Post by stefancrosscoe on May 30, 2018 11:20:30 GMT
Even though I began re-watching almost the entire show back in spring/summer of 2016, I somewhat lost a little "motivation" after season 4 and tried to pick up again but I just never got around to finish it.
So now I am back to the very first beginning, starting off with season 1 and I think watching it during spring/summer time is the perfect occasion for such a colorful and nostalgic series.
Anyway, I have already seen through the first 3 episodes and I do not have time to write down an entire and lengthy review of every one of them, but I will keep on saying a few lines and rate them, then maybe get around to do a fuller review of each season.
Episode 01 and 02 - Season One: Mexican Slayride (1983)
The 90 minute pilot episode, in which it was quite "strange" to see another actor portray Face, but the rest of the gang is all there and the chemistry between them is on from the very first minute.
Always enjoyed the whole B.A. set up whenever the gang is about to take a flight to another country and they have to go through all kind of trouble to make sure the big fella do not explode into a thundering atomic bomb at the end of the day, when realizing he has been set up by his comrades.
Beside the one with the other Face, I had almost forgotten that B.A. gets his ass kicked in a very cool bar fight by the giant south american who a year later would end up having his privates sqeezed till death by Charles Bronson in The Evil That Men Do (1984).
I think B.A. never again got beaten up or had such a tough opponent, or of that I can remember.
All in all, compared to other great 80s shows and their pilot episodes, Mexican Slayride is a fun and very enjoyable one, but if one is to put it up against the epic pilot episode of Miami Vice with Brother's Keeper, The A-Team do end up looking a little "out of its league" at the end of the day, but I still enjoyed watching it again and while not something I would describe as a classic A-Team episode, it surely is a very good introduction and opening which has lots of action and makes sure to get to know each and one of the gang.
7/10
Episode 03 - Season One: Children of Jamestown (1983)
In this one we finally get the real Face and he fits right into the gang and looks like he have always been there.
The story and plot is not all that great, here a bunch of religious fanatics run by their crazy leader (John Saxon) ends up taking on the wrong guys when trying to capture The A-Team.
While not that much of a good episode, I enjoyed John Saxon as this creepy doomsday reverend with his sunglasses and chilling manners, however I thought he should have deserved to star in a much better written episode, as this one have always been one of the more "forgettables" for me that of season one.
5/10
Episode 04 - Season One: Pros and Cons (1983)
An old friend of B.A. gets sent up to a corrupt prison where the warden and his crew are putting up brutal and illegal cage matches and where the inmates must fight till the death or be shot on trial. If one succeed in winning, you will be handed a "chance" of getting away, but of course it is never that easy and when one of B.A. old pal's goes missing, he comes in contact with his friend kid brother and they decide to hire The A-Team for the task of shutting the nasty business down for good.
I really liked this one, actually the best of the first four episodes. Here we have all kind of fun, where Murdock is as crazy as ever "TRAAAASHBAAAAGS! I WANT SOME TRAAAAASHBAAAAAAGS!" and Faceman goes undercover as Dr. Pepper!
, and then of course we have B.A. playing a mute and deaf inmate along with Hannibal as his gay hair dresser and speech guide.
While not as action dominated as the first three episodes, Pros and Cons is more tighter and memorable as a whole.
The escape part is the stuff of legends and the fight scenes are also done rather well, and not in the more "comical" or cartoonish manner.
All in all, out of the first four, my favorite and one which I think could easily be described as a classic The A-Team episode.
8/10
So now I am back to the very first beginning, starting off with season 1 and I think watching it during spring/summer time is the perfect occasion for such a colorful and nostalgic series.
Anyway, I have already seen through the first 3 episodes and I do not have time to write down an entire and lengthy review of every one of them, but I will keep on saying a few lines and rate them, then maybe get around to do a fuller review of each season.
Episode 01 and 02 - Season One: Mexican Slayride (1983)
The 90 minute pilot episode, in which it was quite "strange" to see another actor portray Face, but the rest of the gang is all there and the chemistry between them is on from the very first minute.
Always enjoyed the whole B.A. set up whenever the gang is about to take a flight to another country and they have to go through all kind of trouble to make sure the big fella do not explode into a thundering atomic bomb at the end of the day, when realizing he has been set up by his comrades.
Beside the one with the other Face, I had almost forgotten that B.A. gets his ass kicked in a very cool bar fight by the giant south american who a year later would end up having his privates sqeezed till death by Charles Bronson in The Evil That Men Do (1984).
I think B.A. never again got beaten up or had such a tough opponent, or of that I can remember.
All in all, compared to other great 80s shows and their pilot episodes, Mexican Slayride is a fun and very enjoyable one, but if one is to put it up against the epic pilot episode of Miami Vice with Brother's Keeper, The A-Team do end up looking a little "out of its league" at the end of the day, but I still enjoyed watching it again and while not something I would describe as a classic A-Team episode, it surely is a very good introduction and opening which has lots of action and makes sure to get to know each and one of the gang.
7/10
Episode 03 - Season One: Children of Jamestown (1983)
In this one we finally get the real Face and he fits right into the gang and looks like he have always been there.
The story and plot is not all that great, here a bunch of religious fanatics run by their crazy leader (John Saxon) ends up taking on the wrong guys when trying to capture The A-Team.
While not that much of a good episode, I enjoyed John Saxon as this creepy doomsday reverend with his sunglasses and chilling manners, however I thought he should have deserved to star in a much better written episode, as this one have always been one of the more "forgettables" for me that of season one.
5/10
Episode 04 - Season One: Pros and Cons (1983)
An old friend of B.A. gets sent up to a corrupt prison where the warden and his crew are putting up brutal and illegal cage matches and where the inmates must fight till the death or be shot on trial. If one succeed in winning, you will be handed a "chance" of getting away, but of course it is never that easy and when one of B.A. old pal's goes missing, he comes in contact with his friend kid brother and they decide to hire The A-Team for the task of shutting the nasty business down for good.
I really liked this one, actually the best of the first four episodes. Here we have all kind of fun, where Murdock is as crazy as ever "TRAAAASHBAAAAGS! I WANT SOME TRAAAAASHBAAAAAAGS!" and Faceman goes undercover as Dr. Pepper!
, and then of course we have B.A. playing a mute and deaf inmate along with Hannibal as his gay hair dresser and speech guide. While not as action dominated as the first three episodes, Pros and Cons is more tighter and memorable as a whole.
The escape part is the stuff of legends and the fight scenes are also done rather well, and not in the more "comical" or cartoonish manner.
All in all, out of the first four, my favorite and one which I think could easily be described as a classic The A-Team episode.
8/10