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BabysArmHoldingApple

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No more absurd than people that follow where some HS kid is going to play sports
I was a teen and didn't understand it like an adult back then, but the whole issue of returning Vietnam vets seemed a lot grittier and darker in the 70s with this book, Rolling Thunder, the aftermath of My Lai, etc.

The first movie softened it. Then Rambo sort of became a "superhero" in the sequels with very little connection to the original feel of the book.

re: First Blood (novel)

Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple on 8/13/26 at 11:09 pm to
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trautman


Seemed to remember him being way more badass in the book than Richard Crenna was in the movie

re: First Blood (novel)

Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple on 8/13/26 at 1:48 pm to
Yes in the late 70s before the movie came out.

Very enjoyable book but a lot more intense/graphic than the movie...and of course did not have the any of the imagery from the movie that many folks associate with the story.

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Much higher death count. Both Rambo and Teasle die at the end
The orange slice commercial is not even remotely funny
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MAGA cult


The irony of certain posters continually repeating this phrase is stunning
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Do you think THAT many fans show up for their guys, or are they paid to be there?


I grew up there. Not much to do in Canton, so pretty much everything revolves around this weekend - parades, fashion shows, luncheons, music festivals, rib cook-offs.

You have friends, families and former teammates at the ceremony, plus the rabid fans that travel to see their "guy". But you also have people from the area that go just for the "event" even though they don't really have a particular player or team that they follow. There are also lots of people from the Chamber of Commerce, local industry sponsors, civic volunteers, etc. It adds up.
Lot's of great responses on here.

Another one that I haven't seen listed is James Honeyman-Scott.

Not sure if he is underrated ... perhaps more forgotten.
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Lafayette


The same handful of people show up at different times in the medians at Camellia Blvd and Kaliste Saloom. Its almost like shift work.
Sleestaks played by NBA’s Bill Laimbeer, David Greenwood and John Lambert
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loves Jesus and America too.


Feelings about Elvis?
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casting dispersions


Fir all intense and purposes
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Nancy Grace


Strange fixation
ATPM responsible for 50 years of self important journalists imagining themselves as cool, beautiful, crusading Robert Redford
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You are as bad a drama queen as Nancy Grace


But not wrong
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Dr Strangelove


DS was satire but Peter Sellers, George C Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens et al weren't mugging it up like Cruise and Goodman appear to be in that trailer. Not sure if it is going to be preachy - but if so, it will be a disaster.
Ok I’ll do some screen tapping thumb exercises to get ready for Thurs night
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pre-melt


No … more like laughing at myself. There was a brief moment in time when I was repeatedly hitting “refresh” to see if the good guys could prevail and save the country…
Finally leaked video from CIA/White Hat gun battle at German server installation.

re: RIP Randolph Mantooth

Posted by BabysArmHoldingApple on 7/10/26 at 9:54 pm to
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10 cc’s Ringer’s Lactate


I think you mean D5W