After watching Season One of TV's "A-Team" - I am now completely convinced that back in the early 1980s American masculinity was being seriously threatened, big-time.And, as a result of this assault on manliness - A testosterone-charged, macho-man TV series called "A-Team" was frantically created in order to "butch-up-the-nation" again.I mean - As silly as this may sound - That's the only thing that makes any sense to me as to why such a preposterous, male-dominated program as this one was produced (and, why, due to its vast popularity, it actually lasted for 5 solid seasons).

Funny , entertainment , comedy and noisy action with the nostalgic team . Entertaining series created by Stephen J Cannell and Frank Lupo and John Ashley , with an appropriate cast and spectacular special effects plenty of shootouts and crashes with cars and trucks and bounds and leaps . This mythical series of¨A Team¨ , starts developing the meeting between Annibal Smith , and his pals . Four Vietnam vets, accused for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military. As as soldiers were ordered to steal the Bank of Hanoi. However, the man who ordered them was killed and no one else can verify their story. They would be attempted and found guilty but after that they escape from the facility where they were being held and went underground in Los Angeles. While on the lam, they became heroes for hire, working as good-guy vigilantes around the US or the world . Annibal (the early deceased George Peppard) and his team were wrongly framed for stealing and subsequently escaping .Hannibal Smith was their chief and an expert at disguises . Templeton Faceman (Dirk Benedict) was the team's con artist and lady's man . M.A. Baracus (Mr T) with extreme panic to flight , he was their mechanic , but also took care of mayhem and intimidation . The final member of the Team , "Howling Mad" Murdock Dwight Schulz), was an expert but nutty pilot, and a certified lunatic , but they broke him out of a mental hospital whenever they needed him for dangerous missions . They escaped and went on the run, pursued by Col. Decker (Lance LeGault) and Captain Crane (Carl Franklin) This entertaining story is concentrated on known characters as well as thrill-packed action and special effects although there're numerous of that too . The movie has unstopped ,tension, comedy , emotion, suspense and sensational scenarios like is customary development of the franchise . Spectacular , exciting , fast-paced , thrilling this is the description of this nostalgic series : ¨A Team¨ , a splendid saga through a perfect pulse narrative that does not give a second of rest to the spectator who is trapped in a genuine visual spectacle . Humor , thrills , several agreeable characters and trademark effects abound and will please the series enthusiasts such as the neophyte . Along with a great number of guest stars as : William Lucking , Robert Vaughn , Eddie Velez , Morgan Woodward , Michael Lerner , Alex Rocco , Hulk Hogan , Beau Starr , dana Elcar , Ernie Hudson , and many others . The agreeable acting convinces , especially the leader George Peppard , along with the sympathetic as well as womanizer Dirk Benedict , the nutty Dwight Schultz and the hunk Mr. T , while other players also make a nice work as Melinda Culea . The moving series amazing the spectator , in which the stirring and spectacular scenes create a perfect union that terminates with an ending that leaves you stuck in the armchair facing the formidable spectacle as a privileged witness . Thrilling soundtrack by Mike Post with the classic leitmotif , he composes an impressive musical accompaniment to the film . Suitable for family viewing , it's an entertaining adventure which young and old men will enjoy . Fans of the series will find very bemusing and fun . It is amusing to watch and aficionados are sure to love it , resulting to be one of the popular TV series of the eighties .There is an amusing return to the classic series created and produced by Stephen J Cannell and by Ridley Scott , directed by Joe Carnahan with Liam Neeson ,Bradley Cooper , Quinto Rampage jackson , Sharlto Copley . It is an excellent homage to the entertaining episodes with a complex intrigue but following the canon and overemphasis on usual characterization and special effects . It deals with our team, at the end of their stint in Irak Col. John "Hannibal" Smith and after making a mission and returning to the base their commanding General -Gerald McRaney- is murdered in a blow up and the plates are robbed and they are condemned to an US and Germany military prison . And of course , special appearance in brief cameos from Dwight Schulz and Dirk Benedict , though doesn't appear Mr. T. It is the rebirth of the series, an enjoyable homage , the start of a new scenario . Fans of the series may find much to love , but others will be bewildered by excessive and breathtaking situations .

I was introduced to The A-Team on Christmas, and ever since then, I've been hooked. I watched all five seasons to get ready for the upcoming movie. Hannibal, B.A., Face, and Murdock are ex Special Forces and were sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. 10 years after they break out, they are hired by people who seek their help. Hannibal is the leader of the group. Face is the charm and cons people to get what he wants. B.A. is the muscle, and Murdock is the crazy out-of-control pilot who helps fly the plane. (Murdock is my absolute favorite character) If you have a problem. If no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire THE A-TEAM!!!

The 1980s.. Who can hate it ?! It got magic all over it. On TV, it was the golden age (read : the entertaining one). Since the 1970s' end till the 1990s' start there was that determined spirit to make just colorful fun. Whatever the formula was, it must have the era's lovely catchy elements : Firstly a teaser. Then astonishing opening credits (the basis of the music videos later). Dynamic orchestrated theme music. Tasty adventure, adventurous, and atmosphere. Light sadness, violence, and sexiness. With certain smiling finale (something that one of the 1990s' products, "The X Files", had canceled). Mostly there were no depths, no blood, no connected episodes; which unconsciously gives you the optimistic feeling that tomorrow has to be another day.You may call it the childhood and the adolescence of TV; where the dreamy innocent everything. After that, the adult images and ratings would attack ruthlessly. Actually the irony between shows with no killings, and others feed on analyzing the corpses of endless hideously murdered people (the ominous nowadays' dynasty of CSI) is one irony to summarize the too many differences between the 1980s' and the 2000s' TV shows ! It was clear that the viewers had had enough, so let's go to the wild side of life : death ! Yet as for me, so millions of fans who are thirsty for the old times' entertainment, we won't get enough of those "lively" works ever.There was : the scientific toys (MacGyver), the fine views (The Love Boat), the mind-blowing roller-coaster's ride (Magnum, P.I.), the funny folks (Moonlighting), and the silly ones to make the picture whole (Miami Vice) ! Truly what a great amusement park the 1980s was.As for (The A-Team), it was the cotton candy. I think compared to all the others it was the lowest of the best. Look at its ID card; the memorable opening credits. It presents shamelessly (George Peppard) as an alligator or a shocking ugly lady; that's sheer cheese ! Here, (Mission Impossible) meets (Magnum, P.I.) meets (The Fugitive). The genius team of Vietnam's veterans whom work unofficially for the welfare and on the run too. It's brilliant. Just like that gang of characters as perfect soldiers of fortune for the 1980s' TV : An impostor ladies' man, a human truck, a hopeless crazy, and a too many faces commander who's crazier than the previous bunch, yet with planner brain. Of course, there is the pretty feminine sight. (Melinda Culea) was another 80s' beauty where all the gals must be more or less a Charlie's Angel ! So, what a combination of beauty, muscles, mind, and madness they were, as all action heroes and comic relief in the same time..Although it was the 1980s' fun, but it wasn't that fun. Sure it got its moments but it didn't reach the top that other 80s' gems had. Aside from slight usual matters; like obvious stunt-men most of the time, still one of the highest weak points is the reiterative formula. Unlike for instance (Magnum, P.I.) where too many twists in one episode, and new plot for every case despite the place's constancy; The A-Team with many supposed travels all over the world was nothing but the same comic book every time with the same must-disguise situation, must-fix machine, must-explode shanty, and must-jump car where absolutely nobody gets hurt ! I think the writers weren't smart enough to search for unique plots, or maybe the producers wanted no seriousness, bold satires, political issues, controversial anything, or emotional situations. Most likely, that was according to the aforementioned bible of the era, especially the commandment of : No Depths ! Moreover; kidnapping Murdock from the nut house went on and on as if the nut house was ruled by nuts. Collecting money for the team's missions was always deliberately vague. (Mr. T)'s image as B.A. was too bizarre to believe that the military police all over America couldn't find that moving jewelry store. He even got the most outrageous haircut ever been for a man at the moment (it's the letter T !).(Dwight Schultz) as Murdock was so creative to annoying extent sometimes, being kind of the 1980s' godfather for the 1990s' Jim Carry. (Dirk Benedict) as Faceman was charming yet funny as well. (Mr. T) was violent and super funny; strange why he couldn't make a lasting career, turning into one of the 1980s relic. And (George Peppard) was enjoying himself and us fully, doing what could be considered as the best of his legacy ! It's well-made fun time to amuse more than to amaze, that surprisingly never been dated, to watch in your living room (no, the bed is better), to brake your brain for 45 minutes, and to recall your memories with it, or the memory of making it and its likes once. We miss that age powerfully and increasingly everyday. Thank god for the reruns. Without them we couldn't survive in front of the crushing pestilence of (CSI), (The Shield), and (The Reality seem-never-ending Shows). Although I believe that saturation is fate, and changing is good, to the extent of having the urge to make (Baywatch) in one time, then the totally opposite urge to make (The Biggest Loser) in another !! BUT for nostalgic, artistic, or psychological reasons.. Heck, I adore the 1980s and its bright dreams. If only I can hire The A-Team to dispose of those nightmares of nowadays ! It's not "They never make 'em as they were", NO, it's "They never make 'em...Any more" !