# How Long Before Arnold Schwarzenegger Retuns To Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915 "2010-11-08T16:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/21 "2010-11-09T04:38:27Z")
Alyssa Milano should come back for Commando Two too ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/22 "2010-11-09T05:02:07Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And I wouldn’t mind his being involved on a national level, trying to pull the Republican Party back from the brink of Insani-Tea. > > Maybe he’d have to punch out Karl Rove (with a witty quip, of course). > > Ummm, I thought I’d have a witty quip by now. Anybody know what Austrian-tinged groaner Ah-nold would zing him with as his fist made contact? If he shoved him off the roof of a tall building he could make some push poll reference. Okay, I’m more of a visual guy. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/23 "2010-11-09T05:33:07Z")
Conan the King has never been made. Grow the hair back out, Arnold! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/24 "2010-11-09T06:19:04Z")
Fingers crossed that Maria Shriver returns to NBC news. I always looked forward to her specials. I understand why she had to stop. The conflict of interest thing… Hopefully, with Arnold done with the Governator job, Maria can get back to what she does best. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/25 "2010-11-09T13:19:48Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And I wouldn’t mind his being involved on a national level, trying to pull the Republican Party back from the brink of Insani-Tea. > > Maybe he’d have to punch out Karl Rove (with a witty quip, of course). I know this is Cafe Society, but I think this is an idea with merit that should be explored further. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/26 "2010-11-09T14:14:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _True Lies 2_ would particularly work well, because conveniently Eliza Dushku has the physical chops to be the primary protagonist letting Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold take back seat, yet still significant, roles. Brilliant! Ahnuld to Rove as he pushed him off a tall building: “Looks like your poll numbahs are really plummeting!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/27 "2010-11-09T14:27:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’d like to see Arnold play a serious dramatic role. Maybe an SS officer in a WWII movie. (Would you take him seriously as anything else?) Come to think of it, looking at his [filmography,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_filmography) Arnold has never yet **done** a serious dramatic role (N.B.: a phrase I am using in a sense that excludes action roles). ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/28 "2010-11-09T14:27:51Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And I wouldn’t mind his being involved on a national level, trying to pull the Republican Party back from the brink of Insani-Tea. > > Maybe he’d have to punch out Karl Rove (with a witty quip, of course). > > Ummm, I thought I’d have a witty quip by now. Anybody know what Austrian-tinged groaner Ah-nold would zing him with as his fist made contact? In the climactic fight scene, right after he rampages through the RNC offices, he confronts Rove in his office, grabs an antique tea pot off the shelf and smashes it over Rove’s head, after which he says, “Welcome to my tea pah-ty.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/29 "2010-11-09T18:51:20Z")
Ahnuld fills Rove with hot lead and sneers, “Invoice that!” Anhuld blows up Rove’s house and quips, “Looks like you’re The Architect… of nothing!” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/30 "2010-11-09T18:56:13Z")
How 'bout the remake _Mr Smith Goes To Washington_, with Arnold in the lead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/31 "2011-01-02T18:21:48Z")
Interesting article from the AP about Arnie’s future: > **[HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News](https://www.huffpost.com/?err_code=404&err_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2011%2F01%2F01%2Farnold-schwarzeneggers-ne_n_803261.html)** > > Read the latest headlines, news stories, and opinion from Politics, Entertainment, Life, Perspectives, and more. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/32 "2011-01-02T19:39:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > \Ummm, I thought I’d have a witty quip by now. Anybody know what Austrian-tinged groaner Ah-nold would zing him with as his fist made contact? “Play dead, Rove-r” ? ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/33 "2011-01-02T20:12:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _True Lies 2_ would particularly work well, because conveniently Eliza Dushku has the physical chops to be the primary protagonist letting Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Tom Arnold take back seat, yet still significant, roles. I’m thinking Arnold could take over Charlton Heston’s role as head of the agency. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/34 "2011-01-02T20:22:50Z")
While I understand that “Karl Rove” is libspeak for “Republican whom I hate”, why would Arnold have to fight Rove to defeat the Tea Party? Hasn’t Rove made a bunch of statements which were less than complimentary to Palin and the TPer’s? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/35 "2011-01-02T21:17:49Z")
My longshot guess: Arnold is appointed ‘Green Czar’ by Obama. Or perhaps given a cabinet position like Secretary of the Interior. Another possibility is a new Czar position for bipartisanship and/or government reform. I suspect he’s done with the Republican Party - He’s not the Tea Party type, and he’s too green for a lot of Republicans. He’ll never live down his greenhouse gas reduction plan and other green initiatives when it comes to the Republican base. Another possibility is that he becomes an outside reformer, giving speeches and writing books on government reform and being an advocate for bipartisanship and other ‘good government’ initiatives. He’s naturally telegenic and good in front of the cameras, so he could parlay a role like that into being a regular fixture in Washington, a regular guest on various news shows, etc. He can then turn that popularity into a successful writing and lecturing career, with the odd movie role thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/36 "2011-01-02T22:44:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Arnold has never yet **done** a serious dramatic role Though its title escapes me, I seem to remember a drama Arnold was in along the lines of _Dangerous Minds_ and _Freedom writers_. He played a teacher in a troubled school that inspired his ill behaved class and rid the school of drug dealers. There was also a touching sub plot where Arnold had to come to terms with his debilitating brain tumor. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/37 "2011-01-02T23:03:29Z")
I’d always hopped they’d do one last Conan movie. Towards the end of his life, Conan finds a way to reunite with Valeria (Sandahl Bergman). Wouldn’t that be freaking awesome? 😉 Sandahl Bergman still looks damn good. Still has that trim dancers body. She can borrow my sword anytime. 😛 sigh… she’s lovely. there’s a pic from 2008 half way down [http://bestfunnyvideo.info/faith9336/?entry=entry100605-055252](http://bestfunnyvideo.info/faith9336/?entry=entry100605-055252) Somebody needs to make this happen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/38 "2011-01-02T23:11:42Z")
full body shot of Sandahl Bergman taken 6 months ago. > **[Los Angeles Jul 24 Sandahl Bergman Stock Photo 57942007 | Shutterstock](https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/los-angeles-jul-24-sandahl-bergman-57942007)** > > Find Los Angeles Jul 24 Sandahl Bergman stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. She could easily do another Conan film with Arnold. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/39 "2011-01-03T01:40:52Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Though its title escapes me, I seem to remember a drama Arnold was in along the lines of _Dangerous Minds_ and _Freedom writers_. He played a teacher in a troubled school that inspired his ill behaved class and rid the school of drug dealers. There was also a touching sub plot where Arnold had to come to terms with his debilitating brain tumor. It’s not a tumah! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915/40 "2011-02-18T21:03:51Z")
It looks like he may be back (for Terminator 5, that is). > **[With Arnold Back To Acting, Suitors Circle 'Terminator'](https://deadline.com/2011/02/with-arnold-schwarzenegger-back-to-acting-suitors-circle-terminator-106641/)** > > EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Arnold Schwarzenegger left the Governor’s Mansion and Tweeted his desire to  resume his acting career, there seems to finally be some action on his signature franchise, The… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-arnold-schwarzenegger-retuns-to-movies/559915.md?page=3)