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Posted: 1/11/2005 9:46:45 PM EDT
[#1]
What is it about?
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Posted: 1/11/2005 9:52:48 PM EDT
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Roy Scheider plays a LAPD helo pilot. An old Army buddy from 'Nam (Malcolm McDowell) is a test pilot for an outfit that has developed a super-duper-copper-chopper shortly before the '84 LA Olympics. Scheider finds out the real purpose of the thing and crosses paths with some bad guys. Helicopter chases ensue. Oh, yeah, they use the high-tech spy shit in the helos to spy on nekkid wimmenz!
Candy "Girls don't pay, guys pay" Clark plays Scheider's girlfriend, driving a brown Vega. |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 9:53:30 PM EDT
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Saw it at the theater when it came out, loved the loop and looking in the window at the girl. It was cool back then.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 9:56:21 PM EDT
[#4]
I think I seen a small part of that once.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 9:59:45 PM EDT
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A movie now to be found in the paltry Action section of Mr. Ho's Neighborhood Video Store, complete with damp carpet and stale air. You can find it next to "I Come In Peace" with Dolph Lungdren.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:00:25 PM EDT
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Now, there are two Revell 1/32 scale F-16s on strings chasing our hero.
Fox 1! Ah, but Murphy (Scheider) cleverly parks the helo in front of a Korean BBQ place to draw the model of a Sidewinder missile astray. |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:08:12 PM EDT
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JAFO?
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:15:59 PM EDT
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OK, Blue Slumber over now. Switch to "Erotic Confessions Vol 2." Hmm ... chick in shower. Excellent.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:16:27 PM EDT
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AAAHHH...the eighties.
 Everything was so much simpler then.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:20:08 PM EDT
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Ahh, the classics..... But the TV series that spun off of the movie. Where would Dana Carvey (TV JAFO) be with out it?
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:20:21 PM EDT
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Hmm... haven't seen that one in awhile. Maybe need to dig out the Laserdisc of it.
Scheider can make anything worth watching and McDowell was such a memorable asshole. |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:21:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:25:45 PM EDT
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Did Dana Carvey play JAFO in the series? 
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:27:45 PM EDT
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Oh yeah, I can't remember who played the starring role (Scneiders movie character) but Dana Carvey got his start in the TV series of blue thunder. My brother and I lived by that show until "Airwolf" came out.
I'll google it and see if i can find something with Carvey and blue thunder ETA: His character name was "Clinton JAFO Wonderlove" Blue Thunder TV Show info |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:33:02 PM EDT
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Heh, yeah as a kid I thought Blue Thunder and Airwolf were cool shit. Right up there with the A-Team... I had the little matchbox car-size choppers for both, lol.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:34:13 PM EDT
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IT'S GEN-X NOSTALGIA NIGHT ON ARFCOM!
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:36:39 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:37:43 PM EDT
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That's funny as hell. The first I remember hearing of Dana Carvey was SNL. "Isn't that special". Church lady. That's awesome.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:40:07 PM EDT
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 I forgot he played JAFO in the series.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:41:21 PM EDT
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for it's day it had some pretty cool helo shots
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:46:42 PM EDT
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While we are all reminicing about Blue Thunder and Airwolf. someone has the answer to the question we all wanted to know in 1984.
the answer |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:52:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2005 10:57:16 PM EDT
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Oh, BULLSHIT! Airwolf had Mach 1+ capability and Air-to-anything missiles! BT would have been toast! ..... Let the 20-year-old arguments re-commence! 
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:01:23 PM EDT
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Blue Thunder was a FRENCH airframe.
Airwolf was good old, made in American Bell! I rest my case.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:06:55 PM EDT
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I admit it I have Blue Thunder on DVD
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:11:04 PM EDT
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I'd pick Airwolf. I was always a big Airwolf fan. Besides, look at the back seaters. Ernest Borgnine VS Dana Carvey? Go Ernie!! |
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:22:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:32:05 PM EDT
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There's a mod for MS Flight Sim with Airwolf.
Very nice looking, great effects (gear, gun and rocket pod) and sound effects taken from the series. The flight physics are based on a standard helo model (no Mach 1  ) but it's fun nonetheless.I like to fly it with the long version of the series theme playing in the background. Yes, I *am* a terminal geek.
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Posted: 1/11/2005 11:44:03 PM EDT
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Airwolf was better than Blue Blunder
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Posted: 1/12/2005 4:07:20 PM EDT
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Airwolf was better, but I liked Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith in the Blue Thunder TV series. I like the easy opening cans!
Of course, they were the ONLY thing I liked about the series.
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Posted: 1/12/2005 4:42:12 PM EDT
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