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‘Rambo’ author David Morrell ashamed to be associated with Sylvester Stallone movie ‘Last Blood’
New York Daily News ^ | Sep 21, 2019 | 10:59 PM | Storm Gifford

Posted on 09/22/2019 5:52:03 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The novelist behind the “Rambo” series is waging war — against his own creation.

Author David Morrell, who breathed life into Vietnam War vet and one-man wrecking crew John Rambo in his 1972 novel “First Blood,” is the latest critic to badmouth Sylvester Stallone’s newest film.

“I agree with these ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ reviews. This film is a mess, tweeted Morrell on Friday. “Embarrassed to have my name associated with it.”

Morrell stated he had initially been involved in the creation of “Last Blood,” which was to show a more impassioned Rambo; instead, Matthew Cirulnick completed the gory screenplay.

“I felt degraded and dehumanized after I left the theater,” the 76-year-old, Canadian-born writer told Newsweek. “Instead of being soulful, this new movie lacks one. I felt I was less a human being for having seen it, and today that’s an unfortunate message.” …

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aliens; cartels; lastblood; mexico; morrell; movie; rambo; rambolastblood; tds
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To: rellimpank

Great review...thanks.


41 posted on 09/22/2019 8:03:34 AM PDT by moovova
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To: GingisK

You remind me of a liberal. If you don’t like someone’s opinion you want them ostracized. Good job, First Amendment proponent
Hope you are not referring to me. I never called for Morrell to be ostracized, but to abandon his hypocrisy. If he repels people as a result of his viewpoints, that is on him, but I would never want him silenced.
42 posted on 09/22/2019 8:18:50 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: rintintin

Ooh. Think Kelly McGillis can play a straight woman again?


43 posted on 09/22/2019 8:20:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
“I felt I was less a human being for having seen it, and today that’s an unfortunate message.” …”

Didn't think of walking out and tackling some projects around the house Mr. Drama Queen?

44 posted on 09/22/2019 8:21:35 AM PDT by Vision (Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped.)
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To: Olog-hai

45 posted on 09/22/2019 8:21:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai
Shouldn't it be Rambx?
46 posted on 09/22/2019 8:26:14 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: real saxophonist
Remember Frank Stallone having hits during the early 80s? Far From Over (from the movie Staying Alive, the 1983 sequel to Saturday Night Fever) hit #10.
47 posted on 09/22/2019 8:31:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: NorseViking

On the other hand I really like the movie. All the bad guys get slaughtered. Justice is obtained and the true character of members of human traficking cartels is put on display. We need to add another 20’ to the heights of the wall being built and about 50,000 troops on the border with machine gun towers, patrol drones, and rapid response agents.

And the people of Mexico are not generally portrayed as badd. There will probably be a follow on movie to this because hes not dead. and there is a potential journalist in jeopardy still in Mexico.

it qualifies as a period Film that refers to the period before Donald Trump was president. The bush,clinton and obama era border policy.


48 posted on 09/22/2019 8:33:42 AM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (Imho)
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To: super7man

The Expendables.


49 posted on 09/22/2019 8:39:35 AM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: MIA_eccl1212

Let’s say apart from the short entry sequence everyone in the movie but Rambo is Mexican. It has exactly 3 decent Mexicans out of hundreds of them in the movie:)


50 posted on 09/22/2019 8:45:47 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Olog-hai
Sylvester Stallone buys his brother Frank a very special gift here at Norman's Rare Guitars
51 posted on 09/22/2019 8:46:00 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: central_va

Hope Disney/Marvel doesn’t get the rights next; don’t want to see John Rambo getting dosed with gamma rays and turn into Hulked-Out Rambo.


52 posted on 09/22/2019 8:46:42 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: FrdmLvr

But of course they didn’t used to be. Well I guess IT didn’t used to be. The first Rambo movie, the one based on the book, was NOT a blood and guts action movie. It was actually a pretty thoughtful movie about how crappy we treated Viet Nam vets. Then came the sequel and the series became about explosions and stupid stuff. Most series go off the rails and lose their vision, but Rambo did it QUICK.


53 posted on 09/22/2019 9:04:06 AM PDT by discostu (I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
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To: discostu

Hence the parody I posted from “Hot Shots”.


54 posted on 09/22/2019 9:05:56 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Olog-hai

Morrell should do the world a favor and kill himself.


55 posted on 09/22/2019 9:34:50 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: NorseViking

It was a pretty accurate portrayal of Mexicans in my book. I am sorry you were triggered.


56 posted on 09/22/2019 9:36:09 AM PDT by ohioman
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57 posted on 09/22/2019 9:48:58 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Olog-hai

He is so upset he is going to give away any residuals he gets from the box office and DVD or streaming royalties, right??


58 posted on 09/22/2019 10:29:24 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Stallone is a gun grabber


59 posted on 09/22/2019 11:19:05 AM PDT by Tymesup
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To: MIA_eccl1212

Maybe but it still wasn’t fair to portray orcs that way. All of the orcs Ive known were far kinder gentler humanoids.


60 posted on 09/22/2019 2:00:31 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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