Re: Sly's CART movie looks promising!

I had my doubts as soon as they announced Renny Harlin would be the director. He helmed the execrable "Pirate Island" or whatever it was called - the pirate movie starring his (then) wife, Geena Davis, as well as a previous Sly movie: "Cliffhanger." That was the one, you may recall, where the villain spent the whole film shooting his own gang whilst the professional climbers jumped from crag to crag (about as realistic a portrayal of climbing as CART cars on the freeway is of racing). Will probably go see it anyway, though. Daniel BTW: I would say there have only been three good racing movies ever made: "Grand Prix," "Winning" (Paul Newman), and "Le Mans" (Steve McQueen). Maybe not "good" films all of them, but good racing movies. Interestingly, all were produced in a short period in the late sixties, early seventies - that golden age when the cars were advanced enough to be fast but before advanced aerodynamics and mega-buck sponshorship wrecked the racing. DT "Morgan V. Wooten�" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:viQz5.19844$[email hidden]...

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> It looks ridiculous. I hope it's better than that god-awful preview. > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Morgan Vincent Wooten > GPLRank: +15.49 > http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/ > ----------------------------------- > > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Wish I could find the > > movie trailer on the 'net, but after a couple of searches I found > > nothing. If anyone else finds anything let me know :) > > > > --David Cook > > > > > >

Yeah Francois.... I'd have to agree... looks lame. I also particularly liked how they took Michael Andretti's barrel-roll-of-fun from Mid Ohio and digitally redid the paint scheme to become a blue-and-white car. Gee, that's going to fool CART fans. This thing is going to stink like a pile of my dog's finest :-) --Dave "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wPyz5.290994$[email hidden]...

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> "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! > > > The script for the movie is so bad it makes Days of Thunder look like > Casablanca. Seriously, it's as poor as Death Race 2000 (ok maybe not *as* > bad since that's a cult film hehe). Spoiler somehow (stop reading here if > you do not want to know), the ending of the movie has good-guy Stallone > chasing bad-guy German driver around the interstates both in CART cars, > Stallone wearing no helmet. They were going at around 50km/h so they will > be cranking the shots and using MTV-style camera editing to have the cars > appear faster. So those who think this will be as good as "Grand Prix"

will > be very disappointed. > > Jacques Villeneuve will appear as a cameo in the movie, while they have > filmed many race shots at the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit in Montreal. Itwas

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> very weird to see Champ cars going around that F1 track. > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't

realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >

Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Wish I could find the movie trailer on the 'net, but after a couple of searches I found nothing. If anyone else finds anything let me know :) --David Cook

"David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote > Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! The script for the movie is so bad it makes Days of Thunder look like Casablanca. Seriously, it's as poor as Death Race 2000 (ok maybe not *as* bad since that's a cult film hehe). Spoiler somehow (stop reading here if you do not want to know), the ending of the movie has good-guy Stallone chasing bad-guy German driver around the interstates both in CART cars, Stallone wearing no helmet. They were going at around 50km/h so they will be cranking the shots and using MTV-style camera editing to have the cars appear faster. So those who think this will be as good as "Grand Prix" will be very disappointed. Jacques Villeneuve will appear as a cameo in the movie, while they have filmed many race shots at the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit in Montreal. It was very weird to see Champ cars going around that F1 track. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:32:31 -0400, David L. Cook <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's >upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Wish I could find the >movie trailer on the 'net, but after a couple of searches I found >nothing. If anyone else finds anything let me know :) > >--David Cook >

OOOOooh that made me SO mad, the channel i was watching didn't show the complete thing, they cut it off with another commercial like 15 seconds into it. (I didn't even know the name, i had to search for that!) That's the first time I'd even seen/heard of the movie, give it a few days and I bet someone will get the trailer. check this out in the meantime: http://www.rennyharlin.com/cmp/whassup_rpm.html

You've got to be kidding me. No wonder Bernie wasn't cooperating... --David Cook In article <wPyz5.290994$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] wrote... <SPOILER> > the ending of the movie has good-guy Stallone > chasing bad-guy German driver around the interstates both in CART cars, > Stallone wearing no helmet. They were going at around 50km/h so they will > be cranking the shots and using MTV-style camera editing to have the cars > appear faster. So those who think this will be as good as "Grand Prix" will > be very disappointed.

"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > Frank, you never cease to amaze me with just how many different pies you > have fingers in! Now it's Hollywood, f' Christ's sake! Hmm I sense some lack of faith here. I'm not sure but are you questioning the truth in my words Bruce? I can send you proof :) . I wasn't employed as a consultant FYI, but I've read portion of a draft script, and some of another revision. And I was there when they shot at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit (for some reasons I can't tell) and on a tunnel that goes under our downtown city (unintentionally). It's still named Champs on the legal paper I saw (went from "Champs" to "Driven" to "In this Air" and now back to Champs). Stallone's first intention for the movie were actually quite good as he wanted to do a biopic of Ayrton Senna but with the FIA struggle the project went into the toilet, so they had a short time to revise the script to Champs. It's now a pure "American driver takes over the world racing against a bad German guy" movie, where Sly comes back from retirement to train a young talent, but in the movie Sly is an unsuccessful driver actually. Movie was shot on location in Montreal, Chicago, Toronto, Japan, Rio, Detroit, Long Beach, and principally in Homestead. I mean it bloody has Burt Reynolds in the movie as a team owner in a wheelchair! <VBG> We can see the roots from the original F1 script, but let's just say there ain't much resemblance between Frank Williams and Burt R. The main cinematographer loves to do MTV-style visual cues, he was secondary unit director for Armageddon and The Rock, so the racing shots won't be interesting. Ok so they will look fast and really exciting you can bet on that, but expect tons of blurry 2 second shots of cars going at 40mph but over-cranked to produce a wuzz effect. Shaking the camera at weird angles with different lenses puts the viewer out of the focus of the different layers in movie making, but you'll feel in control of the speed emotionally. So is this a good or a bad thing? Both actually in terms of the racing part of the movie, but the script won't be nominated at the Academy Awards for sure ;-D At least Sly is really trying to put some emotion in the movie and not thrown in some crashes each 5 minutes. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

> <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > >upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Hmmmm....tastes differ, I guess! The scenes where Sly is driving a Champ car on a public highway, running under tractor-trailers and followed by a wake of exploding vehicles ... well, it seems just a little Arcade-ish to me. Or does this happen a lot in real life? Apparently they've finally settled on the name "Driven" for the film. If I may say so, it looks as though they could have changed the final "n" in "Driven" to "l" and been a LOT closer to the mark... BB

ymenard wrote: > > At least Sly is really trying to put some emotion in the movie... Egads! Who's he borrowing THAT from? Brigitte Nielsen? Sly's acting (to paraphrase Dorothy Parker) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. BB

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Frank, you never cease to amaze me with just how many different pies you > have fingers in! Bruce-- Shame on you for even suggesting godlike Frank Menard may have feet of clay! He knows all, sees all, tells all, is everywhere at once, he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake, he's making a list and checking it twice, he already knows who's naughty and nice. Men admire him, women adore him, he's a lean, mean, sex machine, a bad motha... Hush yo' mouf! ... but I'm talkin' 'bout FRANK! He's the man, the big boss with the hot sauce, the geeter with the heater. the Big Kahuna, the chief, A-Number one, Emperor of the North Pole, the Walkin' One and Only, two-times dope, phat, gnarly, and a heckuva guy. The Church O' Frank BB, acolyte

> OOOOooh that made me SO mad, the channel i was watching didn't show > the complete thing, they cut it off with another commercial like 15 > seconds into it. (I didn't even know the name, i had to search for > that!) That sounds like Speedvision. Watch the recablecast tonight (monday) and you'll see they repeated the commercial at least once about the time Hakkinen went up in smoke.... dave henrie

Stallone is one of few actors who have mastered the art of using the same facial expression to portray so many different feelings. He made people like Lord Olivier, Burton, Ralph Richardson, Guinnes etc, SO envious; here they were, emoting their hearts out, really working at it, and along comes this naturally gifted block of granite. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > ymenard wrote: > > > > At least Sly is really trying to put some emotion in the movie... > > Egads! Who's he borrowing THAT from? Brigitte Nielsen? Sly's acting (to > paraphrase Dorothy Parker) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B. > > BB

Hallelujah, brother! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Barton Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Bruce-- > > Shame on you for even suggesting godlike Frank Menard may have feet of > clay! He knows all, sees all, tells all, is everywhere at once, he sees > you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake, he's making a list and > checking it twice, he already knows who's naughty and nice. Men admire > him, women adore him, he's a lean, mean, sex machine, a bad motha... > Hush yo' mouf! ... but I'm talkin' 'bout FRANK! He's the man, the big > boss with the hot sauce, the geeter with the heater. the Big Kahuna, the > chief, A-Number one, Emperor of the North Pole, the Walkin' One and > Only, two-times dope, phat, gnarly, and a heckuva guy. > > The Church O' Frank > > BB, acolyte

It looks ridiculous. I hope it's better than that god-awful preview. -- ----------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +15.49 http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/ ----------------------------------- "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Wish I could find the > movie trailer on the 'net, but after a couple of searches I found > nothing. If anyone else finds anything let me know :) > > --David Cook > >

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> > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > > Frank, you never cease to amaze me with just how many different pies you > > have fingers in! > > Bruce-- > > Shame on you for even suggesting godlike Frank Menard may have feet of > clay! He knows all, sees all, tells all, is everywhere at once, he sees > you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake, he's making a list and > checking it twice, he already knows who's naughty and nice. Men admire > him, women adore him, he's a lean, mean, sex machine, a bad motha... > Hush yo' mouf! ... but I'm talkin' 'bout FRANK! He's the man, the big > boss with the hot sauce, the geeter with the heater. the Big Kahuna, the > chief, A-Number one, Emperor of the North Pole, the Walkin' One and > Only, two-times dope, phat, gnarly, and a heckuva guy.

Not to forget that he founded r.a.s., and probably invented internet as well :-) -- Arne Martin

Frank, you never cease to amaze me with just how many different pies you have fingers in! Now it's Hollywood, f' Christ's sake! Were you employed as a consultant? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wPyz5.290994$[email hidden]... > "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! > > > The script for the movie is so bad it makes Days of Thunder look like > Casablanca. Seriously, it's as poor as Death Race 2000 (ok maybe not *as* > bad since that's a cult film hehe). Spoiler somehow (stop reading here if > you do not want to know), the ending of the movie has good-guy Stallone > chasing bad-guy German driver around the interstates both in CART cars, > Stallone wearing no helmet. They were going at around 50km/h so they will > be cranking the shots and using MTV-style camera editing to have the cars > appear faster. So those who think this will be as good as "Grand Prix" will > be very disappointed. > > Jacques Villeneuve will appear as a cameo in the movie, while they have > filmed many race shots at the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit in Montreal. It was > very weird to see Champ cars going around that F1 track. > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >

> Today during the US Grand Prix they had a commercial for Stallone's > upcoming movie. It looked pretty damn cool! Wish I could find the > movie trailer on the 'net, but after a couple of searches I found > nothing. If anyone else finds anything let me know :) > > --David Cook Personally, I was rather disappointed by how it looked. I wasn't expecting anything as good as Grand Prix, but I was hoping for something less Day's of Thunderish. I mean, Champ cars on city streets? Come on. I'm not expecting anything of substance from this movie any more. Just the standard hollywood tripe. -Chris- **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:32:35 +0200, Arne Martin G�ettler <[email hidden]> wrote: >probably invented internet as >well :-) nope.. that would be Al Gore. ~daxe

(snipped) Hmm I sense some lack of faith here. I'm not sure but are you questioning the truth in my words Bruce? (unsnipped) No...it was simply a basic one-two.....a flippant observation (fingers in pies, Hollywood) followed by a one-liner (must be a consultant), the combination as old as comedy itself. (Don Rickles is probably one of the best exponents that I can think of right now.) Now, having to explain it, I'm bloody sorry that I wrote it! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:H4Fz5.12645$[email hidden]...

In article <[email hidden]>, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Stallone is one of few actors who have mastered the art of using thesame > facial expression to portray so many different feelings. > > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > Its apparently true that he says "yo' Adrian" in this movie too, but Adrian is now his French pit crew manager and not his shy pet store working girlfriend. Oh well. At one time they called the Days of Thunder movie- 'Top Gun with wheels'.. what does that make Champs? mr Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

[email hidden] wrote: >At one time they called the Days of > Thunder movie- 'Top Gun with wheels'.. what does that make Champs? Rambo on roller skates...

On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:52:38 -0700, "Daniel Thorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I had my doubts as soon as they announced Renny Harlin would be the >director. He helmed the execrable "Pirate Island" or whatever it was >called - the pirate movie starring his (then) wife, Geena Davis, as well as >a previous Sly movie: "Cliffhanger." That was the one, you may recall, where >the villain spent the whole film shooting his own gang whilst the >professional climbers jumped from crag to crag (about as realistic a >portrayal of climbing as CART cars on the freeway is of racing). >

It now appears that "driver" is the title and that the street chase is a result of someone "stealing one of the prototypes off a stage" and stallone taking the other one after him. This makes the street scene slightly plausible (movie wise) assuming that they are actually the press premiers WITH engines in them (not prototypes since no one ever sees those in public) The only thing that gave me major pause was stallone saying that he had another month to go and was filming RAIN scenes (gotta be an F1 holdover in the script unless it will stop the race) This is from tonights Late night with David Letterman with Stallone

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> > Stallone is one of few actors who have mastered the art of using the same > facial expression to portray so many different feelings. > > He made people like Lord Olivier, Burton, Ralph Richardson, Guinnes etc, SO > envious; here they were, emoting their hearts out, really working at it, and > along comes this naturally gifted block of granite.

LOL, I just saw an old movie this weekend about Spartacus, the title of the movie eludes me I'm afraid, with Charles Laughton (sp) in one of the leading roles, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas and Peter Ustinov were other noticeables, he too will forever live in Sly's shadow I guess Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

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> Shame on you for even suggesting godlike Frank Menard may have feet of > clay! He knows all, sees all, tells all, is everywhere at once, he sees > you when your sleeping, he knows when your awake, he's making a list and > checking it twice, he already knows who's naughty and nice. Men admire > him, women adore him, he's a lean, mean, sex machine, a bad motha... > Hush yo' mouf! ... but I'm talkin' 'bout FRANK! He's the man, the big > boss with the hot sauce, the geeter with the heater. the Big Kahuna, the > chief, A-Number one, Emperor of the North Pole, the Walkin' One and > Only, two-times dope, phat, gnarly, and a heckuva guy.

"He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman..." "...Frank!!" -- <VBG> I don't fear the ridicule at least :) -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Goy, if it had Kirk Douglas in it and it was about Spartacus then it was, > indeed, "Spartacus" (1960)! > One of the first movies released in 70mm format, incidentally. I remember > seeing it when it first came out. Jolly good movie, enjoyed it a lot actually, even though I flipped to channel by chance at 3 am in the morning and missed the opening hour or something But Laughton did an excellent Roman senator, and Ustinov an equally excellent slave merchant (?)....ad Bruce, you're old if saw this one when it came out :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

ymenard wrote: > > > "He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman..." > > "...Frank!!" "Yo' damn right..."

Well.....I was still in school, but that's as much as I'll say!! :-) In article <[email hidden]>, Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote: > ad Bruce, you're old if saw this one > when it came out :-) > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Goy, if it had Kirk Douglas in it and it was about Spartacus then it was, indeed, "Spartacus" (1960)! One of the first movies released in 70mm format, incidentally. I remember seeing it when it first came out. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > > Stallone is one of few actors who have mastered the art of using the same > > facial expression to portray so many different feelings. > > > > He made people like Lord Olivier, Burton, Ralph Richardson, Guinnes etc, SO > > envious; here they were, emoting their hearts out, really working at it, and > > along comes this naturally gifted block of granite. > > LOL, I just saw an old movie this weekend about Spartacus, the title of > the movie eludes me I'm afraid, with Charles Laughton (sp) in one of the > leading roles, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas and Peter Ustinov > were other noticeables, he too will forever live in Sly's shadow I guess > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

You know - I didn't catch the city streets scene. In my own defence I was caught up in the beautiful girls and the fast open wheeled cars. I never even noticed Burt Reynolds - or I surely would have thought twice about posting positive comments about it here! --David Cook In article <8qqklr$41s$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] wrote... > Personally, I was rather disappointed by how it looked. I wasn't > expecting anything as good as Grand Prix, but I was hoping for > something less Day's of Thunderish. I mean, Champ cars on city > streets? Come on. I'm not expecting anything of substance from this > movie any more. Just the standard hollywood tripe.

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > Goy, if it had Kirk Douglas in it and it was about Spartacus then it was, > indeed, "Spartacus" (1960)! > One of the first movies released in 70mm format, incidentally. I remember > seeing it when it first came out. Directed by none other than Stanley Kubrick. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

ymenard wrote: > (went from "Champs" to "Driven" to "In this Air" and now back to > Champs). Apparently, it's back to "Driven" - that's what Stallone was calling it on Letterman on Monday night. > I mean it bloody has Burt Reynolds in the movie as a team owner in a > wheelchair! <VBG> We can see the roots from the original F1 script, but > let's just say there ain't much resemblance between Frank Williams and Burt > R. LOL. That's the understatement of the year! Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

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> > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > Goy, if it had Kirk Douglas in it and it was about Spartacus then it was, > > indeed, "Spartacus" (1960)! > > One of the first movies released in 70mm format, incidentally. I remember > > seeing it when it first came out. > > Directed by none other than Stanley Kubrick.

Ooooh, well, I thought it was good, so I'm not too surprised really Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Not much resemblance between Sylvester Stallone and a racing driver either. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > ymenard wrote: > > > (went from "Champs" to "Driven" to "In this Air" and now back to > > Champs). > > Apparently, it's back to "Driven" - that's what Stallone was calling it on > Letterman on Monday night. > > > I mean it bloody has Burt Reynolds in the movie as a team owner in a > > wheelchair! <VBG> We can see the roots from the original F1 script, but > > let's just say there ain't much resemblance between Frank Williams and Burt > > R. > > LOL. That's the understatement of the year! > > Dave Ewing > > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] > ***************************************************** > > >

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Not much resemblance between Sylvester Stallone and a racing driver either. Some would even suggest, as you did earlier, that there is very little resemblance between Stallone and an actor..... Personally I've always thought he did good as a comedian, Rocky 1-5 was hilarious, as was Rambo 1 and 2, Cobra wasn't half bad either, but the one where he had Estelle Getty as his mother, "something something......or my mom will shoot".....naa, wasn't all that funny really Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

"Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote > Personally I've always thought he did good as a comedian, Rocky 1-5 was > hilarious Rocky was not a comedy. His best movie and acting is and will always be in the original Rocky. Let's remember that unlike the other sequels, Rocky 1 was a very serious movie that was praised by both the critique and the public. It won 3 Academy awards for Best Director, Best *picture* and Best film editing. Stallone was also nominated for best Actor, and let's not remember that he wrote himself the screenplay! I doubt you can say a bad acting job when your nominated for best actor at the Oscars ;) The original Rocky is a marvellous movie, probably one of the best B-film about sports ever did. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. Whoa is it me or my signature is all messed up? I see it as all an hyperlink.

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> > "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Personally I've always thought he did good as a comedian, Rocky 1-5 was > > hilarious > > Rocky was not a comedy. His best movie and acting is and will always be in > the original Rocky. Let's remember that unlike the other sequels, Rocky 1 > was a very serious movie that was praised by both the critique and the > public. It won 3 Academy awards for Best Director, Best *picture* and Best > film editing. Stallone was also nominated for best Actor, and let's not > remember that he wrote himself the screenplay! I doubt you can say a bad > acting job when your nominated for best actor at the Oscars ;) > > The original Rocky is a marvellous movie, probably one of the best B-film > about sports ever did.

The Rocky series wasn't a comedy ????? Oh my goodness, how in the world could I have been so mistaken Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

..... > > Personally I've always thought he did good as a comedian Nonsense. He's far to short to do a stand up routine <G> MS

Why don't they just make a sequel to Sly's *other* authentic racing movie, "Death Race 2000"? At least it's the right year now.

"Stop or My Mom Will Shoot"......woeful! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > one where he had Estelle Getty as his mother, "something > something......or my mom will shoot".....naa, wasn't all that funny > really >

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I like your style, Frank! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:IAmB5.282180$[email hidden]... > > Rocky was not a comedy. His best movie and acting is and will always be in > the original Rocky. Let's remember that unlike the other sequels, Rocky 1 > was a very serious movie that was praised by both the critique and the > public. It won 3 Academy awards for Best Director, Best *picture* and Best > film editing. Stallone was also nominated for best Actor, and let's not > remember that he wrote himself the screenplay! I doubt you can say a bad > acting job when your nominated for best actor at the Oscars ;) > > The original Rocky is a marvellous movie, probably one of the best B-film > about sports ever did. >

Well, in that case he could play straight-man to Van Damme's comedy act. Or team up with that other Shakesperean great, Chuck Norris. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Mark.seery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tGqB5.3119$[email hidden]... > > ..... > > > > Personally I've always thought he did good as a comedian > > Nonsense. He's far to short to do a stand up routine <G> > > MS > >

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Well, in that case he could play straight-man to Van Damme's comedy act. > Or team up with that other Shakesperean great, Chuck Norris. "Sideshow Sly" ? Sounds intriguing...... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "Mountain climbing, auto racing and bullfighting are the only true sports...all others are games." --Ernest Hemingway--