Youtuber Fallout Plays, who helped carry a 9-year-old to max rank in Destiny 2’s highly competitive multiplayer list, recently responded to a pondering fan, who questioned the status of action heroes, who are often considered invincible and ever-glorious. Fallout Plays, referring to Steven Seagal’s whose life has mostly been a lie, addressed how action heroes becoming untouchable beefcakes is boring as hell.
Gone are the days when Conan the Barbarian was invincible, and gone are the days when action beefcakes like the untouchable Chuck Norris, a big dude with a big gun and bada** chopsocky moves could destroy gorilla militias. Now is the time for John Wick-like characters, who are invincible, yet get their b*utts kicked multiple times.
Vulnerable Action Heroes Are The New Pick!
Re-tweeting to a rather pondering tweet by a pop culture fan who asked for clauses where actors dying would remove them from being in the sequel, also questioning the toxic masculinity that’s been the usual cliche, YouTuber Fallout Plays sided with the vulnerable action heroes lot. The question on Twitter read:
“Aren’t those clauses important for the actor as dying would remove their chance of being in the sequel, and losing fights means the character is perceived as weak, lessening the appeal of the character in the eyes of the audience?”
Fallout Plays, who made headlines for his recent max rank stunt in Destiny 2’s highly competitive multiplayer list, wrote on Twitter:
“It’s fine for action heroes to lose fights. Media where the hero is some untouchable beefcake is boring as hell.
Give me a protag who’s human; whos badass but still gets knocked around & keeps getting up no matter what. ‘No loss contracts’ are some Steven Seagal-level crap.”
The above resulted in some of the most insightful comments, most quoting glorious characters like Din Djarin from The Mandalorian, John Wick, John McClane, Goku, and Invincible, action heroes that often get kicked in the b*tt.
But also, they’re the ones who are pushing their way to earn in more entertaining ways than someone who is not legally allowed to lose fights per their contracts. Previously, it was Charlize Theron, who called out Russian actor and martial artist, Steven Seagal.
During the promotion of The Old Guard, she referred to him as a bully and overweight. The actress claimed that she detected flaws in the so-called black belt martial artist’s style, expressing that its women who saved the action genre and gave it a facelift. Seagal can also be described as a s*xual predator.
An Unkillable Action Hero, Ends Up As Unlikeable
Most fans concurred with the YouTuber, who trolled the superficial standards of being an action hero. One fan, for instance, wrote, “One reason I like John Wick (at least the first movie) is he’s a badass but also gets really hurt multiple times reminding us he’s not invincible.” Another chimed,” That is a good example there. Being relatable, to at least some degree, is so much more enjoyable.”
One expressed that letting action heroes lose sometimes is the reason why Han Solo is more relatable than Luke. Another wrote, “I think that’s my favorite thing about The Mandalorian. The armor means that he can get the absolute cr*p kicked out of him on the regular.”
Coming to the unkillable part, the action franchise is all about its central character. But again, giving more power to the villain certainly ups the ante. Some action heroes, on the other hand, keep coming back as if the genre is all about beefcakes like Chucky or Jason Voorhees.
Then there are those, who are counted as “unkillable.” For instance, The Terminator’s T-800 counts as unkillable because it’s in Dark Fate too. Ellen Ripley is another example – dies as a human in Alein 3, but turns out to be something else in the next film (not making him unkillable).
While rising to the challenge and pulling to a victory is a thing, action heroes like Russell Crowe prefer being dead, courtesy of his vow of vengeance in Gladiator!
Source: Twitter
