SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with, you guessed it, another Rambo piece! Adam’s new e-mail is ashippee1@cox.net if you’d like to drop him a line. – Craig
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Robledo’s Hurtin’ Bombs
SZoner, Ron Robledo, checked in with his cool art that he calls “Hurtin’ Bombs”. Ron created it Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. This is Ron’s first piece at the SZ, but we hope it won’t be his last. – Craig
Happy Birthday, Sly!
Sylvester Stallone is 61 today! Happy Birthday, Sly!
[To keep Sly‘s birthday in perspective, this year…
* Arnold Schwarzenneger is 60… Robert DeNiro is 64… * Harrison Ford is 65… Al Pacino is 67… and Sean Connery is 77…
Did you know that Sly shares the exact same birthday with President George W. Bush? They are both 61 today.
Rambo Fan Animation
Andre Duchesne is a new SZoner. He sent in a couple examples of work he’s done on some Rambo animations. He takes actual dialogue from Rambo movies and creates scenes. I’ve seen a brief example and he’s very good. Andre promises to send us a link once he’s completed it! – Craig
French Rambo Pictures
SZoner, Col.Trautman posted the above three photos that he found in a French magazine! – Craig
Rambo in August Empire
SZoner, Walker posted the picture above which comes from the August 2007 issue of Empire.
Rambo II One of the Best
The June 22, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly lists their choices for the Top 25 Action Movies of All Time and they follow up on their on-line site with the top 50. Rambo, First Blood Part II came in at 35 and here’s what they had to say:35. RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II
Directed by George P. Cosmatos (1985)
Here’s where Rambo gets elevated from wounded Vietnam veteran trying to find a place in the world to entire-village-slaying, POW-rescuing American myth. Written by James Cameron (at the same time he was writing Aliens — busy boy!), this sequel corners like it’s on rails, hugging the plot turns and accelerating straight through to the speechifying finish.
The same issue of Entertainment Weekly has an interview with Bruce Willis where Sly’s connection to “Die Hard” is discussed:EW: I’ve read that you were the studio’s fifth choice to play John McClane…
BW: Oh, I think I was the 50th choice! They went to everybody.
EW: I’ve heard Richard Gere…
BW: I heard that.
EW: Arnold Schwarzenegger…
BW: Clint Eastwood…
EW: Stallone and Burt Reynolds…
BW: [Laughs] Burt Reynolds? All of those guys probably would’ve been great John McClanes.
– Craig
Adam Shippee’s Rambo
SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with another Rambo piece! – Craig
First Blood 2nd Best
The June 24, 2007 issue of The Calgary Sun has an article by Kevin Williamson who lists his choices for the Top Ten Action Films of the 80’s. First Blood comes in second and here’s what he has to say:
2. FIRST BLOOD (1982): Sylvester Stallone’s brutish, brooding alter-ego is now indefensible as anything but a churlish Reagan-era joke. But this inaugural outing, in which the psychologically scarred Vietnam vet John Rambo runs afoul of a hick police force, is, in retrospect, remarkable for its comparative restraint.
Click HERE for the full article. – Craig
Adam Shippee’s Rambo
SZoner, Adam Shippee is back with another Rambo piece! – Craig