Arnold will always be Duke Nukem..

[helious]

I remember back when the discussion was for who looked most like duke nukem.

And i found this picture..



this IS Duke Nukem...
(I remember reading once in an old magazine that duke on the cover of Duke 3D, actually was drawn from Arnold inspiration)

[Mr.Fibbles]

This is him now:


He still could probably do it...but he is the governor and all.

[Kennedy]

Johny Bravo kind of looks like a cartoon version of Duke Nukem.

[Commando Nukem]

Originally Posted by Kennedy

Johny Bravo kind of looks like a cartoon version of Duke Nukem.

Johnny Bravo is Duke Nukem's idiot cousin.


I vote the thread title be changed to "Duke Nukem will always be Duke Nukem" and all images replaced with those of Duke Nukem.

[helious]

Arnold couldnt do it today.

NEVER..

Im talking about the 80ies, early 90ies Arnold

[DeeperThought]

His face looks fat in that picture. For a few minutes I actually thought it was fake. I've seen other recent pictures that look quite different.

...Anyway, yeah, that pic at the thread start pretty well captures the Duke look, although lately I think they have been going more for a Bruce Willis face.

[Vinsane]

Originally Posted by helious

Arnold couldnt do it today.

NEVER..

Im talking about the 80ies, early 90ies Arnold

Yea, but Duke with Arnold's accent? Not! The only other 2 actors that could have fit the part imo, like Kirt Russel and Bruce Willis might do if you think about the real age of Duke now. They might be close, give or take a few years.

[Ramen4ever]

Sly

[hightreason]

I still think Jonny Bravo is more like duke nukem with a lower IQ, that was the main reason i watched that show when i was a kid.

[The Commander]

Havent we had the Arnold vrs Johnny Bravo = Duke thing many times before already?

[Mr Bear]

Originally Posted by Mr.Fibbles

This is him now:


He still could probably do it...but he is the governor and all.

That actually is NOT Arnold at all- it's a lookalike/impersonator by the name of Steve Bridges.


Don't believe me??

The guy also does Clinton and dubya......

[Malgon]

Yeah I didn't think it was him.

[XTHX2]

Originally Posted by The Commander

Havent we had the Arnold vrs Johnny Bravo = Duke thing many times before already?

No we didn't have Johny Bravo discussion, sorry.

[Mr.Fibbles]

Originally Posted by Mr Bear

That actually is NOT Arnold at all- it's a lookalike/impersonator by the name of Steve Bridges.


Don't believe me??

The guy also does Clinton and dubya......

wow...that must mean that Google image search is confused as well as the news page I leeched that image from.

There, this one looks better.


He is getting old....

[DeeperThought]

Originally Posted by Mr Bear

That actually is NOT Arnold at all- it's a lookalike/impersonator by the name of Steve Bridges.

Thank you. I thought it looked fake and in my unedited post I flat out said it was...but then I looked up the picture and found it on several news sites so I edited my post, LOL. Further confirmation that I should never, ever believe journalists if their information conflicts with my own. In fact, I'll bet they used that picture in their articles precisely because it is so unflattering.

[Mr Bear]

No problem....

Back on topic:

I've never seen Arnold look more like Duke than in the picture posted by helious....and that's saying a lot!


If Arnie sounded anything like John St. John AND still resembled his previous self from that mentioned image.....damn- we'd have the perfect Duke Nukem.

But with his thick Austrian accent and 60-something age, there's zero chance of him being the ultimate alien ass-kicker.

Oh, and did I mention that he already has a pretty busy day job?


The best bet would be holding a casting call and picking some unknown, undiscovered actor with real talent and looks. It might be easier than you'd think.....however, I'd love to see the process; it'd made a grand reality show.

People auditioning for the role of Duke, that would be classic!!

[hightreason]

Exactly why you need Jonny Bravo - he's animated - thus he can sound however the people hiring voice actors want, and they can make him do anything because he is not real

[Kennedy]

It surprises me that nobody made a John Bravo TC for Duke Nukem, or at least a model.

Imagine Arnold saying "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum!"
I think not.
Case closed.

[themaniacboy]

the fat ass arnold type can never beat duke nukem, never
even the classic 80's arnold can't beat duke nukem, but he was bad ass

[soulmate]

Haha, I think the comparison is not that absurd...

[Mr Bear]

Originally Posted by The Stinger

Imagine Arnold saying "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum!"
I think not.
Case closed.

Exactly. His accent is what kills it.
Which is quite unfortunate because of his otherwise uncanny resemblance.


And Duke's voice and quotes are a good 3/4 of his character. No way the governor of CohhLEEFOWnYA could pull it off.

[fast-1]

An Arnold lookalike would be best.

[Mr Bear]

Originally Posted by fast-1

An Arnold lookalike would be best.

No, a Duke Nukem lookalike would be best!

[Timiditas]

Originally Posted by soulmate

Haha, I think the comparison is not that absurd...

Thanks dude, you made my day! I am laughing my a** off here!

[Cybopath]

I am (Despite how uncool it may be these days) A huge Schwarzenegger fan. And there is no doubt Duke is at least part inspired by Arnies films. But Duke may be a muscular, cigar chomping action hero but there is one vital difference. Duke is American, and has an immediate recognizable voice. Arnold can't do that voice or come close so it just wouldn't work for me. Plus Dolph Lungdren looks about as much like Duke.

And look I didn't have to dye his hair on photo shop, add sunglasses or change his clothes.

Best bet is an unknown, Arnold was a (relatively unknown actor) when he was picked for Conan. Same goes for Sean Connery when he became James Bond or Christopher Reeves when he played Superman.

[Ramen4ever]

^
I agree. An unknown could be good. As long as the script is good and they know how to act. All Duke really has to do is look cool and deliver good one liners. With emphasis on looking cool. Plus handling guns like he knows how..
No need for fancy martial arts and backflips. Duke would be more like Kurt Russel from Escape from NY, anyway. Though there would be a lot more shooting and explosions. With less sneaking.

[Cybopath]

Originally Posted by Ramen4ever

Duke would be more like Kurt Russel from Escape from NY, anyway. Though there would be a lot more shooting and explosions. With less sneaking.

I think he'd be more like Kurt as Jack Burton.

[Ramen4ever]

Originally Posted by Cybopath

I think he'd be more like Kurt as Jack Burton.

.. But Jack didn't do shit. He jumped out to fight after the other guy already kicked everyone's ass.

[soulmate]

Originally Posted by Timiditas

Thanks dude, you made my day! I am laughing my a** off here!

lol..uhm..you're welcome

[DutchDuke]

Hope you like this

[Cybopath]

Yea but Snake was a bad tempered anti-hero who only did what he did because he was forced. Jack was full of himself, big headed and just wanted to kick some ass and say cool things. Only this is Duke would.

But the thing that makes Duke different from every action hero is he is the only one that enjoys himself.

[Timiditas]

Well I think the character, Arnold Schwarzenegger played in "Phantom Commando", enjoyed himself too. A little bit at least.

I remember that scene where Matrix fights with Cooke in a motel, and Cindy says: "You guys must be eating too much raw meat!"
Well at least she says that in the german synchronization, I never saw that movie with the original dubbing.

[Cybopath]

Originally Posted by Timiditas

Well I think the character, Arnold Schwarzenegger played in "Phantom Commando", enjoyed himself too. A little bit at least.

I remember that scene where Matrix fights with Cooke in a motel, and Cindy says: "You guys must be eating too much raw meat!"
Well at least she says that in the german synchronization, I never saw that movie with the original dubbing.

Yea but the motivation for the character was to save his Daughter, if his daughter had been left alone Matrix would be at home feeding deers and discussing contemporary pop with his daughter.

The moral backbone for all those kinds of films is that violence is the last resort, or there doing there job (cop, Soldier etc) or the hero has to be pushed before he reluctantly kicks the crap outta people. Duke looks for trouble and enjoys it, there is no doubt in his mind that he will win, he is no under dog, vengeful or reluctant hero.

[Commando Nukem]

Originally Posted by Cybopath

The moral backbone for all those kinds of films is that violence is the last resort, or there doing there job (cop, Soldier etc) or the hero has to be pushed before he reluctantly kicks the crap outta people. Duke looks for trouble and enjoys it, there is no doubt in his mind that he will win, he is no under dog, vengeful or reluctant hero.

So the only real correlation is ironically guys like Blade or Hellboy. They actively and agressively engage their adversaries simply because its the right thing to do/what they enjoy doing/what they're good at, and don't need external or secondary reasons. One might argue they have secondary motives. But I think thats about as close to accurate as Duke would probably end up being.

[Cybopath]

Originally Posted by Commando Nukem

So the only real correlation is ironically guys like Blade or Hellboy. They actively and agressively engage their adversaries simply because its the right thing to do/what they enjoy doing/what they're good at, and don't need external or secondary reasons. One might argue they have secondary motives. But I think thats about as close to accurate as Duke would probably end up being.

But even in that Blade secretly hates himself and fight evil out of redemption, and Hellboy works for an agency so falls into man on a mission.

It all falls into that part in 'Last Action Hero', which I still say is an underacted movie, anyway remember the part where Jack Slater says 'Let us push his son off the building. You will have eternal nightmares, but you are fictional, so who cares?'

By that we the audience want the hero to do these things but if he could stop it he would but that would suck for us to see the hero happy. Duke is kind of us the gamer, we aren't pushed, we aren't doing it for our country or because it's the right thing to do we just want to pick a fight, and shoot things. In many ways that attitude is more in common with villains or supporting characters that die off (Hudson from Aliens comes to mind).

And the reason I'm making a deal outta this is if that is missed in a film, if they make Duke the kind of guy that needs to be pushed or paid they've missed the whole point. This is a guy that brought out a book called 'Why I'm so great.' after all

[Commando Nukem]

Originally Posted by Cybopath

But even in that Blade secretly hates himself and fight evil out of redemption, and Hellboy works for an agency so falls into man on a mission.

It all falls into that part in 'Last Action Hero', which I still say is an underacted movie, anyway remember the part where Jack Slater says 'Let us push his son off the building. You will have eternal nightmares, but you are fictional, so who cares?'

By that we the audience want the hero to do these things but if he could stop it he would but that would suck for us to see the hero happy. Duke is kind of us the gamer, we aren't pushed, we aren't doing it for our country or because it's the right thing to do we just want to pick a fight, and shoot things. In many ways that attitude is more in common with villains or supporting characters that die off (Hudson from Aliens comes to mind).

And the reason I'm making a deal outta this is if that is missed in a film, if they make Duke the kind of guy that needs to be pushed or paid they've missed the whole point. This is a guy that brought out a book called 'Why I'm so great.' after all

Certainly. I do have to point out that Duke has been a "man on a mission" at least three times in three different games. The original, Zero Hour, and Duke Advanced. (Land of the Babes I'd rather pretend doesnt exist honestly.) Though I suppose your point was more towards the way that is portrayed. It's really going to come down to having a really good writer behind the script before anything else comes together.

[DutchDuke]

I HATE Johnny bravo He doesn't look like duke at all He is stupid and cant get any chick!?!?!

[Timiditas]

Originally Posted by Cybopath

But even in that Blade secretly hates himself and fight evil out of redemption, and Hellboy works for an agency so falls into man on a mission.

It all falls into that part in 'Last Action Hero', which I still say is an underacted movie, anyway remember the part where Jack Slater says 'Let us push his son off the building. You will have eternal nightmares, but you are fictional, so who cares?'

By that we the audience want the hero to do these things but if he could stop it he would but that would suck for us to see the hero happy. Duke is kind of us the gamer, we aren't pushed, we aren't doing it for our country or because it's the right thing to do we just want to pick a fight, and shoot things. In many ways that attitude is more in common with villains or supporting characters that die off (Hudson from Aliens comes to mind).

And the reason I'm making a deal outta this is if that is missed in a film, if they make Duke the kind of guy that needs to be pushed or paid they've missed the whole point. This is a guy that brought out a book called 'Why I'm so great.' after all

Sounds reasonable. BUT: WE choose to play DN3D to pick a fight, to kick some alien butt. I don't think that Duke doesn't care if they take over earth.
Also, if they take all the chicks, he has nothing more to play with, after he's finished playing.
He is forced to do something.