you can t rewrite history but at least we can go back. and we can bring back these p.o.w.s. we can send back this representative of american might. stallone had become so devoted to having the perfectly chiseled ultramuscled upper body. at the same time that arnold schwarzenegger who had been a body builder suddenly became an unlikely action star in the 80s, too. i don t know if prior to 1980 anyone would have had a firm visual image of what their favorite actor looked like with their shirt off. close your eyes and imagine jimmy stewart or montgomery clift or even john wayne without their shirt on, it s not especially central to their image as actors. it would be ridiculous for me to play something outside of that role and crazy for dustin to try to be commando or be terminator or rambo. it doesn t work.
the second film threw that out the window page one. sir. do we get to win this time? this time it s up to you. there was a desire to move past the perceived failures of the late 60s and the 70s. you can t rewrite history but at least we can go back. and we can bring back these p.o.w.s. we can send back this representative of american might. stallone had become so devoted to having the perfectly chiseled ultramuscled upper body. at the same time that arnold schwarzenegger who, of course, had been a body builder suddenly became an unlikely action star in the 80s, too. i don t know if prior to 1980 anyone would have had a firm visual image of what their favorite actor looked like with their shirt off. if you close your eyes and imagine jimmy stewart or montgomery clift or even john wayne without their shirt on, it s not especially central to their image as actors. it would be ridiculous for me to play something outside of