Today is a momentous day in the history of the basement, two post by me in one day. I feel i have no choice but to post this as i feel its far to long over due. This Thursday i went to the pictures with my girlfriend to see the new Indiana Jones film. The newest wave of late 70's early eighties films to show sixty year old action heros! Don't mean it has to be Indiana Jones and the nursing home of doom. Watching these films leaves me feeling in a somewhat confused state. These actors were already in there late 20's mid 30's when they first appeared as the memorable characters. Yet i wasn't even a mere future thought. As those who know me will be well aware i am a huge rocky fan, you could even say obsessed slightly. But when the original was realised 1977, my mother was just a girl herself and when the fifth was released i was just 3. So you could imagine my frustrations at never being able to see any at the cinema. When i heard that old Sly was going to be making another rocky, a confused smile crept across my face. As those that have seen it, the last rocky was somewhat of a disappointment, even for a die hard rocky fan. But that was not going to stop my desire to watch the new one. It was fucking brilliant with old sly not holding back on taking a ribbing for being old and winding the series down to a much yearned true last time out. That set the tone for a waive of old actions hero's giving that one last shot and to be compleatly honest they haven't been a disappointment - with a real sense of understanding of how ludicrous there age is for the roles they were playing. I believe, all in all, they are welcome but if rocky steps in the ring at 70 we just mite just have a lover tiff.
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