Every now-and-then, Sylvester Stallone comes down from his golden home in Valhalla to converse with us mortals, and other times he just responds to them over the internet. He chose the internet this time, as is his right.
Anyway, over at Aint It Cool, Stallone has been answering fan questions for the last five days upon the eve of THE EXPENDABLES. Some of them are insightful and some are entertaining, but they are all Stallone. Check them out at the links below and learn stuff.
Very soon now, the world will be graced with the greatest theatrical experience ever in history, THE EXPENDABLES. As we await its glorious coming with meals of bacon, let us sit back and enjoy these behind-the-scenes clips courtesy of Apple.
There’s some pretty cool stuff in there. I love to watch Stallone work; he just has such a great way of communicating what he wants from everyone around him. It’s also cool to know that he actually says “absolutely” in everyday conversation.
In what can only be described as one of the greatest moments in the history of the internet, the full trailer for THE EXPENDABLES has landed, killed four guys, and then stole your girlfriend from you. Enjoy it below and then drink an alcoholic beverage without fruit in it.
Of course, none of us have seen the movie yet so we can’t say if it will be the greatest movie in history or just history’s greatest movie, but I do know this; before the trailer started I had a blotchy rash on my elbow and once the trailer finished the rash was gone and in its place was a swatch of hair. Even with t-shirt season approaching, I dare not shave it off.
I (like all humans who love freedom) am a HUGE fan of Sylvester Stallone…as I’m sure the reader of this site is already aware. Because of the lack of interesting news to report about, I decided to see what the Master of Action was up too since THE EXPENDABLES finished filming. And wouldn’t you know it, I learned some stuff that I didn’t know before (and knowledge is power!).
I will start with the strange, yet awesome, news that I found at Daily Mail. It appears that Stallone is not only an artist with a fist, but also with a paint brush. Click the link that was posted in the first sentence and you will be shown many of Sly’s pieces that were displayed at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair and a few of them even sold…for money! If you saw them, they’re very expressionistic and what-not, not exactly my cup-of-tea, but I will say that Sly looks damn good in this suit.
Somewhere in the world, a ninja is having a nightmare that looks just like this photo.
The other piece of information that I found came courtesy of some lady named Sheryl Main and her blog. Apparently, after shooting finished for THE EXPENDABLES Sly went into the hospital to have an operation performed on his neck. Let’s just hope that the doctor didn’t do the surgery the “Rambo way.”
No autographs!
Here is how Miss Main described the surgery:
From what he told me it was complicated and involved moving his trachea, putting in a metal plate and some very delicate maneuvering by the surgeon – the slightest mistake could have resulted in paralysis.
She isn’t too sure at which point during filming Stallone got himself injured, but it must have been quite the Karate chop to wound a neck that thick. Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery.
I was surfing the internet the other day (as I often do) and came across this small image file in a message board that made me smile. Enjoy it with your eyes.
If only it was a movie.
I have to say that, now that I see the CONTRA box again, I can’t believe I didn’t see these similarities before. I mean, they basically just traced over Arnold and gave him a sad-face and headband. The Stallone impersonator is more subtle, but that’s because he’s wearing a vest.
I honestly haven’t played CONTRA in forever, but I didn’t even remember there being an alien in the game. I just remember a lot of soldier type guys who you would shoot with rectangle bullets and possibly ninjas (all games back then had ninjas). Maybe he was at the end or something, I was never very good at it so I didn’t progress much past the second level.
This news is kind of old, so you’ll (and I think you know who “you” is) have to forgive my lateness. You may recall this bit of news regarding the fifth coming of our lord and savior, John Rambo. Stallone’s original idea for RAMBO V: THE SAVAGE HUNT was for Rambo to hunt a genetically advanced and savage creature that escaped from a military base. I was apprehensive but willing to give Stallone the benefit of the doubt.
Well it seems that I can have my benefits-of-doubt back because the gears have shifted. The movie mentioned above is going forward without Rambo and the next Rambo movie will be about Rambo going across the border where women have gone missing…I assume Rambo will be investigating the disappearances not-unlike Scooby-Doo; only when he finds the culprit he won’t rip a mask off their face, but instead will rip a face off their face. You can read all about it at Stallone Zone.
The blurb that Stallone gives doesn’t mention which border that Rambo will be crossing. When you hear “border crossing” your mind (as a U.S. citizen) usually jumps right to Mexico, but what if Stallone is throwing us a curve here? What if Rambo is going to Canada? If I lived in Canada I would be afraid…and like ice hockey.
Things have been pretty quiet on THE EXPENDABLES front lately…which sucks. But, every now and then a tidbit gets thrown our way and we (meaning me) jump on it like a starving dog. Well, today’s tidbit that is being jumped is this new picture that was given to Empire. I believe that it depicts a car-jacking gone horribly wrong…or horribly right, depending on if you support car-jackings or not. For the record, I do not. Enjoy.
They were like this when I got here officer.
If you follow the link above it takes you to a very small interview with Stallone where he talks about the movie in almost no detail. Pickings are slim folks.
Every night, before my head dents the pillow, I ask the Lord to watch over the people of the world and to grace us with a fifth RAMBO movie. And in his wisdom comes RAMBO V: THE SAVAGE HUNT from Sylvester Stallone. Apparently, the movie will be about John Rambo going after, hunting (if you will) some kind of monster/soldier thing that escapes from some secret military base. This is what is being floated around from Ain’t It Cool News anyway.
Hey, can I be honest with you? Are we cool? Ok, here we go…this isn’t exactly what I wanted to see from a new RAMBO movie. There, I said it, I feel cleansed.
It’s not that I wouldn’t trust Stallone to deliver my first born, I’m not saying that. It’s just that, I never really wanted to see Rambo fighting the Predator. Not that this movie can’t be awesome, because I can definitely see a great movie coming out of this; it’ll just take me a while to get used to the idea. It’s not the movie, it’s me. I wasn’t ready, but maybe, someday, I will be. It will be kind of cool to see Rambo taking on only one enemy instead of an entire army for once. We haven’t seen him ever come across someone who was his equal before; that could be exciting! I’m trying alright. Cut me some slack.
In the realm of “movies that will be good” few films are as hotly anticipated as Sylvester Stallone’s THE EXPENDABLES. There’s been a rumor circulating for a while that Bruce Willis would find his way onto the set in some kind of acting or spiritual-healer capacity. Well prepare to jump off of a building with a fire hose wrapped around your stomach in excitement because Willis himself has confirmed to MTV that he will definitely be appearing in the movie, but not only that, his scene will also involve Sly and Arnold. Could this be the greatest and most muscular scene in the history of cinema? I don’t know, but I’m going to bring a cup to the theaters just in case it tries to kick me in the softies.
In a related bit of news, you can catch some brief glimpses of the film in a little promo thing that Sly did for an upcoming UFC event in between bench pressing fridges. Most of the shots are of Randy Couture, who will be fighting in UFC 102, but at least it’s something. Stop being so picky.
According to Variety; presumed seal-clubber, Neal Moritz, has decided that just being evil isn’t enough and the only way to reach the level of SUPER-EVIL that he craves is to remake the 90′s action-classic CLIFFHANGER. In an ironic turn-of-fate, Moritz is producing the remake via his Original Films Company. Also being created through Original Films is the remake of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Perhaps there may come a day when Original Films produces something original, but I’m not going to bet on it.
The good CLIFFHANGER starred Sylvester Stallone as a mountain climber who is forced to hunt for lost money in the Rocky Mountains by the villainous John Lithgow. During the hunt, Sly swings from cliff-faces, engages in a battle royale on a helicopter stuck to a suspension ladder and power lifts a human man onto a stalactite. All of that means that it is excellent.
The bad CLIFFHANGER will be about a group of young climbers probably having sex and drinking…on a mountain.