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#top gun #top gun 1986 #tom cruise #tom skerrit #mike metcalf #viper metcalf #mike viper metcalf #pete mitchell #pete maverick mitchell #maverick mitchell #that's just part one of 13 of Pete's issues with authority #top gun silliness

news to me is that Jester played by Micheal Ironside, who at the time of filming Top Gun was 36. Which is way younger than I thought he was. Comparatively Tom Skerritt was 53. If we take actor age for gospel meaning Tom Cruise being the youngest at 22 and Val Kilmer about 26, along with Duke flying with Viper, Mav's parents were roughly in their early 30's when he was born. Meaning AGAIN, Maverick's mother was only in her mid to late 30's when she died.

#anyway just some thoughts #and things for character details which might be fun #top gun 1986 #pete maverick mitchell #mike viper metcalf #tom skerrit #michael ironside

“Category 7: The End of the World” is a 2005 three-hour American made-for-television disaster miniseries and B movie. It aired in the United States on CBS in two parts, with the first part broadcast on November 6 and the second on November 13. It was directed by Dick Lowry. A sequel to the 2004 miniseries “Category 6: Day of Destruction”, this film starts directly after the events shown in that film, with the storm continuing to gain strength and spawning additional storms around the world, with three converging over Washington, D.C.

PLOT (It may contain spoilers) Following the events in "Category 6: Day of Destruction", the superstorm that hit Chicago is continuing to grow in size and strength, with a storm cell hitting Paris and destroying the Eiffel Tower. Judith Carr, the new head of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), struggles to coordinate efforts to prepare for the aftermath of the storm and provide aid to ravaged areas. She calls in her former college lover, Dr. Ross Duffy, and her father Senator Ryan Carr to help her determine what is causing the storms and how to deal with the political issues. "Tornado Tommy", who survived his apparent death in the previous film, returns to aid in tracking the storm in the United States, assisted by scientist Faith Clavell. Similar storms are developing around the country and an interaction between urban heat islands and "falling chunks of mesosphere" fuels the storms making them more powerful. Hurricane Eduardo strikes toward Florida, while the Category 6 storm hits Buffalo, New York and travels onwards and destroys most of New York City.

During these catastrophic events, two Christian fundamentalists fake the arrival of the plagues of Egypt to lure in new converts, culminating in their kidnapping of the first-born children of Judith Carr and other high-ranking officials. When Tommy and Faith get their data to FEMA in New York, Judith realizes that Hurricane Eduardo is heading towards Washington, D.C., and the Category 6 storm in New York is heading in the same direction. When both storms collide with the mesosphere, it turns into a Category 7 hurricane, obliterating anything in its path. The force of the storm is so massive that it could potentially cause a global catastrophe.

MAIN CAST Randy Quaid as "Tornado" Tommy Dixon Gina Gershon as FEMA Director Judith Carr Cameron Daddo as Dr. Ross Duffy Robert Wagner as Senator Ryan Carr Tom Skerritt as Colonel Mike Davis Shannen Doherty as Faith Clavell Adam Rodriguez as USAF Pilot Ritter Lindy Booth as Brigid Sebastian Spence as FSP Agent Gavin Carr David Alpay as Billy Chamber Nicholas Lea as Monty Meeks James Brolin as Donny Hall Swoosie Kurtz as Penny Hall Noam Jenkins as Evan Suki Kaiser as Gayle Duffy James Kirk as Stuart Carr Rachel Skarsten as Lyra Duffy Peter Mooney as Peter Andrea Liu as Melody Chang

The film was nominated for multiple awards in 2006, including a Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special." It was nominated for a Saturn Award for "Best Television Presentation", a Cinema Audio Society Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Movies and Mini-Series", and two Golden Reel Awards for "Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form—Dialogue and Automated Dialogue Replacement" and "Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form—Sound Effects & Foley."