Guy Flicks

So nothing really substantive here on this entry...but I was flippin' through the channels last Sunday and good ole' Spike TV was showing a double dosage of Stallone in Rambo. First Blood, followed by First Blood pt. II. Obviously the '81 classic speaks for itself and Brian Dennehy learned some tough lessons in that film, but as I started watching the sequel (1985, same year as Rocky IV), it occurred to me that I hadn't seen this is quite a while and I completely forgot how much ass was kicked by Stallone in that film.

He gets betrayed by his corporeal commander back at the base and left for dead in a Vietnamese prison camp....which was a huge mistake, because Rambo loses it and just starts fucking people up left and right.

The whole thing just made me appreciate being a guy and loving these classic action hero movies that have such a profound impact on a young dude. I'll admit I didn't become Rambo, nor have I fought a Russian boxer nicknamed "The Siberian Express", nor have I fired a machine gun at a transparent alien in the jungles of south America, and I don't have any vale tudo fights in the Kumate. But I could have done all that if I wanted to, I just chose not to........I discovered beer in high school and that's that.