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Project Blue Book Season 1, Ep 6

Project Blue Book comes down to Earth, so to speak, for its sixth episode.  Inspired by the 1940's case of The Green Fireballs, which detailed mysterious green lights buzzing over military installations, we find Hynek and Quinn investigating said fireballs after they appear at a nuclear testing facility.

Jason versus Rambo: First Blood Part II

It's almost impossible not to think of this film when thinking about the 80s. With one movie, Sylvester Stallone and director George P. Cosmatos tapped into a post- Vietnam war consciousness,  Cold War fears of Russia and gave birth to the cinematic one-man army. Impressive, no? But how does it stand up almost 30 years later? Stick with me. John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission in the last place on Earth he'd want to return -- the jungles of Vietnam .