Twilight of the 80's action gods

The 80s are long gone, and soon many of its heroes will pass away too

Anybody who lived through the 1980s knows it was a far different time than now. Movies, TV shows, wrestling, and other media were full of jacked guys, and masculinity wasn’t hated, it was respected and even revered. In those days weakness and effeminate behavior by men were regarded as wrong, and such qualities were not celebrated or promoted.

The 80s were a long time ago

But the 80s were a long time ago, and Western societies have gone completely in the opposite direction. Some of the action stars from those days are still alive, but they will not be with us for much longer, for we have entered the Twilight of the 80s Action Gods, and Father Time will soon take them all.

I realized this when I bumped into this story a while ago about Dolph Lundgren, Rocky’s foe in Rocky 4. Dolph has had cancer and, while it seems to be under control, his struggle is a mark of how much time has passed since his heyday in the 1980s, and the effect time has on all of our bodies.

Actor Dolph Lundgren has rev…