Adriane Neuenschwander takes a look at Sylvester Stallone’s “long, bizarre career” in Strange Arcs: Sylvester Stallone at Consequence of Sound.
Category: Rambo 2
Anthony Petrie’s “Rambo: First Blood, Part II” Poster
The very cool Rambo: First Blood, Part II poster was created by Anthony Petrie and is available from Grey Matter art…
“First Blood: Part II” By Anthony PetrieGrey Matter Art under license from StudioCanal, is pleased to announce the next poster in our officially licensed Rambo series. A limited edition screen print for the iconic 80’s film, “Rambo: First Blood Part II”, by the very talented artist, Anthony Petrie…
Special Editions of David Morrell’s First Blood Trilogy Coming!
David Morrell, Rambo and Sylvester Stallone fans get ready to be excited!
Gauntlet Press in collaboration with Borderlands Press have special editions of David Morrell’s Rambo trilogy set for publication starting in 2015.
Leading the way will be Morrell’s First Blood special edition which will feature…
…essays by David Morrell and by New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry as well as the never-before-published outline for the novel and the original first chapter.
As excited as I am for the special edition of First Blood, I am equally excited about the hardcover special edition treatment that David Morrell’s Rambo II and Rambo III novels will get. Anyone who has ever read them will understand.
For more information check out Gauntlet Press’ First Blood by David Morrell page.
50 Most Bad A** Action Hero Names of All Time
On July 29, 2014, Darrick Thomas at Zimbio posted The 50 Most Bad Ass Action Hero Names of All Time. Sly played or had a connection in creating 7 of them! – Craig
“Rambo II” Makes the List
Rambo II is just one of nineteen movie sequels listed by The Hollywood Reporter that outgrossed their original film.
Sly’s Trio of Memorial Day Movies
On May 26, 2014, Flavorwire posted 30 Years of Memorial Day Movies, Ranked. Sly made the list three times…
25. Cobra (1986)
20. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
5. Cliffhanger (1993)
Rocky and Rambo PodCasts
Earlier this week, I received the following e-mail:
Hi Mr. Zablo,I’m Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Producer of the Sequelcast, a podcast looking at movie franchises. I’d thought you and your StalloneZone readers would be interested in checking out the podcasts we did of the Rocky films this past month. We also covered the Rambo films a few years ago. The podcasts might contain brief moments of explicit language.Here are the links:ROCKY III (Guest Paul Goebel of Beat The Geeks): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast170.mp3ROCKY IV (Guest Eric Lichtenfeld of The Ultimate Stallone Reader): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast171.mp3ROCKY V (Guest Ryan Hoss of the Super Mario Bros. The Movie Archive): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast172.mp3ROCKY BALBOA (Guest West Anthony of The Auteurcast): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast173.mp3FIRST BLOOD (Guest David Morrell [author of the original First Blood novel]): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast31.mp3RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II: http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast32.mp3RAMBO (Guest Eric Lichtenfeld [author of Action Speaks Louder]): http://traffic.libsyn.com/sequelcast/sequelcast34.mp3Keep up the good work with StalloneZone. The Expendables 3 looks to have a mightier cast than the second. I’m just wondering where Barney’s goatee went in all the promo shots for the film.Thanks,Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
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Thanks Mat for the kind words and the links to the Stallone-related podcasts! – Craig
Moreno’s Rambo Film Collection Design
SZoner, Gerardo Moreno is back with a new design |The John Rambo Films collection |teaser metal box set.
I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, and know that I can see more of his art here.
Sylvester Stallone: 5 Awesome Performances and 5 That Sucked.
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
Vintage Stallone Newsletter
SZoner, Rob Hoskins sent in a copy of a vintage Sylvester Stallone newsletter from the 80’s. Click here to see a larger version.