{"id":9409,"date":"2002-04-21T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2002-04-21T13:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2017-12-25T09:30:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T13:30:04","slug":"isnt-it-iconic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2002\/04\/21\/isnt-it-iconic\/","title":{"rendered":"ISN&#8217;T IT ICONIC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2002\/apr\/042102IMPACTLSY.jpg?resize=283%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"550\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"291\" height=\"475\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><b>Sly<\/b>&#8216;s in the current (issue 124) issue of <b>IMPACT<\/b>. It gives a career overview and comparison on <b>Sly<\/b> and <b>Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/b> in an article by <b>John Bierly<\/b> entitled &#8230; &#8220;ISN&#8217;T IT ICONIC&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For a whole generation of young film-goers <b>Sylvester Stallone<\/b> and <b>Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/b> were the kings of the action genre. But, in a changing marketplace, whose career has best survived the years of crash and burn ? <b>Impact<\/b> traces their paths of destruction&#8230; Here are some excerpts guys&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">&#8216;&#8221;<b>Stallone<\/b>, meanwhile , had carved out a career with brains rather than brawn. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<b>The Last Action Hero<\/b> bombed in 1993, but 1994 <b>Arnold<\/b> found huge success again with <b>True Lies<\/b>. <b>Stallone<\/b> starred in one of his finest films, <b>Cliffhanger<\/b>, in 1993.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; The difference , perhaps, is this : <b>Sylvester Stallone<\/b> is an actor, and <b>Arnold Schwarzenerger<\/b> is a star.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel quite strongly that <b>Stallone<\/b>&#8216;s performance in the 2000 remake of <b>Get Carter<\/b> is the best work off his career. He played <b>Jack Carter<\/b> as a real human being, whose single- minded quest for revenge instead brings him redemption. It&#8217;s a brave physical and emotional performance , and should have earned <b>Stallone<\/b> an <b>Oscar<\/b> nomination. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">&#8216; The bottom line is each man seems to be doing what suits him most. <b>Stalllone <\/b>is too good an actor to confine himself to bad action movies. &#8216;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Thanks to <b>&#8220;Ernest &#8220;Jazzman&#8221; Resendes<\/b>.<br \/>\n&#8211; <b>Craig Zablo<\/b> (April 21, 2002)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sly&#8216;s in the current (issue 124) issue of IMPACT. It gives a career overview and comparison on Sly and Arnold Schwarzenegger in an article by John Bierly entitled &#8230; &#8220;ISN&#8217;T IT ICONIC&#8221; For a whole generation of young film-goers Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were the kings of the action genre. 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