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April 16

Rambo

Is there any evidence that Rambo was in any way based on the legends surrounding Larry Thorne, the famous "Soldier of 3 Armies"? 2601:646:8E01:515D:D0CD:B3D4:E4C1:6232 (talk) 05:05, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

The inspirations for the character are mentioned at First Blood (novel)#Development. Rojomoke (talk) 09:41, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! So, right album but wrong song ;-) 2601:646:8E01:515D:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B (talk) 03:56, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Help finding insect evolution documentary

Someone told me about a documentary about what if insects evolved to become the dominant species & what if/ would insects evolve onto a intelligent, technological species, like Humans. But when I been trying to Google it I can't find anything that program or anything similar just stuff about what would replace Humans if we became extinct. Anyone got any ideas ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 10:46, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

It's been years since I've seen it (and the bit about insects becoming technological doesn't ring a bell), but the documentary may have been The Hellstrom Chronicle. Deor (talk) 12:07, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

That level of speculation sounds more like science fiction than a documentary. StuRat (talk) 05:20, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Well, the lead of the Hellstrom Chronicle article does say that it "combines elements of documentary, science fiction, horror and apocalyptic prophecy". It won the Oscar for Best Documentary, nonetheless. Deor (talk) 19:49, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

"What if" type stuff in a "documentary" style reminds me of the Discovery channel (at least since 2000 or so). So I'd recommend looking through their listings. E.g. The_Future_Is_Wild seems to have some bits on insects, see also the short description at Far_future_in_science_fiction_and_popular_culture#The_Future_is_Wild. SemanticMantis (talk) 22:18, 18 April 2016 (UTC)