Sci-Fi Helicopters. Any fans of Blue Thunder or Airwolf around here?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, June 9, 2006 21:21
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:49 PM

Blue Thunder was a great action/conspiracy flick. While a bit flawed ( kind of convienient that Murphy got to test-fly it before he needed to steal it), it delivered in the ariel fights department. And Roy Schieder is always a plus (He was in that shark-thing in the seventies, I believe).

And Airwolf was just awsome ( It's second and third seasons slipped into family-fair garbage, but the TV movie was really well written, and most of it's first season was serious adult spy/cold war intrigue).

Blue Thunder was recently re-released with an excellent animorphic transfer, and Airwolf's first season has been available for some time now, although the transfer is just 'good', average for a TV show, but totally watchable.

Any fond memories?

Stringfellow Chrisisall

WHOOPS

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 4:57 PM

Im an Airwolf fan loved it was like Knight Rider with out Kitt. Plus that helicopter was just awsome.

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 5:09 PM

Got it on DVD? I think the show still holds up very well, plus, it's all REAL; not a lick of CGI !!!

Chrisisall, keepin' it real

OKAMI

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 5:15 PM

Airwolf. The name evokes memories of the finest attack helicopter evere concived of by man! Airwolf is one of the coolest shows ever and trhank you for reminding the world of its existance.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 6:11 PM

Think Airwolf could shoot down Serenity?

Copperhead Chrisisall

RUXTON

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 6:59 PM

Chris,
Odd you brought up Airwolf. Just yesterday I looked up Ernest Borgnine on Wiki to get the name of the actor who played the pilot, Jan-Michael Vincent, because I wondered what happened to him. Seems his name oughta be Boozefellow Drug-awk. Cain't git no work.

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:10 PM

It's my guess that landing that TV gig (no more movies) and turning fourty at the same time provoked a mid-life crisis, one that he fell completly victim to. Too bad; he had a certain undeniable presence (when he wasn't drunk, that is).

Ooopps! Was that mean? Chrisisall

SIMONWHO

Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7:53 PM

Airwolf was fun in its first two seasons (who remembers the episode with the uncanny prediction that Charles and Diana were to split up?) but surely the third season premiere is the definitive lesson in what not to do - if you're going to bring in a new cast, you better get rid of the old ones in a classy way.

Plus of course they had no new footage of the helicopter - for a whole series!

I know Joss wouldn't let that happen to Firefly but sometimes... it's best to let them die.

GIXXER

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:42 AM

Airwolf was a girl's helicopter. No crossbar or nothin'

Blue Thunder was the proper article. Sod streamlining, let's have more ordinance.

The TV series of Blue Thunder really stank, though.

Best helicopters in films were David Janssen's traffic news job in Bird of Prey and again the little Hugheses that hunted the astro - nots in Capricorn One. They were really bad news.

NOSADSEVEN

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 5:57 AM

I had a schoolgirl crush on Stringfellow Hawk, but then, I was a schoolgirl, so it was ok. (This crush replaced my schoolgirl crush on MacGuyver, and was followed by my schoolgirl crush on the LT from Tour of Duty (Myron something?)).

But the Stringfellow Hawk crush came with the added bonus of becoming fascinated by all manner of aircraft. Anyone watch/remember a show called "Supercarrier"? I don't trust that it was especially good...just that I had enough residual guys-flying-aircraft interest from Airwolf that I was excited by that one when it came out.

I used to stay up late at night and sneak to watch Airwolf (in syndication) on USA. I think I saw the cheesy VanDyke led cast first, because I remember being blown away when they first went back to showing the first season episodes.

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