“Go for it!”

Craig / / 2010, Rocky 3

On March 25, 2010, USAToday posted a piece showing how movie lines are making their way into the political debates on health care.  Here’s where Sly comes in…

Then there’s the money line in Obama’s speech, his challenge to Republicans who want to repeal the health care bill: “Go for it.”

The Oval can’t help but wonder if the president was flashing on the less-than-classic Rocky III, released in 1982. Before the big fight, Sylvester Stallone’s heroic underdog character is confronted by the evil Clubber Lang (played by none other than Mr. T.)

“I’m going to bust you up,” Clubber says.

Rocky’s response: “Go for it.”

Needless to say, Rocky triumphs and goes on to another sequel.

You can read the whole piece here.

Sly Buys Painting

Craig / / 2010, Sly's Art

On March 20, 2010, The Lancaster Eagle Gazette posted an article called Artist’s Abstract Catches Eye of Action Star Stallone.  Sly was a judge in an art contest at the Arnold Sports Festival and a piece by Robert Wright really caught his eye.  Later Wright learned that he had won the “Sylvester Stallone Choice Award” and would be a personal guest of Sly’s at a VIP luncheon.  Things even got better when Wright learned that Sly wanted to buy the painting!

Here are a few of Wright’s comments about meeting Sly:

“I was surprised. I thought he would be this ego-driven monster, but that wasn’t the case at all,” Wright said. “He was very humble and seemed to be embarrassed by all the publicity.”

“He asked how much the painting was and I told him and he was shocked and said, ‘That’s all?… I thought, you know, I could charge him $8,000 instead [of $800], but I’m not going to cheat someone just because they’re a celebrity.”

That’s a photo of the painting Sly bought below and you can read the full article by clicking here.

Sly: Expendables Close-Up

Craig / / 2010, Expendables

On March 18, 2010, ComingSoon.net posted up a larger version of the photo above [and the Stallone Expendables standee] along with their detailed review of The Expendables trailer shown at ShoWest.  You can check out their post here.

And while we [and everyone else] is talking about the new Expendables posters let’s see check in on…