Category Archives: Rambo Week

Note: Please play the track below as you read this entry: http://media.imeem.com/m/1NYHC5JTUS/aus=false/ I decided to take a day off to reflect on this manly week of everything Rambo, something I did whilst perched atop the highest tree in my backyard, … Continue reading →

I want to go see Rambo again already. Since I probably won’t do that for another day or two, I’m satisfying my urge by reading up on the film’s production. This has probably been around for a bit, but here’s … Continue reading →

Turns out they do make ‘em like they used to. Incredible, brutal action flick that flew forth through some sort of wild late-eighties wormhole into a world where, surely, there is no MPAA. And get this, it’s not some ironic … Continue reading →

The original Rambo trilogy has, like a very fine wine, aged with grace while retaining a mammoth’s powerful gait. I know this for a fact because I just marathoned all three. Like any good film series, each subsequent chapter ramps … Continue reading →

I can’t imagine what the world would be like now had First Blood parts one and two been produced and released as a single film. I don’t think I want to know, because I probably wouldn’t be able to sit … Continue reading →

Wow, it had been at least a decade since I last watched First Blood, the riveting account of John Rambo, drifting ex-soldier, shaken up in a small town by a cop that just wouldn’t stop pushin’. It’s never a wonder … Continue reading →

Taking a cue from John Rambo himself, Netflix decided not to send me a notification that my movie had shipped. From woes to WHOAS is how my facial expression transformed. As I stood with my back to the street, no … Continue reading →

Well, it looks like the Blu-ray of First Blood won’t make it here from Netflix before Rambo hits theaters (have you been keeping your eye on the countdown?). That’s too bad, I wanted to document a marathon for Rambo Week! … Continue reading →

That is, to say, these exciting RAMBO action figures! I was discussing matters toy-related with one Mister Shieh the other day; marveling at the halcyon days when R-rated properties and the cartoons thereof were marketed to children. It was truly … Continue reading →

“Well, if it isn’t my old friend Rambo”“You don’t have any friends!”