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Post by sidney on Jan 30, 2024 6:01:23 GMT -5
Was there ever a bounty on them? Would bounty hunters be pursuing them? Other than what I've seen on the occasional cop show, I know nothing about bounty hunters. Would they chase criminals like the A-Team?
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Post by Katia on Jan 30, 2024 22:44:26 GMT -5
I assume there would probably be a reward, especially this far along (you know Lynch-with-the-grudge would push for one, at the very least).
Not sure if a bounty hunter would bother with them, or if they'd stick to bond-skippers, etc. It would depend on the price on their heads. Would've made a good episode, though.
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Post by amyk on Jan 31, 2024 18:29:51 GMT -5
They did have the bounty hunters after them for a whole episode, so I'm not really understanding the question. Can you explain more, Sidney? Do you mean would they have had more bounty hunters pursuing them than just those guys in BOUNTY?
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Post by sidney on Jan 31, 2024 21:24:35 GMT -5
Oh my fricken goodness. BOUNTY. I completely forgot about BOUNTY. Goes to show you how much respect I have for that episode.
Those three guys and their Indigenous friend were Bounty Hunters. They kidnapped Murdock to try to draw The A Team out of hiding to collect the dead or alive reward.
I wonder why I don't really see them as bounty hunters. Why do they seem different?
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Post by Katia on Jan 31, 2024 23:14:24 GMT -5
Oh, I forgot about that. I always get this episode mixed up with the one where Murdock gets kidnapped to fly a stolen helicopter and they mesh together in my mind.
I mean, there's also the one where the guys buy a house and the neighborhood-watch-commando-wannabe neighbor turns them in (that's the one with Stevi Faith, right?)-- so yeah, there's a reward out for them at least in that episode (I think there was a reward, right? It wasn't just "we're looking for Stevi Faith and these are the guys she's with"?).
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Post by amyk on Feb 1, 2024 19:51:48 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure there was a reward in it for Joe. I think he even may have told his wife to pack her bags because they were going somewhere like Hawaii when he was calling it in to the police.
I think it is hilarious that Sidney forgot about BOUNTY since her signature or whatever that is proudly proclaims her to be Bounty's #1 fan. I guess you have to block that from your mind, Sidney, and you do that so well that you forgot about it!
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Post by sidney on Feb 3, 2024 10:39:00 GMT -5
HD put that signature on me as a joke a long time ago. I thought it was funny. Yes, I do hate that episode and always will. I still like it more than Season 5 though.
I guess I really got confused because in two different shows recently there were bounty hunters after someone and they bounty hunters were just so slick and organized. Are bounty hunters in real life hicks? Backwoods mountains type of people like the ones who kidnapped Murdock? I'm thinking that's where I never considered them bounty hunters - more just bad guys. Aren't bounty hunters good guys?
In real life, are bounty hunters just like the ones that kidnapped Murdock? Are 'Burn Notice' and 'The Rookie' lying to me?
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Post by amyk on Feb 3, 2024 18:24:11 GMT -5
The only supposedly real-life bounty hunter I ever heard of was that guy called "Dog the Bounty Hunter." I never watched his show, though. And if that was a "reality show" then I kind of doubt that what they showed on there was how average real-life bounty hunters actually operate.
I agree that the bounty hunters in BOUNTY seemed more like hillbillies and very unscrupulous, especially using Kelly as bait after already trying to use Murdock as bait. Regardless of what one thinks of Kelly, I don't think what they threatened to do to her is something that a bounty hunter should be threatening to do.
Maybe there are bounty hunters with integrity and bounty hunters lacking integrity.....I think the ones in BOUNTY lacked integrity.
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Post by sidney on Feb 4, 2024 22:10:52 GMT -5
Kidnapping, too. Not just how they were going to hurt Kelly, but they also broke into the VA, shot up the place, and kidnapped Murdock.
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Post by amyk on Feb 5, 2024 18:50:36 GMT -5
That's right. They could have had a bounty on them for all the laws they broke!
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Post by sidney on Feb 7, 2024 23:48:43 GMT -5
This might be a criticism for the A-Team, really. I mean, their bad guys were all the same. Writing bounty hunters could have been a chance to create antagonists that were different from the same old same old villains.
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Post by Katia on Feb 8, 2024 22:08:45 GMT -5
Yeah, it got pretty formulaic. I think I have somewhere in my notes, "how many plots can they have where they have to rescue people being hassled by bad guys to sell their land?"
I mean, some of the plots were more interesting. Some were a little too "out there" (Crystal Skull, etc.) One thing to be said for making the show these days... they could crowdsource episode ideas from their fan base.
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Post by sidney on Feb 8, 2024 22:53:01 GMT -5
I actually didn't mind the same storylines of helping the little guy from someone trying to take over their land/business/whatever. The truth is: in this world there are plenty of bad guys. It is very possible that it could happen again and again. And if they were successful helping people in that situation, of course others in the same situation would want their help. In so many ways the guys' characters were so well-thought out and complex, and in so many ways they weren't. I just wish Stephen J Cannell continued to write for them and the bad guys. Or some of the early writers. They seemed to care about the characters. And honestly, in my opinion. characters are the meat and potatoes of a good show... And the reason why we love the A-Team so much. A lot of the other stuff is nice, but it was the four main characters that really draw you in. And of course their relationship.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 9, 2024 18:14:52 GMT -5
I think BOUNTY is the best example of bounty hunters in the show, although they are a little more..."lawless" maybe...than what I would think of bounty hunters. They are in it for the money, yes, but kidnapping and whatnot do not seem to go hand-in-hand with the current standards of bounty hunters. Not sure what it is was like in the early 80s, but I would doubt that kind of tactic would fly even then. So, I agree, Sidney, it can be tough to think of them as bounty hunters.
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Post by amyk on Feb 9, 2024 18:33:37 GMT -5
I agree with Sidney re that I don't mind the same basic formula being repeated many times, although I do like a lot of episodes that stray from the formula. I think it is kind of neat how the writers could come up with so many different ways of having average, good people being terrorized by bad guys.
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