I sure hope your wrong about that!!! But I'm going in not expecting much.
...in the A-Team. Will wonders never cease.
He doesn't know what the 'big award' movie is. He doesn't know what the movie is about. If the movie is looking for him to be a serious guy and pays little, he can tell you he doesn't have that sort of money flexibility. But what he does have are a very particular set of skills; skills he has acquired over a very long career. Skills that make him a quality thespian for people like you. If the movie lets him get away, that'll be the end of it. He will not look for that award winning role, he will not pursue it. But if that movie does make itself available, he will look for it, he will get it, and he will kill that movie.
I was thinking the same thing about poor Liam. Bad movie after bad movie these days, he must owe some money to the mob.
I don't think Taken was all that bad. Sure the movie was crazy unrealistic, but it was a pretty sick movie.
Are you crazy? This movie looks awesome
Rampage looks really, really bad.
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem...if no one else can help...and if you can find them...maybe you can hire...The A-Team.
when a plan comes together
rarely goes well. They tend to completely miss the spirit of the original and end up making a movie with the same name and the same characters, but little (or nothing) else in common. Maybe this will turn out well, but I'm not expecting anything like the original series.
I don't want to parade on anyone's rain, but I think this will be every bit as entertaining as the TV series, if not even better.
I'm not certain either way yet. My real concern is that there are three 80s themed 'group of renegades' movies on the way this summer. This, The Expendables and The Losers.
The only tv remake movies i can remember performing well was Starsky and Hutch and Mission Impossible.
The combined $500 million box office that the two Charlie's Angels flicks did would beg to differ with that statement.
Jessica Biel...
*gazes off longingly*
to getting his sh*tz chopped off by the prop on the transport plane.
Waiter: "How would you like your coffee?"
Mr. T: "In a cup, fool!"
i'm still waiting for The Facts of Life to come out on the bid screen.
I'm still holding out for the "Perfect Strangers" movie...Balki in 3D, that's all you have to say.
don't be ridiculous.
A-Team thread and no one embedded this? I'm disappointed. This reminds me of the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I waited two hours for the "Golden Ticket" song and left disappointed.
Things this movie needs in order not to fail:
-lots of explosions
-at least one gratuitous car flip
-a situation where they make chicken salad out of chicken shit (like taking a blender, some shoe laces and a paper clip and making a WMD)
-Hannibal in disguise at least once
-Face seduces at least one woman
-BA and his fear of flying; hates Murdock
-Murdock is f-ing nuts; loves getting BA riled up
These are, of course, just the basics. There were also lots of cameos in the old show and I hope they bring back some of the original cast for those roles. If its even a little entertaining I'll be happy.
Will any of the characters, named or unnamed, actually get hurt by the gratuitous violence or will everyone walk away as per true A-Team style?
...and not a single person hit? That's something it would have in common with the GI Joe cartoon...
From the Wikipedia page:
"According to writer Michael Brandt, the adaptation will be more gritty in vein of Batman Begins, Die Hard, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale."
That's nice, but there was another major thing that those movies had in common: they were really good. I'd like to think that A-Team might surprise me, but if it's anything like Smokin' Aces, then it will probably suck.
So this film is the next Wes Welker?
...Drew Dileo.
More gritty? That's a mistake. Sounds like I'll be sticking to the original series.
Because, let's remember, they're not remaking Hill Street Blues here. Quick, name me a storyline from an episode of the A-Team? Great concept, cheesy fun show. Heck, even GI Joe I can name a half dozen good storylines (all of which the movie screwed up). I think the movie just has to be true to the characters (as broad as they were), and have some good action.
Which may be key. The one thing that worries me is some of the computer generated stuff in there. That's where the James Bond movies went off track before they rebooted with Casino Royale. If it's not a Spider-man, or a Star Trek, or something purely fantasy, don't do CGI unless you have to. If it was something you did before with Models, or Matte Paintings, or whatever? Get out the computer. If it's something you had a guy doing before, a stunt man, doing something thrilling and outrageous? Put the laptop away, and make the Fall Guy's union happy. (Hey, when is THAT going to be made into a movie? ;-P )
He's shooting from a tank as it falls out of the sky. If CGI can make that happen, then I say "Go CGI!"
The original series was fun. The appeal of the show wasn't about storylines or character development or anything; it was about a group of guys going around shooting guns, flipping cars and blowing things up. And more importantly, it didn't take itself seriously. Especially in light of the tidbit about grittiness previous posted, I'm not confident in their ability to make a movie that's the same kind of fun as the original.
But I definitely share your concerns about CGI. I'm SO TIRED of movies that are dominated by big special effects because quite frankly, if they're CGI, they're no longer special. Especially for fun action movies, if you're going to do something and you can actually do it and not generate it, then do it.
Sweet Milo Goes to College avatar, btw, Fat Mike
Fun fact: when Milo Aukerman was a kid he used to love to play street hockey, so the kids in his neighborhood called him Milo Hockeyman. True story, straight from the mouth of one of the kids.