Posted: 1/11/2005 9:44:13 PM EDT
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Not a very good movie, at all. Still, I can't turn it to another channel. "Whisper mode." Heh. Typical John Badham hokum. |
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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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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 |
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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I forgot he played JAFO in the series.
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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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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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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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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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