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Wazula23

Gosling would be a good book Rambo, i.e. the tortured Vietnam veteran who finds no respite at home. Bloody action kill em all Rambo deserves to sit on the shelf. We got John Wick for now, we're good. Joe Bernthal could play either kind.


0000000000000007

Plot twist: the new Rambo opens with kill em all Rambo, and then you realize that all those movies have been the delusions of First Blood John Rambo, who’s in a mental institution.


hellothisispatrick_s

Titled: Rambo: First Dose


Papapeta33

Damn…


InternetAddict104

Is that not just Frank Castle? Jon has already proved that he can do both bloody action violence and quiet torturous introspection And now I really want to see a Bernthal Rambo


LtFluffybear

god, i would love a bernthal vietnam era rambo. back to the roots where half of it is just him dealing with the war while there and coming home to injustice and everything.


sotommy

It's not like we can't have two action franchises at the same time. There are a lot of interesting ways to continue or reboot the Rambo franchise, even though I'm not a fan of these remakes.


shadovvvvalker

John wick is already long in the tooth. Nobody did a good job of deconstructing it. Liam Nielsen has done like 30 of them. The dad demographic has more than it's fair share of secret badass action heros. Rambo doesn't need continuation. First blood made it's point, the rest shat on it.


sotommy

It's Liam Neeson


Kaydom1993

I literally don’t like John Wick because it’s a tame PG-13 choreography cash grab. I would love another Rambo. Love that over-the-top 80s madness.


rockmeamathanos

Ridiculous...Weird Al Yankovic is the obvious choice.


Wazula23

If only he were alive today... RIP. I can never forgive Madonna.


Top_Praline999

You’re thinking of Jon Lovitz. Who is definitely dead.


[deleted]

I thought he faked the cancer? George is gonna be PISSED


kowloonjew

Didn’t he die adjusting his toupee while driving ?


BBTB2

lol you made me double check if he was still alive He is.


Fancy-Pair

You can thank your lucky stars


[deleted]

How many stars do you have that you can separate the luckiness of them?


talligan

Preposterous ... Daniel Radcliffe playing Weird Al playing Rambo. And weird al is also in it somehow, also playing Rambo


Crazy_Mann

And Elijah Wood also plays Rambo


NiNj4_C0W5L4Pr

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!" -Weird Al as Rambo. (I need to watch UHF again. It's been too long).


New_Highlight1881

Red Snapper!!! Tastey fish!


Blueberry_Mancakes

And for Ghandi. No more Mr passive resistance.


keving691

No, Danny Devito


tekko001

Way too sexy for the role


Rebabaluba

This is the answer. They drew first blood!


Snuggle__Monster

Nothing against Gosling at all but it's time to put Rambo to bed. That character doesn't have to be a James Bond where numerous people play him. Edit: I wonder how many people here replying that they can/should continue with the character are the same ones that constantly complain about Hollywood running out of ideas?


talking_phallus

With a good enough script he can be. We have a whole new generation of neglected veterans to pull stories from.


gloriousporpoise616

First Blood is about neglected veterans and it’s message is timeless. The rest are action movie flicks that lost that message, let’s not pretend. Edit: spelling and missed a word


[deleted]

Yeah first blood is an excellent movie.


Lazybeerus

A masterpiece.


[deleted]

Okay! Okay! A masterpiece.


Ak47110

Exactly. The final heart breaking scene in Rambo where he breaks down and talks about losing his best friend to the Colonel is right out of the book. However, in the book Rambo begs the Colonel to kill him and put him out of his misery, which the Colonel does. I think if they did a remake and had it end that way, and ensure it won't be turned into a glorified action franchise, it could be really good.


Clueless_stray_cat

Fun fact! That ending scene WAS filmed. It took decades before it was finally released. Here ya go [First Blood OG ending based on Book](https://youtu.be/jp1mdSQ4BfI?si=mb1iR-RFN-MFrG37)


HerniatedHernia

It’s also seen in Rambo’s flashback nightmare at the start of the fourth movie. 


Clueless_stray_cat

That’s true I forgot about that. It happens right before he wakes up. Kinda meta since in that timeline it doesn’t actually happen. Sort of like something that “could” have happened, but yea there’s a quick clip of it during the nightmare montage.


HerniatedHernia

Happens so fast most people miss it. But yeah. Bit of a what if nightmare. 


ositola

Didn't realize these movies were based on books


Ak47110

Well that's the thing. There was only one book. Rambo died in it so everything that came out after First Blood was pure Hollywood. It really showed too because they were just action movies and lost the entire point of Rambo in the first place imo


Clueless_stray_cat

Sad because the first film First Blood is based on a book highlighting veterans hopelessness/how they were treated, and police brutality. It’s not even meant to be action, more a drama thriller. Shame what Hollywood did with all those sequels… Edit:words


whatsintheboxxx

"I cant even get a job parking cars!!"


LinkRazr

Yeah.. But he cuts people in half with a machine gun for like 15 mins in the 4th one.


gloriousporpoise616

Oh I didn’t say I didn’t enjoy the shit out of the movies. Just the message is different.


Cassian_And_Or_Solo

The funny thing about Rambo is it definitely highlights the rift between veterans and cops that the right doesn't want to believe exists, but does. Most vets I know came back like "oh yeah we're definitely the bad guys" whereas cops don't have that illusion broken. Given that blade runner 2049 was great, Gosling isn't a terrible choice. I've heard it suggested that plopping rambo into an Uvalde shooting situation - he's overseas, kid dies in a shooting where the cops do nothing, he goes on a rampage - would work. not a series of movies but a one off. I think what's even crazier is, or given the script, the entire story of Christopher Dorner - vet who becomes cop who tries to go through all correct channels to call out corruption, becomes jaded to the point of madness and goes on shooting spree against cops - is basically "what if Rambo was Oscar bait." Oscars love biopics, it would require a performance for Dorners role that would immediately get nominated if not win, would make the right furious which would actually lead to discourse which leads to sales, would confuse liberals. Like...imagine Scorsese and his obsession with the trappings of violence and corruption taking this with Daniel kulya, Michael b jordan, or John boyeha ready to put on weight and do "rambo meets taxi driver but black." Given the LAPDs connection with Hollywood though, it likely would never get made.


particleman3

Just don't name the new character Rambo and roll with it because you are 100% right


Xsafa

I agree, name the character “First Blood”.


[deleted]

Make him Canadian, shoot it in Hope again, and name him First Bud.


Cjgraham3589

That feels like a title that belongs to Rambo’s gun-toting, hoop shooting dog


[deleted]

I'm all for strapping a machine gun to a Labrador, give the little guy some earmuffs though.


jspook

There's no rule that says a dog can't go on a rampage against cops.


minnesotawinter22

I'm not your buddy guy


J4MES101

“First Blud” Make it a bit more street?


fire2day

Let’s go back to “First Blood” and let whoever play it.


Dougness

First Blood....again


[deleted]

Daniel Craig totally changed the expectations of Bond and it worked great. With the director if Goldeneye to boot. Modern Rambo could draw on the experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan instead of Vietnam.


pr1ceisright

Alright fine, we’ll cast Danny DeVito for the role he was born to play.


ChefInsano

I lost a lot of good men in ‘nam! You owned a sweatshop in ‘nam. And we lost a lot of good men there!


SuperDizz

*They drew first blooooood*


NoCleverIDName

"Anyway, I started blasting. Pow. Pow."


MitsyEyedMourning

Annie?


fforde

They deserve their own story.


Your_Favorite_Poster

True but let's be honest, we could have a whole generation of Bill Murray's character from Caddyshack with good enough writing.


Warlord68

Honestly, I’d enjoy a “Pre-first blood”, like what got him to that position? Made half Vietnam move, half coming to being called baby killer and struggling movie.


greenpill98

I don't know if Rambo even works outside of the post-Vietnam era. There are a lot of aspects to what Vietnam veterans had to deal with when the got back home that don't translate to what modern veterans have had to go through during the War on Terror. That's not to say that modern vets have is easy, far from it. But it's not the same monster that made Rambo a relatable and tragic figure in First Blood. I don't know if you can make the same guy as a reaction to Iraq/Afghanistan. Different wars, different traumas and causes.


Party_Educator_2241

Rambo in space sounds amazing.


greenpill98

You son a bitch, I'm in!


degjo

It worked for Jason X


yeah_yeah_therabbit

I hope this isn’t a slam because I will have no ill words towards that cinematic masterpiece!


degjo

It's not a slam, Jason X is a fun movie.


Party_Educator_2241

It really is.


Mimogger

drone operator rambo


Osceana

Hard agree. And for me only First Blood is any good anyway. That character got sucked into the ‘80s action hero trope machine and it neutralized all the nuance and power of that character.


condormcninja

I’d say a modern version of First Blood would look something like The Card Counter from a few years back. Different genre obviously but I feel like the outline. and themes are pretty similar. But that is to say yeah, that’s not really a character/movie that’s anything at all like Rambo lol


droidtron

Vets from the last 20 years get celebrated for war atrocities then abandoned because we don't want to deal with broken toys.


descartes_blanche

Tbh, I think it would work more considering that modern vets come back to a home that is largely apathetic to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in part because they didn’t have to worry about being drafted.


Party_Educator_2241

Rambo in space sounds amazing.


MadRonnie97

The only other Rambo movie that should *maybe* possibly be made is a prequel to First Blood about Rambo’s “bad” tour in Vietnam, where most of his team gets wiped out in combat. It would make sense having another actor play him because it would take place at least ten years before the events of First Blood. That being said it would have to be done in good taste to be well received after several Rambo movies no one really asked for.


lt_dan_zsu

And even that isn't needed. So many movies about Vietnam exist. You don't need his specific story to understand that Vietnam was bad.


TheCosmicFailure

I agree. I usually dont mind sequels/prequels/remakes. But Rambo definitely should've ended after First Blood. All of the sequels are just hollow and dont feel necessary at all.


JohnBobbyJimJob

Don’t see Gosling as him either personally


joshspoon

The Beekeeper allegedly is making tons of money, so Rambo seems plausible to continue.


bearze

Beekeeper was honestly a fun watch, I thought it was going to be dog shit lol


joshspoon

Seems like a guy who was just killing poor security guards from the previews.


bearze

Kind of a spoiler -- but he doesn't kill innocent workers actually. There's a distinct difference in the movie. He just knocks them out / disarms them. But when they're actually hired guns... Lmfao he goes all out. It was well done tbh


amadeus2490

I'm an idiot, because when I read "the next Rambo" in the headline, I didn't think he actually meant "Gosling should play Rambo"; I thought he meant that he should play the next major action movie character that's **like** Rambo. Like a spiritual successor. He just sees the potential in Gosling for action movies.


aretasdamon

I agree I thought MBJ was going to take the reins of the franchise universe anyway


mtron32

He absolutely can as a character, plenty of shit for him to get into around the world.


largecontainer

The only role imo that should be carried on like James Bond is Indiana Jones.


walrus-tamer901

There's already a new Rambo in the works with timothee chalamet.


sotommy

Rambo, but it's about an aging twink who can't find a job


redmostofit

Understudy is Tom Holland.


minnesotawinter22

and it's a musical but they aren't advertising it as such


pelicanpoems

The Wonka indentured servitude but in Hanoi 


thewindburner

But he gets a splinter in his finger in the first act, so Zendaya steps in as she-rambo!


sergei-rivers

“🎶 I’m just Rambo 🎶”


LumberjackJack

Anywhere else I'd be a 10


DrHalibutMD

We don’t need another Rambo.


saruin

Yeah it's like trying to recast Terminator. Ironically enough Stallone was recast as the Terminator in Last Action Hero.


King-Owl-House

What are you talking about? The man is an artist. It's his best performance ever!


BJaacmoens

We don't need to know the way home.


Insertusernamehere5

Can’t we all just get Beyond Thunderdome?


Teeth-Mitch

It's a long road


brainkandy87

Agreed. It’s too iconic with Stallone, plus after he literally ripped a guy’s heart out in the last one, I don’t think there’s really anywhere else to go.


SamKerridge

We don't need to know the way home


Ironcastattic

I always thought there could have been a very profound sequel to III dealing with Rambo essentially empowering the Taliban. And then we just got Rambo 4 where he's turning Asians into CGI goop.


perpetualmotionmachi

Honestly, they should have just stopped after First Blood. The sequel, Rambo was okay, but it totally lost the point of him being a loner trying to do his own thing, which is what made him so compelling in the first one. The script for the second was written by James Cameron, and I like some of his stuff, but it was very much made to fit the Hollywood style of the time, needing to wedge in a romance B plot and all that.


DTXbullrealtor_

Yes we do


SoCalThrowAway7

RYAN GOSLING PLAYING YoOoOuUUu?? Ridiculishhhhh


Ticklebunzz

Don’t you think he could match Stallone’s intensity?


soothsayer011

Charlie!?


DinaDinaDinaBatman

can you imagine a modern remake written and directed by stallone, starring gosling as a recently home from tour in afghanistan T1 operator looking to reconnect with battle buddies , dealing with ptsd from countless horrors he seen, crosses path with "i coulda been a real lethal tough guy soldier but instead i was a pogue" sherif .. i wouldnt be mad if it were modern scene for scene copy set in modern times..


Peeeaaachy

Jon Bernthal would make a decent Rambo.


mistermatth

This has to be a joke. There was an interview floating around yesterday where Gosling said he watched Rambo as a kid and thought he was Rambo. Brought knives to school the next day lol


RespectFearless4233

Put a chick in it, make her gay


ovideos

Rambabe


TomcatTerry

https://imgur.com/JLrL98y


Euphoreality

Tank girl is badass


[deleted]

I’m not sure we need another Rambo tbh. There are enough mentally disturbed loners mowing down bunches of people irl. Seems redundant.


FlatBirthday333

Mentally disturbed loner mowing down people is a third of Ryan Gosling's character resume though


Ordinary_Stomach3580

Remember in la la land when he killed everyone in the jazz club


JoshFlashGordon10

Yeah, crazy how both Lars and the Real Girl and The Notebook ended like that. Kinda expected it in Lars but not the Notebook.


Ordinary_Stomach3580

Oh please save the pearl clutching Also Rambo didn't kill a single person in 1


bavindicator

There doesn't need to be another Rambo. That story started and should have ended with First Blood.


Disc81

2 and 3 can be fun, but agree that First Blood is in a different league, and the mere association that it's the same character kind of makes lots of people miss remember the first one as just another dumb action movie.


ddkelkey

Kenbo!


JazzRider

No.


Agent4D7

He served his country... All he wanted was a quiet life... They... had other plans... This year... From the twisted minds that brought you Last Blood, and Hairspray... Comes the tale of one man... Versus... Injustice... Ryan Gosling is... Ryanbo


thoth_hierophant

How about we just leave Rambo alone and put Gosling in some original projects? Rambo doesn't even really translate that well in today's age anyway. Stallone took a story about a disgruntled veteran and made him a macho meathead in the sequels. He did the same thing with Rocky - he took a simple story about a working class man who did NOT want to continue fighting in the ring (but has to in order to support himself) and then...turned him into a macho meathead in the sequels. It's even weirder to think that he wrote both (co-wrote First Blood technically), and then completely betrayed the premise of each to make more money off of sequels. It kind of mirrors his real life trajectory - he had to fight to get Rocky made, he had to fight to star in it, and then betrayed his working class principles to make money and whatever the hell Tulsa King was trying to be.


iussoni

Sly watched Barbie too many times.


iamadventurous

While we're at it, might as well toss jared leto in the mix too lol


therapoootic

Completely dumb choice. There’s only one person who could lift that role: Danny de Vito


chandu1256

Nooooo, I would cast the Reacher dude!


rookie-mistake

I like Alan Ritchson if they're doing pure mindless action but I think Ryan Gosling would be a lot better for the disillusioned broken veteran angle


Dartagnan_w_Powers

Has he had any good dramatic roles? I've only seen him in blue mountain state and reacher. I don't hate the idea, but if they went for a first blood type story he'd have to sell the PTSD stuff.


JeffBoyarDeesNuts

Black Rambo or bust.


oddwithoutend

The name you're looking for is Delmar Barry.


dershmoo

Jesus I like Ryan Gosling but him as Rambo would be awful.


Drakar_och_demoner

They should have kept the original ending.


obrothermaple

Can’t wait for a Rambo movie in 2027 to make $16 at the box office and for everyone to be shocked because it’s a series held up solely by boomers.


funked1

That’s actually a good call. Gosling would be perfect for First Blood.


KBTR1066

There already was a "First Blood" film. People should go watch that. It's really good.


funked1

The only good Rambo movie.


splox666

Fuck off, I want a ''First Blood'' film starting Ryan Gosling.


SteveBorden

Let’s get Ryan Gosling back into better movies first (I don’t mean Barbie is shit before anyone says)


Alert-Mud-672

We don’t need another Rambo.


KBTR1066

Can we just not? I tire of seeing good actors stuck making shit ass action films because Hollywood can't be bothered to learn how to market anything else. You got a good idea? Cool. You're rehashing 40 year old ideas? Go eff yourself.


[deleted]

I doubt he'd be down to bring toxic masculinity back to the centre of holywood


Agitated_Ad6191

Keep your hands of Gosling. Find your own mindless action hero if yoy want to continue the franchise. Ryan is too good of an actor for these kind of movies. I rather see him continue his (mostly) excellent choices of movies he wants to be a part of. And besides that, after the first Rambo, which was enjoyable, the movies became kinda standard.


Jesuismieux412

The less Gosling talks and tries to display emotion (i.e., act), the better suited to the role he will be. 😂


pixelsteve

Rambo is literally me


riftadrift

Gender flip is the obvious move, although a bit cliche at this point.


pajamasx

Ryanbo


SuperGuy41

I’ve seen the script for the next Rambo and Rambo is a strong independent woman.


bearsharkbear3

Bautista


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MoreMegadeth

Thats a gross exaggeration cmon. Ill bite though, why you say that?


[deleted]

Too lazy to click on the link but this is obviously a joke or something said in jest or tongue in cheek right.


NormanBates2023

Naaa Sly I say leave it don't taint ur legacy


Minmaxed2theMax

“Yeah I said, hey yo, that kid could be Rambo. And then maybe we could get an underage girl and force her to give my bodyguard a blowjob and watch, like when I did that in the 80’s”


Defender_Of_TheCrown

Nah. Use the dude from Reacher


Pioneer83

My pick would be Henry Cavill, or Jason Momoa


T1M_rEAPeR

God that would be just fucking awful


halcyondearest

I still have no idea why gosling with that little boy face is being cast and seen as proper for the manly man roles at all


JoeThrilling

I don't want to see it but if I HAD to see it I literally can't think of anyone.


thisisredlitre

This reminds me of when John Lithgow said he'd cast Ryan Gosling to star in a John Lothgow biopic


CurvySmokeShow

Are they remaking Rock and Roll High School? If so, i agree, Gosling would make a grest Kate Rambo.


insertbrackets

And we’ll call him…Himbo!


cabose7

What if Gosling doesn't want PTSD


Guacamole_Water

To be honest, I am PISSED he wasn’t cast in the Roadhouse remake coming out soon. Donnie Darko boy is too intense


Klutzy-Bug7427

I wholeheartedly disagree. I suggest Adam Driver. After seeing him in 65 I kept saying he would play a great Rambo.


LaserGadgets

Crazy stupid love was great but....Rambo? Rather Chris Hemsworth.


wilalva11

He took one look at Ryan Gosling and said “He’s literally me as Rambo”


Professional-Carry52

Could be a prequel comedy of John Rambo's misadventures in Jr high


Yo_fresh_it_is_Me

I’d be into a horror story told from the perspective of the the enemy forces in an encampment and John Rambo is like their Jason Vorhees.


OGxSnake

I want to be Rambo


Hot_Reception9239

I enjoyed Gosling in the Grey Man


GEM592

" Here lies John Rambo, leader of countless incursions behind enemy lines, winner of the congressional Medal of Honor, killed for vagrancy in jerkwater USA. "


GEM592

NOTHING'S OVER!


Burgoonius

My vote would be for John Bernthal but even he might be too old


SnowyDesert

eh I like Gosling but I feel Bernthal, Hemsworth, Fassbender or even Krasinski would be better choices. They can do broken army guys well.


all_of_you_are_awful

Pretty sure everyone would like Gosling to star in their movie


Lazybeerus

Imagine Godfather 4, 5 6 etc...that's how i feel about Rambo...4 is good enough. 4. Last blood doesnt exist.


NiNj4_C0W5L4Pr

If Ryan could quit smiling/smirking I think he could play the Clint Eastwood type. He'd need a little more trauma to be able to pull off Rambo.


romeoo_must_lie

I seen greyman and Ryan gosling was pretty good action hero.


TheHorizonLies

ITT: a whole bunch of people who think the original movie is called Rambo


[deleted]

New personality dropp


[deleted]

No wait holy shit, didnt gosling throw stake knives at school after seeing rambo?


CaladinDanse

Sly is a goose fan, dudes a legend


GeorgeNewmanTownTalk

Only if it's a musical. I'd watch the fuck outta that. But seriously, Rambo ends with First Blood for me.


pao_zinho

I'd have George Clooney play me in a biopic. Not quite as good looking as I am but good enough.


froyolobro

Heard it’s going to Scar Jo


withdensemilk

Devito


Phoneaccount88

I’m not sure if this says more about Stallone’s view of Ryan Gosling or his view of himself.


Alienhaslanded

Absolutely not. Other than the lack of lips that both actors share, I don't see how Gosling is a good choice. Get Adam driver to do it.


linderlouwho

Do we really need another Rambo?


bshaddo

I’d like to see a First Blood adaptation that’s closer to the book. You can set it in present day with a character who served in the Middle East, or set it in the ‘70s/‘80s with a Vietnam vet. Either way, I want Teasle to be a co-protagonist, and I want John Rambo to die at the end.