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Rambo: First Blood vs First Blood Part II

Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:06 pm
Posted by thegreatone
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
112 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:06 pm
So I'm rewatching the Rambo movies and thought I'd ask this question: Of the first two movies, which do you think is the better movie?

I asked this to some friends last night and immediately started an argument.

I think that the first movie has a better plot/storyline, while the second movie has more action.

What say you?
Posted by yakamein
Duluth, Michigan
Member since Sep 2011
277 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:12 pm to
I prefer the original...
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:19 pm to
Part II

"you no forget me Rambo?"
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"No..."

"You no espendable"

Arrow blowing up commie = win
Wall of Mud Throat Slash = win
Bathing in the waters of Lake Minatonka only to be reborn with an M-16 = win
Chicken blood trail = win

"I'm comin' for YOU!" :fistclenchmicsmashtoface: = win

girl necklace turning man into killing machine = win

Stallone killing Reds while Reagan was president = win

Blowing up on coming boat with rocket launcher only to barely escape the boat he just stabbed playfully in the hull with his knife just before gutting a commie lying in wait on a hidden bunk = win

Stallone oiled up sharpening knife on low lighting to man music = no-homo win
This post was edited on 10/15/11 at 12:25 pm
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27129 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:24 pm to
First Blood
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:27 pm to
Dangling snake choke as symbolic sign of phalic domination = win

hot asian chick vs. No chick at all in First Blood = obvious Rambo II domination

Posted by askaboutp
Prairieville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
352 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:28 pm to
Rambo first blood is def the better movie but first blood part 2 is the one I find myself rewatching the most

I've always wondered how much of first blood part 2's screenplay written by James Cameron was changed by Sylvester Stallone when he rewrote it...how much better could part 2 have been if it was camerons
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:29 pm to
First Blood is a real movie about the after-effects of the Vietnam war...socio-economic situations, how society wanted to move on and forget and how disposable the marginalized people are in mainstream society. The country was still lost and Stallone portrayed that broken-compass confusion perfectly. It has real heart to the story like the original Rocky and the acting and small dialogue matter...like Rourke did recently in The Wrestler. The plot in First Blood could and probably did and probably still does happen in small jerk-water towns across America. The sheriff and the law pushing people around they don't like.

Part II was a Chuck Norris flick.
Posted by thegreatone
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
112 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:29 pm to
But First Blood has an epic story of a vet who is hated by the country he fought for and has to learn to deal with. Win.
Posted by Kingwood Tiger
Katy, TX
Member since Jul 2005
14162 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:34 pm to
First Blood.......I'm just waiting on the Hollywood remake, it will be epic
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:38 pm to
Part II has a Russian hovering in a combat chopper falling for the ole' special forces "playing opossum in a crashed chopper whilst holding a loaded rocket launcher" trick.

This taught all Americans a life lesson...all commits are Retards. Thus paving the way for Rocky IV and the end of the Cold War.

= win
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92902 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

The plot in First Blood could and probably did and probably still does happen


Somehow I doubt this!
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:43 pm to
You don't think small town Sheriff's push vagabonds and today's homeless out of towns?

Hell, Portland Oregon puts them all on a bus with a ticket and ships them to San Fransciso!
Posted by la_birdman
Northern GA via Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2005
31930 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:49 pm to
Both are good but I like the original more.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:50 pm to
I've yet to see anyone trump my points supporting Rambo II. As a result, please edit all above First Blood support posts so they agree with my conclusions. Thanks and you're welcome.
Posted by thegreatone
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
112 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 12:56 pm to
I
quote:

I've yet to see anyone trump my pointssupporting Rambo II. As a result, please edit allabove First Blood support posts so they agreewith my conclusions. Thanks and you're welcome.


I think that him taking down all those people in First Blood without killing them is just as impressive as him killing a bunch of Commies.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 1:10 pm to
quote:

I think that him taking down all those people in First Blood without killing them is just as impressive as him killing a bunch of Commies.


this opinion is for gays
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 1:12 pm to
Killing faceless-nameless Asians does not equal defeating ROTC dudes from the Great Northwest.
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60101 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

Killing faceless-nameless Asians/Russians




They had a name. Perhaps you missed it...

Posted by thegreatone
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
112 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 1:34 pm to
quote:

Killing faceless-nameless Asians does not equaldefeating ROTC dudes from the Great Northwest.


This
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
34869 posts
Posted on 10/15/11 at 2:08 pm to
quote:

Rambo first blood is def the better movie but first blood part 2 is the one I find myself rewatching the most

I've always wondered how much of first blood part 2's screenplay written by James Cameron was changed by Sylvester Stallone when he rewrote it...how much better could part 2 have been if it was camerons


I'm not sure it was that much better. cameron was still trying to find his groove back then. Remember, he wrote Piranha 2 around that time.

I think I remember reading an interview somewhere about it and Stallone saying he liked the basic premise, but it was too liberal for what he felt the character was. basically, it didn't fit Stallone's political philosophy. So he changed the message, but kept the plot.

But I can't remember where I saw the interview, maybe it was on the Actor's Studio or something like that.
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