FIRST TIME WATCHING: Blue Thunder (1983) REACTION (Movie Commentary)
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Props for reacting to something original. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else watch this movie. This is one of my favorites growing up in the 80’s.
Got to throw in some originals sometimes. In fact, I have another planned later this week or next.
@@CapedInformer Id love for someone to react to the movie "DC Cab" starring Mr.T
@@McPh1741 oh my goodness! I love DC cab! He definitely needs to watch this after watching Rocky 3. It's kind of like the car wash movie of the '80s. I love that he's watching and reacting to movies that other people are not.
"Something original?" Naah: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
@@Otokichi786 I meant original as in nobody else is reacting to it, but thinks for the link.
Fun Fact: Blue Thunder was directed by John Badham, the director of Saturday Night Fever and Wargames, and written by Dan O'Bannon, the creator of Alien.
Also Short Circuit, Stake out and American Flyers some of my favorites
@@StultifiedGraphics Stake Out is such a good movie :)
@@11DNA11 Yeah i Love it. Didnt even mind the sequel haha
Another excellent flick written and directed by Dan O'Bannon is Return of the Living Dead which if you like 80's zombie horror flicks I recommend giving it a look.
Interesting choice for a reaction. When I saw this as a kid in theaters, the helicopter seemed so cool to me. To this day, my friends and I occasionally say “follow my leader” in bad British accents. 😄
'Blue Thunder' was one of Warren Oates (who plays Captain Braddock) last films before his untimely death. It was filmed in late 1980 or early 1981. Rest in Peace Warren Oates (1928-1982)
oh wow , this is my childhood right here. Well this and Airwolf. Big ups to CI for this.
agreed! I used to love the theme music to "Airwolf" :) ruclips.net/video/SfyhL-pFFMw/видео.html
Mine too, Firefox, Airwolf, Dukes of Hazard, Smokey and The Bandit, Star Wars, Star Trek II, Mega Force, Superfuzz, etc. Loved HBO in the early to mid 80's.
Yeah, Airwolf basically ripped off the story premise and did more stuff with it than the Blue Thunder TV show did
Wow, this is pure early 80s action filmmaking!
Wow, somebody finally did this movie, one of my favorites growing up! Thank you!
Weird how you can forget movies. Glad you caught it.
I've seen it in theater as a kid during it's original run and at that time presented technology was almost a SF. Great movie with fantastic aerial photography, worth to watch as an action classic with pinch of political thriller 👍🏻
this movie was way ahead of it's time
Not really: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
In an interview, Roy Scheider said that he didn't agree with the aerial dogfighting shootout over LA, because he felt the hero he was playing wouldn't have risked getting other people injured down below, and would have instead flown somewhere outside of town.
My dad loves this movie! I love it too. A Vietnam Helicopter pilot working as a police pilot uncovers a sinister conspiracy while testing out a new prototype chopper. Buckle up for the ride of your life.
Funny you should say that about your dad. I went with my dad to see this in the cinema as a kid and he wasn't the biggest movie fan...even he loved it.
I havent seen this movie in years. His girlfriend/wife is the girl in "American Graffiti", The news correspondent is the same guy in "Robocop". And of course Malcom Mcdowell is from "A Clockwork Orange"
Bit of trivia- Blue Thunder was turned into a short lived tv series in the early 80s with James Farentino in the lead role as Frank Chaney and a (very young) Dana Carvey as his observer "Wonderlove." Can't remember if they explained how they resurrected the helicopter in the series or they just went with re-writing history that it was never destroyed in the film.
The air team was paired with a ground unit (code named "Rolling Thunder" in a specialized SWAT van) of cops played by former NFL stars Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith (also of "Police Academy" fame... which should be on your watch list ;^) ). I only really remember the pilot episode in which a bad guy seeks revenge against Frank by shooting LAPD helicopters down with a military plane.
The show was going up against *another* helicopter tv show on air at the time "Airwolf." Airwolf won out while Blue Thunder was cancelled after only 11 episodes.
Yeah, you could say that the TV series was a rebooted storyline, since they had to make a series out of it
The series got canceled due to low ratings, and also I think James Farentino got into trouble with the law for stalking his ex-wife (not with a helicopter of course)
In one of the episodes it was revealed that a second Blue Thunder was built and that's what was in the show besides a lot of use of footage from the movie to save money. The show was pretty bad from what I remember and I'm not surprised it was cancelled as quickly as it was. I do remember there were 3 shows based around helicopters in 1984 due to the success of Blue Thunder. You had Blue Thunder the series, Riptide, and Airwolf. Riptide was great in it's own right but Airwolf was the best of the three.
@@manofsan The Nielson ratings were fine, it was averaging a 14.5 share. It was Farentino's cocaine addiction that caused the show's cancellation. Dana Carvey walked off the show during the final episode of filming because James was out of control apparently. The show was very successful in international syndication (just like Street Hawk) -- with both shows only having the single half season but airing in dozens of countries.
@@alucard624 Fans of the movie were angry because the TV Show didn't have the same tone. But the Blue Thunder show was pretty good as a clone of the A-Team (which is what ABC wanted -- including selling the toys from MPC).
@@BadGVideoGamesThis film was (is) one of my favorites, but compared to the tv series, the series sucked!
Yes - I was expecting the same tone as the film, but the series was - to me - more akin to M*A*S*H.
Wow, first time I've seen someone react to this movie on YT! (To be fair, I haven't searched, but get a lot of suggested channels/vids). Looking forward to this. Love the channel, man.
Appreciate it!
This movie came out when I was a kid. We had all seen the trailer and were counting the days until it was in the theater. Just about every boy and many of the girls saw it opening weekend. It was pretty much all we talked about the next week.
Yeah, but then Star Wars came out like the week after, and so that's why Blue Thunder got overlooked in the huge Star Wars craze that followed
@@manofsan True. Return of the Jedi came out right after Blue Thunder did. Likely another reason not many have seen it still to this day.
If you want more 80’s flicks in a similar vein, check out Firefox with Clint Eastwood and/or Wargames with Matthew Broderick.
War games is awesome! I've seen it numerous times but until I moved here to Colorado I didn't realize it was in the Cheyenne Mountain. I was watching it with my husband a couple of weeks ago. We both graduated high school in 1987 and he had never seen it. Wow! Flashback with those computers. I would love to see him do a reaction to war games. I haven't seen anybody do that one yet
Firefox is a good movie.
Firefox is excellent.
Love Firefox. It's a slow burn but it's damn good.
Roy was so damn solid of an actor. This film was one of his best. I saw it in the cinema twice.
Roy was a damn solid actor. This film was one of his best. I saw it in the cinema twice.
Thank you for your this reaction, CI. My favourite movie of all time. 🇦🇺👍🏻
"Blue Thunder" has been my favourite film since I first watched it on video in the 80s,and I've watched 100's of films since then.Very suprised other people love it too!🚁
WOW, you're digging deep with the "old school" stuff. And back when a helicopter chase actually had real helicopters chasing each other!
Fun fact. This film was Sega’s main influence to make the game known as “Thunder Blade”.
Blue Thunder is definitely an underrated 80's classic.
Dude! Pretty sure this was the first or second R rated film I snuck into a theater to see. Also part of my 'recorded off HBO' VHS collection. Haven't seen it this millennium, but I remember ALL the dialogue.
Wow, love that I was able to bring this one back for some of y’all
I used to see it all the time on HBO back in the day along with Back to the Future and other great 80's movies around that era.
Roy Scheider........'The French Connection' ( with Gene Hackman ).....& 'The Seven Ups' ( another cop movie with a spectacular chase scene ). But there was a film that came out in 1977....called 'Sorcerer'. It was directed by William Friedkin ( 'The Exorcist' ). Roy starred in it, and the soundtrack was by a synth group called Tangerine Dream. An action adventure in South America I think. A cult classic. But it opened the same time as 'Star Wars'...& people missed it.
Thanks for the variety! MUCH appreciated.
Love this flick. Saw it when it came out, all those night shots/footage was glorious in a dark cinema big screen.
WOW! Never thought I'd see a reaction to this awesome film!
I had a model of this helicopter as a kid. Did not know there was a movie about it. Cool.
Watched both the film and the tv series... and of course all the other super vehicle series too (Airwolf, Knight Rider, and Streethawk)
NO 1 does this 1 . NICE. This was 1 of my pops favorite flicks.
"Catch ya later..."
Love that he said that at the end after he nailed the other guy.
Haven't seen anyone react to this one my cousin had the toy helicopter it was awesome.
I love the fact that the nose-heaviness of the helicopter was put in the movie in dialogue form.
This was one of my favorite action movies from the eighties. Roy Scheider was excellent in this film. I have enjoyed his work in the films "The French Connection" and "Jaws". Malcolm McDowell and Warren Oates played great key roles as both Scheider's enemy and his superior, respectively.
Don't forget "The seven-ups"!
In my opinion airwolf would've destroyed blue thunder I'm just saying.
@@keithwiggins299 Airwolf would've destroyed Blue Thunder as well as just about anything else with the armament it had.
@@alucard624 except Firefox that jet Clint Eastwood had if you saw the movie.
The helmet gunsight that aims the chin cannon is used on the Army Apache helicopter, in service since the mid 1980's. Other countries have those systems as well. The helicopter used is a French Alouette. All that external body plating was attached to the functional fuselage of the Alouette. This made it heavy and difficult to fly. The 20mm rotary cannon is used on many jet fighters. The Apache uses a single barrel 25mm gun, as well as missiles and rocket pods. The first dedicated attack helicopter was the Cobra that saw service in Vietnam. Advanced variants of the Cobra are still flown by the Marines.
One of the first movies I ever watched ever.
Malcolm McDowell who played Col. cochrane said his own wife and kids cheered at the end when his character gets blown out of the Sky. He played that role well.
This was a joy to watch. As a fan of this movie since it first came out it was a pleasure to see your reactions as you clearly get it exactly the way it was intended. Outstanding!
Back in the 80s this is the first VHS that I purchased because I loved this movie so much. It cost me 80$ (CDN), this was before movie studios came up with the "Priced to own" concept. Which i first saw with "Beverly Hill Cop".
My friend Candy plays Murphy's girlfriend in this. I'm going to share it with her. You must also watch her in AMERICAN GRAFFITI for which she was nominated a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and definitely watch THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH where she stars with David Bowie.
No way, if you’re serious I’d love to hear her thoughts lol
@@CapedInformer Ok, I'll send it to you if she comments. Right now we're communicating via FB.
@@robertjewell9727 -- Years later when I saw the remake of The Blob, I realized she played the waitress from the diner.. Of course, my favorite role of hers was in 1981's Dragonslayer.
@@davidr1050 , that's Caitlin Clark in Dragonslayer, but Candy did play the proprietor of the diner and I've often told Candy how much I dislike the telephone booth sxene because it's so scifi-horror effective.
@@robertjewell9727 --- ahhh.. My mistake.. Memory is a bit fuzzy these days... By far the best body-horror special effect in that film got the LEAST amount of screen time. The girl in the movie theater who's face sticks to the carpet as she's rolled over...
"You're grounded" hahaha
The worst you can tell a pilot
The first helicopter able to do full inverted loops was a German Bo-105. It kinda looks like the MH-6 LittleBird that the villain was using but chunky.
Incorrect, the first helicopter to perform a loop was a sikorsky S52 back in 1949. I think what you're trying to say is the Bo105 is the first helicopter to be certified to perform sustained aerobatics albeit being modified and strengthened in certain areas although the standard model is just as capable of pulling aerobatics as well. There's even footage of a CH53 , which isn't a small helicopter by any means doing loops and rolls
Great Movie,awesome Stunt flying. Thx for the Upload
Check out Roy Scheider in his project the following year, "2010: The Year We Make Contact."
One of my favorite Roy Scheider movies. Others worth checking out are Last Embrace, Sorcerer and Still of the Night and even though it was more a Gene Hackman vehicle, The French Connection. Thanks for the reaction.
I like this movie, its performers, and its soundtrack. After seeing it in the theater, a bought the soundtrack album.
It's a really good eighties movie, and there's some superb aerial stunts. It is an overlooked film.
Blue Thunder is a modified Aérospatiale AS-341 Gazelle, with a three bladed fully articulated main rotor. The helicopter Chocrane was flying was a modified Hughes 500, with a five bladed fully articulated main rotor. With the right reinforcements, both aircraft are capable of aerobatics but there are aircraft better suited for it.
The Bell 206 Jet Rangers flown by the police have two bladed semi rigid main rotors and are incapable of aerobatics, just as any helicopter with the two bladed semi rigid system is.
The most well known aerobatic helicopter is the Red Bull MBB BÖ-105. It has a four bladed rigid main rotor, and was developed by Germany to carry tube launched anti tank missiles. You’d be amazed at the video of a West German 105 buzzing around at less than 50 feet off the ground whipping around trees and pulling tight turns with the blades almost clipping grass, wild and ballsy pilot.
Also, the AH-64 Apache with a four bladed bearingless main rotor, the Eurocopter Tiger and Westland Lynx, both with a four bladed hingeless main rotor system, and even the enormous Sikorky CH-53 with a six bladed fully articulated main rotor, have all done aerobatic maneuvers successfully.
One of the most underrated movies from the 80ies. In Germany it was called Das fliegende Auge = The flying Eye.
I’m not sure but I think after this movie the idea of the „Airwolf“ series was born.
"Airwolf"? Start at the beginning: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
Airwolf was indeed born out of the success of this film.
3:45
_"That's weird, helicopters are very loud, how can't she hear that?"_
Because she knows the helicopter is out there; she's putting out a show for them.
and this was a few years before the TV series Airwolf
Wow thanks for sharing your reaction I saw this several times at the theater really great movie
Wow! I almost forgot about this movie! I was 14 when it came out. My dad was in the Air Force and we were stationed in West Germany. We had one of the first video cassette recorders otherwise known as a betamax. You may have to look that up. Lol! A lot of movies were bootlegged and recorded on VHS and betamax and sent overseas to the military. I saw so many movies back then but this was one of my favorite. I grew up watching old westerns with my dad and then Clint Eastwood, Rocky and Sylvester Stallone oh, of course Rambo, Schwarzenegger. I almost forgot about this. It was one of my absolute favorite '80s action movies. I can tell you are going to love the lethal weapon series. Great reaction! Thank your patron for this one! I remember thinking back then being a military kid how much did my dad know about everything that was going on in the military and the government during the cold war. Now I am an army wife and my husband's about to retire after 22 years. And talking to my dad over the years I'm glad I didn't know. Lol! Keep showing those awesome 80s movies. I know next has to be Beverly hills cop with Eddie murphy. It can't watch 80s cop movies and not watch that series. You have a new subscriber today!
I appreciate it! Both those movie series you named are on my to do list. Stay tuned! 😊
I rented it when we were stationed in Panama, I was a lot younger though and didn't realize the amount of nudity and swearing in it.
Lovin the 80s movies 🎥 awesome as always keep em coming 🤙🤙🤙
It was so awesome to see you react to this movie basically the same as I did when it first came out on video in '84. Loved it! To this day, I still watch it a few times a year. This was the first RUclips video of yours that I had ever seen and after seeing your reaction, I subscribed immediately. Great job, man!
Great movie reaction and selection!
I can remember that this was the 1st tape we had on our brand new VCR back in 1984.
You will also like the movies "The Final Countdown (1980)" and "Alien Nation (1988)".
How to say this w/o spoiler... because of relatives of mine (2 uncles and a 2nd cousin) I _loved_ The Final Countdown... most of it. I'll leave you to guess what disappointed me (and many others, I'm sure).
"Blue Thunder"?!? :D The German title is "Das fliegende Auge" - "The flying Eye" :D
My favorite movie growing up as a kid. I got my dad to keep renting it all the time. I never understood it as a kid what was going on as I was only interested in the cool helicopter. Wasn’t until about 5 years ago I watched it as a adult that I understood it
How bout that great Hollywood stunt flying awesome! Thanks again
Hollyweird had nothing on TV: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
,, my uncle used to put this on for me he had it on laser disc back in the day
On my top ten movies from my youth !
Love this movie. Hope you have an great day 😊. Much ❤ always
This was one of my favorite movies when I as a kid.
The movie was way ahead of its time.
And it's really good.
Check out sorcerer with Roy Schieder directed by William Friedkin who also directed the exorcist and the French connection among others.
"Heyyy, amigo! Buenos dias!"
"No shit, bendeyho!"
"OK, amigo--how's your autorotation technique?"
Cracks me up.
Haha loved that part too
"ok. How'd you like to follow MY LEADER?!?"
The German Bo-105 being capable of performing a looping has already been mentioned. But they also had the helicopter of this movie perform a real looping. It's not a camera trick.The bad editing / cutting of that scene just makes it look fake. There is a video on RUclips showing the stunt work of the movie including the unedited record of the full looping.
Love this film and this story as an kid.
Saw it with my father.
The climax was so ballistic.
There was a tv series that followed.
I couldn't get into it.
Doesn't hold up as good as the movie.
If there is one thing i do know, old school videogames with helicopter action (Choplifter, Tiger Heli, Thunder Blade, Steel Talons, etc) were most definitely inspired by Blue Thunder.
Another good Roy Scheider movie is(1986) 52 pick-up
One of my favorite movies. Always a terrific watch.
Ahh, what an era, when Super Helicopters ruled the skies! Blue Thunder & Airwolf. I always thought Airwolf looked cooler :)
KBEX Radio, here: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
Holy crap! After my saying forever that no-one 'first-time-watches' any John Badham movies, within three weeks two of his movies are reacted to. May I recommend also Wargames - made the same year as this actually and probably his most remembered movie. For those looking for a Wargames reaction in the meantime, there is only one so far: ruclips.net/video/y12xhIvzKeM/видео.html&t
John Badham, Walter Hill, Peter Hyams were great directors in the 80's who don't get enough credit, they made so many great movies. Short Circuit, Stakeout, The Hard Way, are great Badham movies. Extreme Prejudice, Trespass, are great Walter Hill movies. 2010, Running Scared, Outland, Narrow Margin are great Peter Hyams movies
Also suggest „2010 the year we make contact”. Sequel to 2001, actual movie not a work of art like 2001 (and I love 2001).
Thank you for reacting to this movie. I loved it as a kid. If you like Roy Scheider's acting (I do too) you should watch 2010 and Jaws 2.
Same director as Saturday Night Fever and WarGames
I love this movie!!
I like your reactions u let the movie play a lot without many interruptions .
Fantasy job: Helicopter pilot. 👍 (In every disaster scenario that I've seen helicopters are always in high demand)
"Harry Walker" would object: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
rip roy schneider
Love this movie, it's one of my favorites still. As a kid, I loved it for being cool helicopters, didn't understand the story much. But now, I love how it brings up controlling people and how invasive government can be. Plus, bad ass helicopter! The bad guy, was actually afraid of flying, and hated doing those scenes. I love the interactions between all of the characters. The chief isn't just the stereotypical hard ass, that always busts balls, but also backs up his guy. Roy is just awesome.
Fun fact: The parents of McDowell really cheered on when he got his ass fried in that chopper fight scene. lol.
Bro! This here is a good movie!
Great movie, this and Original Red Dawn still hold up today.
Some helicopters can do flips if they're fast enough. Just look at the AH-64 Apache. That one can do some awesome shit.
A good 80's helicopter tv series worth watching is Airwolf. It had 3 seasons with the original cast and one season (not as good) with a different cast. You could probably do a reaction to the 2 hour pilot episode.
It makes me wanna play Thunder Blade in arcade B|
Where’s the time machine ?
The movie shows why we have the Posse Comitatus law in the Constitution - we don't allow the military to be used on our civilians. The next question becomes: "Yeah, but what about military equipment?"
🤔 always a loophole lol
Obama said in a public speech, "Weapons of war, do not belong on our streets." --- Then proceeded to hand out military equipment to police departments around the country...
@@davidr1050 Biden threatened to use F15's and nukes on the American people, wonderful time we are living in.
Take the success of this move and add it to the popularity of Knight Rider, and you get the TV show Air Wolf.
All of that equipment was real back in 83 and is basic equipment now.
Another excellent Roy Scheider movie: The Seven-Ups
Great pick!
Great choice man. You doin some cult classics.
Got to throw in some original ones now and again. Thought some would appreciate it
6:00 It's Sergeant Hulka!!!!!
Could you imagine APACHEs as police helicopters OMG...
That was a modified Gazelle helicopter, the regular versions don't look anything like that and have round front ends.
The aerial cinematography was excellent in that movie. No CGI back in the 80s - well maybe excluding TRON - so all of that was filmed using real helos.
Based on the Sega Mega drive game Super Thunder Blade.
Wow great movie. You should watch Marathon Man 1976 great suspense movie with Dustin Hoffman and Rob Schneider. This movie remind of classic 80's tv show AirWolf. Catch you Later :)
Sup bro! You're my 65th favorite person in the world. Just thought you should know.
It’s an honor bro
Check out The Fourth War from 1990 with Scheider.