Yes, this show is kind of like a lot of 80's shows in that it started out blazing with the first show being a hit and then toys and other stuff related to the show are a complete hit too. Then mysteriously it fades fast, gets canceled and its stars either move on to new things are they really do nothing. Kind of like "Alf" as that show started really popular and then died rather quickly leaving in its wake a toy line and everything. I loved this one as a kid, the shows not quite as enjoyable now that I am an adult. I had the B.A. action figure along with crazy Murdock and I even had a replica van that doubled as a cool tent or fort. The show had lots of action with virtually no killing during the early episodes. I am not so sure of the episodes after they got caught and began working for the government as I really did not like that new format so I never watched the show after that happened. Amazingly at one point this was considered the most violent show on television. In this day and age that seems like a joke, heck even back then it was kind of a joke as "Miami Vice" was also on during this time and it was a tad more graphic in its depiction of violence. The show though was a good mixture of action and some humor as well. Never getting really serious except for maybe a show or two. The show was about a bunch of former soldiers on the run as the government wanted them for some crimes they were not guilty of, and they would go out and help people who were getting attacked, blackmailed or anything of that nature by obvious bullying villains. They would come to save the day and usually make some really cool weapons out of virtually anything. Then the show kind of lost it for me when they were captured. Still, a nice little action show of the 80's.
Review of The A-Team
The A-Team
(1983–1987)
Yet another 80's show that started on fire and then chilled out rather quickly.
13 March 2010