Faceman and the Cylon

In the opening credits of The A-Team tv show there's a moment where Face does a 'don't-i-know-you-from-somewhere' gesture to a passing Cylon. Hahaha. This is of course - i can barely type for laughing - because Dirk Benedict, the actor playing Face, got the role off the back of starring in Battlestar Galactica... home to the Cylons. Clever. Incidentally, i firmly believe that it was the very first broadcast of that moment which fractured Modernity and birthed the Postmodern era right before our very eyes, regardless of what anyone else might tell you.

Anyway, remember this post? Well it seems that i may have overlooked a couple of points which would have furthered my case. Check it:

Remember Tron from 1982? This year we get Tron Legacy



Remember Wall Street from 1987? Check out Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps



Remember Pirhana II from 1981? Grab your magic specs for Pirhana 3D



Remember Red Dawn from 1984? Shame on you! Can't get a trailer for it yet, but yes, they are actually re-doing this. Due this Winter. For those that don't remember, here's the trailer for the original so you can see just how low we're scraping now.



That's right, a bunch of high school kids, led by Patrick Swayze, see off invading Russian forces. Anyone else laugh outloud at the irony of presenting McDonalds as a benign presence in a 'free' America?

So, cinema-goers could for sometime be wandering around with Templeton Peck's 'don't-i-know-you-from-somewhere' expression all over our otherwise bewildered faces. I'm a little concerned about what happens in 20 years time though, when Hollywood is having to draw on this decade for it's ideas. You can't use a tea bag more than twice, surely.