Top Gun: Maverick first watch reaction below the cut because I tried to have a coherent thought process at first but then I quickly gave up and began babbling whatever my reaction was X) (warning: unhinged screaming)
- 'Talk to me, Goose' as if the bunch of pics of him in Mav's hangar didn't kill me. That was just to make sure it sticks. Like, seriouSLY ARE YOU KIDDING ME? HE STILL SAYS THAT??? WHY, THANKS FOR THE EARLY EMOTIONAL DAMAGE IT'S BEEN FIVE MINUTES DAMMIT
- I loooooooooooove what they did with the original score. They obviously made it more modern but that 80s nostalgia bleeds through because the essence is still THERE
- Also, speaking of nostalgia, the beginning 100% brought you back to 80s action flick style cinematography, that was so cool~~
- Tom Cruise over the top, again in that classic 80s action flick main character way, you don't have to like him to admire his craft
- Mr Cruise, I know you never wear helmets on bikes to prove you're the one doing your stunts but for fuck's sake PUT A HELMET ON SAFETY FIRST
- 30 (?) years later and that man is still a brat X) He is a menace, that's what he is, he did not get wiser with age
- OH MY GOD those mugshots at the beginning did all of them dirty X) the only one that did not look too horrible was Miles Teller and that's 100% because of the 'stache
- Also Mav mumbling 'someone's not coming back from this' DON'T YOU FUCKING PULL A GOOSE ON ME AGAIN THAT SHIT TRAUMATIZED MY 12YO SELF ENOUGH WHEN I FIRST WATCHED TOP GUN
- Goose's son's callsign being Rooster..... I cackled X) he really said 'let's continue into the birds line' At least they didn't choose c*ck X)
- ICEMAV????? IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2025 (actually 2022 since the movie came out in 2022 but whatever)??? I WAS NOT READY FOR THE OLD MEN YAOI?????? 'you could have warned me.' 'would you have come?' THIS IS GIVING ENEMIES TO LOVERS TO DISTANT FRIENDS
- Danny, baby, I love your little egg head but I am mourning your curls T.T
- If I had a nickel every time Lewis Pullman played an awkward guy named Bob, I would have two nickels. Which isn't much! But still weird that it happened twice.
- And Danny's character callsign being Fanboy???? FORESHADOWING??????
- Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace, I already love you
- Oh, Coyote and Hangman are ride-or-die type of friends, I just know it
- Love how they kept the core spirit of Top Gun which is 'homoerotic male rivalry' X) This whole exchange had about as much heterosexual explanation as Ice biting the air in Mav's face. Get a room.
-Mav really thought Penny was going to spare him ajahajajaja Good on you, Ms Benjamin X) It's called payback (also, the same Penny Benjamin mentioned at the beginning of the OG Top Gun!!! Nice throwback)
- WHY DID THEY HAVE TO SHOW GOOSE'S DEATH NOW I'M CRYING FUCK YOU (having his son playing Great Balls of Fire was sweet tho 🥲 but ow, not while giving us the flashbacks, that was so unnecessary)
- Aerial fights, my beloved T.T
- 'and how to come home' *silence* 'and how to come home... sir' ooooooh they're sending them on a suicide mission and one of them's definitely dying........
-I forgot Tom Cruise is short as fuck and they have to use practical tricks and perspective to make him look taller X)
- HANGMAN, YOU BITCH. Like I knew this was coming, especially after he and Coyote recognized Goose on the pic. BUT STILL.
- 'how's my wingman?' IN THE FEEEEEEELS FUCK (and the sassy finger point akNaknakaja Iceman, I love you X) )
- the way they managed to find a way to include Val Kilmer's illness and stay respectful by not recreating his voice artificially, tho... I'm emotional
- Oh, they fully went nostalgia mode and brought back the volleyball scene, huh? Just changed the ball X) I like it
- Another Top Gun tradition they kept: slutting out the men X) that's how you do a real 80s nostalgic action flick, baby
- OH THEY WENT THERE, HUH???? AND THEN SHE SENDS HIM OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW AKANJAAJSJQJAJ
- My heart nearly gave out, geezus. I thought Phoenix, Bob and Coyote were toast...... and then Rooster reaction because Goose also died during a training accident where he and Mav had to eject...... for fuck’s sake Goose, either stop haunting the narrative OR COME BACK FROM THE DEAD RIGHT NOW
- Oh...... Oh, Ice...... and Mav punching his wings into the coffin....... goodbye, heart, I didn't need you anyway... That scene really lands hard with Val Kilmer's death being so recent
- Imma need someone to slap Cyclone or I'll do it myself
- HELL YEAH MAV THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT (he's gonna get his sassy ass court martialed but hell yeah X) also love how everyone started leaning in and even got up while watching him, even Cyclone was there, obviously reluctant in his admiration, and already thinking about the headache the paperwork is going to give him X) )
- Dumbass really was gonna answer that question, I can't with him X) the way Warlock looked at him ajabajaja
- Hangman, why do you look AFRAID when it's ROOSTER who's going to fly that mission????? Huh?????
- It's really not a Top Gun movie if the two rivals don't have a scene where you're not sure whether they're gonna kiss or not X) Oh my god, you two, just kiss already
- 'if I don't see you again, Hondo. thank you.' 'it's been an honor, captain.' oh, fuck you, was I not emotional enough????
- TALK TO ME DAD????? ARE YOU SERIOUS???????? AND MAV COINCIDENTALLY TALKING TO HIM RIGHT AFTER????? ENOUGH I'M ON THE GROUND STOP KICKING ME
- MAV DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE
- Was that a voice crack, Cyclone? Are we emotional over the little shit that made your life more complicated than it should????? (He does care once he gets that stick out of his ass X) )
- I knew there was something under all that assholery, Hangman
- Rooster, baby..... the distress in his voice while asking if anyone's seen Mav and Bob trying to rationalize with him but sounding so resigned himself.... I know Phoenix, Fanboy and Payback are not fairing any better
- I KNEW HE WASN'T DEAD
- I gasped and then I screamed. Woke up the cats. Thanks. ROOSTER THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU???
-'what the hell were you thinking?!?!?!?' 'you told me not to think!!' I know Mav is wacking himself upside the head for that one X) you taught the kid too well, buddy
- One fully accomplished dumbass and his dumbass son in training oh my god
- Love how those super high tech people with new gen jets and missiles and all that randomly have those old ass tomcats lying around X) Random F14 spotted in the wild
- BONK 'why the wings comin' out, Mav?' X)
- Oh, he's definitely thinking he taught him too well, now X)
- HANGMAN MY MAN (I kinda expected that one but yay! I like you now, you cocky bitchy blond bastard X) )
-ROOSTER HELPING MAV ON HIS PLANE T.T
-80S STYLE END CREDIT MAGNIFICENT
I LOVED THIS MOVIE I'M EATING MY WORDS OF NOT SEEING THE NEED OF A SECOND TOP GUN GOOD BYE IMMA GO WATCH TOP GUN 1986 AND THEN THIS ONE AGAIN
