Rambo

John James Rambo (born July 6, 1947) is a fictional character in the Rambo saga. He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series, in which he was played by Sylvester Stallone. The portrayal of the character earned Stallone widespread acclaim and recognition. The character was nominated for American Film Institute's list 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains. The term "Rambo" is used commonly to describe a person who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve problems, enters dangerous situations alone, and is exceptionally tough and aggressive (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo).


A series of action/drama films starring Sylvester Stallone as emotionally troubled Vietnam War veteran John Rambo, who was a former member of the United States Army Special Forces, a Green Beret, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. First Blood, released in 1982 and the first film in the series, was based on the 1972 David Morrell novel of the same name. The character and franchise became very famous and a verbal shorthand to describe a One-Man Army type of badass (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Rambo).



The films in the series are:
First Blood (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo III (1988)
Rambo IV (2008)
Prior to Rambo, however, a cute and heartwarming Gaiden of sorts was created in 2008 by British director Garth Jennings called Son of Rambow. The film details the misadventures of two boys in 1982 who tried to remake First Blood with a bulky VHS-Camera and the vibrant imagination of ten year olds. Sylvester Stallone himself is said to have loved the film.
A fifth Rambo film was planned, and details varied as to the plot of the film (one potential plot would have seen Rambo face off against some sort of supernatural/alien creature). In 2014, the fifth film's title was announced to be Rambo: Last Blood.
Both the films and the character have enjoyed massive success and popularity, and - alongside the Rocky series - catapulted Stallone to the position of a major action hero and film star. After the release of the first three Rambo films, Morrell went on to write the novelizations of the first two Rambo sequels because he wanted to include characterization that he felt wasn't in said sequels. There was also a 1986 animated TV series called Rambo: The Force of Freedom that lasted 65 episodes and spawned a line of toys; a few comic books starring the character; soundtrack albums for all the films (but not the animated series, which mainly tracked in Jerry Goldsmith's score for the second one); and many video games including the NES version of Rambo and the Sega Master System versions of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III. [en de C64 niet te vergeten] Sega also released an arcade light gun "Rambo" game back in 2008, and it is perhaps a distillation of what makes the Rambo franchise awesome, though, bizarrely, had a rap soundtrack.
The latest entry in the franchise was Rambo: The Video Game, a rail shooter based on the first 3 movies of the series. It was released on the PC, Xbox 360, and the Playstation 3 in February 2014.
(http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Rambo).
In the novel and first film, Rambo appears as a soldier who suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder and has difficulty adjusting to normal life. He is shown to be prone to violence because of the torture he suffered at the hands of North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War. In the next films and novelizations he is displayed as a man who wants to stay away from conflict but is willing to do anything to save his friends and the people he cares about from any danger. Due to his violent nature, many civil people tend to fear him. However, Colonel Samuel Trautman (who was his commanding officer in Vietnam and is probably his only friend) understands him and the pain and torture he had endured in the war and is the only one able to reason with him when he goes on a rampage in the town of Hope...According to the first film First Blood, Rambo's full name is John James Rambo. He was born on July 6, 1947 in Bowie, Arizona, to a Navajo father (whose name according to the last film was probably R. Rambo) and an Italian American mother Marie Drago. However, in Rambo: First Blood Part II, Marshall Murdock states that Rambo is of American Indian and German descent. Rambo enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 18 on August 6, 1964, although he states in Rambo IV he was "drafted into Vietnam." After he graduated from Rangeford High School in 1965, his military service began in January 1966. Rambo was deployed to South Vietnam in September 1966. He returned to the U.S. in 1967 and began training with the U.S. Army Special Forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina under Colonel Trautman's tutelage.
In late 1969, Rambo was re-deployed to Vietnam as member of a SOG brigade. He became part of a Special Forces Long-range reconnaissance patrol unit commanded by Colonel Trautman. Trautman's team received the code name of Baker Team and usually consisted of eight men. Other known members were Delmore Barry (an African American operative who quickly became Rambo's best friend), Joseph "Joey" Danforth (another friend of Rambo), Manuel "Loco" Ortega, Paul Messner, Delbert Krackhauer, Giuseppe "Greasy Cunt" Colletta and Ralph Jorgenson. In an event that would haunt Rambo for the rest of his life, Danforth died in Rambo's arms after being fatally wounded by a rigged shoeshine box while their unit was on rest and recuperation time.
During a mission in November 1971 Rambo's unit came under surprise attack by NVA forces. Delmore, Rambo and some other surviving members were captured by North Vietnamese forces near the Chinese-Vietnamese border and held at a POW camp, where many other American POWs were imprisoned and repeatedly tortured. Rambo's unit was decimated during the ordeal, but Delmore and Rambo managed to escape captivity in May 1972. By his own request Rambo was immediately re-deployed afterwards. At some point in his military career he also received training in flying helicopters. Rambo finally received his official military discharge on September 17, 1974.
Upon his return to the United States, Rambo discovered that many American civilians hated the soldiers returning from Vietnam, and he claimed that he and other returning soldiers were subject to humiliation and embarrassment by anti-war "hippies" who threw garbage at them, called them "baby killers", and excluded them from society. His experiences in Vietnam and back home resulted in an extreme case of post-traumatic stress disorder. At the same time, inner questions of self-identity and reflectiveness had commenced to cause Rambo to lash out at society rather than handling difficult situations in a "civilized" manner. First Blood picks up from this point. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo) (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo).


First Blood (ook wel Rambo: First Blood) is een actiefilm uit 1982 met Sylvester Stallone in de hoofdrol. Hij speelt John J. Rambo. De film heeft drie vervolgen; het laatste deel genaamd Rambo kwam uit in 2008, 20 jaar nadat Rambo III in bioscopen te zien was.
Het stadje Hope waar de film is opgenomen ligt niet in de Amerikaanse staat Washington maar in de Canadese provincie Brits-Columbia (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo:_First_Blood).


The film First Blood takes place in December 1981, and begins with John Rambo (now a homeless, out-of-work drifter) searching for Delmore Barry, an old friend with whom he served in Vietnam. He goes to Barry's home but is told by his mother that he died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure. This means that Rambo has now become the last surviving member of his Special Forces unit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo) (http://cinemamkv.com/movie-rambo-first-blood-1982-brrip-idws/).

First Blood (1982) - Trailer (HD)
First Blood is a 1982 action film directed by Ted Kotcheff, co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled and misunderstood veteran, with Sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy) as his nemesis and Colonel Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) as his former commander and only ally. It was released on October 22, 1982. Based on David Morrell's 1972 novel of the same name, it was the first of the Rambo series.
Since its release, First Blood has been a critical and commercial success and has had a lasting influence on the genre. It has also spurred many parodies. The film is notable for its portrayal of the psychological after-effects of the Vietnam War, particularly the challenges faced by American veterans attempting to re-integrate into society, something not deeply examined in subsequent Rambo movies.
In 2008, the film was chosen by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAqLKlxY3Eo)


Sylvester Stallone's John Rambo began life in the David Morrell novel First Blood, which eventually was turned into the film of the same name. Many fans don't remember how relatively realistic that film is when compared to the famed Green Beret's later adventures, as the troubled Vietnam vet attempts to adjust to life back in the U.S. and winds up on the wrong side of a cocky small-town sheriff. In fact, the first time we meet Rambo, it's when he's just finding out that he's the sole remaining member of his Special Forces unit -- the last survivor other than him having succumbed to Agent Orange. This guilt-ridden and troubled he-man of a soldier would become more cartoonish in future outings as he became practically invulnerable, but hints of his troubled past would still pop up at times and remind us why he was so compelling in the first place. Plus, he had that awesome hunting knife that half of America's kids circa 1985 bought replicas of (www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/25/ign-playlist-summer-soldiers).

"Do we get to win this time?" -- John J. Rambo
One of the best things about the '80s was glut of manly action icons to come oozing into mainstream pop culture; oddly enough, most of them were named John. Sure they all had their badass background stories and catch phrases (who didn't back then?), but one John stands out from them all as being the bloodiest, most vicious, and most tormented: John Rambo.
He's fought his way through small town America, Vietnam (twice!), Afghanistan, and most recently Burma. Now, all of his bow-and-hunting-knife escapades have been collected into one big, metal tin: Rambo: The Complete Collector's Set (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).

"You know what you are. What you're made of. War is in your blood. Don't fight it. You didn't kill for your country. You killed for yourself. God's never gonna make that go away. When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing."
―John Rambo (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo)

First Blood: John Rambo has returned from Vietnam as a lost, scarred veteran with no place to go or live. He wanders into a small rural town where he is harassed by corrupt local law enforcement and forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game in the forest! The local cops and National Guard are no match for his survival skills, and the only one who can stop Rambo is the man who created him: Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna, The Day Reagan was Shot). This first installment is based on the novel by David Morrell (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).


John J. Rambo is an indelible action icon from the '80s who not only racked up a huge body count, but also embodied much of the political sentiment of the time. He was the embodiment of the mistreated Vietnam vets, alone in a country that they love. These vets were a group of people America was just coming to terms with when First Blood hit. All throughout the series, Rambo has been able to bring awareness of certain political/global issues and marry them with mindless action. It's an odd paradox to be sure: a film series that raises big questions, and then kind of ignores them in favor of Stallone's biceps. Yet, I find that part of series' charm.
First Blood is generally agreed to be the best in the series, and rightfully so! It's a layered, expertly constructed survival film rooted in classically-influenced storytelling. Rambo must not only confront a xenophobic small-town police force (led by Brian Dennehy), but also the forces of nature and his inner demons. It's a tight story that is expertly framed and shot by director Ted Kotcheff, and features a memorable score by Jerry Goldsmith (who composes music for the two sequels as well). Like the original Die Hard, First Blood is a perfect action film in three acts, and went on to influence blockbusters over the next two decades (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).



"I could have killed 'em all, I could've killed you. In town you're the law, out here it's me. Don't push it! Don't push it or I'll give you a war you won't believe. Let it go. Let it go!"
―John Rambo to Will Teasle. (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo)


The community of Hope, B.C. is preparing to say goodbye to a local bridge made famous in the Sylvester Stallone-starring Rambo series....The Kawkawa Bridge was featured in the original 1982 Rambo film, First Blood, in a scene where the Vietnam War vet is transported out of town by a sheriff who takes him for a drifter....With the bridge gone, several other filming locations from the movie will remain, including the Othello-Quintette Tunnels and Wallace Street (http://bc.ctvnews.ca/hope-b-c-celebrates-rambo-bridge-before-demolition-1.668039).



SPOILER

Ex-commando en oorlogsveteraan John James Rambo gaat naar Hope (Washington (staat)) om zijn enige levende vriend uit de Vietnamoorlog op te zoeken. Als deze dood blijkt te zijn, begint Rambo doelloos over straat te zwerven. Hij komt in aanraking met de licht paranoïde stadssheriff Will Teasle, en wordt zonder goede reden door hem gearresteerd.
Teasle neemt Rambo mee naar het politiebureau en draagt hem over aan collega Galt, die hem moet verbaliseren. Omdat Rambo niet meewerkt, mishandelt Galt hem zodanig dat Rambo terugblikken krijgt van wat hij in Vietnam heeft meegemaakt. Hierdoor raakt hij door het dolle heen en ontsnapt.
Aan het begin van de achtervolging wil de roekeloze Galt Rambo op straat doodschieten, echter Teasle belet hem dat, omdat er te veel mensen op straat zijn. Er begint een wilde achtervolging. Rambo wordt opgejaagd door een peloton agenten, en als er een, door de politie gevorderde, helikopter met sheriff Galt en een piloot aan boord komt opdagen, kan Rambo geen kant meer op. Galt wil Rambo doden en schiet meermalen op hem. Als reactie gooit Rambo een steen naar de helikopter, waardoor Galt een dodelijke val uit de helikopter maakt. Als de politie het één en ander verneemt geeft Rambo aan dat de ontstane situatie niet zijn fout is en hij puur handelt uit zelfverdediging. Hij weigert zich over te geven.
Will Teasle is echter woedend omdat door toedoen van Rambo collega en tevens goede jeugdvriend Galt is gedood. Hij wil Rambo nu koste wat kost inrekenen. Hierdoor weigert hij de zaak aan de staatspolitie over te dragen om er vervolgens een persoonlijke zaak van te maken. Ook slaat de sheriff waarschuwingen van de ijlings ingevlogen kolonel Samuel Trautman (voormalig superieur van Rambo) in de wind. De kolonel zegt dat als een zeer goed getrainde en ervaren commando als Rambo wordt opgejaagd dit waarschijnlijk zeer veel slachtoffers gaat opleveren. Hierna volgt een kat-en-muisspel tussen de oorlogsveteraan en een leger van 150 politiemensen (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo:_First_Blood). Rambo realizes that the police station is now surrounded by the police, one of them open fires at him causing Trautman to order them to hold fire, and angrily talks about how difficult it is to adjust to civillian life when his country he would die to protect hates the returning soldiers, also about how he was an important man in the war, but can't hold down a simple job back in America. He then falls to the ground, throwing the machine gun away, removing the 100-round ammunition belt he wrapped arounds his shoulders and his rage turns to sorrow and weep as he recounts a particularly gruesome story about witnessing his friend dying by having his legs blown off by a booby-trapped shoeshine box.
Trautman kneels down to Rambo, who sobs into Trautman's shoulder. After he is done, an emotionally exhausted Rambo turns himself in, and is arrested. Teasle, unhappy of not having achieved his revenge, is taken to the hospital, but not before being looked silently at with scorn by Rambo and Teasle, when they exit the police station.  The credits roll as both of them move forward and with two armed policemen behind while other policemen and the civilians looking on.
(http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo_on_First_Blood).

The ending where Rambo survived was actually Stallone's idea. He had co-written the screenplay, and in the middle of shooting felt that audiences might feel too sympathetic to Rambo to want to see him die.  He insisted that they film both versions during production, and when the audience at a test screening objected to the death scene, the other ending was switched in (http://funentertainerbuz.blogspot.nl/2012/10/first-blood-turns-30-rambos-original.html).

Just getting "First Blood" to the screen was a challenge unto itself. It took more than a decade to adapt David Morrell's 1972 novel into a movie.  Many huge stars were considered for the lead role of John Rambo, including Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Clint Eastwood.  Kirk Douglas was originally cast as Trautman, and he told Movieline that is was his idea for the character to kill Rambo at the end. But he dropped out and was replaced by Crenna at the last moment.
"First Blood" gave Stallone his second blockbuster hit of 1982, coming only five months after the enormous success of "Rocky III." But it helped establish him as a true action star, not just a guy in boxing trunks.  Stallone followed "First Blood" with two even more successful sequels in the '80s, then returned to the character after a 20 year break with 2008's "Rambo." (http://funentertainerbuz.blogspot.nl/2012/10/first-blood-turns-30-rambos-original.html).


Het mooie van de film is dat hij niet is begonnen met de vijandelijkheden: they drew first blood... Tegelijkertijd is het geen verheerlijking van geweld, door het sterke einde. Niks geen trotse vechtmachine, maar een soldaat die er mentaal doorheen zit....

After spending a night in the jungle trying to survive the police, John Rambo (Stallone) steals a truck and drives into town. He arms himself with a large machine gun. Col. Trautman (Crenna) tries to convince Sheriff Teasle (Dennehy) not to fight Rambo, but Teasle ignores him. Rambo shoots up the town, knocking out all the power boxes and blowing up the gun store. He makes his way to the police station, where Teasle hiding on the roof, tries to shoot him. Rambo quickly dodges Teasle's bullets and shoots through the ceiling, hitting Teasle's legs. Rambo is about to kill Teasle when Trautman comes in and tells him the battle is over. Rambo gives a small speech about how he started the battle because of his anger over how he is being mistreated by people who have never experienced what he did in Vietnam. Rambo breaks down crying, and eventually gets taken away (www.moviemistakes.com/film1699/ending).

Rambo is a film series based on the David Morrell novel First Blood and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a senior troubled Vietnam War veteran and former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand-to-hand combat and guerrilla warfare. The series consists of the films First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Rambo III (1988), and Rambo (2008) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_(film_series)).


First Blood is a 1972 novel by David Morrell. It was adapted into the 1982 film starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo....Rambo, a Vietnam War veteran, (no first name in novel) is hitchhiking in Madison, Kentucky and is picked up by Chief Teasle and dropped off at the city limits. When Rambo repeatedly returns, Teasle finally arrests him and drives him to the station. He is charged with vagrancy and resisting arrest and is sentenced to 35 days in jail. Being trapped inside the cold, wet, small cells gives Rambo a flashback of his days as a POW in Vietnam, and he fights off the cops as they attempt to cut his hair and shave him, beating one man and slashing another with the straight razor. He flees, steals a motorcycle, and hides in the nearby mountains. He becomes the focus of a manhunt that results in the deaths of many police officers, civilians, and National Guardsmen.
In a climactic ending in the town where his conflict with Teasle began, Rambo is finally hunted down by special forces Captain Sam Trautman and Teasle. Teasle, using his local knowledge, manages to surprise Rambo and shoots him in the chest, but is himself wounded in the stomach by a return shot. He then tries to pursue Rambo as he makes a final attempt to escape back out of the town. Both men are essentially dying by this point, but are driven by pride and a desire to justify their actions. Rambo, having found a spot he feels comfortable in, prepares to commit suicide by detonating a stick of dynamite against his body; however, he then sees Teasle following his trail and decides that it would be more honorable to continue fighting and be killed by Teasle's return fire....Morrell stated he was inspired to write the novel by hearing about the experiences of his students who had fought in Vietnam. The author also said "When I started First Blood back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male." The character's name was derived in part from the Rambo apple, a supply of which his wife brought home while he was trying to come up with a suitable name for his character. In the DVD commentary for 'First Blood' Morell comments that one of the inspirations for Rambo was World War 2 hero Audie Murphy. The town that Madison, Kentucky was modelled after was Bellefonte, Pennsylvania....In 1972, Morrell sold the film rights to First Blood to Columbia Pictures, who in turn sold them to Warner Bros. This trend continued for ten years. The story passed through three companies and eighteen screenplays. Finally, Andrew G. Vajna and Mario Kassar, two film distributors looking to become producers, obtained the film rights. They altered the story from a transposal of the Vietnam War to America to a "cheer for the underdog" story
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Blood_(novel)).

Taking place over a span of 3-4 days we follow John Rambo, a former Marine back from Vietnam, and Will Teasle, a veteran of the Korean war, and their battle in Kentucky. The premise makes sense – a soldier with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is picked up for being a vagrant and when pushed around a bit too much he snaps. And the mayhem that follows is what this book is all about (http://geoffwhaley.com/2012/04/22/first-blood-david-morrell/).
David Morrell (Kitchener, 24 april 1943) is een Canadees-Amerikaans auteur.
Hij is het meest bekend van zijn debuutroman De achtervolging (Eng.: First Blood). Hieruit zou later de succesvolle filmreeks Rambo ontstaan. Hij heeft meer dan 28 romans geschreven die in 26 talen zijn vertaald. De achtervolging (First Blood), Luitingh, 1976 (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morrell)


Morrell began work as an English professor at the University of Iowa in 1970. In 1972, his novel First Blood was published; it would eventually be made into the 1982 film of the same name starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. Morrell continued to write many other novels, including The Brotherhood of the Rose, the first in a trilogy of novels, which was adapted into a 1989 NBC miniseries starring Robert Mitchum. Eventually tiring of the two professions, he gave up his tenure at the university in 1986 in order to write full-time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morrell). In 1972, I published my debut novel, First Blood. Called “the father of the modern action novel,” it was widely and enthusiastically reviewed. It was taught in high schools and colleges. It became a 1982 film, starring Sylvester Stallone, and led to a series of films about Rambo, who joined the ranks of the top five internationally recognized thriller icons: Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, James Bond, and Harry Potter. Eventually, I wrote novelizations for Rambo (First Blood Part II) and Rambo III. I also wrote an in-depth essay, Rambo and Me: The Story behind the Story. In addition, I contributed a full-length audio commentary to the Blu-Ray DVD of First Blood, discussing my novel and the film (http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/rambo/). Debut novels almost always sink, but I was fortunate. Just about every major newspaper and magazine gave it glowing reviews. A film studio bought the movie rights before it was published. It was translated into 26 languages. It was taught in high schools and colleges. When Stephen King taught creative writing at the University of Maine, it was one of the two texts he used. (The other was James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity.) Even after four decades, it has never been out of print (http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/david-morrell-on-rambo/).
The book introduced Rambo, who turned out to be one of the five most iconic thriller characters of the twentieth century, along with Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, James Bond, and Harry Potter.  How does it feel to have created a character recognized around the world?
Rambo is mentioned almost daily in conversation or in the media. The word is in the Oxford English Dictionary. Astro-physicists use the word Rambo to refer to a powerful group of dead stars. He’s so much a part of world culture that when I sign copies of First Blood, I often call myself “Rambo’s father.” It’s like he’s a son who grew up and went in unexpected directions. There’s no way to predict the future of a character or a book. I tried to write the best novel I could. After that, it was out of my control. When I hear Rambo mentioned, I’m often caught by surprise and take a second to remember that I created him.
How did you get the idea for the story?
I was raised in southern Ontario. In the mid 1960s, I came to the United States to study American literature at Penn State. At that time, Vietnam was hardly mentioned in Canada, so I had no idea what the war was about when I met students recently returned from Vietnam. I learned about their problems adjusting to civilian life: nightmares, insomnia, depression, difficulty in relationships, what’s now called post-traumatic stress disorder. In 1968, the two main stories on the television news were Vietnam and the hundreds of riots that broke out in American cities. I got to thinking that the images of the war and the images of the riots weren’t much different. Eventually I decided to write a novel about a returning Vietnam veteran who brings the war to the United States. That’s the short answer.
And what’s the long answer?
Rambo is a complicated subject with all kinds of twists and turns. I have a long essay, Rambo and Me: The Story behind the Story, ...I discuss how the key to the novel was the way scenes alternate between Rambo’s and Teasle’s viewpoints so that the reader doesn’t know who to cheer for.
That device wasn’t used in the movie.
No. In the film, the police chief gets less screen time than Rambo while in the novel he and Rambo are equal.
So, does that mean you don’t like the film?
The opposite. I think the movie is excellent. Movies and books are different. Changes are inevitable. The film switches the locale from Kentucky to the Pacific Northwest. It removes the importance of Teasle’s war experience in Korea and the medals he received there. It makes Rambo a victim rather than somebody who’s pissed off about what happened to him in Vietnam. Finally it changes the ending. But for all that, I love the movie. Ted Kotcheff’s direction, Jerry Goldsmith’s music, Andrew Laszlo’s photography, Sylvester Stallone’s acting, Richard Crenna, on and on. It’s a terrific movie that seems more realistic with each year because its action scenes don’t use computer effects. The realism of the stunts is amazing.
(http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/david-morrell-on-rambo/). Isn’t there an off-broadway play that discusses the differences between the novel and the film?
The play is called Flooding With Love for the Kid, a line from the last paragraph of the novel. Zachary Oberzan wrote and stars in the one-character play (http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/david-morrell-on-rambo/).

In the introduction to the 1988 Hodder Headline edition of the novel First Blood, author David Morrell says that he got the name Rambo from both a variety of apple, and the writer Rimbaud: "A French author's name and the name of an apple collided, and I recognized the sound of force." (www.moviemistakes.com/film1699/trivia) Morrell felt that its pronunciation was similar to the surname of Arthur Rimbaud, the title of whose most famous work A Season in Hell, seemed to him "an apt metaphor for the prisoner-of-war experiences that I imagined Rambo suffering".Furthermore, an Arthur J. Rambo was an actual U.S. soldier in Vietnam, but he never returned. His name can be seen on the Vietnam War Memorial wall in Washington, DC. By sheer coincidence, the Japanese word "rambō" (乱暴) means "violent" or "rough". He was granted the first name "John" as a reference to the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo).

Reagan himself elevated Rambo as his standard-bearer in numerous press conferences, once remarking that, having watched a Rambo film, he knew what to do the next time there was a terrorist crisis. Morrell himself experienced the phenomena when, one day in 1986, he was on a publicity tour in England and picked up the London Times to find a disturbing headline: US Rambo Jets Bomb Libya.
Not exactly what he had in mind when he first created that all-too-real conflict between Rambo and Teasle. A novel that questioned war and its devastating aftermath, a story that brought to life lingering cultural wounds left by the Vietnam debacle, became a shorthand political metaphor—a rallying cry for even more violence. Morrell himself commented on the irony that a 1970s novel about the political polarization of America (for or against the Vietnam War) became the basis for films, in the 1980s, that resulted in a similar polarization (for or against Ronald Reagan).
Eventually the Oxford English Dictionary cited First Blood as the source for the creation of a new word. Rambo. Complicated, troubled, haunted, too often misunderstood. Precisely like First Blood itself (http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/steve-berry-on-first-blood/).

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (Charleville, 20 oktober 1854 – Marseille, 10 november 1891) was een Frans dichter. Hij was een vertegenwoordiger van het symbolisme en decadentisme en een van de grote vernieuwers van de dichtkunst.
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Rimbaud zwerft een tijdlang door Europa en de rest van de wereld, zonder nog één gedicht te schrijven: Stuttgart, Milaan, Wenen, Cyprus, Java.
Aan boord van het schip "de Prins van Oranje" arriveert Rimbaud als fuselier van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL) op Java, nadat hij zich in 1876 in Harderwijk had ingescheept. Na aankomst (op 23 juli) in Batavia, het huidige Jakarta, deserteert hij al op 15 augustus en verlaat de Nederlandse kolonie op 30 augustus 1876.
Rimbaud trekt verder, eerst terug naar Europa maar dan naar Egypte en Cyprus. Mogelijk wegens de betrokkenheid bij de dood van een arbeider moet Rimbaud Cyprus halsoverkop verlaten en belandt in Aden, waar hij in dienst treedt bij de firma Bardey. Hij heeft het er echter niet naar zijn zin en vestigt zich uiteindelijk als handelsreiziger (o.a ivoor en dierenhuiden) en wapenhandelaar in Harar, Abessinië. Het leven als handelaar is niet gemakkelijk. Het is hard werken en het levert maar betrekkelijk weinig op. Ook verveelt hij zich. ...In mei 1891 keert Rimbaud echter terug naar Frankrijk wegens een ernstig opgezwollen rechterknie, ... Op 20 mei 1891 wordt hij opgenomen in een ziekenhuis in Marseille. Later komt men tot de conclusie dat Rimbaud een tumor ontwikkeld heeft. Zijn been wordt geamputeerd, in een poging zijn leven te redden, maar Rimbaud herstelt niet meer. Uiteindelijk sterft hij in de ochtend van 10 november 1891....Zijn zus Isabelle, ontzet door de publicaties in kranten die hem afschilderen als homoseksuele terrorist, zal zich na zijn dood inzetten om ongeautoriseerde publicaties van haar broers werk te voorkomen en zijn slechte imago op te poetsen (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimbaud).

"A Season in Hell" (French: Une Saison en Enfer) is an extended poem in prose written and published in 1873 by French writer Arthur Rimbaud. It is the only work that was published by Rimbaud himself. The book had a considerable influence on later artists and poets, including the Surrealists.
....Rimbaud travelled with poet Paul Verlaine through Belgium and to London again. They had begun a complicated homosexual relationship in spring 1872, and they quarreled frequently. Verlaine had bouts of suicidial behavior and drunkenness. When Rimbaud announced he planned to leave while they stayed in Brussels in July 1873, Verlaine fired three shots from his revolver, wounding Rimbaud once, and after subsequent threats of violence Verlaine was arrested and incarcerated to two years hard labour.....Rimbaud's first stay in London in September 1872 converted him from an imbiber of absinthe to a smoker of opium, and drinker of gin and beer. According to biographer, Graham Robb, this began "as an attempt to explain why some of his [Rimbaud's] poems are so hard to understand, especially when sober". The poem was by Rimbaud himself dated April through August 1873, but these are dates of completion. He finished the work in a farmhouse in Roche, Ardennes.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Season_in_Hell). Academic critics have arrived at many varied and often entirely incompatible conclusions as to what meaning and philosophy may or may not be contained in the text.
Among them, Henry Miller was important in introducing Rimbaud to America in the sixties. He once attempted an English translation of the book and wrote an extended essay on Rimbaud and A Season in Hell titled The Time of the Assassins. It was published by James Laughlin's New Directions, the first American publisher of Rimbaud's Illuminations.
Wallace in 1966, "...(a season in Hell) testif(ies) to a modern revolt, and the kind of liberation which follows revolt". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Season_in_Hell).


SPOILER

(Warning: There are spoilers in this essay. If you haven’t read First Blood but intend to and you don’t want to be surprised by the book’s harrowing climax, read Steve Berry’s essay afterward.)
In the summer of 1968, America was erupting. The Vietnam War was literally tearing the nation apart, riots and demonstrations so polarizing the country that one generation seemed utterly confounded by the other. Recently arrived in the United States on a student visa was a twenty-five year old Canadian named David Morrell. He was married, with an infant daughter, preparing for a career as a teacher, fascinated by the United States, eager to learn about something he knew nothing about: the Vietnam War.
What he discovered deeply disturbed him. But something Socrates once said came to mind. No one commits wrong intentionally. For Morrell, that truism about how we rationalize everything we do became worth exploring, so he decided to write a novel that would allegorize the Vietnam War. Not to make a point. Or take sides. That could have been a problem since the terms of his visa specifically stated, on threat of deportation, that he should refrain from expressing political opinions. Instead, Morrell decided to tactfully objectify America’s bitter philosophical and cultural divisions, transposing the brutality of Vietnam—and the radical conflicts that the war generated at home—to a rural Kentucky town, creating a miniature version of the Vietnam War on American soil.
Instead of shotgunning the narrative with many points of view, he focused on only two. Rambo, the Vietnam veteran, Green Beret, former POW, and Medal of Honor recipient. A man haunted by the war, repulsed by the violence he found in himself, embittered by the hostility he sometimes faced from those he fought to protect. In rebellion, he allowed his hair and beard to grow, shunned all possessions, and wandered the back roads of America, looking like a hippie. Searching, he represented those disaffected by the war.
Wilfred Teasle represented the Establishment. A Korean War hero, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, Eisenhower Republican, chief of police in Madison, Kentucky. As troubled as Rambo, he’s old enough to be Rambo’s father, haunted by a different set of war memories, but equally as controlled by them. By alternating back and forth between each man’s anger, Morrell allowed the reader to identify with each man’s motivations. As with Socrates—no one commits wrong intentionally—these two likewise draw from deep, well-meant convictions, making one mistake after another, their rationalized fury eventually guaranteeing a mutual destruction.
Morrell was careful not to favor one character over the other. He wanted the reader to understand both sides and become dismayed as the two protagonists proved incapable of doing the same. At one point, Teasle sends for the Special Forces officer who trained Rambo—Colonel Sam Trautman, whose first name Morrell meant to echo that of Uncle Sam. In the end, after Rambo kills Teasle, Trautman kills Rambo, thus completing the allegory inasmuch as the representative of the system that created Rambo is the person who destroys him and turns out to be the only winner (http://davidmorrell.net/rambo-pages/steve-berry-on-first-blood/).

Trautman's relationship to John Rambo in the book First Blood sharply contrasts that portrayed in the movie. In the book, Trautman was brought in to actually kill Rambo, who barely remembers him. In fact, after hearing his voice, Rambo strains to recall him. Trautman then identifies himself as "Director of the school that trained you" over the car radio. In the book, Rambo doesn't reply to him, and, in fact, says to himself, "The Bastard. Turning on your own kind [referencing Trautman's assistance to Teasle]." Their one significant interaction comes at the end of the book, when Trautman tells Teasle that he "took the top of his [Rambo's] head off with this shotgun." (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/Colonel_Sam_Trautman)


Serving as a Green Beret, John Rambo fought in Vietnam and experienced the horrors of war firsthand. Returning to the United States with all of his teammates dead and pervaded with survivor's guilt, Rambo found that he could not adopt to a civilian life (www.comicvine.com/rambo/4005-53419/).


Originally born July 6, 1947 in Bowie, Arizona, John J. Rambo was drafted into the United States Army on August 6, 1964. The specific training which he endured was known as the Green Beret program. These men were taught to ignore pain and kill without hesitation. To them, everything was a mission. John Rambo excelled in this program and gained many specialty skills from it. Such skills included foreign language expertise, vehicular and weapons mastery, and more. At the end of his training, John had become a true killing machine.
While in the warzone, John Rambo was captured by the Viet Cong. Held captive, he was torured beyond measure. One symbol that he bears is a large scar across his chest from the blade of one of his captors. Eventually, he escaped. When he returned to the United States, he was one of the most decorated officers of the war. John J. Rambo returned with two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, four Purple Hearts, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the Medal of Honor....John Rambo is the ultimate fighting machine. Made for war, he has proven himself time and time again to be the ideal soldier. In hand-to-hand combat, Rambo possesses the skills to utterly decimate his opponent. Having the ability to use his environment, Rambo is capable of transforming anything into a weapon....It is well-knonw that John Rambo's preferred weapon of choice is a large combat knife. In John Rambo's hands, it is a force to be reckoned with. A tool as well as a weapon, Rambo always keeps a large knife at the ready;the knife also has a sewing needle in it . In addition, John has become a master of archery. Preferring its quick and silent action, John Rambo has mastered the compound bow and the various warheads available for the arrows (some meant for specific targets, others used as explosives).
Throughout his training, John Rambo has also mastered most if not all types of firearms. Whether it be a small handgun or a large M-60, Rambo knows how to use it. An expert marksman, he is able to clear the field....Rambo was trained to handle any and all types of vehicles. During the Vietnam War, John pilotted helicopters, tanks, and various watercrafts. This specialty really goes to show the versatility and experience of John Rambo. Such skills have proven their worth time and time again.
Specializing in hand-to-hand physical combat, survival tactics, weaponry, and more, Rambo is a force to be reckoned with (www.comicvine.com/rambo/4005-53419/).



While the first Rambo movie was a poignant commentary on the treatment of Vietnam veterans, the second was an all-out action fantasy for anyone with testosterone or the desire to become a one-person army.
John Rambo is contracted by his mentor and former commanding officer to infiltrate a lingering Viet-Cong outpost and document the existence of POWs still imprisoned. Johnny naturally decides to take matters into his own hands, and despite a betrayal by his operations leader manages to mow down enough Vietnamese and Russians to populate a large concert venue (http://unrealitymag.com/movies/seven-films-that-heavily-influenced-video-games/).


After the incident in Washington, John Rambo is found guilty after a jury trial and sent to a labor camp prison. At the beginning of Rambo: First Blood Part II (set in 1985), he is visited by Colonel Samuel Trautman who offers him the chance to be released from prison if he goes to Vietnam to search for American POWs at the camp from where he escaped back in 1971. Promised a Presidential pardon if the mission succeeds, Rambo accepts and is officially reinstated in the U.S. Army temporarily. He later meets with Marshall Murdock, an American bureaucrat who is in charge of the operation. He tells Rambo that he is only to photograph the POWs and not to rescue them, nor is he to engage any enemy soldiers. Rambo reluctantly agrees (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo).


"Pressure? Let me just say that Rambo is the best combat vet I've ever seen. A pure fighting machine with only a desire - to win a war that someone else lost. And if winning means he has to die - he'll die. No fear, no regrets. And one more thing, what you choose to call hell, he calls home."
―Colonel Sam Trautman to Marshall Murdock (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/Colonel_Sam_Trautman).

Rambo: First Blood Part II: Rambo has been doing hard time at a labor camp when Col. Trautman returns to ask for his help. The U.S. Government needs to confirm that there are P.O.W.s still being held in Vietnam, and they want Rambo to go and take photos of the hostages. Rambo goes to take photos alright...if by "photos" you mean "the lives of dozens of evil Communists!" Needless to say, this installment features lots more explosions, knifings, and helicopters....Rambo: First Blood Part II is a completely different film from the previous installment, but thankfully it still manages to be fairly good. The film's script received the James Cameron treatment, which means a heck of a lot more action (and a naturally larger body count, considering that Rambo doesn't actually kill anyone in the first film). This time around, Rambo has two foes: the Vietnamese military and the Washington Bureaucrats. Part II is an overall brighter, happier film which has the audience completely behind Rambo, rooting for him to kill everything in his path. Director George Cosmatos (Cobra) comes up with plenty of unique action set-pieces and shots that make this film stand out from anything Chuck Norris was doing at the time. Part II would go one to be the most financially successful entry in the series, and firmly plant Rambo in the veins of pop culture (cue the toys, cartoon series, and lunch boxes). (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).

The original title was First Blood II, but Sylvester Stallone decided he wanted the series to be named after the lead character, just like the Rocky series. So he re-titled it "Rambo: First Blood Part II" so he could name the third film Rambo III instead of First Blood III.
In First Blood (1982), Col. Trautman's Green Beret flash is that of the Army's 5th Special Forces Group. In this movie and the sequel (Rambo III (1988)), he is shown wearing the flash of the 1st Special Operations Command, which means he was reassigned after the events of First Blood.
Rambo's stats, as given in the film: "Rambo, John J., born 7/6/47 Bowie, Arizona of Indian-German descent. Joined army 8/6/64. Accepted, Special Forces specialization, light weapons, cross-trained as medic. Helicopter and language qualified, 59 confirmed kills, two Silver Stars, four Bronze, four Purple Hearts, Distinguished Service Cross, Congressional Medal of Honor." (www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2)


"You're always going to be tearing away at yourself until you come to terms with what you are. Until you come full circle."
— Col. Trautman (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Rambo)


Rambo: First Blood Part II (also known as Rambo II or First Blood II) is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. It is the sequel to the 1982 film First Blood, and the second installment in the Rambo film series. Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing, thus enabling the government to sweep the issue under the rug....A year into his sentence, former commando John Rambo is visited by his old commander, Colonel Sam Trautman. With the war in Vietnam over, the public has become increasingly concerned over news that a small group of American POWs have been left in enemy custody. To placate their demands for action, the US government has authorized a solo infiltration mission to confirm the reports. As one of only three men suited for such work, Rambo agrees to undertake the operation in exchange for a pardon. He is taken to meet Marshal Murdock, a condescending bureaucrat in charge of overseeing the project. Rambo is temporarily reinstated into the army and told that he is only to photograph, not rescue the prisoners or engage enemy personnel....Returning to base with the POWs, Rambo, after using the helicopter's machine gun to destroy Murdock's office, confronts the terrified man with his knife demanding that Murdock rescue the remaining POWs. Trautman then comforts Rambo and tries to pacify him. An angry Rambo responds that he only wants his country to love its soldiers as much as its soldiers love it. The film credits roll as Rambo walks off into the distance while his mentor watches him. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo:_First_Blood_Part_II).
(www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/)


Wat dat betreft lijkt de film wel wat op Missing in Action van Chuck Norris (zie www.bulletproofaction.com/2015/07/04/movie-kumite-missing-in-action-vs-rambo-first-blood-part-ii/).

Rambo III is a 1988 American action film. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was in turn followed by Rambo in 2008, making it the last film in the series to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_III). Synopsis: Rambo hates money and technology. He likes monasteries and Afghanistan. He kills a bunch of people. A bunch of people try to kill him. In other words: Rambo fixes the Middle East (https://dearjesus.wordpress.com/category/whitney/).


Colonel Sam Trautman visits his old friend and ally John Rambo in Thailand. He explains that he is putting together a mercenary team for a CIA-sponsored mission to supply anti-Soviet fighters in Afghanistan. Despite being shown photos of civilians suffering at the hands of the Soviet military, Rambo refuses to join, as he is tired of fighting. Trautman proceeds anyway and is ambushed by enemy forces near the border, ..... Trautman is captured and ...interrogated by Soviet Colonel Zaysen and his henchman Kourov.....Skillfully evading base security, Rambo reaches Trautman just as he is about to be tortured with a flamethrower. He and Trautman rescue several other prisoners and hijack a Hind helicopter to escape the base. The helicopter is damaged during takeoff and quickly crashes, forcing the escapees to flee across the sand on foot. An attack chopper pursues Rambo and Trautman to a nearby cave, where Rambo destroys it with an explosive arrow. A furious Zaysen sends commandos under Kourov to kill them, but they are quickly routed and killed. An injured Kourov attacks Rambo with his bare hands, but is overcome and killed....Rambo and Trautman say goodbye to the Mujahideen and leave Afghanistan ....The original VHS release had in the end credits: "Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters", although this was later changed to "Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_III).


Rambo III: When Rambo's mentor Col. Trautman is captured by Russians during a secret mission to help Afghani rebels, Rambo takes it upon himself to save the day. He works hand-in-hand with the Mujahedeen (i.e. rebels) to essentially destroy the invading Russians. Did I mention that he rams a helicopter with a tank? (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).


Rambo III is the third installment in the Rambo saga. Sylvester Stallone returns in the 1988 sequel as John Rambo, the former Green Beret, who drops into Afghanistan during the Russian Occupation after his mentor Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) goes missing following a mission.
The 1988 sequel is an unusual movie in that its production was halted about two thirds into the shooting schedule of the film. Rambo III was originally scheduled to film almost entirely in Israel (with parts of the opening filmed in Thailand), and many scenes were filmed in Eilat (the southern most tip of Israel between Jordan and Egypt), using Israeli armorers. However, the spectacle of a major American movie being filmed in the Middle East created a lot of concern about terrorist attacks (to disrupt the production and "send a message to the U.S."). Before production could be completed, it is said that Israel revoked the production's permission to remain in the country (the rumored reason being security concerns and threats made to the American film crew). Not wishing for a multi-million dollar film to be scrapped, then California State Senator Pete Wilson (R) (a big proponent of the film industry in California and later Governor of the state), helped the production relocate back to Southern California and Arizona. The remaining shots were completed (including many insert shots) using the same talent, but utilizing areas around the American Western Desert, most notably Yuma, AZ for the final battle and Lone Pine, CA for 2nd unit photography. The sudden change from accurate Soviet weaponry (provided by the Israeli armorers) to the typical faux weaponry seen in many American movies, is explained by this sudden relocation back to the U.S.A. Thus, the appearance in the final battle of mocked up Browning M2 .50 cal Machine guns instead of real Soviet DShK 12.7mm MGs, etc. as Stembridge Gun Rentals took over the final shoot (back in the States). Most notably, the armored vehicles at the final battle changed from the authentic and original Soviet armored vehicles from the middle of the film, to the modified American tanks in the climatic final battlewww.imfdb.org/wiki/Rambo_III).




"Every day, your war machines lose ground to a bunch of poorly-armed, poorly-equipped freedom fighters. The fact is that you underestimated your competition. If you'd studied your history, you'd know that these people have never given up to anyone. They'd rather die than be slaves to an invading army. You can't defeat a people like that. We tried; we already had our Vietnam! Now you're gonna have yours."
―Colonel Sam Trautman to Colonel Zaysen. (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/Colonel_Sam_Trautman)

The 1990 Guinness World Records deemed Rambo III the most violent film ever made, with 221 acts of violence, at least 70 explosions, and over 108 characters killed on-screen.[citation needed] However, the body count of the fourth film in the series, Rambo, surpassed that record, with 236 kills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambo_III).


Heroes never die...they just reload. 
John Rambo's highest on-screen kill count of 83 in 2008's Rambo (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/Rambo_Wiki). Rambo has a total killcount so far of 220, not counting the 59 confirmed Vietnam kills (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo).

The 2008 film opens with newsreels of the 2007 crisis in Burma. Burma is under the iron fist rule of Than Shwe and takes harsher stances against the nation's pro-democracy movement. Rebels are thrown into a mine-infested marsh and then gunned down by the Tatmadaw, while the Burmese military officer Major Pa Tee Tint gazes grimly at the scene (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rambo).

 “You have one small area with peasants being overwhelmed by this brutal military force. They are picked out because they are Christians and Rambo is an atheist at this time and he had lost most of his humanity.....“Life is very cheap over there, you can get shot and nobody will ever find you. I didn’t worry about me but I really felt bad for the crew because I thought that’s how it would start, with the intimidation of the crew.
“And they did intimidate them. For a while we could not get any Burmese to work for us at all, until one man stepped up and it opened the floodgates.
“All you see in the movie is authentic - it’s real cannons, real amputees who had lost their legs in landmine accidents. “The man who started to show the other Burmese that they had to do it was the one playing the villain in the movie and actually, in real life, he is a rebel fighter.”
And Sly admitted that his desire to revisit both Rocky and Rambo was partly borne out of his dissatisfaction with the last instalments of both series. But he claims Rocky and Rambo are very different men. He said:“One is the ultimate optimist, Rocky, and then you have Rambo, the ultimate pessimist, the dark side, the real killer, the primitive side.
“Rambo has become more cynical. I have become more cynical as I have got older. Everything you were promised as a young person, it doesn’t really come true. Rambo thinks God has forsaken him, he feels people have forsaken him, so he lives in exile.
“But there is one ray of hope with these missionaries, who believe that people can be good.

“He doesn’t really believe in this but there is something about him that wants to protect this group. In doing that he is given a purpose and he is reborn.” (www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/film/696701/Sylvester-Stallone-John-Rambo-Speaks-to-The-Sun.html)


Rambo: This fourth, simply titled, sequel finds John Rambo living in modern-day Thailand, just miles away from Burma (er, Myanmar). He gets approached by some wide-eyed missionaries who need help getting into Burma to provide aid; after much prodding, he finally obliges and takes them up river. Of course, when these missionaries get captured by the Burmese military, it's up to Rambo and a team of rag-tag mercenaries to go in and save them ... Rambo III, which attempts to bring the series full circle, as Rambo must rescue his mentor Col. Trautman from the Russkies. He essentially partakes in his own private Charlie Wilson's War, helping the Afghani rebels win the war in the mountains. This entry, while heavy on the real-life influences, completely abandons any realism remaining from the last film and replaces it with total over-the-top fantasy. When Rambo isn't busy playing a crazy game of Grab the Goat, he's ramming a tank into a chopper... I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that the first time. I give credit to director Peter MacDonald and Sly for trying to make this third entry relevant, but sadly it's the weakest of the bunch....Rambo is a grueling film to watch. Plotwise, it barely follows the normal rising action-climax-conclusion set up, and instead opts for a series of events that slowly build at a 45 degree angle to a 20-minute finale. It's like a fireworks display, at first slow and tedious but eventually going out with a barrage of hundreds of explosions. Of course, it takes a patient, forgiving, viewer to get to that awesome finale. You must endure plenty of terrible dialogue (like this exchange: Rambo: "No, what you're trying to do is change what is." Sarah: "And what is?" Rambo: "Go home."). You have to sit through countless scenes of people trying to convince Rambo to do something, anything. And you have to experience a group of James Cameron-esque mercenaries, complete with nicknames like "Schoolboy." But boy, once this film starts rolling (about the time they reach the military camp) it doesn't stop until the credits roll...The action scenes are especially intense, with quick cuts so fast you'll feel overwhelmed by the sheer violence taking place before you. It's not a film for everyone, and its extreme, nihilistic cynicism about the way the world works can be a little heavy-handed at times; and yet I find myself fairly forgiving of this film's missteps, because the Rambo series has never been about subtly. This is a dark, serious entry that plays out like an '80s film jaded by today's pessimistic and disillusioned view of society.
Ultimately, the strangest aspect of this film is its stance towards Burma. Stallone is passionate about helping those oppressed people (who have been embroiled in the longest civil war in the history of the world), and yet his message in the film seems to be one of hopelessness. "F*** the world,""Nothing we can do,""When you're pushed, killing's as easy as breathing." Yeah, that sounds pretty negative. Of course, the film, and its best quote ("Live for nothing, die for something"), has actually gone on to inspire the Burmese citizens and freedom fighters, so perhaps Stallone knows something I don't (www.dvdverdict.com/printer/rambocomplete.php).


Rambo appears behind the soldier using the mounted machine gun and decapitates him with his blade. He then grabs the gun and blasts the soldier in the front seat, splattering his body everywhere. Rambo then proceeds to open fire on the other soldiers, graphically blasting them in half and sending their body parts flying in the air.......Next, we see Rambo walking down a highway, wearing his green army jacket and carrying a bundle over his shoulder. Rambo makes his way to a mailbox which has “R. Rambo” written on it. The film ends with Rambo, looking back at the road from which he came, and then finally walking back to his home (www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/rambo.html).
Sylvester Stallone Announces ‘Rambo 5’ Title: Sylvester Stallone has finally announced the title for the fifth (and seemingly final) “Rambo” movie, “Rambo: Last Blood.”
Since 2008, he’s talked about both retiring the character (who first appeared in David Morrell’s 1972 novel “First Blood”) for good and bringing him back for a last hurrah. Stallone apparently decided on the latter as he’ll be writing and directing and “Rambo: Last Blood,” in addition to starring in the film (http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sylvester-stallone-announces-rambo-5-title-1201391812/).

Het zou dus over een alien kunnen gaan (of is dat een hoax?), mij lijkt de strijd thuis in Amerika veel interessanter.



Na deel Vietnam, Afghanistan en Birma, zou je ook kunnen verwachten dat Rambo opduikt in Syrië.
Zouden dan ISISstrijders in de film meedoen: Rambo is set to fight ISIS in the next and last Rambo movie “Last Stand”, and that his production team is already scouting for locations in ‘ISIS strongholds’ in Syria and Iraq. Unfortunately, the rumors were denied quickly by a representative for Stallone....I actually thought of one where Rambo would be in Lebanon on vacation with an old friend before she gets kidnapped somewhere in the Bekaa by ISIS and then he has to go free her from inside Syria or Iraq. He seeks help from his newly made Lebanese and Syrian friends and goes on to battle ISIS from Syria to Iraq.
Anyway the good news is that “Last Stand” still might exist, the bad news is that it won’t be Rambo taking down ISIS (http://blogbaladi.com/isis-relieved-after-rambo-denied-plans-to-fight-them/).

Van Rambo is een computerspelletje van (zie: www.rambolastblood.com/). Although his country is much more supportive of veterans now, John Rambo still is a very traumatized man, and coming home to support will not change the fact that he can't live with himself due to the horrible things he has done or witnessed during in the past. If another film is made, this will likely be the central focus of the film, as Sylvester Stallone says that he would like to take the franchise in a different direction and see the character "go out in a blaze of glory", although he has said that there likely will not be another film (http://rambo.wikia.com/wiki/John_Rambo).


Er zijn ook computerspelletjes van, zoals Rambo Vegas Mobile slot machine en schietspelletjes:


En  na al deze 'serieuze' filminfo, toch ook even wijzen op de satirische variant: UHF

UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring ... Yankovic and Levey wrote the film after Yankovic's second studio album, looking to apply the musician's parody and comedy to film, and chose the approach of George being a straight man with a vivid imagination to support the inclusion of parodies within the film...
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_(film)) (www.gifbin.com/982585) Yankovic dons a muscle-bound rubber torso for an extended Rambo fantasy/parody wherein he rents a helicopter from a booth worker to save Stanley Spadowski (Michael Richards). Although played by a non-speaking extra in the film, the booth worker role was set to be played by Rambo himself, Sylvester Stallone, who agreed to appear for the cameo. Scheduling conflicts, unfortunately, prevented Weird Al and Rambo from appearing onscreen together (www.ifc.com/shows/comedy-bang-bang/blog/2015/09/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-uhf). (youtube)
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Na deze wellicht iets te uitgebreide uiteenzetting van een iconisch cultfiguur, actieheld en stijlfiguur, nu dan toch maar eens terugkeren naar het hoofdthema: bier.



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Canned 500ml. -Brought by a friend from Rwanda. Yellow/golden coloured, small white head, alcohol and glue in the nose. Sweet overripe fruits, alcohol and glue with warming alcoholic finish. Also notes of medicine alcohol (www.ratebeer.com/beer/rambo-original-95/284341/).

Welcome to Rambo Maria, the perfect selectoin of drinks and snacks in Africa. We have an amazing range of products specifically developed for the African consumer. For this reason we have a strategic niche which we would like to develop further with your company, in your market.
From soft, hard and energy drinks to milk, glucose, cream biscuits and many more. Be sure to get the best product deals by contacting us.
Our services to the African market for food and drinks are highlighted by mentioning only a few of the very successful products.
Let's work together for a mutually beneficial relationship (www.rambomaria.com/index.php).

RAMBO MARIA
For Men of Action
We are an international trading company specializing in products for the African market.
We have offices in Europe, Dubai and East Africa.
Our range of products are mostly fast moving consumer goods which are designed to be of good quality but very reasonable priced.
Our core mission is therefore to make the products as price competitive as possible
(www.rambomaria.com/about.php#)




RBC Rambo Rootbeer(Non-Alcoholic)
August 25, 2015/in Non-Alcoholic, Rootbeer Non-Alcoholic, On Tap /by Seth Rivard
Smooth and creamy rootbeer with hints of vanilla and honey! Our hand crafted rootbeer is brewed on site using our brewhouse and cellar tanks!! We used Michigan Beet sugar as the base for our sweetener, but enhanced it with local honey! Our source of honey was  produced by local Rockford bees that spend the year pollinating along the Rogue River State Game Area just north of town!
(http://rockfordbrewing.com/beers/rbc-rambo-rootbeer-non-alcoholic/)

Rockford Brewing Company (RBC) opened for business in 2012 by its founding partners, Jeff Sheehan and Seth Rivard. Although relatively new as a company, RBC’s team has over 15 years of previous professional brewing and business experience. RBC specializes in traditional and inventive beers that focus on Michigan agriculture. The brewery is located in historic downtown Rockford, MI and is situated adjacent to Michigan’s Frederick Meijer White Pine Trail State Park and among the rolling hills of the beautiful Rogue River Valley (http://rockfordbrewing.com/about/).


Meusel-Bräu Dreuschendorf.
Und da ganz besonders zu empfehlen: der erste „Weisse-Rauch-Märzenbock“.
Auf dem Etikett steht „Rambo No1!“ Herrlich in der Farbe, nicht süß. 6,3%.
Habe leider nur eine Flasche von einem Freund bekommen, aber das muß ich nochmal testen! Super Geschmack! (www.blog-ums-bier.de/2008/02/rambo-no-1/)

Die Brauerei Meusel ist eine Brauerei im oberfränkischen Dreuschendorf (Gemeinde Buttenheim). Mit einem Ausstoß von 10.000 Hektolitern pro Jahr gehört die Brauerei zu den größten im Landkreis Bamberg. Die Brauerei wurde 1579 gegründet und befindet sich seit 1929 im Besitz der Familie Meusel. Die Getränke werden nur im Heimservice verkauft (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauerei_Meusel).

Rambo Ale
Back Yard Rough Brewery
Homebrew, Red Ale - American Amber / Red
(https://untappd.com/b/back-yard-rough-brewery-rambo-ale/133881)

The Backyard Brewery is an experimental workshop within the Falkenberg Brewery (traditionally famous for brewing Falcon). A place where our skilled brewers can live out their passion, curiosity and creativity. The Backyard Brewery brews craft inspired beers, not too niche or challenging; but rather good, balanced beers with attitude. Any such brew is called a Backyard Brew. Because it is what it is – a brew developed and crafted in the Backyard of the Falkenberg Brewery (www.backyardbrew.se/about-the-backyard-brewery-2/). Al twijfel ik een beetje of dit de juiste brouwerij zal zijn.

Van Rambo kan ik geen afbeeldingen met bier vinden, maar  wel van Stalone: