{"id":5762,"date":"2013-03-24T12:21:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T16:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2013-03-24T12:31:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T16:31:35","slug":"where-sly-could-take-expendables-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/24\/where-sly-could-take-expendables-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Sly Could Take Expendables 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2010\/may\/05302010expendables_site.png?resize=475%2C522\" width=\"475\" height=\"522\" \/><em><strong><\/strong><\/em>On <strong>March 14, 2013<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Flickering Myth<\/strong><\/span><\/a> posted a piece which took a look at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickeringmyth.com\/2013\/03\/special-features-expendables-3-where.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>The Expendables 3: Where Stallone Could \/ Should Take the Third Installment<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 Here are a few quotes&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The key thing for the next film isn\u2019t just about the next action icons who get cast. First and foremost is the quality of the film&#8230;the third film must work, not just as a piece of stunt casting, and a gimmick laden homage, but as a piece of film.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Predator<\/b>, taking the alien aspects out, was the perfect template for an\u00a0<b>Expendables\u00a0<\/b>movie to be. The toughest of the tough, taking out the trash. Something simple, yet made with brilliant efficiency and wonderful clarity in its action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are plenty of potential directors out there&#8230;\u00a0 John Woo has thrown his hat into the ring&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0there\u2019s a feeling, a bit like the <b>Mission: Impossible<\/b>\u00a0franchise, that a different director for each film is the way to go&#8230;\u00a0 Shane Black would be a great choice, to not only direct but script as well. After all, if\u00a0<b>The Expendables<\/b>\u00a0unites the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of action stars, why not add one of the best action screenwriters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many rumours have already circulated. Nicolas Cage has been mentioned consistently, as has Jackie Chan. A popular choice amongst fans (and even current cast) is Wesley Snipes. All three would add a great deal. I\u2019m not a Cage fan by any stretch, but his manic style could provide entertainment and enliven a potentially forgettable side character. I can see him as a crazy government agent perhaps. Chan would be brilliant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wesley Snipes could be an ideal villain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a potential sticking point. It\u2019s the young cast members. Firstly it goes against what the films represent and why people watch them. It also seems in some part, a possible way to gradually let the old dogs go out into pasture and let the fresh blood take over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also for many, another group remains largely untapped from the first two film, and that is from the plethora of 80\u2019s\/90\u2019s video action stars who could make appearances&#8230; such as Don &#8216;The Dragon&#8217; Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Mark Dacascos, Olivier Gruner, Lorenzo Lamas and more&#8230; like Rutger Hauer, Christopher Lambert and Gary Busey (I could go on even more).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">One thing that needs addressing is a lack of expendability from The Expendables. There needs to be some culling to offer some dramatic impact and at least some semblance of vulnerability&#8230; Then there\u2019s Dolph. Gunnar went from crazy and unbalanced in the first to a comical Frankenstein&#8217;s monster in the second. In both films Lundgren is a scene stealer, but for the third things should take a darker turn again. Gunner is a character who was written to die. He\u2019s destined to burn out in style. Dolph is awesome and I enjoyed his performance in the second but logic dictate he should have died in the first film as originally intended. This time around Gunnar has to explode out in a blaze of glory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I agree with everything quoted in this piece and most everything in <b>Tom Jolliffe&#8217;s <\/b>article.<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 14, 2013, Flickering Myth posted a piece which took a look at\u00a0The Expendables 3: Where Stallone Could \/ Should Take the Third Installment.\u00a0 Here are a few quotes&#8230; The key thing for the next film isn\u2019t just about the next action icons who get cast. 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