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steampunkforever · 11 months ago

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There's nothing explicitly wrong with an origin story. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that when adapting a character to the screen, the modernization involved in telling an origin story for the present day (even if the story is set in the past) can even be one of the main draws for an audience. It's what made that first wave of Marvel films fun, after all. 2010's The A-Team cinematic reboot, on the other hand, contains two origin stories. Neither of them are fun.

The key to a good origin, I find, is that your hero has to hit the groove by at least the middle of the film. Nobody wants to know the secret story of how Willy Wonka could afford a factory if they don't get to see him torturing children in it. This is a lesson The A-Team could have used while it managed to adapt a charmingly stupid television show into a forgettably stupid movie reboot.

The A-Team has always been about a team of mercenaries wanted by the government for breaking out of military prison and the wacky Macgyver-meets-Mission-Impossible adventures they find themselves in. Each episode contains a car chase and a helicopter stunt that's just as much a result of the Vietnam War as the themes behind the Team's court marshal. What this movie did was ignore all of that.

The film itself opens with a zany action sequence that brings together a group of ragtag fighters to form the A-Team. Origin story #1. It then shows them framed for a crime they didn't commit, has them escape from a high security government stockade, and live as fugitives. Origin #2. Then comes the rest of the movie, a needless slog that fades out on Bradley Cooper's attractive smirk and plays the TV shows opening synopsis read over the credits, proving to all of us that the entire film's substance could've been covered in 30 seconds.

Where a film like Miami Vice understands its subject matter, the A-Team does not. Just like attempts at launching the Dark Universe franchise, it presents what is essentially the boring intro to the show as the main event, giving us a government thriller where we wanted a soldier of fortune romp. This was always about fun mercenaries like the ones who were flooding into Rhodesia and Central America after adrenaline and amoral paychecks post-Vietnam. A movie about four guys trying to clear their criminal records just isn't the same.

Plus the movie gets rid of the van in the first 20 minutes. Simply not worth it.

#filmposting #the a-team #film #the a-team 2010 #the A-Team

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finifugue · 5 months ago

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"Bring back cunty F1" "Bring back F1 drivers who don't care about PR and just say what they think" "Bring back F1 where the drivers are actually allowed to be rivals"

You fools. You insolent buffoons. You can't handle the Ferrari drivers taking shots at each other in separate interviews. You can't handle Max saying what everyone else is thinking. You can't even handle Lando Norris existing. And you think you would survive watching Multi-21 happen in real time? Or, God forbid, classic F1? I'm laughing.

#the truth is that anyone you think is bad on the current grid? There's someone from the 2010s who is leagues kilometres light years worse #talk to me when mclaren makes oscar crash intentionally so that lando can win. then maybe I'll consider what you're saying.#this is mostly a joke but if you feel offended by it then tell me to kms in my asks. do it off anon if you're not a coward #formula 1 #formula one #f1 #lando norris #mclaren #ferrari #charles leclerc #carlos sainz #red bull team #red bull racing #red bull f1 #red bull formula 1 #max verstappen

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zeffdakilla · 5 days ago

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ok

#tf2 #art #nostalgia #old internet #old web #team fortress 2 #digital art #2010s #2010s nostalgia #mlp #my little pony #miss pauling #tf2 medic #brony

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vertigoartgore · 5 months ago

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Spider-Man 2099 meets Batman Beyond by artist Dan Mora (2015).

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thedarkbluevoid · 8 months ago

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Where are you? Come home as soon as possible, it's getting dark.

Cry of Fear (2012)

#cry of fear #team psykskallar #2010s #2012 #gif #video game gifs #horror games #survival horror

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skitskatdacat63 · 1 year ago

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2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel(ft. Mark Webber & Jenson Button)

#fantastic podium!! maybe my favorite of this season?????#sebmarkson podiums are my fav ever nothing can top them #and both mark and jense were being so cute with seb this race aaaahhhhhhh <333333 #theres something about seb that makes older men want to cuddle him and pick him up and pour champagne on him #haha thank you to dru for showing me seb getting drenched on this podium a few weeks and making me hype for this race!!#this race was very very good as well. like the last laps battle btwn mark and jense was insane #its very good when i already know the results of a race but the racing still makes me sit on the edge of my seat and scream a bit #i mentioned this before but i love how this race felt like an epilogue and it was nice to see everyone having fun and enjoying themseles #thank you everybody for joining me on another season journey!!! it been so much fun. ive really really enjoyed 2009 #brawn is just soooooo cool to me. their story is insane!! im glad ive gotten to watch thru this season before the docu abt them comes out #but also very fun to see the beginning of rbr getting to the top of the field. every good result just felt so rewarding and worth it #anyways dont wanna do too much commentary abt it since ive discussed it a lot. onto 2010 next!!!! i shall miss you 2009 #though i will say. it was rly interesting in this race to hear their team predictions for next season bcs a lot of it doesnt pan out #mark webber #jenson button #sebastian vettel #sebson #martian #sebmark #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1 #2009 abu dhabi gp #season: 2009

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sportsthoughts · 3 months ago

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Day 106 of offseason gifs - my favourite olympian

#Simone came close tonight I won’t lie #can you tell i'm getting olympics obsessed #the last gif he looks so stunned!!#sidney crosby #team canada #2010 olympics #luce's gifs #he's on the cusp here but still:#baby sid

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theunholycyrus · 6 months ago

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#miley cyrus #younger now #plastic hearts #my edit #she is coming era #miley cyrus 2019 #miley photo #mileyworld #miley cyrus 2010 #mileyraycyrus #team miley #miley cyrus candid #mileycyrus #miley cyrus edit #mileyedit #miley

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the-mercs-as · 7 months ago

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Week One hundred-twenty-one, The Mercs As ...

2010S SONGS

(Suggestion credit: anonymous)

(Art by Big Green Pepper)

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #the mercs as #2010s songs

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acquired-stardust · 2 months ago

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Sonic Generatons PC 2011

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refusing2sink · 23 days ago

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Twilight new moon hot topic section

#2000s emo #emo aesthetic #2000s #2010s #rawr xd #emocore #emo 2000s #emo #myspace #emo kid #twilight #new moon #team edward #hehe :3

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zeffdakilla · 10 months ago

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almost forgot to post this one too brah

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subbanator · 3 months ago

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post golden goal sid

#oh golden goal sid you will always be famous #2010 olympics #team canada #sidney crosby #kyle.gif #hockeyedit #nhledit #sidneycrosbyedit

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thedarkbluevoid · 3 months ago

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I wrote a happy ending, just for myself.

Cry of Fear (2012)

#cry of fear #team psykskallar #2010s #2012 #gif #video game gifs #survival horror #these were some leftover gifs that just didn't make the cut for my other gifsets #they're still nice so here they are

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tbhcreaturelover69 · 2 months ago

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They are my fathers btw, they gave me life 💪(i also feel like i shouldve added more interesting lighting but im not gonna remake everything)

And this thing that I made yesterday while high on Venlafaxine and trying to make a blurry background loll

#team fortress 2 #tf2 #sfm poster #source filmmaker #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #speeding bullet #tf2 napoleon complex #napoleon complex #tf2 spy #tf2 engineer #tf2 miss pauling #silly goofy mood #2010's sad image recopilation videos type of render #I don't know how violins work #nor do i care

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vertigoartgore · 2 months ago

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Uncanny X-Force by artist Declan Shalvey and colorist Jordie Bellaire. Source Source

Declan Shalvey (February 9 2011) : "I'm on a mad X-buzz after reading the first 4 issues of Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender and Jerome Opeña, with great covers by Esad Ribic. It's bloody brilliant. I've lost track of what's happening in the X-world of late, but this is a great series that you can just pick up without having to know everything that's going on elsewhere."

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