The small screen offered the latest season of Stranger Things and Obi-Wan Kenobi — plus a pretty great Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals — while Tom Cruise swooped in and gave life to movie theaters with his astonishing Top Gun: Maverick, which dominated the box office and critics circles alike.
Indeed, in Top Gun: Maverick, the great Val Kilmer makes a cameo as Iceman that left tears in my eyes.
Obi-Wan didn’t exactly rock my world — though, Disney has four more episodes to right the ship — but both Stranger Things: Season 4 and Top Gun: Maverick represent the best of their respective mediums.
Really, that’s the gist of both Stranger Things and Top Gun: Maverick — they took the time behind the scenes to create a piece of dazzling pop culture entertainment that goes far beyond the call of duty.