25 Things You Missed In Top Gun: Maverick

Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has returned to the unfriendly skies to save the world and try and prove he’s the best of the best in Top Gun Maverick and he’s brought two bags full of nostalgia and extreme methods of filmmaking. Filmed with real world F-18s with real pilots flying around pretend pilots seated behind them, the adrenaline fueled sequel is full of nods and tributes as well as an attention to detail that’s staggering. Maverick faces his own obsolescence, his shortcomings as a surrogate father, and the ramifications of his whirlwind romantic life when he was younger. All of this unfolds in the place made famous by the first movie, Fightertown USA. A new crop of the best of the best are gathered to make them even more bestier with the help of Maverick who has still not bucked his authority bucking ways. Old faces like Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer return and are joined by new faces including Miles Teller as Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s REO last seen singing Great Balls of Fire with his father in the first movie. From real world planes to unreal theoretical planes, specific background props, and even a shout out to another 80s movie all together, Top Gun Maverick is an old school thrill ride made with new school techniques. We’ll take a dive into all the nods to the original as well as some of the details and behind the scenes secrets that made this big movie possible. Let us know your favorite callback in the comments and while you’re there be sure to like and subscribe!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:36 Music Call Backs
1:28 Opening Call Back
1:54 Maverick gonna Maverick
2:46 Buzzing the Tower
3:11 Be Nice
3:44 The Hard Deck
4:11 Training Accident
4:49 Putting on the Brakes
5:25 Rival Redemption
5:45 Fightertown USA
6:27 F/A 18 Super Hornet
6:52 Scramjet
7:43 Fifth Generation Fighter
8:16 Tom’s P-51
8:54 Tom’s Porsche
9:42 Aston Martin DB1
10:27 Ninjas
10:51 Penny
11:38 Labyrinth
11:54 Call Signs
12:25 New Cameras
12:49 Training
13:28 Beach Sports
14:02 Blue Angels
14:35 Big Screen or Bust

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Written by: Ryan Carbrey
Narrated by: Wilder Weir
Edited by: Guillermo Arriola

[ScreenRant]

Do you think this movie will go down as being better than the original?

[kawh]

I'm very glad they kept holding the release date for this film. It is made for movie theater level presentation.

[BIGGUY]

I’m surprised you all didn’t mention the handling of Val Kilmer’s real life health condition and they way they handled it in the movie.

[southerntrainshoh]

I've watched this film 4times and I can't get enough of it

[davebaconusa]

The Migs were never actually identified as Soviet, or belonging to any other country; they were simply non-descript bad guys.

[PixelNex]

Came into the theater not expecting much. Knew it would be good because Tom Cruise was in it but never expected to be amazed and watched it another 10+ times without feeling bored (like most movies after watching just 2 times) every single time. Gonna watch it again tonight!

[rebeccaf.]

The fact that he’s still buff as hell is so impressive! Not too many 59 year olds could have rocked those beach scenes with those 20 somethings!!!

[meathook]

Just watched it in the theater, it was like a trip down memory lane. Good feelings!

[Oneeyedhistorian]

All the scenes of the planes landing and taking off from aircraft carriers were filmed on the USS Lincoln that was the ship my uncle served his last deployment on and he was there while they were filming. And the crew preparing the runways in the carrier were not actors they were actual crew members that serve on the ship

[juliaaaUwU]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE I watched it and started feeling super happy when the start was the same as the first one

[stevelangsdorf]

It's my opinion that when it comes to acting without saying anything nobody beats Val Kilmer.💯

[Najobajo]

14:54

The jet thrusters were piercing loud.
Fkn amazing

[timbo]

I really liked the movie and it brought back a lot of memories of flying the F-18. By the end of the movie I was soaked in sweat like I used to be at the end of a dogfight! Sure there were some glaring technical inaccuracies, but there were also some subtle things that only a fighter pilot might catch- like paddling off the G-limiter before the 10g pull. The F-18 was limited to 8.0 G by the flight control computer but you could activate a paddle switch on the stick to override it. That was only to be used in an emergency because it could over stress the aircraft. Very entertaining movie overall though!

[joeclaridy]

I've never seen a movie were I actually wanted to go back and watch again until I saw this movie

[nocalsteve]

One obscure thing I noticed was a reference to the “finger” moment during the original hangar briefing. This time Phoenix gives Hangman a subtle middle finger during Maverick’s first briefing.

[jameslamear]

The ONLY way anybody “missed” what you listed here in the movie is either they haven’t watched the original Top Gun or they fell asleep in the theatre, everything you listed is obvious and intended for the audience to catch. Also Luke never slams on his breaks and let’s a Tie Fighter pass him, get your facts right before posting things that are false

[olielapz]

Just watched the movie 2 hours ago. It is so good! You can see Tom worked his back off to make the film a success! Top Gun 1 and 2 are equal, ! Well done, Ice man and Maverick!

[tweetdriver]

The Darkstar experimental aircraft Maverick flies at the beginning of the movie was actually designed by the Lockheed Skunkworks engineers, who were brought in by the movie's producers just for that purpose, to make it as realistic as possible. I understand the Skunkworks guys really like doing the job, because they didn't have to be completely bound by the limits of reality.

[AshleyWincer]

The old F14 requiring an air-start to start the engines was a nice funny touch.. Classic aviation humor..

[charliebrown]

Was defo worth the wait yo watch it in the theater 🖖🖖