Category: John Rambo

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2023, Antz, Celebs, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Creed, Creed II, Death Race 2000, Demolition Man, Escape Plan, Expendables, Expendables II, Family, First Blood, FIST, Frank Stallone, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Honors, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone, John Rambo, Lords of Flatbush, Nighthawks, Over the Top, Rambo, Rambo 6, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Sly (Documentary), Suicide Squad, Tango & Cash, Victory

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

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 / / 2021, Celebs, Creed III, Expendables, Expendables 4, Family, First Blood, John Rambo, Judge Dredd, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo IV, Rambo: Last Blood, Rhinestone, Rocky, Rocky IV, Sly's Art

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2020, Balboa Productions, Celebs, Expendables, Expendables 3, Expendables II, Family, First Blood, Frank Stallone, John Rambo, Lords of Flatbush, Meshed, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo IV, Rambo: Last Blood, Rhinestone, Rocky Balboa, Rocky IV, Sly Fan

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2019, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Demolition Man, Escape Plan, Expendables, Family, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, John Rambo, Rambo, Rambo 5, Rambo: Last Blood, Rocky, Rocky II, Tango & Cash

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week…

Craig / / 2016, Cobra, Family, First Blood, John Rambo


Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week…

Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.

Craig / / 2013, Cliffhanger, Cobra, Cop Land, Demolition Man, Get Carter, John Rambo, Judge Dredd, Nighthawks, Rambo, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rhinestone, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky VI, Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot

On February 1, 2013, WhatCulture! posted Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.

  • According to WhatCulture! 5 that were Awesome: Rambo [First Blood and sequels], John Spartan [Demolition Man], Gabe Walker [Cliffhanger], Freddy Heflin [Cop Land], and Rocky Balboa [Rocky and sequels].
  • Their Choices for Not-So-Awesome: Judge Dredd [same name], Ray Quick [The Specialist], Marion Cobretti [Cobra], Jack Carter [Get Carter], and Joe Bomoski [Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!].

To Awesome I would delete Spartan and Walker to make room for Jack Carter and Deke Dasilva [Nighthawks].  To Not-So-Awesome I would delete Carter and add Nick from Rhinestone. – Craig

5 Essential Sylvester Stallone Films

Craig / / 2013, Cop Land, Expendables, First Blood, Get Carter, John Rambo, Nighthawks, Rambo, Rocky, Rocky Balboa

On January 30, 2013, AZCentral.com posted 5 Essential Sylvester Stallone Films.  Their choices [with embeded trailers]:

  1. Rocky
  2. First Blood
  3. Cop Land
  4. Rocky Balboa
  5. The Expendables
While it would be hard to argue with their list, I think I would pair Rocky/Rocky Balboa and First Blood / Rambo.  This would open up two slots and I’d add: Get Carter and Nighthawks. – Craig

Sanchez’s Rocky, Rambo & Jack Carter

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art, Get Carter, John Rambo, Rocky

When Steven Sanchez announced that he was doing the Sketchshots, the timing was perfect. I jumped on board and asked for three of my favorite Stallone characters [Rocky, Rambo and Jack Carter].

Steven not only agreed, we exchanged a couple of e-mails and he finished the piece within 24 hours. [Probably much less]. How often does that happen… and with fantastic results.

I hope to get more from him in the future and highly recommend him to others looking for a commission.  You can see more of Steven’s art here. – Craig