Your sexiest celebrety?

[Monkeyleg]

Oooohhhh, yeah. Natalie Wood. Completely forgot about her. Jean Seberg, too.

280plus, some group--was it Mott the Hoople?--recorded the song, but it was written for them by David Bowie.

Dionysusigma, yeah, that is kind of a touchy area. Imagine, though, the reply to the term hottie if someone had posted a picture of his daughter.

[280plus]

It WAS Mott the Hoople but I never knew it was a Bowie tune. I can't remember the lead singer's name anymore it was Ian ??

The mention of Lee Marvin reminded me of Angie Dickenson. She played with Lee in "Death Hunt" alongside Bronson and Carl Wethers. (sp)

[grislyatoms]

Helen Slater
Phoebe Cates
Ally Sheedy

and #1

Julie Michaels (I think she is the single most physically attractive woman I have ever seen. Look her up on IMDB)

[Perd Hapley]

Sheesh.

Monkeyleg, I hope it will make you feel better to know that my comment was not entirely in earnest.  While your bride indeed appears every bit the beautiful young maiden of virtue true, I was not so much complimenting her pulchritude as chiding you for posting her picture.  What I said is the very least one should expect after posting a picture of a young woman on the internet.  The comment has been edited.

But I am very curious why you are offended, in particular, by "hottie," which I thought was fairly innocent.

[Werewolf]

Sheesh.

Exactly! If you don't want guys commenting on the way your wife looks, Monkeyleg, then don't post her pic on the FREAKING internet.

But I am very curious why you are offended, in particular, by "hottie," which I thought was fairly innocent.

Again - EXACTLY! Hottie isn't a bad thing it's a compliment for CHRIST's sake. If someone wants to insult a woman's looks there are about a million better ways to do it that are way more expressive and sure to get the blood flowing in the male than "hottie".

Hottie just means cute and sexy to me. Maybe it means something else to ML.

[SADShooter]

280plus:

Was it Ian Hunter you were thinging of re: Mott the Hoople?

[280plus]

HUNTER!! IAN HUNTER!! Yup that's it! Thanks!

[SADShooter]

No problem...the useless trivia bouncing around in my head sometimes surfaces at the right moment.

[Monkeyleg]

Fistful, seems I got bent out of shape over nothing. Please accept my apologies.

There are certain slang terms that bug me, "hottie" being one of them. Maybe I read too much into it. Or maybe it's just that I'm old. Or I read too much into it because I'm old.

Werewolf, your criticisms are certainly justified.

Now, back to the original topic.

There's one actress I find attractive, but oddly enough it's only in one movie, and in one particular scene in that movie: Rene Russo in "In the Line of Fire," when she tells Frank (Clint Eastwood's character) to blow his nose. Don't know why. Maybe it's because that's the point where you realize she's in love with him.

Another actress who's a classic beauty is Faye Dunaway. Haven't seen her in anything recently, but she's not the cookie-cutter beauty that Hollywood is promoting now.

[Perd Hapley]

Oh, don't worry about it.  Actually, you may be correct to take offense at "hottie."  In Spanish, caliente (hot) means, uh, lacivious, I guess.

[Leatherneck]

Leatherness using Leatherneck's password but for all you ladies out there let's turn this around.  My absolute favorite is Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient) , Gary Sinise, just something about him in Forest Gump and Apollo 13.  Clive Owen is pretty cool  and going back in time I have to say Montgomery Clift and Burt Lancaster.

[Monkeyleg]

Leatherness, I'm glad that you chimed in on this thread (or maybe not; maybe it should just die).

So far it's pretty much been guys talking about their favorite female celebrities. Having been a guy for nearly 56 years, the circuitry isn't hard to track: beautiful face, beautiful body, and guy will follow.

It's women who are more inscrutable. There are guys like Paul Newman, Brad Pitt, Eric Roberts, and even Jack Nicholson in his early days whose female attraction most guys can understand.

But what about guys like Sean Penn? The guy's nose looks like it should be part of a fire hydrant. Plus, he's a major league...well, you know.

Guys pretty much want to look like guys they think are macho: Bogart, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Sam Elliot, etc.

Over the years, I've heard my wife or her friends talk about this or that guy, and I ask myself, "what?"

Please, if you will, give your input.

[Winston Smith]

Blackburn would have gotten the boot for posting this thread.

[Dannyboy]

A few more.
Malia Jones-surfer
Veronica Kay-surfer
Nikki Gudex-mountain biker
All beautiful and talented athletes.

[mustanger98]

I remember when I was a teenager, I leaned towards Rachel Mylimaki (sp?... it's been a while since I saw it spelled). She was a nice-looking teenage girl (not putting on sexy or anything- just looked like a nice girl) a year or so younger than me... 15 years old when I was 16 and she'd already been to he National Finals Rodeo and won three times.

[Phantom Warrior]

Over the years, I've heard my wife or her friends talk about this or that guy, and I ask myself, "what?"

Please, if you will, give your input.

It's women who are more inscrutable.

I hate to be a defeatist, but I think you answered your own question.

[Monkeyleg]

Phantom Warrior, perhaps I have.

Even so, please explain Barry Manilow.

[Werewolf]

Over the years, I've heard my wife or her friends talk about this or that guy, and I ask myself, "what?"

Please, if you will, give your input.

There's no accounting for women's tastes. In my 54 years I've known a lot of guys that had little trouble getting a woman but the two that had the most success and by success I mean they pretty much didn't have to do much more than be around a female for about a half hour or less and that female wanted little more than to hop in bed with 'em and bear their children.

One was about as effiminate as you could get both in action and the way he looked. Slim, very smooth complexion, peach fuzz (and 25 years old), higher pitched voice than normal,  eyes that looked made up and lips to match though both were natural. He treated the women he was around well, was sensitive, friendly and attentive and I never saw him take more than a half hour or so to win a target's heart. Wierd.

The other guy was almost the exact opposite. A man's man. Tough as nails, brawny and muscular. A biker type without the criminal tendencies. He treated women like dirt. They were little more than property and life support systems for their pussies (I thought about using vaginas but that wouldn't have imparted the way that guy really felt). He didn't waste any time talking, schmoozing or anything. When he saw a woman he wanted to bed he just did it. Never saw him turned down once. What is really wierd is that the women knew pretty quick what he was all about and didn't care if he treated 'em like crap. He wanted 'em, what they had and they gave it up.

Those two guys made me a believer in human pheromones. It was the only explanation that made any sense to me because other guys that were better looking and with way better personalities (or not) and used the same approaches I observe more often than not got no where. Neither one had money or much of an education.

Women are wierd! If anyone ever figures out what exactly the secret those two guys knew and can either bottle it or provide written instructions - well - that anyone will become the richest anyone in the world.

[Matthew Carberry]

Phantom Warrior, perhaps I have.

Even so, please explain Barry Manilow.

Umm....

I write the songs that make the whole world sing.
I write the songs of love and special things.
I write the songs that make the young girls cry.
I write the songs, I write the songs.

-Barry Manilow

Chicks dig romantic singers, even homely ones.

Her name was Lola, she was a dancer.....

[Monkeyleg]

Werewolf, I think your two very polar opposite examples win the prize. (Now where's that kewpie doll?)

Maybe it is pheromones. Don't know.

I have an old friend who's been divorced for many years. He's a great guy, but about as nerdy-looking as you'll find. Plus he has a pronounced beer gut. He's our age.

He has women asking him out. And most of them are in their thirties. One was a stunningly beautiful Japanese college student who worked part-time at a sushi restaurant he frequents. She asked him out, and he declined. I couldn't believe it.

carebear, with Barry Manilow, we're talking about a homely guy who sings really bad romantic songs very badly.

All I know is that I had to work very hard to get dates with good-looking women, women who weren't crazy and with whom I could have enjoyable conversations. Maybe I just worked too hard at it.

Anyway, back to thread.

[Perd Hapley]

Confidence, men.  It's all about confidence.  I think.  I think maybe that could be right.  I don't know, what do you guys think?

[Monkeyleg]

Don't matter what us guys think, Fistful.

[mustanger98]

I won't even try to account for Barry Manilow. Anybody who likes his stuff- what I've heard of it- must be hurtin' for something to listen to.

Werewolf said: "The other guy was almost the exact opposite. A man's man. Tough as nails, brawny and muscular. A biker type without the criminal tendencies. He treated women like dirt"

Hmmm... well, a friend of mine is dating a bull rider who I saw spit bakker juice in her face unprovoked (as if that mattered) on more than one occassion. This evening, after she found out I don't like the guy and why, she mentioned that she may soon be broken up with him and she said it where she knew I'd hear it. I don't think bad manners or bad attitude makes somebody a "man's man". It just makes 'em uncouth, vulgar, and barbaric.

fistful said: "Confidence, men.  It's all about confidence.  I think.  I think maybe that could be right.  I don't know, what do you guys think?"

While some figure it don't matter what we think, it may well matter more than we think and it may matter very much what we do. I recall a place in the Bible that says whatever a man says is what's in his heart. I've also heard actions speak louder than words. If someone's words or actions speak to someone's heart, I'd say it matters a lot. It don't work *every* time, but I'm seeing something in this one situation I haven't seen before.

Oh, and some psychologists say there are many people in this world who think being a pessimist makes you smarter. I don't think it's necessarily smarter. It may deprive a pessimist of opportunities he'd wish he'd taken if he knew how good something would have been. No Guts, No Glory.

[Guest]

I've been going to post but I couldn't think of anyone. Maybe Heath Ledger. Or Mel Gibson.

But really, I'm not big on looks, I guess, and probably can't used as any standard for gauging what women find attractive. I've dated exactly one person in 6 years and that person is still one of my closest friends..and one of the few people in this world I truly trust.

Mostly, I guess the thing I find attractive is being competent or passionate about something (without being a pain in the ass about it.) and not driving me batty or making me feel like you're suffocating me. Men think women want someone to ignore them, but that's not quite it..no one wants to be treated badly..its that some of you all just attach yourselves to our lives and its like having to gnaw your leg off to get away. Space, people..we need space!!

(Oh, wait..that dating things not true. I went on date with someone who posts here last winter! It was good, but I'm kind of misanthropic and not really interested in dating so it was a one time deal. But it was fun and he's really nice. We saw Hamlet which kicked ass. And I occasionally go out to dinner or political stuff or whatever with people but that's just buddies.)

[Perd Hapley]

That was NOT a date, Barbara!  Now how am I gonna explain this to Mrs. fistful?