The A-Team - Season Two | 
 enlarge | Directors: Arnold Laven, Bernard Mceveety, Bruce Kessler, Christian I. Nyby Ii, Craig R. Baxley
Actors: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, Melinda Culea, Dwight Schultz
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 14039
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 1108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1
MPN: MCAD27260D
ISBN: 1417043016
UPC: 025192726026
EAN: 9781417043019
ASIN: B0007LXP7W
Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 1983
Release Date: April 12, 2005
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/12/2005 Run time: 1108 minutes Rating: Nr
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If ridiculous banter, goofball plots, and many, many, many explosions sounds like the recipe for a perfect TV show to you--you must already be a fan of The A-Team. Each of these Vietnam vets on the lam had his specialty: Hannibal (cigar-chomping George Peppard, a long way from Breakfast at Tiffany's) is the cocksure master planner; Faceman (Dirk Benedict of the original Battlestar Galactica) is the smooth-talking con artist; the pilot with a screw loose is Murdock (Dwight Schultz, later to appear on Star Trek: Voyager); and B.A. Baracus (the charismatic and gold-encrusted Mr. T, Rocky III) is both mechanic and muscle. During the series' five year run, each of these eccentrics cultivated their own rabid fan-base as they threw punches, fired thousand of bullets, tossed hand grenades to and fro, and flipped speeding cars--all without killing or even really hurting anyone, which only adds to the show's willful silliness. (A warning for fans of reporter/sidekick Amy Allen, played by Melinda Culea: After being given nothing to do for a dozen or so testosterone-heavy episodes of the second season, Culea either quit or was fired.) Only during the 1980s could this peculiar blend of lefty politics and military fetishism have thrived. Though supposedly mercenaries-for-hire, the A-Team usually finds itself defending the downtrodden and helpless out of sheer cussedness. In the second season they helped abused migrant workers form a union--which, naturally, required transmogrifying farm equipment into a cabbage-shooting cannon. Other underdogs included the disenfranchised heir to an African diamond mine; an independent cab company being squeezed by big business; and a pacifist commune harassed by bigots. The last of these prompted Hannibal to muse ponderously on the unappreciated role of the soldier, who fights so others don't have to--after which Murdock and B.A. began punching each other over a bag of pecans. Self-aware and self-mocking, The A-Team pushed the TV action/adventure genre to laughable extremes. --Bret Fetzer The A-Team--Season Two Trivia
• In this season, Amy is no longer part of the A-Team. There's no explanation as to why.
• One episode this season sees the title sequence featuring the Cylon from Battlestar Galatica (as well being in this episode) for the first time. This is an in-joke, as Dirk Benedict played Starbuck in that series.
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A-TEAM: GOOD, BAD & UGLY! PLUS WARNING December 18, 2008
Mr Braithwaite (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The A Team is what it is: a mindless hour of non-sensical fun. The violence is what I call "Looney-Tunes" chic! Translation: An anvil falls on your head; you get crumpled but walk away alive!
And that sums up the A Team. They blow things up; they fire enough amunition to fight a war; they create make-shift defense vehicles (Hum V's without the paint job :) ) and get the bad guys,--amazingly,--without ever having to kill them. I do not know about you; but if I shot machine guns in the opposite direction of a person, a bullet at least once or twice would ricochet and kill the bad guy. Not so with Hannibal and the gang. They aim directly at them; and they never hit a man. A helicopter flew into the side of a mountain, exploded, fell half a mile; and still every bad guy piled out dazed but unharmed. Ridiculous!
I've always wanted to do: The A Team: The Bloody Cut! :)
Limbs flying everywhere; blood splattered bodies, no men crawling out of any destroyed vehicle. With today's technology, it could be done with a few select episodes; and it would be a hoot. I figure these guys killed about 50 men per episode. If we really wanted to count the bodied "not shown".
Plot: They are an expert tactical team from the Vietnam War, accused of a crime they didn't commit; and they are on the run. They live in the "Underbelly" of L.A. but refuse to leave their country. Why? It's there country; and they still believe in it. They'll solve their "minor differences" with the govt. in time. Oh; and they help the helpless to fight the bad guys. Sometimes for great profit; and others for free. Circumstances pending. But then most know this; and if you do not: you know it now.
One serious flaw after A Team Season 1 DVD Set: Seasons 2, 3, and 4 are double-sided, dual-layered. This spells major trouble, especially coming from Universal. The studio that took DVD and made VHS look good!
I start with Season 2 simply because these are where the flaws begin. So far, on Disc One, there has cropped up a situation where the DVD pauses for more time than it should: I should say it freezes, then jumps a second to the next frame. This has occurred in two episodes: "The Only Church In Town" (once); and "When You Comin Back, Range Rider?" (multiple times. Big problems with this episode). The eps play; but it is a freeze; and not a normal dual-layer pause.
Universal, always on the cheap, should have gone with one-sided dual-layered discs. The normal pause might occur; but I had no problems with Season One with the discs,--which had only one side.
It has beens suggested in a review on this site, these defective discs can be returned to Universal with replacements provided. I shall give it a try; and see if I can get replacement discs free of charge.
But beware! Some players may handle it one time--the freezing; others may read every flaw. But the defects are there, even if one of your players can take the heat of these cheaply made discs.
I like the A Team; but I do not like Universal DVD productions. Most are really just put the film on the DVD, flaws and all. No enhancements; no extras. Then add defects as I have just described, and it makes for lousy viewing--in spots.
A Team? Non-sensical insanity: 4 Stars
Universal: They should locked up in a military prison! :)
Braithwaite
 A-Team II June 9, 2008
Pat A. Proudfoot
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am overjoyed at the quick response to my orders. My grandchildren are really becoming fans of the A-Team.
The A-Team - Season Two May 12, 2008
T Family
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I always loved watching The A-Team. When my son was younger (he is 20 years old now), he watched The A-Team and loved it also. We find the show entertaining and educational. It shows you can accomplish things with what you have on hand, if you think about it. It shows that people from all walks of life can work together and accomplish what seems to be impossible.
Great Fun! April 7, 2008
Catherine S. Bates (Thompson, CT. United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This video set was great fun. I remember when it was on TV we had a black &white set. Enjoy.
Great series February 9, 2008
Z. Raizen
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent series, not quite as good as Season 1, but still the A-Team at their best!
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