Yes I botched up the spelling on that, why? Because they aren’t legit words to begin with. Like “Pwned”-the word that annoys me more than anything… a typo gone astray.
This mornings topic is Rambo. John Rambo. The Green Beret, the most awesome person in the history of returning back from Nam with a huge chip on his shoulder and more ammo than …ummm… damn I should have had more coffee.
It all started when Jonathon and I were returning from getting groceries and it came on the radio: In a fight between Rambo and Rocky… (and then I pulled into the parking space). I repeated the question in case Jonathon didn’t hear, “Who would win in a fight between Rocky and Rambo?”
We looked at each other… nodded and said at the same time:
Me: “Rambo!”
Jonathon: “Rocky!”
>glare<
Me: “What are ya nuts? Rambo!”
Jonathon: “You’re the nut, Rocky! Rocky’s a boxer. He wins.”
It got me trying to remember in a hand to hand combat if Rambo had a lot of strength- sneak surprise, yes… artillery … yes…
I concluded he could hold his own.
I posted as my status the question and Rambo was favored:
Rick: you are correct. rocky has no chance. did you see the last Rambo? Those thugs on the boat? Rocky would be floating upside down with a big hole through his cerebrum.
(My mom) Rambo goes by his own rules. Remember the second Rambo movie? I LOVED the beginning!!! 
(he’s getting his gear ready)
Me: Ugh- he wants you to ask Papa, he thinks he’ll side with him.
(My mom) Okay, Papa says Rambo because there’s no way a boxer would be able to beat a green beret…but his first comment was “He’s the same guy!” So maybe that will help JP?
Me: No- Jonathon’s looking at character and not actor.
Me: Jonathon rolled his eyes and shook his head at all of us.
So that brought me to my second match… Terminator vs. Rambo. Jonathon went with Terminator and I stuck with my Green Beret. The response was mixed but by a slight margin Rambo won again.
I posed the third and final (which Jonathon has never seen- so he’s going with Rambo)
Me: I think Commando vs. Rambo would be awesome too- and more closely fitted.
Opinions other than too much time on our hands for a weekend?
The Rocky vs. Rambo question puts me in mind of something that happened when Rocky (the first movie) was popular. There were TV news reports about a down-on-its-luck married couple who had been so inspired by the movie that they decided the only way out of their problems was to take every bit of money they could find and buy lottery tickets with it. Like Rocky, they were sure they could beat the odds and be winners.
As the news commentators pointed out, they had forgotten only one thing: Rocky lost.
Exactly- that’s what made the first movie so great, but Jonathon said he never gave up… he got better and won! (plus he has the Rocky video game and Rocky *always* wins in that.
Serious about the couple though? Obviously they didn’t watch the movie lol unless they wanted poverty to bring them closer *sniff* as he’s yelling through the crowd “Wife’s name…. WIFE’S NAME!!” (I don’t know his wife’s name).
ADRIAN! A-DRIAN!!
Well, I didn’t make the story up, but I don’t vouch for it being true.
Rocky has to lose, or else the story is completely unbelievable, and when it becomes unbelievable the emotional impact is gone. Stallone was smart to write it that way.
lol I didn’t mean “Serious about the couple” as implying that you did- I meant “Wow… some people.”
I still think he wanted to be down trodden so he could call his wife’s name in a crowd. *sniff* still touching.
So many years had passed since I had first seen the film, when I went to revisit it- it was a little shocking to view the end.. But his triumphs did seem to be his progression back into the ring.
I think they should have left it with just the one… like Star Wars- Personally I feel it should have stopped after The Empire Strikes Back. (although it wasn’t really a dramatic film… but I love Star Wars and I like dropping it into a conversation when ever I can.)
No question whether or not Rambo could beat Vader- Vader rocked, but he was destroyed by Luke. ‘Nuff said.
Right on all counts, except that Vader thing. Vader would just pick up Rambo and throw him down a well, where he would explode and flames would shoot out. Rambo would be his own 4th of July.
Oh yeah… well then why didn’t he do that to Luke? Ohhh no… Rambo would pull the element of surprise and create traps on the Death Star. He would use Vader’s force against him… some how. I’ve no idea *how*… but he would.
OHHHH Rambo vs. Chuck Norris.
No, we already know that Bruce Lee beats Chuck Norris, and Rambo is ever so much beefier.
But wait … Rambo vs. Bruce Lee.
Cruel. That’s just cruel and should never take place in any type of scenario… EVER!!! (the Bruce Lee/Rambo fight) I don’t ever want to know the outcome.
Buffy on the other hand, she’d kick both of their butts.