John Travolta and The Expendables 2

Wasn’t Sasha Mitchell or Jeff Speakman taking calls from Sly? This just seems so… random. How on earth does John Travolta end up in the all action-star sequel to “The Expendables”?

Stallone. Lundgren. Statham. Willis… Travolta!?

Granted, Stallone and Travolta are close buddies from way back – Stallone directing Travolta bomb “Staying Alive” and all. And at one stage Travolta, who was still packing some mean muscle as a result of the full-on training regiment Stallone put him through on the ’80s dance flick, was going to be a part of the “Rambo” sequel, at Sly’s request; for whatever reason, that didn’t come off.But even in 1985 it would’ve been a bit of a joke to have Danny Zuko joining Sly for a “Rambo” two-hander, in 2011, it’s unimaginable to think of the portly Oscar Nominated star of “Grease” and “Pulp Fiction” playing some kind of hardened action-hero in a testosterone-fueled boys movie. Unless, of course, Sly’s going to bench Travolta and have him play some sort of teddy bear general or, on the opposite end of the scale, a corrupt senator.. or something.Or maybe he’ll be reprising the role of Tony Manero, for a third time, this time joining ‘The Expendables’ on a mission to infiltrate an illegal human-traffiking ring that’s operating out of a New York dance hall?

Now don’t get me wrong – I’m a huge Travolta fan; from “Fever” to “Grease”, “Blow Out”, “Perfect”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Get Shorty”, “Broken Arrow”, “Face/Off”… “The Boy in the Bubble”… but I just don’t see where he’d fit in “The Expendables 2″. The audience beseeching such a movie don’t care for JT – they care for those that can’t crunch heads and pummel 200-pound gorilla – they’re not so much fans of song-and-dance men.OK, so maybe in 1996, back when Travolta was in his semi action-movie man mode, doing things like “Face/Off” and “Broken Arrow”, he could’ve been a fit but there’s just been one too many “Lucky Numbers” and “Lonely Hearts” since…