144: First Blood: Joe Made Me Watch; plus Sir Christopher Nolan calls Homer
About this episode
Joe made Adam watch First Blood, leading to a discussion on 80s action films and their themes.
This week, Joe made Adam watch First Blood, starring John J Rambo aka Slyvester Stallone. How come 80s action aficionado Adam never watched it? It stirs all sorts of thoughts, not least on loners new in town, righteous kills and how inevitable is it that such films male violent anti-heroes aspirational. Also: Sir Christopher puts in a call to Homer, to check all’s good. Got a film you forgot you forgot? Join our growing Discord community and tell us all about it: https://discord.gg/b3CUUdPRf7 Or send us an email at moviesyouforgotyouforgot@gmail.com with your thoughts, episode suggestions, or just some light praise. You can also follow Adam @errorofways on Letterboxd; he rates and reviews the films he watches. Also, be a pal: tell your chums, rate us, review us, shout our name into the void - whatever helps spread the word.
People in this episode
Host: Adam
Topics covered
- 80s action films
- loners
- violent anti-heroes
- film discussion
- nostalgia
Keywords
- First Blood
- Slyvester Stallone
- 80s action
- violent anti-heroes
- film discussion
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