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The great film as a first step towards the power of the sequels

posted 5 years ago by Starman (412)
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Over the past 20 years I've very carefully observed how this happens to be the film that make people fall back on when they lose the appeal of the sequels or never even got to that stage.

I was there myself, at the very beginning since I was 10 I have easily climbed up to the level of a film like Rambo III and felt how powerful it was, because children are naturally more sensitive and open, but gradually as I hit puberty I started losing it, and puberty also naturally tends to create more of an ego and cynicism in us, I started feeling how cheesy and cartoonish they are, it took me 10 years to get back to that appeal that sequels have when I was around 25, then it hit me again after watching Rambo 2 about 3 times in a row during one day. Now First Blood is a great film, truly great powerful film, once I started appreciating sequels again, I felt the same about FB, but I felt sequels were even greater and more powerful than the first film. This is very interesting.

The older I am the more greatness I see in those later films, less realistic the more powerful they are. I have been seeing this phenomenon happening among other people too, First Blood never got any weaker in their mind once people became attuned to the sequels a lot more, now Rambo films were completely life changing because of those sequels.

There is a hidden magic in those films. First film is the easiest and most accessible to watch for adults, because it stays grounded, and looks and feels like most films made, it's ironically not even the film that made the character such a phenomenon in the first place, it is great, but does not have that hidden appeal of later film that demand the audience to have more imagination, and that's exactly what children used to have a lot more.

But it is never too late to grow that high level of imagination again even in later age, imagination that even many children do not have, your taste in things will change dramatically. I would suggest to decalcify your pineal gland, not to drink fluoride in the water, instead only distilled water, eat vegan, or raw vegan, one meal during the day, etc..

There's many exercises on it. The less imagination the more people are prone to disease, addictions, altzheimer, anger, hatred, etc. Because it is related to the health of our pineal gland in the brain. Our healthiest state is when we were children.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Stopped reading after first sentence. Use paragraphs you DOPE.

[–] Starman (412) 5 years ago

Thank you, so kind of you. This was like a stream of consciousness. So invigorating and powerful writing it, wow, of course it's not about any of these films, I'm sharing things that can help people to bring more health to themselves. Our tastes are often related to health of the body, not always though. It is the same why many people grow out of relating to comic books and start watching things that entertain only their intellect, not their imagination.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

was this "stream of consciousness" induced by some kind of chemical stimulus?

[–] Starman (412) 5 years ago

I am not using any chemicals, just the healthiest most natural body possible, which tends to help to recover some of the things that people have lost since childhood because of the damaged cells in the body. That's why I am posting this, how my tastes as well started changing after becoming more healthy and feeling younger, tastes that usually I only had when I was a child, and I know this is what usually happens to other people too when they start healing their body.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

No problem, that’s what I’m here for

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7407) 5 years ago

I do like it but in my opinion the book is better. I do find the sequels entertaining but the book has a lot more depth than any of the movies in my opinion.

[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 5 years ago

Yeah, while I see your point, I personaly disagree. I see how someone can find this exact appeal that you are talking about in the sequels. But, in my case, I always loved the first movie without really caring for the second and third installements (I enjoyed the fourth one though). First Blood was the best for me back when I first saw them at around 13-14, and it is still now at 25.

Many reasons are behind my personal preferance: Stallone acting in First Blood is outstanding while in the sequels it just doesn't exist, the suspense is built around an intense chase without a fuckload of killings like in the sequels, also, the action doesn't rely on explosions and gun fight unlike in the sequels. Overall, First Blood is done quite well while the sequels have some impressive shots, but nothing really original. The dialogues are sometimes flawed, but way better than the cheesy lines in the sequels.

So no, First Blood all the way for me.

[–] Starman (412) 5 years ago

Nice, thanks for sharing. I have actually seen Rambo films for the first time at 8. These films I think really should be watched around that age as long as our parents know how much we can handle, that includes Rambo 4 as its violence images are really just grotesque and comic bookey unlike Saving Private Ryan that have a development of characters underlying its moral impact. I think 13 and 14 was the time when I was already throwing away II and III myself as well, and only cherished the first film, because of the intellectual aspect. It took me more than 10 years to watch films like when I was 8 again, more emotionally than intellectually. But we are all still different, some are prone to different things. Puberty definitely made me a lot more cynical by looking down on other films, that's for sure..