# Heroes Never die ... They Just Download

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407 "2008-02-13T04:31:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407/1 "2008-02-13T04:31:39Z")

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Story [here](http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=10256).

Burmese, in defiance of the strict government ban on the new Rambo film, are downloading it in droves. Go Burmese! They risk serious prison time just for watching it – not just possessing it, but rather simply having seen it!

Although since the government has strict control over the Internet, I wonder how they’re accessing it.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407/2 "2008-02-20T03:14:37Z")

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Just an update [here](http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=10463). The Burmese government is ordering all publications to criticize the new Rambo film.

Excerpt:

"The author of the article passed judgment on all four Rambo movies, describing the protagonist as a terrorist and a puppet of US government propaganda. ‘Rambo is a man who does not smile. He is an aggressive, hot-blooded man who seems to have a mental illness,’ the author opined. ‘The movie made me cry in my heart watching this poor man who is obviously crazy. But I will tell you seriously, the movie Rambo is as humorous as the _Bruce_, \*Evan \* and \*God Almighty \* movies’.”

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407/3 "2008-02-20T04:48:40Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
the _Bruce_, \*Evan \* and \*God Almighty \* movies’.”  
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Wow, those Burmese are so good at pirating movies that they’ve gotten the third _Bruce Almighty_ film out before it even hit American theaters! Or was shot! Or greenlit!

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407/4 "2008-02-20T04:54:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Siam Sam]  
'Rambo is a man who does not smile…”  
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Yeah, when I think of Myanmar, my thoughts always drift toward what a happy place it is.

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**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-never-die-they-just-download/437407/5 "2008-02-20T04:55:47Z")

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After last year, I’ll support any defiance on the part of the Burmese.