New A-Team Trailer Increases Nostalgia Factor by Roughly 300%
Remember the A-Team teaser from a couple months ago? The one introducing us to the revival of the beloved '80s-TV mercenaries, adapted to slicker, more contemporary and/or insanely expensive action-film tropes? If so, the new trailer that premiered this morning will help flesh out the dimensions of that nostalgia trip. If not, you're in for a treat! A bombastic, plotless, oversharing treat, but a delicious one nevertheless.
Of all the explosions and one-liners and appeals upon appeals to the 14-year-old boys in the viewing audience, the new trailer features no cannier move than to emerge a day after The Expendables trailer exposed us to the more grizzled side of mercenary living. Fox clearly will not be outshone by some glorified Sylvester Stallone B-movie, and nor will The A-Team's smirking ensemble allow the more grizzled genre pros to usurp their birthrights to summer tentpole glory.
That said, it seems like there's a little too much here -- too many set pieces given away, too many '80s callbacks hinted at... I mean, if you're going make the symbolic effort of [SPOILER ALERT] destroying B.A. Baracus's van as if to start the franchise anew, why tell me before you have my money? It's not a new problem by any means, but come on, Hollywood: Save something for the theater. Because of course we're going.
VERDICT: Sold!
Comments
NO! You can't replace Mr. T!!! Especially not with that loser.
As formulaic as it seems, for some strange reason I am quite excited about this movie. The TV series was dumb, and I loved it.
Release the crackers!
oh I'm going for sure. Didn't even know it was coming out! A-TEAM FOR LIFE.
Calm down ringworm, I wouldn't call rampage a loser, just a quitter for doing a movie instead of fighting. As long as he comes back to the UFC and fights Evans eventually, I can forgive him. Gotta give the guy credit for doing a movie before his face gets too f-d up though. Like you would've said no?
AHHH, they busted the van!
I absolutely loved the A Team!!! It's also nice to see another former fellow teacher, Liam smile! Would be fun in Imax or 3D... Would have liked to have been part of the extra cast.
Transformers, GI Joe.... Please don't F'up A-Team because if you do I won't have many awesome childhood memories left.
This could be the start of an awesome franchise.the cast is not perfect, but Liam is the perfect choice for Hannibal...who else?
I'll still go see Transformers 3 even though she won't be in it. LOL
The new A Team motion picture is going to be off the chain. I liked the original television series! B.A. Baracas is the man!
Really looking forward to the movie. I liked the TV series too. 🙂
Once everyone realizes the fed's QE policy has failed horribly, the dollar will continue to fall against the major pairs