Rambo First Blood Part 2

[wmw999 2,587]

Answered in my previous post. That's not a good door to get out of.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[quade 4]

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Hey! I may be young and clueless but, like Rambo, I make up for it in heart. and really isn't that what Rambo taught us? that superior brains and technology can be overcome by the size of your heart?

Uh, no.

What Rambo taught us was that people like to watch stuff blow up.

If you're looking for anything deeper in a Rambo film, you're either on drugs or in a film class.

Maybe both.

The Rambo films were NOT designed to teach us anything. They were designed to sell tickets.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[wmw999 2,587]

Also, superior brains and technology (especially combined with practice) almost always win. Luck can beat them, but, well, it wouldn't be luck if you could control it. And you can control technology and practice, and can select for brains.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[airtwardo 7]

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Also, superior brains and technology
(especially combined with practice)
almost always win.


Luck can beat them,

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In my case "Superior Luck" wins out!

I certainly have no brains and technology
working for me!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JohnRich 4]

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is jumping out of an gulfstream type aircraft from the front door as dumb as it looks, and i already know the answer but gees guys!!! I just want some affirmation!!

Nor is it a good idea to fire a rocket launcher from inside a helicopter, with the back-end pointed towards the POWs you are trying to save.

And those little conical arrowheads can't possibly produce gigantic explosions.

And pay attention to that stupid speech at the end, where he scares the bejeebers out of Murdock: "You know where they are... Find them!" Doh! Um, excuse me, but if he already knows where they are, then he doesn't need to find them! He just needs to go get them...

[DJL 235]

"I have to write a review for the movie telling what was wrong about its perspective on Vietnam. ...
You're not supposed to jump out of a jet airplane or propeller airplane in front of the engine"

I never knew that war was ... just so ... wrong.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[surfers98 0]

#1) Rambo II takes place after the Vietnam war

#2) Yes, it was intended to appeal to both disenfranchised war veterans and consciencious observers alike, however contains very little if any educational value whatsoever.

#3) Even better than Full Metal Jacket, read Michael Herr's 'Dispatches', it's a brilliant and pointant depiction of what he witnessed as a Vietnam war correspondent.

#4) Nobody answered your question: yes, in theory you could do that jump out of a Gulfstream. No, it wouldn't be a very good idea. While he might clear the wing assembly he could get taken out by the low horizontal stablizer. But yes, it is possible, albeit incredibly stupid.

#5) If Col. Troutman actually gave a rat's ass about Rambo he should've ponied up the extra greenbacks for a Pilatus PC12.

[cloudseeker2001 0]

that movie sucked ass

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

[cloudseeker2001 0]

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Yeah, but, well, being a girl with a heart-healthy pear shape, I have plenty of ass to share

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

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[RamboCritic 0]

hey, thanks

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[riggerrob 643]

I vaguely remember Rambo jumping out of a Cessna Citation, which is smaller than a Gulfstream.

You are correct in asking whether jumping out of executive jets is dangerous. According to SKYDIVING Magazine, a couple of French Para-Rescue types tried jumping out of a Dassault Falcon and left a large dent in the wing!

As for the parachute Rambo was jumping .. they used a small Vector II in the movie. Bill Booth tells me about one of the girls in production sniffing a leg pad and exclaiming: "This will be next to Stallone's thigh!"
In real life, Rambo would have needed a tandem-sized Vector - to carry all his gear - and keep his ankles intact.

[usedtajump 1]

IIRC, Rambo jumped from a Israli Aircraft Corporation Jet Commander. The wing on this aircraft is mounted midway between the bottom and top of the fuselage behind the door. When I saw the movie, I thought it would be possible, if a person dove from the aircraft crouched low enough in the door and with the aircraft slowed just above stall point, it would be possible but not advisable, to clear the wing and engines.

That said, IIRC, Rambo static lined out of the aircraft and I thought that was just bullshit and not really doable. Just to prove this point, he initially got hung up in the static line and had to cut himself loose with his big, hairy Rambo saw tooth knife.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[mr2mk1g 10]

Point being - Rambo was actually a twat that couldn't look after his equipment properly.

[usedtajump 1]

Exactly.

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.