Here’s an interesting e-mail that came in:
Hi Craig!
This is Jason Kamasz from Australia. I am a massive ROCKY fan and have always found STALLONEZONE a site of unequalled importance and often a tip-off to ROCKY Articles etc… to complete my huge collection of ROCKY Memorabila etc….
Before I eloborate, I’ll get to the point of this email which is to let you know about an interesting piece of trivia I came across as result of recieving the (REGION 1) 2-Disc New Line Platinum Series “FREDDY Vs. JASON” DVD for my 31st birthday on AUSTRALIA DAY, JANUARY 26th, 2004.
On The second Disc in the Extras Section there is a set of featurettes entitled THE PRODUCTION. During the featurette “GENISIS : DEVELOPMENT HELL”, Director RONNY YU is interviewed and states the following brilliant lines…..ACTUAL QUOTES…(Hong Kong Accent)
“…This movie has to go back to the basic. Because we see so many of this, like, CGI movie now, and one thing that keep…in my mind when I’m shooting the movie, this movie is the film called “ROCKY” – when I first saw the “ROCKY”, the scene that really hit me, is the scene at the end , the final fight, when Apollo beat the crap out of Rocky, but then Rocky had the spirit to fight back even though his eye is all swollen and all that and he tell the trainer, ‘Cut it open, Cut it open’ and at that moment…(RONNY SQUIRMS WITH REFLECTION) …They actually cut it open and the blood just spurts out y’know, and that for me is raw, it’s raw …”
Pretty impressive eh ?
You might like to add this tidbit to your site.
As for me being a ROCKY fan, I have a huge archive of memorabilia and have created Many documents that range from a Biography Book with 500 Fight stills collected over 20 years & Original Designed Magazine Covers, (Just like the beginning of ROCKY III). I would be happy to provide scans.
Jase
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Jase,
Thanks for the kind words about the SZ and the info about how Rocky influenced Freddy vs Jason. We look forward to any other items that you’d like to share!
– Craig Zablo