Oh come on, you will, won’t you? The A-Team remake
By The Prodigal Fool, published on 29 January 2010
Hey, look, no one was more sceptical than us when word first reached Prodigal Towers that one of the corniest – yet well-loved – TV series of the 80s was being made into a film.
But when you’ve got Tony and Ridley Scott producing and Joe Carnahan, the man behind the gritty Narc, in the director’s chair, well maybe it’s worth a second thought right?
We’ve embedded the trailer (or The Tank vs Plane Movie as we like to call it) after the break and we have to say we can’t help but be looking forward to this. The jury’s still out on whether Liam Neeson isn’t trying just a bit too hard to channel George Peppard but we think Bradley Cooper and his little washboard stomach will make a great Faceman.
On come on, admit it, you’ll line up for a ticket when the time comes won’t you?
Oh, but hang on just one goddamn minute there… What’s this?
Oh come on, you will, won’t you? The A-Team remake
Hey, look, no one was more sceptical than us when word first reached Prodigal Towers that one of the corniest – yet well-loved – TV series of the 80s was being made into a film. But when you’ve got Tony and Ridley Scott producing and Joe Carnahan, the man behind the gritty Narc, in the [...]
6 Responses to “Oh come on, you will, won’t you? The A-Team remake”
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Wow! I never had you down as such a die-hard A-Team fan. I’m pleased to see you value the property so much.
Having said that, your glowing praise, dare I say adoration, of Dirk Benedict is, eh, of some concern.
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Straight-Six
1 February 2010
Hey, don’t even go there! Faceman is as close to God on Earth as you’re going to find…
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sucks, sucks and sucks!
this is ridiculous, and in respect to the original A-Team, i’m NOT going to watch this crap!
this is, same like the knight rider remake, completely unneccessary and will NOT sell at all!-
Straight-Six
1 February 2010
“Completely unnecessary” indeed!!!
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Hmmmm…. I may be having second thoughts about this. Michael and Straight-Six are fast talking me out of it.
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Straight-Six
29 January 2010
I’m absolutely incensed at this. Seriously.
When will Hollywood learn that unless you can do it better than the original, thereby anchoring a series such as this to the present and not the past, its better to let sleeping greats like the A-Team in peace.
The original A-Team marked my youth and many others’ and it’s a crime to look at actors like Liam Neeson try to “channel” George Peppard, who was smoother than breast-milk butter. And what about the fairy fart they’ve found to step in for Mr. T? Oh, and let’s not forget the unpleasant caricature who is trying to pass himself off as the great Dirk Benedict who could charm warthogs to give up their young for a nearby BBQ.
So, instead of the constant explosions, corny and fun-filled repartee, original characaters and the world’s worst shots (seriously: the shots fired vs. wounded/dead ratio was 100,000:0!), we get CGI, attempts at seriousness and bad American accents.
Die quickly, please….