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DVD Airwolf - Season 1
Hip spy shows with covert agencies within agencies--like Alias and 24--are missing only one thing: A super-duper armor-plated helicopter with "nuclear-tipped shrike missiles." In the action series Airwolf, a mysterious national security agency called the Firm constructs a "Mach-one-plus chopper that can kick butt," only to have it stolen by the nefarious scientist who designed it (David Hemmings, Blowup, Barbarella). Desperate, the Firm turns to Stringfellow Hawke (Jan Michael Vincent), a soulful, cello-playing, art-loving, eagle-watching, guilt-ridden master pilot. Hawke refuses to help unless the Firm searches for his brother, who went MIA in 'Nam. Of course, he succeeds in his mission, but until the Firm fulfills its side of the bargain, he keeps the chopper--but also agrees to fly covert missions in exchange for tips about government efforts to retrieve Airwolf.
This elaborate setup proves surprisingly durable. The combat scenes in Airwolf are clumsily edited, but the scripts--though firmly in the cheesy techno-thriller vein of Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy--are pleasantly zippy. While Vincent may have gone on to a straight-to-video career (appearing in such sterling titles as Hidden Obsession, Indecent Behavior, and Animal Instincts), he’s a persuasive and sexy pilot; he's got the same kind of rangy, athletic physicality that makes Kevin Costner convincing as an athlete. Add to this mix the ever-zesty Ernest Borgnine (Marty, The Wild Bunch) and it's clear why Airwolf outlived the similar series Blue Thunder. Most episodes feature international skullduggery with foreign agents trying to steal Airwolf and sell it to the Soviets or Libya, but there are enough clever details to keep you from objecting to the larger absurdity of the all-powerful helicopter. Guest stars include Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210) and David Carradine (Kill Bill). It's too bad Hemmings didn't become a regular; his sadistic, lecherous traitor gave the two-hour pilot some real juice. --Bret Fetzer
This is great!!! It takes me back to when I first saw the show watching it on an OLD portable black and white T.V. And when I say old, I mean the entire unit was about the size of two toaster ovens, with a 5' screen! ;o) As I am a bit older now I find that the writting was terrible, the actors mediocre, and the plots and dialect a bit on the cheesy side. However the action was as I remember it... you sit through about 35-40 minutes of dullness to get to the last 5-10 minutes of a super helicopter blowing the heck out of anything in it's way! I can't wait for the next season to come out!
Airwolf is a must!!
I just recently noticed that Airwolf: Season 1 had been released on DVD and bought it immediately. Airwolf was one of the best television shows of the 80's, right up there with Knight Rider, MacGyver, and the Dukes of Hazzard (although Dukes actually debuted in '79). Like other reviewers, I was obsessed with this show as a kid (had the lunchbox and pj's) and was desperate to see whether it would live up to my memories. I put the first disk in and couldn't stop until I had seen the entire season! As that incredibly cool theme music rolled and the intro shots of Airwolf unfolded, I was taken waaaaay back to 1984 for a mach 1 trip down memory lane. The show was every bit as good as I remembered. Can't wait for Season 2!
While the disks are noticeably devoid of extras, I didn't buy the collection for extras. While interviews and other special features would have been fun to watch, the show is amazing in itself. An absolute MUST own for fans.
What a (nostalgic) trip!
I was nine years old when this show came out, and I remember being nearly obsessed with it! I was thrilled when it came out on DVD, but was nervous that it wouldn't live up to my pre-adolescent memories. Sure, some of the series is quite dated, and I notice silly things I didn't notice at nine, but I still watched the entire first season within about two days. I love that helicopter - even in 2005, it is still very cool! And no wonder I was obsessed! Jan-Michael Vincent was hot! Too bad he didn't live up to the potential I saw at nine years old.
Like James Bond--but without the high-tech gadgets--Angus MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is one of those rare beings who can avert any crisis without mussing a hair. (The rest of us should be so lucky.) In the pilot alone, the secret agent dismantles a missile using a paper clip and fashions a rocket thruster out of a pistol. Is there anything MacGyver can't do? As the first season of ABC's long-running adventure series proves, the answer is a resounding no. MacGyver's secret: the everyday items he "finds along the way," like matches or gum wrappers, and the ingenuity to put them to a myriad of uses (a background in physics and chemistry doesn't hurt). Unlike Alias' Sidney Bristow, he isn't a multi-linguist, a martial artist, or a master of disguises. Wits are MacGyver's weapon... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Richard Dean Anderson - Michael Vejar - Michael Caffey - Lee David Zlotoff - James L. Conway DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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MacGyver's second season begins by following the same blueprint as the first (although the opening gambit is gone). Richard Dean Anderson is back as the eponymous secret agent. So is Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar), operations director of the Phoenix Foundation. In addition, Mac's ditzy pal, Penny (Teri Hatcher), and beloved grandfather, Harry (John Anderson), return for a few episodes. In the season premiere ("The Human Factor"), a skeptical military man says to Thornton, "So this is your main guy. He doesn't even have any gear." Responds Thornton, "That's what makes him so special." As before, Mac doesn't drink, smoke, or carry a firearm. He puts it plainly in the fourth episode ("The Wish Child"): "I hate guns." Mac would rather use non-violent means, i.e. "MacGyverisms," to fight... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Dean Anderson DVD Release Date: Released the 07 June 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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No one in the 1980s had his finger on the pulse of gizmo-crazy adolescent boys like producer Glen Larson, creator of Battlestar Galactica and Manimal. But the peak of Larson's particular genius has to be Knight Rider, the love story of an absurdly handsome man and his absurdly indestructible car. Former detective Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff, later to achieve worldwide media dominance with Baywatch) zooms across the U.S. in K.I.T.T., a supercharged talking Trans Am with an impenetrable shell and the catty voice of William Daniels (St. Elsewhere). From the Las Vegas desert to the Louisiana bayou, Michael and K.I.T.T. solve crimes and help the downtrodden with the aid of a multi-million-dollar corporation run by dapper Devon Myles (Edward Mulhare) and... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): David Hasselhoff DVD Release Date: Released the 12 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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A likable mix of WWII action and light comedy, the first 10 episodes of the NBC series Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976-78) wing their way onto DVD in this double-sided two-disc set. Based on the adventures of Marine Corps pilot Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (played in the series by the always dependable Robert Conrad) and his squadron of roguish ace fliers in the South Pacific Theater, Baa Baa Black Sheep benefited from an excellent cast (which included such TV and film vets as Simon Oakland and Dana Elcar, as well as up-and-comers like John Larroquette and Larry Manetti of Magnum, P.I.) and scripts from series creator Stephen J. Cannell (as well as long-time TV scribes like Philip De Guere and Milt Rosen) that offered a enjoyable balance of humor and combat. The blend... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Dana Elcar - Lawrence Doheny - Ivan Dixon - Russ Mayberry - Jackie Cooper DVD Release Date: Released the 24 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If ridiculous banter, goofball plots, and many, many, many explosions sounds like the recipe for a perfect TV show to you--you must already be a fan of The A-Team. Each of these Vietnam vets on the lam had his specialty: Hannibal (cigar-chomping George Peppard, a long way from Breakfast at Tiffany's) is the cocksure master planner; Faceman (Dirk Benedict of the original Battlestar Galactica) is the smooth-talking con artist; the pilot with a screw loose is Murdock (Dwight Schultz, later to appear on Star Trek: Voyager); and B.A. Baracus (the charismatic and gold-encrusted Mr. T, Rocky III) is both mechanic and muscle. During the series' five year run, each of these eccentrics cultivated their own rabid fan-base as they threw punches, fired thousand of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): George Peppard DVD Release Date: Released the 12 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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