tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post7626573379829132240..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: First BloodJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-29326359675843821922013-03-22T23:10:45.883-05:002013-03-22T23:10:45.883-05:00Thanks everyone for the comments.
Jack -- It had ...Thanks everyone for the comments.<br /><br />Jack -- It had been several years since I read First Blood, too. It made for a great re-read, so you'll definitely enjoy it if you find your copy. As for the film, I believe Stallone played the largest part in toning down Rambo's "kill machine" nature and making him more human.<br /><br />Tom -- I really enjoyed your comment, thanksJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-20366465284918683242013-03-22T18:52:20.794-05:002013-03-22T18:52:20.794-05:00You absolutely have to read Morrell's noveliza...You absolutely have to read Morrell's novelization of First Blood Part Two. Even if you only read the first ten pages. Morrell does more in those pages to make you feel for Rambo than any other author could as he recounts the events from the first novel. The change in relationship between Trautman and Rambo is a bit weird, because Morrell had to blend both versions for the movie book, but in Brian Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01233187184688491057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-32422683032030636062013-03-21T09:16:34.021-05:002013-03-21T09:16:34.021-05:00Teasle comes off as a somewhat sympathetic charact...Teasle comes off as a somewhat sympathetic character in the film, which I have attributed to Brian Dennehy, a great actor, but I have wondered how much of his portrayal came from the novel (which I have still never read). IIRC, the only person Movie Rambo kills is Jack Starrett, who is the film's real villain and "deserving" of his fate. I always thought that was a little phony, yetMarty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-75014482887902352252013-03-21T08:41:46.497-05:002013-03-21T08:41:46.497-05:00I totally agree agree with your comments, both on ...I totally agree agree with your comments, both on the book and movie. The novel was far superior to the film. I remember the movie critics condemning the movie at the time for too much violence, and for it's time maybe it was it. But certainly not by today's standards. I never knew any "rambos" in Vietnam. Nor any "killing machines", as the lone man snipper/killer was Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-76108048475165290232013-03-21T08:02:23.370-05:002013-03-21T08:02:23.370-05:00I read First Blood perhaps ten years ago, so my me...I read First Blood perhaps ten years ago, so my memories of it are a little hazy, but I agree that the story functions on an entirely different level than the film. I put some of this on the need to appeal to a more generalized movie-going audience, and perhaps even more on the general sea change in storytelling of this sort that takes place between the early 70's and early 80's. When theJack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.com