I don’t know much in this world, most of what I say is based on hot air and random opinion. Actually those are both probably the same thing. But I do know two very important things: Tom Selleck will always be Thomas Magnum. and Mr. T will always be B.A. Baracus.

So to me, it’s somewhat baffling that Hollywood continues in its mad pursuit to replace both of them when they get around to making movie versions of Magnum P.I. and The A-Team. Mr. T wants nothing to do with the A-Team movie, because their plan is to turn the classic 80s show into a mockery, but that doesn’t mean he should be replaced. It means they shouldn’t be doing the movie.

Despite all common sense to the contrary, that A-Team movie is indeed still happening, and Blackfilm has a line on the soon to be pitied fool replacing T. The sucka’s name is Ice Cube, and he tells them he’s all but a lock for the role. He says, “They want me to do it if all the business works out right.” That’s promising. Not his casting, but the notion that maybe this thing will get torpedoed by lawyers and accountants if it can’t be derailed by good taste and common sense. If it can’t be stopped, Ice Cube had better get to work on his mohawk. He might also consider making out his will (or spending more time on airplanes… air travel is Mr. T’s kryptonite after all), because you never know when Mr. T might be hiding in the bushes, waiting to pity the fool into a pulp. Cube ought to know better.