Airwolf Complete Season 2 (1984-1985) UK DVD 2007

(c) Universal Studios

Back of Box:
Get ready to take off for action and adventure as all 22 one-hour episodes of Airwolf: Season Two soar onto a spectacular six-disc DVD set for the first time. Cruise the skies once again with Airwolf, the cutting-edge, high-tech surveillance and defence helicopter of the future, and Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent), Its reclusive renegade pilot, as they take on dangerous secret missions from Afghanistan to the jungles of Central America. From drug runners to dambreakers to demented businessmen, there's no one who can hide from the Airwolf teams high-tech gadgetry and fighting power. Co-starring Ernest Borgnine and Alex Cord, this suspenseful and daring Emmy -nominated series from TV producer Donald P. Bellisario (Magnum P.I, Quantum Leap) is sure to be a thrill ride fans won't want to end!

Special Features:
Chapter Points / Animated Menu






I liked the second season, although it lacked the whole "cold war" aspect which was sad, it became more of a domestic problem solver, most of which was based in the U.S.  Series two does however bring a few classic episodes back into our hands such as "Moffetts Ghost", "Sweet Britches", "HX-1", "and "Severance Pay"  yes i liked that episode, it kinda brought us into the firm and where the people in white got all their Intel.  I also liked Inn at the End of the Road...
(that was the one with the "Lokie" device and doc gifford flying airwolf)
I always though they only brought him in to kinda slap J.M.V into touch... that whole "listen buddy.. your replaceable.. so get it together" But that's just my thoughts on that scenario and not an official thing.

Episode List:

                       Original
Episode #   Prod #    Air Date    Titles

_________  _______   __________   ________________________

13   2-01   58801     22/Sep/84   Sweet Britches 
14   2-02   58803     29/Sep/84   Firestorm 
15   2-03   58805     06/Oct/84   Moffett's Ghost 
16   2-04   58802     13/Oct/84   The Truth About Holly 
17   2-05   58810     20/Oct/84   The Hunted 
18   2-06   58811     27/Oct/84   Sins of the Past 
19   2-07   58804     03/Nov/84   Fallen Angel (a.k.a. Angel Of Mercy) 
20   2-08   58807     10/Nov/84   HX 1 
21   2-09   58816     17/Nov/84   Flight #093 Is Missing 
22   2-10   58819     24/Nov/84   Once a Hero (a.k.a. Heroes) 
23   2-11   58813     08/Dec/84   Random Target 
24   2-12   58818     05/Jan/85   Condemned 
25   2-13   58817     12/Jan/85   The American Dream 
26   2-14   58823     26/Jan/85   Inn at the End of the Road 
27   2-15   58824     02/Feb/85   Santini's Millions 
28   2-16   58825     09/Feb/85   Prisoner of Yesterday 
29   2-17   58830     23/Feb/85   Natural Born 
30   2-18   58827     02/Mar/85   Out of the Sky 
31   2-19   58832     16/Mar/85   Dambreakers 
32   2-20   58806     23/Mar/85   Severance Pay 
33   2-21   58829     06/Apr/85   Eruption 
34   2-22   58831     13/Apr/85   Short Walk to Freedom 

Packaging:

Card Box 3 Slim Cases

Card Box 3 Slim Cases

All 6 Discs Ber The Same ArtWork

DVD Main Menu

Disc ONE Also Features The Universal Playback Trailer

Discs TWO to SIX Just Feature Play All & Episode Selection

Episode Selection:

Episode Selection Screen

Random Note:
Such a shame the companies don't bother with any extras or truly high-tech menus that the likes of these dvd creation programs can export. This set doesn't even have chapter selection, only episode choice.  All 6 Discs feature the same 52 second animation while irrelevant numbers scroll across the screen. The Music playing is just the airwolf opening theme music. The animated menu on all 6 discs is the same clips.

Warning Before Buying:
There is two different variations of this region 2 release (so be careful before you buy)
I found the season 2 i purchased, the box its self, the "whole" box front is glossy
where as my season 1 & 3 are a mat finish and ONLY the 3 character images & airwolf are glossy
This variation between Mat finish and Glossy finish also means the AIRWOLF down the box spine is the Wrong Way Around...  Making it look really stupid on your shelf...
See both images below...

Airwolf Name Back To Front Right Way Up

Airwolf Name Right Way Up Age Logo Oops

Other Details:
DVD Release Date: 12/MARCH/2007
Aspect Ratio: 4.3 Full Screen 1.33:1
Audio: 2.0 Mono 
Subtitles: None
Running Time: 1105 Mins Approx
Region Code: Region 2, 4, 5 PAL DVD
DVD Count: (6) Six Discs
UPC: 5050582471533
ASIN: B000EMI5M4

Review by TheWraith517

Airwolf Complete Season 1 (1984) UK DVD 2006

Back of Box:
Keep your eyes to the skies for non-stop action as the complete Season One of Airwolf soars onto dvd for the first time ever!

Jan-Michael Vincent stars as Stringfellow Hawke, a reclusive renegade pilot who's assigned to top-secret missions for the CIA by a mysterious "Archangel" (alex Cord) hawke's weapon of choice is the high-tech battle helicopter of the future.

Airwolf Loaded with cutting-edge surveillance equipment and unbelievable firepower. Airwolf takes hawke and his friend Dominic (Ernest Borgnine) around the globe in search of dangerous international spies and criminals. Ride along guest starts Lance LeGault, James Whitmore Jr, Shannen Doherty and David Carradine on all 11 episodes, including the thrilling two-hour pilot of this amazing action-adventure series.



Special Features:
Chapter Points / Animated Menu



The region 2 release came almost a year after the region 1, leaving people in the UK waiting, wondering and completely unsure if NBC would ever release it within the UK in region 2 format. Clearly the long time Airwolf fans just jumped on the .com seller sites rather than the .co.uk and just bought the R1 release after about 2 months of waiting for an official R2 PlayBack release. (this is only advisable if you have a region free dvd player, almost every dvd player can be unlocked) Knowing this Universal clearly decided to re-package the actual DVD Menus and include an animation, probably in the hopes anyone living anywhere would spend more cash to get the R2 set, as many long time fans also did. Although it comes with an animated menu (unlike r1 release) but sadly it lacks the r1 episode summary screens.

Episode List:
                                         Original
 Episode #       Prod #        Air Date     Titles
__________ _________  __________ ___________________

01   1-01          58201       22/Jan/84     Shadow of the Hawke (1)
02   1-02          58276       22/Jan/84     Shadow of the Hawke (2)
03   1-03          58208       28/Jan/84     Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n
04   1-04          58205       04/Feb/84    Bite of the Jackal
05   1-05          58207       11/Feb/84    Proof Through the Night
06   1-06          58209       18/Feb/84    One Way Express
07   1-07          58211       03/Mar/84    Echos From the Past
08   1-08          58218       10/Mar/84    Fight Like a Dove
09   1-09          58216       24/Mar/84    Mad Over Miami
10   1-10          58217       31/Mar/84    And They Are Us
11   1-11          58221       07/Apr/84     Mind of the Machine
12   1-12          58210       14/Apr/84    To Snare a Wolf 

UK Region 2 Plexi Box & Cardboard Sleeve

4 Plexi Trays Hold The 4 DVD's Outside The Sleeve

As They Are Single Sided Each DVD Bers The ArtWork

What You Get In The UK Region 2 Set

How The DVD Loads & The 3D Model Hovers Down Into View

Animation Phase

Animation Phase

The Animation banks from left to right in a video looping motion until you select an option, then it turns side on and flys off to the left and presents the episode list or plays all.

DVD 1 Episode Selection Menu

DVD 2 Episode Selection Menu

DVD 3 Episode Selection Menu

DVD 4 Episode Selection Menu

Inside Cover of Plexi Tray

 Other Details:

DVD Release Date: 3/APRIL/2006
Aspect Ratio: 4.3 Full Screen 1.33:1
Audio: 2.0 Mono 
Running Time: 592 Mins Approx
Region Code: Region 2 UK PAL DVD
DVD Count: (4) Four Discs 
 UPC: 5050582383041
ASIN: B000EMI5M4

Review by TheWraith517

Airwolf The Movie (1984) UK VHS Rental 1984

Back of Box:
Airwolf The Movie is a futuristic high action adventure about an awesome billion dollar helicopter equipped with a twin-turbine drum rotor system capable of propelling it to 300 knots, plus 14 firepower options. When the helicopter is purloined by Libyan mercenaries, Michael Archangel (Alex Cord), project director of the CIA, enlists the help of Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and his father's best friend Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) in an attempt to recover the Airwolf.
A deadly mission takes them to the Middle East, where they come face to face with the enemy in a dirty battle to re-possess the deadliest aerial weapon ever made.



Special Features:
Trailers for other movies coming out in cinemas
and on rental and out to buy on video previews.


  



 The Movie Version of the Airwolf two part Pilot was released in competition with the Blue Thunder movie release & was never "originally" sold to the public as a Retail item. The only way to watch the movie version was to rent it. It was released later for Retail purchase with a UPC code and different packaging many many years later.

While the much longer two part Pilot aired on television after the 9pm kids in bed deadline (the watershed) on the Friday night, while the series then began the next afternoon. No one really thought about trying to get the movie until the series ended & people realized it wasn't getting a re-run. Also back when it first aired not many people had a VHS machine, let alone a 2nd hand Betamax, that kind of hardware was expensive back then. So not many people even managed to tape the shows off the TV until they were re-aired in 1996 on iTv and HTv Wales.

The movie is rated 18+ and contains swearing, it also featured a few extra scenes padding out the action and yet it was also cut in places removing the pilot ending at the cabin, so when Airwolf fly's over the water at after hunting Moffet, it ends right there. The TV pilot edition shows hawke back at the cabin with a visit from archangel leaving him with a case for the series to begin, the TV pilot also shows them checking out the lair, these scenes aren't on the movie release.

The Redstar start up sequence also features a different music score in the Movie Cut as does the red castle scene when Angela is dancing at the red castle. The movie is shorter than the pilot though it does feature a chad training camp scene that moffet takes out. The chad camp scene is made up of clips from "and they are us" and also "mad over miami", but the movie release can be watched as a stand alone film that ends where it ends.
Airwolf  "The Movie " version is now also available on DVD  .

They also re-cut some scenes and changed bits around as seen in this image here

Movie (left)                          Tv Pilot (right)

Only The Movie Cut Shows What He Is Seeing

Other Details:

VHS Release Date: 1984
Aspect Ratio: 4.3 Full Screen 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 Mins Approx
Region Frame Rate: UK PAL
UPC: None Supplied (rental tape)
Serial: VHS PAL VHT 1119
Also Released Under
Serial: VHS PAL VHR 1119

UK RENTAL VHT 1119 COVER - THOUGH A STANDARD BOX SIZE

These Do Pop Up On eBay Fairly Often

These Do Pop Up On eBay Fairly Often

UK RENTAL VHR 1119 COVER - THOUGH A STANDARD BOX SIZE

Here is the original VHS Movie Trailer for the '18 cert' Airwolf Movie.

Still Image from the Original Trailer

Still Image from the Remastered Trailer

Binocular Perspective Never Included In the Pilot Release

 People may post comments below with any additional information....

Review by TheWraith517
Blog post date set to 20th January 1984 
(does anyone know the exact date the Rental tape came out)?