Film Theory: Uncovering Top Gun's HIDDEN Enemy! (Top Gun Maverick)
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Top Gun Maverick was a MUCH better movie than I anticipated. So much so that I felt I needed to do a theory on it. What are we theorizing about? The enemy of our protagonists. You see, they never actually TELL US who they are fighting. So, I'm going to figure it out for myself! Get ready to SOAR into some secrets!
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Writers: Matthew Patrick, Bob Chipman and Forrest Lee
Editors: Koen Verhagen and Jerika (NekoOnigiri)
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman
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@Apollo-zc2rj Рік тому
Fun Fact: There is (or at least was) a hot dog stand in the center of the Pentagon, and was one of the busiest parts of the building. It was so busy that the Soviet Union thought it was the entrance to a secret underground bunker, and as such constantly had an ICBM pointed straight at that one hot dog stand.
@dontreadprofilephoto1728 Рік тому
Ok dont read my name😑.........
@aBadWizard Рік тому
Report all these bots
@okanimator Рік тому
Ok
@thatkidoverthere2564 Рік тому
Yeah reporting bots… understood
@calebfarmer176 Рік тому
Episode II: The Bot Wars
@stevemanart Рік тому
Fun Fact! The original Top Gun is a movie you will see at least three times a year every year if you are ever stationed on a Naval Aviation base or carrier.
@reentrysfs6317 Рік тому
Actually?
@roberthagley9803 Рік тому
@@reentrysfs6317 Yeah lol nothing like coming down the flight deck, tired and hot af, trying to watch a movie on channel 3 for chow and Top Gun or Midway is on
@reentrysfs6317 Рік тому
@@roberthagley9803 okay
@brrrrrr Рік тому
_crosses navy off of the list of possible careers_
@overworkedcat9779 Рік тому
@LakehuntistEpic but did I ask
@rayvinpister2874 Рік тому
I’m really hoping someday we’ll get a theory on how Maverick survived being ejected out of an exploding jet going Mach 10. I’m so certain it shouldn’t be possible but I’d love to have it explained
@zacharyzientko2277 Рік тому
At thats high of an altitude the atmosphere prob made it closer to a space walk than anything else
@404cheeseburgernotfound5 Рік тому
maybe it ejects the cockpit instead of the seat
@tronam Рік тому
It’s a plot hole, but who cares. It was awesome. Not everything needs to make sense.
@carllyngholm5568 Рік тому
Surviving being ejected out of a plane going Mach 10 is NOT possible in real life. So... simplest explanation is that it's a movie, and therefore not necessarily chained to the laws of physics. However, (and you may have heard this theory at this point), some people think that Maverick actually DOES die at this point and the rest of the movie is essentially a last dying "fever dream" where he reconciles with two of the people in his life that he felt most ostracized from (Rooster and Peggy), so he can die in peace, basically. Interesting, but I personally subscribe to the "it's only a movie" position.
@tronam Рік тому
@@carllyngholm5568 The only time a plot "flaw" takes me out of a movie is if I'm no longer emotionally engaged with it and any sense of verisimilitude is gone. In general I find the pursuit of them to be a pointless intellectual exercise that does nothing to enhance the experience and only distracts from it. Movies are artifice by nature and my suspension of disbelief only works if I can accept them on their own terms. Most of my favorite films are filled with contrived conveniences, unrealistic dialog and impossible circumstances, but I can usually forgive and accept all of that as long as they convincingly resonate with emotional or thematic truth. When watching a magic show I don't want to know how the tricks are done; I want to be tricked because my desire to experience a sense of wonder and amazement is why I went to the show in the first place.
@esceneknausicalci 9 місяців тому
When I saw the Tomcat, I immediately knew it the Hidden Enemy was Iran.
@albertmanafi4854 Рік тому
I’m half-Iranian and my first thought after seeing the movie was…”uh yep, that’s Iran all right” glad to know MatPat thinks the same 💀
@user-lk2ex7ng8r Рік тому
MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):....ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iIKlo3t9qZV5tYU.html
@tommybell3334 Рік тому
Yeah I mean this video honestly king of over does it. As soon as I heard they where a nation in the Middle East trying ti create nukes it was sorta obvious
@camharkness Рік тому
@@tommybell3334 he's also trying to teach people stuff, along with the theories.
@prinz4279 Рік тому
@LakehuntistEpic bot
@Faun471 Рік тому
@LakehuntistEpic k
@ryanfriedrich6634 Рік тому
There's no way Matt isn't on the CIA watch list.
@FreakingFrackingNerd Рік тому
🤣
@brrrrrr Рік тому
He's gonna find classified files for one of his theories one of these days
@unreachablesecretary Рік тому
@@Tyrichyrich Exactly, this video just scratches the surface of why he probably IS on the list
@jackofalltradeshermes Рік тому
@@Tyrichyrich including the fact he spawned Ash from his imagination
@93Hexer Рік тому
If the CIA subscribes to the Channel they can watch so long they want to
@scaryespacio285 Рік тому
When I saw the Arstotzka symbol I was like “GLORY TO ARSTOTZKA” lol
@Vennnaya Рік тому
Really want tom cruise to say that now in the next top gun lmao.
@randomgo1238 24 дні тому
were you now 😄😄😄? stfup now 😄😄😄😄😄
@Matthew-qx3dh Рік тому
I thought the enemy was Arstotzka from Papers, Please. The insignia on the enemy 5th gen fighters really looked like their flag and the Eastern European setting of the country can match the setting of the movie
@yasualleonandabunchofnumbers Рік тому
Matt: "I'm also going to add China" *Ten seconds later* Also Matt: "We can immediately eliminate China" Love it 👍
@bransonries2774 Рік тому
Gotta keep up friendly relations
@TheAverageLobster Рік тому
Canada Geo:check Near russia:check Has a coast:check Could possibly get a f 14 from usa:check I know it now it's clear
@Dexter037S4 Рік тому
@@TheAverageLobster All US F-14s were shredded in 2006, leaving Iran as the only choice
@TheAverageLobster Рік тому
My reply is a joke
@aerospacematt9147 Рік тому
@@Dexter037S4 Yeah “Shredded” is a good way to put it!
@adventurerwithacoolhat2531 Рік тому
As someone who works in the theaters: I say that normally movies have a falloff period of 3 weeks where numbers go down. Top Gun had over 2 months before it would even remotely fall off. It’s still going big.
@djramz3 Рік тому
Watched yesterday for the 3rd time, still got goosebumps in certain scenes, truly a remarkable movie
@yizzardpalmero Рік тому
Yeah I tried to go see it like two weeks ago because I heard it was going out of theaters so I showed up on a Tuesday and the theater was sold out. I was super shocked, but turns out it wasnt going out of theaters yet so I just went the next week. (Bought tickets beforehand this time) the theater wasnt sold out but was still fairly full
@LocalLibertarian Рік тому
It’s action and nostalgia charged with patriotism mixed in the only people who wouldn’t like it are far left individuals and a senile high ranking public official whom shall be referred to as “Brandon”
@EEEEEEEE Рік тому
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@tundraart2693 Рік тому
@@LocalLibertarian i am super far left and loved the movie. My friends who are super far left loved the movie. Its a good movie. Just because i think america isnt a good country doesnt mean i hate everything about it.
@cerealeggvr6942 2 місяці тому
The fact that they said that f-5s were migs is crazy
@wzthshaahhshbdvdjrg 2 місяці тому
the original top gun used t-5s for the enemy fighters because they cant just go steal a mig-29
@Plan3tMist Місяць тому
@@wzthshaahhshbdvdjrg not with that attitude
@superm2k Місяць тому
The F-5's are called MiG's in the movie
@arbolalto 27 днів тому
@@superm2k Well, comrade, even if we discard the fact that they couldn't just get a MiG for their american propaganda movie and had to work with what they have in stock (note that the chopper Rambo destroys in Rambo 3 is neither a Mil Mi-24 but a Puma with masking tape strapped wings), the first clue that those MiGs were fictional, is that, at that time, MiGs were given only odd numbers and MiG-28 was verily fictional. Also, me being mexican, the movie never fooled us because there was a popular video by Luis Miguel, called La Incondicional, where he becomes a fighter pilot and, at the end of the song, he flies, you guess it, an F-5, the best our army had at that time... and still today. Yeah, we don't invest much on military airplanes.
@superm2k 27 днів тому
@@arbolalto Well yeah, I'm aware of that. Was just pointing it out to OP - also, the MiG-6 exists.
@RewindOGTeeHee Рік тому
Matpat is over here proving why the military releases only minimal information for the public 💀
@Gillymonster18 Рік тому
The sweat issue in the original is a legit thing: they’re in the middle of the desert and gov buildings that likely don’t have AC or in the heart of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean where the functionality of any AC on the boat is definitely questionable.
@haroldb1856 Рік тому
The real enemy is humidity.
@unknownnln9172 Рік тому
I can attest the desert is hot and government ac sucks... unless you have a bunch of brass then your ac will work well and so will the window unit in their office.
@EEEEEEEE Рік тому
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@BastardOfTheNorth Рік тому
So that's why Slider stank so bad
@memesfromdeepspace1075 Рік тому
No ........the answer is ........ITS introduction to homosexuality
@unknownvariable9239 Рік тому
This movie was the first movie in a long time that feels like a blockbuster. Practical really has a difference
@dontreadprofilephoto1728 Рік тому
Ok dont read my name😑.........
@Laurenmettke Рік тому
I agree! It was the first movie in a long time that was truly amazing!
@kinoirvoidjustice Рік тому
preceded by blade runner 2049
@jakeorb771 Рік тому
Idk man, Dune was also genius. But that was 2021 so it seems like there is 1 per year
@hippityhoppityyourbrainisn4384 Рік тому
I see that you are some guy without a mustache 2.0
@dookydealer7334 Рік тому
Mav actually has a 3rd mef patch on his jacket, which made the whole korea thing in the first one a little more obvious than you might think. Because the 3rd mef or (marine expeditionary force) is located in Okinawa Japan. Sooo that means it's possible he was on the 31st meu at the period the first movie is set. (I know he is a navy pilot and not a marine, but I figured it's a way to connect the dots.)
@shadowguy321 Рік тому
Fun fact for anyone who is unaware. The mission can and would be carried out by 5th gen fighters such as F22 and/or F35. However both of those planes are single seat. Since they had the actors in the Jets literally flying they had to change it to F18s which are 2 seat configuration for obvious reasons
@DerUnbbekante 4 місяці тому
The f22 isn't carrier capable.
@kazanzylo175 Рік тому
I had thought Iran was the hidden enemy, not just because of the nuclear facility, but as a kid playing with his toy airplane, my favorite fighter jet: the Tomcat f-14. Iran is the only country on the planet that still has that aircraft in use.
@jaymeister4850 Рік тому
The F-14 is STILL my favourite fighter ever. Also, this is the reason why we won't ever get retired F-14 warbirds. Each and every last one has been scrapped, so that Iran can't wangle a way to get spares
@MikeyDL69 Рік тому
I knew it as soon as they laid out the conflict. I guess history class wasn’t completely useless.
@kazanzylo175 Рік тому
@@MikeyDL69 yeah! 😄
@kazanzylo175 Рік тому
@@jaymeister4850 yep, but I'm sure going to miss it
@funveeable Рік тому
The Iran Nuclear Deal would allow Iran to enrich the uranium and build every component for a nuke and the only thing it doesn't allow is the final assembly. It's like how California bans automatic weaponry but they allow me to have all the components to assemble the weapon with no problem. Assembly takes a few hours. A nuke, maybe a few days.
@forsakenpath4992 Рік тому
As someone who lives in Washington, watching the final battle was pretty funny. I hike a lot in the area where they filmed, and I could actually recognize some of the peaks and the lake (Lake Kachess). Afterwards, my dad and I joked that the "enemy" was Cascadia- look up Cascadia independence if you aren't familiar. 😆
@justduck4504 Рік тому
mmmmm project wingman
@grigss3027 Рік тому
Oh god just hope that tom cruise wont activate a cordium deposit
@cocobob6025 Рік тому
holy you could be in it
@butydoe750 Рік тому
@@justduck4504 monarch
@TREX_04 Рік тому
Or play project wingman
@nathanwood868 Рік тому
I feel so smart, after watching this movie I was thinking about what country they might have been fighting, and I went through a pretty similar mental checklist and came up with Iran, now I'm watching this months later and feel like I'm way ahead of the curve.
@carso1500 11 місяців тому
i knew it was iran because of the F-14s, only one of those countries uses those
@thetrison Рік тому
My theory: Russia is actually broken up to smaller states in the Top Gun universe, and the mission happened in the one that has a Pacific coast near Alaska.
@parsashojai6945 Рік тому
Watched this movie with my parents (we're iranian). When it got to the scene of them explaining the geography and political situation me and my dad looked at each other immediately and said Iran.
@ASLTheatre Рік тому
Sorry to make you feel uncomfortable.
@AdmiralBonetoPick Рік тому
@@ASLTheatre Did you write the film?
@ASLTheatre Рік тому
@@AdmiralBonetoPick No, it was meant to apologize if Parsa felt self conscious or negative feelings as a result of this video.
@kolinmartz Рік тому
@@ASLTheatre but did you do it?
@ASLTheatre Рік тому
@@kolinmartz I was simply trying to show empathy.
@HolySoliDeoGloria Рік тому
0:55 You missed some "too darn sweaty" scenes from the original that would have been really appropriate to make your point: The personnel in the combat information center on the carrier are all sweating profusely, yet they are in spaces on the carrier that are kept VERY cold (no matter the weather outside) to protect all the computers and electronic equipment.
@meizapple6203 Рік тому
People get sweaty when stressed.
@Menno_3 Рік тому
@Pastry Imagine misinterpreting a correction as being offended
@thesuperintendent4290 Рік тому
@@meizapple6203 Also when they are in the Pacific, is very stressed and some people are just sweaty and greasy all the time.
@revimfadli4666 Рік тому
Cold sweat that doesn't evaporate due to cold & humid air?
@meizapple6203 Рік тому
@@thesuperintendent4290 yeah people just sweaty, I can vouch
@dingusmann3003 3 місяці тому
i like how matt couldve just used the fact they had tomcats as an immediate decider but he makes it more complicated than it has to be. though one detail- matt says theyre using F18 hornets at 10:09, thats not entirely accurate. If we wanna be pedantic, theyre using F/A 18 E Superhornets
@nicolas2976 Рік тому
Quite an interesting video, and well presented. Although, I’m surprised you did not mention the Mi-24 Maverick faces when he crashed. Would it change the potential answer ?
@unrealreality232 Рік тому
As an Iranian og watcher of the channel and some one who keeps up with news, the moment matpat talked about F-14 and the desire to attain nukes; I was %100 sure that it was my homeland. Great video matpat, you explained it very well for people who don't know much about geo-politics & middle eastern countries.
@mobinmortazavi2726 Рік тому
I'm from Iran to and my dad pointed it out to me
@wordchannel972 Рік тому
Same here bro as soon as he described it I knew it was Iran lol
@NaughtyNovaroo69 Рік тому
yeah, cause when he said all 9 countries that the USA Gov said were rogue states, I knew it had to be Iran cause I knew they had a snowy pine mountain biome similar to the trailers and etc. but if his last comment about the arstoska symbol then that wouldn't work cause they will need to get the rights and somehow make sure the owner of the game and idea makes sure that it makes sense in the timeline. also, why haven't anyone talked about the symbol???
@hresvelgr7193 Рік тому
Iran is the only real candidate thanks to it's F-14s. No other country in the world has a flyable F-14
@mehrasmeydani2739 Рік тому
Everyone from Iran guessed it the moment they saw the title
@benlondon800 Рік тому
Fun fact, the taco bell used to be at the pentagon but currently its closed. The other restaurants MatPat mentioned are still operating though.
@SergeantMcClain Рік тому
The was also a Best Buy at one point and a CVS
@anubusx Рік тому
Their toilets could not handle it.
@raawesome3851 Рік тому
How do you know?
@brittbereading3450 Рік тому
So their toilets WERENT, in fact, as strong as their airforce XD
@puppysnuppy Рік тому
I’ve been in the pentagon foodcourt and I can confirm that there’s a Taco Bell and other fast food brands
@somehighlights2851 Рік тому
Having a food court inside the Pentagon kinda makes sense. I remember reading some book (Maybe Clancy) where the bad guys or a journalist finds out there's something going on in the military becauseof a lot of food delivery to the Pentagon late in the evening.
@MichaelNeff-zb8id 9 місяців тому
I just realized that I've been watching your UKposts channel ever since you started
@migueldevera5080 Рік тому
Matpat whenever a new movie comes out: "There are movies like you in every generation, and I've theorized with every last one of them"
@NexeL_NKC Рік тому
That's the best comment I've read all day lol. Mihaly's line is so perfect like this.
@DasBlarcy Рік тому
Was not expecting an ace combat reference here
@TacticalAnthony Рік тому
"Those who get untheorized by Matpat start to think they're invincible. I bet you do, too, buddy."
@blu5021 Рік тому
@@NexeL_NKC we need a matpat project wingmane video.
@armoturo7578 Рік тому
@thewhiteknight6169 Рік тому
When I first saw the movie, I had my suspicions that it was based on Iran the second I heard "nuclear enrichment facility," only to seal the deal with the fact that the enemy had F-14s on the front line. Iran is pretty much the only country that currently uses the F-14, so starting with that point would have made this video much shorter. Still, its so nice to see a Top Gun Maverick video, so thanks!
@zacharybaker770 Рік тому
not pretty much the only country, the only country. not even the US uses them anymore.
@emlynselene1096 Рік тому
I suspected it due to the bit about breaking international treaties (I thought of the Iran Nuclear Deal specifically). A lot of the other stuff MattPat mentioned further sealed the deal
@Lucas-lq9cn Рік тому
su 57 means it has to be russia as a part
@Lucas-lq9cn Рік тому
russia and iran both
@MichaelRosenblum_Emp500 Рік тому
Thought the EXACT same thing nearly to a T, but I first about the F14s being used by only Iran (I’m a military aviation nerd and knew this as background knowledge before watching the film)
@itsjustbenji. Рік тому
As a Washingtonian, it was pretty cool to find out that some of Top Gun 2, my most favorite movie currently, was filmed in the state I live in!
@lordbloxify Рік тому
( The movie didn't took place in Iran By the way!! ) The sequel to the 1986 classic that featured breathtaking fighter jet sequences and launched the career of Tom Cruise has landed more than three decades after Maverick felt the need for speed. Like its predecessor, Top Gun: Maverick was filmed primarily in San Diego, California, but also in Nevada and Washington State.
@koc988 Рік тому
People who are military aviation geeks and have been paying attention to politica probably picked up immediately that mountains next to a coast and F-14 and a desire to attain nuclear weapons mean it's Iran they are the only nation that has that combo and and especially the F-14 in a *reportedly flyable condition
@RRninja-jq6lp Рік тому
They are flying them. They have recently reactivated couple of them with help of 3d printing. Apparently they have 34 flying units. Thanks to russian supply of remanufactured engines and compatible missiles Iranians plan on flying them to 2030's
@josh_jc_cheng Рік тому
as a military aviation geek, I thought matt will come up with another answer, but a simple "Iran operates F-14" wastes 14 minutes of my time lmfao
@wavebuilder14udc75 Рік тому
Yeahh i don’t wanna sound like a wise-a$$ but i think this one was kinda easy to guess haha, im an avgeek and as soon as i heard they had F14s i immediately thought Iran when i watched the movie. But to those who aren’t in the Aviation community or to those who aren’t familiar with politics, this is a cool way to break it down i guess. Perhaps the enemy in the original movie is a little more elusive.
@mighty_bomber5907 Рік тому
Thought exactly the same thing.
@Seastallion Рік тому
F-14 was definitely a dead giveaway.
@mohammadshaaban1771 Рік тому
I guess the pentagon is developing anti-exploding toilets
@thenextgeneration4303 Рік тому
How much money do I have to pay to get that
@brandonotto1461 Рік тому
Lol
@brahmkumariekowlessar7347 Рік тому
This was a bot zone
@revillus8173 Рік тому
@@brahmkumariekowlessar7347 Warzone*
@iwanwebb6333 9 місяців тому
Just had a thought. Did Matpat take into account the drop tanks and how they increase the range of super hornets?
@davidmontroy3408 11 місяців тому
I'm surprised you left out the GPS coordinates. There was another UKposts video that detailed Maverick, and it shows the coordinates in the film, but when tracking down where those coordinates actually point to, it is "Point Nemo", which is in the middle of the Pacific ocean, the furthest point on Earth from any land mass whatsoever.
@chrisvossler8795 Рік тому
When I first read the title, my initial assumption was that the "hidden enemy" would be G-forces!
@Cinkodacs Рік тому
Yeah that hypersonic turn Mav did at the beginning... probably way over 10G. More like 20 or 30... at least.
@kalle5548 Рік тому
@@Cinkodacs I don’t remember it, but the Swedish JAS39 Gripen has a soft limiter at 9G and allow the pilot to continue to 12G before hitting a hard limiter, so not entirely realistic structurally in a spy plane, the pilot could realistically do 12G at least with proper Gstrain and Gsuit
@jmuench420 Рік тому
To me it was incredibly obvious that the answer was Iran as I was watching the movie. Iran has been enriching uranium and the US and Israel have alluded to the possibility of a strike on their nuclear facilities. Then the F-14 was a dead give away. The snowy mountains did throw me off but apparently Iran fits the bill there as well
@MrWarrenRB Рік тому
Agreed, it’s not rocket science. Iran has been trying to enrich uranium for a long time.
@frostdeeer Рік тому
But how do you explain Su-57 tho? At the moment only russia operates them
@mobiusflammel9372 Рік тому
@@frostdeeer The movie doesn't have to be 1:1 with reality. There is no nation on Earth that has both the F-14 and an Su-57. The Russians arguably don't even have production Su-57's. Iran is the closest fit though.
@frostdeeer Рік тому
@@mobiusflammel9372 you are right. Also I have questions about S-125 since iran doesn't use them either but yeah, if you look at all the data in the film it is probably iran they are fighting against
@thefolder69 Рік тому
@@frostdeeer Russia doesn't operate the Su-57 either, since they aren't in production yet. honestly they probably won't be for quite a while. but movies are less interesting when the antagonists have realistic tech...
@USMC_D1 Рік тому
Hope your toilets are as strong as your fighter jets got me dying LMAO
@Tristan-of1cl 2 місяці тому
That is insane that you figured that out! gonna miss you man
@Koda4507 Рік тому
Really happy to see MatPat know about Papers, Please. It's a great game. Edit: wow, this is the first time I’ve gone over 50 likes, let alone 300, thanks y’all for the like, it means a lot.
@Koda4507 Рік тому
I mean, it’s short and subtle, but it’s there
@jason4443 Рік тому
@@fighter_750 Way to show you didn't finish the video before commenting, lol.
@trentacion7603 Рік тому
@@Koda4507 definitely not subtle
@Koda4507 Рік тому
@@trentacion7603 know what, yeah. I’ll retract my statement
@gamerafton Рік тому
he played it before i think since mark and jack played it
@chickaboom163 Рік тому
Finally! Ever since watching the movie such a question had been bugging me. Especially when I couldn't identify the tags while watching. Still doesn't fill the gap of finding out the Darkstar wasn't in any way a legitimate plane. Rather by the looks of it based around the stealth plane of urban legend called the Aurora. I would still rather choose that design over the more real SR-72 concepts.
@wolfergaming409 Рік тому
Long comments
@wh0_am_152 Рік тому
If not related to the SR72 project (which is supposed to be autonomous or remotely controlled) it is probably more related to the ongoing NGAD program. Now likely darkstar is just a one off as they say. P.S. Iran was the only nation that the U.S. sold F14s to.
@110100111000 Рік тому
Decided to look up C&C Generals Aurora quotes so I might as well post the link. m.ukposts.info/have/v-deo/amCglYSHoKOL1oE.html
@jamesrosewell9081 Рік тому
The Darkstar was invented for the movie by actual Skunkworks designers and the prop plane actually fooled Chinese spy satellites for a bit
@JoshDownin Рік тому
The Darkstar is the SR-72. It has the looks, and both the Darkstar and SR-72 are hypersonic programs
@astelius Місяць тому
*i absolutely love these movies, they reignited a small passion I once had for Air Force academy. Love that Mat did a video for this!*
@itamic 9 місяців тому
I am here to confirm that the food court still exists as I have a family member who actually works in the food court lmao
@SilverViper219 Рік тому
As an Iranian native, as I saw the movie I immediately knew where this was supposed to be! You're right on the money Matt! Just one correction, although it's written as IRAN, it is NOT pronounced "I-Ran", the correct pronunciation is "E-Run". I know, confusing... but that's how that is!
@shturm602 Рік тому
TIL that Iran has terrain like that
@heatengine9283 Рік тому
More like 'E-raan'
@willarterberry3392 Рік тому
@@shturm602 it's a common misconception that the mid-east is all just a big hot desert with lots of camels
@alahsiaboi8909 Рік тому
Showing the appropriate pronounciation is not confusing dude
@dolphingoreeaccount7395 Рік тому
Wait THAT'S how you pronounce it? And of all people I should have guessed- I have an "a" in my name and often pronounce it that way (American) Then again, I don't speak Farsi
@xTriniT Рік тому
When I saw the movie I originally thought it would’ve been China, but Iran would also make sense given the terrain. As always great video Matt 👍
@user-lk2ex7ng8r Рік тому
MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):....ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iIKlo3t9qZV5tYU.html
@osmosisjones4912 Рік тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/o6GgmYduiW6l1H0.html is finally here
@BullGator-kd6ge Рік тому
China already has nukes so no dice
@ramonandrajo6348 Рік тому
I am in favor of Iran having nuclear weapons; It is always good to defend yourself from the bad guys, that is USA and Israel.
@Frontier327 Рік тому
@@ramonandrajo6348 Nukes are bad for anyone to have.
@F_e_l_i_x_ 8 місяців тому
"Fifth Generation Fighters" It was a warning to them all!
@Obiwankenobi-vr9ur Рік тому
Fun Fact: The "Mig-28" doesn't exist. Instead the enemy planes from the original Top Gun were Northrop Grumman F5 Tiger just painted in a dark colour
@bradyhughes4831 Рік тому
Me and my brother are both military fanatics. My father was also in the air force to. It was very fun to watch top gun and we loved pointing out some of the things in it like how Maverick flys by the tower, and If you did that in real life, you'd be kicked out of the Air Force. Basically, Maverick actually wouldn't be here
@inorite4553 Рік тому
Buzzing the Tower would lead to him being relieved of duty and court martialed
@NightmareShadows13 Рік тому
Legal Eagle did a great video on that. Maverick would be lucky if he was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. If they really were at war, he could have been executed.
@mobius7089 Рік тому
@@NightmareShadows13 hahahahah, yeah no
@bradyhughes4831 Рік тому
@LakehuntistEpic what
@monroerobbins7551 Рік тому
First he defies the odds on the mission, let’s see if he can defy the odds of not getting kicked out of the Air Force.
@MGRMoviesLOL Рік тому
From the first viewing of the movie i was already convinced it was Iran. But additional fact that makes Iran the enemy in the movie, is the fact that the fictional mig-28s in the first movie are actually F-5s, which Iran ALSO operates to this day. they only reverse engineered them and called it the HESA Saeqeh.
@user-lk2ex7ng8r Рік тому
MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):....ukposts.info/have/v-deo/iIKlo3t9qZV5tYU.html
@osmosisjones4912 Рік тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/o6GgmYduiW6l1H0.html is finally here
@shengkunlin5658 Рік тому
I was going to say the same, it’s the only one to operate f14s so it’s a easy pick.
@AICW Рік тому
But the F-5 is used by tons of nations. I've read a good theory that the enemy in the first movie was actually South Yemen, a now defunct communist state. It was an Indian Ocean state and flew F-5s. South Yemen today no longer exists after it and North Yemen were united together as Yemen in 1990.
@moviesgalore9947 Рік тому
Biggest Plothole is we would never ever send jets to blow up this installation it would be taken out by cruise missiles flying in low the same canyon route curving and slamming into the target. Planes with pilots would never even be considered for this.
@braydenb8401 Рік тому
Wow Impressive it’s a very convincing film theory.
@kknnetty Рік тому
It cant be Iran. They don´t operate the s-125 missile system seen in the movie.
@Eagle-od1im Рік тому
For those wondering how Iran operates F-14s, prior to the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the US-friendly government had managed to arrange a purchase of 80 F-14 Tomcats along with their weaponry and equipment. When the revolution happened they still retained these F-14s to this day but only have around 24 currently active.
@DISTurbedwaffle918 Рік тому
It's like how a lot of Al Qaeda's equipment was our from when Osama was fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.
@Copperkaiju Рік тому
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 Didn't we also give a bunch of weapons to Venezuela?
@DISTurbedwaffle918 Рік тому
@@Copperkaiju We've given weapons to basically everyone lol
@HarrisonGoldfarb Рік тому
Just a quick note: When they launched their revolution, they only got 79 of their jets, and the US canceled the shipment of the 80th plane and kept it. Also, this is why there are no more flying F-14s anywhere in the world except for Iran, because the US government in 2006 when they retired the Tomcat, feared that Iran would get spare parts to keep their jets in service.
@AA-xo9uw Рік тому
~40 in flyable condition with the IRIAF. They lost one back in June near Isfahan.
@joecaljapan Рік тому
While watching the movie, I always thought (like many online) the nation was Iran. But to have it explained with this amount of detail I wasn't thinking about was a joy to watch.
@wilkgr Рік тому
Yeah same. Also had to think of stuxnet haha
@LH44EVER Рік тому
i feel like rainbolt would be able to identify the country within 0.1 seconds
@James_new Місяць тому
This is me rewatching one of my favourite videos from the matpat era😢
@silent1547 Рік тому
I still think Matt Pat failed to answer the question “Why does it matter if we know who the enemy is?” In their review of the movie, Chapo Trap House comes to the conclusion that the anonymity of the enemy is essential in order for the studio to create a nostalgic unifying feeling that calls back to simpler times when most Americans were not very informed about our government’s foreign opposition, and rather were willing to accept a blind patriotic stance against those they believed to be threats to the nation. In obscuring the enemy, the movie is able to recreate this we against them divide where we the viewers are all forced to be on the same side due to the simple fact that we do not know enough about our enemies to question how they are being presented to us by our leaders.
@ballofmayo5132 Рік тому
It really is interesting that to enjoy something like this, we have to blind ourselves to what is happening. Ignorance is bliss sometimes.
@Jaspperr Рік тому
genocide denier says what
@metronomemusic7165 Рік тому
well said.
@Lawrence330 Рік тому
In the modern era, it's better for worldwide release to NOT specifically alienate a foreign audience. IIRC, the remake of Red Dawn was going to use China as the baddies, then decided against it for globalization reasons, i.e. to sell tickets in China.
@athleticguybuzz1520 Рік тому
That worries me cuz the studio who made the movie where bought out by china
@leafwart18000 Рік тому
For some reason I have it embedded in my memory, that they explicitly state that the mission is targeted at Iranian territory. Now I see this, where everyone is agreeing that they did not ever explicitly state who the enemy really was. So, if they really didn’t, I had somehow subconsciously figured out it was Iran, and then tricked myself into thinking that they just say it in the movie
@josephchristie3814 Рік тому
i remember that scene too, it was while they were on the carrier, i thought i was going crazy lol i'm glad that somebody else heard it.
@Polarniji Рік тому
Yep, I heard them stating the location then as well.
@chazchoo99 Рік тому
Or, more likely, you slipped into a parallel universe where one of the minor differences happened to be that they didn't mention it in the movie. #MandelaEffect . . . . . This is sarcasm btw.
@kevinsiu3769 Рік тому
@@josephchristie3814 WAIT WHAT
@ChucksSEADnDEAD Рік тому
Many people misheard "uranium enrichment facility'" as "Iranian enrichment facility".
@Biily2314 Рік тому
Loved the video! Super accurate but one very small correction. Operation Outside the Box wasn’t the mission the movie was based on. It was an Israeli mission in the early 80’s called Operation Opera where then brand new f-16’s bombed a nuclear factory in Iraq.
@LBElbee 11 місяців тому
According to a calendar that Maverick taps near the very beginning of the film, the movie takes place Oct-Nov of 2019, which is the year the movie was supposed to be released but was put off until 2022.
@NexeL_NKC Рік тому
With this theory on Top Gun, it makes me want a theory on Ace Combat 7 from you, but considering how passionate and knowledgeable the fanbase of Ace Combat is, I fear it turning into another Dark Souls type situation where Matpat is scared off from ever trying to tackle the series again. There's some great theory fodder in Ace Combat that could use an analytical mind like yours, Mat, I just hope that if you do end up making a theory on it, you familiarize yourself very well with the universe and be careful. I don't want any more shade thrown your way.
@maj.romuloortiz7832 Рік тому
We won't crucify him, just catapult him off a carrier, jk he should team up with Ace Combat Fan
@trevorm0329 Рік тому
Playing that right now, boutta finish the campaign. Absolutely love it
@Seth9809 Рік тому
I heard it's a lot better than "HAWK" or whatever.
@NexeL_NKC Рік тому
@@Seth9809 it is better than Tom Clancy’s HAWX, but HAWX is a decent game on its own, same for its sequel. I own both and loved them before I got into Ace Combat. I just don’t have a PlayStation so I can play the old AC games.
@spasitel1889 Рік тому
yes yES YES!!! i need this. i literally bought a ps2 to play the "holy Trinity" games. i love ac and matpat makeing a vid on it would be sick
@godismyjudge4964 Рік тому
I’m a fan of the F-14 primarily because of Top Gun. I instantly fell in love with the transforming wing design and fortunately for me just about every Ace Combat game has that jet as an unlockable! When I finally get some spare change I’m definitely buying Maverick on blue Ray. Hopefully there will be a bundle with the original too!
@gramiticallyuncorrectchann6416 Рік тому
There’s also a top gun dlc
@lukereyes6266 Рік тому
and project wingman has an F14 but it's not called the f14 due to copyright
@Sekir80 Рік тому
I liked Top Gun, of course, but for a Tomcat film I'm always falling back to Final Countdown.
@babch0 Рік тому
I think if there will be another top gun, maybe it will be about the pilot that they were fighting against because that Dodge was sick lol
@R_operations Рік тому
Just a fun fact I wanted to say that has almost nothing about the theory: At the start of the movie when maverick went Mach 10 *he could’ve circulated the whole earth in almost an hour* (Credit to Siri for doing the math)
@miloisacat292 Рік тому
My favorite scene from this movie is when they are both on the ground after crashing: Maverick: Are you even thinking? You could be killed down here! Rooster: YOU TOLD ME NOT TO THINK! *heavy breathing*
@tomasmillen Рік тому
Don’t forget, *Dramatic arm movement*
@TotallyNormal347 Рік тому
@@tomasmillen HA!
@smalltime0 Рік тому
The first had the soundtrack, Maverick had the nostalgia. The first film was obviously NK, back in the day I argued in bars with my friends about it. But the Iranian Tomcats have been heavily upgraded to the point that Maverick couldn't fly it. Also a lot of them are missing replacement parts. He'd have a better chance flying in a MiG-25. Which would indicate Syria. It is Iran though, obviously. Also the film lacked "Danger Zone", it should have been on loop.
@chazchoo99 Рік тому
Danger Zone is literally the first song that plays in the movie, during the montage of jets taking off from and landing on a carrier.
@PUNISHERMHS_2021 Рік тому
Danger Zone played in the beginning, first song
@alekostrovsky9212 Рік тому
Syrian no have Mig 25
@smalltime0 Рік тому
@@chazchoo99 AND IT WASN'T ON LOOP
@DrumickD Рік тому
@@smalltime0 And? You said it lacked it. But it didn’t.
@manontheradio2647 Рік тому
The rogue nation’s logo doesn’t just match papers please it also matches ace from rainbow six siege and his base camo for his weapons
@burpmcgurp9176 Рік тому
The one check box you forgot to account for is pilot training. There is no way Iran has skilled enough pilots to maneuver the enemy fighters they way they did, even if they are 5th generation.
@universalpower419 Рік тому
Why not?
@teutonicgroyper6559 Рік тому
That, plus the mountainous region of Iran is actually further inland than pretty much all of Belarus, which he ruled out for being too far inland...
@edmardisla8492 Рік тому
Skill =/= training.
@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8 Рік тому
You obviously never seen Iron Eagle LOL
@1992AC 10 місяців тому
There could have been trained mercenaries flying those planes.
@5years16dollars6 Рік тому
Dude, you would be a legend if you mentioned the meme "Bruce its been five years, you still owe me sixteen dollars"
@dontreadprofilephoto1728 Рік тому
Ok dont read my name😑.........
@whatsthematter8767 Рік тому
0:23 the tank in the logo is actually a ZSU-23-4 "Shilka", a Russian SPAA
@Amikhan457 Рік тому
And the guns are russian PKMs too
@peacemaker8292 Рік тому
ur mom
@whatsthematter8767 Рік тому
@Hovoverse 🅥 I wish there was a day I could say "Finally it's here, the youtube update that removed comment bots"
@EvanRustMakes Рік тому
Fellow war thunder player?
@whatsthematter8767 Рік тому
@@EvanRustMakes yes my friend
@mikethegoo 8 місяців тому
Of course it's Arstotzka! GLORY GREATEST!
@jfd9616 Місяць тому
Fun fact: the "migs" in the first Top Gun, where not actually Migs, these are F5E "tigers", the only reason why they didn't use actual migs was well, for obvious reasons they couldn't get there hands on them. But in the new top gun, is CGI Sukhoi su 57.
@dion9876 Рік тому
I haven't even watched the movie. But I'll support Mat Pat.
@xcaliberjah Рік тому
Yes
@yuumc3030 Рік тому
You should it’s amazing
@lolaglowwe Рік тому
@tom thats true
@tripplordofinconvenience9953 Рік тому
E
@yumeno_. Рік тому
You NEED to watch it it’s sooo good
@Froggo11 Рік тому
I love the effort Matpat puts in his videos (Tysm for the likes.)
@tripplordofinconvenience9953 Рік тому
E
@AlmyTheAlien Рік тому
Everyone always says, "finally it's here!" Nobody ever asks, "why is it finally here?" 😥😭
@Froggo11 Рік тому
Why is everyone replying with “Yes it’s here.”?
@kennethjohnson4280 Рік тому
No, the sweaty is not very unrealistic. I think every Navy classroom I ever sat in was situated over the boiler room. If you were lucky enough to have A/C in the room, it worked badly. Things may have improved over the last 20 years, but no, that part was spot on.
@ajk635 Рік тому
MatPat, you should relook at top gun but remember that Iceman is the hero not Maverick. Iceman is always doing what he should be doing and even tries to help Maverick on several occasions. Maverick is more of a Malfoy
@81stCommander Рік тому
This video could have been about 30 seconds long. I knew the answer by only looking at one aspect. I actually looked it up after I watched the film. Question: Which military still use the F14 Tomcat? Answer: Only Iran. OK the enemy is Iran. 🤷🏻♂️
@inorite4553 Рік тому
Yup! Lazy theory
@texasball5847 Рік тому
@LakehuntistCool cool,a toxic person because he is jealous of mat pat being better.
@geokou7645 Рік тому
Matpat talking about geography and geopolitics? This is like a dream come true.
@F40M07 8 місяців тому
0:39 dude… cmon… you really had to say that?!? 😭
@monroerobbins7551 Рік тому
12:08 in the most masculine way possible: rock paper scissors.
@ICantThinkOfAUsername Рік тому
-”How did you escape Iraq?” -”Well, I ran!”
@ICantThinkOfAUsername Рік тому
@LakehuntistCool m.ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bHejpWN-sWuVyWQ.html I know it’s a bot, but it’s still a good response
@Telepelort Рік тому
Your theory’s are the most detailed things on the whole of UKposts and you always have evidence to back you up. If I have a bad day your videos always cheer me up within seconds and I would like to thank you for that matpatt. Love your work
@osmosisjones4912 Рік тому
ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hp6WaWybpYal1mw.html is finally here
@Av-te7ze Рік тому
This is a very ignorant comment, just straight up wrong..
@FrogmanAnime 2 місяці тому
One problem with your theory Matt is that when I watched Top Gun Maverick last night, I actually heard them say that Iran was the country where they had the facility. And they said that in the first 20 minutes of the movie. And after the movie was done, I did some post movie research and found out that the only place that F 14’s were even available is Iran in the first place. So this was possibly a waste of a theory Matt. But good theory, nonetheless .
@garyhill529 Рік тому
It's great to see more and more people recognizing the stereotypes. The Middle East is really nothing like we in the west have been taught. This video pointed out even basic geography is misunderstood. The big one in recent memory was Genshin Impact and its new Sumeru region.
@Seastallion Рік тому
I literally knew most everything described in this video as I was sitting in the theater watching the movie. Having operational F-14 Tomcats was a dead giveaway right off the bat. I actually said as much in theater, telling the people I was with that Iran was the only possible candidate.
@201hastings Рік тому
Sucks to be next to the guy talking the whole movie
@Seastallion Рік тому
@@201hastings Wow, like 5 whole seconds out of the entire movie. Bummer. 🙄
@IGOTBEERZ Рік тому
Matpat , we need a hellva boss theory, the 1st season 2 episode dropped and it has so much lore to the series 👏
@RaphaeLoh01 Рік тому
There's another plothole that bothers me... when Maverick reaches Mach 9, Hondo claims that he's the "fastest man alive". But anyone who's been to space has gone Mach 23... which is required the break orbit
@requitedhail8953 Рік тому
The SU-57 doesn't actually qualify as a Fifth-Generation fighter, because its radar signature is roughly the same as an F-18
@TheRealPhantomStalks Рік тому
Fun Fact: Top Gun: Maverick Premiered at the USS Midway Museum, and one of my mom's friends works there! (my mom told me her friend got to meet Tom Cruise himself). I also heard there was some trouble getting it to premiere there, but I might have to ask my mom again on that one lol.
@AA-xo9uw Рік тому
There were three "premieres" on May 4th in San Diego. #1 was at the base theater on North Island. #2 was on the Midway and #3 was at the Civic Theater.
@TheTrueMorse64 Рік тому
0:44 My complaint about the original Top Gun is that the dog fighting is pretty hard to follow, Top Gun Maverick fixes that!
@ethanengelking2492 Рік тому
Outside the box, Rolling Thunder, Overload you really have to appreciate how countries name their operations
@Maebrazard-1 7 місяців тому
You’re telling me this is a lead up to a game theory in a film theory video and he didn’t even call it a game theory?
@chriskopp1361 Рік тому
Now he just needs to figure out why they didn't load B1s with ground penetrating munitions and use them in the attack.
@vladstr100 Рік тому
Conveniently explained away by "gps" blocking in the area preventing lock-on
@cobalt3738 Рік тому
@@vladstr100 Conveniently ignores laser guided bombing systems, y'know...the kind the F/A-18 Super hornets used in the film. Love the movie though.
@fadelsukoco3092 Рік тому
Mostly because the entire operation in the film is being run by the Navy, and the B-1 is owned by the Air Force.
@joshgerber718 Рік тому
Mat Pat’s descriptions of both Top Gun movies was 100% SPOT ON! 😂
@random.comment Рік тому
Need a high level security clearance or some shi to work at a taco bell lol
@yigittokus5116 9 місяців тому
Btw the fighter jet you called the f-14 tomcats was actually an f-15 eagle 5:29
@yusufbektas1961 9 місяців тому
Uh no thats clearly a F-14 model
@piplup10203854 Рік тому
I felt the same exact way about this movie, I didn't really like the original but my dad and I watched this one and we loved it, we reminisced about our time in service and it became a good movie for us and we ended up loving it.
@spooderman6312 Рік тому
It's crazy how the filmmakers of Top gun maverick knew that the original wasn't that good and decided let's make a good movje this time and recognizing that Tom Cruise is getting old and more of a mentor than a hotshot newbie" and it totally paid off, amazing.
@johnpooky84 Рік тому
I love both movies, but my favorite is still the original.
@spooderman6312 Рік тому
@Man with hair it's not bad, it just wasn't that good. Don't get me wrong a lot of scenes like the end or goose's death are really good but at points it gets really slow. Maverick also had slow points but they we're usually related with Tom Cruise's journey, but the original one's slow points were kind of bland and eh. Just my opinion though.
@FFDmh2223 Рік тому
If Iran and Russia had a baby...the maverick enemy would exist. Lol
@sfsa3134 7 місяців тому
I feel really respected as an Aviation Fan.
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