Stallone vs Schwarzenegger

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Stallone wins it for me purely based on his performance in "Cop Land" where he acts the arse off all his co-stars...but now that I think about it I love Arnie in "Conan".

[Splatterdragon73]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

OK, Now I want to talk about Judge Dredd.
I am a HUGE fan of the comic book series published weekly in 2000AD since 1977. It's gritty, dark and very violent as well as putting a very entertaining satirical spin on popular culture.
Dredd is one of the most endearing comic book characters of all time and is hugely popular world over.
But this movie. THIS movie! Changed so god damn much of the given source material that it was almost unforgivable.
There where some positives. Regular villain Mean Machine Angel was brilliantly realised and the set pieces were excellent.
Everything else though fell flat on it's face and was a slap to the 2000AD community at large. Bastards.

I enjoyed the exploits of Mega-City One's top cop on 'n' off during the '80s and '90s. Imo Danny Cannon's film version is watchable enough but JD definitely remains one of the lesser comic book adaptations and here's hoping this year's cinematic update Dredd does the character some proper justice.

However, i do think '95's Stallone effort boasted a strong cast (Jurgen Prochnow, Max Von Sydow, Diane Lane, Joan Chen and a wonderfully manic Armand Assante.) and i agree with you on headbutt-happy bad guy MMA and some of the movie's action. The make-up FX on the aforementioned villain was indeed superb and i also like the excellent track 'The Dredd Song' by The Cure played over the film's end credits. Yours truly found Sly's blue contact lenses a bit heavy going though along with the wisecracking and somewhat annoying Rob Schneider.

No disrespect to the sultry Diane Lane, but i wonder if Angelina Jolie might've made a suitably sexy Judge Hershey too if she ever got a chance to play the part.

Going back to Stallone and Schwarzenegger. Lest we forget while the latter was busy being 'The Governator', the former was working hard to give the action genre balls again with the brilliantly bloody Rambo and The Expendables. Not to mention the successful return of Philadelphia's fave son. Imo the above two actioners along with unrelated, non-Sly offerings The Punisher:War Zone and Ninja Assassin remain the most violent action outings in recent years. Imo Stallone also pulls off martial arts moves better than Schwarzy. Just compare the fight scenes in Tango & Cash and Commando for further proof. Sly looks more natural whereas Arnie comes across as rather less graceful and more stagnant with his punches 'n' kicks.

[Splatterdragon73]

Forgot to mention yesterday it was nice to see one of The ABC Warriors making an appearance in JD too!

[Hawkmonger]

Ironicly, he was the best thing in the damn movie.
Here's to the new movie, only a few months left!

[dis]

rocky 3 is class,where as terminator 1 and 2 are classics!

[pedromonkey]

I love Arnie but Stallone beats him, Just. I am a huge Rocky fan and i love First Blood, Lock Up, Tango And Cash, Demolition Man, Death Race 2000, Cobra, all cracking films.

[Anth]

Stallone. The actor who wants to be taken seriously, do serious roles, but knows he is a popcorn flick type actor and begrudgingly stars in them (in the 80s/90s at least).

Arnie. The actor that knows he is simply a popcorn flick actor and goes with it full force with jokes and quips

I picked Arnie simply for the tour der force that is Commando. A more fun comic book film does not exist.

[klownz]

I voted for Stallone because he can actually act and hes a good writer/director, I still love Schwarzenegger films but hes is nowhere near as talented.

[Zann]

Originally Posted by Pete

Aint he dubbed in it? Im tempted to check it out, i always see it for £1.

Ha I bought it for a quid from Woolworths years ago and it's still in it's plastic. I just might give it it's day in court

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Not seen this thread before. I like em' both. A lot. So i'm working out my vote as i type by listing what i see as their truly great films in my opinion.

The one with most wins.

Stallone -

Rocky
First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Cliffhanger
Demolition Man
The Specialist
Assassins
Cop Land
Rocky Balboa
Rambo
The Expendables 2

Schwarzenegger -

The Terminator
Commando
Predator
The Running Man
Red Heat
Total Recall
Kindergarten Cop
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
True Lies
Eraser
End of Days
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Expendables 2

Arnie wins 13 - 11.

I suppose to me Sly has only made one truly fantastic, could watch it every month film, - Cliffhanger. Whilst Arnie made Commando, Predator, The Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies and Kindergarten Cop.