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#carrie the remake

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I read Carrie by Stephen King a long time ago, when I was still young. And the Carrie I remember was delicate, insecure, timid — a quiet girl, crushed by her fanatical mother and mocked by those around her. Her powers weren’t a sign of strength, but an expression of deep, buried pain.

The image I see now — a blood-soaked warrior, determined, almost like a female Sylvester Stallone — has little to do with that character. It feels like a complete misunderstanding of the story.

Carrie wasn’t an action hero. She was a tragedy.

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octobriana 6mo ago

Both stories are really tragedies -- about flawed heroes with incredible power who face bullying. In "First Blood," Rambo starts off as a sad drifter, not your typical action hero. He’s pushed to his limits, just like Carrie, who unleashes her telekinetic powers after years of pain.

Both characters end up causing chaos and destruction—Carrie at prom and Rambo in the town. The gas station explosion in "First Blood" (also in "Carrie") connects them, showing how their inner struggles lead to catastrophic consequences.

In First Blood originally Rambo was supposed to be killed by the Colonel, it was changed by Stallone desire to have a more optimistic ending leading to more sequels.