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nightshadow7 — 19 years ago(June 27, 2006 02:37 PM)
Who the heck is Sylvester Stallone??!?!?!? I dont recall any of his moviesever. Oh no, wait, I do remember one called Get Carter boy, that was one of the best naps I ever took at the movie theater!
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delicreep — 19 years ago(July 05, 2006 02:35 PM)
Stallone can no longer deliver the box-office draw to validate a $20m paycheck. Nothing he has been in since Rocky IV can be considered a blockbuster. Only a handful of modest hits in 28 or so films since then. A look at his career from the 80's shows the distinct pattern of a man without an audience (or a very good agent): 2 or 3 total flops, return to a franchise, 2-3 more flops, return to a franchise. However, in the 90's, his staple franchises (Rocky, Rambo) were ignored by the studios (and believe me, he's been trying for 10 years to get Rambo IV made), leaving him floundering. His grousing about wanting to be taken seriously as an actor got him a role in Copland, but did nothing to re-establish box-office clout.
Even worse, his movies now lose money. Ever since Get Carter tanked, Sly has had a truly dismal record. Avenging Angelo wasn't even released in US theatres. He was barely in the promos for Spy Kids 3, which shows how carefully studios will market a film in which he appears.
And now, after years of poor box-office, Sly is once again returning to his franchises. But how will they perform? While Rocky Balboa will be released in December, Rambo IV is barely one step above a vaporfilm. A script exists, and there is a release date, but no sort of offical press exists. I would be surprised if Rambo IV gets before the camereas prior to a box-office judgement on Rocky Balboa.
This is not an attempt to illustrate my glee at Sly's box-office misfortunes. I'm just stating some facts. -
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StagnantHobgoblin — 19 years ago(November 22, 2006 03:03 PM)
Listen now, this won't make sense at first, but in time, this will all come together.
It all starts with the thugees. An ancient cult in India, they smoked their hashish and were the first assassins for hire. Fast forward to 1977, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Aquino, also a PhD. After drinking from the Chalice of Mammon, becomes obsessed with the vanquishing of Melchiesedek. His order, the loyal Temple of Set, was his tool to use in his battle. It was not just his battle, but humanity's. He researched, the history of Melchiesedek was long and storied. No one knows from where he came, for he predates recorded history itself. This Antediluvian prophet was paid tithes even by Abraham, but has virtually disappeared. The Chalice of Mammon made the forest clear from the trees. He saw that someone could not be as powerful as Melchiesedek, as awe inspiring and weild such influence then disappear. He must be planning something, something that required not just being off the radar of humanity, but even his lord Lucifer, angel of light. Perhaps even under the radar of G-d.
Now, consider this, have you ever seen Melchiesedek and Jim Carrey in the same place at the same time?