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He has a frame behind his desk with three medals including a Purple Heart. While I don't remember any mention of Teasle having served, IMDb says that he did, but it wasn't ever mentioned in the movie. I personally think that mentioning this character point in the film would have certainly added an extra dimension to the story.
Yes, but ultimately Teasle was afraid of his town becoming a dump if too many drifters came in. Rambo was more of a symbol of what was to come for Hope town, he was the harbinger. Kinda like over here in the west, once you start letting third worlders into your country then they never stop coming.
I always thought it was a late decision by the film's producers to redact Teasle's past service in the script and they didn't reshoot or otherwise edit out his medals on film - which Teasle would have been proud of because he displayed them at work.
When Teasle and Trautman were arguing about Rambo, it seems that Teasle would have brought up his significant service when Trautman was talking about Rambo's service explaining some of his actions if Teasle was in the service and received a purple heart and silver star.
The book is better in that regard cause Teasle's service in Korea is mentioned quite frequently. Plus Teasle is more sympathetic in the book.
shareIn the book, Rambo was an outright vicious murderer
shareYeah but that was the author's point. That the Vietnam War mentally scarred a lot of the soldiers that served there. As Trautman said in the book he goes into the marines to become a green Beret and only learns the skills of killing and surviving. What kind of job can he get with those skills? That's supposed to be the point. Rambo couldn't fit into society cause he was mentally scarred and people like Teasle in the book saw him as a criminal. But the story is also about how Teasle was wrong for treating Rambo that way. And at the end of the book both Rambo and Teasle let go of their hate for each other.
shareOf course it was the authors point of view, he wrote the original story you dolt. Technically his point is what matters. What you saw on screen was a beautiful Hollywood story full of gum drops and rainbows to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside
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