The
adult film industry, is a double-digit billion dollar enterprise. I’m
sure I don’t have to explain the reasons for its success, but
pornography serves its customers in more ways than one. If you look
past the arousal and the naughty fetishes, what you have is an
audience living their fantasies through someone else. Porn stars do
more than just engage in “the act”; they do it with with the kind
of people we want, in the way we want, with the body that we want to
have.
“The Incredible Hulk” actually serves a similar purpose. While it’s true that comic book movies reach for a different end goal, we still use the characters for certain experiences. If we really just wanted to be heroes ourselves, we’d go and join the police force. The real desire, is the power to leap tall buildings in a single bound and the strength to crush a car with bare hands.
Although Conan isn’t a superhero, he’s pretty far from being just a human. In size and stature he’s more than exceptional, and his skill with a sword is something to be desired. Additionally, the man is desirable himself. He’s the guy that girls want to be with and the one that guys want to be.
Classic Movie Trailers - Conan The Barbarian (1982)
I’ve read comics for a very long time. The general consensus from the peanut gallery, is that the men inside are equally sexualized. Apparently Superman’s butt in tight red underwear, is somehow equal to Ms. Marvel in a thong. For those of you that aren’t so gullible, the truth of the matter is, that people view the genders differently. Heterosexual males aren’t turned on by pecs, and the feeling they do get is markedly different.
The fact is, every guy doesn’t have a six-pack. We all want to model in our tighty-whities, but reality has a way of intruding. When we see Bruce Wayne’s impressive body, we respect and admire him but that’s not all. There is some part of us that walks in his shoes, and daydreams replace him with our ideal selves.
Of course, some men are fit and sharp. They also can be fortunate to be very successful. The thing is, they’re probably not cool vigilantes, and they might not have the dangerous life of a wandering marauder. Presently, day traders and business owners are a little more common.
Still, Conan’s physique isn’t easy to obtain; he has a figure that leaves healthy men envious. Arnold’s body building brought an uncommon tool, which Hollywood used to bring that ideal to life. There’s a lot of other big guys they could have filmed, but if they couldn’t act on his level, they were too limiting. So the Austrian was good for the role, even with his accent, and the role was absolutely perfect for him.
Schwarzenegger was The Barbarian, and I don’t know of another character that fit him quite as well. When he was by the stone columns praying to Crom, I actually forgot the man behind the character. In other films I simply see him as Arnold, so I do wish that he would have stuck with the franchise longer. The real foil for the series though, was the fact that the star got famous; there was a lot of demand for what he could bring, and no one else in Hollywood provided that same feeling.
Stallone was cut, but he was never Arnold big, so putting him in the same loincloth wouldn’t have worked. They had a rivalry with each other in the past, and that was a pleasure to live through and watch. Those actors appealed to us in different ways, but ultimately they served the same purpose. It really comes down to what we all prefer; would you rather be a super soldier, or a sword wielding warrior?
I’m not really qualified to speak on male attractiveness, so I’ll leave it to my readers to say who was sexier. From the perspective of guys like me, that wasn’t really important. It’s more exciting to see who got the most action. Swinging a sword is cool, but swinging like Bond is cooler; fortunately, Conan gives 007 a run for his money here.
And that was rather the point. They knew full well what they were doing. The film plucks all the right strings, and if you know the song it’s still enjoyable. The appeal actually works on a subconscious level, so to reap the rewards you don’t have to recognize the tunes.
The payoff is in dreams, which come while we’re asleep or awake. A coffee break from a boring day job, can lead to a world with giant snakes. As long as we can slay the villains and sleep with our coworkers, a spy and a superhero are just as good as a viking. Some guys say that in entertainment, a muscular man without a shirt is just there for women. If you actually believe that, I’ve got a photo of a unicorn I want you to see.
Trailer Here.
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@ChannelSeals
See “Conan The Barbarian” on Netflix!
“The Incredible Hulk” actually serves a similar purpose. While it’s true that comic book movies reach for a different end goal, we still use the characters for certain experiences. If we really just wanted to be heroes ourselves, we’d go and join the police force. The real desire, is the power to leap tall buildings in a single bound and the strength to crush a car with bare hands.
Although Conan isn’t a superhero, he’s pretty far from being just a human. In size and stature he’s more than exceptional, and his skill with a sword is something to be desired. Additionally, the man is desirable himself. He’s the guy that girls want to be with and the one that guys want to be.
Classic Movie Trailers - Conan The Barbarian (1982)
I’ve read comics for a very long time. The general consensus from the peanut gallery, is that the men inside are equally sexualized. Apparently Superman’s butt in tight red underwear, is somehow equal to Ms. Marvel in a thong. For those of you that aren’t so gullible, the truth of the matter is, that people view the genders differently. Heterosexual males aren’t turned on by pecs, and the feeling they do get is markedly different.
The fact is, every guy doesn’t have a six-pack. We all want to model in our tighty-whities, but reality has a way of intruding. When we see Bruce Wayne’s impressive body, we respect and admire him but that’s not all. There is some part of us that walks in his shoes, and daydreams replace him with our ideal selves.
Of course, some men are fit and sharp. They also can be fortunate to be very successful. The thing is, they’re probably not cool vigilantes, and they might not have the dangerous life of a wandering marauder. Presently, day traders and business owners are a little more common.
Still, Conan’s physique isn’t easy to obtain; he has a figure that leaves healthy men envious. Arnold’s body building brought an uncommon tool, which Hollywood used to bring that ideal to life. There’s a lot of other big guys they could have filmed, but if they couldn’t act on his level, they were too limiting. So the Austrian was good for the role, even with his accent, and the role was absolutely perfect for him.
Schwarzenegger was The Barbarian, and I don’t know of another character that fit him quite as well. When he was by the stone columns praying to Crom, I actually forgot the man behind the character. In other films I simply see him as Arnold, so I do wish that he would have stuck with the franchise longer. The real foil for the series though, was the fact that the star got famous; there was a lot of demand for what he could bring, and no one else in Hollywood provided that same feeling.
Stallone was cut, but he was never Arnold big, so putting him in the same loincloth wouldn’t have worked. They had a rivalry with each other in the past, and that was a pleasure to live through and watch. Those actors appealed to us in different ways, but ultimately they served the same purpose. It really comes down to what we all prefer; would you rather be a super soldier, or a sword wielding warrior?
I’m not really qualified to speak on male attractiveness, so I’ll leave it to my readers to say who was sexier. From the perspective of guys like me, that wasn’t really important. It’s more exciting to see who got the most action. Swinging a sword is cool, but swinging like Bond is cooler; fortunately, Conan gives 007 a run for his money here.
And that was rather the point. They knew full well what they were doing. The film plucks all the right strings, and if you know the song it’s still enjoyable. The appeal actually works on a subconscious level, so to reap the rewards you don’t have to recognize the tunes.
The payoff is in dreams, which come while we’re asleep or awake. A coffee break from a boring day job, can lead to a world with giant snakes. As long as we can slay the villains and sleep with our coworkers, a spy and a superhero are just as good as a viking. Some guys say that in entertainment, a muscular man without a shirt is just there for women. If you actually believe that, I’ve got a photo of a unicorn I want you to see.
Trailer Here.
------------------------
@ChannelSeals
See “Conan The Barbarian” on Netflix!
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