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I have been purchasing my old favorite TV shows on DVD as they come out. I have also been sorely sorry in some cases, as the shows aren't as great as I remember them... Airwolf is the exception. The show is as clever and fun to watch as I remember it, and despite the stock footage, it is truly enjoyable to watch. They best part is, that a lot of the technology that was sci-fi at the time of Airwolf is now in use in Army's Apache and Comanche choppers. The only reason I didn't give this all 5 stars is that the production value of the set is a little lame... Slow hard to navigate menu's that don't allow you to play one episode after another without returning to the menu, and double sided DVD's (the bane of chubby fingers like mine) I would rather pay a little bit more and have the set put out on 4 separate discs in slim-line cases.
Rating:  -
The first season of AIRWOLF was a bit cheesy, but the second season was far better. The biggest problem was the lack of plot
other than the "Find my brother, boo-hoo" attitude of String.
I was fortunate enough to get up to about episode 7 or 8 in the second season before the provider's supplies were exhausted.
I have heard nothing about the future of their supplies, so this
is, at least, hope. If the second season is released as a set, it is MUCH better than the first, but I recommend getting the first season so you can at least have the necessary continuity...
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WOW, what a disappointment. Just to set the stage, I have been a huge helicopter fan for years, and continue to be one, which, of course is why I bought this DVD set. While the concept is sound, the execution is extremely shoddy. The only reason I can see why I liked it originally was I was a lot younger!
The main problem is the unbelievably bad continuity and editing. One reviewer pointed out that the combat scenes were clumsily edited but it goes well beyond that. For the most part, 90% of the flying (and other) footage seems to have come from the series pilot. In every succeeding episode, they trot out the same old footage... Airwolf taking off from the desert cavern, for example. As I mentioned, the continuity is atrocious. One minute it's pitch black and they're using night vision, the next, an exterior shot shows Airwolf flying in broad daylight over a field of cows. Similarly, one minute you're over a snow-covered desert landscape, then the very next, it's a summer scene. Not only is this visually jarring, it's just plain stupidity.
Moments you can't forget (and neither can they) are the jeep entering the hidden cavern hideaway with a single driver (although in the previous scene, there's two people in the jeep); the ever annoying scene of the jeep stopping in front of the chopper while either String alone or String and Dom sit enraptured looking at the bird (never mind they have a tight schedule to save the world).
Character-wise, Jan-Michael seems fairly wooden, while Alex Cord is eternally righteously indignant, and the villains, with the exception of the ever-wonderful David Hemmings, are simply mundane. The best one of all is Ernest Bourgnine, whose crusty portrayal of Dominic Santini is always able to entertain. Second would be the dog that has a habit of looking up the female players' skirts! Come to think of it, there are a few major babes in the show.
While there is certainly some great nap-of-the-earth flying of the tricked out Bell 222c copter, as well as supporting aircraft, the real shame is that there is neither any info on the bird itself, nor any credit to the real pilots of the series.
Want to really get some Airwolf excitement? Then get Microsoft Fight Simulator 2004 and download the Airwolf aircraft and fly it yourself! You can do this for about the same coin that you'll waste on this turkey.
Wile there's no
Rating:  -
I was barely born when this series came out but, like a fine wine Airwolf only gets better with age. Well, maybe it's not that great, but it's still a good action show to watch plus, making your friends open to 80's television makes them wiser...
Jan-Michael Vincent may have been hard to work with on set but thats because he wanted to give his all for this fine television show about the fall of the Cold War and the rise of important Airwolf related military missions. Can't wait for more seasons.
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Ok, you dont need another review to tell you that there are no special features and the episodes really dont seem to be redone at all. Yes, the studio put nothing into this, and they are just releasing it to squeeze as much out of the series as possible - Who cares? If you are intrested in Airwolf its probably because you watched it originally when it was on TV and enjoyed it then - thats why I bought this. I'm just barely old enough to remember some of the reruns - in fact I remember very very little about the series other than the kick @$$ helicopter - but its worth its weight in gold to buy just to enjoy once more.
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