Blue Thunder Page #3

Unless you're one of the civilians.

All right. Last pass, gentlemen.

Anybody wanna bet on the school bus?

We haven't told our pilot

about the bus.

Let's see if he can pick up

on what's wrong with it.

Damn it! Bloody gun!

Now, if you come down below,

we'll take a closer look...

...and I'll be glad to answer

any questions you may have.

Terrific shooting, colonel.

It was beautiful.

Beautiful, was it?

Goddamn it! I had another stoppage.

I nearly killed you

on that second pass.

If it happens again,

I'll have their balls.

There's somebody I want you to meet.

Well, what do you know!

Friend of yours?

An old war buddy. The bastard tried

to have me court-martialled once.

Sorry I brought it up.

Look who it isn't.

Colonel, this is Captain

Braddock of Astro Division.

And Frank Murphy. He'll do

the actual testing over the city.

Finally made colonel?

If you're nice, nice things

happen to you.

I'll try to remember that.

Step this way for any questions.

How did we draw him?

He and his observer

were assigned to us.

-I didn't realize you were acquainted.

-Only too well, I'm afraid.

I'd have had him up on charges

if he hadn't caught some shrapnel.

He's totally unsuitable

for our purpose.

I'll call Mr. Holmes tonight.

Don't bother him.

I think we can handle it.

--30 million candlepower

night sun with an infrared filter.

Over here is your TV camera,

with 1 00-to-1 zoom lens.

-We could've used this in Nam.

-We could've used something.

Do you think you can fly it?

You flew it, didn't you?

I'll check you out myself.

Be on the pad, 1 2 sharp.

Twelve sharp.

Catch you later.

Stand back from there.

Irritating little cocksucker,

isn't he?

-Tequila breath!

-My man in the sky.

-How do you like day shifts?

-My bride's happier. But me?

-What's happening?

-I gotta go take a flight check.

What do you make of this?

What it is?

I found it where

Diana McNeely was killed.

I think it's about

that urban violence stuff.

Can you translate it?

I gotta log in, but I'll

get back to you later.

Keep it under your hat.

Right under the hat.

Look at this!

I gotta get dressed.

I'll see you in a second.

Thanks for the hat.

-How's it going?

-What's this "JAFO" sh*t?

Look up.

Look down. Look left.

Look right.

-Don't worry.

-What's JAFO?

You know what Montoya told me?

He told me you looped one

of those things. A helicopter.

He's putting me on, right?

No, he wasn't.

You actually looped a chopper?

-That's right.

-When?

When I was young and stupid.

You're telling me it was

a complete 360? Right over the top?

A full loop.

I thought that was impossible.

It is.

It's aerodynamically impossible.

Anyone who tells you any

different is a damn liar.

Now, you take the Ranger

and I'll be in my bird.

We'll have a little game.

Follow my leader.

Follow my leader.

Catch you later.

Catch you later.

Murphy, this is Cochrane.

Join formation with me, echelon

right. And keep it tight.

Roger that, colonel.

Wanna show me that loop, Murphy?

Negatory.

I thought so.

Okay, slide over to my left.

Come on, keep it tight.

Christ!

Any closer, we start eating blades.

We're following his leader.

Now push it over and pick up speed.

Follow me through

a high-speed climbing turn.

Level out at 500 feet.

All right, Mr. Murphy.

You take the lead.

Roger that.

Damn! Damn it! Sh*t!

We got a runaway!

Jeez! What was that?

Grab your ankles and kiss your ass

goodbye. We're going down.

Mayday! Mayday!

We're going down.

Willowbrook and Alameda.

Request ambulance, fire.

Shut the fuel off.

Shut the fuel off!

Head's up!

Jesus! Where'd that bus come from?

Steady. We're gonna

make a house call.

Central, this is Blue Thunder.

It seems that we have a ship down,

somewhere in the Watts area.

Are you all right?

-Are you all right?

-Yeah.

Get the hell off me!

I hope you broke your f***ing neck!

You could've killed half of my crew!

You knocked down the whole damn shack!

Get the hell out of here!

-Listen, Dick. Thanks a lot.

-Be careful.

-Take care.

-See you.

Rather a near thing today.

I heard your turbine failed.

Or was it your flying?

Back off, a**hole.

What's that I hear? Threats?

Well, what a change.

We are acting brave nowadays.

Are you threatening me, Murphy?

No, I'm telling you. Back off.

Catch you later.

-Can I see your watch?

-Sure.

You know where it is, don't you?

Are you losing weight?

Getting older too. I think you

have to turn up here.

Getting enough sleep?

Are we having two different

conversations or I am going nuts?

The train ride. The train ride.

I'll find it.

-If you don't run out of gas first.

-What?

When that needle points to empty,

it means you're out of gas.

That's broken.

We got plenty.

Mommy! You missed the train ride.

Hang on.

-Are you crazy?

-This a one-way street!

I won't tell if you won't tell!

I'll tell you one thing,

it's hard to read.

-Yeah, I know.

-It's part of a letter.

It says something about strangers

in the barrio making trouble.

I don't know. Something

like that. Here's a word...

...that isn't in Spanish:

"Thor."

T-H-O-R.

-Thor?

-Mean anything?

Strangers in the barrio

making trouble.

I don't know.

Maybe I've been in this too long, but

I think something bad's coming down.

Most of the official family

of Los Angeles, led by the mayor...

...and the City Council, gathered

with family members...

...and members of the black community

at McNeely's funeral...

... who was tragically murdered

several days ago.

Food's up!

McNeely, who chaired

the Commission on Urban Violence...

... was an outspoken critic of

police department policies.

The chief was in evidence as were

many of his aides.

As temperatures stay high

and tempers continue to fray...

... fires continue in

the Watts area...

... the City of lndustry, Pacoima

and East Los Angeles.

You want ketchup on your sandwich?

Now where did he go?

Frank, did you say you wanted--?

Frank, are you okay?

Is this something kinky?

Goddamn your black lrish heart...

....Frances McNeil Murphy,

if you've left!

These are your television monitors.

You have three.

The one in the centre ties into

all your computer banks.

The switches:

Night vision.

Infrared filter. Target system.

Whisper mode

so you can travel silent.

Audio, which controls your

outside mikes which are here.

What's the sensitivity?

You can hear a mouse fart

at 2000 feet.

Now, gentlemen. This is your

Harrison fire control helmet.

This baby is the heart of your system.

Let's take a look

and see how she works.

Watch this.

It superimposes the gun cues

on the real world.

Wherever you look, the guns follow.

You can zero in on

any target you want...

...just by putting the green

tracer line on your target.

You wanna give it a shot?

What's that, 3l4-inch video?

You know something about it?

-That was my rate in the Navy.

-What ship?

-Midway.

-No sh*t. I was on the Forrestal.

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