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The Stallone-Schwarzenegger Feud Reignites?


Stallone became a star first -- with a "prestige" Best Picture Oscar winner(Rocky-1976) that brought him nominations for Best Actor and Best Screenplay -- and Stallone was still a bigger star than Schwarzenegger for most of the 80s. 1985 saw "Rambo II" dominate as a summer blockbuster while Arnold's "Commando" (in the less competitive fall) made him a "B-movie plus" action star after the launch of Conan the Barbarian(purely HIS kind of role) and "The Terminator"(a classic that took some time to be so recognized.)

Somewhere around 1987 and 1988, Sly and Arnold became star equals, became business pals(Planet Hollywood) and...evidently...not-so-friendly movie star rivals. Arnold made fun of Sly for being "tricked" into making "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot" because ARNOLD suggested in the press that ARNOLD would take it. (Well, that's what Arnold said.)

Came the 90s Sly and Arnold faded a bit from their "80s muscleman star" heights, but kept the dance going for decades. They did a small movie together. Arnold cameo'ed in two Expendables(three?) They're still around in their 70s now (2024 as I post this.)

November 2024, in fact. Almost two weeks after the US Presidential election.

Arnold is aa professed Republican (that's how he ran for Governor in Cailfornia, though his administration had a lot of Dems thanks to his marriage to Maria Shriver of the Kennedy family) But he endorsed Kamala Harris for President.

I don't recall if Sly endorsed ANYONE before the election, but there he stood singing the praises of the newly elected(for a second time) Donald Trump.

Could this be Sly's revenge for "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot"?

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