Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Picking Nits The convenient escape, lack of casualties and impossible crash In the discussion (12) Approx. transcript time · 01:33:05Read transcript Cyclone’s decisions are jokingly suspected of sabotage Rooster’s age and delayed training are worked through The younger pilots seem to have almost no personal lives The two downed pilots land conveniently close to each other and a usable airstrip An operational familiar F-14 makes their escape convenient Maverick dying while saving Rooster might have supplied a powerful ending The forest escape feels like a tonal shift The hosts argue for at least one meaningful pilot death, proposing Phoenix and Bob Maverick’s age as an active pilot is questioned Opening-flight survival and lack of medical aftermath are criticized Rooster returning safely through the defended valley is unexplained The final hangar scene raises a question about Rooster living with Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Is This Movie Better With…? Wayne Jenkins as Cyclone In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:40:07Read transcript Jon Bernthal’s Wayne Jenkins is the preferred replacement for Cyclone The prompt also names Danny Trejo, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson, J.T. Walsh and Philip Baker Hall The choice leads to a Wayne Jenkins impression
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick The Cliff Booth Award: Is This Movie Better if the Main Character Had a Pet? A dog for Maverick is considered In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:26Read transcript Maverick could ride his motorcycle with a dog behind him The hosts question who would care for it in the desert while he flies
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Just One Oscar Joseph Kosinski In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:46Read transcript Kosinski is the first choice Claudio Miranda is also considered The hosts speculate about Cruise’s possible actor nomination without claiming an outcome
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Probably Unanswerable Questions The unnamed enemy and alternative readings of Maverick In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 01:42:49Read transcript Which real country best fits the mission’s fictional opponent? Iran and North Korea are suggested without treating either as identified in the film Do Cruise’s stunt choices suggest a death wish? This is host speculation, not a personal-health finding The hosts discuss a queer reading of the fictional Maverick based on relationships and recurring imagery The imagined Maverick/Rooster domestic arrangement extends the joke
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Best Double Feature Top Gun: Maverick + Top Gun In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:45:19Read transcript The original Top Gun is the clear companion film
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day? Penny confronts Maverick’s finances In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:36:56Read transcript The hosts imagine a declined credit card and tension over his rank, income and aircraft A wealthy La Jolla rival could create a romantic triangle The earlier Shakey’s Pizza family-outing joke is carried forward
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie? Penny’s Porsche, the Hard Deck or Maverick’s jacket In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:46:13Read transcript The Porsche is the emphatic first choice Owning the entire Hard Deck is proposed The bomber jacket is the smaller alternative The hosts dismiss a plane or motorcycle as less usable for them
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson It’s the pilot, not the plane In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:47:17Read transcript The pilot-over-equipment lesson is preferred Acting without overthinking is another candidate
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Who Won the Movie? Tom Cruise, with a personal case for Jennifer Connelly In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:47:35Read transcript Cruise receives the initial shared answer One host personally favors Connelly Two more Connelly scenes are imagined as enough to change the result The exchange is preserved as qualified rather than manufactured unanimous ballots
Top Gun: Maverick · The Rewatchables ·July 12, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick Producer review Craig praises the movie’s cross-generational appeal In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:48:05Read transcript Craig is explicitly invited for closing thoughts He argues the movie unites viewers across generations The hosts agree and discuss the broadly enthusiastic response
Misery · The Rewatchables ·July 5, 2022 Misery Most Rewatchable Scene The dinner scene is selected as most rewatchable, while the hobbling is treated as the famous signature scene In the discussion (11) Approx. transcript time · 00:44:19Read transcript The opening credits and car crash are nominated Annie’s tomato-soup outburst is nominated The wrong-paper confrontation and “Mr. Man” exchange are nominated Paul’s first trip out of the room is nominated The dinner and deliberately spilled wine are nominated, with debate about whether Paul planned the spill Annie’s suicidal-rain speech is nominated The hobbling is described as the most famous scene, though too painful to call most rewatchable Buster arriving and being shot is nominated The final fight and Paul’s concealed typewriter plan are nominated The dinner scene is selected as most rewatchable for its writing, acting, and the wine spill The manuscript-burning scene is added as one of the best and praised for setting up the ending
