"Rockhead?"

I read the Sly Stallone interview in the new "Variety" magazine online the other day.  Suffice it to say that the man who created "Rocky," a character I love, should maybe be called "ROCKHEAD" the way he comes across in real life.

Sly spent most of the very lengthy interview COMPLAINING that he "only" has a net worth of $400 million to leave to his family when he dies.  Not a word of THANKS TO GOD, not a note of GRATITUDE from this one who supposedly is now a Christian.  I find that very enlightening. Considering his "rags to riches" story, he should be publicly praising GOD for his success...but instead he credits HIMSELF in this interview.  Call that "judging" if you want, I call it "by their fruits you will know them." Sly needs to start WALKING THE WALK of following the Lord, not just TALKING THE TALK and hey, he isn't even Talking the Talk anymore!!  (At least Rocky THANKED GOD when he won the title, in "Rocky II"!!)

Then, "Rockhead" complained that he doesn't have ownership of the "Rocky" character, and wants the ones who own it (LEGALLY, mind you) to relinquish it to him. Why should they?? A deal's a deal...the people who own "Rocky" made SLY into a millionaire 400 times over. Without THEIR investment in his character, Sly's "Rocky" would never have gotten off the ground...yet he complains.

What's worse is that SLY now sounds just like ol' CHUCK WEPNER.  Here's what I mean by that.

Five months ago today, February 26th, I blogged about Sly and CHUCK WEPNER, the boxer who partially inspired Stallone to create "Rocky." Wepner begged Stallone for YEARS to compensate him financially for the way Sly made his millions off of Wepner's real-life fight against Muhammad Ali in 1975, but Sly wouldn't give Chuck a DIME for over 30 years till Wepner sued him.  Isn't it ironic that now "ROCKHEAD" Stallone is saying OTHERS cheated HIM the way WEPNER accused SLY, all of those years?? 

As you can see from the picture above, the interview is titled "PUNCHING BACK" but how is Sly "punching back" by claiming victimhood status for banking 400 mil, while others out there can credibly say HE victimized THEM??

Finally, "ROCKHEAD" said in the interview that he wants to make a "Rocky 7." Ugh.

The proposed plot would have Rocky training someone who is in the country illegally, going with him to Mexico and the movie WOULD weigh in on the Immigration Debate. BAD IDEA, no one wants to see the "Rocky" character wade into POLITICAL COMMENTARY!! Oh, sure..."Rocky IV" did that in '85 when Rocky fought the Russian, but the nation was UNITED then under a President (Reagan) who just won re-election by capturing 49 of 50 states!! America is DIVIDED now over Immigration and this bitter division is with us everywhere we go...no one is going to PAY to go see a MOVIE to have "ROCKHEAD" tell them what to think.  It reminds me of when Sly came out against Gun Violence a few years ago while his movie "Bullet to the Head" (which I never saw) was playing in theaters. Hey, I am looking forward to the new RAMBO movie but please....no more ROCKY movies if Rocky is going to get POLITICAL, no matter WHAT side of the aisle he's on.

Ideally, the "Rocky" character appears again in "Creed III" and dies off, once and for all, like MICKEY died in the third ROCKY flick.

And prayerfully, "Rockhead" Stallone REALLY gets saved one day because this interview doesn't give me the slightest hope that he is NOW.