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

[Love Sosa]

In the 80s I give it to Stallone. The Rocky movies are a cheat code. Arnold wasn’t all the way in his bag til a bit later.

 

[richaveli83]

Arnold and it's not even close!

 

[Wargames]

Correct, if you take away Rocky 4, Sly's 80's movies look odd... I would even say that Mel Gibson had better movies than Sly in the 80s.

Low-key Mel Gibson had positioned himself to retire lovely and then he got drunk and accidentally showed that he was just a virulent racist.

It’s actually a testament to his ability to act that people wasn’t able to put it together until He outright said it. His directorial career is full of MAGA classics. His most successful series was starring next to Danny Glover.

 

[Roid Jones]

Michael b jordan already said no to fighting Clubber Lang jr, creed 3 is a reworking of that idea

Clubber Lang jr: 'Get out of my face! I don't need no has-beens in my corner. And you better wipe that look off your face before I knock it off. You wanna jump, JUMP! Come on! Come on, Creed! Come on!'

Donnie: 'Fukk I do to you '

 

[Roid Jones]

I can understand why people would think Sly was the bigger star in the 80's. He arrived first with Rocky, but a ton of that star power was dictated by Patriotism, Military and Cold War/Reagan-era.

Arnold's characters weren't dictated by politics or locked into Cold War-era tropes.

You see it, Stallone's films were pure patriot porn. I love Rocky 4 but that shyt is wild

 

[MushroomX]

You see it, Stallone's films were pure patriot porn. I love Rocky 4 but that shyt is wild

Oh yeah, its the best Rocky sequel in the the Rocky-era. But if you peel back every layer, it drips with Patriotism. Not to mention the final speech... in which he walks into the Lions Den... and ends up having the Russians going nuts.



I mean... What a way to END a legacy... Until his crooked ass lawyer sent his ass to the hood in Rocky 5 and seemingly fell off the map like he was some burned CIA agent.

 

[MushroomX]

Low-key Mel Gibson had positioned himself to retire lovely and then he got drunk and accidentally showed that he was just a virulent racist.

It’s actually a testament to his ability to act that people wasn’t able to put it together until He outright said it. His directorial career is full of MAGA classics. His most successful series was starring next to Danny Glover.

I would only disagree with you... if Mel Gibson came back as Max in FURY ROAD, because all three of his Mad Max films are still watchable today.

 

[Smalley Biggs]

Every kid in the 80's had one of those big ass rambo knives as a toy and a red head band they made out of an old shirt. But every kid also had a toy uzi (Commando/Terminator). Hard to say who was the bigger cultural icon. It might be a tie. Looking back at their movies though, Arnold is the clear winner. Predator is one of a few 80's movies that still holds up and is not dated. Still better than most action/sci-fi movies that came out in the decades after. Even better than T2 imo.

 

[maxamusa]

 

[Lord_nikon]

he killed that shyt,,,,,,,,,

 

[daemonova]

 

[Luke Cage]

Carl Weathers deserves a spot in that pic

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[Yuzo]

Every kid in the 80's had one of those big ass rambo knives as a toy and a red head band they made out of an old shirt. But every kid also had a toy uzi (Commando/Terminator). Hard to say who was the bigger cultural icon. It might be a tie. Looking back at their movies though, Arnold is the clear winner. Predator is one of a few 80's movies that still holds up and is not dated. Still better than most action/sci-fi movies that came out in the decades after. Even better than T2 imo.

i can't give arnold full credit for predator. what made predator special was the predator. the predator is what made that movie what it was.

 

[daemonova]

Arnold wasn't going byke to South America and Stallone already did this with Rambo 2 and 3.

Still it's fun to dream.