Favorite Action star anyone?

Well, of all-time, I guess I'll go with Errol Flynn. He was Captain Blood, Robin Hood, Gentleman Jim Corbett, George Custer, Don Juan, Lord Essex, and several other western, period, and WWII action heroes. Tyrone Power was a great Zorro, pirate captain of the Black Swan, conquistador, etc., and of course, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was the Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, D'Artagnan, The Black Pirate, The Gaucho, etc. I think these guys can kick Gov. Schwarz's ass, or most of what have you nowadays (remember, they were SMART.) SPOILER!!! If you wanna count Bruce Lee as the best, just remember, he did an awesome karate move to try to kill James Garner in "Marlowe", but missed him and flew out the window of a skyscraper to his death.

I guess mine would be... Bruce Willis! Oh, yeah! He's the man when it comes to savin' the city & he ain't Superman! (Well, except in "Unbreakable", but that wasn't an action movie.) As for the next in line... Wesley Snipes! This dude comes in second ONLY because he's never done a movie anywhere near as explosive as Willis'. His kung fu is bad than a mug, though! He did a move so flippin' tight in "The Art of War", I had to rewind it several times. His sword work in the "Blade" flicks was especially delightful (even if the third wasn't very good at all). So, if it's a big save the city movie, Willis. Lotsa hand-to-hand combat, Snipes. Oh, if it's a martial arts flick, Jet Li! Yeah, you CAN'T beat him.

that would be Bruce

Harrison Ford or Steve McQueen.

I love Bruce Willis, but I'm going with Kurt Russell... If I could only go back in time and make George Lucas choose Kurt Russell instead of Mark Hamill for Luke Skywalker the world might just be a better place.


EDIT: In fact, I'm going to start working on that right now.

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Originally posted by mymindsblank:
If I could only go back in time and make George Lucas choose Kurt Russell instead of Mark Hamill for Luke Skywalker the world might just be a better place.

Nooooooo! Then we'd have no "Big Trouble in Little China" because he'd be typecast as Luke Skywalker! Then he'd haveta do voiceover work and I don't think I could stand to hear The (animated series) Joker with his voice! Hamill does such a fantastic job! Besides, I don't think anyone could embrace their role in life the way ol' "Luke" has.

I disagree. Kurt could have transcended typecasting as Luke in the same way Harrison Ford did as Hans or Indy. Mark Hamill just does not embody action star in any way, which is why he was/is typecast. Kurt could have still done classics like Big Trouble & the Escape From New York/LA.

i like Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Walker and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

I like Mark Wahlberg also. A film I enjoyed him in most was the remake of the Italian job. Did you know there's going to be a sequel to this movie?

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