Rocky spinoff announced

[shuriken]

^^Essentially

Originally Posted by Leo656

Don't you dare say that like it's a bad thing.

F*ck you, now you don't get a Birthday this year.

Damnit. I was looking forward to 27...
Hey I'll watch the hell out of it and I find it entertaining (Cobra, Over the Top and Tango and Cash are worse and I'll still watch em) but compared to the rest it's just not as good.
BTW Creed is pretty damn good.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

"Get up and go buy the DVD you sonvamicrochip, because Leo loves ya!"-Leo656

That sums it up.

Since I am not into the concept of Creed tell me one thing, where the heck is his step grandfather Duke Creed and what did Paulie die from? That is all that really interest me.

Spoiler:

1. If you mean Duke, the trainer, he's not related to Apollo. I figure he's dead. But his son is a trainer in the movie.
2. They didn't say.

[MikeandRaph87]

Duke refers to Apollo as an adopted son. I always took it that Duke took part in raising Apollo not similar to the Rocky/ Micky relationship. It just feels like the younger Creed son would have gone to Duke first or at least mentioned that Duke sent him to Rocky.

Just show the grave next to Adrians', huh?

Thanks.

Just curious, did anyone else learn of Rocky due to Michelangelo's impersonation of him in the 1990 film? Being a preschooler thrn I was not aware of the series yet.

[XERO]

Good ass movie. I loved it. I was hyped up. Haha.

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Duke refers to Apollo as an adopted son. I always took it that Duke took part in raising Apollo not similar to the Rocky/ Micky relationship. It just feels like the younger Creed son would have gone to Duke first or at least mentioned that Duke sent him to Rocky.

Just show the grave next to Adrians', huh?

Thanks.

Just curious, did anyone else learn of Rocky due to Michelangelo's impersonation of him in the 1990 film? Being a preschooler thrn I was not aware of the series yet.

Actually, I was listening to Victory by Puff Daddy and Biggie, and I was like, "Holy crap, where'd they get this instrumental?" And I watched the movie on Netflix that night.

[Leo656]

Cubed makes the beginner's error of judging Rocky like it's a regular movie series, instead of Rocky.

That character is so strong you could make 100 movies and people would ask for more. I mean, everyone knows that "technically" IV and V don't hold up as well as the first three... but that's totally NOT true if you watch them all in a row, in the same day/weekend. In THAT scenario, by the time Rocky beats communism to death with his bare (gloved) hands you actually wish there were twenty more movies to watch. And "Rocky Balboa" is amaaaaazing.

I actually got laid today while Rocky IV was on in the background. Not by design, it just happened that way.

[The Stryker]

Creed is really really good.

One of those 'This is a totally fitting full circle end to the series but if they went ahead and did 4 more that's fine too' movies.

[GoldMutant]

Looks like I get another film worth a damn to watch. I'll probably go see this film in a few days after the school week is over.

Question though: I've heard Paulie died, did they bring the cause of death up?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by GoldMutant

Looks like I get another film worth a damn to watch. I'll probably go see this film in a few days after the school week is over.

Question though: I've heard Paulie died, did they bring the cause of death up?

Naw. They just say that he passed away.

[GoldMutant]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Naw. They just say that he passed away.

Darn it. Thanks Stryker, just grateful for another Rocky film. Who knows, maybe it'll pick up it's own series.

[XERO]

Probably just of old age. But if I were to bet on it, he was a drunk, so maybe alcohol poisoning.

Proof that the message that Rocky gave in Rocky Balboa still rings true:

"It ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." Rocky isn't in the ring anymore, but he's obviously still getting hit. Creed was a pure example of that.

[JakeSully]

Damn good movie, a worthy film in the series.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Creed is really really good.

One of those 'This is a totally fitting full circle end to the series but if they went ahead and did 4 more that's fine too' movies.

I wholeheartedly agree. Also loved all the real boxer cameos in this movie, I was geeking out the entire time I recognized someone new (One of which was from Philly).

[Leo656]

I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully soon.

If anyone wants to spoil for me exactly how Apollo has an illegitimate son, feel free. I mean I'm guessing it's probably just some, "He cheated on his wife, he was a star athlete, nobody's perfect" type of scenario, but feel free to enlighten me.

I just know that if it's something like that, my wife is probably gonna throw a fit over it, and I'm never gonna be able to watch a Rocky movie again without her calling Apollo an asshole.

Anyways I've been curious about that and I haven't seen anything anywhere so feel free to clue me in.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully soon.

If anyone wants to spoil for me exactly how Apollo has an illegitimate son, feel free. I mean I'm guessing it's probably just some, "He cheated on his wife, he was a star athlete, nobody's perfect" type of scenario, but feel free to enlighten me.

I just know that if it's something like that, my wife is probably gonna throw a fit over it, and I'm never gonna be able to watch a Rocky movie again without her calling Apollo an asshole.

Anyways I've been curious about that and I haven't seen anything anywhere so feel free to clue me in.

Wait...I thought his wife, Mary Anne Creed was said to be pregnant when Apollo died and Adonis is this never before known child. Sylvia Meals is not reprising her role from Rocky II and IV, but Phylicia Rashad is playing the same character who is Adonis's mother.

Any mention of Apollo's older son and daughter seen in the background of Rocky II and IV?

[chrisdude]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Wait...I thought his wife, Mary Anne Creed was said to be pregnant when Apollo died and Adonis is this never before known child. Sylvia Meals is not reprising her role from Rocky II and IV, but Phylicia Rashad is playing the same character who is Adonis's mother.

Any mention of Apollo's older son and daughter seen in the background of Rocky II and IV?

Spoiler:

Nah. It was infidelity. Apollo had an affair and died before Adonis was born. Then his mother died. Apollo's wife found Adonis in a foster home and adopted him. No mention of his half-siblings.

[shuriken]

Chrisdude beat me to it. I think it works.

[XERO]

Still time to mention them if they go the sequel route. I think this was just a test run to see how audiences would react to the continuation. Of course, it was a positive reaction, so I'm hoping that make a sequel.

[MikeandRaph87]

Spoiler:

I can definitely see Clubber Lang or Tommy Gunn having an illegitimate child, but not Apollo. He was an arrogant jerk when it comes to his profession, but he was a family man. It is a shame. If Mary Ann is included it would seem like it would be her child. I would not have it in me to do what she did. It hurts Apollo's character a bit at least for me.

Is Michael B. Jordan playing his age 27/28 or is the Adonis character younger?

[XERO]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

Spoiler:

I can definitely see Clubber Lang or Tommy Gunn having an illegitimate child, but not Apollo. He was an arrogant jerk when it comes to his profession, but he was a family man. It is a shame. If Mary Ann is included it would seem like it would be her child. I would not have it in me to do what she did. It hurts Apollo's character a bit at least for me.

Is Michael B. Jordan playing his age 27/28 or is the Adonis character younger



?

Spoiler:

Well, since Apollo died in '85, and Adonis was born after he died, I assume he was born in 1986, so that would make him around 28-29. Luckily, it works, because that would've been the biggest plothole. Haha.