Masculinity in Action Movies.
 

i was reading a huge debate over at IMDB forums about Rambo IV. ( a rather hilarious debate at that. )

many people feel that this is an incredible revival for the action movies, which have been pussified scince the 80's. Action films now a days have morals and less violence. by the looks of rambo IV, its completly mindless, ultra violent, testosterone fueled awesomeness.

i happen to be for the idea. I love it. the mindless violence and macho mentality. people were all exited about the machoness of the film. for some reason, i just freakin love macho badass heroes, and according to what ive read, so do a whole lot of other people. what are your thoughts on this issue?

is exaggerated masculinity in action films kick ass or what?

It needs to be out there, I think. It's not so culturally detrimental as people say. How can anybody say that our culture has gotten more macho than ever after reading Beowulf? We need obnoxious Beowulfesque behavior in our entertainments because in real life we just can't be like that. Stallone does it for us. Unfortunately, this has seeped into our politics.

Yes, we need better action movies. Explosions, gun battles, car chases, sick psychopathic bad guys and larger-than-life heroes that kick the living shit out of them.

And isn't the new Die Hard coming out soon? The first one was one of the seminal action movies of all time.

Live Free or Die Hard



I can't wait!:)

Mothman,try these (1981) action flicks!




Sharky's Machine - Burt Reynolds & Rachel Ward

Death Hunt- Charles Bronson & Lee Marvin

Nighthawks- Sylvester Stallone & Rutger Hauer

Is it true this is going to be rated PG-13? Because that is very disappointing....love the others.

All three were great! Love Nighthawks!

couldn't have said it better myself.

Bring back the bad asses ..

glad you guys aren't getting all politically correct on me.:)

IMO, violence belongs in movies. nowhere else.

take all the violence going on in the world right now and stuff it into movies. thats what we should do.

Also have alot of gay butt sechz when you film movies in prison,for realism.And have a guy there named tastycakes.

That would make one great fucken movie..
all the ganstas getting dealt to by arnie and stallone in
one big shoot em out..hit em high sequel' .

'swat im talking about.

Priming examples of the movies im talking about. no hold barred good guys servin it to the bad guys big time. big ol body count.:
Cobra
Commando
Raw Deal
Rambo II
The Punisher ('89)
notice how al the heroes in these movies are practically untouchable. they're super heros pretty much. love it.

YEAH!!

now thats what em talking about too .. :p

"ahem"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gQDt4PHbrPI

I love the 80's action flicks!Fun stuff!


Die Hard
First blood
Escape From New York
Avenging Force

you know, as sad as this is...ive never seen Escape From New York. shame too. has two of my favorite actors, Kurt Russell and Van Cleef...plus its directed by the legendary John Carpenter.

told you. Commando is the shit.
love how hes running through the garden, mowing down flowers with an m60.
tell me thats not masculinity.

You really need to see Escape From New York and Avenging Force!


Have you seen Wanted Dead or Alive?

havnt seen any of those. Avenging Force is on VHS in my school's basement for some reason, ill try to get a hold of it.

'say it isn't so'..

Escape from New York ...
you must see this. :p

Snake is teh best.

'folds her arms'


Word:p

Love that flick haven't seen in quite some time.

Out For Justice is a bad motherfucker too.

Totally.... Back in the day when Seagal was still kick ass. :D

ooh i forgot about him...


whose everyones fav muscle girlie..??

aint that whats'er'face wrestling girly person..??

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/illdojo/54.jpg
Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja. :D

Not anymore.Besides,shes already starred in a horror movie.





One night in Chyna.

But seriously....



http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2...onnor_Loca.jpg


Sarah Connor(Linda Hamilton)

"i reh teh sechzy,when i r teh hot and sweaty."

honestly, not to sounds sexist, but a lot of heroines are kinda lame. seeing hot chicks acting tough is a bit silly.

it sure as hell worked in High Tension, The Descent and the Alien series though.

Hard To Kill is a good one.

Pffffffbt,do you know what else is silly?Luke Skywalker and all his bitching.....







Ellen ripley would totally bitch slap that whiney fucker.

who ever said Luke Skywalker was masculine anyways?

No one,but hes supposed to be a hero,and heros are SUPPOSED to be masculine...but thats not the case here.






"LyKe ZoMg! j00r mY fAtHeR!"

yeah luke shows alittle too much emotion to be a complete badass.

showing emotion=not badass
killing shamelessly=badass

Darth Vader is a bad ass,and i mean Darth Vader.Not Anakin skywalker.



Bwhahahahah!These cybernetic emhanments have given me an utterly large penis!"

Marked for Death
Under Siege 1 & 2


I like Steven Seagal's older films,but His new flicks really stink!I also like John Woo's Hard Target.

wasnt too big a fan of the under seige movies...havnt seen marked for death.
but yeah, his career had definetly sank as hes gotten older.

Van Damme, he's another story.