douchebag is a 2010 film directed by drake doremus .

the film is a black comedy set in los angeles , focusing on thomas nussbaum ( ben york jones ) , his older brother sam nussbaum ( andrew dickler ) and sam 's fiancée steph ( marguerite moreau ) .

douchebag ( film )

explain a film plot badly — douchebag farmer tries to escape from dust then . . .
as this story goes to press , team douchebag are being seriously courted by a small film distributor .
jetter spoke via skype about his fine film and his experiences making “how to tell you’re a douchebag , ” which drops on itunes friday .
what can you say about the challenges of getting an independent african american film made and screened ? your film played sundance .
this story appeared in the print edition under the headline “ douchebag at sundance . ”
doremus let the douchebag project marinate while he made the festival rounds with spooner last year .
although there are some amusing moments in the film , douchebag fails to live up to its compelling and risqué title . i suppose , then , the moral of the story is : never judge a film by its movie title .
but the name is douchebag , ” jones offers , trying to keep his friend’s spirits up .
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with a title like douchebag one would hope for an over - the - top character that would make viewers’ blood boil and cause people to yell the film’s title at the screen , but that’s not the case here .
doremus is now the first member of his afi class to have a film screen at sundance .
‘good - but - perfunctory dialogue’ . . . brooklyn - set romantic comedy how to tell if you’re a douchebag . photograph : pr
called it “subtle as a blow to the head” . he considered it “a failure” if the intention of the panama film commission film panama wanted to convert hands of stone in a vehicle to increase domestic tourism , because “the film manages to make panama a dirty place that nobody wants to visit” .
this guy was essentially a background military type , but his douchebag ways essentially started the whole war between humans and apes . the dick .
a young woman in the crowd suggests doremus marry the real barger to help with the film’s marketing .
the film gives us a glimpse into the evolving relationship of these two awkward and very different brothers .
gary m . kramer is a writer and film critic based in philadelphia . follow him on twitter .
more reviews will weigh in on the film ' s overall reception once warcraft premieres stateside in under two weeks .
, and the pace of the film only rises when the two legendary fights between leonard and duran are recorded .
is more like a gangster film , having the same rise and fall narrative like many movies in that genre .
dressed in a suit he picked up the week before at a los angeles thrift shop , drake doremus nervously trudges over to a microphone stand illuminated by a single spotlight as the end credits finish rolling for the world - premiere screening of douchebag at the sundance film festival .
that’s a buried memory by the time douchebag finishes rolling in the 164 - seat theater at the resort robert redford built . this audience reaction is downright boisterous .
the film ' s constant raunch factor balances out its romantic center in a way that will likely surprise and please many .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
jetter’s debut feature , “how to tell you’re a douchebag , ” a comedy about millennials featuring an all - black cast , premiered recently at sundance . it found a distributor .
the director of the hour holds court in the next room alongside jones , dickler , stidham , schwartz , co - producer marius markevicius and actress amy ferguson , who has a supporting role in the film . decked out in their sundance best , team douchebag cracks up as photographers snap them against a festival backdrop .
there ' s been considerable debate in the film community as to when / if the mumblecore movement ended . some purists like amy taubin…
: “a good film suitable for teenagers and adults . however , the feeing l that we have seen it before is inevitable . ”
the world wide web . planet earth . monday , jan . 25 . following a weekend of douchebag screenings at sundance , the positive reviews pop up online . entertainment weekly ’s owen gleiberman calls it “a bubblingly sharp and fresh and dark and winning comedy . ” erik davis writes on urltoken that “ douchebag is great in its delivery of awkward , relatable humor . ”
he starts fretting about all those seats douchebag will have to try to fill in park city and salt lake city—3 , 445 at six showings , not counting the press - only screening .
audiences both familiar and new to the world of warcraft can now witness the fierce battles of orcs and men on the silver screen , but some may—understandably—choose to wait on the film ' s critical reception before seeing it for themselves in theaters . unfortunately , warcraft appears to only further perpetuate the trend of poor quality video game - to - film adaptations , with the movie being met with generally mixed to negative reviews from film critics and reviewers .
“with the festival halfway over , ” sharon waxman reports on thewrap . com , “so far features titles like douchebag , buried ( which sold to lionsgate ) and blue valentine have the most heat . ”
dickler concedes it’s weird being on the acting side of the sundance buzz - athon , as is having strangers come up and praise his acting or say they can’t believe douchebag is his first lead role .
this was the first film i saw at sundance 2016 , and while my eyes were gleaming with the anticipation of watching a sundance film , i came out with the feeling of
meh .
this movie is definitely a product of our times which is both a good and a bad thing .
douchebag , which premiered at the 2010 sundance festival , follows the story of two estranged brothers who embark on a road trip — a plot that sounds as thought it has promise , but ultimately falls flat .
when talking about her son , kerr worries about coming off like she’s taking credit for his success . this is particularly true when she describes how he showed her an early douchebag scene but explained the project was on hold because his buddy jones had moved to new mexico . unbeknownst to doremus , kerr later got jones on the phone and said that scene convinced her he should return to finish douchebag and further pursue acting .
the end credits produce hearty cheers and applause , although film critics and distributors in the room are sitting on their hands like poker players concealing their tells .
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he says douchebag is more in the spirit of the shirt than spooner was . starring matthew lillard ( scooby - doo , slc punk ! ) , who attended tustin schools from first grade through high - school graduation , spooner was about a guy who had no interest in growing up until love came along . it was based on a story idea , doremus says , while the darker douchebag
is way more personal . ”
we decided we should make a movie , ” jones says .
we decided to base the film on one of the characters from the play . ”
; david and efraim are big fans of the film , they have a big poster in their office and the film even has a similar plot trajectory ; men in miami quickly go up the ranks of an underhanded world , making bigger and bigger deals before their arrogance and crossing the wrong people leads to their downfall .
film festival headquarters . marriott hotel . park city , utah . sunday , jan . 24 , 7 : 20 p . m . standing with dickler , kerr and a family friend in the hotel lobby before leaving for an intimate douchebag screening an hour away at sundance resort , doremus is jazzed about a post that went up on an la times blog a couple of hours earlier .
the most surprising disclosure of the night is that dickler , who plays a committed vegetarian in the film and really is one , ate five hamburgers for one scene .
schwartz jokes spooner is now showing as a double feature with avatar . actually , it’s to be distributed on dvd and pay - per - view , although a douchebag – spooner package deal is also being floated to potential buyers .
although the film revolves around a road trip , it has no direction . one could argue that the film is more about the journey rather than the destination , but it leaves the audience asking , “what was the point ? ” the ending is disappointing and leaves the viewer wondering why they were forced to ride along on this pointless trip .
seems to speak to a continually - budding generation of twitter - philes that are equal parts socially aware and self - obsessed .
— dan mecca , the film stage
shoestring productions of personal stories such as that of douchebag are exactly what sundance co - founder robert redford was talking about at the previous day’s opening press conference , where he vowed the festival had returned to its roots of presenting groundbreaking new voices .
writing about the thriller buried starring ryan reynolds being the first feature film to sell at sundance 2010 , john horn reported that many of the festival’s most star - laden movies had not yet been snatched up .
instead , ” he wrote ,
the buyers’ attention was focused on smaller genre titles like the low - budget road comedy douchebag , the digital - age romance documentary catfish and the afghanistan war documentary restrepo . ”
“they wanted to take out the elements that made the film unique and make it more general , ” he says . famuyiwa found independent financing instead and made the movie his way .
it was entirely improvised with drake’s direction , ” jones says .
it was a very free - form , comedic improvisation . ” he also stressed that dickler’s douchebag character
was a wacky caricature of his personality , as was mine . ”
each movie in that sundance category last year was bought for movie - theater distribution—the holy grail for american independent filmmakers . douchebag is the only movie in that group this year without a single hollywood name attached to it as a star , director or producer .
we use the name of my fifth - grade girlfriend , my best friend is one of the stars , and my film editor from spooner is the other , ” he says .
so kung went with a new , inexperienced distributor who didn’t tell him until the week before the opening where the film was scheduled to play . “it was mortifying , ” he says .
the rise of funny , scruffy cable - tv sitcoms has made it all the harder for filmmakers to get much play with the kind of quirky , low - key comedies that used to be fêted at festivals . drake doremus’ douchebag , for example , is a scattered , slight , simplistic indie - com , and yet the movie’s leads are strong , and douchebag has moments that suggest how much better it would’ve been if doremus , his cast , and his co - writers had allowed themselves the space and time to develop their ideas . at 70 minutes , douchebag feels both rushed and way too slack , but the bigger problem is that the kind of characters and humor this movie traffics in can be found in a more compact , amusing package on the average fx show .
ray livingston is a blogger ( occasionally dating black women ) and plays the field - - dating multiple women at once . he confronts a woman on the street , and she gives him the dressing down of his life , calling him out as a douchebag .
in the end , she got a job as a pharmaceutical rep and saved $ 200 , 000 of her own money to make her first film , “ go for it ! ” lionsgate bought it , and it only made $ 180 , 237 , according to box office mojo . but it won audience awards in film festivals , and she found gina rodriguez , now of “jane the virgin” fame , on youtube , and gave the young puerto rican actress her first feature role . marron now earns a living writing and directing , and she is working on her third film .
errs in how much it asks the audience to juggle , and as a result , the things that the film does well ( and i think there are many ) are muffled somewhat .
filmed mostly on the isthmus with large bands of local extras , it was screened out of competition at the international film festival of cannes but the critics reception at best has been luke warm .
the negatives in jetter’s film come , problematically , with the more dramatic material . the big conflict comes when jake writes a drunken blog post about rochelle that goes viral . it’s not so much that anything is done poorly , it’s just that these scenes do feel somewhat rote . moreover , this is an extremely low budget film , and some drawbacks of what was no doubt a rushed production schedule inevitably end up on the screen . the flatter moments ( which , unfortunately for the movie , are some of the more important moments ) have the whiff of an elevated student film .
lost love · douchebag focuses on two long - separated brothers , sam and tom ( andrew dickler and ben york jones ) , as they reunite before sam’s wedding and hit the road to try to find tom’s fifth - grade crush . - photo courtesy of prodigy pr
“ice cube and i have had long discussions about the need to not overspend , ” he adds . “any film you make , particularly starring people of color , you almost need to overdeliver . ”
in the few meetings she managed to get , she recalls sitting in rooms with “nine or 10 white guys” and her , a latina with an inner - city background pitching a film about latinos .
i was fortunate enough to get into sundance . all the money i got to make this film [ the budget was under $ 1 million ] was from family and friends . i had the goal of getting into sundance because it’s a great market and showcase , and supportive of indie films . but when you make a feature , you have to make money back if you want to make another film . we earned our money back because we were able to screen at sundance . if you don’t get into sundance , sxsw or tribeca , it’s hard to get distribution . when you make an indie film with a movie made for a niche audience , it’s a real gamble . but i think the producers wanted to give this film the best push . you won’t see anything like this in hollywood .
this moment , like many others in the film , has potential to be funny but misses the mark . as is the case with some films , the title generates more laughter than the actual movie .
there are some moments in the film however , that invoke a nervous , unintentional laughter just as with its title . there is a scene where sam and tom arrive at the doorstep of the “wrong” mary barger , forcing sam to ask her to give back the bouquet of flowers they gave her . viewers cannot help but chuckle at this awkward situation , but the film lacks enough of these small moments .
park city - - the unexpected reunion of two young men leads to an ill - advised eventful project in
douchebag ,
a clever diy comedy that could be this year ' s
humpday
for art house audiences in search of characters they recognize from their own lives .
a young newspaper reporter and a music talent scout attempt to make a bi - coastal relationship work . i think that it is difficult to render the pressures of a long - distance relationship without resorting to what super reviewer alice shen calls
go - to distance conflicts .
as a former victim of a long distance relationship , i can attest to the fact that much of the conflict is internal and doesn ' t lend itself to film . but at the same time , i can ' t blame the film for trying . eventually what the film amounts to is a solid romantic comedy . the characters ' relationship develops and degrades all in accordance with the formula that has been tried and true . there is an appropriate balance of pathos and comedy with some decent performances from drew barrymore and justin long . these people won ' t stay with you for very long , but it ' s nice knowing them for the film ' s ninety - seven minutes . overall , this is a fine film but nothing to write home about .
in addition to the demands of submitting a completely finished film and doing three media interviews per day , he continues to play with his burbank - based east valley ymca league ice - hockey team , agent orange .
producer matt alvarez made “straight outta compton , ” pictured above . “any film you make , particularly starring people of color , you almost need to overdeliver , ” he says . ( jaimie trueblood / universal pictures )
this feels like the new york city of right now , where brooklynites deal with gentrification as best they can , trying to stay true to their roots while admitting that artisan coffee shops and yoga spots aren’t all that bad . not unlike justin simien’s superb dear white people ( which premiered at sundance in 2014 ) , douchebag seems to speak to a continually - budding generation of twitter - philes that are equal parts socially - aware and self - obsessed . ray falls decidedly into the latter category , too often coming off too much like , well , a douchebag with little in the redemption department .
director carmen marron says that financing her first movie “was hell . ” granted , she was a high school guidance counselor with no actual film background . “my own mother wouldn’t even give me financing , ” she says .
the film , which includes robert de niro , edgar ramirez and ruben blades , is part of a group of limited release films . , it will not be in as many cinema complexes in north america as others like
for much of its 79 minutes , tahir jetter ‘s how to tell you’re a douchebag feels like the type of raw , diy and impressive indie picture that barely stands a chance of getting in to the 2016 model of the sundance film festival . if that sounds like a back - handed compliment , that’s more - or - less the intention . after all , it is a talky rom - com set in new york with no recognizable faces , no real visuals to showcase or even edgy subject matter to mine through .
at the time of writing , warcraft holds a freshness rating of 22 % on film review aggregator rotten tomatoes based on eighteen reviews , and 37 % on metacritic based on eleven . excerpts from some of these reviews read :
i know some people are going to hate it , ” he says of douchebag .
but if you add up the amount of people who will see it at sundance , more people will have eventually seen it than any of my other films . not enough people saw spooner to hate it . ”
starts with a scene that actually takes place in the middle of the film ; it has a voiceover narration , shows men living a life of excess and as well as having a subplot involving the main character ' s troubled relationship .
sausage party is the exception . sausage party is dumb and pointless and i hated it , although i am — to be fair — in the minority among critics who have delighted in what is the first r - rated all cgi - film ( and it’s a hair away from being nc - 17 ) . i hate feeling like the buzzkill on this film , but here we are . i’m not going to lie and say i liked something because everyone else did .
then came kerr’s phone call , which inspired jones to recommit to douchebag . so did e - mails from stidham , who is credited as a writer along with doremus , dickler and producer jonathan schwartz—although she was the only one who put anything on paper . as the line producer , stidham also scouted all the filming locations .
how to tell you’re a douchebag is made up of roughly 98 % black people . at no point in the movie does anyone hold a gun or touch a drug that isn’t legal in the great state of colorado , and how goddamn screwed up is our entertainment industry that i even have to point that out as being something novel ? point is that while this is very much a first film it is a solid one , and if the sundance next category is good for anything it’s for launching new talent . tahir jetter hopefully has some more stories to tell .
as david was more sympathetic , just a stoner loser who has to shape up - but the real david packouz has a cameo , so he probably wouldn ' t have wanted to get involved with a film that portrayed him so poorly .
similar struggles abound , as many filmmakers of color are dealing with the typical headaches of being a newbie filmmaker . first - time director steven kung said he raised just under $ 1 million , which his mom gathered from “rich dentist uncles” back in taiwan . he made “a leading man , ” about a talented asian actor relegated to degrading roles . but there were no acquisitions agents at the festival where the film premiered . “maybe because it’s an asian film festival ? ” he wonders .
the shirt , the first short film doremus made after afi , was about a guy who can’t find the perfect shirt , so he ultimately goes without one .
at the premiere , my dad took off his shirt , ” doremus says .
worst decision ever . the whole thing looked like a bad student film . the script made no sense , there wasn ' t much of a plot , the lead character / writer tried to sound way smarter than he actually was . i rested my eyes for a bit during the film , and when i opened them 3 - 4 minutes later i would still be looking at the same shot . really ? it was supposed to be a comedy too , which made it even worse .
bing bar . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 7 p . m . snow flurries have fallen all day on this former mining town . it’s pretty to look at—from inside a toasty room . thankfully for sun - spoiled southern californians , the absolut douchebag party—in deference to the official beverage sponsor , of course—is indoors .
along the way , the screenwriting team rations out little ways for andrew dicker to expose sam ' s selfishness and unreliability . dickler fills the role with insight , aiming for believability instead of the broadness of the film ' s title - - as a result , we don ' t flinch when the brothers seem to be enjoying each other ' s company and don ' t find it impossible to believe when the script grants sam some abrupt insights . in the end , the douchebag isn ' t the star of the show , but he ' s an essential part of making it work .
the premise of trying to find a fifth - grade sweetheart , although outlandish , has potential . the idea of two brothers taking a road trip in search of a childhood crush could have made for some hilarious moments . but the film fails to deliver .
to that end , a new category called next was added for 2010 , reserved for indie films “stretching a low budget to create big art . ” doremus ( pronounced dor - ee - muss ) submitted douchebag hoping that it would be chosen for next . instead , it is among 16 films singled out in the more prestigious u . s . dramatic competition .
well , andrew was my editor on my previous film spooner , ” he says .
i just had this crazy idea that my friend ben play his brother . it was in my heart and my mind , and i just had to do it . ”
years later , as soon as he graduated from film school , he pitched his mostly latino - cast movie “ the book of life ” to every studio in town . “every place told me the same thing : there’s no interest in latino content , ” he said .
doremus mentions to the crowd that while his feature debut , spooner , was being shown at last year’s slamdance film festival , a smaller and scrappier event that runs concurrently with sundance in park city , he snuck over to the racquet club to watch the then - unknown precious .
ahir jetter’s first feature opens with one hell of a gambit . this funny relationship film ( i hesitate to call it a rom com ) starts with some postcard shots of new york city , just like woody allen’s masterpiece manhattan . but this isn’t in black and white and even out - of - towners will recognize that these aren’t the usual landmarks . how to tell you’re a douchebag ( yes , that’s the actual title , unfortunately ) is 100 % brooklyn , but it doesn’t make a big showing of it , shouting “represent ! ” or “718 ! ” or anything like that . brooklyn is just the borough where the filmmakers of the next generation live .
whilst albania was filmed with a drab , grey look [ how hollywood generally sees eastern europe ] . an action set - piece where david and efraim try to smuggle guns into iraq could have fitted in a bay film if it had more explosions . despite being marketed as a comedy
charles brice plays ray livingston , a freelance writer trying to attract attention with a blog , occasionally dating black women , whose self - pitying tone doesn ' t jibe with the cavalier way he treats the women he takes to bed . he ' s a douchebag , all right , no matter how much he claims to be looking for love and blames his emotional unavailability on new york city .
it kind of does , in theory . and maybe it will be for you . i thought it was moronic . and often offensive . for instance , the villain in the movie is a douchebag — a literal douchebag — filled with vodka that tries to flex its muscles and drunkenly rape a hot - dog bun . but it’s comedy , right , so it’s … ok ? and there’s a lot of ugly racial stereotypes , but it’s only hot dogs , and cans of beans , and a gay twinkie and firewater — which is obviously a native american stereotype — so we shouldn’t take offense , right ? well , why not ? because if the “firewater” were played by an actual native american , or if a live - action craig robinson was playing an actual african - american stereotype banging the “crackers” that wouldn’t be ok .
the 26 - year - old filmmaker squints as he tries to make out the people filling nearly all 608 seats of the temporary cinema space . he asks douchebag cast and crew members to join him up front for audience questions . eight people who have worked on the quirky slacker dramedy off and on for two years—and who also managed to make it to park city—surround their director . the remaining two crew members are back home .
the romantic leads are both writers . language is very specific in the film , particularly when one of ray’s ladies asks him “how do you feel about me , ” which he understands as “what do you think about me . ” can you talk about how you used words so precisely ? rochelle is particularly verbal .
while editing spooner , doremus had told dickler he was too funny not to be in a movie . to the amazement of doremus , dickler went for it . somewhere along the way , the director got the idea of playing the strong - willed editor off his mellower friend jones . a 30 - page outline for what would become douchebag was shot with the newbie actors . jones and dickler supplied all the dialogue as it came to them .
contrary to their name , slow motions are often anything but slow . they are generally characterized by short , jerky movements . when done properly , they often appear erratic and involuntary . achieving this seemingly spasmodic display takes years of practice , the difficulty of which is often underappreciated . rather than coming off as slow , individuals untrained in these motions usually just look like a giant knobber . the description
douchebag
has also been used by others .
i’ll be nervous friday night , ” doremus says .
it’ll be the first time anyone has seen it . the la times will be there . it’s so nerve - wracking . it’s not like slamdance , where you’re showing the film to 100 people . this is the biggest stage for movies in the world besides cannes . ”
although director / co - writer drake doremus cues us initially to view tom as the eponymous douchebag - - he ' s an adult sponging off his parents and makes excuses so lame they hardly merit the name when first invited to the wedding - - actor ben york jones doesn ' t let us harbor that illusion for long . moist - eyed and vulnerable , jones projects an endearing willingness to reconcile with his brother even though he clearly fears some kind of mistreatment .
if tv looks far more diverse today than film , it’s due in large part to the work of nogales and his colleagues . in 2000 , they forced the networks to sign memorandums of understanding saying they are committed to diversity . since then , the networks have counted the number of minorities they hire and have created various diversity - pipeline programs .
while the film isn ' t scheduled to be released in north america until june 10th , the long awaited warcraft already started to roll out internationally earlier this week . the movie adaptation of blizzard entertainment ' s hit gaming franchise of the same name was first announced a whole decade ago as a collaboration between the developer and media company legendary pictures .
written and directed by jetter and based off of his blog ‘occasionally dating black women , ’ douchebag tells the story of womanizing blogger ray livingston ( charles brice ) and the comeuppance he receives at the hands of quasi - famous internet writer rochelle marseilles ( dewanda wise ) . filled with self - reflective voice - over and extended musings on things like cat - calling and its virtues or the expectations following a hook - up , jetter establishes an insightful - if - familiar aesthetic .
“i dreamed that someday i’d have a film playing in this room , ” he says , still amazed at what a short , strange trip it has been . he had no idea in january 2009 that his “very personal” picture—shot in 20 days with a minuscule budget , unknown lead actors and a tiny crew—would fulfill his dream a mere 12 months later .
but , for the next two years , jones co - directed music videos in la with fellow chapman alum joseph armario under the pseudonym jurassic technology . jones did perform a small walk - on part in spooner , and while that film was being edited , doremus called to say there was a guy he had to meet : spooner ’s editor , dickler .
and where young people live they fall in love , or at least try to fall in love , and how to tell you’re a douchebag tells the tale of aspiring writer ray ( charles brice ) eventually realizing that maybe his womanizing ways won’t lead to happiness . he discovers this when he first hollers at rochelle ( dewanda wise ) while trying to impress his buddy jake ( william jackson harper ) . little does he know that rochelle is a powerful woman in media and more than a match for his wits .
there was just one problem : after about half the film had been shot , jones suffered what he called a
mini midlife crisis” and retreated to albuquerque , new mexico . the official reason was to learn carpentry from his father , but the more he talks about it , the more it is obvious he needed to find himself after he discovered he hated directing music videos .
doremus recalls that 10 years ago , in this very same room , he and jones hosted a screening of the bum .
we projected it onto a big screen , and we had 70 folding chairs set up , ” doremus says . once the lights came up at the end , the teens solicited donations from friends and family members for the just for laughs film festival entry fees .
that was more of a troll question meant to suggest ray is a douchebag . he’s mocking rochelle in a way that even he doesn’t believe , but he’s confident that he can get a rise out of her in that scene . it speaks to how black men get on black women’s nerves . we can see how black women bring up causes , and black men will troll them for it . that scene is a representation of that tug - of - war that we experience . we are our privilege to a certain extent . ray is aware that he’s good looking , a ladies’ man , and well - spoken , but that’s his charm to a fault . i wanted to see the paradigm of this man not getting what he wants , what that means and feels like , but in a larger sense , the film is about how everyone doesn’t get what they want in the modern dating milieu . sometimes things don’t go your way .
we had ridiculous expectations , ” jones says .
we thought we were going to make a 90 - minute feature film . . . . we pieced it together into an hour version , and then a 13 - minute version . we showed it to people for fun . it was our first foray into filmmaking together . it’s the first time we made something together and realized people liked it . ”
despite being directed by duncan jones and having a cgi budget seemingly the size of a small country ' s gdp , warcraft the movie never quite manages to come together as enjoyable . while fans of the franchise can most likely derive some satisfaction out of seeing the faithfully recreated video game settings , the wooden acting , breakneck pacing and excessive amounts of fantasy jibber - jabber mostly renders the film nonsensical to everyone else .
the film was trying to start a conversation on male masculinity , feminism , our current technology , and blogging , yet while there were many points made about the subjects , i left wishing they delved more deeply on the critiques . the funny thing about their biggest critique , which was on our current state of technology ( especially blogging ) , is that the characters the filmmakers decided to focus on were at extremes . everyone sounded like…
this movie is real . these situations are real . street harassment is real , entitlement is real , people get possessive and demanding even with new relationships and encounters . they get petty and when things don ' t go their way they cross boundaries . this happens all the time and this film isn ' t here to preach about it , it ' s just telling a satisfying story about how people can grow and learn and better themselves .
a womanizing blogger gets put in his place in how to tell you ' re a douchebag , tahir jetter ' s feature debut . not funny enough to call a rom - com , though it borrows many of that genre ' s tropes , the movie plays like a technically proficient , very expensive substitute for going into therapy after a painful breakup . heartfelt but lacking some key ingredients , the pic has limited commercial potential ; in any event , it ' s certainly much too conventional for sundance ' s next section , meant to showcase titles with an
innovative , forward - thinking approach to storytelling .
when she came home at 2 : 30 p . m . one day after doremus had earned his diploma and found him lying on the sofa in his boxers , eating ice cream and watching movies on tv , she threatened to kick him out of the house if he did not find a job . he instead applied to the american film institute ( afi ) in los angeles and , at 19 , became the youngest member of his class .
not necessarily incendiary and diabolical , this relatively innocuous indie film , shown only in a few select theaters , still had the ornery temperament of a relentless curmudgeon and the razor sharp guile of a confident screenwriter . two estranged brothers apprehensively join forces to find a lost love . emotional indigestion follow . a cool , remarkably airy score by goddamn electric bill make this one of the most sentient , blue - in - the - face road films in the past decade .
that’s a silly premise , especially for a movie that doesn’t take a silly approach to the material . at times , doremus and company seem to be struggling to force a narrative arc onto douchebag , when it’s clear they’d rather be watching the characters just hang out . doremus has a good eye for the varied landscapes of california , and dickler creates such a distinctive type—a self - centered man - child who covers his preoccupation with toys , games , and girls by feigning a detached , scholarly expertise—that it’s a shame they slip so easily into conventionality . these people and the world they inhabit are vivid enough to sustain something much more original .
in the end , neither character is extremely likeable , but they are not utterly detestable either . in fact , audience members don’t have strong emotions about the characters either way and remain indifferent about them throughout the film . because audience members lack interest in the two characters , it is difficult to remain invested in the story . on the surface , the characters’ differences make for an interesting story and good material for dialogue , but the characters fail to capture this potential .
i do think the likability comes from the fact that despite his looks and charm , he’s a bumbling person and that makes him endearing and human . i wasn’t worried about making him unlikable ; he was interesting . i gravitate to films that are about [ flawed ] characters . i know a lot of men who saw the film who said they acted just like that , and saw a lot of themselves in ray . or women who said they were one of those women .
such a cute romantic comedy : ) justin long & drew barrymore were just amazing & christina applegate was great as drew barrymore ' s sister & charlie day & jason sudeikis were great as justin long ' s best friends . just a great movie about love & how by going the distance your love will survive : ) just watch this adorable film : ) you won ' t regret it ! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
this time around , the nervous - laughter factor comes from the movie ' s barely printable title instead of its premise , which is hardly as outrageous as two straight men trying to make a gay porn film : brothers sam and tom , estranged for two years for reasons we don ' t know , are brought together by the former ' s fiancee , who arrives unannounced at tom ' s door and all but insists that he come back with her to be at the wedding .
marauders is like a sophomoric college essay : it’s full of interesting ideas that get bungled in the execution . interspersed with some well - done robbery set pieces , the film as a whole strives for unearned depth , dropping an entire thesis about the nature of legality and ethics into a straightforward crime flick , thereby making the latter elements needlessly confusing while the former get watered down into lackadaisical platitudes . attempting the profound when you’re out of your depth is the definition of pretentious , and marauders succumbs to this temptation .
the racquet club . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 8 p . m . the temporary , ascending rows of theater seats quickly fill up . if it’s not a full house , it’s pretty darn close . after a brief welcome from doremus , the film begins . it’s funny and better - paced than spooner , although that could also be because of the things coming out of the titular character’s mouth . you’re on the edge of your seat wondering what dickish thing dickler will say next .
the main character , ray livingston , has a job that seemingly only exists in film . he runs some dating blogs , and somehow makes a living from it . scenes predominantly feature young people who seemingly have nothing but free time to walk around and talk to each other , and eat with each other at fancy restaurants . this is the type of movie and characters i frequently hate , so why did i find myself loving it so much ? why did it feel fresh , original and unique , like something i had never seen before ? because these were roles and depictions always reserved for white actors .
the problem at this juncture is this : we have no reason to care about ray ' s wounded pride . nothing in the script has given us a reason to think there ' s more to him than we see , and brice doesn ' t project enough personality here to make up for the screenplay ' s failings . we ' d much rather spend time with jake ( william jackson harper ) , the wry best - friend character who routinely takes the air out of his puffed - up pal (
you ever think you might hate women , ray ?
) and who gets most of the film ' s intermittent laughs .
marauders wants us to ask difficult questions about the value of staying within the confines of the law , and to its credit , it does so by explicitly rejecting the reactionary dirty harry ideology that drives so many cops - vs . - robbers stories . rather than endorsing the fast - and - loose “fuck the law” attitude of heroes we’re meant to laud for their internal moral compass , the film suggests such ethical compromises end up doing more harm than good . even better , it ultimately leaves judgment in the hands of the viewer , refusing to grant either legitimacy or condemnation to well - intentioned criminality . if only marauders didn’t have such difficulty wrangling its own contradictory intentions .
the social network
explores the moment at which facebook , the most revolutionary social phenomena of the new century , was invented - - through the warring perspectives of the super - smart young men who each claimed to be there at its inception . the result is a drama rife with both creation and destruction ; one that audaciously avoids a singular pov , but instead , by tracking dueling narratives , mirrors the clashing truths and constantly morphing social relationships that define our time . drawn from multiple sources , the film captures the visceral thrill of the heady early days of a culture - changing phenomenon in the making - - and the way it both pulled a group of young revolutionaries together and then split them apart .
ray’s friendship with jake ( william jackson harper ) allows for the strongest scenes in the film . the two have a great chemistry , harper finding comedy in moments that would otherwise play dry , even obnoxious . wise’s turn as rochelle is also a highlight . tough and beautiful with a penchant for snappy delivery , the young actress is at her most engaging when she’s dressing down ray for his childish , navel - gazing thoughts on love and sex . when the movie works – and it works just enough – it’s gleefully aware of ray’s asshole - ness . the man’s got good friends and the charms to find the right woman ( not to mention a nice brooklyn apartment ) , but an inability to get out of his own way and get over himself .
i looked at a lot of woody allen and “high fidelity , ” which is precise and particular of how the main character describes his perception of the world . it’s a low - budget film so people are going to latch on to the dialogue , and i wanted rochelle to sound like one of the talented women writers on twitter who has thousands of followers and can rattle off a dissertation at will . i wanted to make ray sound much more banal as a writer , one who does navel - gazing think pieces about their own lives that are silly , but can make a name for yourself and a living . he wants to be a good writer . what attracts him to rochelle aside from her demeanor and poise is that she can actually write a novel . i was intent on trying to convey that , and how these characters spoke to each other .
the racquet club . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 9 : 30 p . m .
prodded at dinner with the couple to open up about his love life , tom reveals he’s still carrying a torch for his fifth - grade girlfriend , mary barger ( the actual name of doremus’ fifth - grade girlfriend at oakridge private school in orange ) . she must be found , it is resolved . much googling ensues , and it turns out there are mary bargers in santa monica , palm springs and san diego .
sam’s wedding day nears , and many errands must be run . so , naturally , he volunteers to help tom find out which mary barger is his mary barger , who can then be the younger nussbaum’s date to the wedding . this leads to a road trip in which the full scope of sam’s douchebaggery and the brothers’ loathing of each other are exposed .
and yet , by the end credits , a real love story has emerged , and it’s not the one you expected .
depietro performance center . santa ana , california . thursday , jan . 14 , 11 a . m . newspaper clippings cover bulletin boards in a hallway inside this brick building ; several yellowing los angeles times and orange county register articles follow the youth stage work of doremus , beginning when he was very young up through his teens . he was obviously a genuine prodigy .
“drake was always with me at the theater , ” cherie kerr says as she sits in a conference room , flipping though snapshots of her son . “it was not forced on him . he loved it . ”
named after late jazz bassist charlie depietro and his singer wife margaret , the depietro includes offices where their daughter kerr runs kerr public relations and execuprov , a communications - skills training center for business people .
adjacent to those offices is a 70 - seat black - box theater that is home to the orange county crazies , which kerr , a former cast member with the groundlings in la , founded 20 years ago . then based in huntington beach , the crazies were a comedy troupe with an inaugural cast of 12 . kathy griffin , who ' d also been a groundling , helped kerr with the auditions . known for topical sketch shows with titles such as orange side story , orange - lahoma ! and orange flew over the cuckoo’s nest , the crazies moved to santa ana in 1993 and shifted the focus to improvisational theater . it’s now a school for improv , although kerr hopes to mount a new crazies’ sketch show later this year .


first blood is a 1982 american action adventure film directed by ted kotcheff .

it was co-written by and starred sylvester stallone as john rambo , a troubled and misunderstood vietnam veteran who must rely on his combat and survival senses against the abusive law enforcement of a small town .

it is based on david morrell 's 1972 novel of the same name and is the first installment of the rambo series .

brian dennehy and richard crenna also appear in supporting roles .

the film was released in the united states on october 22 , 1982 .

despite initial mixed reviews , the film was a box office success , grossing $ 47.2 million at the box office .

since its release , first blood has received reappraisal from critics , with many praising the roles of stallone , dennehy , and crenna , and recognizing it as an influential film in the action genre .

it has also become a cult film .

the film 's success spawned a franchise , consisting of three sequels ( all of which were co-written by and starred stallone ) , an animated series , comic books , novels , and a bollywood remake .

a fifth film , tentatively titled rambo : last stand , was cancelled in january 2016 when stallone stated that he was retiring the character .

first blood

reuben ottenberg performs the first blood transfusion using blood typing and cross - matching .
1985 the first blood - screening test to detect hiv is licensed and quickly implemented by blood banks to protect the blood supply .
british physician william harvey discovers the circulation of blood . the first known blood transfusion is attempted soon afterward .
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karl landsteiner , an austrian physician , discovers the first three human blood groups .
the first casting call for blood country , our western thriller set in mississippi .
abo blood - typing and syphilis testing is performed on each unit of blood .
1949 - 1950 the us blood collection system includes 1 , 500 hospital blood banks , 46 community blood centers , and 31 american red cross regional blood centers .
the first recorded successful blood transfusion occurs in england : physician richard lower keeps dog alive by transfusing blood from other dogs .
the red cross begins the first nationwide blood program for civilians by opening its first collection center in rochester , n . y .
the u . s . blood system is comprised of 1 , 500 hospital blood banks , 46 community blood centers , and 31 american red cross regional blood centers .
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u . s . blood banks move toward an all - volunteer blood donor system .
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1665 the first recorded successful blood transfusion occurs in england : physician richard lower keeps dogs alive by transfusion of blood from other dogs .
2005 fda approves the first west nile virus ( wnv ) blood test to screen donors of blood , organs , cells and tissues .
first blood ultimate edition dvd cover . note that the knife is the rambo iii knife .
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1958 the aabb publishes its first edition of standards for a blood transfusion service ( now titled standards for blood banks and transfusion services ) .
1947 the american association of blood banks ( aabb ) is formed to promote common goals among blood banking practitioners and the blood donating public .
11 . a line in rambo : first blood part ii inspired a new sly stallone trilogy .
john elliott develops the first blood container , a vacuum bottle extensively used by the red cross .
first blood : [ screenplay ] / michael kozoll ; william sackheim ; david morrell ; 1980 .
1979 a new anticoagulant preservative , cpda - 1 , extends the shelf life of whole blood and red blood cells to 35 days , increasing the blood supply and facilitating resource sharing among blood banks .
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1953 the aabb clearinghouse is established , providing a centralized system for exchanging blood among blood banks . today , the clearinghouse is called the national blood exchange .
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this cast list of who was in first blood includes both lead and minor roles . ( 17 items )
a scene from the blockbuster hit
first blood ( 1982 )
starring sylvester stallone & richard crenna .
1962 in the us , there were 4 , 400 hospital blood banks , 123 community blood centers and 55 american red cross blood centers , collecting a total of five to six million units of blood per year .
7 . for rambo : first blood part ii , james cameron wrote the action and stallone wrote the politics .
the u . s . blood banking groups issue their first warning about acquired immune deficiency syndrome ( aids ) .
first blood doesn’t just plop down on your doorstep . it requires skill ( theoretically ) , timing ( sometimes ) , and the ability to dish out some serious damage . which champions , then , are most likely to bag first blood ? we looked at all ranked games on summoner’s rift over the course of patch 7 . 3 ( i see you , lethality ) to see who stood atop the first blood game . we calculated first blood rate as
rengar , everybody’s favorite crusher of marksman dreams , gets the biggest dose of catnip from first blood , going from a 49 percent win rate without first blood to a 63 . 4 percent win rate with it—a whopping 14 . 4 percent
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british obstetrician james blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood to a patient for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage .
sylvester stallone has squashed rumors of his involvement in the upcoming indian remake of 1982’s “first blood” from filmmaker tiger shroff .
1628 english physician william harvey discovers the circulation of blood . shortly afterward , the earliest known blood transfusion is attempted .
first national testing laboratory , applying standardized tests to ensure safety of red cross blood products , opens in dedham , mass .
1960 the aabb begins publication of transfusion , the first american journal wholly devoted to the science of blood banking and transfusion technology . in this same year , a . solomon and j . l . fahey report the first therapeutic plasmapheresis procedure — a procedure that separates whole blood into plasma and red blood cells .
1907 hektoen suggests that the safety of transfusion might be improved by crossmatching blood between donors and patients to exclude incompatible mixtures . reuben ottenberg performs the first blood transfusion using blood typing and crossmatching in new york . ottenberg also observed the mendelian inheritance of blood groups and recognized the “universal” utility of group o donors .
the american association of blood banks forms its committee on inspection and accreditation to monitor the implementation of standards for blood banking .
with all of this talk of win rates and first blood , it’s starting to look like a pretty scary thing . we know it’s nice to have , but how does first blood stack up to other “firsts” on the rift in terms of team success ?
first blood cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of first blood actors includes any first blood actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each first blood actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of first blood have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
immediately after the food and drug administration ( fda ) licenses the first test to detect the antibody to hiv on march 3 , red cross blood services regions begin testing all newly donated blood .
1795 in philadelphia , american physician philip syng physick , performs the first human blood transfusion , although he does not publish this information .
in addition to the american red cross , local organizations accepting blood donations are carter bloodcare and the south texas blood & tissue center .
p . s . for the person who has everything…the survival knife that rambo uses in first blood was designed by the late jimmy lile who was known as the arkansas knifesmith . for $ 3 , 500 you can have a knife like rambo—it’s called the new lile first blood .
top : first world war blood transfusion apparatus . below : the thomas splint introduced in 1916 . pictures courtesy of getty images and wellcome images .
gather ‘round and take a knee , summoners . let’s talk about what we’ve learned . first , life isn’t fair and first blood isn’t for everyone ( unless you’re talon ) . second , champions vary drastically in how well they capitalize on first blood . if you must feed , locate the nearest tank . third , first blood isn’t everything . it stings to give it up , but bagging objectives is correlated with a much higher chance of team success . run your face into baron , tell ‘em boom bear sent ya . finally , if you give up first blood to that blitzcrank spamming his mastery emote—sleep well . he’s not gonna do squat with it .
rambo ' s significant beefcake factor is so pronounced in first blood : part ii that it practically begs to be taken as queer - baiting camp .
in all , six knives were created to be used during production of first blood , with additional updated versions made for subsequent movies in the series .
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this is a good soundtrack , rambo 3 was good rambo first blood was good to , they ware all good . these soundtracks are all good .
) . this gives us an idea of how much of a win rate boost is associated with a champion scoring first blood . using the highly technical formula
across all ranked games in patch 7 . 3 , the team that secured first blood registered a respectable 59 . 4 percent win rate . in comparison , grabbing first tower ( 71 . 7 percent ) , dragon ( 68 . 3 percent ) or baron ( 81 . 5 percent ) were all associated with much higher rates of team success—and it makes sense . first blood can be anything from a mechanical outplay or well - timed gank to absent mindedly walking face first into an all too willing to accept tower . first blood favors skilled players and clutch plays , but it’s a pretty noisy signal when it comes to predicting team success .
now that we know who’s getting first blood , let’s find out who’s actually doing something with it . one way to think about this would be to compare champion
it’s ironic that not until the end of the research did i discover that morrell had written “first blood” while he was a professor at the university of iowa .
1916 francis rous and j . r . turner introduce a citrate - glucose solution that permits storage of blood for several days after collection . allowing for blood to be stored in containers for later transfusion aids the transition from the vein - to - vein method to indirect transfusion . this discovery also allows for the establishment of the first blood depot by the british during world war i . oswald robertson , an american army officer , is credited with creating the blood depots . robertson received the aabb landsteiner award in 1958 as developer of the first blood bank .
based loosely on david morrell ' s 1972 novel of the same name , it was the first of the four - film and ongoing rambo series . unlike the following sequels which were war adventure films set in foreign countries , first blood was a post - vietnam war psychological thriller set in the united states . first blood particularly lacks the gore and violence that would later become a trademark of the series .
the british army began the routine use of blood transfusion in treating wounded soldiers . blood was transferred directly from one person to another . but it was a us army doctor , captain oswald robertson , who realised the need to stockpile blood before casualties arrived . he established the first blood bank on the western front in 1917 , using sodium citrate to prevent the blood from coagulating and becoming unusable . blood was kept on ice for up to 28 days and then transported to casualty clearing stations for use in life - saving surgery where it was needed most .
rambo first entered the world in 1982 in first blood , which made over $ 125 million worldwide . it has been followed by a number of successful remakes , including the most recent rambo ( 2008 ) , which earned $ 113 million globally .
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1950 audrey smith reports the use of glycerol cryoprotectant for freezing red blood cells .
1983 additive solutions extend the shelf life of red blood cells to 42 days .
1997 u . s . government issues two reports suggesting ways to improve blood safety , including regulatory reform . national blood data resource center founded by aabb to collect , analyze and distribute data on all aspects of blood banking and transfusion medicine .
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the tv version of first blood premiered on nbc on sunday night , may 12 , 1985 , as a tie - in to rambo : first blood part ii . 3 minutes were edited out , and any suggestive dialog was changed . however , the following scenes were added in order to make up for anything that was cut :
the unused alternate ending of first blood , in which trautman shoots and kills rambo , can be seen briefly in the dream sequence in the fourth film , rambo .
american national red cross board of governors receives report that national headquarters will host a national rare blood donor registry for blood types occurring less than once in 200 people .
davidson said blood droplets were sprayed against the wall as the weapon was raised . he said investigators used 3 - d technology to determine the blood’s point of origin .
i perked up when i saw the title of your post . huge first blood fan . i used to be able to recite the entire movie , line for line .
parkour enthusiast and lethality apologist talon reigns supreme as king of first blood , notching the first takedown of the match in a whopping 25 percent of the ranked games he plays in . fellow assassins pantheon , katarina , and leblanc also ride high on the chart .
2003 fda issues final guidance regarding “revised recommendations for the assessment of donor suitability and blood and blood product safety in cases of known or suspected west nile virus infection . ”
death incarnate encrusted with dried mud , dried blood , streaked with rivulets of sweat .
cutscene image gallery : a gallery of cut scene shots , including those from blood .
this study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries , quotes , character analysis , themes , and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of first blood .
1840 at st . george ' s school in london , samuel armstrong lane , aided by consultant dr . blundell , performs the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia .
1950 in one of the single most influential technical developments in blood banking , carl walter and w . p . murphy , jr . , introduce the plastic bag for blood collection . replacing breakable glass bottles with durable plastic bags allows for the evolution of a collection system capable of safe and easy preparation of multiple blood components from a single unit of whole blood . development of the refrigerated centrifuge in 1953 further expedites blood component therapy .
new blood will be the first time that the serious fraud office ( sfo ) and the police have been portrayed on screen together , where junior investigators stefan and rash individually work .
1937 bernard fantus , director of therapeutics at the cook county hospital in chicago , establishes the first hospital blood bank in the united states . in creating a hospital laboratory that can preserve and store donor blood , fantus originates the term
blood bank .
within a few years , hospital and community blood banks begin to be established across the united states . some of the earliest are in san francisco , new york , miami , and cincinnati .
one hundred . they both collapse , face - down , breathing heavily . brewer rises first .
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pretty self explanatory . was just in a game , our top laner got first blood . everything was going normal until about 3 : 10 when the enemy team threw out the / remake vote and ended the game . i thought you couldn & # 039 ; t remake after first blood ? ? ? or was this an intended change that i missed in the patch notes ?
because filming of first blood was primarily in the hope area , the hope and district chamber of commerce has developed a walking and driving tour of some of the film ' s key locations .
i thought you might be interested in this item at urltoken title : first blood : [ screenplay ] author : michael kozoll ; william sackheim ; david morrell publisher : 1980 . oclc : 31627181
the film opens with a brief montage of
first blood ,
culminating in the police station . . . rambo is confronted by trautman , who tells rambo his personal war is over .
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from the official soundtrack of the rambo film
first blood
dan hill singing - it ' s a long road . ( music video ) youtube exclusive in hd . please enjoy this exclusive music video only available on my channel . all comments are welcome thank you ! this song is taken from the official 1982 soundtrack album
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by jerry goldsmith . starring sylvester stallone .
( panting ) this your first day ? podovsk catches his assistant ' s hand before he swings .
jerome got a new motorbike and his first real job – but then his debts began to spiral .
as a combination survival and action film , ' first blood ' delivers enough excitement to please fans of this sort of thing , although it must settle logically for a less than wholly satisfying ending .
initial drafts of the screenplay for the sequel to first blood were written by james cameron , who at the time was still looking for his big break . cameron’s script , which was titled first blood ii : the mission and was written simultaneously with the scripts for the terminator and aliens ( two movies which ultimately gave him that big break ) , differed substantially from what ended up on screen .
rambo : first blood part ii is the only rambo movie to be nominated for an oscar . it received a nod for best sound effects editing in 1986 but lost to back to the future .
blood is now routinely used in hospitals throughout the world , with stockpiles that can be called upon when required . in the military , the medical emergency response team is able to give wounded soldiers blood on the ground , helping to prevent deaths from shock . developments in wound shock treatment in the first world war - from the use of saline , through direct donor - to - patient blood transfusion and the development of techniques to store blood - have helped shape much of modern practise .
story in “blood sisters” is set at a strict school for vampires designed to retain their humanity .
blood omen : legacy of kain ( 1996 ) at dark chronicle ( by marie tryhorn ) .
no matter how it goes down , first blood is a big deal . it gets both you and your team off on the right foot , and can be a delightful opportunity to explore the finer points of coordinated mastery emote and dance spamming . but how big of a deal is first blood ? which champions get it the most ? who gets the most out of it ? the answers lie below .
davidson said the amount of blood at the scene suggested meketech was there for some time . he told jurors there was a huge pool of blood measuring one metre by 60 centimetres under her body .
david morrell ' s action thriller , first blood , is considered the grand daddy of the modern action thriller . better known as the first rambo story , first blood is the story of a homeless vietnam vet who , pushed to the brink by harassment from southern small town cops , erupts into a murderous rampage . i never cared much for the rambo movie starring sylvester stallone . but having served in the american south at the end of the vietnam war , i was well acquainted with the harassment service members endu
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dentsu marcom has created the launch campaign for honda ' s sports bike cbr 150r . for the campaign , the agency has come up with the thought ' taste first blood ' . riders evolve from everyday biking enthusiasts to the ' cbr club ' with the first exhilarating experience of the 150r , is the message .
saline infusion replaces milk as a “blood substitute” due to the increased frequency of adverse reactions to milk .
long - term anticoagulants , among them sodium citrate , are developed , allowing longer preservation of blood .
the red cross begins national blood donor service to collect blood for the u . s . military with dr . charles r . drew , formerly of the plasma for britain program , as medical director .
apheresis is used to extract one cellular component , returning the rest of the blood to the donor .
grimacing from the blow . there are board red welts over both collarbones , oozing blood in places .
causation . although first blood likely increases your chances of winning , it’s also likely to fall to the better team more often than not . in the current analysis , we don’t attempt to tease apart these elements .
1940 the united states government establishes a nationwide program for the collection of blood . charles r . drew develops the “plasma for britain” program — a pilot project to collect blood for shipment to the british isles . the american red cross participates , collecting 13 million units of blood by the end of world war ii .
1962 the first antihemophilic factor ( ahf ) concentrate to treat coagulation disorders in hemophilia patients is developed through fractionation .
1884 saline infusion replaces milk as a “blood substitute” due to the increased frequency of adverse reactions to milk .
1914 long - term anticoagulants , among them sodium citrate , are developed , allowing longer preservation of blood .
1957 the aabb forms its committee on inspection and accreditation to monitor the implementation of standards for blood banking .
1972 apheresis is used to extract one cellular component , returning the rest of the blood to the donor .
prima games / ian osborne . blood omen : legacy of kain : official game secrets . ( 1996 )
blood ( sometimes informally called blood : spill some or blood 3d ) is a pc first person shooter computer game released for ms - dos on may 31 , 1997 . it was developed by monolith productions and distributed by gt interactive . the game became well - known for its copious amounts of violence and numerous stylistic and cultural references to literary and cinematic horror works . it was also the first build engine game to feature voxels and simulated room - over - room , which were both also later seen in shadow warrior . the game falls in the first - person shooter category and has an arsenal of curious weapons , numerous enemies , and liberal amounts of gore .
1900 karl landsteiner , an austrian physician , discovers the first three human blood groups , a , b , and c . blood type c was later changed to o . his colleagues alfred decastello and adriano sturli add ab , the fourth type , in 1902 . landsteiner receives the nobel prize for medicine for this discovery in 1930 .
scott hardy has put an amazing amount of work into finding each location from the film shot - by - shot . his website , first blood filming locations , has a wealth of photos , maps , and stories about each place and is undoubtedly the most definitive source out there . herve attia also produced a video , on the set of first blood , in which he visits the locations today and lines them up shot - for - shot .
this might have been my first scary movie . scared the shit out of my seven - year - old self .
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as the first feature installment of the “vampire academy” fantasy series for financiers reliance entertainment and im global , says varierty .
the salvation army says it is providing food and water to first responders and preparing for massive feeding efforts for residents .
first blood ( 1982 ) was adapted from writer david morrell’s 1972 novel of the same name . morrell named the character “rambo” after a type of apple cultivated by a 17th - century swedish settler named peter gunnarson rambo . in the book the character didn’t have a first name , but in the movie he was given the full name john rambo .
first blood required stallone to be ripped ( he shot rocky iii shortly before starring in the first rambo movie , which helped ) , but for the second outing he really needed to pump some iron . the actor trained for eight months prior to the film’s start date in late 1984 , but he maintained a strict regimen during shooting as well .
although our ult - gated buddies may not have the most potent first blood potential , they’re working with an embarrassment of riches compared to the bottom of the list . janna , in all of her tornado - slinging , glacially slow auto - attack glory “secures” first blood in only 1 . 7 percent of the games she plays . the picture isn’t that much prettier for the rest of the support squad , with traditional supports rounding out the entirety of the bottom ten . even bot lane terror blitzcrank ( aka mr steal yo kill ) only pulls in first blood 1 out of every 20 games . for all of you playing support purely for the glory , i urge you to reconsider .
washington : in a first , scientists have discovered a way to accurately predict whether a child has autism spectrum disorder by analysing a blood sample , an advance that opens the door to earlier diagnosis and potential future development of therapeutics .
the red cross ends its world war ii blood program for the military after collecting more than 13 million pints .
the u . s . enters korean war . red cross becomes blood collection agency for military during korean war .
first blood ( also known as rambo or rambo : first blood outside the united states ) , is a 1982 action / thriller film directed by ted kotcheff . the film stars sylvester stallone as john rambo , a troubled and misunderstood vietnam war veteran , with hope , washington sheriff will teasle ( brian dennehy ) as his nemesis , and colonel samuel trautman ( richard crenna ) as his former commander and only ally . it was released on october 22 , 1982 .
1990 introduction of first specific test for hepatitis c , the major cause of “non - a , non - b” hepatitis .
first blood ' s portrayal of a vietnam veteran also sparked some controversy . jeremiah kipp argued the film
reflect [ ed ] a new compassion towards traumatized veterans of the vietnam conflict
, while others view the film as insulting and stereotypical .
hoping to nip a growing swell of internet rumors in the bud , sylvester stallone has communicated to deadline that he absolutely is not taking part in the tiger shroff ’s first blood , a redo of the 1982 film that launched the rambo franchise .
underworld : blood wars is set to debut friday , january 6 , and the first reviews have been released on rotten tomatoes . at the time of writing this article , the film has garnered a mrere 10 % score on the review site .
first blood was also a film that dealt with post - traumatic stress disorder ( ptsd ) and while not giving any answers , morrell says that he heard reports that many vietnam vets wept for the first time since the war as the film somewhat depicted how hard it was to make the transition from solider to civilian in a country where they were often despised and rejected .
the rh blood group system is discovered by karl landsteiner , alexander wiener , philip levine and r . e . stetson .
food & drug administration ( fda ) begins to regulate all 7 , 000 u . s . blood and plasma centers .
first blood isn’t just for lane bullies , though . a host of early game junglers such as lee sin ( 17 . 8 percent ) , kha’zix ( 16 . 7 percent ) , and elise ( 16 . 0 percent ) also fall in the top 15 , proving once and for all that just because you can’t farm creeps doesn’t mean you can’t farm champions . no matter ap or ad , lane or jungle , there’s no substitute for good ol’ fashioned early game burst when it comes to first blood .
first blood stands out because it’s a very , very different kind of action movie than its sequels . three years after first blood , stallone would remake rambo as a sinewy caricature of right - wing fantasy fulfillment , the sort of guy who’d put explosives on the tips of his arrows and rewrite entire chapters of recent american history . that later rambo is the one that became a popular halloween costume and cartoon series . ( they seriously made a rambo cartoon , which becomes way weirder once you’ve watched this movie . ) the gulf between the first rambo movies and the ones that followed is even wider than the one between rocky and its sequels .
due to the high fan demand for more blood content , especially after monolith stopped working on the series , many add - on projects have sprung up . the goal of most of these has been to replicate or expand on the original blood experience .
shroff , 27 , said he thought the project was
too good to be true
when he was first approached about it .
[ … ] “they drew first blood , not me . ” john rambo the road to the first rambo movie being released in 1982 was a long journey . the novel was published in 1972 and reports are that the property went through three studios , 16 scripts , and a lot of high - profile actors and directors before it became sylvester stallone’s second [ … ] original source… [ … ]
due to its graphic violence , blood was placed on the bpjm list of restricted games in germany . a period editorial for the los angeles times derided both blood and redneck rampage , stating that
just when you thought bloody shoot - ' em - up games had gone too far in adolescent humor and senseless gore , these titles go even further .
an article on salon commented upon the infamous
bathtub of blood
advertisement for blood in relation to the video game controversy following the columbine shooting .
vinh snorts in disgust and points at some trampled stalks . there is a bright smear of blood , and beyond , another .
yushin spins to see a filthy , blood - encrusted rambo coming through the gun door . yushin charges as rambo swings inside .
two different expansions , cryptic passage and the plasma pak , were released shortly after the game was produced , although only the plasma pak added new weapon modes and enemies . on july 15 , 1998 a special edition collection titled one unit : whole blood was released , which included the fully - patched full version of blood , the cryptic passage expansion pack , the plasma pak expansion pack , and the game wizards interactive walkthrough / strategy guide . in total two strategy guides were released : blood : the official strategy guide by mel odom and ted chapman , and blood : unlock the secrets by game wizards . blood ii : the chosen , the sequel to blood , was released in 1998 and was followed by its own the nightmare levels expansion pack in august 1999 .
these are the multiplayer maps ( bloodbath ) that were included with the retail version of blood . expansion packs added other maps .
the teleporter , a common trope in first person shooter games like quake , is rarely used in blood , which has a less high - tech motif and adds to the realism and super natural feel . blood also contained secrets - areas that are difficult to access or find and often contain bonuses , but added the new concept of
super secrets
- areas that are nearly impossible to find or reach , but which merit large rewards , such as allowing the player access to a napalm launcher in the very first level .
the player ' s progress is further complicated by different types of traps , including crushing blocks , explosive barrels , lava pits , precarious cliff - sides , jumping puzzles , and combination lock doors . blood was also one of the first first person shooter games ( along with marathon , strife , system shock and dark forces ) to feature alternate firing modes for each weapon . most guns in blood have two completely different methods of dealing damage , compared to earlier games in which each weapon had only a single type of firing mode .
blood soon grew into a cult classic , especially among fans of other build engine titles . after its release monolith productions put a selection of contemporary reviews of the game up on the blood website , most of which are now only available through the wayback machine .
the first keizoku ( series , 1999 ) was the best dorama i ever watched . i hope spec can live up to such standards .
had been knocking around hollywood for quite a while before you turned it into a movie . how did you first become aware of it ?
first blood is the debut novel by writer david morrell . first blood is about a vietnam veteran , rambo , who is travelling across the country alone . rambo becomes wary of the small town sheriffs who are constantly forcing him to move on due to his appearance and lack of employment . rambo decides to make a stand in kentucky against small town sheriff wilfred teasle . however , in making his stand , rambo becomes the most wanted man in the state . rambo uses the skills he was taught in the green berets to fight teasle and his deputies , but neither man will allow his pride to let him stop , to admit defeat , despite mounting losses . first blood is a novel about war , about choosing sides , and about the gray areas that make it difficult for either side to be a clear winner .
ludvig hektoen suggests that the safety of transfusion might be improved by cross - matching blood between donors and patients to exclude incompatible mixtures .
early 1980s with the growth of component therapy , products for coagulation disorders , and plasma exchange for the treatment of autoimmune disorders , hospital and community blood banks enter the era of transfusion medicine , in which doctors trained specifically in blood transfusion actively participate in patient care .
1989 human - t - lymphotropic - virus - i - antibody ( anti - htlv - i ) testing of donated blood begins .
rcmp sgt . ashley davidson was called to examine blood patterns after hanne meketech was found dead in her mobile home in september 2015 .
his key model for the rambo character was world war ii hero audie murphy . morrell has gone on to have a long successful career as a novelist . he received his undergraduate degree at the st . jerome university ( a roman catholic university in canada ) , and his m . a . and ph . d . in comparative literature from penn state . he said on the dvd commentary that he always thought of first blood as being a western and lists the sheepman ( 1958 ) as a film that was a sort of parallel to first blood .
i had this soundtrack 30 years ago when the movie first came out and played it to death , so i know every note by heart .
first blood by david morell a retroview by eric allen i led a rather sheltered childhood , and i did not get to see my first r rated move until i was well into my teens . looking back , i find that i am actually rather grateful that i did not have such influences as prolific cursing and blood and gore on my formative years . i believe that it allows me to more appreciate the gravity of them now . it did not keep me from chafing under the strictures placed upon me by my parents when i was young , though .
1941 isodor ravdin , a prominent surgeon from philadelphia , effectively treats victims of the pearl harbor attack with cohn ' s albumin for shock . injected into the blood stream , albumin absorbs liquid from surrounding tissues , preventing blood vessels from collapsing , a finding associated with shock .
despite his notorious reputation for shooting first and asking questions later , rambo doesn’t actually do anyone in in first blood— he only severely wounds the people trying to hunt and harm him . this was a conscious effort on stallone’s part in his script to change the character into an underdog from the character in the book who , due to his ptsd , goes on a wild killing rampage , which stallone felt would alienate the audience .
blood and its expansions were made available for purchase from the digital distribution service urltoken under the one unit : whole blood name on april 10 , 2010 . this was followed by a release on valve software ' s steam service on july 14 , 2014 alongside blood ii : the chosen and its the nightmare levels expansion . atari also began selling the games directly through its own website at around the same time .
blood takes place in 1928 . the game documentation does not specify a specific year , and the developers described the game as not having a set time period , but the game ' s sequel blood ii : the chosen takes place in 2028 and states that it has been one hundred years since the events in blood . although the backstory was not delineated within the game itself , the monolith website , the blood manual , and an accompanying text file presented the few facts known about the precursory events , such as caleb ' s relationship with ophelia .
sequel to the awesome first blood , first blood part ii revolves around john rambo is sent into vietnam to take pictures of a supposed abandoned pow camp . when he finds that the camp is still operational , he liberates a pow and subsequently gets betrayed by the men who hired him to get the job done . after this , he takes matters into his own hands and takes on half the vietnamese army and a squad of russian troops and attempts to rescue the other pows ' s . first blood part ii follows the events of the first film and the mission that rambo goes on is a chance for him to get pardonned over the events of the first . first blood part ii is a solid sequel that offers everything you ' d expect from a rambo film . sure some aspects of the film are silly , but the key words you need to remember is èrambo film ' ehen this is a rambo film , you should expect something over the top . the film delivers the usual top notch action thrills with decent acting , but as usual it ' s not anything great . but what do you expect in the acting department of a rambo flick . though lacking in some aspects of the picture , the film more than makes up for it with it ' s action . thats the reason why rambo films are excellent , the nonstop action . the filmmakers know how to craft a solid actioner , even at times if it ' s not truly perfect , there are a lot of things going for this film that surpasses the low points . as far as action films are concerned , first blood part ii delivers everything you ' d expect and more . first blood part ii is an underrated film that doesn ' t deserve the flack it has received . sure it ' s totally different , but theres an interesting plot to keep you entertained . even if the plot is average , the action is flawless and its what makes this film a blast to watch again and again .
first blood
may have signalled the beginning of the incredibly lucrative
rambo
series but for sylvester stallone it represented his first success outside the
rocky
franchise . the the heavily dramatic
fist .
( 1978 ) , the critically acclaimed
nighthawks
( 1981 ) , or the risible
escape to victory
( 1981 ) were among the notable flops stallone starred in between the
rocky
films .
first blood arrived in theaters in october 1982 , some seven and one - half years after the end of the vietnam war . veterans ' rights were still a significant issue , although their prominence was waning . with its message about how returning soldiers had been marginalized by a divided country in desperate need of healing , first blood sought to bring more to the table than the story of an unhinged survivalist lashing out at a bunch of close - minded bigots . based on david morrell ' s novel , the screenplay by michael kozoll , william sackheim , and stallone sought to mix politics with action . as established by the movie , rambo wasn ' t merely the target of a group of small - minded local law enforcement officials , but the pawn of a system that created him then set him adrift and , in a larger sense , of a society that had no use for him beyond the soulless business of warfare . in first blood , rambo is a victim . in the three sequels , he is
redeemed
and transformed into a hero . first blood has a moral compass ; the subsequent entries in the series do not .
1959 max perutz of cambridge university deciphers the molecular structure of hemoglobin , the molecule that transports oxygen and gives red blood cells their color .
first came the man : a young wanderer in a fatigue coat and long hair . then came the legend , as john rambo sprang from the pages of first blood to take his place in the american cultural landscape . this remarkable novel pits a young vietnam veteran against a small - town cop who doesn ' t know whom he ' s dealing with - - or how far rambo will take him into a life - and - death strugg
the road to the first rambo movie being released in 1982 was a long journey . the novel first blood was published in 1972 and reports are that the property went through three studios , 16 scripts , and a lot of high - profile actors and directors before it became sylvester stallone’s second franchise character ( after rocky ) . and though stallone had become a superstar after the 1976 release of rocky his other non - rocky films ( f . i . s . t . , nighthawks & paradise alley ) hadn’t faired so well . nor was the topic of vietnam a popular one in ’82—the last u . s . troops pulled out of saigon in ’75 . there weren’t strong indicators that first blood was going to be a hit film .
early blood processing program for relief of english war victims , called plasma for britain , begins under direction of charles r . drew , md .
1996 hiv p24 antigen testing of donated blood begins . although the test does not completely close the hiv window , it shortens the window period .
i ' m ashamed to say that i had no idea first blood was a book before it was a movie . glad to have this error corrected and was equally glad to have gotten the chance to read this amazing book . now , there were some drastic changes from film to print or print to film more like . and that ' s okay . i never expect the movie to be just like the film . there have to be differences , so long as the essence remains intact . and for the most part , the essence of first blood , be it sylvester stallone or just the
ssg : spy / spec - ops . . . : in your opinion , what books kicked off the spec / ops genre in the first place ?
most people will come to first blood having seen the film first , as well as the three sequels . while the book does contain the thriller aspect and some of the action of the film , it is also a kind of dark character study into how a person can be affected by military training and the traumas of war . in terms of the influence of this novel on me as an author , i would say that the protagonist , john rambo , has a number of similarities to my own john kennedy character . these will become even more apparent as the drug gang series continues . first blood is both a fascinating and an exciting read , probably more reminiscent of the film the deer hunter , in many ways , than the actual rambo movies .
at the bottom , it’s not all resets and adoration stacks . tanky supports ( taric , alistar , leona ) and traditionally full tank solo laners ( trundle , sion , shen ) reap comparatively small benefits from first blood , likely due to their power scaling expressing itself as “being real good at not dying” rather than “being real good at killing other stuff . ” what i’m trying to say is if you’ve gotta feed , feed the tank . it’s also worth mentioning that the solo queue blitzcrank in your game who is “definitely gonna carry” is one of the least effective at translating first blood into a juicy
sylvester stallone is one of the great physical actors in the movies , with a gift for throwing himself so fearlessly into an action scene that we can ' t understand why somebody doesn ' t really get hurt . when he explodes near the beginning of “first blood” , hurling cops aside and breaking out of a jail with his fists and speed , it ' s such a convincing demonstration of physical strength and agility that we never question the scene ' s implausibility . in fact , although almost all of “first blood” is implausible , because it ' s stallone on the screen , we ' ll buy it .