You know what's funny? I didn't hit my physical stride until much later in life, around my mid-30's. (didn't get to play sports in school, didn't really start serious workout routines until much later). I got my first trainer in my 30s, and started learning about really hitting muscles in a way to make them toned and leaned. Well, during that time, I would look at guys on TV and in the movies, and always wonder why I didn't look like them after hours of working out. Specifically, I could never understand why I looked pretty buff right after a workout session, but not quite as much after a few days of not hitting the gym. For some reason, I kept looking at these stars in roles where their physicality wasn't the focus, and kept saying "wow! That guy didn't even work out and he's still ripped. Why can't I do that?" i actually thought that Hugh Jackman, for example, in a rom-com where he did nothing physical, had *never* hit the gym! And I was really puzzling over that for Keith Hamilton Cobb (Tyr from "Andromeda") who had a stint as a brilliant chemist on "The Young and the Restless", where his sheer physicality overshadowed every other actor on the show. After weeks of my all but killing myself to get that body-so-ripped-you-don't-even-have-to-lift-weights-that-day, I mentioned this to my wife, who looked at me with affectionate amusement and said,
"Keith, you do know those guys pump iron just before they go on set, don't you? You know they have personal trainers and weights in their trailers". "But he's a *chemist*!" I'd protest, "Why would Cobb have to lift weights to play a chemist?" She just laughed at me and told me to quit trying to kill myself! So now, while it's inarguable that the likes of Smith, Jai White, Pitt, etc., looked really muscled all the time, I no longer try to compare myself to their onscreen physiques. Amazing I didn't get that before. I think I'd naively placed all the vanity of being onscreen on women, assuming they did all the makeup, hair, implants and tucks, etc., but just assumed men didn't do as much to craft an image that's not quite real. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:06:00 AM Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 9 Movie Actors Too Sexy For Their Shirts rave, on behalf of all heterosexual men, I file a protest. I trust that my reasons are obvious... On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Kelwyn < ravena...@yahoo.com > wrote: 9 Movie Actors Too Sexy For Their Shirts These famous sexy leading men don't need any help taking it off. But thanks for asking. By: Koryn Kennedy 08/06/2010 02:03 pm Some actors are just so hot they can't make it through an entire movie without at least one shirtless scene . The kind of scene that makes sports flicks bearable, or the one you'll sit through action movies for, where the jack-up, super sexy lead rips off his shirt to either kick someone's ass or knock some boots. These movie star hotties don't really have a choice: mere mortal fabrics can't contain their godly physiques. Besides, if they didn't reveal their toned or ripped pecs and abs, there would be a lady riot, which is the most dangerous kind. Here are the nine hottest movies starring sexy dudes, sans shirts. 1. Brad Pitt, Fight Club (1991) Ever since Thelma and Louise , Pitt hasn't been able to keep those abs under wraps, but his physical perfection really hits its pinnacle as the whacked-out, often shirtless Tyler Durden in Fight Club . Chicks love crazy, hot guys. 2. Taylor Lautner, New Moon (2009) Apparently this is about vampires and forbidden love and fratboys who turn into wolves. I'll take your word for it. All I remember is Lautner shirtless, then Lautner angry and shirtless, then Lautner angry and shirtless in the rain, and then finally a close-up of just Lautner's angry chest, heaving and shirtless in the rain. Awesome movie. 3. Patrick Swayze, Dirty Dancing (1987) There's a reason why pop princesses routinely marry their backup dancers. Their bodies are made out of granite, they know how to move their hips and they understand rhythm. The winning argument for this is Patrick Swayze in the most erotically-charged Hollywood movie about a family vacation ever. 4. Christian Bale, American Psycho (2000) The movie is beyond gruesome, a dark, blood-splattered satire. Bale's character Patrick Bateman is disturbing and misogynistic. So what? I'd still eat dinner off those abs. 5. Hugh Jackman, Australia (2008) According to this film, being a roughneck in the Australian outback forces a guy to strip off his shirt constantly. Jackman's chest is the kind of chest that makes you want to be his shirt, just so that, before he strips it off, you can spend all day stretched across it while it flexes and sweats in the heat. 6. Bradley Cooper, The A-Team (2010) If you're not into action flicks the only reason to watch this one is Cooper and his multiple topless tanning scenes. In fact, Cooper maybe the only male actor who can make the phrase "topless tanning" something sexy. 7. Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon (1973) OK, I haven't actually seen this whole movie, but over the years I've seen a lot of clips, photos and posters and not once is Lee ever wearing a shirt. Did he even own shirts? Does it matter? This is a body that can make a girl really appreciate the "skill" it takes to be a martial artist. 8. Tom Cruise, Top Gun (1986) The volleyball scene. Some people think it pointless. It's not. The scene highlights the ferocious competition between Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. It also shows an abundance of half naked, muscle-bound men, flexing their pecks while Danger Zone plays in the background: ridiculously hot. 9. Marlon Wayans, G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra (2009) Maybe Tatum Channing has taken his shirt off way too much in his career—I'm immune to his perfect musculature. When he and costar Wayans stripped down to pump some iron, the latter had my complete attention. Wayans, wow, who knew? Channing, been there, seen that. -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
