I like the tiff with Richard Gere better, it just sounds so juvenile and petulant it's like toddlers in a car.

Stallone gets a lot of shiat, and he admits he made some bad choices, but Cliffhanger and Demolition Man aren't one of them. Two of the best action movies ever made(and Demolition Man perfectly blended the comedy with the action). If they're on TV, they get watched. If I'm bored and got nothing to do, the DVD goes in.

Yeah, while I love Demolition Man, Cliffhanger was not very good.

I loved the new Rocky and Rambo.

FTA: There had been close to 200,000 suicides by returning Vietnam vets.

Anyone know if that's accurate? it seems heartbreakingly big if it is.

Other than confirmation on the veracity of that 'factoid', Stallone seems like a pretty sharp cat with a decent view of what reality is and a bit of self-deprecation that I like.

rudemix: Stallone seems like a pretty sharp cat with a decent view of what reality is and a bit of self-deprecation that I like.

QFT. That was a good read.

I wish he'd discuss how he wrote all his own dialogue in Death Race 2000.

I hate demolition man but love cliffhanger!

I think Fred Williamson and Joel Grey are in Expendables 2.

BalugaJoe: I think Fred Williamson and Joel Grey are in Expendables 2.

Reprise Chiun??? Please???

Q: What about Rambo, your other iconic hero? In First Blood your performance is virtually silent-The Artist as action movie. It was based on a Canadian novel, directed by Canada's Ted Kotcheff, and shot in B.C. Are you some kind of closet Canadian?

A: I'm a lumberjack in hiding!

He's a lumberjack and that's ok

FTFA: I was extremely naive in politics. People assume, "Okay, you're a staunch Republican." I'm not, I'm just very pro those guys in the military.

So you're a Republican because you're "very pro those guys in the military" and you think that you were "extremely naive in politics"?

bhcompy: BalugaJoe: I think Fred Williamson and Joel Grey are in Expendables 2.

Reprise Chiun??? Please???

I hope so. No Fred Ward please.

If he makes another Rambo movie, they might as well make it cartoon, they'll have to use so much CGI to make him look ambulatory.

rudemix: Stallone seems like a pretty sharp cat with a decent view of what reality is and a bit of self-deprecation that I like.

Stallone's interviews are almost always comedy gold.

jaytkay: If he makes another Rambo movie, they might as well make it cartoon, they'll have to use so much CGI to make him look ambulatory.

I used to watch the Rambo cartoon....

Meanwhile, on Geona.. (new window)

Lsherm: timujin: bhcompy: Stallone gets a lot of shiat, and he admits he made some bad choices, but Cliffhanger and Demolition Man aren't one of them. Two of the best action movies ever made(and Demolition Man perfectly blended the comedy with the action). If they're on TV, they get watched. If I'm bored and got nothing to do, the DVD goes in.

Cliffhanger is a giant piece of shiat. The "action" is ridiculous, the mountain and rock climbing even worse, and the portrayal of the female lead as a screaming ninny insulting.

You are complaining about the very things that make it a masterpiece.

He kills a helicopter with a ladder. A farkING LADDER. The movie is perfect.

Lsherm: timujin: bhcompy: Stallone gets a lot of shiat, and he admits he made some bad choices, but Cliffhanger and Demolition Man aren't one of them. Two of the best action movies ever made(and Demolition Man perfectly blended the comedy with the action). If they're on TV, they get watched. If I'm bored and got nothing to do, the DVD goes in.

Cliffhanger is a giant piece of shiat. The "action" is ridiculous, the mountain and rock climbing even worse, and the portrayal of the female lead as a screaming ninny insulting.

You are complaining about the very things that make it a masterpiece.

That and John Lithgow

Wow, that was the most readable interview in a long time. Considering how stupid he comes across, he's pretty intelligent. I also like how he realizes that his characters kind of got hijacked by political ideologues, but he didn't help matters by making the Rambo sequels.

I have to disagree about 'The Expendables' though... If it had been the only action movie at the time, maybe, but 'The Losers' and 'A-Team' beat out 'Expendables', in that order.

Loved Rocky, Rambo: First Blood, and Demolition Man though. Cliffhanger and CopLand weren't THAT bad, but 'Stop or my Mom Will Shoot!' should have gotten him drug out behind the barn with a 12-guage. To this day, I'm not sure how much of that movie I've actually sat through, it was that traumatic...

Barricaded Gunman: FTFA: I was extremely naive in politics. People assume, "Okay, you're a staunch Republican." I'm not, I'm just very pro those guys in the military.

So you're a Republican because you're "very pro those guys in the military" and you think that you were "extremely naive in politics"?

Whoa..... reading conprehension..... yours needs some work......


He (Stallone) says that PEOPLE (that's people other than himself) assume he's a staunch Rep.

He said He's NOT (a staunch Rep).

He said he's pro guys in the military.

jaytkay: If he makes another Rambo movie, they might as well make it cartoon, they'll have to use so much CGI to make him look ambulatory.

Only the first one was any good. I watched the latest, thinking he was getting back to roots, like he did with Rocky Balboa. Instead it was just a ridiculous exercise in CGI...

Earpj: I read the whole thing in his voice.

Iblis824: Q: What about Rambo, your other iconic hero? In First Blood your performance is virtually silent-The Artist as action movie. It was based on a Canadian novel, directed by Canada's Ted Kotcheff, and shot in B.C. Are you some kind of closet Canadian?

A: I'm a lumberjack in hiding!

He's a lumberjack and that's ok

He sleeps all night and works all day

What about the epic racing masterpiece, "Driven"?

AmazinTim: He kills a helicopter with a ladder. A farkING LADDER. The movie is perfect.

If your looking for Qualen, try about 4,000 feet south of here. He'll be the one wearing the helicopter.

Stallone's interviews are always great.

The one he did in GQ from a couple years back is a favorite (new window). He knows who he is and the types of movies that he's cut out for... and those just happen to be the types of movies that I love.

timujin: Mikey1969: Wow, that was the most readable interview in a long time. Considering how stupid he comes across, he's pretty intelligent. I also like how he realizes that his characters kind of got hijacked by political ideologues, but he didn't help matters by making the Rambo sequels.

I have to disagree about 'The Expendables' though... If it had been the only action movie at the time, maybe, but 'The Losers' and 'A-Team' beat out 'Expendables', in that order.

Loved Rocky, Rambo: First Blood, and Demolition Man though. Cliffhanger and CopLand weren't THAT bad, but 'Stop or my Mom Will Shoot!' should have gotten him drug out behind the barn with a 12-guage. To this day, I'm not sure how much of that movie I've actually sat through, it was that traumatic...

I'll admit it, I liked Oscar, but mostly because of:
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I'd forgotten about that one, too... Anything with Marisa Tomei is worth watching.I think I DID watch that one at one point.

Cliffhanger rocks. John Lithgow is great and Michael Rooker does OK but it's not his best work.

As for the article, pleasant read! I didn't know Stallone was so well spoken.

Strik3r: Whoa..... reading conprehension..... yours needs some work...... He (Stallone) says that PEOPLE (that's people other than himself) assume he's a staunch Rep. He said He's NOT (a staunch Rep). He said he's pro guys in the military.

Everything I read online (which MUST be true!) indicates that he's a Republican. He just doesn't consider himself "staunch."

I remember when Rocky Balboa came out a few years back. Parts 1 and 2 were always 2 of my favorite flicks (w/3 and 4 being somewhat guilty pleasures), but thought "Seriously? is this a joke?". Then I rented the dvd and was shocked at how good it was - best since the original.


Man though, reading about all of those movies he turned down it's hard to believe he became the icon he did.

Q: You made F.I.S.T. with Canada's Norman Jewison, a leftie. How did you get along?

Apparently, the interviewer has a major hard on for Canadians. My reply. Go f*ck yourself redneck.

Barricaded Gunman: Strik3r: Whoa..... reading conprehension..... yours needs some work...... He (Stallone) says that PEOPLE (that's people other than himself) assume he's a staunch Rep. He said He's NOT (a staunch Rep). He said he's pro guys in the military.

Everything I read online (which MUST be true!) indicates that he's a Republican. He just doesn't consider himself "staunch."

Oddly enough, moderate Republicans are hard to find these days, because nutcase Republicans have driven them underground. It's interesting to realize that people can have opinions that cross the aisle, so to speak, on a variety of issues. It's almost as if the world isn't black and white, cut and dried, us and them.

Seriously? No love for Tango and Cash? There is just no pleasing some people.

A pissed off Rambo going over the border to take care of the Mexican Drug/Gang wars single-handedly?

TAKE MY MONEY NOW. ALL OF IT.

Stallone is hilarious and awesome. Rambo was an 80s masterpiece that just happened to be released in 2008.