Author: Craig

“Rocky” Legends

Craig / / 2004, Rocky

If you’re into home video games, then you should visit the Rocky Legends site.

It’s loaded with screenshots, trailers, music, and more. You have 40 fighters to choose from, including Rocky as he was in each of the five films. You can train and increase your fighter’s skills and there are twenty venues in which to hold your events.

I’m not the video game fan that I used to be, but this site has me wanting to grab a joystick to see how I’d fare against those 40 boxers!

Thanks, Jorge Napoles for the tip! – Craig

“Rocky” Anthology DVD

Craig / / 2004, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V

MGM Home Entertainment has announced a new Rocky Anthology dvd giftset for release on December 14, 2004.

Each film will boast brand new high-definition transfers along with a new DTS track on Rocky and 5.1 Surround on the four sequels.

The selling point for me is the new audio commentaries on all five films

The set will also include a bonus sixth disc containing the A&E Biography “Sylvester Stallone: The Rocky Road to the Top”.

The six-disc package will list for around $63.00. If you order using a link on the SZ, not only do you save money but you also help support us!

You can pre-order it HERE for 30% off.

Thanks to Tarek for the heads-up – Craig

“Rambo” Rumors

Craig / / 2004, Rambo

On September 16, 2004, ContactMusic.com reported that “Hollywood hunk SYLVESTER STALLONE is to reprise his role as JOHN RAMBO in a new movie which sees the Vietnam veteran become an eco-warrior.

The untitled third sequel to 1982’s FIRST BLOOD features Rambo punishing industrial corporations for polluting the environment.

The action film will be the 58-year-old’s first movie role since SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER, which hit cinemas in 2003.”

[ Thanks, Alain the French Fan for the tip! – Craig]

And on September 18, 2004, Dark Horizons posted “Rambo IV: A rumored plotline is up at Stallone Zone” in reference to a message board thread.

Loaded Legends

Craig / / 2004, Honors

The September 2004 issue of the men’s magazine LOADED: ‘The Nude Issue,’ has a page dedicated to Sly Stallone. It’s called…

LOADED LEGENDS
Every month we celebrate mankind’s crème dela menthe, the fellas who’ve truly made a difference.
No. 2 SYLVESTER STALLONE

Some excerpts…

‘ What everyone does acknowledge, however, is Stallone’s masterfully realistic performance as the dim– witted slugger.’

‘Sly is a hero for the people no matter what kind of justice he’s administering.’

Peace,
Jazz
http://www.theartofjazzman.com

Thanks, Jazz! – Craig

Gallo Praises Sly

Craig / / 2004, Celebs

Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes sent in the following report:

The September 3, 2004 issue of the Boston Phoenix has a nice piece on artist, actor, musician, director Vincent Gallo whose new movie The Brown Bunny has been generating enthusiastic buzz among art house film fans: which was directed, written, photographed, edited and produced by Vincent.

Anyway, the article includes some questions and answers with Vincent and one powerful quote in particular really got me excited. It’s always great to read fellow actor/artists going on record with admiration of some of Stallone’s many underrated performances.

Here’s what Mr. Gallo had to say:

“Sylvester Stallone in the Lords of Flatbush, if I could do half of that performance in my life, my life would have been worthwhile.”

That’s a great quote! – Craig

Sly Gets Physical

Craig / / 2004, Honors

Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes checks in with info that Sly is on the cover and a feature story story in the September 2004 issue of Physical.

Jazz sent in the mag cover pic as well as these excerpts:

Stallone is proud of an honor he received from bodybuilding pioneer Joe Weider for his “Rambo II” physique. Hanging on the wall in Sly’s opulent mansion is a modest plaque from Weider that proclaims Stallone’s physique from that movie as the best cinematic body of the ‘ 80s. And, remember, Weider is the guy who brought Arnold over from Austria. “I was impressed that he would think of me so highly in the bodybuilding world,” says Stallone.
“My first few screenplays were horrible, ” he says. ” But at least I got through them. That’s the lesson. You fail your first five times, but the mere fact that you completed the journey, that’s the win. You know that you can sit at a desk, whether it’s two weeks or six months. You know you can do it. ”

Among the choice pieces hanging on the actor’s walls is one by the late British contemporary master Francis Bacon, with the personal inscription by the artist to Stallone –a remarkable tribute.

This is an era when dimpled, doe-eyed pipsqueaks from boy bands can become generation’s sex symbols. Is it any wonder why so many lament: ” Where have all the real men gone?” Then in walks Sylvester Stallone and order is restored.

Peace,
Jazz
http://www.theartofjazzman.com
Thanks, Jazz! – Craig

Sly Pumps Up Muscle & Fitness

Craig / / 2004, Training

Ernest Jazzman Resendes sent in the following:

The latest issue of Muscle of Fitness (September, 2004) has Sly Stallone on the cover !! Here’s a couple of pics an excerpts…

“Sly is holding steady at a chiseled 196 pounds, 4 %-7% bodyfat. ”

“Society may step aside and let youth be served. I say they’ve got to move you out of the way first. “

“Over the years my biggest flaw was overtraining. In the gym six days a week, doing more sit ups at night…my body was in a constant state of breakdown. ” Now I focus on variety of exercises, working out three times a week for 90 minutes per session.

Oh, one of the coolest quotes in the Muscle and Fitness…

…That something will be revealed in depth in the coming months, as he takes the lesson he’s learned over the years and puts them to paper…

“It’ll be a retrospective of how I’ve trained, “he says of a book he has in the works.”

Peace,

Jazz

Thanks to Jazz for the scans and quotes! – Craig