I was an Ordnanceman in VF-124 at Miramar walking back to the shop from the flight line when the plane buzzed the tower. It scared me at first because I didn't know it was going to happen, then I remembered the movie was being filmed.
You can get a ticket for a loud Haley in that yuppy area. Funny that the whole place is considered a noise abatement area. I live next to the border. Marine and navy hornets fly over on the daily.
I was in high school when this movie came out. "TOP GUN" starring the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Tom Skerritt, and some other people... This movie ruined my chances for flying in any branch of the service. Great job guys, you had me rolling on the floor for the entire episode. Be safe.
Love it! I'm from the UK, and even I wanted to join the US Navy when I first saw this!!! (1990, I think?) FYI, Harold Faltermeyer is still alive - he's doing the music for the new one.
I remember seeing this as a kid for the fist time in '87 when I was camping with my parents. Some rich family next to us had a TV and VHS set up in their outdoor area and they were watching Topgun. I hid in a bush and watched it too. Best holiday ever. Fuck the dolphins.
I don't think he's doing the music for the sequel. Hans Zimmer is scoring it, but they're likely going to use the original themes, so Faltermeyer gets a credit since it's still his music.
The “phones” is actually accurate Black dial phone= ships phone dialing any devision/shop on board Red Dial phone= Direct line to/from CO To other main Officers (don’t want to say who) Black phone on wall= sound powered phone to certain stations on the ship.
It was The Final Countdown that did it for me. Get chills to this day everytime the Tomcats get clearance to go after the Zeros and that music starts playing....
In the opening flight scene it's cloudy, then not. It's overcast, then clear. Then there's a mountain. So, they traveled far enough from the ship to go through two different weather systems and make landfall, then back. No wonder Cougar was low on fuel! The best movie EVER!!!
I saw the first Top Gun while I was training as a Nuclear Reactor Operator in Idaho Falls at the S1W prototype reactor. Yep, the very first one for the 575. I went on to serve on the USS Carl Vinson for 7 years. I loved putting my hands on the F14, F18, S6, A-7, EA-7 and EA-6B's in the hanger bay. 3 WestPacs and a PacEx. It was my pleasure to help move that big a** ship through the water, and generate steam to launch all those great aircraft. 35 years later, I still consider my experience as a once in a lifetime opportunity to serve. The best men and women the US has to offer. I think this will be a great film that showcases what it means to carry on tradition. My Dad was recently inducted in the French Legion of Honor for his heroism in liberating Alsace back up to the Rhine River in WW2. He inspired me, and I hope these films inspire a new generation of Americans to put their country first and become a member of a very exclusive club. My best to all Americans and God Bless.
WOOOHOOO my Wednesday just got 100% better! Cheers guys 🤘👍👏👏👏👏 yvan eht nioj !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You seriously need merch that reads "Aileron Rolls Win Battles"
Y’all two are hilarious! Reminds me of my dad . We would go to a movie that has WWII planes, and he would pick it to death. It was annoying at first, but later I was very entertained! Dad was a C46 pilot flying The Hump during the war. It would be great to have a few beers with y’all!! Stay frosty!!
This is a blast, ive watched this movie a hundred times and watching with these real pilots gave me a whole lotta different perspective of the movie....such a blast
@@harishchhikara4396 Goose in the movie after they get their asses chewed for going below the Deck... Goose ask Mav, if he's still got that Business card for Truck Driving...
Haha I remember my first weeks in the Navy. Our Lieutenant had an after hours, mandatory viewing of Top Gun, as someone didn't know what movie the Lieutenant was quoting. Good times 😁
Willie Williams Absolutely great movie for Tomcat fans. Note them sweep wings when they engage the Zeros (yeah, just what you want for slow speed maneuvering!) 👍👍
Willie Williams Just cuz they could! (Hollywood ‘wow’ factor.... “Yea, that looks cool... do that”) ... which is the same reason they swept the wings. If I remember correctly, when they show them actually engaged with the Zeros, their wings are back to forward position.
Re: boocoo patches all over... In the 80’s in TAC (USAF) I was enlisted, and we had to wear the TAC patch on the right pocket, the Squadron patch on the left pocket, and the section patch on the right chest (above the pocket). When they came out with the “aircraft maintenance” patch (about 1”x2”), that had to be above the name tape, left chest. And of course the USAF patch, with rank stripes on sleeves (old-school stripes, like the Army’s) I think that’s all.
Thank you for your service Sir! This is a good Email comment to send Mover, theres no way they would have known any of that. Probably would be something they add into P2👍
Play the Aviation Ordnanceman "Top Gun" drinking game. Every time Maverick does something that should get him grounded, take a drink. Every time Goose shows he's a good guy and family man, so you just KNOW he's gonna die, take a drink. Every time they do or say something that would have "Me Too" calling for their head, take a drink. Every time a plane fires a missile from the same wing station (more than once) during the same engagement shout "BLUE TUBES" and take a drink. When I was working in V-2 a couple years after Top Gun came out, we used to practice our "slow motion running" on the flight deck. The bald guy with the cigar (back in the '80s we could smoke on the boat) is the CAG. Until about the mid '80s the CAG was usually an O-5. Cool and totally useless fact: Cougar's back seater, Merlin, is Tim Robbins from Shawshank Redemption
Willie Williams ...and equally cool (but maybe useful) fact is Tim Robbins was the looney guy that Cruise beat to death in that basement in the War of the Worlds remake
Yup. Air Force late 80s/early 90s. There were zero restrictions on smoking. You wanted a smoke on the FL, just go to the red line. And drop the butt in the Ziploc bag in your pocket you got from the tool crib.
All the while the russkies were smoking on the flight deck, even during training. I saw a shot on a documentary showing the entire crew of five in the cockpit smoking 😂
I remember when my parents bought the retail VHS.. it had a Diet Pepsi commercial at the beginning. It was the first time producers did such a stunt and it was quite controversial at the time. I remember how pissed my parents were that they paid $17.95 plus tax for the tape and had to watch not just a Pepsi commercial but a Diet Pepsi commercial before the feature.
JESUUS... I literally have seen this movie 2000 on a VHS tape back in the day, , but never noticed the moment at 3.55 " they multiply in the jet hahaha" nice one🤣
That O-5 controller guy also had ribbons on during a normal workday? Lol we just wore our ESWS pin, officers had gold ESWS PINS, ENLISTED had ours sewn on our shirt. Ribbons are worn on the quarterdeck during OOD, POOW, or MOOW watches and pier sentry watch.
Went to an airshow in the early 70's at Miramar, not too long after the F-14A's first hit the fleet. Never seeing one fly before, it was amazing to watch it quickly lift-off, clean-up, accelerate, then gracefully pull into an unhurried Immelman from take-off. Nothing in the USN inventory at that time could come close to that kind of performance. It was an amazing airplane.
We had two f-14s on my second deployment try the inverted move and collided, we lost a RIO and a plane. The poor plane captain had to be sent home for not having his plane and crew come back.
Fixing movie lines: "The hard deck for this exercise was 10,000 ft. You knew it; you broke it... and 'died' because you 'slammed your plane into the rocks.' Or did you forget how hard decks work? Gentlemen, the hard deck isn't some nebulous no-go zone you run to if you think you're losing like it's some multi-million dollar game of tag. It represents the GROUND. That's why it's called the _HARD_ deck. I would have figured, that in coming to this school, you would have understood such concepts. So let me make this clear: If you want to finish this school, or even be considered competent pilots, you brush up on your procedure. That goes for Cmdr. Ironside here as well. I'm still not entirely certain how he got to be an aggressor, but it would be a shame to lose a guy who sounds as tough as him. Dismissed."
The F-14 is like a real life Millennium Falcon. It's this big, fast, lumbering hunk of metal that turns every man between the age of 40-50 into a 10 year old, on sight.
OK, Mover and Gonky, let the fun begin. Best Ruins Movies yet. Can't wait for PT 2. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Maybe a monthly Mover and Gonky show ??? You two are the best.👍🤗🙃
I saw notification when i was at work' I think i was supersonic, inverted negative 4G dive when i was driving home to see this.So worth it! Waiting for part 2!
I've seen this movie way too much, they only have a couple of fly by with the "migs" they just splice and invert it and make it look like different fights etc. Think they did a great job with limited footage. :)
They did a Terrible job of filming and editing. Hollywood was out of orange filters for years after Top Gun came out. Compare This to The Final Countdown: no filters, shakey close-ups, embarrassing dialogue, etc.
Apparently according to the editors the fact that the actors were wearing oxygen masks made it so much easier to put footage in anywhere and add any dialogue to fit the scene.
Fun thing I noticed: The shots from the "cockpit" of the MiG 28's when they're firing weapons, are actually the F-14 RIO pit. You can see the Armaments panel, Launch button and lower part of the TID. As well as a decorated fake TACAN control in front of the stick.
Not gonna lie but I woke up to go to the bathroom. I came back and just glanced at my phone to see your video and I decided to watch it and sleeping after it. 100% Worth It Also can't wait for PT.2 pls make the movie audio for the dialogues a bit louder
The audio during the opening credits is what prompted me to get a really good surround sound system. I would demo to friends, switching the surround and sub on right at the cat shot..... oh yeah!!
You two cracked me up. With scouts and PAX NAS our best liaison officers were pilots and when my and my ass thanked him for getting us in the ATC tower, he thanked us. Not exactly understanding the tower talk he asked them what they were talking about, "Hey guys! They are bringing in a T-39 in! ... You will see this guy run out and feel the breaks. they are magnesium, and if he still has hands will let the pilot know to continue to the hanger. If not someone will wrap the brakes and get the fire fighters in." Under Carter all the pilots were pissed and spilt their guts to us, and under Reagan were much happier and let us know, while we had to tape a lot of new tech in the P-3s off, they can't tell us about it, but could let us know what changes were made. We asked them about what could make make a plane fly ten feet over our heads and we got schooled on ground hugging radar. Another time at PAX my friend got picked on by a SAR helicopter pilot and got to start his up and unfurl his rotors. The pilot liked me to and put me with the bases most honest people and I found myself on a crash tender for a run of my own. The honesty poured out as the driver said to the turret man, "Hey A hole, are you going to turn that pisser of yours again against the wind and flood me out again." We did the run and the turret man told me as he popped the hatch open, "He is right, if I screw up, you will be washed overboard!" "Not a problem sir! If that happens, I know how to fall and survive and I've been paying attention to the wind sock and that won't happen." Pilot or not, if you are in the hanger, maintenance will be there and we all sat our butts in a newly declassified F-18, doubt that was the case. Because there was an incident there with a maintenance person person involving the ejection seat, our first kid in asked and had his finger near and asked, "What does command ejection do?" "Don't Fing touch that!" Lesson for the day, don't piss maintenance off! I had the firefighters realize I felt something was wrong and they asked for my opinion since they were going to be lighting off 80 gallons of aviation fuel and I declared it unsafe. Wondered if there was a record to me as I was informed, "Nope, just made things safe enough to so you what human nature does. As the lit it off we started walking backwards, the started running. My last tour of that base had a pudknocker as our officer and I found myself with five tours of the mess hall and back with the crash tenders with them not knowing what to do with us. Run your equipment. "We can't do that because it is too expensive!" I screamed back, "I didn't tell you to spray foam!" The fire house got it and used their pisser with only water and saved the day. Maybe you can ruin a movie regarding fighter pilots, but even if only SAR, you can never ruin a pilots day, they are just that cool!
My dad was a test pilot in the Korean War but also flew off carriers, He had the beginnings of Alzheimer’s when I took him to see top gun unfortunately he didn’t modulate his voice and during the opening scenes decided to let the whole movie theater know what was real and what wasn’t! Needless to say the audience wasn’t amused. Unfortunately his Alzheimer’s was directly due to the many ejections out of test Aircrafts but he loved being a pilot… Thank you guys for your service and also for a great entertaining video can’t wait to see more. Please fly safe!
In the not-too-distant future, next Sunday AD There was a guy named Mover, not too different from you and me He worked at the naval institute Just another guy in a green jumpsuit He did a good job protecting our airspace But then his doctors didn't like him so they kicked him off the base....
I know I'm replying to a 9 month old comment here, but just giving it a 'like' isn't enough. It's so underrated, maybe MST3K is old enough people don't get it the reference, but it's so perfect.
Upgrayedd no, the CO of a CVN Is an O-6 (Captain) who is a Naval Aviator or Naval Flight Officer by federal law. Back in the 80s CAG was an O-5 billet. It was changed to an O-6 billet n the late 80s.
Thank you both for your service. I almost went into the navy but with my luck I’d get stationed in my home state of Maine so I joined the army. Found out Rumsfeld was closing BNAS the morning I left for Basic.
Hey Mover... Former F-14 Plane Captain with VF-1 Wolfpack... The fuel gage that was being tapped on, is the fuel gage in the front seat and yet the RIO in the back seat is tapping on it. The RIO does have a fuel gage in the back seat but has less information on it.
One of the best movies ever, but I predict Top Gun Maverick is going to disappoint. My friends and I watched Top Gun maybe 20 times in the theater when it was released. We couldn't get enough of it!! Best sound track ever!!! The only real sad part of the film was one of my favorite air show performers lost his life filming it. Always remember Art Scholl when you watch it.
Tears guys....literally tears. 😂😂 So....did you guys ever wear half zipped up flightsuits, with upturned collars and a cowboy hat in a brief?😂 Speaking of Pepsi and Top Gun...... ua-cam.com/video/0hUvoiYiCLw/v-deo.html
I actually saw your commentary on Top Gun: Maverick before I found this one. I liked that one a lot which is why I went and found this. You guys do a good job of not ruining the movie, for me at least.
@@pogo1140 Sure, though to be fair, the A-4 probably had a roll rate that would rival modern planes. But I'm not sure the turn rate or radius was any better, and it certainly wasn't faster then the Tomcat. And it's T/W was worse then even the A model F-14's.
@@RocketToTheMoose the A4 roll rate stomps on even modern aircraft at 720 d/s of roll, the only military aircraft that matched that was the F5/T-38s. As a A4 it be more agile then the much heavier tomcat but probably bleeds just as much speed in a turn as it. T/W on the A variant tomcat was nearly 1:1 and i think the A4 variant in the movie is the E/F which had a T/W of .53 or if it's the M a 1:1 at lower fuel.
Man I’ve been binging your videos the last several days 😂 love these Top Gun reactions. I fly photo shoots, maybe a cool topic idea to discuss on a future podcast, how that content and movies etc inspires generations, educates about history & recruits the future.
“Its not like Cougar can get in his car and go home” Bro I been watching this movie for 34 years, how come this never dawned on me 😂 Like he went and sat around the carrier for the next 3 weeks
Been waiting for this ‘Mover Ruins’ ... as a Viper DCC AND GA pilot this is the film that made me fall in love with aviation ... I also love that they raged so hard in the first TOPGUN scene a panel got ripped off ... CAT III switchology to save a crew chief’s weekend!
"Flaps are down, some paint chipping off. That's definitely a NAVY aircraft."
"wouldnt need sunglass's in the hanger" but how else would people know they are fighter pilots with out their shades on
I mean they're called Aviators for a reason
The one eyebrow cocked up. The aviators are just there to cover the eyebrow lol
They'll tell you.
those Ray-ban Aviators.
Iceman isnt drinking ice water, it started out as just water
They hooked up an IV and took it straight from his veins.
That's Woooodka 🤪.
I think it was gin
Too many glasses of whiskey on the rocks at the club that's how you get your callsign.
I used to be called the iceman (just a nickname) before this movie came out.
Then it was well fcuk.
"He can fly, he just has to pull that one handle"
Demon Lord Gaming : As in pulling one of the ejection seat handles & eject ! The only way a backseater can control his flight !
That's the parking brake ,lol.
Goose flew all the way to heavens gates!
@@uncreativename826 too soon.
And he might too if cougar doesn’t get his act right
My father is a colleague of yours (spent 30 years in the USAF as a Phantom driver). He loves your channel. :D
My great uncle was a Phantom Driver as well. Eglin.
and i bet both your fathers would say "YOU DONT DRIVE A PLANE" because that what my father would say and he was a pilot too lol.
When I fly on an airline, I always press play on 'Danger Zone', as the pilot is powering up to takeoff, and close my eyes. Awesome!
Sounds like heaven : )
Alright, so I'm not the only nerd that does this. lol
Val Kilmer ad-libbed that line when Maverick says they were inverted. Pure brilliance on his part.
I took a break from ground school for this
_69000% WORTH IT_
Faltermeyer is not only very much alive (he’s 67), he IS/HAS DONE Top Gun: Maverick with Hans Zimmer!
“Yeah flaps are down, some paint chipped off, definitely a Navy aircraft” lmao 😂😂
I was an Ordnanceman in VF-124 at Miramar walking back to the shop from the flight line when the plane buzzed the tower. It scared me at first because I didn't know it was going to happen, then I remembered the movie was being filmed.
Nice!
Sweet.
"It's gonna be tough to ruin this movie!" - proceeds to wreck the movie for 24 minutes straight :D
The point is, its still a great movie.
Yeah, the flying sequences look amazing. But they're zero percent realistic, tactically. Real ACM and BFM would be really boring to watch.
and it's made even better by the wrecking. LOL
Any line in the movie. Gonky: "Greatest movie line EVER!"
Well thats Top Gun
I cannot wait to see Mover and Gonky ruins "Hot Shots!"
How could they possibly ruin that movie? That and Down Periscope are probably the most accurate portrayals of the Navy there is.
Yes! Hahahahaha.
That would be incredible
@@MTWHIT this from what I hear is a true statement
@@MTWHIT Especially the Credits give an even more unfiltered look into the happenings on a WW2 diesel boat.
As a San Diego resident, I demand to hear the full "La Jolla" story, Mover!
You can get a ticket for a loud Haley in that yuppy area. Funny that the whole place is considered a noise abatement area.
I live next to the border. Marine and navy hornets fly over on the daily.
@@presley_aldc
La Jolla ain’t “yuppie.”
La Jolla is Old-money & Chinese.
I was in high school when this movie came out. "TOP GUN" starring the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Tom Skerritt, and some other people... This movie ruined my chances for flying in any branch of the service. Great job guys, you had me rolling on the floor for the entire episode. Be safe.
How dare you to put Mike Ironsides in as "some other people"? :D
@@Ugly_German_Truths LOL, Long Live Jester.
Love it! I'm from the UK, and even I wanted to join the US Navy when I first saw this!!! (1990, I think?)
FYI, Harold Faltermeyer is still alive - he's doing the music for the new one.
He also did the Top Gun Anthem-ish Flying Bulls Anthem for Red Bull, also with Steve Stevens who played the guitar on Top Gun Anthem.
@@MK84 I'm gonna have to look that one up now!
I remember seeing this as a kid for the fist time in '87 when I was camping with my parents. Some rich family next to us had a TV and VHS set up in their outdoor area and they were watching Topgun. I hid in a bush and watched it too. Best holiday ever. Fuck the dolphins.
by that time you would probably be flying Hornet instead
I don't think he's doing the music for the sequel. Hans Zimmer is scoring it, but they're likely going to use the original themes, so Faltermeyer gets a credit since it's still his music.
Everyone was on coke in the 80’s. Profuse sweating makes sense.
No wonder Cougar could not land...and Goose thought that 2 Migs were one. They're all coked out of their minds! :D
10-4 on call to Sargent
Lol...wow!
No coke, Pepsi..
It all makes sense now...
12:07
"Yeah, it is called FEDEX and they pay a whole lotta money now!"
I LOST IT XD
wish they would have referenced this line in the sequel haha
Yeah that was the funniest part for me. "Everyone wants to be flying the cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong" 😂
"These tactics worked for Maverick. They should work for me!" Awesome...
The “phones” is actually accurate
Black dial phone= ships phone dialing any devision/shop on board
Red Dial phone= Direct line to/from CO To other main Officers (don’t want to say who)
Black phone on wall= sound powered phone to certain stations on the ship.
It was The Final Countdown that did it for me. Get chills to this day everytime the Tomcats get clearance to go after the Zeros and that music starts playing....
In the opening flight scene it's cloudy, then not. It's overcast, then clear. Then there's a mountain. So, they traveled far enough from the ship to go through two different weather systems and make landfall, then back. No wonder Cougar was low on fuel! The best movie EVER!!!
I saw the first Top Gun while I was training as a Nuclear Reactor Operator in Idaho Falls at the S1W prototype reactor. Yep, the very first one for the 575. I went on to serve on the USS Carl Vinson for 7 years. I loved putting my hands on the F14, F18, S6, A-7, EA-7 and EA-6B's in the hanger bay. 3 WestPacs and a PacEx. It was my pleasure to help move that big a** ship through the water, and generate steam to launch all those great aircraft. 35 years later, I still consider my experience as a once in a lifetime opportunity to serve. The best men and women the US has to offer. I think this will be a great film that showcases what it means to carry on tradition. My Dad was recently inducted in the French Legion of Honor for his heroism in liberating Alsace back up to the Rhine River in WW2. He inspired me, and I hope these films inspire a new generation of Americans to put their country first and become a member of a very exclusive club. My best to all Americans and God Bless.
To your father, and to the many who seek to make right for what is right in the fight!
WOOOHOOO my Wednesday just got 100% better! Cheers guys 🤘👍👏👏👏👏 yvan eht nioj !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You seriously need merch that reads "Aileron Rolls Win Battles"
Y’all two are hilarious! Reminds me of my dad . We would go to a movie that has WWII planes, and he would pick it to death. It was annoying at first, but later I was very entertained! Dad was a C46 pilot flying The Hump during the war.
It would be great to have a few beers with y’all!! Stay frosty!!
TO the boys in the sky who fly high!
This is a blast, ive watched this movie a hundred times and watching with these real pilots gave me a whole lotta different perspective of the movie....such a blast
"Yeah, it's called FedEx and they pay a whole lot of money now" .... :)) ... thanks Mover, that made me LOL indeed
Gonky: “That’s what everybody at Delta is saying right now”
😂😂😂😂😂😂
yeah, what did he mean by that? I am curious.
@@harishchhikara4396 Goose in the movie after they get their asses chewed for going below the Deck... Goose ask Mav, if he's still got that Business card for Truck Driving...
@@dw8008 he's asking what delta is
@@levibailey6256 The Airline company ?
@@TheSmolinator yes
Haha I remember my first weeks in the Navy. Our Lieutenant had an after hours, mandatory viewing of Top Gun, as someone didn't know what movie the Lieutenant was quoting. Good times 😁
I always loved that line. “Do some of that pilot shit!!”
Wow...I've watched it so many times and never noticed the mountains in the middle of the ocean! Well done gentlemen!
I love this guy. "That's a real bucket!"
This is like Mystery Science Theatre: Pilot Edition
Did anyone notice Stinger, the guy at 11:49 and the principal who called McFly a slacker in BTTF were both played by Tolkan?
Do "The Final Countdown" next. Cool watching a Tomcat grease a Zero.
Willie Williams Absolutely great movie for Tomcat fans. Note them sweep wings when they engage the Zeros (yeah, just what you want for slow speed maneuvering!) 👍👍
@@michaelbrown5551 I never could figure out why they wasted a Sidewinder on the second one.
@@williewilliams6571 because they couldn't pick up the Zero on the AWG-9!
@@jdizzy01 but they nailed the first one with the Vulcan. 25-50 rds of 20mm has GOT to be cheaper that 1 Aim-9
Willie Williams Just cuz they could! (Hollywood ‘wow’ factor.... “Yea, that looks cool... do that”) ... which is the same reason they swept the wings. If I remember correctly, when they show them actually engaged with the Zeros, their wings are back to forward position.
Re: boocoo patches all over...
In the 80’s in TAC (USAF) I was enlisted, and we had to wear the TAC patch on the right pocket, the Squadron patch on the left pocket, and the section patch on the right chest (above the pocket).
When they came out with the “aircraft maintenance” patch (about 1”x2”), that had to be above the name tape, left chest.
And of course the USAF patch, with rank stripes on sleeves (old-school stripes, like the Army’s)
I think that’s all.
Thank you for your service Sir! This is a good Email comment to send Mover, theres no way they would have known any of that. Probably would be something they add into P2👍
Play the Aviation Ordnanceman "Top Gun" drinking game. Every time Maverick does something that should get him grounded, take a drink. Every time Goose shows he's a good guy and family man, so you just KNOW he's gonna die, take a drink. Every time they do or say something that would have "Me Too" calling for their head, take a drink. Every time a plane fires a missile from the same wing station (more than once) during the same engagement shout "BLUE TUBES" and take a drink.
When I was working in V-2 a couple years after Top Gun came out, we used to practice our "slow motion running" on the flight deck. The bald guy with the cigar (back in the '80s we could smoke on the boat) is the CAG. Until about the mid '80s the CAG was usually an O-5.
Cool and totally useless fact: Cougar's back seater, Merlin, is Tim Robbins from Shawshank Redemption
Willie Williams ...and equally cool (but maybe useful) fact is Tim Robbins was the looney guy that Cruise beat to death in that basement in the War of the Worlds remake
I expect we always forget Tim Robbins was in this film, as well as the real Viper - Pete Pettigrew - he's Charlie's "older guy" date in the bar scene.
Hey, Willie, your comment is the funniest thing I've read all year, Dude!!!
Ordies don't need excuses to drink..IYAOYAS!!
@@snakeandnape9252 True. But games are fun and the drunker you get, the better the flick.
I was in Army aviation in the mid-80s and we did smoke everywhere but the flight line. Hell, when I was in Korea, I would smoke during PT.
Yup. Air Force late 80s/early 90s. There were zero restrictions on smoking. You wanted a smoke on the FL, just go to the red line. And drop the butt in the Ziploc bag in your pocket you got from the tool crib.
All the while the russkies were smoking on the flight deck, even during training.
I saw a shot on a documentary showing the entire crew of five in the cockpit smoking 😂
Goose: "Thanks Mav, maybe I can learn how to be a truck driver!".... Gonky: "that's whats everybody at Delta is saying right now" 🔥🙆♂️
This was very entertaining.
Looking forward to part 2.
I remember my mother taking me to the movies on a school day to watch it.
The first launch of that Tom Cat will forever give me chills. I love it.
That pepsi tray ive watched this movie hundreds of times and thats the first time seeing that
I remember when my parents bought the retail VHS.. it had a Diet Pepsi commercial at the beginning. It was the first time producers did such a stunt and it was quite controversial at the time. I remember how pissed my parents were that they paid $17.95 plus tax for the tape and had to watch not just a Pepsi commercial but a Diet Pepsi commercial before the feature.
Pilots: *briefs in the hangar*
Maintenance Staff: TRİGGERED
Confirmed, the 80's were very sweaty.
JESUUS... I literally have seen this movie 2000 on a VHS tape back in the day, , but never noticed the moment at 3.55 " they multiply in the jet hahaha" nice one🤣
This is like Mystery Science Theater 3000!!!
Totally! And only made more awesome because of it!
That O-5 controller guy also had ribbons on during a normal workday? Lol we just wore our ESWS pin, officers had gold ESWS PINS, ENLISTED had ours sewn on our shirt. Ribbons are worn on the quarterdeck during OOD, POOW, or MOOW watches and pier sentry watch.
"Everyone was sweating in the 80's!"
It was the dicey cocaine.
TOP GUN *CLASSIFIED*
..and right out in the open lol. Never noticed that.
Went to an airshow in the early 70's at Miramar, not too long after the F-14A's first hit the fleet. Never seeing one fly before, it was amazing to watch it quickly lift-off, clean-up, accelerate, then gracefully pull into an unhurried Immelman from take-off. Nothing in the USN inventory at that time could come close to that kind of performance. It was an amazing airplane.
This was the absolute greatest aviation film review ever
We had two f-14s on my second deployment try the inverted move and collided, we lost a RIO and a plane. The poor plane captain had to be sent home for not having his plane and crew come back.
That's odd. Not his fault the pilots were dicks.
@@lambertia True. A quote from the movie:
"The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid."
No way. Wow.
It's like Christmas in July! Good job guys.
Fixing movie lines:
"The hard deck for this exercise was 10,000 ft. You knew it; you broke it... and 'died' because you 'slammed your plane into the rocks.' Or did you forget how hard decks work? Gentlemen, the hard deck isn't some nebulous no-go zone you run to if you think you're losing like it's some multi-million dollar game of tag. It represents the GROUND. That's why it's called the _HARD_ deck. I would have figured, that in coming to this school, you would have understood such concepts. So let me make this clear: If you want to finish this school, or even be considered competent pilots, you brush up on your procedure. That goes for Cmdr. Ironside here as well. I'm still not entirely certain how he got to be an aggressor, but it would be a shame to lose a guy who sounds as tough as him. Dismissed."
Perfect 🙃
ROFL
Cmdr Heatherly...
@@daszieher
I am altering the script. Pray I don't alter it any further.
@@atigerclaw Impressive! Very impressive.
The F-14 is like a real life Millennium Falcon. It's this big, fast, lumbering hunk of metal that turns every man between the age of 40-50 into a 10 year old, on sight.
OK, Mover and Gonky, let the fun begin. Best Ruins Movies yet. Can't wait for PT 2. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Maybe a monthly Mover and Gonky show ??? You two are the best.👍🤗🙃
19:35 that’s the best shot the movie right there, that climbing bank just looked so fluid and nice, shows the Tomcat in all it’s beauty.
"Cougar SUCKS!" 🤣🤣
"Dude if you're watching the mountains you're WAY below the hard deck!" 🤣🤣🤣
I cannot wait for part 2.
I saw notification when i was at work' I think i was supersonic, inverted negative 4G dive when i was driving home to see this.So worth it! Waiting for part 2!
I've seen this movie way too much, they only have a couple of fly by with the "migs" they just splice and invert it and make it look like different fights etc. Think they did a great job with limited footage. :)
They did a Terrible job of filming and editing. Hollywood was out of orange filters for years after Top Gun came out. Compare This to The Final Countdown: no filters, shakey close-ups, embarrassing dialogue, etc.
Apparently according to the editors the fact that the actors were wearing oxygen masks made it so much easier to put footage in anywhere and add any dialogue to fit the scene.
I hear that intro and I’m also ready to join the Navy…
Salute!
I remember when Tomcats were in Croatia in 2000. and they were flying with MiG-21s
14:57 “maintenance is gonna be pissed”
Delta dig was harsh bro 🤣
What did Mover say? Facing maneuver? Pacing...?
Fun thing I noticed: The shots from the "cockpit" of the MiG 28's when they're firing weapons, are actually the F-14 RIO pit. You can see the Armaments panel, Launch button and lower part of the TID. As well as a decorated fake TACAN control in front of the stick.
I grew up watching this movie and I never knew Tim Robbins was Merlin until a few years ago when I rewatched with my kids.
I just love all the subtle trash talk.
And I'm gonna remember "Single Seat Dudes need space" forever, instant classic
Not gonna lie but I woke up to go to the bathroom. I came back and just glanced at my phone to see your video and I decided to watch it and sleeping after it.
100% Worth It
Also can't wait for PT.2 pls make the movie audio for the dialogues a bit louder
Oh go ahead...lie to us. We won't know.
@@yourhandlehere1 wahaha, but that's true lmao
Hey Mover, really enjoyed the banter with Gonky, great watching! “Mover ruins movies... in formation”
The audio during the opening credits is what prompted me to get a really good surround sound system. I would demo to friends, switching the surround and sub on right at the cat shot..... oh yeah!!
Ah a man of culture I see.
You two cracked me up. With scouts and PAX NAS our best liaison officers were pilots and when my and my ass thanked him for getting us in the ATC tower, he thanked us. Not exactly understanding the tower talk he asked them what they were talking about, "Hey guys! They are bringing in a T-39 in! ... You will see this guy run out and feel the breaks. they are magnesium, and if he still has hands will let the pilot know to continue to the hanger. If not someone will wrap the brakes and get the fire fighters in."
Under Carter all the pilots were pissed and spilt their guts to us, and under Reagan were much happier and let us know, while we had to tape a lot of new tech in the P-3s off, they can't tell us about it, but could let us know what changes were made. We asked them about what could make make a plane fly ten feet over our heads and we got schooled on ground hugging radar.
Another time at PAX my friend got picked on by a SAR helicopter pilot and got to start his up and unfurl his rotors. The pilot liked me to and put me with the bases most honest people and I found myself on a crash tender for a run of my own. The honesty poured out as the driver said to the turret man, "Hey A hole, are you going to turn that pisser of yours again against the wind and flood me out again."
We did the run and the turret man told me as he popped the hatch open, "He is right, if I screw up, you will be washed overboard!"
"Not a problem sir! If that happens, I know how to fall and survive and I've been paying attention to the wind sock and that won't happen."
Pilot or not, if you are in the hanger, maintenance will be there and we all sat our butts in a newly declassified F-18, doubt that was the case. Because there was an incident there with a maintenance person person involving the ejection seat, our first kid in asked and had his finger near and asked, "What does command ejection do?"
"Don't Fing touch that!" Lesson for the day, don't piss maintenance off! I had the firefighters realize I felt something was wrong and they asked for my opinion since they were going to be lighting off 80 gallons of aviation fuel and I declared it unsafe. Wondered if there was a record to me as I was informed, "Nope, just made things safe enough to so you what human nature does. As the lit it off we started walking backwards, the started running.
My last tour of that base had a pudknocker as our officer and I found myself with five tours of the mess hall and back with the crash tenders with them not knowing what to do with us. Run your equipment. "We can't do that because it is too expensive!"
I screamed back, "I didn't tell you to spray foam!" The fire house got it and used their pisser with only water and saved the day. Maybe you can ruin a movie regarding fighter pilots, but even if only SAR, you can never ruin a pilots day, they are just that cool!
..."Negative Ghostrider...the pattern is full" !
Love, love, love Top Gun! Thanks, Mover and Gonky, for not ruining this national treasure of a movie too much, imo.
TOMCATS!!!! Say this every time I play DCS and fly the TOMCAT.
I am very very guilty of this lol
I'm glad you picked up on the mountain in the background in the first scene too haha it's something I notice the last time I watched the movie
Her “what’s Gonky?”
Him “I’ll show you at my place tonight!”
My dad was a test pilot in the Korean War but also flew off carriers, He had the beginnings of Alzheimer’s when I took him to see top gun unfortunately he didn’t modulate his voice and during the opening scenes decided to let the whole movie theater know what was real and what wasn’t! Needless to say the audience wasn’t amused. Unfortunately his Alzheimer’s was directly due to the many ejections out of test Aircrafts but he loved being a pilot… Thank you guys for your service and also for a great entertaining video can’t wait to see more. Please fly safe!
I was born in Miramar.. Fl, That is..and That movie was my bible in 86’ I had my mom paint the tomcat on the back of my jean jacket.
Hilarious! Do more of these with Gonky! Love the dynamic of the banter!
In the not-too-distant future, next Sunday AD
There was a guy named Mover, not too different from you and me
He worked at the naval institute
Just another guy in a green jumpsuit
He did a good job protecting our airspace
But then his doctors didn't like him so they kicked him off the base....
I know I'm replying to a 9 month old comment here, but just giving it a 'like' isn't enough. It's so underrated, maybe MST3K is old enough people don't get it the reference, but it's so perfect.
Hey CW, love the videos and I appreciate you choosing Folds of Honor as the charity. Such a worthy cause. Keep up the great work.
The Bald Guy CDR Tom "Stinger" Jordan is the CAG(James Tolkan).
He also moonlights as the princpal at Hill Valley High School. In seriousness I always thought of him as the Skipper of the Enterprise.
Upgrayedd no, the CO of a CVN Is an O-6 (Captain) who is a Naval Aviator or Naval Flight Officer by federal law. Back in the 80s CAG was an O-5 billet. It was changed to an O-6 billet n the late 80s.
Thank you both for your service. I almost went into the navy but with my luck I’d get stationed in my home state of Maine so I joined the army. Found out Rumsfeld was closing BNAS the morning I left for Basic.
Top Gun 2:
Penny Benjamin : Maverick, take me to shuffleboard or lose me forever
Maverick: "I can't hear you"
Charlie: "Your motorbike isn't even running!"
Maverick: "I know, I just can't hear you! Where's my hearing aid?"
Hey, guys, I'm here in Brazil laughing loudly on your react! I love this movie from that romantic cinema times. Thanks for this tremendous work. 😀👍
This video review is AWESOME!!! I do not think you ruined the movie at all. Cannot wait for Top Gun Maverick to come out!!!!
Hey Mover... Former F-14 Plane Captain with VF-1 Wolfpack... The fuel gage that was being tapped on, is the fuel gage in the front seat and yet the RIO in the back seat is tapping on it. The RIO does have a fuel gage in the back seat but has less information on it.
Video that everyone asked for ❤️
My high school chemistry teacher was on deck during that opening intro. 🔥
One of the best movies ever, but I predict Top Gun Maverick is going to disappoint. My friends and I watched Top Gun maybe 20 times in the theater when it was released. We couldn't get enough of it!! Best sound track ever!!! The only real sad part of the film was one of my favorite air show performers lost his life filming it. Always remember Art Scholl when you watch it.
You know, I've never been more glad that someone is wrong on the Internet, and I hope you are too
This dogshit take aged poorly
“Every one wants to fly a cargo plane full of rubber dog sh*t”!!
HAHA!!
Tears guys....literally tears. 😂😂 So....did you guys ever wear half zipped up flightsuits, with upturned collars and a cowboy hat in a brief?😂
Speaking of Pepsi and Top Gun......
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I actually saw your commentary on Top Gun: Maverick before I found this one. I liked that one a lot which is why I went and found this. You guys do a good job of not ruining the movie, for me at least.
As Tomcat fan, it always bugged me that Michael Ironsides calls the A-4 faster and more maneuverable then the F-14.
It had a better roll rate so it could change direction twice in the time a Tomcat took to roll to one side and start to turn.
@@pogo1140 Sure, though to be fair, the A-4 probably had a roll rate that would rival modern planes. But I'm not sure the turn rate or radius was any better, and it certainly wasn't faster then the Tomcat. And it's T/W was worse then even the A model F-14's.
@@RocketToTheMoose the A4 roll rate stomps on even modern aircraft at 720 d/s of roll, the only military aircraft that matched that was the F5/T-38s. As a A4 it be more agile then the much heavier tomcat but probably bleeds just as much speed in a turn as it. T/W on the A variant tomcat was nearly 1:1 and i think the A4 variant in the movie is the E/F which had a T/W of .53 or if it's the M a 1:1 at lower fuel.
@@TheGunner066 I don't think the A model was 1:1 with the tf30 engine. I've heard .65:1 It was higher then the F-4 at least.
@@RocketToTheMoose .6 to 1 with full internal fuel, no missiles or pylons. With pylons it drops down .59 before you add missiles.
Man I’ve been binging your videos the last several days 😂 love these Top Gun reactions. I fly photo shoots, maybe a cool topic idea to discuss on a future podcast, how that content and movies etc inspires generations, educates about history & recruits the future.
“Its not like Cougar can get in his car and go home”
Bro I been watching this movie for 34 years, how come this never dawned on me 😂 Like he went and sat around the carrier for the next 3 weeks
More like 6 months
Been waiting for this ‘Mover Ruins’ ... as a Viper DCC AND GA pilot this is the film that made me fall in love with aviation ... I also love that they raged so hard in the first TOPGUN scene a panel got ripped off ... CAT III switchology to save a crew chief’s weekend!
Best looking plane ever built, say hello to the F-14 Tomcat
SR-71
@@DemonLordGamingAC0 Tru, probs my second favorite plane ever.
No, that's the VIPER.
Legacy Hornet
It did say hello to the Tomcat ... in this movie. There has never been a prettier fighter aircraft than the F-5. 8-)
Base security loves people riding motorcycles along the runways without protective gear. Great video!