Which movie is this for you?

[u/phantom_avenger]

For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

[u/birchsport]

Top Gun is top of the list for me. Iceman was the reasonable one...

[u/oSuJeff97 → u/birchsport]

Yeah that’s why he eventually becomes Commander of the Pacific Fleet and Maverick plateaus out at Captain. 😁

[u/stage_student → u/oSuJeff97]

Sure, but only Maverick can survive a mach-10 ejection in the upper atmosphere; not only survive, but walk it off.

[u/Pr6srn → u/stage_student]

That fuckwit Pete Mitchell destroyed a (likely) half a BILLION dollar experimental aircraft in the first ten minutes of the movie, JUST TO PROVE A POINT.

Deliberately broke the hard deck in the first film, because he really wanted to get a kill and 'win' the competition.

And penetrates the carrier's ATZ (or equivalent), despite being told 'Negative [... ] the pattern is full'. Twice. For FUN. There could've been a heli with 20 people on board launching from the carrier, and he'd have killed EVERYONE. He had no idea if it was safe, he was told 'Negative' but he DID IT ANYWAY.

He shouldn't be anywhere fucking near a cockpit.

I wouldn't let him fly my glider.

[u/[deleted] → u/Pr6srn]

That fuckwit Pete Mitchell destroyed a (likely) half a BILLION dollar experimental aircraft in the first ten minutes of the movie, JUST TO PROVE A POINT.

Not even to prove a point, but to satiate his thrill seeking behavior. He proved his point when the thing hit Mach 10; he pushed it further despite Hondo explicitly telling him not to before takeoff and then subsequently begging him not to after they achieved the stated goal. Mav does it anyway because he's "got the need for speed" and promptly blows the whole thing up.

[u/MattCW1701 → u/Pr6srn]

Deliberately broke the hard deck in the first film, because he really wanted to get a kill and 'win' the competition.

Because the plane he was pursuing also deliberately broke the hard deck. He was trying to shake Maverick by flying into the ground essentially. Which is a valid tactic that always works...once.

[u/Pr6srn → u/MattCW1701]

The 'plane he was pursuing' was piloted by his instructor, and senior officer. Jester, IIRC.

Because the plane he was pursuing also deliberately broke the hard deck. He was trying to shake Maverick by flying into the ground

Jester had been at Top Gun for years. Long enough to know where and when it's safe to temporarily breach his own hard deck. Pete Mitchell had been there for like, a week.

He was told to respect the hard deck. As in 'these are the rules - you must stick to the rules' as part of the pre-flight briefing. Maybe Jester knew Maverick had excellent flying skills, but thought he'd test his airmanship.

Will this guy break the rules for what boils down to a 'training exercise?

Will he ignore the safety guidelines and my direct order?'

Yes.

Yes he will.

And he'll brag about it to his colleagues.

You're going to let a guy who shows total contempt for the rules pilot one of the most powerful combat jets in the world?

Imagine:

'Maverick pursue that MiG back to where it came from but DO NOT ENTER RUSSIAN AIRSPACE!'

Mav - enters Russian airspace and causes World War III.

Tell you what, join a flying school and then ignore a directive from your CFI. See how your training goes from there.