| Dogfights -The Complete Season 2 (History Channel) | 
 enlarge | Director: Rob Lihani
Actor: Various
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 10642
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 799
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: AAED114190D
UPC: 733961114195
EAN: 0733961114195
ASIN: B0016OKQZI
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 06/24/2008 Run time: 798 minutes
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 Wish i could have reviewed this January 6, 2009
Retailer would not support shipment to an APO so the order was cancelled by the retailer.
 Season 2, better than the first! January 6, 2009
'Dogfights, season 2' is even better than the first season. Season 2 has 5 CD's instead of 4 that season 1 had, plus one extra battle per CD. This season has WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the Israeli Sx Day War.
I love both seasons. I watch them over and over again. If you want to watch air battles about famous aces like Robert S. Johnson, Robin Olds, Lee A. Archer and more. With air battles about the P-51, P-47, F-4, F-86, F-15, Mirage and more.
If you want to read about aces and air battles, then buy Osprey's 'Aircraft of the aces' books. If you want some action yourself, then buy 'IL-2 Sturmovik' and/or 'IL-2 F.B., A.E.P.', and if you want to watch air battles, then this is the documentry!
I'll always buy History Channel's 'Dogfights' series.
Simply Brilliant December 30, 2008
The 1st season was excellent and so was the 2nd season. You don't need to be a military buff to enjoy this DVD. It shows more of the intensity of human conflict fought in the skies with bravado and sacrifice.
A demonstration of how men killed and died for their respective causes.
A must have for any DVD collection.
Excellent Continuation of a Great Series! December 30, 2008
From the moment that the pilot of Dogfights appeared on my TV screen in late 2006 I have been absolutely enthralled with this program. My Season 1 DVD's get far more playtime than any of my others by far (including my beloved MST3K collections) and I am content to watch them repeatedly. When Season 2 was released I salivated at the thought of having the whole, complete series in my hands. My wife got me Season 2 for Christmas and I can emphatically give it 5 stars like it's predecessor.
For those not in the know, Dogfights was a television series which aired for 2 seasons on the History Channel which focused on the birth, growth, and continuing evolution of the modern day dogfight, or air combat between competing fighter planes (and in some cases bombers). The show uses state of the art CG animation, and this, coupled with interviews with the pilots who actually flew in the highlighted missions, really creates a unique visual experience for the viewer. I've heard strong rumors that the show has since been cancelled, which stuns and saddens me at the same time, given the intense popularity of the program.
There are more episodes for Season 2 than for Season 1 and they run the gamut from one episode detailing WW1 biplane dogfights to another episode regarding the major dogfights of Desert Storm. The CG is slightly better here than it was for Season 1 making an already stellar production that much better. Of the 17 episodes included I think far and away the best episode is the one on the P-51 Mustang, which is simply one of the best episodes ever introduced and is an adrenaline overloaded experience. This episode alone is worth half the price of purchase, as was the "Death of the Japanese Navy" episode from Season 1.
Special mention goes to "Desert Aces", another fantastic episode starring the elite Israeli Air Force (Ran Ronen is quickly becoming my favorite IAF pilot), "Kamikaze" which is a white-knuckled ride with the crew of the Destroyer USS Laffey, and "Secret Weapons", which introduced the deadly Me-163 "Comet", a rocket powered bomber killer which was notorious for it's incredible speed and deadly firepower. There's no bad episodes here, and all are well put-together and exciting and educational to watch. When Season 2 first aired I had heard that there was to be an additional episode chronicling the Falkland War and the air combat there, and I was *very much* wanting to see this episode, but it didn't pan out.
As others have mentioned there is no closed-captioning and one or two of the episodes are abruptly cut off prematurely as the credits are rolling. But other than that the image is crisp and will look fantastic on your flatscreen TV. Dogfights is certainly a show which will appeal to anyone who is a fan of anything air combat and is sure to please all. I just wish the History Channel had continued the series. I have the whole series and I still thirst for some more Dogfights action and have nowhere else to go. Highly recommended!
Solid reenactments of the greatest aerial battles December 19, 2008
Where do I begin? Right from where season 1 left off, series 2 comes back right at you adding even more aerial bottles using serious computer generated graphics.
The series does a great job of covering aerial battles across the 20th century starting from the very first aerial battles involving biplanes all the way to battles involving jets in Operation Desert Storm. The series does a great job of even including the legendary Tuskegee airmen and their contributions during World War II.
A series recommended for military buffs, this is definitely a worthy add on to any collection.
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