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You've found the soldiers of fortune! Now you can hire... The A-Team!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The first publicity still for the A-Team movie starring Liam Neeson, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bradley Cooper and District 9's Sharlto Copely. We've seen spy pics before, but this is the first full studio tinkered with and released image.
Yep, they certainly look the characters from the TV show!
Below is the image with a link to a site called salondelmal.com where I first saw this image.
I actually read a Tweet from our ex-pat Drew McWeeny where he commented that Neeson looks like he's going as George Peppard for Halloween and that got a laugh from me. He's totally right on the money. Still, with that cast doing an A-Team movie they're going to have to work hard to not make this one fun.
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That looks kinda cool actually.
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That is all.
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I thought I was First!!!!!!
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That's LIAM NEESON?!
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honestly....an A-Team movie? I realize they've been talking about it forever, but now that's it's actually happening, it just seems too goofy to be cool. Neeson looks weird - the whole image looks like some weird photo shoot for Vanity Fair.
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I certainly does look like a parody, rather than an homage.
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You would say that to Neeson! have you seen Taken? The guy could almost win a fight with Jack Bauer!
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...or maybe David Faustino.
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Should have been cast as Murdock.
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Keeps that bad accent. This went from stupid to cool to ????? Is there a bad guy? And who is going to play Kato?
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They drive Hummers don't they? Fucking gay. Also if you don't get a Mr. T cameo in this, then its double gay.
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At least they all look the part, don't know how this will play but I'm dying to see some footage. I fucking loved the A-Team when I was a kid!! I wonder if they will bring back the cabbage cannon?
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Oct 23, 2009 4:15:16 PM CDT
It's hard to believe a studio put out a pic that crappy looking
by mockingbird girl
Seriously, that's the worst Photoshopping job I've ever seen. Anyone else craving confirmation that this is even real?
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I guess we shall see.
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... the overstylized, heavily Photoshop'd, "group-shot" (i.e. the photos were taken individually and then pieced together) advertisement that you usually see in Entertainment Weekly two-page adverst become so popular? Was it the SOPRANOS first?
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No hummer!
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I just pray they haven't set it to be yet another 'origin' story. The origin can be a very simple pre-credits action sequence. This has got to be a someone in desperate trouble looking for the team film. That would be the story I would plunk money down for.
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I can't wait
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Cool guy, but they should have just let him keep the Hangover look. He looks goofy in that picture.
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doooo doo dooo, da da da dadada!
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Oct 23, 2009 4:33:12 PM CDT
I dint realize this was a parody send up (ala Starksy & Hutch)..
by glory_fades_immaxfischer
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Face looks like he just knocked on your door to inform you as per his parole conditions that he just moved into the neighbourhood and is a convicted sex offender. BA looks like a retarded manchild who survived a horriffic fire. Hannibal is the only one who looks kinda alright.
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I actually did a double-take at Hannibal - I thought they'd CG'd a young George Peppard's head on there.
The guy playing BA looks good enough, but to be fair, they could have used Mr T - he hasn't aged a fucking day! -
Oct 23, 2009 4:37:51 PM CDT
Liam gets a free pass-and screw any of you who think different
by scottadkinsfist
I for one can't wait to see this! I know folks want to shit on it before they've seen anything, but after the past year Liam's had, losing Natasha like he did, I would hope he picked something fun to do. As if he needs to make a drama right now. Go Liam!
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I'm assuming he was cast for a reason, but i'd say he's got his work cut out for him. not that anyone else doesn't.
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I mean look at Shartlo standing next to Liam... they're almost on the same distance from the camera but Shartlo looks like a midget. Fucking idiots, whoever put this out.
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I hate it when a plan comes together.
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hmmm...
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Aw, Cmon.
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Almost the entire fucking van is visible, and you still think it is a Hummer. Wow. And no, it isn't in anyway making Sharlto look like a midget. You have no perception of depth. On the other hand, this is an extremely shitty picture. Come on, guys, you could have thrown together something better than this.
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that picture looks like a cheap promo mockup for some shitty NBC action show doomed to Friday nights at 10pm.
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...that shot does look pretty good.
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I did a double take looking at Neeson. I thought someone had shopped him out and put Peppard in...lol. It does look a bit fanboyish due to the different sizes/perspectives.
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That is some awful shit that looks like someone spent 5 minutes on it. Sadly though it doesn't surprise me. No studio has any clue what's good anymore.
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I grew up watching the A-team as a kid an my hopes for this movie to be a total worthless pile of poo poo. Looks are really good then again its a still lord knows how much air brushing was done.
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lots of bullets hitting the dirt.
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Oct 23, 2009 5:03:06 PM CDT
That's not Murdoch. That's LOCKESBROKENLEG.
by richard_gere_raped_my_gerbil
They've broken him out of the mental institute again. You may not see any TB comments from him until he's recaptured.
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...actually looks like Ralph Fiennes in that shot!!
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Dick In Ass
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Agreed - and if they present the origin in a pre-credits action sequence, here's hoping they have a walk-on by a new style Cylon.
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Oct 23, 2009 5:11:49 PM CDT
Looks like they are taking it seriously, no re-imagining
by cylon_conspiracy
It's not GI JOE, they didn't update anything. If you click through to the high res version the black van even has the red stripe.
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It's going to be dumb as fuck, but tons of fun, and it really looks from this knocked-up pic that they're going for the fun of the series full-throttle. Count me in there opening night. They better have open top jeeps crash landing upside down, then have soldiers climbing out shaking their heads though or it won't have quite the same magic....
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Oct 23, 2009 5:16:28 PM CDT
As long as there's no racist robots AICN will love it
by lockesbrokenleg
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Oct 23, 2009 5:20:33 PM CDT
bradley cooper looks painfully out of place
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
but i still cant wait for this movie
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The words that made the man an icon. Hopefully Mr. T will have a cameo
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Oct 23, 2009 5:37:44 PM CDT
p.s. for the people saying it's a fake or a bad photoshop job...
by bearison ford
have you ever USED photoshop before? there is a big difference between bad photoshopping and bad photography, which is what this is.
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bleeeagh.
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It is very nice and stylish, and a bad job one way or the other, look behind Face, where is the drivers side of the van?
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http://www. salondelmal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ATEAM_REV_01_10-10-091. jpgWell, I'm unfortunately sold. Curses, Neeson!
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can't wait!
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after the amazing District 9, he should be finding lots of work!
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http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,26252353-7485,00.html
Starts immediately. Should be the awesome... -
Bring it!
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@ first I thought hey coo' it's LN with silver hair, but the way he's posing with that gun and cigar, all I gotta do now is hear his take of "I love it when a plan comes together."
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I couldn't tell for a moment if it was a fucking old publicity still from the '80s! What's the problem?
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looks fucking retarded. next!
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I get that they position the lead names at the front, but...come on.
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... that this is fucking AWESOME you are completely joyless and have no business here. Hand in your geek card and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. This may be the GREATEST FILM OF ALL TIME. Okay. I'm prone to hyperbole. But still, that's the fucking A-TEAM!!!
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I'm totally blown away that this movie is real. I mean: an A-Team movie. That's just too good to make up.
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Cooper's peeps: Brad need to be the biggest person on the poster.
Neeson's peeps: Liam needs to be just as big as Bradley Cooper!
Cooper's peeps: But Brad is the biger box office draw!
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They are sticking really close to the book of the original based on these pictures. Does neeson really need to look exactly like Peppard. Even their outfits look retro. I figure if you are going to "Reimagine" then you might as well change some things. I'm wondering how this will play against the comic adaptation of "The Losers" which is the real A-Team reimagining for our times. Seems like they could be really similar although the last thing I even heard of the losers was from Comiccon 09 on this site and it was just a comic version of the poster. Seems like that one disappeared out of sight. I would say I have more faith in Carnahan directing A-Team than the director of "The Losers" who I think directed the step up movies, but after this picture I'm not sure. I could only dream of a reboot as serious as "Miami Vice" but this may be campy.
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That could cause a lot of miscariages.
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Now I want my "The Fall Guy" movie. Let's cast it. Go.
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...in that picture. Seriously.
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I didn't like him for the part but the cigar and the smirk make it. Really that smile of Peppards is what made it. It justified Murdoch being a nut. It was a smile that B.A. couldn't say no to(not in a gay way you bitter fuck). I thought the original was really a show about Murdoch but none of it would have been possible without the the eye glimmer and smile from George Peppard. Kudos to casting and to Neeson for getting this off to a good start. Wish you could see the van more here. In fact the publicity shot should have had them all coming out the side door of the van for fucks sake. I take it all back the show was all about the van.
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It's probably individual shots and shopped to a picture of that background, whats with all the freaking out, this happens all the time. You think all the people on the cover of Sin City were actually standing next to each other? Christ.
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that doesn't have access denied?
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Oct 23, 2009 8:32:56 PM CDT
#1 Zero---it's not a "reimagining"--that's the entire point
by cylon_conspiracy
of the movie, it's a movie version of the t.v. show, showing respect to the actual source material. I don't know much about this film but from the picture it looks like they are serious about making a movie version of the 80s show we remember.
If they "reimagined" it, it would suck. It would be just another movie with people in identical black suits. -
The old "A-Team" used about 5,000 to 1,500 rounds of ammo (oh nobody got hit) so I MAJOR FUCKIN FIREPOWER!!
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A big screen reimagining of - ALF? Punky Brewster? Riptide? Love Sydney? Manimal? Misfits of Science? Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters? I'm remaking "BJ & the Bear" as a gay porno but I'm taking the property in a hole new direction ... (yes, I said "hole")
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Oct 23, 2009 8:44:17 PM CDT
hope rampage doesnt overdo the voice
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
if i hear a over the top gravely "i pity the fool" ill hate it. or love it.
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man some people will just bitch about anything. how pathetic. the only thing wrong with that pic is not enough van. fuck the haters.
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It looks great! This movie is going to be fun. I am really looking forward to it! Bring on the A-Team!!!
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Kinda surprised no mention of him here, then again, you guys seem to be about 2 weeks behind everybody else with your "news", I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
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This isn't fucking CNN. It's a movie site. I'm surprised they even put up the Dr. No obit.
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Maybe I'm just being too critical even though for a movie site they do post a shit ton of tv stuff as well as the occasional video game/anime/ board game etc., related items.
I'll cut'em some slack. I guess the guy wasn't known very well by anyone under 30 ( I have no idea what ages Harry and the crew are ). -
What you talking bout bitches?
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...Probably not a movie icon, so I can see the oversight.
All the same...Jeezus, that guy was inventive and quick on the draw. He was doing the live mike shtick decades before Howard Stern or Glenn Beck ripped it off on their shows...
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...if Sharlto didn't look like this co-worker I couldn't stand, I'd be all on him in a SECOND. (Okay, Bradley COoper's good looking too, but...)
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and don't you forget it.jk
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It's incredibly lame that they've actually wasted money and resources to make this flick, but what's even more lame, is the fact that people are going to hand over money to go and watch this.
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Nice attention to detail, going old school 1980s to keep the A Team's weapon of choice. I would have expected them to use the typical M4 variant that you seen in most action movies these days or some exotic model. This movie could have made the A Team look very modern and "realistic" (as if a team of fugitive commandos for hire traveling the country fighting injustice was plausible) and given them contemporary gear, kind of the dircetion that the Mice Vice movie took. Instead this retains more of the retro-80s style of the show, which seems like it should be the whole point of a big screen version.
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holy fuck, it's the future it's here....
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LIAM/PERFECT-RAMPAGE/PERFECT SAW A CLIP DEAD ON VOICE OF MR T, COOPER/PERFECT I CAN SEE HIM AS A SMOOTH TALKING PLAYER..COPLEY/I NEED TO SEE HIM ACT FUNNY..SO SERIOUS IN DISTRICT 9 I ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE PREFERRED JOHNNY KNOXVILLE...
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...is just a load of shit. Such an AMATEUR photoshop job, I can't believe it...
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I've got a lovely one myself. Of course the fucking A-Team would use it...you can Drop it, bang it, get it dirty, shoot a thousand round through it..and it works everytime. Unlike that POS M4 that jams when the dust blows.
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"I'm totally blown away that this movie is real. I mean: an A-Team movie. That's just too good to make up." Yup, totally surreal, but great. When Rampage did the Mr.T impression in the ET footage with some muttering by Copley, it was even more surreal. They look the part, it's a great cast. I just hope the chemistry works -- and the story is good.
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The best cinematic interpretation of The A Team was Mann's Heat. Every gimmick Mann used in Heat was taken from The A Team in one form or another.
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I kinda liked this show when I was a kid. This is kinda groovy.
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...are they coming from? Gulfwar, Iraq, Afgahnistan?
Anyway, looks like a new pop band created for huge billboard success...I'll Napster it. -
can't wait.
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because if he his I think Ill pass thanks
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Oct 24, 2009 2:16:52 AM CDT
I always wondered when they had time to detail their van.
by mastersofnonepodcast
Looks like a Hummer now though. Boo.
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You know the Expendables would pwn their asses.
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I pity the Thundersmurf that messes with them. A-Team would pwn their photorealistic asses.
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First they'd catch that stupid kid before he falls out of the window in the first place, then they'd go to the bedroom and blast away -- never mind clipping -- both "His" and "Hers" genitalia for extreme parental negligence. Then they'd hunt down Trier, a multiple offender in cinematic pretension. "I'm-a gonna break a wave over his ASS. Talkin' fox boo-shit!"
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their source material, but not G.I. JOE: ARAH?
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...due to poor quality.
The small version that I CAN see seems like a super-photoshopped VANITY FAIR promo spread.
I like Liam Neeson but this seems like some lightweight shit for him. A dude like George Clooney seems like a more effortless fit for Hannibal. That's not to say that Clooney is necessarily lightweight, just that he's basically spent much of his career channeling the same laid-back charisma Peppard did as Hannibal. -
cant have an a-team without their signature ride. hope they dont "michael bay" it and change the stripe to flames. or have them in an escalade with spinners.
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... understand why Liam Neeson is in this movie. What's worse is I feel I'd need to zoom into that picture just to distinguish him from George Peppard! Ever get PHANTOM MENACE withdrawal?
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is behind them.
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Get that man to a clinic, quick!
Great cast (although I'm not sure about B.A. Baracus yet), but I'm still skeptical since the movie is, after all, a remake of a cheesy eighties TV show. Albeit, one I enjoyed as a kid. -
Um, Copley didn't do funny in District 9? Did we see the same movie?!
I can't even believe I'm on AICN and reading fanboys slamming this awesome thing. Movies like this are why AICN was created. Maybe this site HAS really jumped the shark. -
Isn't the idea as a Director with existing material to make it your own. Based on this photo, it looks exactly like what Drew descibed it as.
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Neeson deserves a fucking break after the recent shit he's gone through.
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Apparently the AICN idea of "making it your own" is to cast guys who don't remind you of the original cast members, to make it "dark and edgy," and all the other tired cookie cutter bullshit we've been enduring for the past decade.
I don't get it. Is Christian Bale supposed to play Baracus? Is Hannibal supposed to be in a wheelchair now? How the fuck would the director "make it his own," pray tell? -
I'm actually surprised at how closely they resemble the original actors in that pic, especially Neeson. I'm getting cautiously optimistic about this film. Now they MUST get the original theme tune back.
Plus it MUST have a musical montage where they weld stuff together to make some sort of tank from an old bath and a few bits of wood.
It's lucky they didn't hire Bay, otherwise The Beef would have been cast as BA and the black van would have had rocket launchers and the ability to turn into a plane. -
taken from their time in vietnam or iraq.... with the line:
'THE A-TEAM - Available For Hire JUNE 11 2010' -
How the hell can you shit on this?Um...its the A-Team. A fun action movie. You do remember what fun is people? Die Hard? Aliens? Midnight RunJesus does everything have to be the fucking English patient with you people. For those crapping on Rampage..."he can't act". NO SHIT. Neither could Mr. T. T was a bouncer for Larry fucking Holmes when he got hired. Why? Because the depth of BA Baracus, for you CLOSE MINDED IDIOTS that don't know but want to make opinions, is to be INTIMIDATING and knock people out. B.A. stands for BAD ASS. Not Becomingly Astute! The heights of the character was to place a scary dude in close proximity to Murdoch. The only man crazy enough to not be scared of him. Their rapport is the A-Team. You're telling me Rampage Jackson can't accomplish being intimidating?? A UFC fighter??? And Liam Neeson is in this movie because unlike you people...HE ACTUALLY LIKES HAVING FUN ONCE IN A WHILE. People like you prolly told him Taken was a bad idea and that movie mad 290 million dollars.
I laugh angrily at you naysayers who prolly think this movie is stupid remake of a TV show and think Transformers is fucking Hamlet. Pull the stick out of you wanna be classy ass and shut up!!! -
Oct 24, 2009 11:38:09 AM CDT
God damn it fox better not screw this up
by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken
They will though. Death to rothman!!!
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this is one kickass photo. whats with u all? bitches. this is the shit we all want!
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but it might be the COOLEST film of all TIME!!!!!!!!
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its too badass for me
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First we knew about Neeson, then the photo looks good. It's looking better.
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To all those who say it's going to be an overt parody a la Starsky And Hutch, I say it's not like the original was the fricking Sopranos. It sounds like they can't win - GI Joe wasn't close nough to the original, this looks too close. Make up your minds.
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Please. Promotional photos? Really? Not even waiting for footage these days, huh?
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Oct 24, 2009 1:48:38 PM CDT
Might be worth ten dollars and twenty-five cents plus nine dolla
by matineer
Just saying. Now if they act like the characters it'll be golden.
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However, I'm wondering if they should re-do the movie ,or do a remake, but have it follow the book. Other than a coast to coast run in badass vehicles there's no similarities, but each are good in their own right.
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Joe Carnahan directing this project is what grabbed my attention. "Narc" was a fairly badass, visually impressive debut, and though "Smokin' Aces" wasn't as coherent as it could've or should've been, it showed the same daring his first film rolled out.
Therefore I'm hoping Joe grabs the bull by the balls on this one and makes him roar. The cast looks great in the photo so I'm encouraged. Most impressive to me is the actor playing B.A. Baracus. I mean, he's channeling Mr. T but in a more real, much more threatening way. Can't wait to see what he's all about.
Neeson and Cooper and Copley ain't weak either.
As someone who was VERY skeptical of this film originally, I'm now finding myself hopeful.
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Seriously? NEESON looks PERFECT... The OTHERS Look Like ASS... That Ain't NO B.A., FACE is OK, but CRAZY M... NO...
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It's NOT too late!
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Is this supposed to be a GAP ad or something? "Bad Attitude" looks so non threatening.
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Three Kings.
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Sad to see Neeson fall so far. I hope they look better in the moving picture.
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He even improves on Peppards doughy Smith. Truely a Hollywood version of a TV character. All others look eh.
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It's a silly sight to behold. This reeks of Broken Lizard's DUKES OF HAZZARD.
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a clone of Pepperd.Now what remains is to see,if he is going to nail his character.
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What a bunch of fucking whingers you all are, this looks like the A-Team regardless of the quality of the photo.
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They look ok, I guess. And no moaning here. I just have no interest in this movie whatsoever. Falls right next to the Dukes of Hazard "film". There just really isn't any reason for them to exist beyond studios have almost no imagination in where they put their money these days. I lived it, and 80's tv wasn't really that good. Why on earth so many "people in charge" think they need to take average to well below average television and turn it into high budget films is completely beyond me.
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...we gotta modify the Van!"
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almost doesn't look like Neeson. In fact, it looks as though he's been digitally manipulated to better resemble Peppard. I hope that's not the case, while I don't know if Neeson could capture Peppard charm; I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Also, I like to think they hired him for more than his name and that he'll be given a chance to prove himself. As for the others -- they look okay, I would have casted differently but I'm willing to give them a shot.
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From reuters:
"Liam Neeson, in a stunning revelation; has admitted to having undergone gene therapy for his upcoming remake of the '80's classic "The A-team"
From this time forward, all those who once knew of, or had contact with, the entity known as Liam Neeson are hereby commanded to refer to him as Liaorge Neppardson. For he has combined with, or merged, if you will; with the remaining DNA of the late actor George Peppard. A feat possible thanks only to Peppards former co-star Dirk Benedict; having extracted semen from the corpse of Peppard before his burial in Northview Cemetery.
Benedict:
"Having been friends with George for some time, I thought it prudent to save of him what I could; so that someday when medical science reaches it's apex, the following generations could one day know the greatness that was George Peppard. That and his DNA has proven useful in my experiments with erradicating penile dysfunction." -
This movie is gonna BOMB!
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That is all.
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In Hollywood.
I still remember Howard Stern interviewing Julia Roberts(who dated Neeson) and asked if she walked "Like A Cowboy" after sex with Neeson. I did a spit-take. Hilarious. -
Fuck them up their stupid asses. Neeson is going to be the anchor that makes this movie a classic. As long as that stupid Face turns on the team script isn't being used.
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That's right, bitches, ho's, and hoochies, I HAND GRENADE AND ONE MILLION BULLETS!
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