Arnold....I am sad,

[idarkphoenixi]

It's because the days of cheesy action movies with hilariously bulky heroes are over. Hollywood doesn't go that route anymore.

Arnold was always a bad actor...and that was almost intended. It was just so men could have escapist power fantasys. But now that women are considered more as a customer we've chosen the path of slightly more believable protagonist males so the chicks can get some eye candy as well as us with the lead heroine.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Conan the Barbarian is my all-time favourite film. The first Terminator is also great. Know what they both have in common? Arnold actually acts well in those. He played the near-silent 'actions speak louder than words' characters perfectly.

The Predator was also pretty good, lacked the facepalm-inducing cheese of some of his other films (for me, that's a good thing). Running Man and Commando are fun, if silly (but not TOO over the top) films. That's about it for me as far as Arnold is concerned.

But yeah, Conan the Barbarian and the first Terminator - fucking awesome.

 

[nathan-dts]

Arnold Swarzenegger was just a bad actor with large muscles. Why would I want to show a roided up freak to children.

I disagree with your first point; the guy was in countless great films. Other actors that were there to do the exact same things as Arnie didn't do nearly as well.

 

[General Twinkletoes]

Well if you're replying to really, really long posts and want to address maybe 1 line, it's a little hard to bring attention to the specific phrase.

Then chop it down to just that line, or bold the line that is the sticking point. Going line by line refuting claims as you go is lazy and disrespectful.

What if you want to do that several times? Sometimes against page long arguments, it's practically impossible if you want to address everything he said and still have people know what you're talking about.

 

[Lieju]

I don't really care.

I'm not a fan of his movies, I really hate him in Batman and Robin, but I'm not blaming the actor for that, but writing and direction.

I think he is ugly, with all that muscle, but it's a matter of taste. I'm not a fan of body-building either, but if someone wants to do that to themselves, none of my bussiness.
I do dislike it, though, when characters I like (like Batman) are drawn as ridiculously muscular. And if he was a big influence in such a body-type becoming popular in action, I guess I dislike his influence, but not really the man for it.