# Let the A-Team countdown begin! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525 "2010-06-01T17:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/61 "2010-06-28T03:51:36Z")
I really enjoyed it, a lot more than I thought I would \ The only time I was thinking ‘wtf’ was when everything on the docks was blowing up. Seriously, wtf? They didn’t bring that many explosives, and I can’t think of anything sitting at the docks that would blow up like that. It was…really out of place. Yes, I know the rest of the movie was a stretch, too, but at least it made sense. 😛 But even that was not bad cinematically. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/62 "2010-06-28T04:05:56Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Also, for those that didn’t stay through the end of the credits: > > The original Faceman makes an appearance. Bradley Cooper asks him how he stays looking so young, or something like that, and he goes “Well, you never mess with the face…” > And then there’s a scene with Murdoch getting electroshock and I’m pretty sure one of the doctors was the original Murdoch. Thank you for this! We did indeed leave before the end of the credits, so it’s good to know what we missed. And put me into the ‘Big Fan of Murdoch’ Club. I liked the first Murdoch, and love the second Murdoch, though it seems the actor is really more of a producer, so I don’t expect to see him in much. What a shame! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/63 "2010-06-29T23:28:09Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > And put me into the ‘Big Fan of Murdoch’ Club. I liked the first Murdoch, and love the second Murdoch, though it seems the actor is really more of a producer, so I don’t expect to see him in much. What a shame! :mad: It appears that Sharlto Copley was also a major character in the movie District 9, which I hadn’t seen. Which I am now going to watch, just because of him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/64 "2010-06-30T00:40:36Z")
Ok, I was wrong. I watched about 1/3 of the District 9 movie, but…by the time the scene where they made Copley’s character shoot the alien weapons was through, I was just about vomiting. Saw too many concentration camp movies when I was in grade school to ever be able to watch that kind of thing happening again for entertainment. But he’s a good actor. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/65 "2010-06-30T00:46:17Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > 10/10. Perfect. The platonic ideal of an action movie. The best TV to movie adaptation I can recall. I started a thread here a while back on “The Losers” and it went nowhere. Hell, even [Ebert liked it](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100421/REVIEWS/100429990). > [@](#): > > “The Losers” knows what it’s doing and how to do it. Sylvain White doesn’t have a lot of credits but he knows how to direct and not trip over his own feet. The movie gets the job done, and the actors show a lot of confidence in occupying that tricky middle ground between controlled satire and comic overkill. It’s fun. And two pages on this? I just don’t get it. I guess there were more A-team TV watchers than there were The Losers readers. Which I don’t get either. Oh well… ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/66 "2010-06-30T01:10:33Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > I started a thread here a while back on “The Losers” and it went nowhere. Hell, even [Ebert liked it](http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100421/REVIEWS/100429990). > And two pages on this? I just don’t get it. I guess there were more A-team TV watchers than there were The Losers readers. Which I don’t get either. Oh well… Well…maybe a poll is in order? I had no idea The Losers was anything but a recent movie until you mentioned it. I read tons, and always have, but…graphic novels? Not so much. I think a lot more people watched prime time television in the 70’s-80’s than read The Losers, yes. I don’t find that surprising, though. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/67 "2010-06-30T01:17:54Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > The movie was lots of fun, the plot was about this deep, but really, what were you expecting, Speed Racer? How dare you compare this filth to Speed Racer. Any film where John Goodman does martial arts is an instant classic. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/68 "2010-06-30T01:25:10Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > How dare you compare this filth to Speed Racer. Any film where John Goodman does martial arts is an instant classic. If by “Martial Arts” you mean “Completely mop the floor with some poor Nonja”, then yeah, totally. 😃 And Speed Racer came out favorably from the comparison, thankyouverymuch! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/69 "2010-06-30T07:42:07Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Well…maybe a poll is in order? I had no idea The Losers was anything but a recent movie until you mentioned it. I read tons, and always have, but…graphic novels? Not so much. > I think a lot more people watched prime time television in the 70’s-80’s than read The Losers, yes. I don’t find that surprising, though. True enough of course, but then again this is The Dope. I’m sure a lot more people watched Laverne And Shirley than read The Losers too but that doesn’t mean it would make a good movie. Let me just say this, if you like movies like The A-Team do yourself a favor and see The Losers. I’ve seen both. The A-Team is OK, but The Losers is far superior in dialog, lighting, plot, acting and just about everything else. It’s over the top sure, but not too much. Don’t get me wrong, I liked The A-Team (and it’s big name stars) I was just surprised no one else ‘got’ The Losers’. Jeffrey Dean Morganis is too sexy for words as is Zoe Saldana. There aren’t really any good representative clips but [this one](http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi894043161/) is close. Sorry for the hijack - carry on. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525/70 "2010-06-30T10:08:34Z")
I didn’t know Sharlto Copley was in District 9 and also played Murdoch. Murdoch was my favorite character when I watched the show as a kid, I think he did an excellent job with the character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-a-team-countdown-begin/541525.md?page=3)