Being a child of the 80's, I have a place in my heart for the A-Team. The action was really over the top, and sort of silly, but you gotta love it anyway. 20th Century Fox has a brand new A-Team movie coming out this summer, and I don't think this film is a good idea. I mean what is the A-Team without Mr. T? Seriously. That's like Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger (which has already happened, too!), Rambo or Rocky without Sylvester Stallone, Die Hard without Bruce Willis. I don't think I'll be seeing it.

I'm really looking forward to it. I loved the A-Team (also being a teenager of the 80's) and dfinitely going to see it.

As long as they blow up cars...it'll be the A-team! LOL!!! I just hope the female lead gets a break this time from being pretty and dumb... I was a fan in the 80's!!!

I was a fan in the 80's too! I would very much like to watch the upcoming movie but, as always, my heart stands by the originals!

I pity da fool who won't see this movie!

I'm planning to see this one...I loved the A Team...and "I love it when a plan comes together", too!

I am planning on seeing this ... has there been any mention as to WHEN this summer it is coming out?

Originally posted by clouddancer I am planning on seeing this ... has there been any mention as to WHEN this summer it is coming out?

Sometime in June. I don't know the exact date.

June 11, apparently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoILTG8UF-A

Looks good! But there's nothing like the originals!

Wow, that trailer certainly looks interesting. June hmmmm? Just as i get back into my busy time of year again writing final reports for my students .... I guess I can always find a couple of hours to take a break.

Any film that has a midair parachuting tank battle can't be bad. I'm just sayin'.

If one of the nut-bars here could pull it off, a crossover between the original 'A-Team' and either Gatch or BotP would be -- interesting. The problem is that everything that made the show such fun doesn't translate well to print (especially 'Howling Mad' Murdock -- who may not be as crazy as he seems).

Originally posted by UnpublishedWriter (especially 'Howling Mad' Murdock -- who may not be as crazy as he seems).

I always found Murdock quite sane and possibly the most intelligent one on the team.

It does look good, and it been so long since I've seen the A-Team I might just be able to have a degree of seperation from it...but then... i was in love with Dirk Benedict back then and I don't know if they could replace him so easily....dreamy sigh...

Originally posted by Madilayn

Originally posted by UnpublishedWriter (especially 'Howling Mad' Murdock -- who may not be as crazy as he seems).

I always found Murdock quite sane and possibly the most intelligent one on the team.

I agree with you, Mads! Though seemingly absolutely crazy, I always thought that Murdock knew well what he did and what he wanted to be seen like. Even his most extravagant behaviours fitted well with most of their tactics, sometimes enabling the team to save the day!

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne but then... i was in love with Dirk Benedict back then

... and who wasn't?!!! Those were good times ... I watched A-Team for Dirk Benedict and mum watched it for George Peppard ... the age gap made some difference!

Originally posted by gatchamarie

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne but then... i was in love with Dirk Benedict back then

... and who wasn't?!!! Those were good times ... I watched A-Team for Dirk Benedict and mum watched it for George Peppard ... the age gap made some difference!

Oh yeah, I was crushing on Dirk Benedict, too!!

Originally posted by Springie Oh yeah, I was crushing on Dirk Benedict, too!!

Weren't we all? You know I was just thinking the A-Team never made it into my BOTP universe. Many other shows I watched did but the A-Team never did.

Unfortunately we live in a world were Hollywood can't just leave something legendary alone and has to either milk it with 100's of sequels or make complete remakes. For example, The Matrix, awesome film, very good story (albeit a copy of Dark City) it made Cinema history. Could they just leave the legend? No they has to milk it for another two films which were both below par and tarnished the originals reputation. Will the A-Team Movie be the same? You can guarantee it as they will try to make it more relevant to today's time and youth but isn't the point of its success because of the period of time it came from? Really not looking forward to it.

Murdoch was smart. Yes, he was insane at one point, but pulled himself out of it - only to realise that if he was discovered to be cured, he'd then be put on trail for the Crime They Didn't Commit.

Murdock 'made' the show. The original A-team were Vietnam veterans. Given the time that has passed since then, I think the movie version would have to be veterans of more recent actions. CD - Tiny and BA in an arm-wrestling match. Which has been going on so long that both teams are now thinking of ways to end it so they can get on with the rest of the day. Oh, and the combatants' hands haven't wavered so much as a hairs-breadth.

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne It does look good, and it been so long since I've seen the A-Team I might just be able to have a degree of seperation from it...but then... i was in love with Dirk Benedict back then and I don't know if they could replace him so easily....dreamy sigh...

I'm so with you there!! I even refused to watch the Battlestar Galactica remake when they changed his character, Starbuck, to woman!

Originally posted by Askura Murdoch was smart. Yes, he was insane at one point, but pulled himself out of it - only to realise that if he was discovered to be cured, he'd then be put on trail for the Crime They Didn't Commit.

Was he really insane or just crazy enough to convince everyone around him that he was?

Originally posted by amethyst

Originally posted by Askura Murdoch was smart. Yes, he was insane at one point, but pulled himself out of it - only to realise that if he was discovered to be cured, he'd then be put on trail for the Crime They Didn't Commit.

Was he really insane or just crazy enough to convince everyone around him that he was?

That is what I always thought. Although I would not say crazy enough but smart enough to be able to convince everyone that he was crazy.

My dad loved the A-Team - and ended up coining the phrase in our family "A-Team school of combat" for the sorts of action/gun battles where lots of shots are fired, but nothing actually hits anything - and if it does it goes KABOOM! Murdock was all of our fave character - because he was so like Uncle Jack (dad's younger brother who was a pilot in Vietnam). Uncle Jack always said tht most of the Vietnam pilots were more than a little crazy because it helped them do the job they had to do. (His opinion of the chopper pilots went from "more than a little crazy" to "those guys wer fucking insane"). I am just so looking forward to this movie!!! And - I've discovered that I can get the original episodes from my DVD rental service!! Speaking of Dirk Benedict in it - didn't you just adore the opening credits when he does the double take at the Cylon that walks by?

Originally posted by Madilayn Speaking of Dirk Benedict in it - didn't you just adore the opening credits when he does the double take at the Cylon that walks by?

Second or third season, yes! It was a look that was somewhere between "Don't I know you?" and "Aren't you in the wrong show?"

The cylon walk by was a classic!

God ... I can't wait for this movie ... It's one of those movies that I have been hungering for forever ... now if Led Zeppelin would tour, my year wil be complete!

Originally posted by amethyst

Originally posted by Ebonyswanne It does look good, and it been so long since I've seen the A-Team I might just be able to have a degree of seperation from it...but then... i was in love with Dirk Benedict back then and I don't know if they could replace him so easily....dreamy sigh...

I'm so with you there!! I even refused to watch the Battlestar Galactica remake when they changed his character, Starbuck, to woman!

You know I felt the same, but the new BSG turned out to be one of the best written drama's Ive seen in many a year. There cant be an A-Team with out George Peppard, and I say that as some one who was devestated my mum wouldnt let me wear my A-Team sweat shirt to school in the early 80's.

I's great to see you back here, Veritas! How are things goig? How is life with your expanded family? BTW, I am still wearing the t-shits you made, and they are wonderful! I think of you every time I put one on.

Originally posted by veritas There cant be an A-Team with out George Peppard, and I say that as some one who was devestated my mum wouldnt let me wear my A-Team sweat shirt to school in the early 80's.

My husband feels the same way! I love Liam Neeson, but I do have a hard time picturing him as Hannibal.

Originally posted by Transmute Jun I's great to see you back here, Veritas! How are things goig? How is life with your expanded family? BTW, I am still wearing the t-shits you made, and they are wonderful! I think of you every time I put one on.

ahh thanks, I'm glad you liked them, I was worried they wouldnt be as imagined and every one would think they were ripped off. I feel like I'm in a worm hole or something. It feels like he's been here forever but hes only 3 months! But I'm getting more free time now as he goes longer between feeds and I get more sleep. Thats the problem with breastfeeding I cant skip a feed and have a break.

I know how you feel! When I was nursing, I'd place a large pillow on my lap and then my baby on top. I'd sit at the computer this way, and my child would nurse and sleep at will while I got to tool around on the computer. It was heaven for both of us! But it took me awhile to come up with that routine. When I first started, I just lost a lot of sleep and watched a lot of TV at weird hours. It helped when the babies were old enough to take a bottle. I'd use the Medela and pup and then sometimes other people could feed them. I found that if I pumped first thing in the morning, when I was most engorged, that I'd have enough to get a bottle or two, and then still give baby their morning feed. One weekends, DH would do the night feedings and I could sleep for 8 hours straight. Sigh... I miss my kids as babies, but I sure don't miss the sleepless nights! I'm glad you're doing well, and your son too!