{"id":8027,"date":"2013-03-24T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8027"},"modified":"2013-03-24T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T16:37:58","slug":"expendables-3-craigs-suggestions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8027","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Expendables 3&#8221; &#8211; If Sly Asked Me&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2013\/mar\/032413sly_lastsup.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"996\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>I would suggest <strong>something big<\/strong> on <strong>US soil<\/strong> for the <strong>Expendables&#8217;<\/strong> mission. Go easy on the wisecracks and humor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><em><strong>Olympus Has Fallen<\/strong><\/em> opened this weekend with over <b> $30 million <\/b>in receipts and an<b> A- CinemaScore.<\/b> Audiences will still show up for action movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Expendables<\/strong> members <strong>need to die<\/strong>. I love the characters, but let&#8217;s lose some on to shock the audience and raise the stakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Perhaps the team accepts a mission from <strong>Bruce Willis&#8217;<\/strong> character. Since the CIA can&#8217;t operate on <strong>US<\/strong> soil, he brings in the <strong>Expendables<\/strong> to take down a <strong>home-grown terrorist group<\/strong>. Although way outgunned the <strong>Expendables<\/strong> accomplish their goal. Unfortunately several of the <strong>Expendables<\/strong> are killed during the mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Perhaps even have <strong>Couture&#8217;s character<\/strong> killed after the <strong>Expendables<\/strong> have stopped the terrorists. The terrorists know they can&#8217;t obtain their goal, so as payback to the <strong>Expendables<\/strong> they torture and <strong>kill Couture<\/strong> (perhaps <strong>Barney<\/strong> and the remaining <strong>Expendables<\/strong> are watching on live video feed). Once they kill <strong>Couture<\/strong> the terrorists make their getaway. <strong>Barney<\/strong> and the remaining team members call in new recruits and go after the terrorists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This would show the <strong>Expendables are expendable<\/strong>. It would also show how good they are since they accomplish their mission against greater odds. This set-up would <strong>start the movie with a bang<\/strong> and <strong>give reason to bring in the young guns<\/strong>. It would also <strong>make the second part of the movie&#8217;s mission very personal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong> <strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would suggest something big on US soil for the Expendables&#8217; mission. Go easy on the wisecracks and humor. 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