Because now that you can sit down at a computer and make thousands of spaceships out of pixels and Red Bull, the idea of building an entire franchise around one vehicle seems silly.
It was only in the '80s—which came after the rise of the summer blockbuster but before CG-everything—that the vehicle show could flourish. Anyway, thanks to the renewed interest in cool-vehicle franchises spurred by Mr. Cruise's latest money-printing endeavor, we at Ars decided to settle one of the greatest debates of the subgenre. I have taken it upon myself to decide, once and for all, which is the superior '80s murder-copter: Blue Thunder or Airwolf?
Blue Thunder was a movie starring an experimental, machine-gun-toting police helicopter that eventually tears up Los Angeles. My parents took me to see it when I was five. I cried at the end. Murphy uncovers a conspiracy involving the chopper that leads him into the aforementioned aerial dogfight over the streets of LA.
Airwolf , by contrast, was a totally different thing. The Bell was then modified to be an air ambulance, until in it crashed during a thunderstorm, killing all three people on board. A number of fans have since started to convert another Bell into a static replica, a salute to this bygone TV star.
Where these have been taken is unknown. For the movie two Blue Thunder helicopters where fashioned, one main and a backup. One of these was sold to a helicopter salvage company after the TV show folded, and after being hired for a number of productions was ultimately dismantled and sold for spares. This was also the destiny of second Blue Thunder , so disappointingly from either franchise not one single helicopter actually survived. Skip to main content area. Winner: Neither, half a point each 2.
Winner: Blue Thunder 2. Airwolf: 79 episodes over four seasons Blue Thunder: 1 Movie, 11 episodes over a single season The question here is does a movie trump 79 episodes, and as good as the movie is, I doubt it does. Winner: Airwolf 3. Winner: Airwolf 4. Postscript: After The Productions Ended. Share: Share on Facebook opens in a new tab Share on Twitter opens in a new tab Share on Linkedin opens in a new tab Share on email opens in a new tab Comment: Comments count: 0. Top cast Edit. Warren Oates Capt.
Jack Braddock as Capt. Jack Braddock. Candy Clark Kate as Kate. Paul Roebling Icelan as Icelan. David Sheiner Fletcher as Fletcher. Joe Santos Montoya as Montoya. Malcolm McDowell Col. Cochrane as Col. Ed Bernard Sgt. Short as Sgt. Jason Bernard Mayor as Mayor. Pat McNamara Matusek as Matusek. Jack Murdock Kress as Kress. Clifford A. Pellow Allen as Allen as Clifford Pellow. Paul Lambert Holmes as Holmes. Phil Feldman Col. Coe as Col.
John Badham. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Blue Thunder is a specially modified helicopter. It is for police work, but is armed and designed to counter street insurgencies. Its makers want to show what it will do, but have to train Los Angeles Police pilot Frank Murphy to fly and use it in order to allow it to operate in the city. Murphy and the project pilot have differences going back to Vietnam. The conflict between them continues to heat up as Murphy begins to suspect that Blue Thunder is more than has been disclosed.
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