What the hell?

by **JackT** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 12:37 pm

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:Crocodile Dolphin also failed on Australian TV.

That's because they were too dumb to give it a cool name like Crocodolphin.

Also, I'm sensing a bit of a tone vis a vis Sharktopus that I'm not sure I care for.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:54 pm

I'm sorry about my tone - but Sharktopus - a poorly CGIed half shark, half octopus creature terrorising people. I mean, what could be more naff, other than season 4 of Airwolf?

by **withahip** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 2:59 pm

Ok, this is just too much now. Vehicle centered tv shows are an amazing concept alone - but when someone starts to slag Airwolf the gauntlet must be thrown down. what problem could you possibly have with the greatness that is Airwolf?

by **withahip** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:02 pm

Listen to that theme music! And Ernest Borgnine? A true thespian.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr_CJL1YQRc[/youtube]

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:41 pm

Airwolf season 4 - where can I start - restarting it up again on a shoestring budget, killing Dominic Santini off using an extra pretending he was Ernest Borgnine, having Stringfellow Hawke as a guest with his brother appearing out of nowhere and suddenly being able to fly Airwolf, when I thought he was still in the jungles of Vietnam being held by those treacherous commie ba***rds. Using old recycled film from the original series as they couldn't afford helicopter flying time. Changing the cast, changing what had happened before. All they needed was a few scenes with a person humming the theme tune and holding a fishing rod with a plastic model helicopter at the end of it. I was gobsmacked when that was shown on TV and still have nightmares about it today. It scarred me for life I tell you.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:45 pm

There you go. I will not sleep tonight now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAi5GY83R00[/youtube]

by **withahip** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:12 pm

You, sir, know your fine tv viewing. Touché.

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 4:31 pm

Shame Jan Michael Vincent turned to the bottle when they made season 4. A few years back he was a state. Don't think they'd let him near The Lady now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqjp1b-_mJU&feature=related[/youtube]

by **withahip** » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:43 pm

That as depressing as watching Dick Clarke do the New Year's Countdown.

by **happy_loss** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 4:31 am

I vaguely remember watching Airwolf (I think I was more partial to Blue Thunder) for the first season or two. So did Stringfellow (what an awesome name, and that scene of him playing cello by a lake - breathtaking!) die? Or did they just leave him laying in the hospital bed?

by **the ghost of guitarplayer** » Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:37 am

I think he died shortly in his hospital bed after his well-fed and healthy brother had returned mysteriously from captivity in Vietnam. There was also the mysterious disappearance of two other main characters, that bloke in the white suit with the patch over his eye that ran the organisation that Airwolf belonged to and that cheeky woman that later joined the programme.

Blue Thunder... hmm. I prefered Airwolf. I think with this recent tacky A-Team film, the time is right for an Airwolf movie. No?

by **black francis** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:26 am

The time is always right for an Airwolf movie.

by **shickennbunny** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:21 pm

is that a coal miners daughter?

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