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I loved this show when I was a kid.....always wondered what happened to it. When I came across it on Amazon.com I had to buy it.
Even though the sound is not as sophisticated as what we have in 2008.....it is still a fantastic film if you liked the Airwolf TV series back in 1984-6. The music was great, all the acting was good, the stories were interesting, special effects were good, and the cinematography was great.
Add Jan-Michael Vincent(his acting was great) to all the above and no wonder this show was a hit for Belisaurius. That guy could play ANY part he was given and he played the Stringfellow Hawk role to a T.
He was perfect as the reclusive, sensitive pilot. The camera always seemed to be very good to Jan.
I was very sad to find out that the series was canceled after 3 seasons due to Jan's alcohol, drug and other problems. His 1997, 2002, and 2007 TV (20/20 and others are on the internet)interviews gave me some insight into the history of his problems. Wished he could have received help at an early age!! Alcohol and drugs are such evils !!
Nonetheless,....this Airwolf DVD was great...due in a large part to Jan. I miss the old Jan and pray for the present day Jan-Michael Vincent.
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I grew up in the 80s loving Airwolf (mostly due to my parents). I've always enjoyed Airwolf as a result of their influence. Once I noticed that season 1 was released, I knew I had to purchase it.
Boy did it bring back memories. Airwolf, even now, is a cool helicopter. While every episode within this season (as I recall there are only 11) aren't the most exciting, the majority are. For those whom have never experienced Airwolf, the pilot sets up the series very well. Every other episode just continues to expand on the pilot, and, of course, have some great scenes with the chopper.
Just for your info, according to Wikipedia, the helicopter that was used during the show was later sold to a hospital in Germany, and ended up becoming a life flight helicopter.
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This is just perfection. As good as I remembered it as a kid. All that beautiful action footage, all that awesome espionage, intrigue, dark humor and those state-of-the-art aerials for the Lady from the vision of Aerial Co-ordinator David Jones. But it's the direction and cast performances (sans Caitlin) in this premier season that stand-out for me. Jan-Michael Vincent for all his faults nowadays gave the performance of his career in this season as the broody, reclusive loner, Stringfellow Hawke. Universally-loved veteran, Ernest Borgnine also gave one of his most memorable performances since winning the Oscar for 'MARTY' in the 50's as all-American Dominic Santini.
Stand-out episodes included: 'MIND OF THE MACHINE' (Airwolf vs Airwolf!), 'TO SNARE A WOLF' (the single best episode of the entire show and I'd say of any TV show from the 1980s!), 'BITE OF THE JACKAL', 'AND THEY ARE US' and 'ECHOS FROM THE PAST' are the highlights in this feature-quality season of television that has never really been out-done until maybe the best seasons of '24' etc. for today's audiences.
The sumptuous score, expertly composed by Sylvester Levay is another plus point with a sublime mix of orchestral meets synth, none the least the creation of that iconic Main Themes for the show. So I'd suggest you pair this with the new, digitally-remastered 'Airwolf Themes' soundtrack from Amazon's MP3 downloads section and you've the perfect package to take you into the world of Hawke, Santini, Archangel, Marella and the Lady herself. Triple A+++
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I don't ever remember seeing this show in the 1980s when it first aired but I picked these DVDs up out of curiosity. I'm glad I did. While the show is a bit corny in some ways (get a load of all the white suits on the FIRM people!) and they tend to use a lot of noticeable stock footage (does the valley of the gods never get out of Winter?) It has to be said, even after all this time, that the Airwolf helicopter is very cool.
The plots, for the type of show it is, aren't any worse than say "Magnum PI" and its still entertaining. I'll be watching all three seasons of this I think without protest. If you like helicopters and/or action adventure shows this one is still worth picking up and its easy to see why its described as a cult favourite show. The acting is average but certainly not as bad as a lot of other shows from this period I could mention.
Airwolf - Season 2
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I DO luv Airwolf, I DO luv Jan as the pilot. I don't think they should redo this series. Like many other series, such as the 'new' Battlestar Gallactica is STUPID. Just like making movie versions of our fave tv shows..ALWAYS using the SAME names w/different actors. Do the Hollywood ppl not think we wud CARE or be constantly comparing the movie or redone version w/the original?! The shows already redone into new shows/movies probably wudn't be bad at all if the ppl in charge wud've used new character's names, even using siblings or children/decendants of the original characters, that wud be SO much better than watching ppl trying to make a quick buck & redo something that was great into crap. This is a series NOT to be messed with. There would probably be a few disgruntled fans out there, including me, if that happened. I wud DEFINITLY cringe if it did & go ACK! Bottom line...This series is great despite the sometimes bad editing. Don't mess w/a good thing, just keep it like it is. I like the fact that it's not 'upgraded' to be 'remastered' like some shows are. I think it takes away from the originality of it. Other than this, I REALLY hate the fact that whoever put this series out on dvd cut scenes out from the original airings & the fact that SOMEbody was dumb enuf to insult the fabulous series with including season 4 shots on the box cover! ACK! Makes me wanna put tape over that so I won't hafta deal w/it! All in all, if you love Airwolf like I do, buy the dvds, then you can relive the fabulous Lady & her friends over & over!
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