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Alyallen · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: Rambo is the Man

I am watching Rambo 1 right now. I don't think I've ever seen it before.
It's freaking awesome! Laughing

Can't wait for John Rambo to come out Very Happy

pest2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Alyallen · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Rambo is the Man

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

You have clearly never speant an hour patiently trying to explain to high school sophomores that Rambo is not real, nor are any of the movies an accurate reflection of history.

Yes, I know. Movies are not real or truthful. Try telling that to a high school sophomore.

PS: It is, after all these years, still a chore to overcome the distaste for Sly because he spent his war years in a girls' school in Switzerland but became a millionaire making films about how patriotic he was defending America against various and sundry enemies. Our current president, vice president and former Sec. of Defense had nothing on ole Sly when it came to being war wimps.

RedRob · Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Location: Narnia

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

djsmnc · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

Cheonmunka · Joined: 04 Jun 2004

I don't see what other way Rambo, or anyone else could say about his friend. What should he say that would be more eloquent, "There was an explosion. There was rather a lot of blood, unfortunately. I realised that the blood, quite covering my hands, clothing and in my eyes also, was from that of my friend. I was terribly sad that he had died. I continue to think of him."?
Is that preferable?

cangel · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: Jeonju, S. Korea

Who would win in a fight, John Rambo or Rocky? Just mano y mano, no weapons...

Captain Corea · Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Location: Seoul

Did you notice that one of the rookie cops was David Caruso?

Alyallen · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:29 am Post subject:

canuckistan · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:18 am Post subject:

An acquaintance of mine worked as a film editor on Rambo 3. Said Sly was absolutely over-the-top obnoxious macho dork grabbing his crotch all the time bragging about the un-ending supply of models coming and going from his trailer.
He's probably calmed down since then.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

I liked it when it came out, but I tried watching it again quite a while back and it was pretty stupid. Comical.

lastat06513 · Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:33 pm Post subject:

The feelings displayed at the end of Rambo are very much real and are the sentiments of alot of Vietnam and now Iraq War vets.

They are sent into war, with all the multi-million dollar technology at their disposal, all the leadership skills taught to them for the sole purpose of destroying the enemy....

Were they welcomed home as heroes after "doing their job"?
Hell f'king no!
They got spit on by protesters and called "baby killers" and "rapists" and practically abandoned by some of the same politicians who first sanctioned the war.

"Rambo" was produced as an anti-war statement as much as it was an action movie in that a lonesome vet (John Rambo) returns to the US after being repatriated as a POW, only to find that his best friend fell victim to the symptoms of Agent Orange (widely used in Vietnam). As he was leaving town, he was harassed by the town's ignorant police department.

How would you feel if you were picked off the street like a common criminal after spending several years as a POW and come home to nothing?

Would you be pissed?
I would think so....

hugo_danner · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Location: korea