quintin-jacksonI thought things were getting desperate when they started adapting every old TV show and children’s book into a movie, but frankly, when I heard that they were looking to modify The A-Team into a movie, I pretty much abandoned all hope.

And so it continues on with a new chunk of casting data–Quintin Jackson is now slated to play Mr. T’s old character, B.A. Baracus.

Considering that their other option was Tyrese Gibson, they might have gone with the lesser of two evils, but frankly, neither was a good call.  Where’s Michael Clarke Duncan?  Where’s Kevin Michael Richardson?  Where’s VING RHAMES??

Why is Mr. T’s old character being played by a MIXED MARTIAL ARTS FIGHTER??  And worse yet, this is his FIRST major movie role.  He’s completely inexperienced!

It’s enough to drive a fella to drinking, and I’m not talking milk, either.

Well, hopefully he won’t bungle the job too badly, anyway…not that I’m really holding out a lot of hope for this mess from the get-go.  But we’ll find out how well it comes off in 2010.

‘Everwood’ Second Season

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I am discovering the joys of watching television shows on DVD.  The only hard point is waiting unbelievably long at times for the complete season to be available as a DVD set.

Take Everwood Second Season, it is finally out and well worth the wait.  Ironically though, it took me forever to set down and watch the series because of my hectic, busy lifestyle. I am glad I did.

First of all, I am in love with Treat Williams.  Ever since I saw him in the movie musical Hair, he has always been my Claude.  Treat Williams being so talented, I often wondered why he never achieved great success in film.  Well, now I am disabused of that notion because he stars in Everwood as Dr. Andrew Brown and is genuine through and through — he still is a looker.

The second season DVD set of Everwood is a 6-disc set running 968 minutes or 22 hour-long episodes (without commercials) in wondrous widescreen.

The series is for the whole family with a nice touch of comic relief, which we sure can use these days.

Special features include a warm introduction by Andy Brown and 40 minutes of deleted scenes.