Yeah back in 1974 there was a Canadian made for TV adaptation of the First Blood novel. I just recently saw it for the first time and it follows the novel a lot more closely except they changed Rambo's name to Ronbo and Trautman wasn't in it but other than that it was pretty much the same thing as the novel. I'm not sure if that makes it better but it's interesting to say the least.
shareJust what are you saying? This was the 1st movie of the franchise. There was never a prequel. The sequel to this came out in 85 where he goes back to Vietnam
shareThe 1982 film was kind of like a reboot. Think of it this way, Michael Keaton Batman wasn’t connected to Adam West Batman, much like the ‘74 film isn’t connected to the ‘82 film. Or how in 2014 they made another version of Robocop and it was in no way connected to the 1987 Robocop.
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Adam West IS Batman!!!
Are you saying that both Batman and Robocop were in this 1974 version of First Blood?
shareOn IMDb the Authors credits (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0606251/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr1) start with First Blood 1982. Which doesn't prove there was not an earlier version - I've found gaps in IMDb before for older productions - but does make it hard to find.
shareYeah again this was a made for TV movie in Canada, I doubt IMDB has picked up on it. It was incredibly low budget but it was interesting to see someone other than Stallone portray this character.
shareIf this is the truth, then for the good of mankind it must be found.
shareThe thing is so low budget it sank into obscurity a long time ago, I just happened to catch it on Pluto TV. I wouldn't say it was as good as the Stallone version but definitely more faithful to the source material.
shareWho were the main actors/actresses in this?? Certainly that would help locating the title??
shareBelow, is all I could find on a Canadian Rambo. I have to admit that it's an amazing bit of history.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-canadian-rambo.html
Wow.
That was my first thought when I heard the announcement.
Hoax.
That was my second thought.