Quote (stupidkid282 @ Apr 6 2014 09:39am)
The Expendables just seemed like a cheesy way to bring old action hero actors into one film, but it was just that.
That is exactly the point of Expendables, basically they are just doing what many people in the past use to always say.
"Oh man, how great would it be if you see so-n-so fight so-n-so?"
Now they basically have every single Action character from those days either banded together or against someone. On top of
all that, they bought in the old quips they use to say in previous movies and make it fun.
"Yipee Kai Yay Mother Fucker"
"I'll be back" / "You have been back too many times, I'll be back"
etc.
Another movie that takes the piss out of an older movie series [Rocky] was bought out not long ago: Grudge Match.
Sylvester Stallone vs Robert De Niro [even though De Niro was not recognised much in action movies]... watch it,
if you have seen the Rocky series, you will see old pictures and also laugh at some of the old training techniques.