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Stallone or Schwarzenegger?

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As actors?

Besides the original Terminator/Conan, Schwarzenegger is terrible.

Stallone wins.

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BTW regarding that tier list, Lundgren would be B-tier if it weren't for the majority of his late 2000s work.
 
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total recall, predator, commando, terminator 1 & 2, Conan, The Last Action Hero, True Lies, holiday classic Jingle All The Way >>>>
 
What's Stallone's best monologue vs Arnold's? An unfair comparison I know but I'm sticking by Stallone!

Yeah Sly wins that one with a landSLYde! :P. Tough Van Damme had a great one in Street Fighter, comical but great

What is the one quote or one liner most associated with both? Arnold is obviously "Ill be back", but Sly's?

I always think of him just yelling ADRIAAAANNN! At the end of Rocky and "Fuck em!" as he is reloading his shotgun in Rambo...3 was it? Maybe it was First Blood
 
I have troubles remembering any movie where Sly played the main part that was as bad as the one this gif is from. There might be some, but I just can't remember any.

All the crappy comedies he did. Plus shut up, Commando is the quintessential action movie of the 80's.
 
Yeah Sly wins that one with a landSLYde! :P. Tough Van Damme had a great one in Street Fighter, comical but great

What is the one quote or one liner most associated with both? Arnold is obviously "Ill be back", but Sly's?

I always think of him just yelling ADRIAAAANNN! At the end of Rocky and "Fuck em!" in Rambo...3 was it? Maybe it was First Blood

I think Sly's one-liner in all seriousness would be the YO ADRIAN, I DID IT

But Sly has TONS of ridiculous ones.

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Yeah Sly wins that one with a landSLYde! :P. Tough Van Damme had a great one in Street Fighter, comical but great

What is the one quote or one liner most associated with both? Arnold is obviously "Ill be back", but Sly's?

I always think of him just yelling ADRIAAAANNN! At the end of Rocky and "Fuck em!" in Rambo...3 was it? Maybe it was First Blood

Arnold's trademark was the one liner.
Stallone's was the motivational speech.
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Tough decision. Sly is the better actor (come on), had probably more good movies (and is still going strong) but fuck if anything beats Predator and T2 in my book.
 
I have troubles remembering any movie where Sly played the main part that was as bad as the one this gif is from. There might be some, but I just can't remember any.

Wtf are you talking about? Commando is the epitome of 80s action movies.

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Love them both and it´s pretty close all around but it has to be Arnold. He is the GOAT.
 
Die Hard is one of the best action movies ever made but for some reason i never saw Willis as a pure action star.

Yeah if you include Willis you also have to include Eastwood, and in that case you need to install another tier above Tier 1
 
See the thing is, Arnold can't really deliver any speeches like that. He rarely ever has to speak more than a few lines at a time.

Thus proving how much better of an actor Stallone is. And the fact that he wrote all those awesome speeches is even better.

However, the thing with Arnold is the huge, magnificent presence he had on screen. He may not be a great actor, but he was magnetic. You were just drawn to him and his persona. No other action star ever had the presence Arnold had in his prime.
 
Just kind of realized this:

Carl Weathers was in the first Predator and the Rocky series, as well as Arrested Development. He might be the winner.
 
Just kind of realized this:

Carl Weathers was in the first Predator and the Rocky series, as well as Arrested Development. He might be the winner.

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I liked him in Rocky movies and Predator
 
Sly is great to be sure, and a better dramatic actor. But nothing will get me to waste a saturday watching TBS or some shit more than an Arny marathon.
 
Schwarzenegger is the better actor, more charismatic, and is a pillar of modern day Sci-Fi Philosophy.

He's an easy winner.
 
Wait, are we going to pretend Predator and Conan are good movies? Now you're going to tell me Highlander is an exceptional film.

Son, Hollywood should just pack it up and do nothing but homages to Conan and Predator forever. Stop the romcoms, stop the shitty comic book movies that try to pretend that some 1950s asshole in tights is somehow fucking cool. Hollywood has already reached its pinnacle and everything else is wasting people's time. Conan and Predator are not good, they are the mafucking best films that have ever, or ever will be, made.
 
Arnold. Has Stallone ever punched out various animals in his movies!

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Both are cool but I just grew up watching more Arnold movies as a kid and being a fan......which meant watching Kindergarten Cop in theaters.
 
Arnie has taken on a rogue Australian Freddie Mercury and killed him by throwing a pipe through his chest.

Stallone is cool but he hasn't done that.
 
People picking Stallone are insane.

Arnie takes this easily. He's infinitely more memorable. Nothing Stallone has made touches Terminator 2 or Predator in the action department. Those are two of the top three action movies of all time in the West. Overall quality of work is better with Arnie too regardless of Stallone being the better dramatic actor.

Stallone made some good stuff back in the day, but his body of work isn't as good as Arnolds. It doesn't help that he somehow made shit out of the two Expendables movies that basically has a bunch of action stars in it.

Terminator 1, 2
Predator
True Lies
Last Action Hero
Commando
Conan
Total Recall
The Running Man

vs.

Rocky 1, 2, 3, 4
Rambo First Blood
Copland
Tango and Cash
Demolition Man
Assassins
Cobra
 
Arnie has taken on a rogue Australian Freddie Mercury and killed him by throwing a pipe through his chest.

Stallone is cool but he hasn't done that.

Stallone beat up Mr. T AND Dolph Lundgren. He also kicked the head off of a frozen Wesley Snipes, and slept with Sharon Stone and Sandra Bullock in his films.

But Arnie still wins.
 
Stallone beat up Mr. T AND Dolph Lundgren. He also kicked the head off of a frozen Wesley Snipes, and slept with Sharon Stone and Sandra Bullock in his films.

But Arnie still wins.

Who else has beaten up Mr. T? I can't think of anyone else.
 
Watching latest Walking Dead episode and hanging out on GAF and being around this thread made me remember that "Merle" was in Cliffhanger:


Also in that movie you had John Lithgow from 3rd Rock from the Sun fame amongst others

Both Sly and Ahnuld have been in movies with other stars, some who would later become stars, others would falter. Obviously Expendables entire gimmick is just a bunch of stars

But amongst their classic movies what are some of most memorable? Jamie Lee Curtis with Ahnuld in True Lies? Carl Weathers in Rocky? Wesley Snipes was a great villain i thought in Demolition Man.
 
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