Count me in those who are moderately excited about this summer’s big screen adaptation of The A-Team. For me, my favorite part of any A-Team episode was when they made a tank out of pretty much any land based vehicle.
The most exciting aspect of the upcoming cinematic escapades of Hannibal & Co. has to be the toy line from Jazwares, Inc. Late last week MTV’s Splashpage got an exclusive look at the line, which includes 12″ Talking Figures, 3-3/4″ Figures, and yes a 3-3/4″ scale A-Team van!
While I give Jazwares, Inc. credit for capturing really good likenesses of the actors … all I really care about is that van, I will make it mine. After wich I will be assembling my own 3-3/4″ A-Team which consists of my in scale Captain America, City Strike Snake Eyes, Iron Fist, and War Machine.
At the tail end of last week, the trailer for The Losers popped up on the internets. Based on the comic series of the same name from Vertigo, The Losers were special forces team that were betrayed by their CIA handler and left for dead. Eager for revenge, they regroup working to undermine the CIA in every possible way.
As a comic property, The Losers have been around forever, dating back to the 1970s where they were a WWII fighting force. They were revamped by Andy Diggle (he of the current Daredevil run) back in 2004, which is where this movie draws its inspiration from.
While there appears to be some overlap with 2010’s other special forces team gone renegade … cough cough .. The A-Team. This movie has three actors that I love: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, and Idris Elba.
Morgan was the best thing in Watchmen and I think he’s going to be the action star that George Clooney never was (see Peacemaker). Saldana … she’s just ridiculously hot. And Idris Elba … STRINGER FUCKING BELL. How can you go wrong?
I’m actually pretty excited for the upcoming The A-Team feature film from Joe Carnahan (Smoking Aces, NARC) . While purists may argue that it is a bastardization of a classic television show, I would raise the point that the show was pretty much shit and written like a mad-lib. I cannot wait to see Liam Neeson ham it up as Hannibal and the crazy that is Sharlto Copley after his turn in District 9. The movie may not be high-brow, but it looks like it will be stupid fun.
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