Thirty-five years ago, Sylvester Stallone launched his OTHER legendary franchise character whose name starts with an R and contains five letters. It's been a long road, and if you're a male with an ounce of masculinity in your body, you've enjoyed watching a sullen Sly blow up everything in sight at some point in your life. Rambo wasn't supposed to get sequels. He wasn't supposed to become a symbol of Republican military might. He wasn't supposed to be a pop culture phenomenon. Well, those things happened anyway, and there wasn't a damn thing those redneck cops, the Vietnamese army, the Soviet army or the Burmese army could do about it.
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"First Blood"(1982)
I'll bet they all would have worn shirts with sleeves. I'll bet they all would have kept those shirts on. Veteran character actor Richard Crenna replaced an uncooperative Kirk Douglas during preproduction(Spartacus saw himself as the star) and is very good
"First Blood"
"Rambo: First Blood Part II"(1985)
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"Rambo III"(1988)
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"Rambo"(2008)
Reenergized by the success of "Rocky Balboa"
"First Blood"(1982)
I'll bet they all would have worn shirts with sleeves. I'll bet they all would have kept those shirts on. Veteran character actor Richard Crenna replaced an uncooperative Kirk Douglas during preproduction(Spartacus saw himself as the star) and is very good
"First Blood"
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| This is what 1980s iconography looks like. |
"Rambo: First Blood Part II"(1985)
"Rambo III"(1988)
"Rambo"(2008)
Reenergized by the success of "Rocky Balboa"
