As promised, we come to Programmed to Kill, an earlier, and equally important book from Dave McGowan, of Weird Scenes Inside Laurel Canyon fame. I summarize his thesis and in the full talk give my analysis and commentary based on the numerous other analyses I’ve read regarding related material. We look at the strengths and weaknesses of his book, as well as the crucial connection to Hollywood, which created a whole new entertainment genre surrounding ‘lone gunner sickos’….or are they really lone gunners? This is a part of a 2 hour lecture which can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis above.
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It’s possible to read First Blood, the first Rambo movie, as being about the Phoenix Program. In the last scene, Rambo tells Colonel Trautman, “You don’t just turn it off!” meaning the programming and training that he received in the military. Trautman tells Sheriff Teasle that Rambo was part of an elite unit trained to win by attrition – sounds like Phoenix to me.
This is especially apparent in the book by David Morrell. In the film, Rambo spares the lives of everyone he encounters. As Morrell originally conceived it, he killed them all.