The Expendables 3

[JarodRussell]

Looking good!

Hopefully they learned their lessons when it comes to the main villain role and the cameos. I want Mel Gibson to have a much more substantial role than Van Damme had. And the cameos should be well integrated into the narrative. They shouldn't just pop up out of nowhere with no motivation whatsoever.

 

[tighr]

And the cameos should be well integrated into the narrative. They shouldn't just pop up out of nowhere with no motivation whatsoever.

Now you're just asking for too much.

 

[Aragorn]

Bootleg of the trailer (or rather teaser trailer #2) here.




See all the character posters here.

 

[Kirby]

I haven't been paying attention to the news about Expendables 3, but Kelsey Grammer?? Hopefully he'll play Barney's psychiatrist.

 

[Captain Craig]

While Grammer is an odd choice, since this is about established action stars of yore Grammer has upped his action cred the past decade with X-Men and Transformers 4 forthcoming. Now this.

 

[Aldo]

Looking good!

Hopefully they learned their lessons when it comes to the main villain role and the cameos. I want Mel Gibson to have a much more substantial role than Van Damme had. And the cameos should be well integrated into the narrative. They shouldn't just pop up out of nowhere with no motivation whatsoever.

That's what I loved the most about Expendables 2.

 

[Aragorn]

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[JarodRussell]

Snipes, Arnold, Banderas, Dolph and Sly all in one film. I love this franchise.

Snipes replaces Terry Crews it seems, like it was supposed to be to begin with had he not been in prison.

 

[Aragorn]

The "roll call" teaser is now up on Yahoo Movies.

 

[JarodRussell]

Niiiice.

 

[Aragorn]

Quick bios of the main characters in the movie, except for Robert Davi's character.

And the new teaser trailer on YouTube now:

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bPJrbzjLls[/yt]

 

[Aragorn]

Click to enlarge.

 

[JarodRussell]

Stallone looks normal again. In the last decade he was like a terrible mess from facial liftings and HGH gone wrong. In Rambo 4 he was extremely bloated. In Expendables 1 his eyebrows poked holes into ceilings.

 

[FreezeC77]

Stallone looks normal again. In the last decade he was like a terrible mess from facial liftings and HGH gone wrong. In Rambo 4 he was extremely bloated. In Expendables 1 his eyebrows poked holes into ceilings.

Stallone was on more PED for awhile there than Ivan Drago in Rocky IV.

 

[Aragorn]

Stallone has been quoted as saying Expendables 3 will be PG-13.

 

[JarodRussell]

Again? They never learn.

 

[Aldo]

At this point I'm not even worried about the rating. The second one could have been PG-13 and lost nothing. I imagine this one will be just fine with it.

 

[JarodRussell]

At this point I'm not even worried about the rating. The second one could have been PG-13 and lost nothing. I imagine this one will be just fine with it.

It would have lost a lot of the violence. Especially the important bits, the death of Thor's brother and the death of Van Damme, would have needed to be cut.

 

[Captain Craig]

Not worried about PG-13, I agree not much would've had to been altered in the last.

This is not SAW or a Tarrantino film.
The thrust of people's interest in these films isn't for gory blood and strings of vulgar sentences. It's the camaraderie and action. Action doesn't = gory blood.

 

[tighr]

It would have lost a lot of the violence. Especially the important bits, the death of Thor's brother and the death of Van Damme, would have needed to be cut.

Both scenes could be flash cut without losing the impact. Show the knife headed his way, show Van Damme's leg going in for the kick, and then at the last second cut away to a reaction shot. MPAA is fine with this, and to the viewer you probably don't even notice.

I'm generally a HUGE proponent of going hard-R versus the tame PG13 route, but I could probably make an exception for this film. The point of The Expendables isn't the violence, it's the ensemble cast. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so much dialogue in these films!!!

PG13 is a big reason why the last two Die Hard movies sucked, and why The Wolverine was helped tremendously by the unrated version versus the theatrical version.