30 Facts You Didn't Know About Top Gun: Maverick
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- Опубліковано 5 тра 2024
- I don't know about you guys, but I definitely didn't see Top Gun: Maverick as being the highest grossing film so far of 2022 and potentially the best as well! And for that reason I figured I had to make a video on the sequel 36 years in the making.
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Topgun = Tom Cruise. Rooster is cool, but it just ain't Tom. If it ends, this should be it.
I agree 100%. End on a high note
They said the same about a top gun sequel. Depending on when it come out, it rooster could be old enough to be respectable instructor. Hangman could be great for any role he gets. They could use the f 35, who knows. They just need a different, amazing mission. Probably some sort of rescue mission or a new war. It would be difficult to match top gun maverick. With the crap movies these days, I’d look forward to it.
@@lexevo f35's are boring, they shoot down their enemies from many miles away
@@ytdave354 it’s just an example. Could be another plane. It’s fictional like this movie. So the f35 could attempt a bombing mission, then get swarmed by hidden enemy planes on the ground, without enough missiles to take them down. Or not see enemy stealth fighters and get in a dog fight that way. I’m sure a great director can come up with better ideas then me.
Actually, I would at least go and watch a sequel about Rooster. As long as it was its own original story, I think it could work.
End it. This was a fantastic sendoff. It provided a good story, good entertainment, good production, good nostalgia, and good closure. Leave well enough alone!
Totally agree
This…
they used kilmer's son's voice with AI to do the voice, also, every single pilot got to pick their call sign. Hangman explains this on a late night talk show, and explained why he chose hangman, as well as why he left a letter out on the helmet
do you know which talk show by any chance? would love to hear about the helmet design :)
I was in AirForce pilot training when the original was released. It stayed in the base theater for at least 6 months and served as inspiration for every test I had to take! As sequels go its hard to find a sequel better than TG Maverick. Tom Cruise was right in waiting, AND delaying the release until after theaters opened up after the pandemic shutdown. Although Cruise truly understands the value of story over just ringing up easy cash, I truly can't imagine a 3rd installment. I think it's better to end at the pinnacle of accomplishment.
The call sign of Rooster was also a thematic fit. As Hangman described it in the bar scene, Bradshaw has a tendency to stay aloof and watch everything from above like a rooster perched and looking down at the yard.
Also, his father was "goose," another bird call-sign.
That's a stretch. More, Rooster is the barnyard "Rooster" ruler of the roost. At the end of the movie, next to Maverick, Rooster ruled the roost which was that of his combat peers.
That's an even bigger stretch. Call signs are more often than not less-than-flattering in context. Just ask Hangman.
@@BogeyTheBear The author's (scriptwriter) call signs have NOTHING to do with actual call signs given to graduates BY graduates.
Rooster and Goose also have the same vowels in them. Coincidence?
I was an OS in the US Navy when Topgun came out in 86. I was shocked to see my ships patch on Maverick leather jacket, USS William H Standly (red/gold patch with gold trident, right front of jacket). I have always loved the F-14 Tomcat, even got to talk to Sundowner 102 after a night of tracking them in mock dogfight. TG Maverick was exciting to watch, my how times have changed. Neat to see the F-14 as there are only a handful left as the mass majority of them were demolished after it was retired. One can still be seen in the Tillamook air museum in Oregon.
You can find more info on You Tube "Top Gun" with ex Navy "Top Gun" pilots.
I was an OS also stationed abroad the Charles F Adams DDG2 out of “A” school in 88. Top Gun made us all cheer &, yes, the F-14 is still my favorite warplane.
15:00 The Mach number actually varies on altitude. If he was flying at 120k ft (like in the MSFS mission), he would be going only about 6800 mph.
If Disney buys the rights to Top Gun, even Jon Hamm's character will have his own movie.
Please God no!!! Disney will totally mess it up and put their politics into the movie.
@@buckbaldwin6442 and lgbtq BS. look what happened to the MCU lmao
Top Gun: Bob
@@WallabieMcDee Top Gun: Aircraft Mechanic #7
Top Gun: Drone Ranger. Ed Harris playing the Admiral as he stands over a bunch of drone operators pushing buttons.
I was a kid when the original Top Gun came out, 11 years old, and I'd already made my decision to join the British Royal Air Force. Top Gun was an absolutely awesome film for me, really enjoyed it, although the excessive homoeroticism felt a bit over the top even then. I never did join the RAF, ended up in the Royal Artillery instead, but retained a strong interest in aviation, and took up skydiving as a hobby. I was massively enthusiastic when I heard about Top Gun: Maverick, and personally I think it's a great sequel to the original!
I skydived too. My biological father was 82 Army Airborne
@@lewiskemp5893 I've quit now, but really enjoyed it at the time. Had to break my fear of heights somehow, and skydiving finally did it!
My father is a gunner too!
@@IbrahimMaisur Great Regiment!!
Ever watched, BEHIND ENEMY LINES? ua-cam.com/video/-NGuo98cCug/v-deo.html
10:43 they also changed the word "insure" to "ensure"
A Top Gun prequel should be next. With Maverick's dad and Viper in Vietnam. That way you don't need Tom Cruise, and that sounded like an interesting story about how Maverick's dad "did it right ".
Agree but you'd need to find a "Viper" that looks young....
DUDE. This is a good idea. Do you know how many aviation Vietnam war movies there are???? I can't think of a single one! This would break ground in cinema and this trilogy.
@Leland Dyer Thanks, man, although I can't take the credit. I read that idea in the comments of another video. I liked the idea so much I wanted to spread it to other comments sections.
Who knows, maybe the right person will read it and ...?
I'm down
@@lelanddyer9461 flight of the intruder...
They need a prequel about viper and mavericks dad and the creation of top gun
THAT is a good idea
That could work!
Especially if they do the fight when he was told " the boogys were like fire flys all over the sky"
@@gavinrichardson3918 bogey
If a preqel is made you need to claim credit for the idea. It is an excellent idea.
That is an interesting idea that I believe I could enjoy. Which is to say, I think it has great potential.
Perfectly tied into TOP GUN and actual reality with Val Kilmur playing Admiral Kazansky and passing away R.I. P. Iceman was historical.
Rooster call sign is so fitting given who the character is. So well chosen Miles Teller. A Top Gun third sequel with no Tom Cruise will be a shame, but I think the new cast (from Top Gun Maverick) can pull it off, if given a fantastic script.
If a sequel is as good as Maverick. I don't care how long I wait. I was 12 years old when top gun came out and this movie made me feel like a kid again. I was so excited to watch it and I was so excited watching it. It made me so happy. Loved the movie, love this video The Why. THANK YOU
Hugo, I’m 65 and I did also feel like a kid. One of the best movies I’ve seen in years. This garbage they call a movie these days makes me want to hurl
@@Supercell725 what garbage?
@@SSS-sd6bx
If you even have to ask... just yikes.
I would love a third film, but Maverick was such a great film, I would want to see the story come to a close. Of course, they're probably going to do a third film though. This made way too much money, which is INSANE, considering it wasn't released in China.
Respect what you’re saying and I agree. I just feel like these two movies fulfilled the whole story and adding another could ruin the franchise like many others, transformers, stars wars, fast and furious, etc. I wish they would make another just feel like they would botch it ykwim?
Top gun changed everything in the 80s. This is the best sequel I've seen
THESE TWO MOVIES ARE CLASSICS AND I LOVE THEM BOTH. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ONE. LEAVE IT HERE PLEASE‼️‼️‼️‼️
The reason the ejection seat didn't work was cause it wasn't armed, you can see the red tab above each seat is sitting upright instead on pushed down as it should be when it's armed
and because Bradshaws and F-14 ejections don't end well...
@@machupikachu1085 lmao that too
Great video! About ejecting at mach 10, no, it's not even a problem because no Mach 10 aircraft would eject like that. They'd use a crew escape capsule where the cockpit was self-contained. Think that doesn't sound realistic? It's already been done. The F-111 had one.
The raid also has a lot of similarities with the real-life Operation Opera flown Sunday, June 7, 1981 against the Al-Tuwaythah Nuclear Research Facility, outside Baghdad, Iraq by the Israeli Air Force in a preemptive strike flying F-16's.
I'm honestly wondering if the raid in the movie was inspired by Operation Opera.
The best thing was the skunkworks logo. They don't get to brag. I know how badass they are
The Star Wars scene was based on "The Dam Busters," which was a 1955 movie based on "Operation Chastise" from WWII.
and F-15s
@@AA-xo9uw Yes they were flying cover.
Learning they gave the finger to the Chinese government, accepting 9-figure losses, makes me love this movie even more. Something I didn't deem possible.
You just can't have a Top Gun movie without Tom Cruise.
"TomGun
@@armycaptainfunnyboy275 Tom Thumb
#31: the final mission is based on the navy's recommendation. When the filmmakers asked the pilots what the most difficult mission was they could envision, it was the final mission. Only difference? Their version also took place at night.
Woa
Ace combat doing it since ace combat 1 XD
I believe that mission was based on a real life strike IIRC.
10:26 This shit caught me off guard like the dude sounded pumped and the music was all up beat and i thought it was gonna be like "he ran into financial issues"
You managed to get the very first fact wrong. Everyone got to choose their own callsigns EXCEPT for Hangman since they re-wrote his character for his callsign to become part of a sub-plot in the movie. During an interview, Jay Ellis said the cast went drinking at the Officer's club at the real TOPGUN school in Fallon, NV. Lewis Pullman had his cell phone on the bar, and Jay Ellis called him out to the bartender who then told Lewis that he had to buy a round for the bar. Lewis was embarrassed, but paid the tab, but then Jay Ellis felt bad and paid him back the next day...hence his callsign, "Payback". Monica Barbaro got so drunk that night they thought she might have had alcohol poisoning and said she basically spent the night on the bathroom of her hotel room. Everyone said she arrived downstairs the next morning like nothing that happened and someone mentioned she "arose like a Phoenix"...hence her callsign...which honestly, no offence, makes your #4 fact sound really made up. Like you just watched the movie and put 2 and 2 together? Otherwise, it was a pretty entertaining list.
I watched an interview where Glen had a different callsign assigned for him but he didn’t like it so he went and hung out with other naval aviators and then he came up with hangman?? I could be wrong I watched it a couple months ago
feel better?
My family and I have watched this movie so many times. We love it. I have to say that the beach football scene is my favorite and definitely not forgettable to me lol 😂😅
Coz of all the abs,right ?
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many more lines are echoed in this, like Rooster saying "not good". Nice to see such continuity in a film, and is demonstrates the level of detail and care they put into this.
“Mach 10 isn’t possible with todays tech in a jet”
X-43 would like a word with you. That has hit Mach 15
From a quick google search it says it hit Mach 9.6. But I didn’t google too far
@@MrJcock12 it did hit over Mach 10, that is confirmed
Anybody who’s ever eaten Taco Bell while driving has easily cleared Mach 10.
That was the *planned* performance of the X-43D…
The Mach 9.7 X-43A was unmanned and the never built X-43D was projected on paper to be capable of reaching Mach 15.
I saw the first TOP GUN ON VHS at Paul Revere middle School AEROSPACE CLASS. IN LATE 1986 OR EARLY 87. LIFE CHANGING.
I can't imagine a third one being better than the second, the first was amazing, the second was even better, how would they beat it. My fear would be that it would diminish the franchise.
end the series on top...this is an amazing movie that needs to not be torn down by a sub-standard sequel for the sake of cash-grabbing- something Hollywood needs to learn...
It's not about the film, it's about the money. More's the pity.
Correction: The voice of the whispering Iceman was done by Val's son, since his son's speaking voice sounds almost identical to Val's prior to the cancer.
So there is no one in the production house that is old enough to remember the original? I can't be the only one that got tired of the "I just saw this, I'm young, he-he". Can't wait until you find out there was a Star Wars movie before Andor.
…and that Paul McCartney used to be in band, and some other band before that….
Or that Steve Winwood was in a band or 3 before his solo career
Amazing Facts! Enjoyed watching this! 💯 Looking forward for Top Gun 3 soon!
We really need a Hot Shots : Topper
Oh God, yes XD
@@queen_of_propellers8386 IKR. Perfect set up for Sheen's grand comeback. Imagine the laughs with the current geopolitical and US politics.... The jokes right themselves.
CRAZY how small these IMAX cams have gotten since they first came to existence.
I think is special that Tom Cruse has so much pull with Paramount to have so much so that everybody even got our Navy on board with there Best Top Gun Pilots, they really need more recognition
#19. You missed one other change: "...insure" was corrected to "ensure".
I'm not sure it was intentional, but Mav's latest love interest is Penny. I'm Guessing that is the Admirals daughter. Flash back to the original in the scene when the aircraft commander is about to Tell Mav and Goose they are going to Top Gun. Just before that he laying out all the reasons he can't believe he is about to do what he is about to do because, ie. “You’ve been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader 3 times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of High Speed passes over 5 air traffic control towers and one Admirals Daughter” Goose whispers to Mav..."Penny Benjamin?" Thoughts?
Dang... Add that to the list of call backs to the original movie. It's also the most subtle call back. Nicely done to spot that
@@keithouderkirk7493
It’s well known.
Bro, I knew all of these but great content I love it.
did anyone notice that Penny Benjamin in referenced in the original Top Gun? She was "one admiral's daughter"
I believe she was mentioned twice, and one of those times was by name.
That is actually GREAT attention to detail, by both the writers, and yourself.
She was only the admiral's daughter, but *** ******* *** **** ** ********** ******. Answers on a postcard please.
there is no Top gun without Tom Cruise... Don't make the mistake of what Universal Studios did with the Jurassic park franchise!
Watched it about a year ago with my uncle and grandpa and the music is already nostalgic
The navy said yes to Tom Cruise flying their F18 super hornet, but only if he passed the qualifications like every other pilot. It was the studio and their insurance company that said NO.
Glad to see I didn’t actually know most of these facts. Good video.
This movie did well on its own as a pilot movie, but what got thinking afterward was the the soundtrack just wasn't up to ANYTHING to set the feel of the pace of the movie like the original.
I'm old enough to remember the first Topgun movie. I knew a guy (A second class) when I was in the Navy who was onboard the USS Nimitz when they filmed scenes there; he said Tom Cruise was not a personable kind of actor.
The soundtrack for that movie was one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard EVER.Today I live some distance away from the bar "Kansas City Barbeque," but I still go there: and yes, the barbeque is that good!
When I lived only five blocks away from the bar many years ago while working at the shipyard, I never knew it because of working all the time. One year I was going to Seaport Village for the first time and walked right by it!
I go now once a year or so, and watch the movie every 10 years or so also. Kelly McGillis not being in the second from what I know just makes sense.
By the way, yes we do have that craft, (not specifically that exact plane model, but yes nontheless), and yes the location imagery for the target was accurate. Chech Iran sites on Google Maps for a a rectangular box in a bleached out area of Irannear the Caspean Sea. Its there.
The coordinates though were fake. I forgot to mention that the mission they practiced is the intended strike plan by Israeli Forces with the help of U.S.Forces. "Operation God's Wrath."
The canyon run in Star Wars was inspired by the film 633 Squadron, about Mosquito fighter bombers
What *everyone* talks about:
- The SR-72 "Darkstar" is only a mock-up prop for the movie and cannot fly, practical effects were used to have the jet fly over Mojave Desert up to the skies. Reaching Mach 10 isn't impossible for in the 1960's, the North American "X-15" hypersonic aircraft can reach up to Mach 6.7 and rumors speculated that the SR-91"Aurora" was the second to achieve Mach 6 only in the 1980's and is completely hidden within the hangars of Area 51.
What *nobody* ever talks about:
- The final battle between Maverick's stolen F-14 Tomcat and the Rogue Nation's SU-57 Felon's are all practical effects and CGI. Meaning the enemy fighter jets were only digital models while the Tomcat was a real jet being propped inside a hangar with green screens surrounding it for practical effects.
This movie was amazing… Tom Cruise at his best. Great action. Other actors were great as well. Just loved this movie… And yes I was a huge fan of the original. It came out when I was in college.
The SR72 Darkstar is indeed real, and it will be in service next year.
Never seen Miles before Maverick now recognize him in a lot of movies. I am sure he would make a REALLY good sequel to Maverick with HIM as the star!
Fun Fact. at 7:48, a crash is shown. It's a Canadian Forces CF-18 Demo that lost power in one engine while practicing a low speed pass at Lethbridge, Alberta in 2010. The pilot ejected and survived.
I was there. I actually searched the comments to see if this was the crash I thought it was!
@@DitchdoctorAG There are videos on UA-cam but I learned of it at the Military Museums of Calgary. They had a static display of a CF-18 but in the corner of that room was a Martin Baker ejection seat with the most amazing sequence of still photos of the crash.
Fun fact, when we see the data displays in CIC after the jets launch, we see CG-49. CG-49 was the USS Vincennes which is best known for shooting down the Iranian jetliner in the Persian Gulf in 1988. The Vincennes was an original 5 Ticonderoga class cruiser with the MK-26 twin arm launchers not the MK-41 VLS which means she didn’t carry tomahawks. Oh and she was decommissioned in 2005, scrapped in 2011 so…ghost?
I would totally love to see a Top Gun Rooster. Maybe Amelia could become a fighter pilot and Rooster and Maverick could teach her. I also think that most of the young pilots in Maverick should be in it because they are essential characters.
I think Maverick hung it up because he was on terminal assignment. But a Top Gun Rooster would be cool, but only if they get to play with the F-35s. Maybe a story similar to Top Gun, where Rooster finds his Wingperson. Maverick could act as a confidant.
Top Gun Hangman has my vote. I don’t mind that he’s arrogant. But undoubtedly gets a dose of humility at some point. No one stays that way forever.
Ed Harris also was in “The Firm” opposite Cruise
Thank you for this video. I love the way you brought up the USS Lincoln. But I'm surprised that you didn't say anything about the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN 71. The aircraft carrier depicted in the final scenes when the final battle happened. That was not the Lincoln
@The Why At 10:37 for entry #19 there was a second change: the word "insure" was corrected to "ensure". ".. and to ensure that...". You can see the 1986 typo at 10:39 in the video.
I watchwd Top Gun every day after school when it came out on VHS. I watched it daily for just over 3 years.
i was waiting for this!
6:22 does it for me😂 Especially Phoenix
The comment about the darkstar is true to an extent on the speed. We actually have technology now that is pushing that envelope. As a matter of fact in 1967 the X-15 which was classified as a fighter jet reached 4,520 mph ATG. That means that 56 years ago we were only about 3,000 mph away from Mach 10. There is no set speed for Mach as altitude, pressure and other factors affect it. Mach is the point that the speed of sound is broken at those particular factors. The average is about 700 mph.
You missed another 'Star Wars' similarity:
Sneaking through the Death St... er enemy base to activate the esoteric piece of equipment so they can escape in the beloved hunk of junk.
One thing I noted was the fact that Iceman's funeral was carried out by a Marine detail. I don't know how that came to be since each military branch has their own funeral detail. Being an Admiral especially, the ceremony would have been carried out by the Navy.
The U.S. Marines are part of the Department of the Navy. They commonly detail Naval funerals.
I’ve not seen it done before. I’ve only seen branches take care of their own branch normally. Unless there just weren’t personnel available and they were desperate for bodies.
Isn't it the same dpmt
@@999masyuk Not quite. Teh Marines are under the umbrella of the Navy, but each will usually take care of their own. Since he was and admiral, I can see a couple Marines being in the party, but not the entire party. Hollywood does what looks good and I'll admit that Marine dress uniforms look a ton better the E1-E6 dress whites.
I love my chokers, and loved my crackerjacks, but the whites, nah.
Lots of cool background stories about the making of a movie with waited decades for TOP GUN Maverick
Iceman's speech to Maverick was 🥶
This movie was so perfect a third would be criminal
I think Glen Powell would’ve done amazing as Goose’a son but Miles Teller did amazing as well and in all honesty I knew he was talented and I loved him before Maverick but he exceeded my expectations by far!!
agreed.
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US 11000+ per hour for that beautiful jet + the pilot is crazy 😅
Great review of 30 topics. What background music is used ?
Top Gun: Rooster, if the script and plot works, would be fantastic. Could Monica Barbero be involved?
Imagine Top Gun: Bob haha
I was under the impression that Hangman was the one that changed his call sign. He even said he did it in an interview.
Tom Cruise just makes so many good movies.
Wanted a sequel since the original. Favorite movie of all time. Perfect storyline for a sequel. Can't say this is better. Enhanced, definitely. They're equal for different reasons for me. Another Top Gun without Maverick in the driver's seat isn't on my radar. Pun intended. Just wouldn't be the same. Can they come up with a storyline that truly makes sense w/out Maverick and could it be as badass without him? Wouldn't make sense to me, but we'll see.
I cry like a baby each time I watch this movie. At least 10 times. Why? Because of the one thing you don't understand: Nostalgia.
Actually there are two differences between the opening text in the 1986 film and the 2022 film. In the 1986 text, (10:38) they said, incorrectly, “to insure” instead of “to ensure” which is the correct word.
Ha! Nice catch. They were at least gonna give them pilot life insurance for their wives if they died. Thoughtful! 😂
How embarrassing for the person who was responsible for typing that copy (both versions, really - it’s gross that they’d revise it to add women, when women were absolutely not allowed in 1969. I’m so tired of the pandering crap... and I’m a woman).
A sequel to Edge of Tomorrow? Can't wait.... 🙂
12:20 Wait, you say they could only do one take, but the BTS shot is very different from the one in the film - none of the actors nor the car is there, so this is clearly a different shot.
Of course, I also don't see the roof lifting off in the BTS one, so perhaps this is a practise run and the one they filmed was lower and thus was strong enough to lift the roof and "destroy the set" as they put it.
Make a third
Slow the F down! the reason Maverick was so darned good was the fact time had passed, things had naturally progressed, which made it so good
I have heard about the third installment don't think that's going to be anything like the first two I just don't see it happening but that's just me I think everything that needs to be said has been said with these two
A 3rd film focused on rooster could work if cruise was in it even a small part! Maybe play him as a now retired father figure? After all in this film he was told" this would be his last mission!"
Or a prequel? Focusing of mavericks dad and how he died in the infamous "boogys were like fire flys all over the sky" dog fight!
4:48 one of the only videos that actually identifies the fact that he didn't pull the ejection seat safety pins when they were prepping to launch
No, if you look on top of the f-14's ejection seat, the arming switch is in the disarmed position.
@@pogo1140 so basically he didn't arm the ejection seat
@@ragingpotato Yep, And since the ejection sequence is the RIO then the Pilot, neither of them is ejecting. After the fight though, Maverick should have gone through the emergency landing check list which includes checking the arming switches.
@@pogo1140 Ejection can happen three ways. Pilot activation ejects both, rear seat activation can be set to eject rear seat only or both. With dual ejections, the rear seat always goes first in order to avoid frying its occupant. In the RAF, failure to arm the ejection seats correctly usually ends in death or court martial.
@@hb1338 I doubt that the RAF is going to be enforcing that when the pilot in question just stole an enemy aircraft
I saw this movie for 18 times in theatre, then watched it again and again for 30 times over in my house...and also watched promotion video and I coule get it mostly about 30 facts....and I see it still now often when I have time
Fun fact 31: “Men” changed to “men and women” wasn’t the only thing changed in the opening script. The word “insure” was changed to the more grammatically-accurate “ensure.” 😎
grammarly did not exist in 1986 lol
When he said mock up of the real dark star, couldn't help but hear Mach up.
The crash at 16:27 is an RCAF CF-18 at the Lethbridge, Alberta Airshow, 2010.
Bonus fact! #3 point Nemo, is also the middle of the re-entry splashdown area, for used space rockets and boosters!
I kind of want to see Top Gun: Warlock, perhaps set during the Gulf War or maybe over Bosnia, with Charles Parnells character in action.
I think they should do a sequel with Rooster but I wouldn’t make it Rooster’s. I think the Maverick saga was tied up nicely and should be left that way. The Rooster series or sequels should be their own stories built on the legacy…
Question: Would the best of the best pilots really be assigned to the second best plane in the Navy's inventory?
The main mission was also based off of the mission in Ace Combat 7 where you and your squadron pilot through a canyon to attack a base while not trying to be spotted by the enemy
Top gun rooster would be amazing to see.
The song in the background is so sweet!
Opening sequence words also corrected “insure” to “ensure”
Fun Fact: Tony Scott’s idea (18) became Ace Combat 7
"And a sequel to edge of tomorrow"
W H A T
Regards #13, Star Wars isn't the original 'Trench Run' either. The original concept is from '633 Squadron' - a low-level attack below an anti-arcraft umbrella up a Scandinavian Ford during WWII, requiring multiple precise but unguided bomb drops, followed by a hard climb out
True, but I believe TGM's trench run was inspired by Operation Babylon.
Cheers!
Its better than the first movie in dogfight scenes, would be awesome to see the franchise launch more sequel.
One more fact: Originally, I made 50 helmets for the first movie. Goose lost his in the ocean so I made a 51st as goose was in more scenes. But of all those helmets, only Maverick’s made it to the sequel. There were 7 Maverick helmets made.