Creed (2015)

[Edgy MD]

COMING THIS THANKSGIVING.



Rocky Balboa trains Apollo Creed's son, because... new ideas are really hard.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Be a thinker, not a stinker.

[Edgy MD]

Definitely a better tagline than "The Best Human Values Never Change."

Strange how, despite scoffing at him for Rocky IV and Rocky V, I now find part of me rooting for him in his audaciousness, a limited talent milking his single good idea for all it's worth and then some.

Stallone neither writes nor directs, but is one of seven producers and presumably gets a cut of the writer's share for creating some of the characters. But isn't that what a successful old man gets to do? Turn the empire he built over to younger men while still getting a big partner's cut?

[Frayed Knot]

I'm still waiting for the sequel where Rocky fights Rambo.
And, let's face it, it's going to happen at some point.

[Edgy MD]

I actually posted a Rocky/Rambo treatment on the forum way back when.

[dgwphotography]

This may be a case of going to the well too often, but Rocky Balboa was surprisingly good.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Apollo died in 1985, so his son has to be at least 30, meaning he's already pretty old for a boxer, no?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, but (1) old for a boxer is relative in the Rocky universe, (2) maybe it's set a few years back, and (3) maybe Rocky IV was set a few years in the future(!!) they're probably hope you're not counting.

Spinoff instead of sequel? Brilliant move? Possibly!