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To prefer Goose to Maverick?

58 replies

ThatDarnCatAgain · 24/09/2022 21:04

I watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday and decided to watch the original Too Gun this evening. I know Maverick is the heartthrob, but I would much rather have Goose

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SherbetDips · 24/09/2022 22:58

I prefer goose too! The actor played the lovely dr greene in ER also loved him there too.

Brigante9 · 24/09/2022 22:59

My dogs are Goose and Mitch (Maverick is Pete Mitchell, Maverick is too much of a mouthful) Goose is my wee heart dog, like the character. 🥰

SgurrNaCìche · 24/09/2022 23:01

TC looks so much better in the recent one. Looks far better as a rugged, older chap than he did as a squeaky clean, smarmy youth.

Onlyhuman123 · 24/09/2022 23:01

Take me to bed or lose me forever...awww

ThatDarnCatAgain · 24/09/2022 23:03

comeondover · 24/09/2022 22:52

I can't really remember Top Gun, but in a similar vein, I much preferred Kenickie to Danny Zuko, and Mercutio to Romeo.

I preferred Tybalt 😳 I totally blame John Leguizamo. I guess I don't always like the good guy!

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ThatDarnCatAgain · 24/09/2022 23:05

@Brigante9 any chance of a pic of Goose and Mitch? They might be the real decider!

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TattiePants · 24/09/2022 23:08

I’d choose Goose every time over Maverick and Mark Green was so much better than Doug Ross.

Brigante9 · 24/09/2022 23:08

@ThatDarnCatAgain Goose in the middle, Mitch on the right. Bear (he’s 12, Goose adores him) on the left.

To prefer Goose to Maverick?
boatyardblues · 24/09/2022 23:11

SherbetDips · 24/09/2022 22:58

I prefer goose too! The actor played the lovely dr greene in ER also loved him there too.

Same here. Team Goose/Dr Green all the way.

boatyardblues · 24/09/2022 23:13

Wonderful Spaniel line up too. 👏

comeondover · 24/09/2022 23:34

@ThatDarnCatAgain
I haven't seen Romeo and Juliet on screen, so I don't know about the actors, but it was Mercutio's humour that did it for me on the page in English Lit. Romeo was such a drip! I can't remember much about Tybalt but I can imagine that the casting makes a big difference.

mamabear715 · 24/09/2022 23:59

Sod Top Gun, ER was AWESOME!! :-)

Delphinium20 · 25/09/2022 00:00

I was always a Goose fan...but Iceman was quite lovely to look at.

ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 18:53

@Brigante9 they are the cutest, big springer spaniel fan here!

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ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 18:54

@mamabear715 I'd love to do an ER rewatch, I haven't seen it in years. Wonder if I can find it anywhere...

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Reallyreallyborednow · 25/09/2022 18:59

I'd love to do an ER rewatch, I haven't seen it in years. Wonder if I can find it anywhere

all4.

Iceman for me. Merlin’s not in it much (wonder why TC, makes you looks like a shortarse?). But love me a bit of Tim Robbins as well.

Pricklesinperil · 25/09/2022 19:02

’Talk to me Goose’!

my favourite was Hollywood, with Goose a close second

ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 19:04

@Reallyreallyborednow cheers! Thats my new TV binge!

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ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 19:08

Despite not being a Tom Cruise fan, I did enjoy him in Maverick. Now watching the original, he looks like a scrawny schoolboy and Kelly McGillis is his glamorous teacher . She is so beautiful and I don't think she would look twice at him. Just waiting for the most awkward sex scene in movie history 🫣

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mamabear715 · 25/09/2022 19:22

I've got ER on DVD.. :-)

ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 21:27

I've just found ER! Can't believe how young Doug Ross looks! I remember having quite a crush on Carter, Benton and Liuka!

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TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 25/09/2022 21:38

I adore er, its such a rollercoaster of emotions and it tackled so many issues that were ahead of its time. Like HIV positive doctors, gay marriage, drug addiction in the workplace etc.

I cried buckets when Dr greene died. And yes, definitely Goose over Maverick!

ThatDarnCatAgain · 25/09/2022 21:46

@TheLovleyChebbyMcGee I think an ER/Dr Greene thread is needed if there isn't one already (there probably is)

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Borgonzola · 25/09/2022 21:48

Dr Greene! Be still my heart. I'm rewatching ER right now, and he wins over Dr Ross for me every time.

OhTheLeetleHandsAndFeetle · 25/09/2022 21:55

Oh, Mav.....❤

Thing is, Maverick was a twat and everyone told him he was. He wasn’t allowed to just twat about being a twat. Goose was a nice young man, but Maverick was lush. And is still lush in the new film. I know Tom Cruise is a bona fide weirdo, but he has the most joyous smile in those films.