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"This was then edited to read "people of Afghanistan" during the post 9/11 era. A shining example of the hyocricy of American foreign policy. When the Mujahideen were fighting Russian invaders, they were "brave fighters" suitable to having Hollywood movies in their honor. But when they are fighting American invaders, they are terrorists and savages." Changing this because it's ridiculous, I've had editors nit pick minor edits so how on earth did this one get missed... N3v ( talk) 16:47, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Is it accurate to say "The events depicted in Rambo III eerily foreshadowed the war in Afghanistan following September 11th, 2001"?-- Darrelljon 21:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Not true, there was no northern alliance..besidies the warriors in the movie are all pashtun and speak pashto...the traitor speaks dari or Tajiki. Omerlives
as an action movie it delivers,but its message at the end, is not worth my spit" "the brave adghan pepole" yeah right!
I've added a link to the Moviecheat.com page on Rambo III. This happens to be my site, and there's some great stuff in our Rambo articles. It's totally legit and content-based; I'm a real person and it's a real site, and I think truly worth linking from here. I've checked the rules and it shouldn't be a problem to add this as long as it's relevant and informative. But if anyone truly has a problem, feel free to revert. Rasi2290
I'm removing the Osama bin Laden reference. He may have become the most well known person who had fought as a mujahideen, and someone can include a reference in that language if they want, but he current wording implies he was influential in the outcome of the war, or prominent among other fighters on the Afghan side, which he was note.
LOL GALLANT PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.252.8.215 ( talk) 19:24, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
The prescense of cultural developments and relations are so represented in Rambo III, and when it came out on my Birthday, I was sincerely in awe. Personal beliefs have nothing to do with films? This makes no sense in reality, and Wikipedia could be a little more personal sometimes. Is this such a bias idea? Tigger v/s Fox 75.203.143.63 ( talk) 08:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
In the article it says:
"The original VHS release had in the end credits: "Dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters", although this was later changed to "Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan."[11]"
I really have to question that because I saw it in the theaters and on VHS/TV and I don't remember such a dedication. It was always "to the gallant people of Afghanistan". Researching this further in the New York Times Archives, I came across a May 25, 1988 review of the movie (by Janet Maslin) that said this:
"'Rambo III is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan, and it clearly intends that its politics be taken seriously." I also confirmed this in a few other books published prior to 9/11/01: 'Civil War in Pop Culture' (on p.152) and 'Vietnam war films: over 600 feature, made-for-TV,.....' (on p.355). Both books were published in the 90's.
I also remember seeing 'People of Afghanistan' in 80s, but in my mind registered as 'Brave People of Afghanistan' Hydman ( talk) 19:44, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I think this supposed change in the dedication is just a urban legend. That is, unless someone wants to say they changed it from the film's original release (i.e. to the VHS release) and then back again to the original (for a DVD release) after 9/11. That doesn't add up. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 22:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
The only portion listed under accolades are golden raspberry awards, which really are not accolades. Could that be changed to 'Awards'? Hydman ( talk) 19:44, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
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"This was then edited to read "people of Afghanistan" during the post 9/11 era. A shining example of the hyocricy of American foreign policy. When the Mujahideen were fighting Russian invaders, they were "brave fighters" suitable to having Hollywood movies in their honor. But when they are fighting American invaders, they are terrorists and savages." Changing this because it's ridiculous, I've had editors nit pick minor edits so how on earth did this one get missed... N3v ( talk) 16:47, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Is it accurate to say "The events depicted in Rambo III eerily foreshadowed the war in Afghanistan following September 11th, 2001"?-- Darrelljon 21:46, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
Not true, there was no northern alliance..besidies the warriors in the movie are all pashtun and speak pashto...the traitor speaks dari or Tajiki. Omerlives
as an action movie it delivers,but its message at the end, is not worth my spit" "the brave adghan pepole" yeah right!
I've added a link to the Moviecheat.com page on Rambo III. This happens to be my site, and there's some great stuff in our Rambo articles. It's totally legit and content-based; I'm a real person and it's a real site, and I think truly worth linking from here. I've checked the rules and it shouldn't be a problem to add this as long as it's relevant and informative. But if anyone truly has a problem, feel free to revert. Rasi2290
I'm removing the Osama bin Laden reference. He may have become the most well known person who had fought as a mujahideen, and someone can include a reference in that language if they want, but he current wording implies he was influential in the outcome of the war, or prominent among other fighters on the Afghan side, which he was note.
LOL GALLANT PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.252.8.215 ( talk) 19:24, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
The prescense of cultural developments and relations are so represented in Rambo III, and when it came out on my Birthday, I was sincerely in awe. Personal beliefs have nothing to do with films? This makes no sense in reality, and Wikipedia could be a little more personal sometimes. Is this such a bias idea? Tigger v/s Fox 75.203.143.63 ( talk) 08:15, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
In the article it says:
"The original VHS release had in the end credits: "Dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters", although this was later changed to "Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan."[11]"
I really have to question that because I saw it in the theaters and on VHS/TV and I don't remember such a dedication. It was always "to the gallant people of Afghanistan". Researching this further in the New York Times Archives, I came across a May 25, 1988 review of the movie (by Janet Maslin) that said this:
"'Rambo III is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan, and it clearly intends that its politics be taken seriously." I also confirmed this in a few other books published prior to 9/11/01: 'Civil War in Pop Culture' (on p.152) and 'Vietnam war films: over 600 feature, made-for-TV,.....' (on p.355). Both books were published in the 90's.
I also remember seeing 'People of Afghanistan' in 80s, but in my mind registered as 'Brave People of Afghanistan' Hydman ( talk) 19:44, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
I think this supposed change in the dedication is just a urban legend. That is, unless someone wants to say they changed it from the film's original release (i.e. to the VHS release) and then back again to the original (for a DVD release) after 9/11. That doesn't add up. Rja13ww33 ( talk) 22:52, 27 April 2017 (UTC)
The only portion listed under accolades are golden raspberry awards, which really are not accolades. Could that be changed to 'Awards'? Hydman ( talk) 19:44, 7 October 2020 (UTC)