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Even worse, t-shirts and bumper stickers soon read "Springsteen: the Rambo of Rock." People compared Springsteen to Stallone, the Boss to Shambo. A look at the two superstars' beliefs about war--and specifically about Vietnam--reveals some of the stupidity of this assertion...
Stallone's Rambo movies--Rambo III is on the way--bring the "fun" back to war. Count the number of bodies Sly wracks up. In his movies and public statements, Stallone even suggests that the decision to enter Vietnam was correct but that the soldiers needed more firepower. While the second part might make a little bit of sense, the first bit is crazy...
...VETS have supported Springsteen and repudiated Stallone. A disabled vet told Rolling Stone, "Springsteen cares about what we've done. He doesn't shun us....'Born in the USA' really hit home." On the other hand, when Stallone visited Harvard last year, Vietnam vets protested. One vet complained that "Rambo represents an ugly mood in this country...
...Rocky trilogy: In the path not taken, Rocky would have become the populist mayor of Philadelphia in II and get tossed out because of a corruption scandal in III, ending up back in the ring where he started. Stallone decided Philadelphia City Hall was small-time; the Rocky-Rambo-Cobra hybrid which has terrorized movie screens near you has nothing less than a new world order in mind...
...HAPPENS to be a gun enthusiast. In interviews he can go on and on about calibres and muzzle velocities, incessantly rattling off brand names and model years. In his films he'll glide the camera lovingly over the polished aluminum and gleaming steel; he'll make them central characters. Rambo's trusty bow was a Cameron invention, and for Aliens, Cameron designed the "smart-guns" and "pulse-rifles" himself. That explains the sport shop scene...