RIP Apollo Creed

[Slacker]

I can binge-watch all the Rocky fight scenes on YouTube, though. That's all ya need now.

 

[I Should Coco]

The first movie's training scene, with "Gonna Fly Now," still gets to me.

There's a reason all of us movie nerds want to run up the steps if we every get to Philly!

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That sounds about right. I only saw the first Creed, which is very good. I watched parts of the second one, which only got me thinking they should have stopped at one.

Even Rocky III was decent, though it had more than its share of silly moments, but it should have ended there. The only good thing about Rocky IV is that it lays the groundwork for Creed.

And Rocky IV turning the series into a cartoon completely unrecognizable from the source material yet also laying the groundwork for an Oscar-nominated spinoff underlines how good Sly can be. It's hard not to turn a spinoff into complete shirt.

 

[outofplace]

I can binge-watch all the Rocky fight scenes on YouTube, though. That's all ya need now.

Yeah. Sure.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Sly is such a fascinating guy. He can write, direct and make really good, heartfelt, quiet movies. Rocky, of course, was a great Cinderella story in more ways than one. I believe the body count in First Blood was one, and that was an accidental death. And then he can just forking torpedo the memory of those movies with crass, cynical exploitative sequels. Rocky II was OK, Rocky III was getting silly and Rocky IV was a jingoistic cartoon. Rocky V, as noted, should not be discussed in polite company, and the Rambo sequels were forking ugly, violent messes. Yet Rocky Balboa was a really good return to form. I haven't seen the Creeds yet but I have to think history is repeating itself there.

Not lookin' to pick a verbal throwdown or anything, but are you sure about that body count in First Blood? The asshole deputy fell outta the 'choppa' into the rocks, but didn't Sly/Rambo have to waste a few more eludin' the law?

 

[Batman]

Not lookin' to pick a verbal throwdown or anything, but are you sure about that body count in First Blood? The asshole deputy fell outta the 'choppa' into the rocks, but didn't Sly/Rambo have to waste a few more eludin' the law?

Been a while since I've seen it, but IIRC he just wounded the deputies with painful but non-lethal traps to discourage pursuit. It was a big plot point, in fact, because Col. Trautman came on the scene and told the sheriff something to the effect of, "If he wanted you dead, you'd be dead."

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Been a while since I've seen it, but IIRC he just wounded the deputies with painful but non-lethal traps to discourage pursuit. It was a big plot point, in fact, because Col. Trautman came on the scene and told the sheriff something to the effect of, "If he wanted you dead, you'd be dead."

I think he laid traps like he saw in Vietnam; punji stakes and crude weapons that maimed, but didn't kill the deputies. But then he went out and basically blew the town up before the final scene where he was crying in front of Trautman. At least that's how I remember it.

 

[Slacker]

The asshole cop in the chopper was shooting at Rambo, and Rambo killed him by throwing a rock that knocked the guy off balance, and the cop then fell to his death. So, yeah, Rambo killed him while being chased.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I missed Creed III in theatres but the reviews appear to be decent.

Creed III is pretty well made and acted, but is every bit as implausible as anything in the series.

I grew up in Philly, and the original Rocky came out a few months after I was born. It's as big a part of my identity as Eagles/Sixers/Phillies fandom. I listen to "Gonna Fly Now" on a loop before every race I run.

I defy you to not get the feels when Apollo finally drops a beaten-to-heck Rocky late in the fight as Adrian finally makes her way out of the locker room, and hers and Apollo's look of utter disbelief when Rocky gets up and yells, "C'mon!"

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Creed III is pretty well made and acted, but is every bit as implausible as anything in the series.

I grew up in Philly, and the original Rocky came out a few months after I was born. It's as big a part of my identity as Eagles/Sixers/Phillies fandom. I listen to "Gonna Fly Now" on a loop before every race I run.

I defy you to not get the feels when Apollo finally drops a beaten-to-heck Rocky late in the fight as Adrian finally makes her way out of the locker room, and hers and Apollo's look of utter disbelief when Rocky gets up and yells, "C'mon!"

I've always loved the first round of the fight. Nobody is giving Rocky a chance; Apollo's dancing around and hitting him at will; the announcers are talking about how he's trying to put on a show for the fans, and then in one punch, Rocky knocks him down, and the bar goes crazy with the bartender throwing down the towel.

Love that scene because imagining it was a real fight and even if Apollo had destroyed Rocky and KOed him, the story would have been about the one guy who did something nobody else had ever done and knocked the champ down:

 

[justgladtobehere]

Creed III is pretty well made and acted, but is every bit as implausible as anything in the series.

I grew up in Philly, and the original Rocky came out a few months after I was born. It's as big a part of my identity as Eagles/Sixers/Phillies fandom. I listen to "Gonna Fly Now" on a loop before every race I run.

I defy you to not get the feels when Apollo finally drops a beaten-to-heck Rocky late in the fight as Adrian finally makes her way out of the locker room, and hers and Apollo's look of utter disbelief when Rocky gets up and yells, "C'mon!"

forking Rocky is your hero. The whole pride of your city is built around a forkin guy who doesn't even exist. You got forkin Joe Frazier is from there but he's black so you can't forkin deal with him, so you make a forking statue for some 3 ft forkin Italian you stupid philly cheese-eatin forking jackasses.

 

[poindexter]

Carl Weathers deserves better than this Stallone thread-jack.