RAMBO: First Blood - What’s the Difference? 

Or rocky or creed.

Or Spy Kids 3

Or all films he did

He's won a Golden Globe and been nominated for Two Oscars... Dude can act.

Imagine being capable of acting with his facial problems, that must be damn difficult.

Chad L who said badasses can have big hearts?

Its a long road.....

When you're on your own...

The ending monologue makes the movie

Every time I cry when he breaks down

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Dave R you just don’t turn it off!!

NOTHING!!! *you forgot that part, just wanted to slide that in. 😁

Just you don't turn it off!

Back there, I could fly a gunship. I could drive a tank. I was in charge of $1,000,000 equipment! Back here, I can't even hold a job parking cars!

They mention Teasles past in this breakdown but it is very much a part of the story in the book. In the movie Teasle comes across more like an embittered Vietnam vet than a Korean war vet. I like both but truthfully the book is much more honest, accurate and realistic just not as "convenient" as the movie was.

My biggest takeaway from the book was, if Rambo and Teasle had just talked to each other, maybe everything that happened wouldn't have had to. At the end of the day, it's just a story of two people who refuse to give ground

It was just one Sheriff too many that had done the same exact thing to him. He intentionally sets out to commit violence in the novel. And the forest scene is much more brutal as he kills all the deputies. Only to be put down by Trautman which is a deleted scene and alternate ending of the movie. Except in the novel, Trautman hunts him down and kills him, he doesn't shoot him because Rambo begs him to.

@@cactusmalone They do that with every summary, just the smug way this channel does things. Same with how CinemaSins acts like he has a hot rod up his ass.

Idk. I hate Teasle in the book and movie. In the book he hassled Rambo for no reason

OnlyRoke he killed those puppies 😢

Leo Peridot this movie was literally 40 years before trump, god what is your peoples obsession with trump being the ultimate hitler bad guy. Stop with the ORANGE MAN BAD shit and look at things objectively. If you honestly believe that modern people would support police shooting at an unarmed person, regardless of race, then you are part of whats dividing this country and part of the problem.

@Leo Peridot you're a jackass

macsikar Mackay did they shoot the soccer player or him? Also any idea why he did it? If its a similar situation to rambo thats a lottle bit badass, if not then thats horrible

S if you seriously think that then maybe you should go research Hitler

It's true, if he had something to eat none of this would have ever happened.

Me in real life.

"it's just a prank bro"

Ain't nothing funny about it.

''They drew first blood. Not me.'' Is the quote. The part about the ''something to eat'' happened earlier in the conversation.

wow.too bad they sold the rights to the replica knives to Hollywood collectible.jimmy lile estate and gil hibben don't see a Penney now for the knives they designed.Hollywood Collectible owns the rambo knife merch.anyway.stallone can't even put the name rambo on a knife.i think it has to be under a title.like LAST BLOOD.it can't say rambo on it I guess

I know George Lucas had a clause like that too.studios weren't hip to merchandise.he had the foresight to do that and knew nerds well enough to know they'd be all over merch.if it was a bit succesful

Even I as a kid had a small toy Rambo kit, with plastic knife and something else. 10 or 12 years after the first movie

I had that little "jade" charm. Mine came in a little plastic Rambo bow and arrow set with the plastic knife and I also had both Rambo figures from First Blood One and the no-shirt Rambo from Part Two. The part one Rambo came with the outfit from the movie and with the M60 and a little knife and the other Rambo doll came with the bow, a little knife and a plastic RPG that fired a little plastic rocket tied to a string. This was right after James Cameron did Part Two. A year or two later, the cartoon came out and even more toys. I'm sure Morrell made a pretty penny.

Best line in the movie is " I could've killed them all, I could've killed you... In town your the law, out here it's me... let it go, let it go..."

+FrankLightheart True, but only because Rambo was portrayed as a "good guy". In the book he doesn't seem to come out like a "good guy", more like a maniac torn apart by war. As a movie the new ending works but as a statement it doesn't, the point of the book was more to show what human can become if you program them for one thing only and that is killing in order to survive a war zone. Or something like that i guess.

mustekkala Just goes to show that changing the medium the story is told on really can change the context of that story.

It really only adds something to the movie. It would have been extremely anticlimactic in the book.

AJ Lindberg Yeah, that ending speech Stallone gives at the end really sticks with me. I remember it more than the actual action scenes.

+FrankLightheart Also keep in mind that ten years had passed from the time the book was published to when the film was made. Society had a drastic change in those ten years and the story changed to reflect that. Had the book been written in the 80s we might have seen a Rambo that is closer to the movie version. I agree that Stallone gave a good performance during the breakdown scene.

I was born in 74.. I watched this movie when it was on TV one year in the early 80s. It was my first glimpse about anything that is "Nam". So was the second movie, Rambo 2. At an early age I saw what you guys went through and also went through when you returned to home. It made war and its life after much more complicated that I was more aware of back then. Thank you for your service. Welcome home.

Thank You for your service, Sir. A VERY belated Welcome Home to you!!

yes thank you for your service & Court we can easily watch videos and read books and try to understand what they went through i was born in 78 so i don't remember jack shit from the 70's. but we will never get what those guys went through over there or any other war because we weren't there. it's a shame that vets find it hard to express and talk about the shit they saw over there at least with other vets but than the shit they saw it's no doubt really hard to put to words even to themselves. i find it amazing that when none of them don't come back with PTSD or whatever they call it now a miracle. a friend of mine was telling me he talking to a vet once i think he was a family member or a friend of his i forget which, and he asked him about shit he'd seen well to prove a point to him how bad it was he told him a little bit and my friend pretty much went white in the face & said okay you can stop now. or he asked his father i forget as it's been quite awhile since he last told me this story. my point is they went through a lot of bad shit over there. & it really is nice that they take that shit serious now compared to back than and vets can get help if they are able to. i dunno how to phrase it but you get my point

Thank you for your service! 💜🖤❤️

Sorry about all the shit you went through. I'm glad you and others were able to return home.

Is That How John Rambo Got His Name From?

He was named after 19th Century French poet Arthur Rimbaud.

You are right-@Conor Dowd. Rambo is an apple.

But Rambo is swedish...

The author said he was trying to come up with a name for his character when he came across the name Rambo from apples, it rolled off the tongue good enough

Frankly, that was good judgement on your teacher's part. Not all 10-year-olds can handle adult themes like that, and she returned the book after deferring to your old man.

THE BOOK IS AWESOME.

lol, i remember in i guess 1978, i was 11, and had a copy of star wars, of which i had covered with paper and written "wind in the willows" on it !

f that teacher man, you go and read what ya like 👊

Heck! When I was in elementary school in the late '80s (I would have been eight in 1988), I had a teacher take away a 1970s Old Dominion marine biology textbook that my mom gave me just because it was abnormal to have such nerdy interests. I think all authority is on a power trip just like in First Blood. The earlier in life we learn not to trust authority, the better.

I totally agree,like that part where he's in the army truck is not funny but still funny

What about the scene where Rambo rams another truck off the road? If my memory serves me correctly it looked like a fatal incident to me

I love when he pushes the guy out the truck.

He sent at least 20 7.62mm M60 rounds through the roof into the Sheriff 😂 . That would have actually shredded his Arms and legs clean Off.

​@@jeromea1659Exactly, not to mention he crashes through glass, falling 10' to the floor, landing on his back, then lays there unattended for 10 minutes but somehow survives...I love the movie but I always questioned that scene, even as a kid

+Maxime Boileau Like what?

+Ryder Draconis Batman comes to mind

Tiddly Winks He doesn't kill....

Ryder Draconis in BvS he kills quite a few people straight up Like, not indirectly or by accident. He blows them up, crushes them with his badass Batmobile, etc. I love Batfleck but they did indeed make him into a killer

+Tiddly Winks Batman killed people in the comics too ya know -_-

After the movie, they actually did a story on Arthur John Rambo who died in Vietnam. I remember them interviewing his company commander who said a character like Rambo in the movie would have cost many American soldiers lives if he existed in Vietnam.

Silver Star Citation Silver Star Awarded posthumously for actions during the Vietnam War The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918 (amended by an act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Sergeant Arthur John Rambo, United States Army, for gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force on 26 November 1969 while serving as an artilleryman with the Howitzer Battery, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, in the Republic of Vietnam. On this date he was located at the squadron command post when it suddenly came under an intense mortar and ground attack from a North Vietnamese Army force. In the initial moments of the firefight, a rocket propelled grenade slammed into a cargo vehicle next to him, and the vehicle erupted n explosions and fire. Sergeant Rambo immediately began alerting the personnel in the area and directing them away from the area. He then crawled to the fiercely burning vehicle and attempted to drive it out of the area. Suddenly another grenade hit the vehicle and he was thrown to the ground. Undaunted, he crawled to a self-propelled howitzer and started the engine. As he began driving out of the area, the vehicle was hit by yet another rocket propelled grenade and he was fatally injured in the ensuing fire and explosions. Sergeant Rambo's heroic actions were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army. General Orders: Headquarters, II Field Force Vietnam, General Orders No. 4896 (December 23, 1969) Action Date: November 26, 1969 Service: Army Rank: Sergeant

More like an eventuality given the number of soldiers.

Rambo was loosely based on Audie Murphy- the most decorated soldier in U.S. military history. Murphy was a WWII vet who, while wounded, took out a whole squad of Elite German Stormtroopers, and commandeered a German Sturmgeshultz battle tank. I think he was in a film about his experience in the war called " TO HELL AND BACK!" He later did a few Intelligence missions during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. And plus Morrell might have gotten inspiration from a soldier in the war named "ARTHUR JOHN RAMBO".

@@ramonantoniodejuanbennett6239 Audie Murphy, not Audrey.

Sorry to hear that Otis.

Aside from some minor nerve damage he's now a very active 68 year old man.

Otis McNutt Glad to hear it!

Otis McNutt If it's not too rude of me to ask: how do you know what the cause of the cancer was?

weavehole we can't know 100% but seeing as other Vietnam Vets exposed to Agent Orange have had cancer it's a safe bet.

***** NOTHING!!!!!!!!

***** That´s what I tell my washing machine, when it break, and stop working.. :D Sorry for my english

You just don't turn it off. That's all!

IT WASN'T MY WAR!!!

You asked me, i didn't ask you!

Rambo 4 and 5 resemble the book character.

Yes but the execution of part two...

@@reckless20 It's childish to pretend there are no differences in character between people. Some people rise to the occasion under extremely dire circumstances , others show their dark , true nature. People are NOT all the same.

Truthfully, I wish someone would give the book another crack. It needn't be a "message" film either, just a straight up gritty thriller as the book is way more dark and violent. Almost like a horror film.

Yes it would but not in the context of a popcorn summer film

Brandon Hendrix like a Coen brothers adaption

George Havenhand Sure. If they can tap into that Blood Simple/No Country For Old Men vibe they'd do a pretty stellar job.

The guy who wrote the book apparently hates war vets or something

I really like the first scene though . Everything seems peaceful and serene . Children playing happily , a sunny day , a beautiful lake and then Rambo learns that his last brother in arms had died , he realizes that he is alone in the world and dies inside ; next scene a remote road entering the small town . Now everything is grey and depressive

Wrong, the Col. showed up to save Rambo. There was no "competition". The Col. only put Rambo out of his misery, following up on the foreshadowing of Orville killing his gut shot dog. And the Chief felt nothing but love for Rambo after shooting him in the chest.

I first read First Blood when I was 10 years old in 1988, I remember my teacher saw what I was reading in class and confiscated the book saying it was not appropriate for children. She later rang my father to see if he approved, my father having spent 9 years in the British army during that era told her that he did approve and he was glad I was reading it. My teacher gave the book back reluctantly and I finished reading it, I done my book report on it giving a presentation to my class. After the presentation all the other boys in my class wanted to read it next. The film is good but the book is way way better.

I have the book is better in my opinion.

+surearrow Agreed. The books ending would have been viewed as cliche to a movie audience.

ABU HAJAAR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU'RE HITTING US WITH ARROW CASINGS!

I would say that Full Metal Jacket (film) is also better than the books. By the last book, Joker has joined the North Vietnamese and actively kills US military personnel.

+22steve5150 Private Joker, what have you done to my beloved Corps?!

I'd argue that both Jurassic Park and Forrest Gump films are superior to their novel counterparts as well

Wyld staar thanks!!

Is Die Hard based on a book?

It is, and as far as I know its not even the first book in the series.

Breakdown? This is literally a recitation of the wikipedia article.

And less women were raped on set as a consequence (Natalie Wood)

He insisted Rambo that Rambo must die.

@@MagicAyrtonforever "Fewer" women

I'm glad that he wasn't, Richard Crenna was Awesome!

+notoriouswhitemoth Test audience, though you're right, but the movie would had gotten a negative backlash if shown to the actual audience. It likely that they had relatives who fought in the war

+notoriouswhitemoth i agree , it is but the change was still justifiable and had proper PTSD breakdown also. i do applaud the the goal the book was trying to reach , i also love the books ending , soldiers ending with honor.

+notoriouswhitemoth i never understood the whole test audience angle, why would you tailor your art for an audience. if you think about it isn't your original story the main reason you made the film?

Larnelle Chambers They to know how movie audience are going to react to the movie, know they what they like and don't like.

Yes, this is about grief, bug it's Rambos grief, detached from the audience. We as the audience should nor try to connect with a trauma victim, yet remain sympathetic to him. Another movie that illustrates this disconnect and ptsd is "the war at home". You should watch this movie as it involves the audience more in a family dealing with PTSD.

There's a definite undercurrent of "conversation not confrontation" in the novel

The movie and book are not anti veteran, they are anti war

Yes, combining the two endings would have been perfect.

Thanks Franco, this was actually episode 1 and we're on #5, check out the rest in our cinefix high playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PL1AXWu-gGX6KqZNxQzNA1vx1YlcZVaRQM

+CineFix Although throughout most of the novel the character is only referred to as Rambo. At one point Colonel Trautman asks Rambo, How you hanging in there Jonny? Which suggests but not confirms that the characters first name may either be John or Jonathan.

+CineFix Brilliant channel guys, loving your videos. Keep up the great work, look forward to future videos.

+Jeffrey Coogan could really just be a throw away nickname

VicciiPlaysStuff True.

Coming in 2050: "First Blood, but this time it's sadder yet more poignant".

Not all books NEED the be told 100% accurately. They're both different mediums, and don't always work taking from one to the other.

Coming to a theatre near you in 2025 first blood with jada Pinkett smith as GI Jane Rambo …..

No way a film with that many cops killed would get funded by any Hollywood studio

The book has so many of Rambo’s and Teasle’s thoughts, that’s hard to translate into a movie. I bet they would fuck it up.

PinkZeppelin6667 Thanks!

Everybody knows that.

Me too. I always preferred the movie over the book, because of Sylvester Stallone's sympathic role and iconic portrayal of the character.

awesome

No reason why Rambo shouldn't have killed the kid. Letting him go nearly got him killed. Its not like he'd never killed a teenager before. But yeah, the audience would've short-circuited because their self-righteous principles weren't followed.

The reason rambo even exist dumb fuck is to make people more aware of vets and what it is going on in their head. If he killed the kid because of reason you came up with while playing call of duty no one would feel bad for vets and want to help them they would instead be afraid of them and not help them.

@@rorschach1985ify hm.

From an objective point of view, killing the kid prevented the cops from finding him. The novel was to be seen as a very hyper representation of the disgruntled and disgraced war vet and as a Frankenstein the US was unwittingly creating. Despite that, I think the film addressed the subject better.

He doesn't kill a boy in the book.

NOTHING IS OVER !!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you!

+Enrique Valverde NOTHING!!!!!!!!

+john kelly "YOU JUST DON'T TURN IT OFF!!!!!!"

+Brother Malachai IT WASN'T MY WAR! YOU ASKED ME I DIDN'T ASK YOU!

TheSilentStorm OG Rocky is pretty great too.

no not at all. The point of the story is to make people feel bad for the character if he is killing people no one would think he is redeemable. Would you want to help the character from the book who literally was just gunning everyone down. I've read the book and I completely think the message is non existent in the book. I've never seen someone give a good reason why the killing should be in the movie its just edgy fucks who most likely would kill someone in real life.

Thanks Chris!

Agreed Chris! Keep them coming CineFix. This is the best video series I have seen in a long time.

It's like game testers. You hire people to see what they think of your movie and what you could improve.

@@abovethelaw4417 it means he seems insignificant but he's truly a fucking war machine.The novel absolutely destoys the movie,a true work of art.

MrDankstar YAY!

Hi!

Definitely! Gump was a jerk in the book.

@@southpaw2k1 A lot of movie characters in books were. Movies tend to make them more likeable.

Tyler Guerrero YAY!

MrMLGuel Thanks!

Maxx Simmons will do!

More will come!

***** yeah, that was all definitely part of the reason for sure.

I volunteer as a replacement actor for Rambo, but they'll have to wait a few years and ignore my Aussie accent.

i have another theory. it's called Rambo 2, 3, 4

They already did remake that version, "The Hunted" with Benicio Del Toro as the "Murderous Rambo" and Tommy Lee Jones as a "Granola Eating Trautman."

FUCK YOU NO MORE REBOOTS ASSHOLE!

Thanks Steven! We're doing it every other Wednesday so stay tuned! We also have film school'd and one other new deep-dive-into-stuff show coming soon!

I'll definitely check it out! You guys are definitely talented, and I find everything you guys upload entertaining!

Gábor Vajda Agreed. Both Rambo and Teasle in the book are extremely unlikable IMO and it was hard to like either of them.

Gábor Vajda Book and movie are just different, for me both are good.

Gábor Vajda jaws is the same imo

Blade Runner was better than the book.

I agree with you on “Jaws”

If you remember the book character is truly, truly tragic. He's not just another vet coming home. He's not only suffering from PTSD, he hears voices, he has substance abuse problems. He mentions he had repeatedly tried to go back into the Army after coming home. And is rejected. I enjoyed the movie but the book is much more honest and realistic. It also tells Teasles past in much greater detail. Making for the idea that some men come home, some men are brought home(KIA) and some come back but never make home. Peace!