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198 - Rambo: First Blood (feat. Andrew Law)
🕑 Added 2025-07-16 06:30:01 +0000 UTCAndrew Law (Boonta Vista) and the lads make for the Pacific Northwest and set up little traps in the woods as they cover Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 debut of Rambo: First Blood. Topics include the joys of practical stunts, the brilliance of Brian Dennehy, and the reactionary politics at the center of both the film and the Italian Stallion himself: Sylvester Stallone.
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Media Referenced in the Episode:
First Blood. Dir. Ted Kotcheff. 1982.
First Blood by David Morrell. Rowman & Littlefield, 1972
My First Thriller: David Morrell by Rick Pullen. Crime Reads. August 12th, 2020.
"'Rambo' in the Garden: The POW Film as Pastoral" by Paul Budra. Literature/Film Quarterly, vol 18, no. 3
TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com
Interstitial: “Rambo: Last Blood Part II” // Written by A.J. Ditty // Feat. A.J. Ditty as “Sly/Sico”
Comments
TheBannerofHomuraAkemi
I actually enjoyed the book.
Josh James
Coming in late. I bought the propaganda big time after 9/11. Mistakes were made.
Noblesse Oblahaj
They just don't villainize cops like they used to. Damn shame
