I just can’t stand Sylvester Stallone. Apart from the voice—perfect for a near-punchdrunk palooka like Rocky Balboa, not so much for pretty much any other role—he can’t act. Sly doing angry is indistinguishable from Sly doing outraged or enthusiastic or hungry.

That said, I don’t begrudge him his success. Any actor who enjoys a four-decade career is clearly doing something right. And I don’t take potshots at anyone’s taste in popular culture—the return fire would be devastating.

–alopecia

Hey, I’ll stan for the Rambo films which are, in my opinion, surprisingly progressive in hindsight. At least with the way today’s parties are aligned. He’s a veteran who was sent to fight a bogus war and when he and his unit comes home the government couldn’t give less of a shit. Sound familiar?

Granted, I was not old enough to see the first three in theaters.

“I’ll be honest, I used IMDb.”

Oh, man. Now I feel even worse, because I didn’t have to. Ohhhh, the crap I’ve got lodged in my brain.

I’ll feel a little better that I didn’t know the characters name, even if it means I missed the full cleverness behind Graf’s comment.

I’ll be honest, I used IMDb. I vaguely remembered Sylvester Stallone did an arm-wrestling movie but that was it. Now I know Stallone’s character was called Lincoln Hawk, the screenplay was credited to Stirling Silliphant and Sylvester Stallone, and the movie bombed ($25M budget, $16M US gross receipts). Oh, and I’m certain I made a good choice by not going to see Over the Top back in 1987.

I can remember paying to see only one Stallone movie (Rocky, if you were wondering). There’s only so much mush-mouthed mumbling I can stand and two hours in a lifetime is just about enough.

–alopecia

Kinda an understated one for something that’s really, well…. you know.

(And now I’m going to go hate myself all weekend for actually recognizing the reference.)

–alopecia

Now there’s an obscure pop-culture reference.

–alopecia