Another great example is “Chunk” from the Goonies (1985). He was considered so fat that it was comic relief. Now you can walk through any Middle School in the United States and find dozens, if not hundreds, of kids that are MUCH larger!
I’m the flip side, Go back and watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Once you’re done cringing at the racism, think about the fact that Harrison Ford went on an intense weightlifting program for that movie, and was considered the most shredded leading man in Hollywood at the time. Actors using steroids has become so common that it has also skewed our perception of a normal fit guy’s body.
IMO Harrison Ford looks pretty damn fit in that picture and I wouldn’t bat an eye if he were in a super hero movie today. Like that’s not a Thor body but there are many characters where that body would fit in just fine. I agree that movie bodies are not very attainable for most people with busy lives, but on the other hand, if you’re playing a super hero you’re not playing an average person. It would probably be weird to see an average body shape doing the impossible stunts you see in action movies.
Back when they made “300” it was almost satire how shredded these guys looked. It was obvious it wasn’t realistic and wasn’t meant to be. Nowadays we get shows like Reacher with an absolutely humongous lead that’s supposed to wander around doing jack shit all day… right. His mother shat him out this way.
And female “tough” leads are often tiny and no muscle in sight yet they still kick ass and routinely dispose off bad guys twice their size. Why do the guys even need to be this big when physics don’t matter?
I hate this so much. Hollywood is so fucking fake.
“Hollywood fat” has always been a thing, though.
Yeah Hollywood ugly is a meme. Oh man she’s so ugly… But she’s like solidly at least an 8, just not wearing makeup and in unflattering clothes and lighting l
It’s very fucked up what people perceived has healthy now.
I’ve been in fairly decent shape my whole life but the amount of people, especially women, that tell me I’m too skinny and that I need to gain weight. Even when I’m actually closer to being overweight than underweight. Or how many times I seen someone point to someone on steroids or fat and say that they are healthy.
It’s got to the point where kids need to be educated. I wouldn’t even be against weighing them. If they obese then it’s also child abuse and the parents fault.
People think now if you can see/feel ribs or have any muscle tone (while not being a body builder) it means you’re underweight. That’s how humans are meant to be built! Go look at hunter gathers tribes or any active person pre the 90’s.
Shit even dogs are fat nowadays.
Or how many times I seen someone point to someone on steroids … and say that they are healthy.
Gym bros be like
Gym bros normally know who’s on steroids.
I find it’s normally girls that are like “just look at a chicken and walk past a gym once a week and you can have arms the size of your head”
boooyyy half the people on steroids take them for medical reasons lol
Yeah that’s clearly not what we’re talking about here. Cortisol cream for eczema is a steroid, but nobody using it would say they’re on roids.
We’re obviously talking about people who juice for muscle mass.
It’s military standards and boot camp. It has literally nothing to do with perception. Look at drill for a fraction of a second while standing at attention and he will berate you endlessly for trying to suck him off with your eyes. Your bootlace is dragging because you’re dumb. You’re tired because you’re weak. And you are the fattest motherfucker in this universe because you stood in front of the cake in the chow line for too long. It’s not about perception. It’s just basic. Even in active duty today, he would still be considered overweight, and even if he passed the PT test it wouldn’t protect him from getting chaptered out for fitness.
6’ 5", 200#, according to the Army, I was overweight by 15 lbs. I ran A group most mornings in PT (fastest, farthest runners), ran low 6 min miles, maxed situps and still had to wait 40 seconds for the test to end. Pushups were always low but fuck off, soy alto. I started lifting, gained 50 lbs, and my neck grew to 19"+ and all of the sudden I was “fit”, even though I couldn’t run A group anymore, couldn’t break 7 min miles, and barely finished the situps in time. No improvement on pushups so don’t stop fucking off. It’s just military standards. It has literally nothing to do with perception. And people were fat before the 80s, JTFC did I just have to say that? Sure, there are more today, but it’s not like Pvt Pyle was broadly considered obese by civilians at the time. The people ITT… 🙄
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You had best unfuck yourself or I will unscrew your head and shit down your neck
I swear no one in this whole ass thread remembers John Candy or Chris Farley. There were plenty of fat dudes and dudettes back in the 80s and 90s. Yes Americans are getting fatter, but it’s not nearly as profound as everyone is making it out to be. Trust me there were tons of fat motherfuckers running around back then too.
Sincerely a fat motherfucker.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/955031/adult-body-weight-average-us/
What are you even arguing? OP is talking about what is accepted as fat has changed. Those two examples you mentioned? Fat. Gomer Pile? Disgusting fat body.
No one is talking about comparative stats against other countries or questioning the existence of fat people 😂
Also, you type like you’re trying to not sound like the mid 30s person you are, whole assidly 😭🤣
But at this point in the film, hadn’t he lost like 15+ pounds and also shouldn’t soldiers be held to a slimmer standard than others? And yeah the movie was made a long time ago. Most people are actually fat now.
He did gain 70lbs for the role so technically he was fat, just not as fat as some people are today.
Yeah but my point was I remember thinking he got skinnier throughout the film, as though he was supposed to getting “whipped into shape”
throughout the film
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it but I’m pretty sure this guy redecorated the bathroom in bootcamp.
Ok granted maybe it was only a 25 minute period I’m talking about but there was a progression iirc. “Redecorating the bathroom” is the crudest least empathetic way I can imagine putting it
