Stallone Blames 'Batman' for Decline of '80s Action Heroes

[scpanther22]

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It was the first 'Batman' movie," Stallone told the Times, in reference to the 1989 movie adaptation starring Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader. He went on to say, "The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on," a clear dig at how the trim Keaton was encased in a sculpted Batsuit for the film. Stallone joked, "I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself... "I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years."

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-sylvester-stallone-blames-batman.html

[Porn Shop Clerk]

And here I thought it was the wooden acting and shoddy plots that doomed those talentless hacks.

Pretty bad when you have to fake some pecs just to get some good actors in on a script.

[blackcatgrowl]

Because Stallone's acting ability is so much better than Michael Keaton's.

[Jangler]

How awesome would Rocky and Rambo been if he had wore this?

I say they would have busted the awesome scale!

[Purity-Control]

Don't knock Cliffhanger man, thats a under-rated movie

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Only because of John Lithgow.

[blackcatgrowl]

Don't knock Cliffhanger man, thats a under-rated movie

It is?

That movie is horrible.

[Carolina Husker]

And here I thought it was the wooden acting and shoddy plots that doomed those talentless hacks.

Pretty bad when you have to fake some pecs just to get some good actors in on a script.

You pretty much described Keaton's Batman too.

[Purity-Control]

Only because of John Lithgow.

Yup he played a great Bad guy

[RazzleDazzle]

I liked Cliffhanger.

[Henne Given Sunday]

velcro muscles = fake

HGH/steroid muscles = ............?

[blackcatgrowl]

velcro muscles = fake

HGH/steroid muscles = ............?

many pro-sports players.

[RazzleDazzle]

They should let them take steroids, I want to see meaner football players and bigger hits.

[Henne Given Sunday]

They should let them take steroids, I want to see meaner football players and bigger hits.

they dont have to "let them" most already do.