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First Blood, Story of Fort Sumter 1st

David Morrell

First came the a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair. Then came the legend, as John Rambo sprang from the pages of First Blood to take his place in the American cultural landscape. This remarkable novel pits a young Vietnam veteran against a small-town cop who doesn't know whom he's deali...

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The Joe Rogan Experience

Joe Rogan mentioned that the book First Blood is different than the movie First Blood. He said that the book has Sheriff Tisle's perspective, and that there is no knife in it. Sylvester Stallone brought the knife to the movie.

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The book First Blood very different than the movie First Blood.

— Episode: #2165 - Jack Carr

Episode: #2165 - Jack Carr

Joe Rogan mentioned that the book First Blood is different than the movie First Blood. He said that the book has Sheriff Tisle's perspective, and that there is no knife in it. Sylvester Stallone brought the knife to the movie.

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The book First Blood very different than the movie First Blood.

Yeah I never read that book.

It's so different.

You get Sheriff Tisle's perspective.

There's no knife in it yet.

No knife?

Sylvester Stallone brought that to the, he knew the importance of props.

I think I need a knife.

Yeah he brought it to the, because he knew the importance of props which is why I gave James Reese the tomahawks because I knew the importance of props as well from that and actually Stallone, this was so cool I got to talk to Stallone. He was fantastic. He was awesome. He wanted to jump on a Zoom with me and I was like oh my God as a child of the 80s I was so fired up so I was just like trying to play it cool, right? Like trying to play it cool. I have my phone down in the corner I'm taking some pictures just to commemorate this moment but he was funny, he was wise and he passed along some lessons and yeah we just got to hang out and talk and see if there was something that we could do together so I wrote up a little treatment for him specifically.

The Rewatchables

The hosts described the novel as unbelievable and incredible, recalling that they had read it as children and noting its lasting impact.

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the book by David Morrell is unbelievable. I read the book as a kid. The book is incredible.

— Episode: ‘First Blood’ With Bill Simmons and Bria...

Episode: ‘First Blood’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelma...

The hosts described the novel as unbelievable and incredible, recalling that they had read it as children and noting its lasting impact.

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the book by David Morrell is unbelievable. I read the book as a kid. The book is incredible.

the 72 novel, the same name by David Morrell.

David Morrell too, because it finally happened for him. And then all his books became bestsellers.

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

It was mentioned that the speaker had recently finished the book, in the context of comparing a political situation to cannons and Civil War tactics.

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But they're loading up that cannon with shrapnel and they are yanking the cord and they are wiping out as many people as they possibly can. What Republican D.A. or attorney general has gone after a De...

— Episode: Hour 1 - WSJ on Biden's Scrambled Brain

Episode: Hour 1 - WSJ on Biden's Scrambled Brain

It was mentioned that the speaker had recently finished the book, in the context of comparing a political situation to cannons and Civil War tactics.

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But they're loading up that cannon with shrapnel and they are yanking the cord and they are wiping out as many people as they possibly can. What Republican D.A. or attorney general has gone after a Democrat? Can you even name one?

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