Talk:Epic Rap Battles of History 56/@comment-25263388-20150717062401

Sylvester Stallone vs Jean Claude Van Damme - prima facie, a battle of two 80s action stars. This has two deeper:

The first is that both did both regulated hand-to-hand (specifically boxing for both, Rocky/Kickboxer) as well as army-style fighting (Rambo/Universal Soldier).

The deepest is that they are both, in a sense, Expendable. Stallone, playing Barney Ross, the leader of the Expendables, and being in charge/pole position of the Expendables franchise, is Expendable. JCVD goes very differently with expendability. Some of his greatest and most successful franchises, Universal Soldier and Kickboxer, he played the main character in the original film before this character was recast, the franchise having come to success riding of his fame and then continuing its success without him. He is thus Expendable to the franchise after he was used initially.

TL;DR: Stallone led Expendables, thus Expendable, and JCVD was replaced a lot after first film, thus Expendable.

SO yeahhh, Expendable 80s action stars who both box and shoot famously.