SZoner, Wally Stallone sent in this shot taken from a local mag in Costa Rica of Sly & Jen at the Red premiere. Thanks to Wally for sharing! – Craig
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Daylight Coming to Blu-Ray
On January 13, 2011, Hi-Def Digest announced that “Daylight” will come to Blu-Ray on April 26th. Here’s what we can look forward to:
The Blu-ray will feature 1080p video, a lossless soundtrack, and supplements will include: Feature commentary with director Rob Cohen; The Making of Daylight; The Daylight Archives; Theatrical trailers; Music video: Donna Summer and Bruce Roberts, “Whenever There is Love”; and Pocket Blu.
You can read the full piece here and you can pre-order from Amazon here.
Mike Tyson: Sly Deserves the Hall of Fame
On January 12, 2011, ESPN Boxing posted a piece on former champ and recent Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, Mike Tyson. Mr. Tyson had this to say about Sly Stallone also being inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame:
Although some criticized Stallone’s election, Tyson loves it.
“You know how awesome that is?” he said. “You know how many fighters he inspired from that movie? He had a helluva movie. He contributed to boxing. The body of work he created contributed to boxing. He contributed more than some champions did. You gotta contribute. You have referees, they contribute even though they didn’t fight. [Stallone made a] big-time contribution.”
You can read the full piece here.
Thomas Boatwright: Barney Ross
I commissioned my first sketch from Thomas Boatwright in December of 2010. It was this First Blood piece. Thomas finished it in less than a week and I totally loved it. So I ordered two more pieces. This sketch of Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables is the second piece. I have another that I will post in the near future of Sly as Jack Carter. I totally dig them all and hope to get more art from Thomas for my collection later this year.
If you’d like to see more of Thomas Boatwright’s art check out his blog and his DA site. Send him some love. If you get commissions, you should consider a piece from Thomas. He keeps you totally in the loop on his progress, finishes his commissions on or ahead of schedule, has very reasonable prices and is a fantastic artist! – Craig
Behind the Scenes of “Rocky II”
SZoner, Didier sent in the link to this page which features this rare behind the scenes photo of Sly filming “Rocky II” back in 1978.
Sly & “Diamond Eyes”
On January 6, 2011, Brent Smith of Shinedown spoke to The Pulse of Radio about their newly released video for their song “Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom Lay Boom) which was used on The Expendables trailer. When asked why the song has “Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom” as a subtitle, Smith explained:
“When we wrote the song, Sylvester Stallone said, ‘You have to repeat in some kind of a chant form or an anthemic form, I need it if you can to have it go ‘boom-lay boom-lay boom.” ‘Cause it’s based off of a poem called ‘The Congo’ that he based a lot of the premise of ‘The Expendables’ off of,” he said. “In that poem, between each paragraph, it goes ‘boom-lay boom-lay boom’ and then it goes to the next section of the poem.”
Here are links to The Congo, one to the Shinedown video and the original article.
New Rocky Action Figure Coming
Pattni has signed a deal to create a new Rocky action figure…
The new Rocky action figure features the fighter, played by Sylvester Stallone in the films, in full boxing kit and has movable head, shoulders, arms, waist, legs, knees and ankles.
Pattni Imaginations MD Mayur Pattni,added: “We are thrilled to have signed this new deal as Rocky is an absolute icon.
To read the full piece, click here.
Tips for Fighting Stallone
AMC recently posted Six Tips to Help Anyone Fighting With Stallone. Here are some excerpts:
- Don’t Kill His Friends… If there’s one thing you definitely do not want to do before an imminent showdown with Stallone, killing his buddies is it…
- Don’t Give Him a Weapon… If you find Stallone unarmed, leave him that way. Don’t put anything that could conceivably be a weapon near the guy…
- Don’t Mess with Stallone Near a Cliff or a Helicopter… Stallone’s enemies ought to stay away from helicopters altogether…
- Don’t Assume You Have Rights… if the law doesn’t serve his [Sly’s] needs he’s doesn’t get bogged down by rules and regulations…
- Don’t Disrespect the Guns… Look, Stallone has biceps as big around as a python. Just remember that…
- Don’t Be One of America’s Enemies… Stallone feels the same way about America that America feels about Stallone: very good. So hailing from a nation that counts itself among America’s enemies is a very bad idea…
You can read the full piece by clicking here.\
Muscles in a Muscle Car
On January 3, 2011, Autoevolution posted a piece they called Muscles in a Muscle Car about Sly and his Camero SS. You can read the full piece here.
POW – Sly
This week we Sly working out as our POW [Picture of the Week]. Click on the photo to see a full size version. – Craig