Is Patrick Swayze the toughest man on earth?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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We had this discussion last night over dinner.

Can you name any movie that Patrick Swayze has either starred in or had a prominent role in which he didn’t get into a fight?

We came up with:

Ghost: Yup, there’s a fight.
Roadhouse: well, duh.
Outsiders: He’s a swinging in this one.
Dirty Dancing: Brawlin’ in this one.
Next of Kin: Patrick kicks ass here as well.
Red Dawn: Not a fistfight per se, but he does shove a kid to the ground and throw dishes at him.

I checked the IMDB but I hadn’t seen any of his movies other than the ones mentioned. Does anyone know? Or is ol Patty gonna track me down and kick my ass just for askin?

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If Patrick Swayze is the toughest man on earth, Denise Richards is a nuclear physicist, and Keanu Reeves is the one.

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The real P.S. is a bit more vulnerable than his screeen counterpart. A few months ago he nearly cracked up his plane making an emergency road landing in Northern Arizona. There are reports that locals disposed of the beer cans littering the cockpit but it is known that there was a cabin pressure leak which effects were compounded by his chain smoking.

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Shhh! If he hears you he’ll KICK YOUR ASS!! lol… There’s a shockwave game about that plane landing thing.

broccoli!

5

Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in.

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Maybe not toughest man, but he certainly is the President of the Dance

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In City of Joy I don’t think there was so much of a fight than Patrick just getting socked in the kisser. He played a doctor who apparently doesn’t kick a little ass on the side.

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Oh come on. This is the guy that sang “She’s Like the Wind” we’re talking about here. How can you possibly think of giving him “toughest man on earth” status?

Was there any fighting in To Wong Foo? I didn’t see it, but it doesn’t seem like it woulda had any.

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Oh dear. I hate it when I hear this kind of urban legen going around.

Patrick Swayze is in fact the second toughest man on earth, the first is as we all know: STEVEN SEAGAL!
In my high school there was a an underground Steven Seagal society that idolized him as a leader and we all swore to live our lives according to the buddhist principles he has laid forth in his interviews, books and movies. It was still going strong when I left, although there aims had wandered more towards buying beer kegs and renting Steven Seagal movies.

sigh Those were the days huh?

—G. Raven Johnson

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Oh dear. I hate it when I hear this kind of urban legen going around.

Patrick Swayze is in fact the second toughest man on earth, the first is as we all know: STEVEN SEAGAL!
In my high school there was a an underground Steven Seagal society that idolized him as a leader and we all swore to live our lives according to the buddhist principles he has laid forth in his interviews, books and movies. It was still going strong when I left, although there aims had wandered more towards buying beer kegs and renting Steven Seagal movies.

sigh Those were the days huh?

—G. Raven Johnson

(p.s. excuse that hijacking lapse there)

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Thanks a fuckin million. I had completely erased that crapfest from my brain, and you go and shove it back in there.

“She leads me through moonlight, only to burn me with the sun.”

Man, now that’s profound.
zyzzyva, I will get you back. Watch your step.

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there was fighting in “to wong foo.” ps beat up an abusive husband.

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OK, so to update the original list, we now have:

Ghost: Yup, there’s a fight.
Roadhouse: well, duh.
Outsiders: He’s a swinging in this one.
Dirty Dancing: Brawlin’ in this one.
Next of Kin: Patrick kicks ass here as well.
Red Dawn: Not a fistfight per se, but he does shove a kid to the ground and throw dishes at him.
City of Joy: He gets punched in the piehole.
To Wong Foo: He kicks some more ass.

There’s gotta be one. Look at this list and see if you have seen any of the movies other than the ones I listed. Is there any without a PS fight scene?

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If you criteria is strickly fighting, I think Jackie Chan wins hands down. Who else maims themselves making every movie?

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Right, but Jackie Chan starts in MARTIAL ARTS movies! Fighting is an integral part of the plot. In many cases, PS’s fights are just on the fringe and can be left out without changing the story.

I envision this scenario: PS in the producer’s office and is reading a script: "It’s about a Down’s Syndrome man who becomes a successful gardener and then opens a shelter for abused boys with the profits??? I LOVE it. However, I think I should kick the handicapped guy’s ass.

I just gotta be me!"

And in case anyone is missing the point, I don’t truly think that PS is the world’s toughest man. I am not arguing about who the world’s toughest man is. I just want a movie that PS is in where he’s not fighting.

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Well, you could put that in the title of the thread instead of what you have.

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Just as you could read my first post in the thread, or the one right above your response.

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Ps definitely does some fighting in Point Break. Also was a hockey player opposite Rob Lowe in Youngblood. Again fighting, this time on the rink.

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Your best bet is gonna be Three Wishes or Tall Tales. I never saw either, but Tall Tales was a Disney flick and the other was a family movie.

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There’s some movie where he plays this modern-day genie guy. There’s some kid and his single mom in it too. Don’t know what it’s called, never saw it, but from the previews, I’d say it’s a good candidate for a fightless film. Anyone know what I’m talking about?