Steve McQueen vs. John Wayne

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So let's here it FABO. Which one was your favorite?

Personally I'm a big John wayne fan. I grew up watching his westerns and war movies and never watched much of Mcqueens stuff.
 
Both. They were each the best at what they did.
 
the duke if he was still around he would whip these new sissy type all over place lo:D
 
John Wayne "won" ALL the Wars for us,, Steve not so much..

I agree with RRR , they were both the best..

Met John Wayne fishing up here,, he was on his yacht, and we were tied-up to the same wharf.. he was a giant of a man..
 
McQueen has a cool image ...but he is the only one I know of who can shift a 15 speed mustang.
 
I'd have to pick The Duke, because of his stature as an American icon. He had a longer and more prolific career. He was the Everyman, the Hero.

Steve McQueen was more of an Anti-Hero. He often got into trouble and was a heavy pot-smoker. He did a lot of good including military service, but his flaws were part of his image.
 
goldfish65 said:
I'd have to pick The Duke, because of his stature as an American icon. He had a longer and more prolific career. He was the Everyman, the Hero.

Steve McQueen was more of an Anti-Hero. He often got into trouble and was a heavy pot-smoker. He did a lot of good including military service, but his flaws were part of his image.
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i didnt know Steve was a Stoner, Thats awesome.
 
John Wayne had a gruff persona, but he did have personality.
Steve McQueen was as interesting as a sheet of 3/8" plywood. Bullitt was a B O R E H O L E due in part to his stoic acting style.
take any garden variety Hollywood actor today, stuff him full of Valium or Beta blockers and you have pretty much the same guy.
 
I like all of them. They were all different, all had their best "parts."

I never thought Wayne was that much of an actor. Hell he played the same part whether he was escortin' wagggons, "fillin his hand" or shootin' Japs out of the sky, "Pilgrum" But I still had fun watching his movies. "The Shootist" was quite poignant, I think.

Only thing I don't like about McQueen is I keep hearing rumors he was a little hard on women. Turns out "our hero" "Dirty Harry" is a little hard on em once in awhile, too.


I was just thinking the other night of an old movie I saw a VERY long time ago

(Goes to Google and searches a minute LOL)

"Sometimes a Great Notion" 1971, the damn thing had most of anybody that was anybody in Whorywood

Newman, Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Serrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Cliff Potts and some others. Oh yeah, LOL, and some McCullough chain saws.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdF-IP7rE0"]Sometimes a Great Notion - Incredible Scene - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJz8JEEjGrI"]Sometimes A Great Notion 1970) trailer - YouTube[/ame]
 
[I won't answer that in one answer. John Wayne is ( to me) the most iconic American actor,ever. Steve McQueen, probably the "coolest " in the 60's and 70's. One thing is for sure,about both: They didn't kowtow to anybody,walked their own individualized paths. That ( to me) makes them American heroes.
 
Choosing my favorite Mopar is much easier than picking a favorite actor.
I have to go with John Wayne over McQueen mostly due to me seeing many
of Wayne's westerns and only the great escape with McQueen.
Not sure the name of the movie but I liked the Union train robbery scene by Confederate soldiers.
Ropes uprooting trees, greased tracks and then tossing them the hornets nest.
Another of my favorites is the last scene in Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven.
"Anybody that don't want killed better step out the back".
 
Frankie said:
I like them both, but I have to go with John Wayne.
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steve mcqueen didn`t fit the westerns very well in my opinion, he was great in the great escape tho. think my favorite might have been james arness-way, way bigger than the duke, real name was " moreen morrison". also liked clint walker a lot. ran into the duke at a complete dispersal sale (black angus cattle) when I was kid, he wasn't all that big, james arness towered over him. the dukes grandson that boxed professionally , (tommy Morrison) wasn`t even 6 ft tall, even tho they announced him as 6 ft when entering the ring. jfyi :coffee2:
 
Steve Mcqueen wayyyyyyyyyyy cooler..

Not a fan of John Wayne he was over here making war movies while "REAL" Americans were over there fighting in them:wack::wack::wack:
 
James Garner, if you ask my son who is only 11 BTW. He would pick McQueen. If I had to pick between the two I would probably pick him as well.
 
ssba said:
Choosing my favorite Mopar is much easier than picking a favorite actor.
I have to go with John Wayne over McQueen mostly due to me seeing many
of Wayne's westerns and only the great escape with McQueen.
Not sure the name of the movie but I liked the Union train robbery scene by Confederate soldiers.
Ropes uprooting trees, greased tracks and then tossing them the hornets nest.
Another of my favorites is the last scene in Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven.
"Anybody that don't want killed better step out the back".
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"The Train Robbers" with Ann-Margret?

Eastwood once claimed that "Unforgiven" was a movie with an anti-violence message. .....OK.....

There are LOTS of actors I loved to see in westerns. Too many to name. Richard Boone played one nasty SOB in "Hombre." Eli Wallach was always good for "a character".

Some time ago I saw "Yellow Sky," Gregory Peck, in BW. Great stuff. Very understated, is Gary Cooper in "Man of the West." Julie London, Robert J Wilke, Lee J Cobb, Royal Dano.

The hits just keep on comin LOL

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODwt-fjh0nw"]Man of the West trailer - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnub_flGGcw"]Yellow Sky Trailer - YouTube[/ame]
 
Right after Steve Mcqueen passed, His brother Jody Mcqueen, his stunt double, was out of a job, and he worked for me for about a year. lots of cool stories about Steve so I will pick him over "The Duke"
 
stroked340 said:
Steve Mcqueen wayyyyyyyyyyy cooler..

Not a fan of John Wayne he was over here making war movies while "REAL" Americans were over there fighting in them:wack::wack::wack:
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To be fair, in his bio, at the time of WWII he tried to enlist but was too old.

He had his faults, but you don't see too many actors today going into the military.
 
I like some of the newer westerns, like where Tom Selleck has a hand in them. he is very much into bringing in some sort of realism as far as sound of pistols, tack, making them more historically accurate, if really possible in Hollywood!????
I love the Lonesome Dove stuff, Robert Duval. Kevin Kostner, etc......
I also love the older western too. showing a difference in right and wrong, honesty, integrity.... some elements that ar e missing in a lot of modern tv and movie stuff??
yea I have to take the Duke. he will never be duplicated.
 
I haven't seen a lot of Mcqueens movies but last night I watched the great escape. It's a great movie and he is one cool cat but the duke is still my favorite.

Modern westerns don't cut it in my opinion. The one tarintino should stick with his other weird trash.
 
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