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FAN2FAN Podcast: Craig Zablo Talking Stallone Interview Part 1

Craig / / 2022, Antz, Bananas, Capone, Celebs, Cobra, Daylight, Death Race 2000, Expendables, Expendables 3, Expendables 4, Expendables II, First Blood, FIST, Get Carter, John Rambo, Lords of Flatbush, Nighthawks, Oscar, Over the Top, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo IV, Rhinestone, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Sly Fan, StalloneZone, Staying Alive, Tango & Cash

The Fan To Fan (F2F) podcast with hosts Bernie Gonzalez, Peter Charbonneau and Doug Ziegler takes a simple idea and does it well.  Each episode of F2F features a conversation between fans.  The subject could be movies, comics, TV, video games, toys, cartoons, or anything pop culture! Bernie, Peter and Doug pick a fan with a love and/or knowledge of the episode’s topic and then do a deep dive.

Recently, the F2F team spoke with me about Sly Stallone.  When I was approached to be a guest, I explained that there are Stallone fans with greater knowledge and bigger collections than mine.  Still, they were interested in how I became a Stallone fan, the creation of StalloneZone and more.  I was already a fan of  Bernie’s Midnight Mystery, so I checked out F2F and became a fan of it as well.

Talking to Bernie, Pete and Doug was a blast.  It was truly fans hanging out.  Here’s part one of the conversation.  I hope you enjoy it half as much as I did.

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2022, Celebs, Expendables 4, First Blood, Nighthawks, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo IV, Rambo: Last Blood, Rocky II, Rocky III, Tulsa King

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2021, Celebs, Expendables 4, Nighthawks

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2021, Celebs, Demolition Man, First Blood, Nighthawks, Rocky Balboa, TV

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2021, Bullet in the Head, Celebs, Christmas Story, A, Creed III, Family, Nighthawks, Rocky, Rocky 7, Rocky II, Rocky IV, Rocky vs Drago, Samaritan, Suicide Squad

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly Stallone’s Most Underrated Movies!

Craig / / 2021, Cobra, Cop Land, Demolition Man, Nighthawks, Over the Top

Saeed Saeed, at The National News, posted his choices for Sly Stallone’s Most Underrated Movies.  You know how I enjoy lists, so using just Saeed’s choices, here are how I’d rank them.  

Saeed

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1. Nighthawks (1981)

1. Nighthawks (1981): Ahead of it’s time and solid through and through.

2. Cobra (1986)

2. Cop Land (1997): One of Sly’s finest performances and he’s in with heavy hitters. Sly more than holds his own.

3. Over the Top (1987)

3. Over the Top (1987): Granted it’s a sentimental story that stretches credibility, but it is not as bad as many would believe. That’s the definition of underrated.

4. Demolition Man (1993)

4. Demolition Man (1993): The opening had so much potential but ventures too far into silliness for me. Plus fans love Demolition Man.

5. Cop Land (1997)

5. Cobra (1986): Had soooo much potential. Cool character, cool idea for a movie but needed to be fleshed out more. Still fans dig it.

Saeed’s list is a good one. If I had created the list I would have put Sly’s Get Carter in the first spot. Not only does it contain scenes with some of Sly’s finest acting, but the cast is solid, the story is strong and the director shows great flourishes. Get Carter is not a perfect film (few are), but in my opinion it is Sly’s most underrated.

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2021, Celebs, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Creed II, Demolition Man, Family, First Blood, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone, Nighthawks, Oscar, Over the Top, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky V, Sly Fan, Suicide Squad

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly Stallone’s Most Underrated Characters!

Craig / / 2021, Assassins, Bullet in the Head, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Demolition Man, Get Carter, Judge Dredd, Las Vegas, Nighthawks, Over the Top, Paradise Alley, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot, Tango & Cash

Kacie Lillejord, at ScreenRant created her list of the 10 Best Underrated Sylvester Stallone Characters.  I love lists, so I decided to play along.  Using just Lillejord’s choices, I ranked the same characters. (Please note that the higher on the list, the more underrated.)  Afterwards I mention three Stallone characters that didn’t make her list, but would have made mine.

Lillejord

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10/10 Sergeant Joseph “Joe” Bomowski from Stop or My Mom Will Shoot

10/10 Sheriff Freddy Heflin from Cop Land

9/10 Sergeant Deke DaSilva from Nighthawks

09/10 Sergeant Deke DaSilva from Nighthawks

8/10 Judge Joseph Dredd from Judge Dredd

08/10 Gabriel “Gabe” Walker from Cliffhanger

7/10 Frank The Repairman from Las Vegas

07/10 Lieutenant Marion Cobretti from Cobra

6/10 Sheriff Freddy Heflin from Cop Land

06/10 Frank The Repairman from Las Vegas

5/10 Gabriel “Gabe” Walker from Cliffhanger

05/10 Lincoln Hawk from Over the Top

4/10 Lieutenant Marion Cobretti from Cobra

04/10 Ray Tango from Tango & Cash

3/10 Sergeant John Spartan from Demolition Man

03/10 Sergeant John Spartan from Demolition Man

2/10 Ray Tango from Tango & Cash

02/10 Judge Joseph Dredd from Judge Dredd

1/10 Lincoln Hawk from Over the Top

01/10 Sergeant Joseph “Joe” Bomowski from Stop or My Mom Will Shoot

Characters that didn’t make Lillejord’s list that would have made mine:

  • Jack Carter from Get Carter:  Jack Carter has so much potential plus Sly had scenes that showcased some of his best acting.
  • Cosmo Carboni from Paradise Alley:  Wise-cracking and cynical but with a kind heart.    
  • Robert Rath from Assassins:  Sly played an intelligent assassin who wanted out.  This character had a lot of potential.
  • Jimmy “Bobo” Bonomo from Bullet to the Head:  Sly played an assassin who came up from the streets and wasn’t ready for the “modern” world.  I liked the character and would have liked to have seen more.

Who’d I miss?