{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Watching Aliens, the part where they all wake up from cryo together and all the ritualized griping is absolutely masking this...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/164926021103/", "html": "<p>Watching Aliens, the part where they all wake up from cryo together and all the ritualized griping is absolutely masking this &lsquo;Nam vet &ldquo;we&rsquo;re only good for war&rdquo; cameraderie, the whole Soldier of Fortune vibe, I only just get that</p><p>Of the franchises that reacted to Reagan, Rambo: First Blood II was &ldquo;what if we refought 'Nam but seriously and <i>won</i>&rdquo;, Aliens was &ldquo;what if we refought 'Nam with all our new toys and <i>still</i> lost&rdquo;</p>"}