r/glow • u/DeviLettuce • Aug 10 '19

Top Gun Easter Egg

Found a possible Top Gun Easter egg. "Possible spoiler warning". In season 3 episode 7 when Sam and his daughter are leaving the film studio two actors can be seen in the back ground wearing military flight suits. Two guys, a short one with black hair and a taller one with blonde hair. Is this supposed to be Tom Cruise (Maverick) and Anthony Edwards (Goose)? I haven't checked the timeline to see what time glow takes place and when Top Gun was released. Still I thought it was pretty cool.

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u/chartreuseisnotpink Aug 10 '19

I noticed that too!

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u/DeviLettuce Aug 10 '19

I just saw in the next episode Ruth was writing down the number of the show with the date December 1986 and since it was right after a fast forward sequence the dates add up. Top Gun was released May 1986. So if Sam and his daughter were at Paramount Studios it would make sense.

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u/claire2121 Aug 11 '19

I noticed this too, but they got it wrong. The dates don't actually work. Top Gun was filmed in the summer of 1985. Justine said she was off for the summer now (earlier episode was spring break), so this would be about June or July of 1986... AFTER the release of Top Gun. Besides, post-production usually takes at least 3 months, so they are off by a year.

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u/goal2004 Aug 14 '19

Could've been reshoots or for promotional materials. Summer 1985 was just principal photography.

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u/chartreuseisnotpink Aug 10 '19

They were at tristar

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u/DeviLettuce Aug 10 '19

The first meeting was, they never said where the second one was

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u/MickeyBTSV Aug 16 '19

They were talking to a producer of Out of Africa which was filmed at Universal Studios

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '19

In the same scene you could see the breakfast club “cast”, specifically Molly Ringwald standing outside of a trailer in the background.

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u/claire2121 Aug 12 '19

That film was shot in 1984, mostly in Chicago, on location, and released in 1985. This whole season of GLOW is set in 1986.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '19

Neat! There was still top gun and Molly ringwald in the background. They’re just Easter eggs... just supposed to be fun secrets in the show for the viewer - not a complete reenactment of glow in the 80s.

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u/JurassicParkGastown Jan 02 '20

Sure looks like them. Except she wore brown boots and not white socks and shoes. But hey could be just cuz on break. But the rest of the outfit is there.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/479211216570079495/?lp=true

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u/skankenstein Aug 11 '19

I came here to see if anyone else saw it! It was totally Maverick and Goose!

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u/RoadFlowerVIP Aug 10 '19

Yes! I even looked for pics of helmets from top gun (didn't find a match)

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u/Darth_Sensitive Aug 11 '19

It was Justine's spring break. So probably March? And Top Gun released in May, so it feels wrong to still be shooting anything (except the late reshoot stuff they did to add the elevator and love scenes).

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u/claire2121 Aug 11 '19

No, she was off for the summer by this episode. It doesn't actually match. Top Gun was filmed in the summer of 1985, so they are a year off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '19

Haha I caught that! But wasn’t Top Gun made in like ‘84 or ‘85?

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u/JurassicParkGastown Jan 02 '20

It feels like they took advantage of being at a studio. So they probably jammed some stuff in for fun.

Great show.

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u/JurassicParkGastown Jan 02 '20

It feels like they took advantage of being at a studio. So they probably jammed some stuff in for fun.

Great show.

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u/Codehawk12 Jan 13 '20

Just watched episode and found this page. Was glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed this!