Blue Thunder: The Complete Series [DVD]

Based on the 1983 movie, ABC's "Blue Thunder" focused on the Blue Thunder Unit, a Los Angeles police unit which operated a high-tech helicopter (actually a modified French-made Aérospatiale Gazelle) with ground support. A few of its features included an electric cannon, night sensors, turbo-speed and a "whisper mode" that allowed it to run silently.The series starred James Farentino (Police Story) as pilot Frank Chaney; Dana Carvey (Saturday Night Live) as his observer Clinton "JAFO" Wonderlove; Sandy McPeak as Cpt. Ed Braddock, the unit commander; Ann Cooper as Officer J.J. Douglas; and ex-NFL jocks Dick Butkus (Any Given Sunday) & Bubba Smith (Police Academy) as Officers Richard "Ski" Butowski & Lyman "Bubba" Kelsey, the ground support team.ABC first launched Blue Thunder for a midseason run on January 6, 1984. Unfortunately, CBS's slightly more sophisticated helicopter drama "Airwolf" (which debuted 2 weeks later) from creator Donald P. Bellisario (Quantum Leap, JAG) countermanded Blue Thunder's intended run, thereby facilitating its cancellation after just 11 episodes.While Airwolf was the more successful series with its grim and moody tone, Blue Thunder was just as watchable for its A-Team, Hunter-like tone: standard 80s blend of action and tongue-in-cheek humor. Regardless, the real star [in both shows] was, of course, the helicopter. Not to mention the catchy opening theme music. Again, in both shows.Blue Thunder - The Complete Series is a 3-disc (529 min.) set featuring all 11 episodes from the 1983-1984 season. Special Features include: Digitally Remastered English Audio and High Definition Full Frame (1.33:1) Video, Bonus Previews, Closed Captioning.Episodes include:1. Second Thunder2. A Clear and Present Danger3. Arms Race4. Revenge in the Sky5. Trojan Horse6. Skydiver7. Clipped Wings8. Payload9. The Long Flight10. Godchild11. The IslandFirst Knight Rider, then Airwolf, and now Blue Thunder.Bring on "The Man...The Machine...Street Hawk!"

this is a disc set that covers one of four copter tv shows on back in the day, i have two of the four, AIRWOLF and this one. I have seen enough to get the other two. I remembered just these two.

Many people believe the ABC tv series, "Blue Thunder" was mainly cancelled because of CBS' "Airwolf". Airwolf had NOTHING to do with Blue Thunder being cancelled! ABC debuted Blue Thunder on Friday nights directly against CBS' top rated show, "Dallas". Dallas was at it's peak during this time and buried anything ABC or NBC put up against it. Unfortunately, whoever was in charge at ABC didn't bother placing Blue Thunder on another night, so it never really stood a chance. Although I was a fan of Dallas, I would videotape Blue Thunder so I could enjoy both. I am glad someone was smart enough to bring Blue Thunder to DVD, even though it only lasted 11 episodes. I highly recommend this show to anyone considering buying it. You can see for yourself what a good show it was and wonder like I do what might have been had ABC been smart enough to even give an attempt of saving it.

I am the husband of the person who ordered this,and it was a Christmas gift for me.I am very pleased with the quality of the product and had wanted it for some time.I loved the TV Show in the 80's and a few years ago I had ordered DVD's of it from a party on E-Bay and they were very poor quality and only got to the middle of one episode and would freeze up-I have not made an E-bay purchase since, so it was nice to have the original authorized version that is of excellent quality.Though I have only watched a few episodes yet-as I receieved several DVD sets of various shows at Christmas,it brings back memories of watching them in my youth and all the arguments I used to have with friends over which TV Show Helicopter was better-Airwolf (which I also own Season 1 of) or Blue Thunder. I highly recommend this to others!

Cool show that brings me back to my childhood.As a helicopter (rotorcraft) pilot now, I notice little nuances that are Hollywoodish and others that are real world conditions/situations.Sadly, the "Complete Series" is only eleven episodes as it was put up against "Dallas" in its time slot and the other Helicopter show "Airwolf" was airing at the same time.Side note for any interested:There were two helicopters manufactured for this series. both were disassembled and sold for scrap after production. As for Airwolf, all the extra stuff was removed post production bringing it back to a basic Bell 222 helicopter. It was then sold to a group in German who outfitted it for emergency response purposes. Sadly, it crashed in the early nineties (I believe '91) killing the three people aboard. I.E. - None of the helicopters from the 2 helicopter shows remain in existence.

I have truely enjoyed going back and watching this series on DVD. The only bad thing about the series itself was that it was too short lived. It was a family friendly version of Blue Thunder and the interaction between the stars was wonderful. Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith are a hoot to watch.As far as the quality of the disks, I have no complaints. The picture and sound was wonderful and they are a pleasure to watch. However, if you have a widescreen tv you will have the annoying black bars on the sides unless you expand the picture since this is in 4:3 aspect. The only bad thing I have to say about the set is that there are no extras, which would have been nice. Some behind the scenes on the helicopter or even some series interviews would have been nice.

Sem Áudio e Legenda em português. Entretanto ele é região 2 e 4.

Didn’t even know that the series existed now I have both 😁 and the price was amazing so was the delivery

Schade nur auf Englisch

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