<description>&lt;p&gt;On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick and Raekwon sit down to discuss First Blood, a smart and criminally underlooked action film/thriller from 1982. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the process, they explore an interesting question: would we have been better off had we never gotten any Rambo sequels?Their conversation also covers the production history of the first Rambo movie, some insights into the alternate versions of the movie that we almost got back in the 70s, Rambo&amp;#39;s place in the history of mental health and the introduction of PTSD into the American lexicon, and the sequels that came out and tarnished this first flick&amp;#39;s reputation throughout the 80s up to today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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On this episode of Glaring Admissions, Nick and Raekwon sit down to discuss First Blood, a smart and criminally underlooked action film/thriller from 1982. In the process, they explore an interesting question: would we have been better off had we never gotten any Rambo sequels?Their conversation also covers the production history of the first Rambo movie, some insights into the alternate versions of the movie that we almost got back in the 70s, Rambo&#39;s place in the history of mental health and the introduction of PTSD into the American lexicon, and the sequels that came out and tarnished this first flick&#39;s reputation throughout the 80s up to today.

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First Blood: The tragedy of Rambo and the Sequels that Ruined him

First Blood: The tragedy of Rambo and the Sequels that Ruined him

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