amyk
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Post by amyk on Aug 4, 2008 15:12:26 GMT -5
Who does the voice-over in the opening credits? Also, does anyone know why all the characters names are given along with the actors' names except for Face's name?
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Aug 4, 2008 19:10:14 GMT -5
According to IMDB, John Ashley is the narrator with the opening credits. I could never figure out why Dirk Benedict never got the character name credit. Of course, we didn't see Dwight Schultz get that until the fourth (?) season either. And is it just me, or does anyone else prefer the late second-season credits (the ones where Captain Cab talks to Sockie) to the later ones?
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 4, 2008 21:23:28 GMT -5
Why doesn't anyone ever read all of my episode guide? John Ashley is mentioned in THE SOUND OF THUNDER one. Kidding, amyk. I know you are working your way there.
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Post by amyk on Aug 5, 2008 14:13:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, everyone. I guess I forgot that it doesn't say as "Howlin' Mad" Murdock until later on in the show's opening credits. And you are right, HD, I won't read the episode guide commentary until I have seen the episode. I even try to avoid seeing how many bullets you gave the next episode when I am reading the current one. I'm already a bit concerned about tonight's as we have YET ANOTHER rock star! And of all people, it's Boy George. This fourth season sure put in all these singers for some reason.
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Post by kace121 on Aug 19, 2008 5:12:50 GMT -5
Ten years ago / In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.
But what i dont understand is how the Government could never find them, and ordinary people could? always baffled me...
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Aug 19, 2008 9:54:46 GMT -5
But what i dont understand is how the Government could never find them, and ordinary people could? always baffled me... Ah, one of the great mysteries. (We need to do a group project: The laws of physics and nature, according to The A-Team. Face always hits on girls, BA always threatens Murdock with bodily harm, a crack commando unit can't hit the broad side of a barn, etc.)
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Post by amyk on Aug 19, 2008 13:35:45 GMT -5
Well the government finds them nearly every episode......they just can't keep them!
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Aug 19, 2008 15:39:53 GMT -5
That might be the intent of the opening. The government could find them, but not keep them, so it was deemed an overall failure.
Plus, they might have found out some of the aliases of Hannibal, but could not pin it on him so they went on their way. Of course, they could have left wild goose chases for the MPs too. So many possibilities. ;D
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Post by amyk on Aug 20, 2008 14:33:31 GMT -5
Ordinary people were able to find the team because the team was really the "good guys" while the government was too busy looking for who they thought were the "bad guys."
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Post by amyk on Jan 2, 2010 10:48:26 GMT -5
My favorite opening credits are probably the ones where Hannibal drops the wrecking ball and B.A. crushes the car and the Cylon walks past Face (from STEEL), also including Face's adorable wink from THE ONLY CHURCH IN TOWN as well as Murdock as the plant from RANGE RIDER.
I don't like season 5's credits, not because of the change in music, but because it seems like so much of them are from the mind of Hannibal (and also Murdock's testimony) and not from events that really happened in A-Team canon. I wish that what Hannibal imagined really HAD happened, in a way. And that somehow they escaped from there without having to rely on Stockwell or even Frankie.
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Post by mizhowlinmad on Jan 3, 2010 20:24:13 GMT -5
I actually like the mid-season 2 credits after Amy had left, since they have Hannibal as the old bag lady in ONE MORE TIME and Murdock with Socki, not to mention the debut of Face with the Cylon walking past! ;D
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