Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Sylvester Stallone: Who had the better '80s filmography? Strictly 80s, between them two who was the bigger star? Explain.

[Devilinurear]

Who said Sylvester Stallone?

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[Devilinurear]

A nikka gunning down an entire police department more gully than some punk ass space shyt

Space shyt
It took place in the south American jungle

You know what I can't with you

This clip is meaning less to you

 

[RageKage]

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I watched the Arnold documentary, he essentially said Sylvester was always the guy he targeted to bury in any movie he did, said he made him work harder so he would always be the top action hero guy. Think Sylvester ending up acknowledging he won the war but both of them were always competing against each other to one up

 

[Saint1]

Over the Top



I watched that movie on cable so many times. I knew it was ridiculous then and it's even more ridiculous now. Personal classic. Sly needed a better agent.



Arnold>>>>>>>>>>Sly

 

[Lord_nikon]

Arnold movies spiked your T levels​

 

[RageKage]

Arnold movies spiked your T levels​

We are going to forget this one

 

[MushroomX]

Over the Top



I watched that movie on cable so many times. I knew it was ridiculous then and it's even more ridiculous now. Personal classic. Sly needed a better agent.



Arnold>>>>>>>>>>Sly

The killer move of OVER THE TOP? Placing your fingers over the knuckles of your opponents, making your opponent howl like a fukking werewolf...

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

The Terminator is better than everything Sylvester Stallone ever came out with

 

[keond]

I feel like Sly got super muscular to compete with Arnold too. Because Rocky 1-3 he was just merely in great shape. By Rambo 3 he was walking around looking like poster child for steroids.

 

[Big Boss]

The Terminator

 

[BK The Great]

Rocky is still being praised today, look at the Creed series. Those movies were everywhere and viewed syndicated on television like crazy. Used to see the marathons all
The time.

 

[TheNig]

All I know is Brigitte Nielsen look very smashable in Cobra.

And Tia Carrere woulda definitely got smutted out in True Lies.

Edit: True Lies was like 96 or some shyt. I'm fukkin' up.

 

[Gains]

what gives Sly the edge are the Rocky movies

 

[Lord_nikon]

We are going to forget this one

that was in 1994, shyt was gross, lol

I couldn't even finsih watching as a kid

 

[TheMailMan]

If we’re keeping it strictly ‘80s and being real then the answer leans heavily toward Arnold. Now don’t get it twisted, Rocky IV was a cultural bomb drop, no doubt. But take that one movie off Sly’s list? Suddenly his filmography looking like a bunch of gym montages and bandana cosplay held together by grunts and explosions.

Let’s talk impact: Arnold dropped The Terminator, Predator, Commando, Conan the Barbarian, and The Running Man all in the same damn decade. That’s sci-fi and action domination, and memeable one-liners for life all at once. Sly? You got Rocky III, Rocky IV, First Blood, and then... Cobra and Over the Top? Breh was out here arm wrestling for child custody like that belonged in the same tier as Skynet and Dutch vs. Predator.

Bottom line: Without Rocky IV to carry, Sly’s ‘80s catalog starts looking more like late-night filler, while Arnold was printing out box office hits and redefining the genre. One was building a cinematic legacy. The other was trying to sell America on Rambo sequels and fingerless gloves.

Total recall and twins dropped as well in three 80s iirc