# Any fans of the Airport Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015 "2011-04-11T22:31:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/1 "2011-04-11T22:31:11Z")
I just purchased The Terminal Pack DVD collection of the four Airport movies for the low price of $13.00, a real bargain. Airport Airport 75 Airport 77 Airport Concorde Any fans of the series? I must admit a certain fondness for all of them, each one was more over the top than the one before. My favorite moments: Dean Martin telling Jackie Bisset where the best place is to get an abortion, Sweden. Shut Down, Joe!!! Karen Black with crossed eyes with quivering lips as she flies the plane over the mountain. A 747 turning into a submarine. The most ridiculous scene in an aviation movie, at supposedly supersonic speeds George Kennedy sticks his hand out the window of the Concorde and fires a flare gun to confuse a heat seeking missiles. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/2 "2011-04-11T23:38:12Z")
I love Airport. I hate all the rest. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/3 "2011-04-12T00:07:52Z")
Surely you can’t be serious! Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/4 "2011-04-12T00:51:39Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > The most ridiculous scene in an aviation movie,… You’re not allowed to say that until you’ve seen _Starflight, the Plane that Couldn’t Land_. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/5 "2011-04-12T03:18:54Z")
The scene in Airport '75 where the replacement pilot being dropped into the cockpit gets his tether release yanked when it’s caught on some debris and gets sucked out of the plane totally freaked me out. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/6 "2011-04-12T04:40:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I love Airport. I hate all the rest. Same here, and that’s because Airport was based on a real book, and a pretty good one too: Airport by Arthur Hailey. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-airport-movies/578015/7 "2011-04-12T04:45:27Z")
As I recall, the first one was pretty good. I haven’t seen any of the others.