Dave Bautista is undoubtedly the only actor with range in this picture.
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you don't think Alan Ritchson has range?
I'm not sure of my own opinion on it, tbh. but I was introduced to him as Thad, so seeing him later on in serious roles was a head turner
Funnily he's also the only one where the glasses look good.
Aww, I think Arnold looks cute here
Arnold has a pretty broad range, just lacking the depth.
Stallone had some range at one time.
Dude, Rocky is a great movie. And First Blood showed some range, too.
I love Demolition Man and Daylight for reasons other than range.
You can be a great actor and have no range, it just means you're typecast. Some people fall into it over time, some start that way.
I remember seeing this and thinking “wow, he can actually act.” And it’s inconceivable that someone like the Rock or Vin Diesel would do a movie like that.
The version of this that I especially loathe is when they write the character like he's crushed by insecurities but gets instantly hot and confident once he takes the glasses off.
Girls are the same wear glasses and a Geek. Take them off and instant hotty.
It's like he becomes some kinda super man or something.
Man, Clark Kent and his stupid "disguise" can F right off.
Dave Bautista killed it in that role
Bautista and Cena have genuinely shocked me with their range and depth. Both have demonstrated the ability to showcase dramatic performances and (the harder one) comedic chops.
Ricky Stanicky was the best comedy since 2010.
After seeing him in that role, he seems so underutilized in other movies.
Morton Sapper saw a miracle through those bitty specs.
Seriously, Bautista is great. That movie is amazing too.
What's the movie?
Blade Runner 2049.
I thought this was from Knock at the Cabin, which he also wore glasses in.
Lol Reacher is the most "Mary Sue" (or whatever he male equivalent) character I've ever seen on TV.
"Gary Stu" is a pretty common substitution. And I agree, but the show is still fun. 🤷♂️
Eh. He's only good at things that can be solved with violence or stoicism, hurts himself and others by being emotionally unavailable and poorly socialized, and is constantly running from his past figuratively and literally. It's basically the same archetype as the hardboiled detectives from a century ago.
I've heard Marty Stu to describe that trope for make characters
No no. You see, a male character is awesome and badass and alpha male while the female version is just a Mary Sue and woke and forced diversity and blah blah blah.
Well you see they grew up watching Arnold and Stallon. So that is OK.
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I'm sorry. The first three? I believe it - especially Ritchson. But I don't care what he looks like, there is zero chance I'm going to buy a "smart" Stallone
Right? He doesn't even know about the three seashells
I also wouldn't buy a smart Dolph Lundgren despite all his academic achievements.
Dudes been nominated for academy awards 3 times, same with golden globes and he won one of those.
None of which has to do with being smart.
I like him as an actor, but I wouldn't find him playing a "smart" character very convincing. Him as a scientist would be great for a comedy movie though.
I'm not saying it makes a person smart, but he did write (and I think produced) Rocky. So not just an actor.
He's also fluent in a few languages.
He’s got Clark Kent look going on there. Something the other characters would buy, but everyone in the audience knows it’s a disguise.
Stallone smart reads as wall street smart, which as we all know is as much smart as it is a combination of lucky and cheating.
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Should have added the Hulk with glasses too
I wonder why they always seem to pick round frames. Maybe just because they look nerdier?
I'm guessing to contrast with the big angular jawline
Stallone is tiny lol
The 'big' guys in older movies all look small compared to the current ones that all look like the rock in pain and gain.
Clark Kent was on to something
(Diana Prince gets it, too.)
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