What I remember of the Macgyver show was that it was boring, pretentious, and preachy - at a time when none of those attributes were attractive in the least. But television in that era was boring, pretentious, and preachy. All of the originality had been expressed and they were already well into the derivative remakes and spin-offs.
There was a funny (not ha-ha funny) dichotomy where Hollyweird felt compelled to eschew violence - while at the time spitting out violence by the bucket-load. So here came a bunch of shows where “super-heroes” did the impossible all the while scoffing at the idea of lowering themselves to using the tools of the trade - firearms.
Macgyver and the A-team were among the most insipid. Cartoonish and unbelievable.
However, they did me a tremendous service and one for which I’ll be eternally grateful. They served to burst the bubble and break my “suspension of disbelief” that lured me into accepting their BS at face value. I know some who, once the bubble is burst refuse to ever sit down to an event put on by one of these kartoon klowns like RDA (One of my brothers is stridently against watching anything that has Tom Cruise or Liam Neeson in it). I’m not afraid of the lefty boogieman but I am selective about where I spend my dollars.
Anderson is welcome to his hypocrisy - it looks like it has fed him well over the years.
The A-Team always had those shootouts where about a million rounds were fired, but no-one got hit.
Plus, two guys would always climb out of a car that just flipped over and exploded in mid-air (after it sideswiped another car, because that always causes cars to leap into the air, flip over, and explode), and landed on the roof. Their clothes would be rumpled, but that’s about the extent of the “injuries” sustained.
I always thought that show was just a stupid comedy, and the plot was always the same.