Via Leicarumors. The Leica M9 Sylvester Stallone used in 'The Expendables 2' is up for sale.
Bidding starts at $6200. You also get Sly's signature on something and a DVD of the movie.
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Showing posts with label The Expendables 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Expendables 2. Show all posts
Sunday, April 07, 2013
Buy Sylvester Stallone's Leica M9
Via Leicarumors. The Leica M9 Sylvester Stallone used in 'The Expendables 2' is up for sale.
Bidding starts at $6200. You also get Sly's signature on something and a DVD of the movie.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
2 Different Versions of the 'Taken 2' Trailer: One for Sensitive Understanding (Wimpy) Americans, and one Swarthy (I Kill You Now?) Europeans
Wha?
In the domestic version of the trailer for 'Taken 2' Liam Neeson clearly says, "Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother and I are going to be taken."
And, that was always my understanding about the plot -- both Neeson's character and (AND) his wife are abducted. Both. Not one, both -- two of them.
Happens at :37 seconds.
However. In the international trailer Neeson says, "Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother is going to be taken." Neeson does not say he will be taken as well. Just 'your mother'. "Your mother (is)" not "Your mother and I (are)." In this trailer only mom gets nabbed.
I know what you're saying: Dude. No way. You're hearing things. Check it out -- at 1:11.
So. Is this an(other) example of foreign machismo? Is the notion a male protagonist could be taken hostage, or allow himself to be taken, so unpalatable in other countries they need to gloss over (read: flat out lie about) such plot details in trailers meant for international markets?
Will there be two versions of the movie? I can just see it. There will be one edit in which only the wife is abducted made for swaggering sweating always drinking and smoking European men (and such) who would never allow themselves to be taken hostage -- (no fucking way I kill you now asshole), and another in which both the husband and wife are taken made for touchy-feely oh so politically correct forward-thinking Americans who know that a man can be kidnapped at gunpoint just as easily as a woman and that absolutely is not a reflection on one's manliness -- (pardon me whilst I avert my eyes in a demure manner and take a sip of my double low-fat vanilla latte made with organic milk and fair-trade coffee [not too hot or I'll complain to the manager!!!] topped with whipped cream from a can, thank you very much).
This is just like the Spanish poster for 'The Expendables 2'. Their title: 'Los Indestructibles 2'. No. No sir. Our guys aren't 'expendable' -- that would be too, what's the word?, limp. Our guys are INDESTRUCTIBLE! They can't freaking be destroyed. Your wimpy American men, they are expendable. Disposable. Nobody cares if they live or die. Our guys: tough, can't be killed or injured -- reeeeeaaaaaaal men. In-goddam-destructible.
Machismo. Alien to us, heartfelt to them.
Gotta say, very interesting indeed. Really... That says a lot. But, what do I think of it? Do I appreciate how Euro-man can't deal with the concept that he might be victimized and how he lives a direct and effective life not taking shit from anybody? Or, do I hold Euro-guy in contempt for being a narrow-minded ass?
Do I applaud American liberalism or do I think we're a country of toe-the-line girly boys who strive not to offend?
I don't know. A little of both? How typically American of me.
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In the domestic version of the trailer for 'Taken 2' Liam Neeson clearly says, "Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother and I are going to be taken."
And, that was always my understanding about the plot -- both Neeson's character and (AND) his wife are abducted. Both. Not one, both -- two of them.
Happens at :37 seconds.
However. In the international trailer Neeson says, "Listen to me carefully, Kim. Your mother is going to be taken." Neeson does not say he will be taken as well. Just 'your mother'. "Your mother (is)" not "Your mother and I (are)." In this trailer only mom gets nabbed.
I know what you're saying: Dude. No way. You're hearing things. Check it out -- at 1:11.
So. Is this an(other) example of foreign machismo? Is the notion a male protagonist could be taken hostage, or allow himself to be taken, so unpalatable in other countries they need to gloss over (read: flat out lie about) such plot details in trailers meant for international markets?
Will there be two versions of the movie? I can just see it. There will be one edit in which only the wife is abducted made for swaggering sweating always drinking and smoking European men (and such) who would never allow themselves to be taken hostage -- (no fucking way I kill you now asshole), and another in which both the husband and wife are taken made for touchy-feely oh so politically correct forward-thinking Americans who know that a man can be kidnapped at gunpoint just as easily as a woman and that absolutely is not a reflection on one's manliness -- (pardon me whilst I avert my eyes in a demure manner and take a sip of my double low-fat vanilla latte made with organic milk and fair-trade coffee [not too hot or I'll complain to the manager!!!] topped with whipped cream from a can, thank you very much).
This is just like the Spanish poster for 'The Expendables 2'. Their title: 'Los Indestructibles 2'. No. No sir. Our guys aren't 'expendable' -- that would be too, what's the word?, limp. Our guys are INDESTRUCTIBLE! They can't freaking be destroyed. Your wimpy American men, they are expendable. Disposable. Nobody cares if they live or die. Our guys: tough, can't be killed or injured -- reeeeeaaaaaaal men. In-goddam-destructible.
Machismo. Alien to us, heartfelt to them.
Gotta say, very interesting indeed. Really... That says a lot. But, what do I think of it? Do I appreciate how Euro-man can't deal with the concept that he might be victimized and how he lives a direct and effective life not taking shit from anybody? Or, do I hold Euro-guy in contempt for being a narrow-minded ass?
Do I applaud American liberalism or do I think we're a country of toe-the-line girly boys who strive not to offend?
I don't know. A little of both? How typically American of me.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Excellent New Poster for 'The Expendables 2'
Love this. Put together just so. Every element works.
(from Anne Thompson who has great coverage of TE2 Comic-Con rollout)
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(from Anne Thompson who has great coverage of TE2 Comic-Con rollout)
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Monday, May 07, 2012
Machismo Spanish Poster for the Indestructible Expendables
I wonder why the term 'expendable' doesn't work in Spanish or is unacceptable to Spanish speaking people. Why they prefer 'indestructible'. These words settle in the ear in a similar way but, in meaning, they're not close. Really, they're just about opposites.
To us, in order for us to care, in order for these characters to be protagonists, they must be disposable and put themselves in harm's way for a lofty cause. We empathize with them because they are underdogs who set out on nearly impossible missions from which they know they may not return in order to serve the greater good. They are expendable yet step up and get the job done because it's just that important even though it's assumed they will die in the process. That makes them heroes.
However, with a title like 'The Indestructibles' it's safe to assume these men are invulnerable. They forcefully seize their objectives, almost without effort no matter how difficult or dangerous it may be, as if success were a foregone conclusion, and swagger away in the end. The notion that something might go wrong or that one of them might get hurt or killed is distasteful, perhaps even alien. So, that they willingly embark on dangerous missions yet are never really at risk of injury or death makes them heroes?
The choices of titles for this movie and how Sly and his crew are perceived says a lot about the differences in our cultures.
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To us, in order for us to care, in order for these characters to be protagonists, they must be disposable and put themselves in harm's way for a lofty cause. We empathize with them because they are underdogs who set out on nearly impossible missions from which they know they may not return in order to serve the greater good. They are expendable yet step up and get the job done because it's just that important even though it's assumed they will die in the process. That makes them heroes.
However, with a title like 'The Indestructibles' it's safe to assume these men are invulnerable. They forcefully seize their objectives, almost without effort no matter how difficult or dangerous it may be, as if success were a foregone conclusion, and swagger away in the end. The notion that something might go wrong or that one of them might get hurt or killed is distasteful, perhaps even alien. So, that they willingly embark on dangerous missions yet are never really at risk of injury or death makes them heroes?
The choices of titles for this movie and how Sly and his crew are perceived says a lot about the differences in our cultures.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
New Trailer for 'The Expendables 2'
You know...this looks good. Action movies are evolving, getting better, and Sly Stallone (at his age) may be partly (or completely) responsible.
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Friday, April 27, 2012
Still from 'The Expendables 2'
Really, Sly looks good for a guy his age. This is not average for 65. It ain't average for 25. That car is only, like, 12 years old and look at it.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
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