12pt9<p>(repost because I now realize that I could link these)</p><p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> February 27: Special Operations Forces in a movie for <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/SpecialOperationsForcesDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialOperationsForcesDay</span></a> (booooh!)</p><p>First Blood (Ted “Wake in Fright” Kotcheff, 1982), colloquially better known as The First <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Rambo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rambo</span></a>, caught me by surprise when I finally watched it. Growing up with ultimate 80s beefcake <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Stallone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stallone</span></a>, there he suddenly was as this utterly vulnerable, broken vet. <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> is a thing, get help.</p><p><a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/SylvesterStallone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SylvesterStallone</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/SOF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOF</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/vets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vets</span></a> <a href="https://cinematheque.social/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a></p>