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I often see steve mcqueen called the king of cool...

However, hes never blown me away as someone super awesome.

I see modern day people like Gosling and Brad Pitt and Depp to be quite cool. Or classics like James Dean.

McQueen was cool I guess, but I dont see him as anything remarkable. it also seems he was pretty messed up in real life.

I guess I have only seen Bullitt.. and a few clips online .. so I haven't seen a fari sampling of the guy.

But I'd love to hear everyone's input.

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(10-13-2013 06:12 PM)Icarus Wrote:  

Close thread. Lock and throw the key away.

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@Icarus and Wreckingball... well put. @OP.... I suspect you haven't seen the original The Thomas Crown Affair, not to be confused with this. Steve McQueen was an actor, but when you watch this movie, you'll see that McQueen is a much more believable embodiment of red pill international playboy than the saccharine Sean Connery as James Bond, for example. And he sure as hell never would have been caught dead in something like this.

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I don't see many modern day actors as being very cool. Gosling is always talking about ballet and having the mind of a woman in interviews. I think of Depp as being a gay pirate in eyeliner. Pitt I see as being married to a lunatic who enjoys collecting different colored babies.

When I think of "cool", this is always the first thing that pops into my head:



I don't know much about McQueen to say what made him cool, but just seeing his photos in Google images he come off as much cooler than most modern day actors, IMO.

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(10-14-2013 04:31 AM)RioNomad Wrote:  I don't see many modern day actors as being very cool. Gosling is always talking about ballet and having the mind of a woman in interviews. I think of Depp as being a gay pirate in eyeliner. Pitt I see as being married to a lunatic who enjoys collecting different colored babies.

When I think of "cool", this is always the first thing that pops into my head:



I don't know much about McQueen to say what made him cool, but just seeing his photos in Google images he come off as much cooler than most modern day actors, IMO.

This is Paul Newman, from Cool Hand Luke.

Paul Newman is also pretty damn cool, although I think he messed up when he got married.

Steve McQueen was cool because he was an antihero on film and in real life. The dude lived by his own code and answered to no one.

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Yeah, I know it is Paul Newman. Cool Hand Luke is a great movie. I actually ate a bunch of hard boiled eggs today.

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THanks for the input guys. I guess i better watch some more of his flicks.

Yeah I am not hatin on the guy I just didn't see where he differentiated strongly from other "cool" guys.

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The biggest difference between movie stars today and the ones of yesteryear who were legitamtely cool, was that they were cool in real life and tis transcended into their films.

McQueen raced cars, motorcycles, partied and raised hell, fucked the hottest women is his day AND was a movie star. Even if he would have been a mechanic his whole life and never famous he would have still done the same shit, albeit on a smaller level.

Today's 'stars' I.e. Robert Pattinson have oneitis and take a cheating ugly ex back (Kristin Stewart) and have rarely had the real world experiences to take them to that next level of being a man and a true star.

Watch all of his films and you'll probably start seeing the difference.

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(10-14-2013 03:37 PM)LucidDayDream Wrote:  THanks for the input guys. I guess i better watch some more of his flicks.

Yeah I am not hatin on the guy I just didn't see where he differentiated strongly from other "cool" guys.

Yes, I would watch the Cincinatti Kid and the Thomas Crown Affair rather than Bullitt to see why the American public called him the king of cool. They called him that without knowing a great deal about his cool personal life (compared to tabloid stars of today, at least)

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(10-14-2013 03:46 PM)McQueensPlayboyRules Wrote:  The biggest difference between movie stars today and the ones of yesteryear who were legitamtely cool, was that they were cool in real life and tis transcended into their films.

McQueen raced cars, motorcycles, partied and raised hell, fucked the hottest women is his day AND was a movie star. Even if he would have been a mechanic his whole life and never famous he would have still done the same shit, albeit on a smaller level.

Today's 'stars' I.e. Robert Pattinson have oneitis and take a cheating ugly ex back (Kristin Stewart) and have rarely had the real world experiences to take them to that next level of being a man and a true star.

Watch all of his films and you'll probably start seeing the difference.

The modern day moviestar - a reflection of the modern man.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

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He tried to soup up the engine of his tank and ruined it while in the military.

Watch any of his movies. Tell me you wouldn't want to be him or hang out with him.

Some people just have a charisma. McQueen had a DGAF attitude born out of a rough upbringing and lived to get as much out of life as possible.

My favorite movies with him:

Magnificent Seven (charisma, skill)
The Great Escape (charisma, humor, DGAF, having fun, awesome motorcycle scene)
Tom Horn (wistful looking back at life, McQueen had lung cancer when he made the movie. In the movie an outsider who played by his own rules is made to pay the price for his lifetime of breaking the rules)

Maybe not the greatest actor but one of the greatest movie stars of all time.

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We could go on and on about Steve McQueen.

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Thomas Crown Affair - must own movie and watch. Epitome of Cool.

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Hmmm, I always thought it was the salad dressing..,fuck!

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Older doc on him:

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I wondered what happened to him.

Looking it up after reading this thread, it turns out he was killed by cancer driven by asbestos exposure. The man died when he was just 50 years old.

Reminds me of the Oliver Reed discussion, another alpha male. But in this case, McQueen didn't engage in willfully self-destructive behavior like Reed's alcoholism. Nobody knew about asbestos in those days.