Author: Craig

Sly: You Are What You Leave Behind

Craig / / 2012, Family

The Way recently posted Rocky Film Star Turns to Christ.  Sly is quoted as saying…

  • “I got back to my Christian roots. After my daughter was born ill in 1996, I turned myself over to the process of believing in Jesus. That conversion experience released me from the pressures of the world… In the past, my ego and worldly temptations took over in my life and I went spiraling out of control. Rather than living like Rocky with some sense of ideal, I didn’t. I thought I was entitled to things but you’re not entitled to anything. You are what you leave behind.”

 

Ted Kotcheff: Rambo’s Alternate Ending

Craig / / 2012, First Blood


On October 15, 2012, Complex Pop Culture posted an interview with Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood. Here’s a tidbit:

  • We shot the suicide ending, and then Sylvester came up to me and said, “God, what we’ve done to this character, he jumps off cliffs, he’s chased by dogs, he’s shot and he has to sew up his own arm. After all of that, we’re gonna kill him?” One thing about Sly, he always had a popular sense of what audiences wanted to see. I said, “We’ve always conceived of it this way.” He says, “Do you want to come back here three months from now when the distributor asks for a happy ending?” I said no. [Laughs.]

– Craig

Italian Stallion Set to Take on the Raging Bull

Craig / / 2012, Celebs, Grudge Match

The big news this week is that Grudge Match starring Sly and Robert Deniro is moving forward.  – Craig

And many other sites! – Craig

 

November 20th “Expendables 2” in Your Movie Library

Craig / / 2012, Expendables 2

On November 20, 2012, the Expendables 2 will be released on dvd and blu-ray.  Special features will include:

  • Audio commentary with director Simon West 
  • “Gods of War: Assembling Earth’s Mightiest Anti-Heroes” featurette
  • “Big Guns, Bigger Heroes: The 1980′s and the Rise of the Action Film” featurette
  • “On the Assault: The Real-Life Weaponry of The Expendables” featurette
  • “Guns for Hire: The Real Expendables” featurette
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel

My order is in, what about yours? – Craig

“Bullet to the Head” Breakdown

Craig / / 2012, Bullet to the Head


On October 4, 2012, The Guardian posted a detailed look at the Bullet to the Head trailer along with screen shots of Sly pulled from it. Here are a few quotes…

  • Bullet to the Head: no one messes with Sylvester Stallone
  • No more backward-looking action movies for Sylvester Stallone!
  • Until now, Sylvester Stallone’s comeback has been unshakably rooted in nostalgia; either for himself (the Rocky and Rambo sequels) or for a lost age of knuckleheaded action films (both installments of The Expendables). But now, finally, Stallone has chosen to stand on his own two feet again.
  • Stallone is incontestably its star…