Rambo question
Would Rambo be entitled to some kind of war pension for serving in Vietnam?
shareCan't see why not; but then he was apparently a drifter. Where/how would he receive his pension and other benefits unless he settled somewhere?
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The movie has a plot hole?!?
EVERY FRIGGIN' MOVIE HAS A FRIGGIN' PLOT HOLE!!!!!
That's what I don't understand. Why would anyone want to be a drifter at all?! I don't know how much the war-pension would be (probably not much) but I think Rambo would prefer to settle in one place, have all the normal comforts of a nice rental house, meals at home, drive a car etc.
Isn't that what most people would prefer in life?
I realise Rambo has been traumatised by war and TBH I don't know much about what war veterans do after returning from war-zones. I just thought what I mentioned above would be better for him and his lifestyle.
Though Rambo feels some pride for his service (by wearing his jacket), and by his camaraderie with his now dead team mates, he also has, in a sense, disavowed the army. This is even more apparent in the sequels, when he says he loves his country, and yet does not return to it. He stays where he is, living by the day.
He comes back home with no tangible skills, with traumas he has no idea how to confront, with scars, and all he faces is hostility. His memories is all he has. He probably decided that it wasn't worth the few dimes, and decided to make it on his own.
There is a show called Person of Interest on CBS, starring Jim Caviezel as a Green Beret named John Reese, whose experience and traumas are very similar to Rambo's. The second scene in the pilot reminded me a lot of Rambo's first encounter with Teasel, in how different the detective treated him after intuiting that he was a war veteran with serious PTSD. I highly recommend the first 3 seasons of this show.
These men were sent to fight a war with dubious rationales, did very dark deeds, lost their families or come from an abusive one, lost their friends in combat, and were disavowed, or betrayed by their country. These men are empty. They just wonder around.
At least from David Morrell's forward in First Blood and the DVD commentary, those were his experiences with some of the veterans he knew, and researched to write the novel.
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I'm the unsilent majority, bigmouth.
with traumas he has no idea how to confront
That's probably the worst thing in the world to deal with (i.e. painful memories). share
I doubt his intention would be to be a "drifter". He was just travelling to find old friends and probably hoped to find somewhere nice to settle down.
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