Top Gun 2: Rooster's Maverick Hatred Must Go Beyond Goose's Death
Rooster (Miles Teller) is clearly mad at Maverick (Tom Cruise) in Top Gun: Maverick, but his anger should go beyond the death of Goose (Anthony Edwards). After more than three decades, not to mention countless release delays, the sequel to Top Gun is finally releasing in theaters this May. As suggested by its title, Top Gun: Maverick will be an introspection of Pete «Maverick» Mitchell as he's haunted by the past, particularly regarding the tragic demise of his former RIO, Nick «Goose» Bradshaw.
The important scene in the original Top Gun film saw Maverick and his rival, Iceman (Val Kilmer) alongside their respective RIOs locked in an intense training session when a freak accident happened. Mitchell flew directly through a jet wash, resulting in his aircraft suffering a flame out of both engines, ending in a fatal flat spin. Unfortunately, while Maverick was able to safely eject from his aircraft, his RIO didn't. He hit the canopy on his way out, with the intense impact causing Goose’s death. The tragedy haunted Mitchell for the rest of the film, and decades later, it continues to do so as he encounters his late flying partner's son.
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Top Gun: Maverick's central conflict is highlighted in its new trailer. As Maverick attempts to coach Rooster about the dos and donts of flying, the young Bradshaw responds by saying that he isn't going to commit the same mistake as his dad did in trusting him, implying that Bradley thinks that Maverick is to blame for the death of Goose. But while this makes sense — after all, there was a time that Maverick also thought it was his fault — this seems pretty weak to be the movie's emotional core. For starters,
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