did the rocky copy
 

Does any one know if Dwayne Johnson copied T.H.E. Rock from the book "The short-timers"(full metal jacket)?

From the book
"T.H.E. Rocks says, "You know, my mom writes me a lot of letters about what a brave boy T.H.E. Rock is. T.H.E. Rock is not a boy; he's a person." He drinks beer. "I know I'm a person because I know there ain't no Santa Claus. There ain't no fucking Easter bunny. You know? Back in the World we thought that the future is always safe in a little gold box somewhere. Well, I'll live forever. I'm T.H.E. Rock.""

If any one wants to read the book its free here: http://www.gustavhasford.com/ST.htm
it iis split into 3 parts

:wtf:

uuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwut

so no one saw full metal jacket

:wtf:

I saw it like 20 times and still don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

:wtf: The Rock copied nothing Junior. The Rock was unique. The Rock was original.

You're lucky The Rock doesn't come down that copper cable and whip your candy-ass all the way back to Know Your Role Boulevarde.

And that's the bottom line 'cause the Great One said so...oh, wait a minute, maybe he did borrow a few lines.

ok the movie full metal jacket is based on a book. the book was called the short-timers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Short-Timers

in the book there is a guy named T.H.E. Rock who some times talks in the 3rd person.

This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine.

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, who cares?

I'm sure it's somewhat based on this if not directly.

No, you're mistaken. The Rock is based on the Sean Connery movie of the same name.

the rock copied a lot of muhammed ali's persona

Rocky Miavia

Yes, these are the only two sources in history to refer to themselves in the third person.

Well, them and Rocky "The Face" Johnson from Aberrant.

Shut the fuck up, rocky cocksucker.

He should've been called "Rock Johnson", the mulatto porn star from Samoa.

Guess he's lucky Russo wasn't booking when he was transforming into The Rock...