Stallone hates Velcro Muscles

I have always respected Sylvester Stallone for numerous reasons. For one thing, he wrote and directed the first Rocky back in 1977 as a virtual unknown in the industry, and it turned out to be a classic. Another reason why I think Stallone is great is because he has avoided all of the drama that people like Mel Gibson have endured for being a racist jerk. One last reason why I like Stallone is because the guy is still starring in action movies and ripped like crazy. So when the guy makes a bold public statement, I tend to listen.

And Stallone's latest statement involves how he hates the fact that certain action stars are 'velcroing' muscle onto their bodies. Now when I first heard about this, I thought he was taking a shot at Toby McGuire or somebody like that. However, this is the original statement that Stallone made about how the whole velcro muscles thing started:

"It was that first Batman movie. The action movies changed radically when it became possible to Velcro your muscles on. It was the beginning of a new era. The visual took over. The special effects became more important than the single person. That was the beginning of the end. I wish I had thought of Velcro muscles myself. I didn't have to go to the gym for all those years, all the hours wedded to the iron game, as we call it."

He definitely has a point here, and this is something I never really thought of before. It's not fair that someone can get an action movie part when they have no muscle tone to back up the actual character. I really think it's funny how Stallone points out that he could have just stayed out of the gym and done something else if he'd known that Hollywood would just use muscle effects.

Author: George Spellwin