Am I the only one who thought Will Teasle wasn't all that bad?
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GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 08:18 PM)
Teasle was bad though. He judged Rambo by his appearance and refused to let him eat in town. Later on when he finds out he and his deputies find out he's a Green Beret and a Congressional Medal of Honor winnder, his deputy Mitch suggests they just let the state police handle it. To Which he grabs the guy, says Gault is dead, says he's going to get him and pin his Congressional Medal of Honor to his liver. You can tell by the way he says it that he is prejudiced against Rambo for being a Vietnam Veteran and also that he is jealous of the fact that Rambo won the Congresional Medal of Honor and he didn't.
Later on after the ordeal in the woods, he refuses to listen to a stinking word Trautman says and later admits to him he wanted to kill the kid. He later refuses to listen to Trautman's advice to not go after Rambo when he comes back into town at the end of the movie. And in the end would rather be shot to death by Rambo than to feel any guilt for his actions toward Rambo or feel any pity for him. Which imo makes him a disgrace as both a cop and a human being.
It also doesn't help that I have read the book where Teasle is a bit nicer to Rambo at first and even later lets him walk back into town to get a bite to eat. Also unlike the movie, in the book Teasle actually listens to Trautman about Rambo and feels bad for how he treated him. Not like the movie where he's just a hateful person who hates Rambo and refuses to see things from his point of view through Truatman.
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amodestproposal — 9 years ago(August 09, 2016 06:18 PM)
The great thing about this story is there aren't really any cut-and-dry good guys and bad guys, just victims of circumstance. The book has a lot more about Teasle and his motivationbeing a Korean War vet who went through a lot of his ow war horrors and didn't like how a lot of young people felt about the war and America at the time. They hint at this in the movie when you see Teasle's medals in a case behind his desk.
Teasle is only trying to protect his town, though too heavy-handedly. He's too zealous and emotional about the chase, which Trautman points out to him. That's a character fault for sure.
Rambo isn't blamelesshe knew what he was doing when he walked across that bridge, he was asking for a confrontation. But he shouldn't have been treated as he was, of course.
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tabbycat — 9 years ago(August 11, 2016 12:17 AM)
Anyone who considers Galt a close friend is not a good person.
Teasle was certainly not all bad. Dennehy cuts quite a believable, flesh-and-blood chatacter who believes he's protecting a quiet little town. He believes he can talk to Rambo the way he does in the car and run him out of town, having likely done it before. Trouble is, he's wrong. Beliefs are not truth. Easy to forget when you go around proclaiming yourself to be the law itself.
Life has a way of catching up with those who fail to question their own beliefs. One day, the wrong ox is gored. For Teasle, that ox was John Rambo. -
FEL123_2000 — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 01:06 PM)
He was bad for criticizing Rambo initially and telling him to leave. He had no right to do either as a police officer. He was a horrible guy. He was arrogant and placed himself above the law, and didn't care who he disrespected.
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fiero-49251 — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 12:37 AM)
The town got what it paid for in that idiot Sheriff!
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daverindone — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 10:51 AM)
A younger me would have seen him as a "dick cop", but there is a certain logic to Teasle simply wanting to keep the town in order and viewing Rambo a potential trouble. He was clearly older, not some rookie trying to make a name for himself and possibly trying to just run out his time before retiring. Along comes this troubled, brooding guy and he basically offers him a quick trip to the "nearest" place to eat (ten miles) - as long as i t was not in Hope.
It was telling with him exiting the diner and making an offhand remark about a resident taking a bath, then his casual reply about John's jacket and overall look. You get the idea that Teasle may be the type to cut you a small amount of slack, but Rambo just wasn't in the mood.