The year is 1985, and the movie, Rambo: First Blood Part II, just came out. Now, this is a hard-R movie, full of guns, knives, arrows, you name it. You know who shouldn’t see it? Kids. Do you know who they made a cartoon for the very next year starring John Rambo? Also kids.
That’s right, Rambo: The Force of Freedom came out the very next year in 1986. And…it’s pretty much a G.I. Joe rip-off, but that’s besides the point. The point is, why did they make a cartoon based on an R-rated series like Rambo? Like, when I think of a movie like First Blood, the first thought that comes to my mind isn’t, I need to show my kids this! It’s, I can’t show my kids this.
