Started By
Message

Top Gun question: Why does Maverick throw Goose's dog tags in the ocean?

Posted on 8/4/14 at 1:34 am
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
83318 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 1:34 am
What kind of douche move was that?

I mean, frick giving them to Goose's ol' lady or his son. Maverick decides that the better thing to do with them is to just chunk those bastards into the ocean.

Selfish prick.


And let's not mention that Maverick throws like a fricking girl:


Posted by MC5601
Tyler, Texas
Member since Jan 2010
3884 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 1:38 am to
Tom Cruise broke the script and threw the off. Couldn't get their hands on extra dog tags so they kept it in the movie. Douche.
Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35245 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 1:45 am to
Gotta let go man.
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:12 am to
In movieland, that's how you retire...from job or from life.

Keanu retired from the FBI by throwing his badge into the ocean...

Mav was retiring Goose.

Just like Stealing Home...Mark Harmon tosses Jodie Foster's remains into the ocean off a pier.

Saying good-bye in movie-land = tossing into the ocean.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 2:13 am
Posted by 82fumanchu
Saskatchewan
Member since Jan 2014
1968 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:18 am to
quote:

And let's not mention that Maverick throws like a fricking girl:

Do you even Tom Cruise, bro?
Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35245 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:42 am to
Maverick had to let go of his past to move on, plain and simple. In a movie, the best way to symbolize someone letting go of someone else is to show them throwing something of shared value in the ocean or off a cliff.
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:43 am to
better question is where did he get them from?

Also, he does it because an idiot writer thought it would be a good scene.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98078 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 4:58 am to
He didn't throw them on purpose.....
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
Member since Jan 2008
32611 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 5:22 am to
Almost as bad as that bitch Rose throwing the diamond in the ocean after she wasted everyone's time and money with her boring, whorish story. I guess in the movies throwing something in the ocean is just a cue that the selfish lead is almost out of lines.
Posted by Mystery
Member since Jan 2009
9003 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:05 am to
quote:

Almost as bad as that bitch Rose throwing the diamond in the ocean after she wasted everyone's time and money with her boring, whorish story. I guess in the movies throwing something in the ocean is just a cue that the selfish lead is almost out of lines.


This.. I still don't understand wtf that was.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29431 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:46 am to
Because it aligned nicely with the music.


Posted by Fusaichi Pegasus
Meh He Co
Member since Oct 2010
14563 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:54 am to
Posted by DawgCountry
Great State of GA
Member since Sep 2012
30536 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 7:54 am to
quote:

In movieland, that's how you retire...from job or from life.

Keanu retired from the FBI by throwing his badge into the ocean...

Mav was retiring Goose.

Just like Stealing Home...Mark Harmon tosses Jodie Foster's remains into the ocean off a pier.

Saying good-bye in movie-land = tossing into the ocean.


Do you even Titanic bro?
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29081 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:27 am to
quote:

Almost as bad as that bitch Rose throwing the diamond in the ocean
Posted by LSUDAN1
Member since Oct 2010
8939 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:36 am to
quote:

Almost as bad as that bitch Rose throwing the diamond in the ocean after she wasted everyone's time and money with her boring, whorish story. I guess in the movies throwing something in the ocean is just a cue that the selfish lead is almost out of lines.


She was a selfish count and whore.
This post was edited on 8/4/14 at 8:40 am
Posted by SG_Geaux
1 Post
Member since Aug 2004
77913 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:41 am to
quote:

Keanu retired from the FBI by throwing his badge into the ocean...



JGL quit the force in Batman by tossing his badge off the bridge
Posted by the smoke monster
USA USA USA
Member since Aug 2010
4507 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:51 am to
Pat Finley retired from the Apache Relay by throwing Camp Hope's trophy into the lake
Posted by Josh Fenderman
Ron Don Volante's PlayPen
Member since Jul 2011
6704 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 8:53 am to
quote:

In a movie, the best way to symbolize someone letting go of someone else is to show them throwing something of shared value in the ocean or off a cliff

True

Posted by GrammarKnotsi
Member since Feb 2013
9306 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:40 am to
quote:

Selfish prick.



Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 9:42 am to
Because Goose sleeps with the fishes?. . .

Nevermind, wrong movie.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram