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(0:30) don't waste spaghetti, box office receipts high for Forrest so our parents had a romantic production meeting for a sequel, our unique brotherly perspective, Forrest refers to 6 Rocky movies as a trilogy, Rocky Balboa & Jason Bourne titles, Die Hard 4.0, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, retconning Rocky, Ian Fleming, Transformers, _Mission Impossible_has video game titles, long titles for clicks(13:03) comparing Creed 2-3-4 to Rocky 3, Rocky completely different character in third film, a reboot, Rocky reading ads improves from 2 to 3, terrible taste improves too, far too much information conveyed in _Rocky 3_opening montage, funny Mr. T impression (19:20), what's the theme?, why is Mickey his trainer for the Hulk Hogan fight, Rocky can't say "No", _The Big Hit,_why not open with Creed-Balboa III or bought up(24:13) Rocky doesn't win at the end of Rocky 2, bad poker in Casino Royale, Milo Ventimiglia looks like Sage Stallone, neither looks like Sly, out of nowhere retirement, Rocky 5 is bad bad, a movie about his son not Rocky, Carl Weathers acting up a storm, better at everything compared to Rocky = Apollo should fight Clubber,(33:26) Rocky doesn't know to punch!, rather watch a buddy cop movie with these two, hospital scene in Rocky 2, two Spyders, Muhammad Ali said kids would run with him through the streets, Rocky is Mark Wahlberg in Invincible, peaking early, not remaining a star long-term, Burt Reynolds, Cops and Robbersons& Striptease, what a hunk in Shark, Cop Out(40:04) Mickey is Jewish revelation, "for the first time in my life I'm afraid" scene KO's Frost, super zoom jangling crotch shots, glazed thighs, shirtless Tony Burton, return the favor(43:55) Rocky 4 is a great hour & half montage, Rocky 3 montage could be an entire movie, X-Men: Apocalypse montage of Professor X & Magneto, great music score, love a Rocky beard, why did it take so long to make a fifth chapter, why so different from Chapter 4, Cliffhanger,(49:40)Sly's batshit filmography, losing his serious actor cred, cocaine on a strip of celluloid, trying to prove himself in Copland, Arnold never tried to direct or write or be serious, fifth chapter is a course correct back to original Rocky, almost retconning last 2 films, hard to think of sequel diverting so much from previous entry so much after a box office smash hit, when does Rocky fight all these fights?,(59:08) Story structures for first four chapters, 4>3, hero can't lose early, trainers dying back, love to Apollo vs Clubber, Clubber vs Rocky II wouldn't happen after 1st fight obliteration, emotions and boxers, Tyson with Chlamydia was even better boxer,(1:03:50) Tyson in a Rocky film, Clubber only throws telegraphed hooks, hard to teach boxers to act like teaching oil drillers to be astronauts, Tyson myths like Chuck Norris, why pick boxers to be actors, Roy Jones Jr., Antonio Tarver,(1:07:00) Rocky 1st block of career in third film, growth from Rocky over the series, icon Rocky heel as a desirable role for a actual actor, Michael B's muscles, easier now to be strong, Chris Evans or Hemsworth in next Creed, Human Torch vs Human Torch, Australian fighter, Stallone's writing process, Stallone's star making turn in a background role(1:14:22) Clubber Lang's son for Creed 3, no more sons!, PTI, everyone watching a CGI fight in Rocky Balboa, did Rocky predict esports?,Ali vs Tyson, Fight Night, Pacquiao vs Mayweather, Tyson's career of bums similar to Rocky's easy fights in Rocky 3(1:23:30) How to fix Rocky 3 & 5, can you start a film with a montage?, need Rocky's permission to take Mickey to the hospital, who's keeping score in third Apollo vs Rocky fight(129:58) boxing scoring makes no sense, imagine football with scoring revealed at the end and no lines on the field, can you make Rocky 5 worse, cocaine fueled montage from 3 & 4Follow Us:Our WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsTwitterMediumFacebook

