in the cinema I thought ... why does rooster not know a F14's wings come out. a second later I thought ... oh feck he's looking for lift!

@@georgedavidson957oh Rooster knows…he just asks the rhetorical question because he thinks Mav is out of his gourd.

Was Rooster being ignorant because he didn't know the F14's wings or he was referring to why the wings came out when there was no lift?

He's never seen nor heard of the Sweep Wing.

@@mjedge808 Bingo. It's less a "What purpose does putting the wings out serve?" and more "Oh, Christ, this lunatic's gonna do it."

2:40 OMG I just noticed it and was about to post the same thing... "BMMMMM"

More of a 'donng' than a 'ding' I'd say 😁

Indeed! @@MrMice...

What about it? Is that a reference on something?

@@truth-12345. It's the first note/downbeat to "Top Gun Anthem," the original movie's theme song. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/sJWCia6FnWl4l58.html

straight up star wars lvl stuff they are doing

In Japan, it inspired a science-fiction franchise, one installment of which looks like a love letter to Jerry Bruckheimer.

@@floydjohnson7888 "What if we took an F14... one of the coolest looking air craft of all time... and had it turn into a giant robot to fight aliens?" "Your a GD genius."

Not as much as 0:39.

I was on Constellation CV64 (77-81), I miss those moments :-) The first time we did an Alert 5, WOW, that was something. Afterburners hitting the Blast Deflectors, impressive.

@@shartsmcginty8056"Oh my god. This thing is so old"

​@@scamhunter2346A good chunk of the audience could say, "Just like me."

If I'm interpreting some of the comments correctly, there are SERVICEMEMBERS who felt that moment as well.

The slow orchestral version of "Danger Zone" really brings it home.

Except the gun sounds

All of the call backs to the original were amazing as well. As a big fan of the original I was worried there was no way they could do this sequel correctly. I was fully wrong.

This was a utterly stupid movie, and this scene illustrates that perfectly.

The second movie is never better than the first, well this proves otherwise. AUSTIN POWERS 2

@rickwatkins6449 Some folks, thinking of a certain Japanese sci-fi franchise, will run in interesting directions with that observation.

Your comment was MORE THAN LMAO, AWESOME!!!

One of the sexiest looking planes ever, only real competition is the SR-71

@@Restilia_ch and B58 Hustler ;-)

A silhouette which everyone knows immediately :)

Gotta love the F14... I think that's why I loved the old anime Macross (Robotech) so much! A mecha dressed as a F14 ❤️

@@DonovanAenslaedVF-1 my beloved

Well put. Exactly right.

I had never seen an imax movie before and chose this as my first. It was really good

I didn't see it in a theater because I really didn't like the first Top Gun, but yeah this is one of the few films in the last decade that deserves to be seen in the theater.

thank you evolved bot, 4d huh.. and people still don't get a clue..

@@Dynamitethedrummer You do know what 4D movies are right? Basically a thrill park ride where your seat moves in time with the action. Yeah, that's definitely a very good way to see this movie if it's an option - this scene would be a perfect fit.

@@Dynamitethedrummer u live under a rock bro. 4d is a real thing, it doesnt mean 4-dimensions its just a marketing gimmick, its basically 3d with rumbling seats, water jets, flashing lights, fire worke type things that sparks, paper snow .... bla bla ..... it was my first movie in Cinépolis 4dx and I loved every minute of it.

If I remember, Rooster never flew on a F14, so he never knew what was happening.

@sfsgaming7831 That's theoretically possible. But let's be realistic, would there be even a single navy pilot that was unaware F14s had swing wings or what they were used for?? Anyone with even a mild interest in naval aircraft knows that let alone the pilots themselves.

@@hankjones3527i mean his dad literally died in an f14

“Don’t tell me we lost an engine” “Ok. I won’t tell you we lost an engine”

@@sfsgaming7831 Only an idiot would not know. Rooster is a pilot and knows aerodynamics. This movie was just shit.

I loved the tomcat and did all my research before the movie and thought: “there’s no way they’ll bring it back, they don’t have any replicas probably and it wouldn’t work” safe to say, thoroughly surprised and overjoyed at this scene

And the movie still didn't work lol

@@TheHonestPeanutsounds like a you problem

@@BayouBoy2443 not my movie.

@@TheHonestPeanut then shut up

More like the hangar queen of its time. I love her to death, but she had some serious issues. Which is why Cheney should be brought to trial for killing the Super Tom 21 program just to fuck with Grumman.

@@tetsatou2815 LOL and True, still the greatest. I was CV64 AIMD 77-81 and we had the F14As with the TF30-P414, now that engine was a POS. My second WestPac (1980) we lost 3 F14's within 2 months due to compressor stalls and the first loss resulted with the crew of two dead.

@@bobbycv64 Yeah, when you look at the development of and early years of the Tomcat, and compare it against the F-35, it's wild that anyone would call the Lightning II a bad plane.

The F-15 Eagle was designed to go toe to toe with an aircraft that severally overstated it's abilities. AKA the MIG-25 Foxbat. The Russian's had basically puffed out their chest and talked a lot of shit and everyone took them seriously.

@@ericrickson Yes, I'm aware of the story of the MiG-25 Foxbat and the big scare it put into the US military at the time. The F-15 Eagle was indeed created to counter the Foxbat, and it was indeed superior to the Foxbat as the MiG-25 was designed to be a high altitude, supersonic interceptor to take out enemy bombers, and not an air superiority fighter, which shocked many in the west who seriously overestimated the MiG-25's capabilities. But the F-15 and F-14 also served as a necessary replacement for the F-4 Phantom, as the Vietnam War showed how inadequate the Phantom was for the realities of modern combat, despite its speed and power, and that having two separate fighters for the Navy and Air Force designed for their unique requirements was better than the one-size-fits-all approach with the F-4.

The F-14 was an interceptor and fleet protector not intended for a dogfight like the F-16 and F-15.

@@44excaliburand yet lesson NOT learned and we are stuck with the abomination of a one size fits all - the F35.

@@blakesejarma Yep, the F-35 may repeat the mistake of the F-4 Phantom.

Not enough people are liking this comment. The moment Cyclone realized the legends were true.

Holy shit I didn't realize!

Where and how? XD

0:38

Holy fucking shit!! Never noticed, makes the movie much better

Oh my god I never noticed that!

Plus that music score just adds to it

Absolutely, I was thinking same exact thing. I wish they would of added more time to that and showing the wings coming out all the way, instead of partial. THE KING F14 has just entered.

In addition, I've felt the counter clockwise rotation was meant to show "going backwards in time/a return to the past" 0:58

@@MrMice... excellent point and reference

Honestly for me it looked really good from the front but the back of the aircraft just feels wrong sometimes

Nice catch

I saw it as "The F-14 doesn't turn on the ground. The ground turns under the F-14"

Ooo, good catch! 😮

@@josephastier7421 Wow Chuck Norris homage nice

LMAO, SO GREAT

"Don't knock it, I shot down 3 MIGS, and 2 Felons in them."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there's a lot of "check this, check that, check the other" involved under whatever passes for normal circumstances.

@@floydjohnson7888 There is but it can be done incredibly fast by a seasoned pilot. A prepped aircraft can startup, get to the catapults, and be prepped for takeoff in under 10min. A carrier can technically launch an entire squadron within 25min. They can launch all 70 aircraft within an hour.

forgot about flaps

@@bogdanflo1212 flaps where we are going we dont need no flaps

True. It was an ancient plane by the time it was retired and it was absolutely cutting edge when it was built. To this day, I pissed that they chose the FA-18 over the modernized F-14. It would have kept everything great about the F-14, fixed the bulk of it's issues and added nearly everything good about the Superhornet. That plane would still likely be the best 4th gen fighter ever built had it seen production. Plus, the F-14 just looked cool. The camera loved it. So did toymakers, many anime mechs were F-14 clones and so were their toys.

@@Elthenar The Super Tomcat 21 project woulda been amazing to see go through, but no, Cheney had to go ruin that just to spite Grumman. Prick. Instead we got the Super Bug, who's most impressive trait is it can go slow. Which is a nice trick, sure, but energy controls the fight.

@@tetsatou2815 In an actual dogfight, the best trick the FA-18 has is it's high alpha performance. It apparently has the ability to get it's nose around better than almost all 4th gen fighters. And yeah, fuck Cheney

Not possible in modern days. The F14 is too big compared to the smaller Super Hornet

@@AM93000 how exactly is that beneficial? If why had the Super Tomcat 21 that would be an aircraft worth keeping in service since its greater payload makes it better for carrying large amounts of standoff weapons. Stealth Aircraft are dominating the skys these days but their one great weakness is limited payload due to carrying all ordinance internally. 4th Gen fighters don't have that issue and are being envisioned as missile trucks to back up stealth fighters. Not only would the Super Tom Cat 21 been better as a missile truck, but it could be used to carry hypersonic missiles, and due to its "tunnel" effect could perform supersonic maneuvers while carrying them to launch points.

It's a FILM. He's ACTING!

@@S.Trades Acting, Genius, Thank you! < Credit to Lovitz

Only wish they could've brought it back for real, and not via CGI, but the only flyable examples belong to Iran, who is not sharing.

And the kittyhawk

Indeed but if this fictional country is meant to be like an Iran equivalent, than they never got the F-14D.

@@taiwandxt6493true. And the one in the movie is the earliest variant, the F-14A

I crossed decked from the Midway to the Indy after Desert Storm and the Indy had F14s. I was in awe when I saw of those up close

It wasn't superior to fighters when it was in service! It was an interceptor, and wasn't that good at that.

⁠​⁠@@mattz1230: Yes it was. The F-14 had a radar set and a missile with the kind of power and range that other fighters of the era could only dream about. Iranian F-14s decimated Iraqi aircraft during the Iran-Iraq war during the 1980’s.

@@timonsolus HAHAHAHA!!! That radar was underpowered compared to dedicated interceptors, and the Phoenix missile never scored a hit in combat, despite multiple firings. The Hornet could fire the AIM-120D, with longer range, and multiple confirmed kills. And no, the Iranians only rarely flew their handful of F-14s- mainly because they didn't have many fighters. Iraq STILL controlled the skies.

​@mattz1230 All it takes is a quick Google search buddy, you're making yourself look pretty stupid. The Awg-9, the F-14s radar, was the most powerful radar ever equipped on a fighter aircraft until the F-22 entered service. The AIM 120D is much newer than the AIM 54s, So no shit its going to outperform it. and The AIM 54 still beat out the AIM 120A, B, and C. Also. The AIM 54 never scored a kill for America, however the AIM 54 scored many kills in the Iran Iraq war. The Iraqies did mainly control the skies, and the Iranians didn't send their F-14s up often, that you are correct about. however they did send them up, and every time they did they decimated Iraqi fighters due to the Iraqies heavily underestimating the capabilities of the AIM 54

@@mattz1230 wrong. without iranian air force they would have lost the war in a few weeks. the greatest air strike is still for iran bombing the iraqi grounds. i dont remember the exact number of airplanes that flew that day but it is the biggest airstrike ever recorded

Next time please include a time stamp or two so we know which part of the clip you are referencing.

But but but then we wouldn't have the dramatic landing later on... and besides movies aren't real 🤫