Posted on 06/08/2010 11:07:25 AM PDT by jackspyder
Lindsay Robertson of Yahoo Movies' "Movie Talk" reports: Mr. T Is Not a Fan of the New 'A-Team', and with good cause. Mr. T. played tough guy B.A. Baracus in the original made-for-TV action series "The A-Team", and he remembers the elements that made the television program a success : "fun and family entertainment."
Apparently today's movie producers could care less.
Mr. T., who turned down a cameo in the movie, said: "It was too graphic for me. People die in the film and there's plenty of sex, but when we did it no one got hurt and it was all played for fun and family entertainment. These seem to be elements nobody is interested in any more."
That's right T. Sex sells, and people are out for blood. If you don't go along with it, then you don't get cast...
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
After reading this thread, it seems that the only storytelling allowed is blood, gore and sex.
I always like George Peppard as Hannibal and Banacek.
“Apparently today’s movie producers could care less.”
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The phrase is COULDN’T care less. Get it straight, Mr. Newspaperman. Sheesh.
Sez you.
If you're talking about a movie I haven't seen, maybe he is. If you're talking about the ten or so I have seen, then you have a weird sense of what's "disgusting".
Personally I think he makes outstanding entertainment.
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I thought a good cast for this movie would have been (politics aside) George Clooney as Hannibal, Jim Carey as Murdock, Brad Pitt as Face, and Michael Clark Duncan as B.A.
I’m confused ... what does Eddie Murphy have to do with anything?
"Hey boy.....you look pretty good in them jeans...."
Pluto Nash makes him responsible for all Hollywood suckiness, isn't it obvious?
Well, THAT is something with which I totally cannot argue. You got me there!
Rowdy Piper knocked out Mister Tee!
Especially if we;re talking about T at the height of his popularity. The guy was a dang tank.
My prediction? Pain.
That is an awesome ad, too. Loved the Snickers ad with the Snicker bar gatling gun.
That would have been awesome!
Bump for later (slow connection at the moment).
The first 30 seconds looked promising. I saw T yelling at an apple to get out of the tree.
Yup. Anyone who is the body guard for Muhammed Ali gets my respect. I mean just how good do you have to be?
“(politics aside) George Clooney as Hannibal, Jim Carey as Murdock, Brad Pitt as Face, and Michael Clark Duncan as B.A.”
Throw in a Mr. T cameo and that sounds like a better movie already.
I love it when a plan comes together.
*YAwn* Not shocking. Sex galore and gratuitous violence. Same old formula for 25 years+.
My husband won’t stop seeing it because of that, unfortunately.
I still don’t get it.
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