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That's not a Jack Skellington cameo. That's a stylistic piece of art. The skull is shaped entirely differently. It's just the way he liked to portray skeletons.
The MPAA did some nutty things in the 1980s as far as ratings went. For instance, the PG-rated film "Ragtime" from 1981 has a lengthy segment (it's at least 10 minutes long) with a female character topless. Yet the year before, Steve Martin's comedy "The Jerk" received a R-rating for having a single "f" word. There never seems to be any rhyme or reason to it. There's a great documentary about this topic called "This Film is Not Yet Rated." And to correct Jules, the reason Top Gun (and other films) had to get approval from the U.S. Navy is because we let them use our facilities, equipment, etc. I am a Navy veteran, and worked in Navy public affairs. My first duty station was with the Navy department that approved (and worked with) the studio behind Top Gun, and other Hollywood productions that utilized Navy facilities in their movies. Top Gun was in production before I went into the Navy, but I assisted with other movies like Flight of The Intruder.
fun fact, when history channel did their modern marvels episode about getting rid of the tomcat (and completely butcher senior chief parker's name calling him barker), i'm running around in the background on the flightline getting the plane prepped for launch.
Was hoping you would solve something about Top Gun that's actually bothered me for years. Did Viper actually fly with Maverick's father in the battle where Maverick Snr died, or did he just tell him that because it was what Maverick needed to hear post-Goose' death? He makes the point of saying that it is classified and may end his career, I've always interpreted that as 'don't bother going to find proof of what I'm telling you, because I've actually made it up and your dad did actually die in disgrace'.
Could be anyplace, but Maverick tells Charlie the inverted incident was classified, although they're telling the story in not the most secure environment…
16:00 you are right and wrong. the version of tomcat used in the film were the F-14 A's. having worked on the f-14D model there were only 3 models of the f-14 (a,b,d) and while technically the a had an upgrade called the a+, the systems and equipment used on each were quite different. it is indeed possible to do an inverted dive in an F-14A, just not at that range, as the "tails" aka the vertical stabs would indeed touch. in reality, theyd would have to be 25 feet apart, and would still have to contend with other issues with the air intakes and turkey feather's(exhaust nozzles) outputs being so close. fun fact: i worked on the last 12 tomcats in the american navy before we got rid of them in 2006.
Aircraft may not be shot down with guns, but funny you discuss the non-use of guns while one of the aircraft are being shot up *by guns*… 🤣 Cobra maneuver slows the aircraft down, just pulling up without adding power… 🙄
@@IrishScribbler rewatch the shower scene after Maverick engages Chester under the hard deck no one says jester they all call him Chester the very first thing that is exclaimed is "Chester's dead" yes his call sign is jester but no one calls him jester and it's always bothered me Maverick engages him and literally says "no way your mine now CHESTER!"
@@evancallow4356Oh dear, you really do need to get your hearing checked. Or learn to recognise accents. Did that tiny little brain of yours never consoder that all the pilots are wearing oxygen masks which will distort how their voices sound? 🤦🏻 I’ve just watched the scene you referred to and not once does anyone refer to “Chester”. Is that where you’re from?
