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clarice

(5,504 posts) Tue Dec 1, 2015, 01:40 PM Dec 2015

Ok... here's a question and a bit of a rant.. [View all]

Who out there is sick of the Seth Rogan, Galafanakis, Franco, Sudakis, Jonah Hill, Johnny Depp, types of leading men ?
What happened to the sweaty, take charge, masculine, squinty eyed heroes?

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Ok... here's a question and a bit of a rant.. [View all] clarice Dec 2015 OP

Mostly gone, thankfully. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #1

That certainly is one way to look at it. Be well. clarice Dec 2015 #2

Going off the comment above. The Rogan hero is much more likable. Goblinmonger Dec 2015 #3

Point taken..but as a girl...I like em' sweaty. lol Indiana Jones ???? swoon. nt clarice Dec 2015 #4

Hmmmm .... Scuba Dec 2015 #7

lol. Arousal for SURE. nt clarice Dec 2015 #9

Well, there's that James Bond guy....nt MADem Dec 2015 #32

Very sick of them. Tipperary Dec 2015 #5

Paul Newman.....ahhhhhhhh. * fans herself furiously*nt clarice Dec 2015 #6

He was one of a kind. Tipperary Dec 2015 #8

Ditto !!!! nt clarice Dec 2015 #10

I even liked Burt Reynolds in his heyday. Tipperary Dec 2015 #11

Sean Connery? Maybe before your time. nt clarice Dec 2015 #12

Oh my goodness! Of course Sean Connery! Tipperary Dec 2015 #16

Before the Bond movies, Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #24

He also did Zardoz NobodyHere Dec 2015 #28

I DO like Brad Pitt though. nt clarice Dec 2015 #13

Those guys all make me laugh pretty hard OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #14

Danny ain't purty but he's squinty-eyed tough. lol....he sure is. nt clarice Dec 2015 #15

Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #17

Rockery Hudpeck! OriginalGeek Dec 2015 #18

Here's one. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #19

Yikes! He looks like he is wearing one of those puffy parkas - . Marie Marie Dec 2015 #23

True. I used to work-out and all that but that's truly getting extremely weird. I also wonder what BlueJazz Dec 2015 #25

Those guys don't usually play heroes. Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2015 #20

DU has a PORNO SECTION !!!???? nt clarice Dec 2015 #27

Almost most of those "heroes" are boring Rethuglicans. Arnold, Sylvester, Eastwood they all suck. GOLGO 13 Dec 2015 #21

Hey ...I know....let's politicize EVERYTHING !!!!. nt clarice Dec 2015 #26

Alright let me see: Xyzse Dec 2015 #22

Sorry, but I love me some James Franco TexasBushwhacker Dec 2015 #29

I like them all in every shape and character lunatica Dec 2015 #30

I recently saw "The Ten Commandments." betsuni Dec 2015 #31

I liked Edward G. Robinson in that film.... MADem Dec 2015 #33