Airwolf Season Three DVD with Jan-Michael Vincent, Alex Cord, Jean Bruce Scott (NR) +Movie Reviews

Some of the best stories of the series, but . . .

David Barry | THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM,CABOT, VT. United States | 04/25/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Without a doubt "Airwolf-S3" has some of the absolute best stories of the entire series since the unbeatable mini-first season which aired over the first half of 1984. So why only 3 stars? The experience for me - even when season 3 first aried when i was 15 - was tarnished somewhat due to an obviously intoxicated Jan- Michael vincent that seemed to occur "at least" every other episode. It was actually sometimes painful to watch him in certain episodes, his face flushed with booze and even at times slurring his dialog! I was so hooked on the show that i kept up with all the info i could get from behind the scenes - what little i could get at that time with no widespread internet like we have today. Unfortunately i barely had to make an effot as Vincent seemed to make "news" about every other month detailing his latest barrom brawl and onset alcoholic meltdowns. This might sound corny, but it was very heartbreaking in a way for a 15 year old who IDOLIZED this man, and the character he played that i loved and worshipped so damn much. (it got to the point where i would get more excited for a new episode if i saw that Vincent's face was not flushed red in the cheeks because i knew then that he WOULD give a damn fine performance, and more often than not that's exactly how it worked out.)

At that time, with all the news stories and onset interviews - usually in TV Guide - with Jean Bruce Scott and Borgnine- about the problems onset, I learned for the first time that actors are nothing if not human beings just like the rest of us. It was a bursting of the bubble, but damnit i stayed loyal to that show to the very end. [the so called 4th season is NOT "Airwolf" except for the recycled footage . . . GARBAGE, that was.]

In the end it was the amazing story telling and the faultless co-starring cast that made Airwolf Season-3 shine. The sad thing is that it could possibly have been the best season EVER. - and VERY likely there would have been a REAL s4 as it wasn't cancelled until the last possible moment (late april/86?) when everyone realized that Vincent simply could not go on the way he was. Make no mistake that IMO S3, if you are an "Airwolf" fan is something you MUST get for the often brilliant storytelling, acting and ACTION that is crammed into most episodes, but for those fans out there who are around my age when the show orignally aired it will likely bring back some melancholy memories and a few sad "what-if's".

~AIRWOLF RULED! . . . hell, it still DOES!

"

Stringfellow Hawk fan

A. Hansen | Tucson, AZ | 03/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was a huge fan of Airwolf growing up in the 80's. I couldn't wait for it to come out on DVD so I could re-live those memories. I wasn't disappointed! Although some people may think some of the special effects are a bit dated, I am not one of them. I LOVE this DVD (and the first two seasons I also bought) and I look forward to watching the shows again and again. Although I do wish there were some extras like interviews with the cast, I would recommend this DVD to any Airwolf fan!!!"

AIRWOLF - Season 3 " Its Coming Quite Fast ...."

Rontgen Isaac | Mableton, GA, USA | 04/09/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Its coming quite fast!!!! Ever since the release of Airwolf Season 2, I was expecting Airwolf Season 3 to come out in the next year, but the Universal Studios and Donald P. Bellisario (Series Creator) are ready to release Airwolf - Season 3, in less than 6 months, That's Great !!!! I'm sure that Universal should release Season 4 (The Final Season) on DVD very soon.

This DVD set has the Episode "Red Wolf" which has Airwolf put against another Helicopter called Red Wolf developed by The Firm without the knowledge of Archangel.

Even now, I'm excited at anticipating for Airwolf - Season 3. I recommend this show for anyone looking for a great 80's Military Adventure TV series. I'll rate this DVD set 5 stars."

The ultimate action season of the 1980s

MJC | UK | 11/24/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Well, how many have dreamed of the day when all three CBS seasons of Airwolf were released on DVD... and the 3rd Season - until now - was the Holy Grail as it hadn't been released before. Packaged in some nice minimalist artwork continuing on from the previously-released style from the 1st and 2nd Season Box Sets there are, however still no extras which is a shame.

But even though this season had many "domestic" episodes to try to reign in the budget, the producers also produced some really superb spy (there's more Archangel this season than last) and hardware gems such as 'Airwolf II', 'Where Have All The Children Gone?", 'Fortune Teller', 'Day of Jeopardy', 'The Deadly Circle', and 'Kingdom Come' being the top episodes. The downside to the 3rd Season is that it contained two of the most universally hated scripts 'And A Child Shall Lead' and 'Tracks' which should have been given to the production team next door - KNIGHT RIDER.

Overall though, the action quotient in this season was well up on previous years and it produced some of the best melodic, synth music by composers Sylvester Levay and Udi Harpaz of the series in my opinion including the superlative chase music for 'Annie Oakley' and 'Hawke's Run'. To complement these three seasons of the show, you may be interested in the official digitally remastered re-release of the acclaimed Airwolf Themes soundtrack which has been released from 3rd December 2007 on Apple iTunes... just Google 'Airwolf Themes' for full details from the official website."

Best Season Of Them All

Taheen Lopez | United States- San Diego, CA | 11/19/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I think this 1985-86 Season DVD of AIRWOLF is excellent and that this has been the best Airwolf DVD released yet, especially since I think the 3rd Season of Airwolf was the best throughout it's 4-year run on CBS as well as the most upgraded season of them all along with the fact that the Third Season of Airwolf was also the last and final season with Stringfellow Hawke(Jan-Michael Vincent), Dominic Santini(Ernest Borgnine), and Caitlyn O'Shaunnesy(Jean Bruce Scott).

It's just too bad that they didn't provide a summary with it's original air date for each episode like Airwolf-Season One did.

I also liked seeing David Hasselhoff's 1st wife(Catherine Hickland) on AIRWOLF in the "Horn Of Plenty" episode when she dances the night away with Hawke(Jan-Michael Vincent) and then entraps him, which was quite intriguing to me, especillay since I had already remembered Catherine Hickland from seeing her on KNIGHT RIDER prior to that in the "White Bird" episode, the "Let It Be Me" episode, and "The Scent Of Roses" episode.

As a matter of fact, AIRWOLF was always shown the night after KNIGHT RIDER, since KNIGHT RIDER was part of NBC's Friday night line-up and AIRWOLF was part of CBS's Saturday night line-up at the time along with the fact that AIRWOLF was in competition with KNIGHT RIDER, despite the fact that KNIGHT RIDER got better ratings than AIRWOLF did along with the fact that AIRWOLF didn't last as long as KNIGHT RIDER either, even though AIRWOLF was more upgraded than KNIGHT RIDER in some ways, since there was hefty competion between AIRWOLF and KNIGHT RIDER, since the advantages and disadvantages between AIRWOLF and KNIGHT RIDER were quite equal.

Unfortunately remaining low ratings in this season and Jan-Michael Vincents chronic drinking problem led to AIRWOLF's cancellation in the Spring of 1986 which was around the same time KNIGHT RIDER had cancelled, due to a drastic decline in ratings since AIRWOLF & KNIGHT RIDER were both losing their touch, except the USA Network had decided to bring AIRWOLF back as a new series with new cast & crew with new characters to replace the older ones for a 4th Season by replacing Stringfellow Hawke(Jan-Michael Vincent)with String's long lost kid brother St. John Hawke(Barry Van-Dyke) after String gets hurt in a freak accident and replacing Dom(Ernest Borgnine) with Dom's niece Jo Santini(Michelle Scarabelli)to take over Santini Airlines since Dom dies off, and replacing Archangel(Alex Cord)with Anthony Sherwood, except the new AIRWOLF series from USA ended up flopping since the ratings were even lower than they were during AIRWOLF'S last 2 seasons on CBS which led to USA cancelling AIRWOLF permanently.

Therefore when AIRWOLF and KNIGHT RIDER both cancelled in 1986, it was almost as if people were losing interests in high-tech shows or something and almost as if people lost interests in Superchoppers and Supercars since people weren't impressed by the special effects on AIRWOLF or KNIGHT RIDER anymore along with the fact that CBS had coincidentally cancelled AIRWOLF around the same time NBC had cancelled KNIGHT RIDER.

Airwolf's Third Season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when CBS's motto was "We've Got The Touch", which was their slogan on CBS from the Fall of 1983 thru the Summer of 1986.

It was also interesting seeing

-Eric Braeden in the "Birds Of Paradise" episode during his earlier co-starring days as Victor Newman on YOUNG & THE RESTLESS

-Anne Lockhart in the "Day Of Jeopardy" episode after her co-starring days as Sheba on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

-David Hasselhoff's 1st wife(Catherine Hickland) in the "Horn Of Plenty" episode before her co-starring days on ALL MY CHILDREN

-Stephen Parr in the "Kingdom Come" episode during his co-starring days on ONE LIFE TO LIVE

-Todd Hodges in the "Where Have All The Children Gone" episode before his co-starring days on THE HOGAN FAMILY

-Peter Brown in the "Little Wolf" episode before his co-starring days on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL and THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS

-Lance LeGault in the "Wildfires" episode during his co-starring days as Col. Decker on THE A-TEAM as Col. Greene on MAGNUM, P.I.

-Bruce Gray in "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky" episode after his co-starring days on ALL MY CHILDREN

This season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when AIRWOLF was on KTLA every Monday thru Friday at 3PM during my Junior year in high school and when AIRWOLF and KNIGHT RIDER were shown every Monday thru Friday on KTLA back in the Summer of 1990 and the Summer of 1991 starting with CHiPs at 3PM, AIRWOLF at 4PM, followed by KNIGHT RIDER at 5PM and when AIRWOLF was part of KTLA's weekday afternoon line-up back in the Summer of 1992 when CHiPs was at 1PM followed by KNIGHT RIDER at 2PM and then topped off by AIRWOLF at 3PM.

In fact, KTLA is now the CW affiliate for Los Angeles as well as the former WB affiliate for L.A. before the WB network was changed to the CW network.

By the way, I just got word that the Shout Factory will be releasing the short-lived series STREET HAWK with Rex Smith(Jesse Mach) out on DVD on Tuesday July 13, 2010 for all you high-tech TV show fans out there."

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