What is it with Hollywood liberals and their penchant for messing with my childhood heroes by making them shills for liberal storylines. First "GI Joe." Then "Knight Rider." What's next, "The A-Team"? Maybe. (h/t Perez Hilton)
Variety reported yesterday that John Singleton is on board to direct a silver screen adaptation of the 1980s TV action drama "The A-Team." This time it sounds like oil company executives may end up being the bad guys.
Reports Tatiana Siegel:
Director John Singleton is gearing up to direct a bigscreen version of 1980s TV series "The A-Team" and talking about the casting possibilities all over town.
Twentieth Century Fox is in early talks with the helmer to resuscitate the gang, but the studio said no deal is in place, and the project is not envisioned as a pre-SAG/DGA strike affair.
Ice Cube, who starred in Singleton's debut, "Boyz N the Hood," has been rumored as a potential B.A. Baracas (played by Mr. T in the NBC series), but Fox denied that possibility.
Latest incarnation, penned by Jayson Rothwell, revolves around a group of Iraq vets wanted by the U.S. military for a crime they didn't commit. Their adventures combine helping the innocent while running from the law. Story has been given a modern twist by involving oil tycoons and laser technology.
While it remains to be seen how the movie's storyline will play out -- if it even gets the final green light for production -- it's safe to say that Hollywood has of late really ginned up its anti-business and anti-war bias.
For studies on the former, check here and here.
Photo credit: FilmsandTV.com.
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a group of Iraq vets wanted
December 17, 2007 - 16:08 ET by Chris Norman"...a group of Iraq vets wanted by the U.S. military for a crime they didn't commit."
Change that to the US Media and Democrats and the scenario sounds more realistic...
I'd imagine they'd be
December 17, 2007 - 16:16 ET by Ken ShepherdI'd imagine they'd be falsely accused thanks to some sinister conspiracy involving military contractors or neocons or both.
I was thinking "murdering
December 17, 2007 - 16:44 ET by Chris NormanI was thinking "murdering civilians", like Murtha charged...
Chris... That pile of
December 17, 2007 - 16:52 ET by bigtimerChris...
That pile of excrement still has never apologized to the people in this country but most especially to our fine military.
Being a "well-intentioned"
December 17, 2007 - 16:58 ET by Chris NormanBeing a "well-intentioned" Democrat means never having to say you're sorry. Apparently.
...
December 17, 2007 - 16:11 ET by dervishAnd Tim Robbins can play Hannibal! I can see it all now...
Leave it alone!!!
December 17, 2007 - 16:12 ET by UnsaneFirst Knight Rider, now The A-Team???
IS NOTHING FROM MY YOUTH SACRED???????
Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.
um...
December 17, 2007 - 16:18 ET by mvfreemanIn the original tv series they were vietnam vets wanted by the U.S. military.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/plotsummary
Iraq would just be updating the story.
In the series they were
December 17, 2007 - 16:19 ET by Ken ShepherdIn the series they were wanted by the U.S. military for a crime they didn't commit. The bad guys in most episodes, however, were thugs who were trying to muscle smaller competitors out of business.
While Col. Smith's archnemesis was Col. Decker, the MP in charge of the manhunt for the A-Team, the military as a whole was never impugned, it was Decker and his obsession with catching the A-Team although there were hints that Decker damn well knew they were innocent of the charges against them.
Need to change it to....
December 17, 2007 - 16:32 ET by Prester John....former military now working for BLACKWATER.
and..
December 17, 2007 - 16:40 ET by wizardjrunder suspicion for rape and murder; there's also a question of a missing $12 million in oil revenue money
Oh wait... that's the U.N.
Never mind.
the Lame Team
December 17, 2007 - 16:38 ET by wizardjrhow lame-oid can it get? well here 'tis.
I nearly quit going to movies after what they did to "The Manchurian Candidate" followed with "The Sum of All Fears". So why should this surprise me?
I can only hope this goes the way of all the other crappola that has come out of Hollywierd/New York - the financial toilet.
"...followed with "The Sum of All Fears".
December 17, 2007 - 16:46 ET by Chris NormanYeah, the "Fears" were offending a protected ethnic/rligious group...
And the writers are on
December 17, 2007 - 16:50 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveAnd the writers are on strike because they feel like they aren't getting paid enough for "writing" remakes:
Bewitched
Starsky & Hutch,
The Brady Bunch (I & II)
The In-Laws
Planet of the Apes
The Time Machine
Godzilla
Poseidon
The Pink Panther
The Out-of-Towners
Psycho
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The list goes on and on.....and on.
I'll pay for originality...if it is good.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to men." -H.W. Longfellow
They're even doing
December 17, 2007 - 17:32 ET by dervisha movie remake of "Dallas." I heard today that they originally had Travolta playing J.R., but let him go and are now looking at Ben Stiller for the part.
I kid you not.
Ben Stiller as JR would
December 17, 2007 - 17:38 ET by Chris NormanBen Stiller as JR would definitely be filed under "unconventional casting". Are they thinking of Helen Thomas to play Pamela Ewing? :)
Are they thinking of Helen
December 17, 2007 - 17:39 ET by MrShyAre they thinking of Helen Thomas to play Pamela Ewing? :)
HAHAHAHA !!
We bid a fond farewell to Professor Talking Points & Cheetos
If they get Ben Stiller it
December 17, 2007 - 22:07 ET by red_dragon311If they get Ben Stiller it may a "comedy" like starsky and hutch
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
I work for "big oil" and a
December 17, 2007 - 17:17 ET by NetizenCainI work for "big oil" and a quick scan around my office reveals no lasers. Damn, must be working for the wrong company. But honestly, if I did have a laser and if the A-Team came looking for it, I'd had it over ASAP!
I'm waiting for a AirWolf remake... it did have the best theme song out there.
Latest incarnation,
December 17, 2007 - 17:46 ET by Jack BauerOh you mean like Haditha?
Wasn't it the Democrats led by Murtha & Durbin act like judge and jury in convicting these guys.
Ken, You're being redundant
December 17, 2007 - 18:46 ET by Hunter12Everyone knows that all military contractors are neocons.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
Just looking at the picture
December 17, 2007 - 19:41 ET by Roger the ShrubberJust looking at the picture above, was "The A-Team" a gay porn movie back in the '80's?
or a new version of the
December 17, 2007 - 20:34 ET by Chris Normanor a new version of the Village People. :)
Ahem.
December 17, 2007 - 21:34 ET by dervish"I pity da fool try to say that to mah FACE!"
Sorry. Somebody had to do it.
Hopefully, given our age
December 17, 2007 - 21:40 ET by Chris NormanHopefully, given our age difference, I can run faster. :)
I think that was The Ass
December 17, 2007 - 20:39 ET by Jack BauerI think that was The Ass Team... so I've read. Easy mistake to make.
All the TV shows probably had their porn equivalents. Happy Lays, Mork Does Mindy, The Rockhard Files, Lewd Grant, and so forth.
Okay Jack, you've given this
December 17, 2007 - 20:43 ET by Chris NormanOkay Jack, you've given this some thought. Admit it. :)
The Lust Boat?
chris -- nope. top of my
December 17, 2007 - 20:51 ET by Jack Bauerchris -- nope. top of my head. I have a twisted head. Who's the captain of the Lust Boat?
Qeeers -- where everone knows you're gaym.
Why, Captain Lubin', of
December 17, 2007 - 20:58 ET by Chris NormanWhy, Captain Merrill Lubing, of course... :)
I can't believe I typed that.
I think there is a porn site
December 19, 2007 - 11:13 ET by Roger the ShrubberI think there is a porn site called Captain Stabbin'...