about it but, he still said the right things.

[@pogo1140]

Yep, depending on how far the plane is from the radar, you could be 3 miles apart and you show up as one blip.

[@Hugin-N-Munin]

If you watch this movie when you're young, Iceman is a 'bad guy'. If you watch the movie as an adult, you realise that there is a HUGE difference between being an 'antagonist' and being a 'hostile antagonist/enemy'

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Ice is the “by-the-books” pilot who doesn’t agree with Maverick’s maverick tendencies. Although there is definitely respect for Maverick’s ability - Ice’s “it’s not your flying, it’s your attitude” speech, and even Hollywood’s “gutsiest move I ever saw” comment, even though he would also get angry at Maverick for leaving his wing, the other pilots really don’t like Maverick’s selfish and almost reckless nature. So if you look at it from the “correct” standpoint, Maverick is actually the antagonist. But as he is the focal character he is considered a flawed protagonist.

[@sparrowlt]

Both have mutual character growth .. Iceman is the perfect pilot who plays by he rules and is cool under pressure .. Maverick is the prodigious child too damn good pilot but who likes to do things his own way and fly by the feel of his pants.. both antagonize at first cause they are nearly oposite views.. but by the end of the movie they both come "down" to the other level.. Iceman gets to apreciate Maverick for what he does and why and Mav gets to apreciate Iceman methos and acepts some more of his philosophy.

[@JohnK75136]

"Dump that man and go with Tom Cruise." That man is RADM Pete Pettigrew, the real life Viper. In one encounter during the Vietnam War, he and his wingman took on four MiGs, shot down two of them, and got out unharmed. So, yeah, the real Viper is as badass as they come.

[@mightyrobot42]

Also secretly an animagus and servant of Voldemort.

[@raydonahue1978]

And his character was not on a date with Charlie/Charlotte Blackwood. They are "coworkers" discussing work.

[@stonebaxter]

Also at the end on TOP GUN MAVERICK working in Penny's bar

[@CraigKostelecky]

12:58 That reaction to the start of the volleyball scene is so funny. Also, I just heard a couple of things about that scene that are interesting. The studio executives were upset that director Tony Scott used an entire day of filming for that scene thinking it didn't belong in the movie. Scott was almost fired for that, but the studio gave him another chance. Also Kenny Loggins wrote and performed the song played during the volleyball scene, but had no part in Danger Zone at that point. The writer of Danger Zone (who also wrote Take my Breath Away) needed a new singer and Loggins had just finished singing Playing With the Boys and was asked to sing Danger Zone as well. So without that volleyball scene, we also would not have had the "Danger Zone" song as we know it.

[@ericjanssen394]

That writer of Danger Zone and Take My Breath Away was Giorgio Moroder, thank you, and if Ash wanted to get into a discussion of great Moroder music in 80's movies, I'd be her man to consult.

[@fredcasdensworld]

You left out Kenny Loggins only got to do Danger Zone because REO Speedwagon and another artist turned it down

[@CraigKostelecky]

@@fredcasdensworld I didn’t feel it was necessary to explain the entire story.

[@zamdrist]

I lost it. So funny. I laughed for a good 10 minutes straight.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Loggins never wrote the song, and its only by luck he was even offered Danger Zone to record since he had already recorded Playing With the Boys" for the movie.

[@scottski51]

"Goose" was played (extremely well !) by actor Anthony Edwards who went on to star in the first eight seasons of "ER" and a number of well-received films and television shows. He is currently married to Am. actor Mare Winningham. Love his work !!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

When his character died in ER the show was over for me.

[@earlbrown]

Don't forget his best role ever... ''Revenge of the Nerds''. ....but Ashleigh wouldn't like that one. lol

[@anneb889]

@@earlbrown Too problematic for today, I’m glad we got to enjoy those movies without being offended at everything.

[@toddbonny3708]

Rick Rossovich and Michael Ironside both appeared on ER as well.

[@johnlloyddy7016]

"Gotcha" co starring the beautiful Linda Fiorentino was another film of his I loved as a kid.

[@bessarion1771]

Early F-14s had that problem with engines flame out (the scene is based on a true story) and it was corrected with new engines installed in 1987. Goose died (based on true story) because F-14 canopy was designed to separate from the airplane in a air stream. In flat spin there is no airflow, so the canopy could not "get out of the way." It was another design flaw.

[@kindasupersonic7114]

the F-14 A, with the pratt and whitney engines were weak and prone to compressor stalls ..

[@PaddyPower_IRL]

Cool info … thanks

[@macmcleod1188]

Yes... Cool indeed. For some reason, your comment stands out as being very satisfying to read.

[@TomVCunningham]

Informative.

[@bessarion1771]

@@kindasupersonic7114 exactly

[@dabe1971]

8:43 Don't be so fast, 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.

[@mj6866]

That is cool trivia!

[@AmericanMumReacts]

Tom Cruise: A Few Good Men, Mission Impossible(s), RAINMAN, Edge of Tomorrow, Jerry Maguire..... (some of my favs) 💚

[@anneb889]

The Firm too.

[@wampatan9]

Minority Report!

[@Rob-H]

Tropic Thunder...

[@AmericanMumReacts]

Ya'll stop puttin' YOUR favs under mine... 🙄💚🤣

[@stevecampbell9670]

What? Nobody here liked Risky Business?

[@CronoCarGuy]

I had one friend who was a pilot for the airforce. When we were watching this movie and I was mad that maverick got yelled out for going under the hard deck he explained that hard deck is a simulated ground. Meaning going below hard deck would be the same as smashing into the ground. It's a safety net for training at high speeds.

[@poolhall9632]

“We weren’t we underground for more than a few seconds, I had the shot….there were no creepers…so I took it!”

[@jamesraykenney]

Never thought about it that way... Hmmm... Does that mean that the one he shot down was already 'dead'?

[@wwoods66]

@@jamesraykenney Exactly. Maverick shouldn't have followed him -- he should have pulled up, gone home, and reported that he'd flown his opponent into the ground.

[@thorguff]

I'm curious why you were "mad" that Maverick was disciplined, and how the meaning of the hard deck wasn't obvious. One of the qualities of the movie is that it doesn't explain everything to people as if they can't figure things out; the sequel does it more, though.

[@CronoCarGuy]

@@thorguff well I was team maverick back when I first watched it 20 years ago lol. He could do no wrong. Then 10 years later my friend explained to me in real life the movie would of ended the moment he took off after cougar instead of landing. Stripped of wings and if he was lucky got to sit behind a desk pusing papers the rest if his life. (20 years ago would put me at 12 when I saw this movie with my dad and it's one of his favorites)

[@Souredsoup]

This was the BEST! Loved EVERY reaction from you Ashleigh. I actually busted my gut laughing when you instantly gave this movie 5/5 during the shirtless volleyball game scene!

[@tristramcoffin926]

Ashleigh reacting to the volleyball scene was just has hilarious as I thought it'd be but when she said "Instantly ovulating" I spit out my beer laughing...

[@Arxane]

Glad to hear that you’re aware of Hot Shots. Now that you’ve seen Top Gun, you’ll definitely appreciate the parody more. Hot Shots does have a sequel, but I recommend you watch the movies it’s parodying (namely, the first two Rambo movies) before you watch the sequel. And as others have said, if you want more Val Kilmer and a good parody film, you can’t go wrong with Top Secret, made by the same guys who did Airplane! and the Naked Gun movies.

[@goldilox369]

Hot Shots & HS part Deux were excellent! Personally I loved part Deux more. But I was young and into Ryan Stiles then.

[@trhansen3244]

Them hot shots movies be funny as all get out and got lots of good flying stuff there to

[@gregsteele806]

It's weird that, up until this month, Hot Shots had more movies than the movie it parodied.

[@warlockEd73]

Top Secret is hilarious!

[@ericjanssen394]

HSpD is funnier if she's seen specific scenes from Rambo II & III, but I hadn't and still got the scene-specific jokes. Come to think of it, I hadn't seen Top Gun, either, when Hot Shots came out, but had seen enough of the trailer to know the subplots and money-scenes being parodied.

[@TheKyfe]

Something similar to the crash with Goose happened in real life several years before this movie to my dad. He was the navigator in an OV-10, a propeller plane, and he was flying next to another OV-10. The other plane's pilot turned his body to look at something, and he pulled his arm while he did it, and the propellers smashed into each other. My dad ejected from the plane, but there was a malfunction, so he was leaning forward instead of sitting straight up and down, so his head smashed into the top of the plane instead of being protected by the seat. He's an inch shorter, now, and he still doesn't remember everything about it. He said he regained consciousness, and he was already digging for a flare in his emergency pack, but he couldn't get his hands to work right. He finally found a flare, and as he was about to set it off, he looked around and saw that the entire field was on fire. So he just put it down and sat down to wait for Fire Rescue to pick him up. I tell you what, they scared the hell put of my mom when they called her and just said, "something happened..."

[@Highice007]

Bronco's, nice. Sorry about your dad's accident, but I envy that he got to fly OV-10's. I read an artical recently that the Phillipines Army are replacing theirs, and selling them off to private hands. Super underated aircraft.

[@bghoody5665]

Ashleigh's most entertaining reaction so far. If she's into Val Kilmer she should also watch Top Secret and/or Real Genius.

[@DylansPen]

Real Genius a yes vote.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

I love Real Genius!

[@tonysanders2332]

Real Genius is a highly underrated treasure.

[@conureron3792]

For more Val Kilmer: The Doors

[@CyNoe]

A yes vote for Real Genius

[@wintersSEO]

Feeling more and more "unwell" over Tom Cruise. Brilliant.

[@wargboyz]

I was not prepared for my 40K and Reaction youtube channels to cross over....

[@alexvaraderey]

WINTERS? My brain has just broken.

[@sldawgs]

We need to encourage Ashleigh to gets some Val Kilmer action from Top Secret!

[@1Sngr]

Or Real Genius!

[@MrRezRising]

@@1Sngr Exactly this.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

I’ve been trying! Val Kilmer’s first starring role and he sings the songs! I love the Skeet Surfin’ song! She should check out Top Secret!, Hot Shots!, and Hot Shots: part Deux!

[@MrRSCHECK]

yes....

[@jasonremy1627]

Real Genius would be even better

[@carolusbillius6726]

I remember when, around 1990, my mom could barely operate the TV, and the video recorder not at all. But when we got Top Gun on videotape, she somehow managed to watch that movie 20 times in 3 weeks, without any help. It is indeed a very motivational film. ;-)

[@raezor82]

Video Systems School

[@brettfromla4055]

There’s a reason why the release of Top Gun: Maverick was delayed four times; it’s because it was made to be seen on the big screen. Home theaters are great for most movies, but you’ll feel cheated if you don’t see it in a good movie house.

[@shallowgal462]

Just like Avatar was shot in 3D (not converted later) and made to be seen in IMAX.

[@BrokenGodEnt]

And it's doing the numbers it's doing because people have been craving an experience like it delivers for a while. I had so much fun watching it in theaters. It's my favorite theater experience I've had since Mission Impossible Fallout, and before that Mad Max Fury Road. Spider-Man and Batman were great, but Top Gun Maverick was just such a great time.

[@radwolf76]

"Home theaters are great for most movies" The final dogfight of this movie was my dad's go-to to demonstrate the surround sound and subwoofer on his home theater setup. I must have seen and/or heard the last 20 minutes of this film over 100 times.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

I’ve seen it 4 times, it was definitely made for the big screen, and it delivers.

[@VegetaLF7]

The moment I saw you were doing Top Gun, I absolutely knew the beach volleyball scene was going to wreck you in the best ways possible.

[@laurawis340]

I believe this may have been Meg Ryan’s big break, movie-wise. At the time, she was more of a soap opera star. And her hair was natural and copied a lot.

[@frednich9603]

You saw Tom Cruise in the outsiders, but he was very young with bad teeth, so I don't blame you for not remembering him. He's been in so many movies that would be good for the channel. Far and away, risky business, rain man, a few good men, Jerry Maguire, and Tropic Thunder

[@jh5131]

I would throw in Vanilla Sky, Legend, The Firm, Edge of Tomorrow, Oblivion, MI series, etc lol

[@elizabethoboril938]

Interview With A Vampire. Love him as Lestat.

[@Zhilbar]

Throw in Cocktail!

[@Gargess]

@@elizabethoboril938 another vote for Interview with the Vampire for Hallowbeans

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

@@elizabethoboril938 One of my personal favorites of his, he was so good as Lestat. Love the movie.

[@clarissathompson]

I love that you finally saw this film! Be sure to watch Hot Shots soon, it's my very favourite parody film, you won't be disappointed! A few notes about the mid 80s...Kelly McGillis' red lipstick had a gold shimmer, it's what made it stand out, Meg Ryan's hair was really like that and it was the "frosted" look. Those of us that lived through the 80s do get nostalgic, but we frankly are happy those looks are in the past, lol!

[@alexius23]

Danger Zone, by Kenny Loggins, was written specifically for this movie. Another song, by Berlin, Take my Breath Away, won the Oscar for best original song. The Top Gun soundtrack album was a huge hit. The movie itself was incredibly popular. Worth noting for a number of years Loggins was considered the “King of Soundtracks” as he had big hits in Caddyshack, Footloose as well as Top Gun.

[@Col_Fragg]

In a training scenario, the "deck" represents the ground. It's higher than the actual ground so that if something bad happens (e.g. engine failure) the pilots have time to recover. So saying, "I only flew below the deck for a few seconds" is like saying, "I only flew into the ground for a few seconds." Not something airplanes usually recover from.

[@i.marchand4655]

@@1369Stiles This! All day long, THIS!

[@gutz1981]

@@1369Stiles Spot on. Jester should have taking a hit for that as well for dogging out when he knew he was gonna lose.

[@44excalibur]

Yeah, but why was Jester allowed to go below the hard deck the minute he knew he was in trouble and Maverick was gonna get a lock on him? The rules apply to the students but not the instructors?

[@RT1SB3]

@@1369Stiles I'm pretty sure that forcing your opponent to fly into the ground, ie the "hard deck", counts as a kill. Even better than shooting him down as no ammo was expended. I've heard of instances of actual combat pilots accomplishing such a feat and it counting towards their tallies.

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

@@RT1SB3 This is correct, and in the scenario in the movie, Maverick would have gotten the point as a kill (to the best of my knowledge). But they needed to show Maverick as maverick, being an aggressive pilot that wants to prove he's the best, not just win.

[@Avatar2312]

Top Gun was basically a recruitment movie for the Navy (that's why the Navy collaborated extensively, allowing the use of an aircraft carrier, having their pilots performing aerial maneuvers and combat simulation for the story), that's why it was tailored mainly to a male audience. Recruitment numbers for the naval aviators increased by 400% in the years following the release. Fun fact about this movie. They shot several scenes on an actual super-carrier. At one point Tony Scott wanted an additional five minutes where the carrier was heading towards sunset for a scenery shot, but that was not part of the contract. The skipper told him it costs about 5,000$ per minute taxpayer money to move this vessel, so Scott wrote him a check over 25,000$ from his own money and got his wish. Also. Contact codes: Bogey = unidentified foreign aircraft, may be civilian aircraft (not allowed to engage) Bogey threatening = moving at high speeds towards me, still unidentified (not allowed to engage) Bandit = enemy aircraft identiefied, but not attacking (not allowed to engage without direct orders, but initiate combat readiness) Hostile = Bandit has opened fire (initiate countermeasures and engage, when feasable - otherwise try to escape) Also. The RIO (radar interception officer) in the back seat has no flight control. His stick controls radar, cameras and weapons control (like a mouse cursor). Also. The reason why Goose hit the canopy, was the horizontal spin in a vertical drop created a low pressure environment above the aircraft causing the canopy not to fly out of the way as it normally would. Also. Airplanes hide their numbers by flying close together. Aircraft radar in the 80's had a much lower resolution and could not distinguish small aircraft clustered together from a single large one at greater distance.

[@keithdean9149]

I think I heard, for the sequel, then Navy was paid $11,000 an hour for each Naval Aircraft used.

[@hgman3920]

the Navy actually set up recruiting tables outside of theaters to sign up recruits who had just watch the film

[@aligaines8476]

And a morale boost at on base theaters, esp. Miramar.

[@jamesraykenney]

Thanks for the explanation about the canopy... That has bothered me for the last 36 years!

[@jp3813]

Since you loved this one so much, you should know that Cruise & director Tony Scott reunited four years later to make Days of Thunder, which was basically the spiritual successor to Top Gun.

[@stevecampbell9670]

I can only imagine how hard she will laugh at the wheelchair race.

[@ilejovcevski79]

Hey Ash, in case you still wonder how those planes take off so quickly: The boats they take off from, have these things called steam catapults (more modern ones have electric catapults); you drive your plane next to a catapult and then the guys on the deck attach your front wheel to the catapult. When your engines are spooled to full power, the catapult literally drags the plane across the deck (by it's front wheel) and launches it from it's edge at which moment it continues flying on its own power.

[@thinkcritically6373]

Incredible...

[@seanhobbs4868]

BTW, the catapult take-offs, arrestor hook landings and the stresses the aircraft takes in those is why most Naval aircraft have heavier-duty construction (the Air Force YF-17 from which the Navy F/A-18 is derived weighs 6,000 poinds more with less range/distance capability. On an unrelated note, the F/A-18 Super Hornet (and previous version) replaced the F-14 Tomcat because it is much cheaper to buy and operate despite much lower performance in most all ways. Also, enemy aircraft threats weren't nearly yet enough to justify the extra costs at the time of its retirement in 2006. Also, stealth and certain electronic capability elements weren't immediately available to the F-14.

[@jeffburnham6611]

Not by the wheel, that would tear it right from the plane. The shuttle is hooked to the front landing gear, and when the catapult is launched, it propels the aircraft at the desired speed to gain lift. Each plane of that era (F-14A, A-7 Corsair, A-6 and EA-6, S-3 Viking, E2C Hawkeye, etc all have different weights so the steam for the catapult is adjusted for each aircraft. Whether its a launch or a landing (trap), the plane is at 0 to 180kts in 2 seconds for launch and 180kts to 0 in the same amount of time.

[@ilejovcevski79]

@@jeffburnham6611 didn't wanna confuse Ash with technical terms like shuttle, shooter and similar, that may puzzle her even more :D

[@brandoncollins1225]

21:30 Kelly McGillis was really hit at the time and Meg Ryan was up and coming. Kelly had actually just come off of a really popular and critically acclaimed film called Witness with Harrison Ford. You should totally check that out if you like 80s Ford. That film got Ford his only Oscar nomination to date.

[@christinegelabert1651]

Brandon Collins YES!!! Witness is definitely a movie she needs to check out on here! I was so upset it didn't win any Academy Awards because it was nominated for EIGHT! It's pretty rare any movie to be nominated for more than FOUR OR FIVE and not even win in at least ONE of their categories. I hope this comes up quickly... ALSO The Fugitive with Harrison Ford! THAT won 5 awards, different places and positions including the Academy but not for him. To this day~Harrison Ford has NEVER received an Academy Award. Yeah...I KNOW! HOW is the world STILL spinnng on its axis? #NYGenXBIKERLady

[@vanessawhitneypro]

And, THE ACCUSED...

[@brandoncollins1225]

@@christinegelabert1651 Witness won Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay that year. It was The Color Purple that was completely shut out. Harrison Ford is one of the greatest leading men in the history of film. Hes from the same school of folks like Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, etc. These are actors who do not possess a ton of range. They aren't going to disappear into a role and be a chameleon like Daniel Day Lewis, Denzel Washington or Gary Oldman, but they're just as important to the art form. It is a shame that he hasn't won an Oscar, and that his only nomination was for Witness. He could have easily been nominated for Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Mosquito Coast, Working Girl, Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Regarding Henry, 42, The Age of Adeline and Blade Runner 2049.

[@stvdagger8074]

I love the line at 9:20 "The F-5 does not have the thrust to weight that the MiG-28 does.'" The irony is that the "MiG-28s" are portrayed in this movie by F-5s. In reality there never was a plane designated as MiG-28.

[@beatmet2355]

That detail bugged me. I know they couldn’t use actual MiGs, but it still bugged me lol

[@douglascampbell9809]

I'm sure they could have used actual MiGs even back in the 80's. The US buys Russian and Soviet weapons in back room deals to test them and see how good they are. Most recently the United States completed the purchase of 21 MiG-29s - including the 14 MiG-29Cs - from Moldova, in exchange for a $40 million cash payment and humanitarian assistance, as well as non-lethal defense equipment such as military trucks.

[@beatmet2355]

@@douglascampbell9809 things between us have cooled considerably since then, though. But, it’s a possibility

[@chrissonofpear1384]

This was presumably before the F-20 Tigershark debuted, also...?

[@sparrowlt]

@@chrissonofpear1384 actually quite later.. the F-20 flew arround 1882.. this was filmed in 1985. There were only 3 prototypes anyway

[@BDogg2023]

OK, so, several things. First, by this time everyone and their mother has put out a reaction to Top Gun, but already in the first five minutes yours is the best one. Second, Slider “So is my Johnson” you’ll recognize from Roxanne, Rick Rossovich. Big character actor in the 80s, also in Terminator as the boyfriend of the roommate, who fights Arnold. Last, Perry, Charlie’s older friend, is the real life ‘Viper,’ who was there as a consultant on the film.

[@dalicdan]

Everyone misses Tim Robbins as Merlin.

[@jasonwestra4530]

I did not know that was Viper!! That is very cool!!

[@BDogg2023]

@@dalicdan Yeah, he’s easy to forget, as most of his lines are inside the plane, wearing a helmet. You only really get a good look at him at the very end. Side Note: Just rewatched Bull Durham yesterday for the first time in a while. Forgot how good it is. I really hope Ashleigh reacts to it soon. Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Kevin Costner, among others.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

Bogey = unidentified plane, as opposed to "bandit" (hostile aircraft) No - the back seater cannot take over. The back seat guy is known as RIO (Radar Intelligence Officer edit: Radar Intercept, my bad) if you're in the navy, or WSO (Weapon Systems Officer, pronounced "woozo") in the airforce, and their job is to operate the radar, and other electronic systems. Also - Tom Skerrit was Dallas in Alien. Edit: Also also - it took a long while to figure out aircraft carriers. It used to be regular take-off, not it's steam catapults that bring the craft up to speed. Also - it took YEARS to come up with the idea of an angled deck, so that if the landing aircraft misses the arresting cables, it can go full power, and try again (previously, the deck was straight, and it was either land successfully, or crash into the planes parked in front).

[@iKvetch558]

Extremely minor correction to your excellent post...the "I" in "RIO" is for intercept not intelligence...at least on the F-14. ✌😁

[@bessarion1771]

WSOs (Whizos) are also in the Navy in F-18s.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

The angled deck also gives them a longer runway to work with while still being able to launch from the bow than if it were straight like in WWII days.

[@XShrike0]

Tom Skerrit was also in Steel Manglonias.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

@@iKvetch558 right, silly me, trying to credit the navy with "intelligence"...

[@NORGCO]

Regarding your surprise at '"how fast the planes can take off". On an aircraft carrier, each plane is attached to a 25,000 Horsepower steam catapult to help them accelerate from stationary to a bit under 200 mph in about 150 yards. The F-14s weighed approximately 50,000lb fully fuelled and armed, so yes, the catapult plus full engine power plus afterburner is/was definitely needed.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Full engine/afterburner was only necessary on the F-14A due to the under powered TF-30 engines. The replacement engines (F110) on the later B and D models didn’t even require full power, closer to 75%. But yes, the catapult was designed to propel an aircraft from 0-165mph+ on a 300ft “runway” in 2 seconds.

[@craigmartin3827]

It’s been years now, but RIP Tony Scott: we miss you. An impressive director and visual artist with so many films that are an absolute must for the channel: TRUE ROMANCE, UNSTOPPABLE, DOMINO, CRIMSON TIDE, MAN ON FIRE, ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, THE HUNGER … so many great films!

[@ThreadBomb]

Not always the best stories, but the directing is always so dynamic and atmospheric. He was very influential on later directors, e.g. Edgar Wright.

[@biteme121]

Yessss! I love Enemy of the State and The Last Boy Scout is awesome!

[@d26075foxy]

I love how the Top Gun Maverick director Joe Kosinski, paid homage to Tony Scott with how he filmed a lot of the scenes in TGM.

[@HotRodMama1000]

"VAL KILMERRRR!!!" Sweetie, you have GOT to put Top Secret in the poles!! It's HILARIOUS! 🤣👌

[@timmooney7528]

The guy that Charlie meets at the bar is a real Top Gun instructor, the first one to have shot down actual enemy planes before becoming an instructor

[@maryrichardson1318]

I first saw this movie on a US Army base in Munich, Germany. Nothing like seeing this in a theater full of soldiers and airmen. My friends and I saw that late showing, while all of our husbands had gone to the early showing, while we put the kids to bed. Afterward, we all got together and were talking. All the guys were talking about was the flying and the technology, and what their favorite scenes were. Of course when they asked us wives what our favorite scene was we answered without missing a beat "the volleyball scene". The guys looked at us like were were crazy. They did not even remember it being in the movie! BTW, on military bases across the world, the national anthem is played before the movie. Everyone stands and salutes the flag that is also hanging in the theater. Very moving when you are far from home and defending democracy in a foreign land.

[@johnfriday5169]

Clarification, not just this movie but all movies. Sorry, the context suggested the National Anthem was only played before the movie TopGun. At least that's how I read it.

[@matthewsmith2979]

God I remember that and how the whole base stops at 5pm while the anthem plays as the flag is brought down for the night.

[@petemk73]

Yes, Tom cruise does 90% of his own stunts, and if he's shown flying something in a movie, 9 times out of 10 he's actually flying it. As for the broken ankle, that was during the rooftop chase in mission impossible Fallout. You see him just miss a jump and smash his ankle into the side of the building, then getting up and limping away. That was all real and they left it in the movie

[@CoffeeMatt10]

They left it in because it was the best take. He even apologised to the crew because he knew they couldn’t shoot anymore until he was healed, he felt bad for setting the entire project back for everyone else. I’ve seen the slow motion clip of it, the angle his foot ends up, his toes almost touch his shin bone 🤢

[@riclou949]

Ashley, if you love Val Kilmer, I strongly suggest you watch the movie “The Saint”. He plays multiple characters. A lot of action and there is romance in the movie as well. ✌🏻 - Lou -

[@johnlloyddy7016]

"Thunderheart" was another Val Kilmer film I remember seeing back in the 90s.

[@keyman6689]

The Mission Impossible series is known for Tom Cruise doing amazing stunts himself. My favorite in #4 Ghost Protocol is where he's running around on the outside of the tallest building in the world. Most movies will just use green screen these days, but there's something truly heart pounding when it's done for real like that.

[@johntousseau9380]

Navy veteran here. Most of what's in this movie is fairly accurate for the day. Maverick's antics though would have gotten him in big trouble. Probably a court martial. The hard deck in these training exercises at 10,000 feet is the ground. Going below it means you "crashed." So when Maverick says he went below it for a moment to take his shot it's pretty hilarious. I don't think fighter pilots on the level of Top Gun would make that mistake honestly.

[@christiankalk4668]

No comment on the fact that Jester went below the hard deck first to escape pursuit?

[@Caseytify]

@@christiankalk4668 He's an instructor. Next question.

[@christiankalk4668]

@@Caseytify Ah, the old "I can do it, but you'll be in deep s#%$ because I outrank you" argument. Sounds about right.

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

I recently watched a video with a civilian lawyer and a JAG that reviewed Top Gun highlighting all the laws broken. It was pretty interesting.

[@emeraldcity_]

@@TheCrazyCanuck420 I saw that LegalEagle video. It was great. Court martial and possible death penalty lol

[@seanlong7870]

I've watched this film for 36 years and have watched hundreds of reviews; this is one of my favourite reviews. When you realise all of the flying scenes were filmed for real for the first time 🤯

[@BDogg2023]

Two Important 80s films starring Kelly McGillis you may want to check out are Witness, with Harrison Ford, and The Accused, with a young Jodie Foster who won the Best Actress Oscar for this role. Witness was nominated for eight Oscars, including best film and best actor for Ford, and ended up winning for Best Screenplay and Editing.

[@deliciousful]

Witness is a great movie.

[@redsands1001]

Later in life she was in stake land which is a pretty good vampire apocalypse movie

[@HeinzP100]

Witness was one of Harrison Fords best roles. Loved that movie.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

WITNESS and THE ACCUSED are fantastic, yes!

[@Cindrbell]

Yes!!!

[@rallymonkee40]

C'mon now, show a little love for Tom Skerritt - he's more than a cut-rate Sam Elliott. 🙂 Dude was Dallas in "Alien," Drum in "Steel Magnolias," and is a longtime character actor who was rockin' a sweet 'stache long before Sam. He was one of the modern O.G.s for lean, tough, and handsome. Maybe think of Sam as a newer model of Skerritt?

[@RussellCHall]

Yes indeed, Tom Skerritt is a wonderful actor, and always can be counted on to give a great performance, I think if you had to play it out Tom plays a lot of cops, business men, and military figures, while Sam plays a lot of bikers, cowboys, and outlaws (with a heart of gold) types, but they both exuded confidence in their masculinity that made them cool and trustworthy no matter the characters dark side. Can't go wrong with either actor.

[@rondanakamura2655]

EXACTLY what I was thinking! Tom is the original since Sam is 11 years younger. 😄

[@shawnmiller4781]

You forgot MASH

[@jwrockets]

Didn't he get a piece of Drew Barrymore in Poison Ivy?

[@NeptuneLady1957]

Wow! You were very impressed with Tom Skerrit when he was in Steel Magnolias (Shelby’s Dad)!!

[@woodgatejack]

I find a good companion piece to this is _An Officer and a Gentleman_ (1982) It's a similar premise, but more of a romantic drama and less action orientated. Great cast and an unforgettable (and oft-parodied) end scene.

[@catharticcathexis4527]

Lou Gossett Jr was amazing in that role.

[@andrewhogan6533]

A completely underrated movie

[@thorguff]

@@andrewhogan6533, the movie had an Oscar winning performance, a hit song, and a classic ending that has been copied and parodied since. Maybe it is "underrated" by millennial standards.

[@andrewhogan6533]

@@thorguff I rarely hear it mentioned or talked about by various movie commentary channels of all ages and demographics. It doesn’t even show up on women’s radar as a love story, which I find odd. Maybe it’s a fallout from the gerbil stuff, I don’t know, I just don’t hear it mentioned a lot.

[@roccosfondo8748]

I love the Simpsons parody of the ending scene

[@maryrichardson1318]

The main reason why everyone is so sweaty is that from my experience, most buildings on military bases are not airconditioned. My husband was in the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg, NC. The building he spent most of his time in was built around WWII. It was not airconditioned. Ft. Bragg is in central North Carolina. It is so hot and humid in the summer, that you can shower and be all nice and dry, but the second you walk outside, you are soaked in sweat. MISERABLE. His office temperature was over 100 on a good day.

[@comeandtakeit82]

In the opening scenes (and several others), they are on an aircraft carrier, not in an office. My guess is those have no AC, either... lol

[@brianherr2699]

@@comeandtakeit82 They would be in temperature controlled rooms. Those are a lot of expensive electronics to expose to heat. I have seen Naval Veterans call BS on the sweating in that opening scene. It was for movie effect.

[@matthewsmith2979]

Grew up on base and yeah they're hot even the ones with AC.

[@joebwankenobi5194]

From Greenville, NC, and I support this message lol

[@shawnmiller4781]

That’s why I went signal Corps. The AC was to keep the radio gear cool but I could enjoy it too

[@ginalamontagna1896]

Okay like I need you to know that your hype over Val was, is, and always will be LITERALLY ME!!! First video of yours I watched. Loved it!

[@oldcdog91]

Ashleigh at the beginning: “I think this movie has something to do with airplanes?” 🤓 Ashleigh at the 3/4 mark: “You don’t always have 20 seconds in battle, my guy.” 😎 That’s the magic of “Top Gun”. 😉

[@LGuiilhermee]

18:33 that transition from "my foot is sweaty" to "Danger Zone" was just... Moments like this that reminds me why i subbed to this channel.

[@alexius23]

“Goose” was played by Anthony Edwards. Early in his career he did films such as Revenge of the Nerds. After he lost most of his hair he became one of the Stars in the super hot 90’s TV series ER which also costarred a young George Clooney (when his hair was black). In this film you will see Meg Ryan in a role that kick started her career. In the film she & “Goose” had a little boy. In Top Gun Maverick the adult son plays a major role in that film. Now that you have seen this film there is no reason not to watch the latest chapter in the Top Gun saga

[@richgoebel6650]

A lot to write about this. I went into Navy Boot Camp a few months before this came out, I was home on leave for the first time when this was in theaters and I was busy hanging out with friends and missed it on the big screen. When I got to my first ship, a carrier that was coming in from being at sea for a week, I had to act crowd control with all the wives waiting for their men to come home. One of the wives I'll always remember telling me I looked like Goose, and still had not seen the movie. The ship's TV stations played a couple movies every day at sea and this was played quite often. I didn't see the resemblance until a few years ago, I showed someone a photo in my dress blues and I could see it, I was about mid 20's at the time. I hope you watch this at least three times before you see Top Gun Maverick, because there are continuations of many of the stories, and a lot of parallels revisited, and two cool surprises I didn't see coming. A perfect scenario (would suck for hubben I guess) would be for you to announce when and where you were going to see it, and see how many of your subscribers come and watch it with you. I have seen it twice on the big screen so far, with about 2% of the seats taken. You probably could fill all the seats for one showing. Having been on two carriers in my career, and witnessing what's called "Controlled Chaos" on the flight deck with 4 acres of area an something happening everywhere, they manage to synchronize it. I was able to bring a kid brother with me for 5 days at sea and he got to witness this as well. Four interesting things about my time on my first carrier. 1. We went to New York City for Fleet week as the Flag Ship, and the people of Manhattan bought us beers and dinners. 2. We went to New Orleans sailing up the Mississippi 162 miles for Mardi Gras. 3. We went through the Suez Cana both ways. 4. We sailed off the coast of Norway north of the Arctic Circle earning us and the ship, the title, Blue Nose. The ship's Bull Ensign painted the bull nose blue. I'll have to dig to find photos of all of these in a shoebox stashed somewhere.

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

Tom Cruise is one of the last superstars in Hollywood. Sure, his personal life may be crazy, but man he sure can make amazing movies, over 40 years in the industry and still going strong.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

And by "crazy" you mean he runs maybe the most powerful cult in the US.

[@abrahamlincoln6744]

I don't understand your comment about being one of the last superstars in Hollywood, as if they are almost all gone...there are plenty of other older Hollywood icons still alive. Harrison Ford, Clint Eastwood, James Earl Jones, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro...the list goes on and on and on.

[@MravacKid]

@@abrahamlincoln6744 None of those named have made great movies in years (with the exception of Clint Eastwood as a director), and certainly none have the ticket-selling power of the stars of old like he does.

[@Logan_Baron]

Yeah, I'm firmly in the Tom Cruise is weird, with how deep he is in Scientology and various ways he acts weird, but he makes great movies.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@abrahamlincoln6744 It means an actor who can make a film and the movie have buzz and be close to guaranteed to get people in the seats. None of the ones you listed have that power. James Earl Jones especially never had that.

[@arielklay23]

22:41 Carriers have essentially catapults to get the jets going that much faster as well as the hooks to help them land.

[@acereporter73]

This reaction is adorable. Especially after the beach volleyball scene. I am chuckling so hard.

[@BriBryBriBry]

Sometimes.. most of the time she’s beyond obnoxious.

[@abrahamlincoln6744]

@@BriBryBriBry Then why are you here watching her reaction videos if you find her beyond obnoxious most of the time. Rethink your comment and get back to us...it makes no sense.

[@BriBryBriBry]

@@abrahamlincoln6744 why was I there..? Let see.. TOP GUN! Ya complete moron. To see how people react to TOP GUN! did you ever stop to think for a second that i don’t react to all of this chicks videos like you probably do and was here because of the movie? No, you didn’t. Amazing when people think they know wtf is going on when In reality they don’t and are just mad at what I said. Clearly the second you read what I had to say you hit reply and take the first thoughts you had. No real thinking. You’d need your equipment for that wouldn’t you? 🤣🤡

[@frogger1580]

There is a card, in the Cards Against Humanity about this scene.

[@owendeliebs1894]

"I feel the need, the need for speed" is a quote that came from this movie first. And just FYI "going balls to the wall" is what pilots call pushing the handle that controls the thrust of the engine and has a ball shape to the top of it all the way towards the control panel of the plane or the "wall" meaning to go at maximum speed.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Aircraft controls have an assigned shape so you know which one you are grabbing

[@cixelsyd40]

there is a competing theory that it refers to a centrifugal governor and at full speed would be at their furthest displacement and would close the throttle valve thus limiting the steam supply

[@earlbrown]

Actually ''balls to the wall'' comes from the early days of mechanized machinery. Speed governors were two balls that were on a spinning shaft, as the machine went faster, the balls would fly outward and close the valve a little as they went out. That way the speed could be constant with varying levels of steam input. If the device every had the balls fly off, the steam would be wide open going in the machine and it would run away greater than full speed. (and usually fling the other ball off since it didn't have enough mass causing it to go WFO). So when your machine takes off faster than it's supposed to, it's because your balls hit the wall.

[@d26075foxy]

This movie was my favorite movie from May 16th 1986 until May 27th 2022...I hope you've since seen Top Gun Maverick. Those of us that saw the original in the theater had to wait over a year to rent the VHS, it's been reported that Blockbuster had to keep replacing the tapes because they all broke somewhere around the volleyball scene. Every late born Boomer & early born Gen X'er fell in love with Tom Cruise after this movie and it was the movie that catapulted him & the rest of the cast into super stardom...Not to mention the Navy saw around a 500% jump in recruitment shortly after the movie was released... You're reaction had me laughing so hard I had to subscribe, keep up the good work!

[@Rallarbusen]

When a plane "locks on", the radar goes into at different mode and hits the target with max power, like being hit with a search light. A radar guided missile "sees" the reflection and homes in on it. (More modern missiles have their own radar transmitter). All fighters hav radar warning recievers that warns when a enemy raar have started to "paint" them.

[@alcockell]

Two types of red are guided missiles. Just send me active. Read our guided missiles The AM7 phoenix which was being used there and the aim which is one example of a; radar homing missile The aircraft paints the target. The missile has a passive seeker head and picks up the reflections from the painted aircraft. Second type active radar homing nomenclature is fox 3 in brevity code that is the aim 54 phoenix and the aim1 at 20C amraam. This is before the amran came in so it would be fox. One would be your sparrow missiles at; olon olon your active radar homing aim 54 phoenix. And the other missiles they used for close combat the A9L sidewinder that is an infrared seating missile. They are coded fox 2 in radio comms. Chaff is used to decoy against radar homing. flares are used against infrared. Have a look at the grim reapers DCS videos for basically training and some of the best out there. Or look at some of the videos produced by navy flyers military pilots.

[@NVKyleBrown]

​@@alcockell AIM-7 is the Sparrow, and older (now) medium range radar guided missile. AIM-9 is the Sidewinder, a heat seeker. AIM-54 was the Phoenix - a very long-range radar guided missile - not very manueverable and intended for bomber/non-manuevering targets. The AIM-120 (AMRAAM) largely replaced the AIM-7. The AIM-54 went out of service with the F-14 (no other aircraft was every adapted to carry it). The lockons in the movie are infra-red seekers reporting a solution. No radar homing missile use is really depicted, or would be reasonable at the ranges depicted.

[@alcockell]

@@NVKyleBrown as they're mostly hornets.. yup, the amraam is in... Was referring to the phoenix for completion

[@brycealthoff8092]

Speaking of soundtracks, back in the 80’s selling movie soundtrack albums was big business. Top Gun was a massive hit in both film and music. My parents had a copy when I was growing up and a listened to it constantly!

[@kbaylor123]

Same, I wore it out. Lots of pencil repairs to that cassette tape 😂

[@keithdean9149]

I had it on cassette too. A few years ago, I found an unopened CD copy for 25 cents and had to buy it.

[@brycealthoff8092]

My folks had it on CD. Probably a good thing too. Otherwise I would have worn out the tape.

[@rdramos13]

Movie soundtracks and album/cassette/CD art both lost in today's time. Just like drinking water out of a garden hose.

[@donkarnage6032]

Funny story... When I was in middle school all the kids of course loved the Top Gun movie and the epic soundtrack so one day we decided we wanted to sing very loudly the songs from Top Gun on the bus. We were doing all the different songs from Top Gun and finally the bus driver decided she'd had enough of our singing pulled over the bus and threatened to take us all back to school when we were within sight of our neighborhoods. This was hilarious to us because we were children. Somehow we had missed one song thus far not intentionally but the fact that we did made it that much funnier. We'd started then singing 'You've Lost That Lovin Feeling'. She flipped out and took us all the way back to school. When we got back to school she of course had to explain why she had brought the bus full of kids back to school. The school wasn't happy... with her. They laughed and told her to get back on the bus. The bus driver was so mad that day.

[@tabby5228]

That is hilarious.

[@jed1mstr]

The song Danger Zone was written for and released alongside Top Gun. So if anything, the song owes everything to Top Gun.

[@vanessawhitneypro]

I believe they're mutually beneficial... Without a good soundtrack, a movie is nothing... And, a good movie will be in one's mind forever when a specific song from that movie is played... HOORAY FOR COLLABORATION! MUSIC & FILM & WRITING & ACTING...

[@jed1mstr]

@Aniwayas Song The point being that Danger Zone was commissioned specifically for the movie and not something pre-existing that Top Gun licensed like Ashleigh thought in this reaction video and continuously paying that type of royalty for. Some people may have found the movie via the song, but the song wouldn't have existed without the movie in the first place.

[@abrahamlincoln6744]

OH, it goes both ways there dude.

[@clarissathompson]

I don't know about owing "everything" to the film, Kenny Loggins was already very successful and a good rock songwriter. That being said, this song is perfect in this film.

[@rickwelch8464]

@@clarissathompson "Rock" is a stretch lol.

[@joebalusikiii5811]

That was Meg's real hair. She had been on the CBS soap As The World Turns up until this became a hit. It was also Meg's Peak Cuteness.

[@metroplex7986]

@4:25 & @6:45 regarding sweat. People forget air conditioning is relatively new. Back in the 80s, AC was not install everywhere it is today in government facilities and every public spaces. I think central AC began being install everywhere just before the mid-90s. If you were buying an apartment or house, and the listing said AC was already installed, it was a premium. That's why you see old apartments and houses with those portable AC units sticking out the window.

[@campagnollo]

The “hard deck” is the artificial ground meant as a safety escape. But if you fly below the “hard deck”, you have in essence crashed.

[@markwillis675]

If you love Val, his greatest role is in the movie "The Doors." You'll absolutely love it.

[@leob4403]

Awful portrayal of Jim Morrison as a drunken fool. Morrison was actually really really smart, as evidenced by the interviews from that time.

[@RyanSurles]

His Greatest role was Doc Holliday in "Tombstone". come at me.

[@frodomolecule779]

@@RyanSurles Why, when you are speaking the truth?

[@gspendlove]

I liked him in Real Genius and Top Secret! too. Those are very funny movies.

[@mightyrobot42]

You misspelled "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".

[@erictaylor5462]

17:30 The actual physical act of flying an airplane is actually easier than driving a car. The vast majority of what you learn in pilot training is what you need to know to fly the plane safely. Flying a plane is much less forgiving than driving a car. Thing about how often you come within just a few feet of other cars moving at high speed in the opposite direction. Coming within 6 feet of another car happens all the time. Coming within a mile of another airplane is considered "way too close." Coming within a half mile is usually considered an emergency.

[@alicequinn505]

What about coming within a foot and a half upside down?

[@mikephillips8810]

I've watched many of your movie reactions and loved them all. But this one, apart from the Goose death scene, I was laughing non-stop at your hilarious comments and reactions all the way through! Brilliant, thank you. P.s. went to see this in the movie theater 5 times in 1986! Oh and the sequel is great, you'll love that too.

[@dovegrey1]

Surprised you didn't recognize Tom Skerritt from Alien or Steel Magnolias when you said he was a handsome older man, which he is! I purposefully skipped this movie when it first came out because it didn't appeal to me for some reason, but later enjoyed it when I rented it. Fun to see the cast who would later go on to other things....Goose was on the tv show ER for many years, They played Hightway to the Danger Zone a bit too much for me when this came out, maybe that's another reason I waited to see it hee hee.....

[@BunnyKins1970]

Exactly what I was going to say! The guy who was married to Sally Fields' character and the father of Julia Roberts' character. I was 100% expecting that to be pointed out! Also, the connection between Maverick freezing up in the last dogfight and that being the entire reason for him saving the guy earlier on. 💚🐰🐴💚

[@chrissandoval7675]

thanks for saving me some typing.

[@mena94x3]

I was going to say that too! 🥰

[@mikelcannon3694]

My dad was an ATC specialist at Miramar, he worked in the tower of the first fly-by by Maverick. It brought back many memories of my youth. Can't wait to see Top Gun 2 Maverick.

[@tonyadler1319]

FYI, Danger Zone, Take My Breath Away and the other songs were made for this movie. They all premiered on the Top Gun soundtrack. Bogey is used in golf and also to id suspected hostile aircraft. Also, that was Meg Ryans hair, not a wig. The jets on the aircraft carrier are attached to a catapult so they can get up to speed for takeoff.

[@frogofbrass382]

Note that Maverick’s RIO (the guy in the backseat) during the final fight was played by Tim Robbins, aka Andy in Shawshank Redemption. Also surprised at how little love was shown for Tom Skerrit playing Viper, since Ashleigh swooned so hard for him in Steel Magnolias. “Thanks, Ouiser. Nothin’ like a good piece of ass.”

[@chrissandoval7675]

and as a "hot older man" during alien.

[@pogo1140]

Fun little tidbit, the guy singing behind Goose's right shoulder is the reason there are scenes with the actors wearing their masks and why there is dialog during the air combat scenes. And Charlie's "date" is Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew, former Top Gun instructor and MiG killer.

[@bladedemissary]

OMG Girl you killin me! The volleyball scene - Ashleigh: "Instantly Ovulating!" Me: DED 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Cracked me up!

[@rondanakamura2655]

"Instantly ovulating" should get an award as a reaction comment!

[@bladedemissary]

@@rondanakamura2655 I know right! She's absolutely fantastic with her reactions and commentary - love it!

[@princeoftonga]

Oh yeah! Now we’re getting into it. The most 80s film ever made!

[@jakk222rem]

woah now. easy there buddy. I agree it's pretty 80's, but.....Ferris Buellers day off, red dawn, war games, ghost busters and lonewolf McQuade are some pretty stiff competition.

[@bigernkingpin]

@@jakk222rem the breakfast club, karate kid, dirty dancing and foot loose all want an apology too. Honourable mention to He-man too.

[@jimj9040]

I dare say that there may be more quotable moments in this reaction than the movie itself. This is the first time I’ve ever considered re-watching a reaction video. You are fun to watch.

[@kateluxor2986]

If you want to see more of a younger Val Kilmer, he stars in the movie "Thunderheart," where he plays a straight by the book FBI agent who is paired with a veteran agent played by Sam Shepard, to investigate a murder and other underhanded deeds being done on a Native American Reservation. It's a thriller and utterly fascinating. I like it and it's one of my Mom's favorite movies!!! Definitely put it on a poll and see how it does! Great reaction as always Ashleigh!!! Have a great weekend!!!

[@amariebloom]

Top secret for sure! He was so young in that!

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Yes! That is such an interesting movie, and I never hear anyone talk about it.

[@Kiki-cs8xv]

Great choice. Underrated movie.

[@ParallelCrusader]

This was definitely one of my favorites, couldn't recommend it more.

[@sherigrow6480]

Based on a true incident and set of circumstances.

[@rondanakamura2655]

1. Danger Zone was written for this movie. 2. "I feel the need - the need for speed!" is from this movie. 3. Yes, the situation is hard-assed. Guess what real military life is like. I totally agree with noctureJoJo about Ice Man never being a gratuitous dick. He understands the need for teamwork, protocol and safety in a HIGHLY unforgiving field. God bless all of our military men and women!

[@rowdycmoore]

Ironically the first time I ever heard Danger Zone was in the Super Mario and Captain N cartoons.

[@Chris_McC]

Once the trailer came out for the new movie, all I heard was "is there gonna be a beach vollyball scene, is there gonna be another beach volleyball scene???" 36 yrs later, and all the ladies and some dudes, remember the original for the volleyball scene.

[@bobdroll6381]

Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July, All the Right Moves, Risky Business, Color of Money, Cocktail, A Few Good Men, can't go wrong with any of those Tom Cruise movies.

[@shainewhite2781]

This is my Dad's favorite movie and the first Tom Cruise movie I saw on VHS growing up. It made $360 million dollars ($798 million dollars today) against a $15 million dollar budget. It took home the Oscar for Best Original Song.

[@hgman3920]

If you want to watch another military romance 80s classic, watch An Officer and a Gentleman with Richard Gere and Debra Winger. It has a classic meme-worthy finish

[@44excalibur]

The enemy fighter isn't called a “Mick," Ashleigh. It's called a “MiG," which is short for Mikoyan and Gurevich, the Russian aerospace manufacturing company that was the principal manufacturer of fighter jets for the Soviet Union.

[@archiegates650]

Almost pissed my pants laughing when I read the overlay "mick screwed him up". Might be "editing" Ashleigh got distracted by memories of Mick Dundee and his quote "this is not a knive, this is a knive"

[@markplott4820]

the mig in top gun were props. there is no mig 23, complete fictional. they were play by F-5 navy jets.

[@MravacKid]

@@markplott4820 *MiG 28 (the 23 is a real plane)

[@44excalibur]

@@markplott4820 I'm well aware of that. Every movie geek knows that the MiGs in Top Gun were actually F-5s. However, they were called MiG-28s in the movie, not MiG-23s. You're confusing them with the enemy fighters in Iron Eagle, which were actually Israeli F-21 IAI Kfirs.

[@markplott4820]

@@44excalibur - yes, my bad. mig-28 still fictional in 2022. F-5 we're used by NASA , and variants sold international. Old mig we're bad copy of F-15 eagle which usaf still use. USSR had plenty of data on that one. and I doubt F-18 Sup Hornet would last against latest mig. Imagine if navy used F-22 black widow instead.

[@Alexandrashepiro]

top gun was on of those movies in the 80's that JUST WORKED!! Everything about it was AWESOME! The Music, the cast, the Filming of the planes! It all Clicked together!

[@matthewgillies7509]

The F-14 radar was too powerful. Any plane on the receiving end of it would INSTANTLY know they were being tracked by it, so the F-14 pilots wouldn't typically use it to maintain their own stealth and the mystery of their location, while actively hunting enemy planes. This fact was demonstrated during the Gulf War, when Iraqi planes would bug out if an F-14 pinged them with their tracking radar.

[@georgesykes394]

The Mighty AWG-9!

[@staciroberts5779]

Just curious if anyone else does the “welcome back” along with Ashleigh, including the hand motion… Just me? It wouldn’t be unheard of… hope you are having a great day!

[@scombs6543]

I grew up on this movie, and I’ve already seen the sequel twice in theaters. It’s definitely on the same level as the first for me, and pays great respect to the original film as well.

[@psyrhenpendragon]

"I've always wondered how they landed on those water things." "When the bangs were teased to the gods." Ashleigh: *sees vollyball scene* "Top Gun. Five out of five stars. Immediately."

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Ashleigh, you will love Top Secret whenever you get around to it. Val Kilmer sings and dances in it, and the jokes and gags are non-stop.

[@paulmcateer1595]

Yes!!!!!

[@ninawildr4207]

Love that movie!

[@shannonbryan2191]

LOVE that movie!

[@rikuruohomaki3230]

Yes! And it's also from ZAZ, the same trio that did Airplane, Police Squad TV show and its movie spin-offs, the Naked Gun movies. Also, Jim Abrams, the A in ZAZ, without the two Zucker bros (but co-written by frequent ZAZ collaborator Pat Proft), did Hot Shots, the Top Gun parody. The sequel, Hot Shots Part Deux mostly parodies Rambo, Delta Force, etc, with a few gags referencing other movies like Terminator 2 and Kickboxer.

[@Nymphonomicon]

No! Real Genius!

[@JamesChiles]

I'll leave most of the comments to others - I'm sure there will be many. But just to throw in some nice trivia. The older guy - 'Perry' - that Charlie meets in the bar when Maverick first tries to pick her up is played by Pete Pettigrew , who was a technical advisor on the film, an instructor at the actual Top Gun, and is the real life 'Viper' - Tom Skerritt's character was given his callsign after him and partially based on him. The also did a lot of work while filming this to hide the fact that Tom Cruise is quite a lot shorter than most of the rest of the cast. So there's a lot of shots with people leaning on things, or shot from a low angle etc.

[@rondanakamura2655]

Just like Humphrey Bogart vs Ingrid Bergman.

[@Mitsu2040]

I also remember 'Cocktail' coming out around the same time, starring Tom as well

[@frednich9603]

One more... Slider was played by the actor who played Chris (Dumb good looking guy) in Roxanne.

[@MravacKid]

Doesn't show off as the brightest in this movie either. :)

[@mikeking7710]

Yup, bogey is a golf term in sports, meaning one-over-par at a hole, double bogey two-over-par, etc. But in this use, bogey is a US/NATO multiservice tactical brevity code. It generally refers to a radar or visual target, that's unidentified. It could possibly be hostile but not necessarily. If a target has been identified as hostile though, the code would then be a bandit.

[@hgman3920]

bogey is older then gold or the military. It is an archaic word meaning ghost (there's a mountain near Charlotte, NC named Booger Mountain because of this). It was adopted by the military to mean an unidentified enemy and by golfers to mean a bad score

[@ThreadBomb]

It can also mean a lump of snot!

[@mikeking7710]

@@hgman3920 I didn't realize that, I only knew of the military & golf references, thanks

[@michaelvincent8208]

'Sitting On The Dock Of A Bay' was my first vinyl record I ever got, at 12 years old. 47 years later, still have it, still play it.

[@StoneSlumber]

If you hear a recognizable song in an 80's movie (Danger Zone etc) it's more likely it was created for the film, than that it was licensed. Soundtracks were some of the biggest albums of the 80's, so they invested a lot in to original music.