Top Gun: Maverick

[dookeyXXX]

Was it all just a dream?
And, damn, I must be sleeping…
Not sure how I missed this popular fan theory about Maverick’s death, but I did.
First I heard about it was the other day when one of the 9 y/o’s I coach on the devo team mentioned it!
I also apparently missed Dantheman’s post #140, too.


https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/theo...ath-dream.html

Seems the film’s director is cool with the theory, too:
https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/top-...am-theory.html

[dookeyXXX]

How has no one mentioned the "surviving a catastrophic airframe failure at hypersonic speed" thing? The whole plot was dogshit but that stands alone.

But, what if the plot actually goes much deeper than it first appears? What if the plot is stolen not just from Star Wars and Dam Busters, but also from Lost?

Hear me out here. He died in the hypersonic crash. The rest of the movie was Maverick's afterlife, his soul's quest to find peace. It fixes everything that appears to be wrong with the plot when viewed literally.

"It's time to let go."

Neil deGrasse Tyson co-signs your theory:

https://www.thewrap.com/neil-degrass...averick-stunt/

[Supermoon]

I missed that, but I also think this makes more sense than the alternative

[Dantheman]

Seems the film’s director is cool with the theory, too:
https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/top-...am-theory.html

Oh hell yeah. I'm counting that as confirmation.

[MakersTeleMark]

Oh hell yeah. I'm counting that as confirmation.

Yeah, and Yoda's dead too. Scheesh.