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Our POW [Picture of the Week] comes to us from my collection. This is a rare advertisement for First Bloodwhen the project was coming together. Yep, Kirk Douglas was set to play Colonel Trautman. The great Drew Struzan did the poster!
– Craig
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Whenever my buddies and I are talking movies and “dream casting” — and I mention Sly for a role, someone ALWAYS makes the comment that I’d recommend Stallone for ANY role.
Well, that’s just not true…
… even though there are many roles that I think he could do [or have done well].
Seems I’m not alone.
When Robert Rodriguez was asked
in a recent interview who he thought would make a good Batman if “The Dark Knight Returns” was
ever made into a movie he responded with…
“I love “Dark Knight Returns”…I think Stallone and Bruce Willis would make great Dark Knights if they
ever did make Frank’s version of the movie. It would take an iconic actor like that to play such an iconic character.”
Hey, if Robert Rodriguez says that Sly would make a great Batman, well, who am I to argue?
– Craig Zablo
Our rare POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Dana Marsee.
– Craig
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Sly, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sergio and Tommy make the cover of the August 2005 issue of Ring magazine! Thanks to Ernest “Jazzman” Resendes for the tip!- Craig |
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig
I received the pic above and the following e-mail from Klein: Sly’s motorcycle and
Rocky stuff can be found at the Celebrity Hotel in downtown Deadwood, South Dakota.
The bike has been there for some 14 years now.
You can also see:
Clint Eastwood‘s Trans Am from Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, his gun from Dirty Harry,
his rifle from The Outlaw Josey Wales, his rifle both him and Morgan Freeman used in
Unforgiven and even his outfit he wore in Joe Kidd, they also have the batmobile from
Batman Returns, Peter Fonda‘s Harley from Easy Rider, John Wayne stuff, the car
from Smokey and the Bandit, Arnold‘s leather coat from T-2 and much more…
We look forward to more pics of the Rocky props! – Craig
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig
Thanks Oliver! – Craig
Our extremely rare POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly on location for filming of First Blood comes to us from the collection of Oliver Wegner who lives in Germany.
Some of you long time SZoners may remember Oliver was the webmaster of “The Sly World“, which unfortunately has been down for some years now.
Oliver is a huge “First Blood” fan and got this picture from a shop owner in Hope, British Columbia who took it when Sly was there filming First Bood.
Oliver is back with a very, very cool new website dedicated to First Blood called Rambotown. Check it out!
Thanks Oliver! – Craig
The odds of The Contender returning next season are looking better all the time. On Monday, July 18th, ESPN announced it was close to acquiring the rights for a second season of “The Contender.”
My guess is that if ESPN picks it up, Sly won’t appear each week. I say this for two reasons: 1] ESPN‘s budget won’t match NBC‘s and 2] Sly is gearing up for some major film work.
Still, I’m hoping that The Contender is able to make a comeback! – Craig
Our POW [Picture of the Week] of Sly as Rambo comes to us from the collection of Loghman Sheyda.
– Craig