I Will Always Have Been Back: Toward a Grand Unified Theory of Schwarzenegger

Started by roy-nexus-6, May 24, 2009, 06:23:50 PM

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roy-nexus-6

Today's timewaster:
http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/14/i-will-always-have-been-back-toward-a-grand-unified-theory-of-schwarzenegger/

Consequently, not many critics take Schwarzenegger seriously as an actor. He's a muscle-bound lunk, they claim. He's nothing but a stony face and some catchphrases. He always plays the same role.

But what if that's deliberate?




Mother

Arnold and Dolph had a responsibility to supply our image of the eastern block for the last 25 years. theirs was a career of sacrafice

factorPlayer

if nothing else it has a link to one of the original Conan stories by Robert E Howard.  Props.

Monsterlover

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**