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Old 09-27-18, 10:04 AM
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

I'm so fucking in after that trailer. I loved the first one, and this seems like a great follow up
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

I've been in for this one since before the first one came out.

I don't know how long this series will run (will this be the end?), but I like what I've seen so far (first movie, trailers for this one). A lot.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

If Rocky lives for a Creed III, Stallone will have played the same character in parts of 5 decades, matching Nimoy as Spock.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

I watched The Sisters Brothers yesterday and they played the Creed II trailer but it had the "Loyalty" song without any scenes featuring Ivan Drago or his son smashing on Adonis.

Then the one I saw on Youtube has different footage and features a DMX song.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
I watched The Sisters Brothers yesterday and they played the Creed II trailer but it had the "Loyalty" song without any scenes featuring Ivan Drago or his son smashing on Adonis.

Then the one I saw on Youtube has different footage and features a DMX song.
Not sure what you mean? There are two trailers. The one you saw in theatres was the first one that came out in June.
Old 11-01-18, 08:48 AM
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Not sure how "spoiler-ish" the below is, but just in case...

Spoiler:
Apparently Milo Ventimiglia, who played Rocky Jr in Rocky Balboa, was spotted on set and will have a cameo in the film. The tombstones of Paulie and Adrian were installed at the cemetery again, so there will be another scene there. Hopefully Rocky still has his folding chair stashed in a tree.
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^^^ I was hoping something could be worked out there.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Drago sitting in Rocky's restaurant


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Old 11-01-18, 01:23 PM
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OOOOOOH shit! Man, I can't wait for this. Need to give IV and Creed a rewatch.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

cannot wait!
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by stingermck
Drago sitting in Rocky's restaurant

https://youtu.be/rna6ILs4_4I
Wait a second, is that George Washington Duke, the promoter/Don King stand-in from Rocky V about 20 seconds in? That's a deep pull for the Rocky series if it is!

OK, it's not him as the actor (Richard Gant) looks much older than that now, but damned if this guy doesn't sound like him and play a character that's apparently similar to him as a tactless, sleazy promoter.

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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

I'm not a ROCKY films fan, haven't seen any of them but know enough from pop-culture, but I'd actually check this out due to Dolph/Drago. I've been enjoying his career revival.
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Originally Posted by Giantrobo
I'm not a ROCKY films fan, haven't seen any of them
Why not?
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by dex14
Why not?
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by Giantrobo
I'm not a ROCKY films fan, haven't seen any of them but know enough from pop-culture, but I'd actually check this out due to Dolph/Drago. I've been enjoying his career revival.
Well, you can't just jump into this one. You need to see some of the Rocky movies, especially IV to understand the whole backstory.

I-III to understand Rocky and Creed's relationship/friendship

IV to understand who Drago is

and of course Creed I

But seeing how super late you're watching movies, you probably won't watch this until 2019 anyways. so you got time.
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Eh, I'm of the opinion that you could get by with Creed I (which is worth your time) and this youtube video:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YNiGb_0U0lY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by DJariya
Well, you can't just jump into this one. You need to see some of the Rocky movies, especially IV to understand the whole backstory.

I-III to understand Rocky and Creed's relationship/friendship

IV to understand who Drago is

and of course Creed I

But seeing how super late you're watching movies, you probably won't watch this until 2019 anyways. so you got time.

Please. Like I said. I know a lot via pop-culture. Russian Dude killed the black dude who fought the Italian dude before and who is the other Black dude's father and the Italian dude beat his Russian ass and draped an American flag on himself post fight.

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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

hmm.. ye...ah but you miss all that awesome training material

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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Please. Like I said. I know a lot via pop-culture. Russian Dude killed the black dude who fought the Italian dude before and who is the other Black dude's father and Italian beat his Russian ass and draped an American flag on himself post fight.
You forgot that he single-handedly ended the Cold War.



Ryan Coogler did a really great job with the first Creed though.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Please. Like I said. I know a lot via pop-culture. Russian Dude killed the black dude who fought the Italian dude before and who is the other Black dude's father and Italian beat his Russian ass and draped an American flag on himself post fight.
FWIW,

Rocky I-IV can be watched for free on Vudu

https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/#{%22type%22:%22search%22,%22searchString%22:%22rocky%22}
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and if you don't watch Rocky IV, you miss one of the greatest driving montage MV ever.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TBDrI9h6Bqo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by nando820
hmm.. ye...ah but you miss all that awesome training material



Getting a real "TOP GUN" vibe here.
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Re: Creed II (2018, D: Caple, Jr.) S: Jordan, Stallone, Lundgren, Munteanu, Thompson

Originally Posted by dex14
OOOOOOH shit! Man, I can't wait for this. Need to give IV and Creed a rewatch.
I am looking forward to it is as well but damn, Rocky IV is a terrible movie.

My son and I have been going through all the Rocky movies since he has never seen any of them in preparation for Creed II. We watched Rocky IV last night and damn...just bad.

Just for background, I am a huge Rocky fan. I have seen them all multiple times and Rocky IV was actually the first Rocky movie I saw in the theater. I was 12 at the time of IV and for whatever reason, didn't see III in the theaters. I guess I always gave IV a little bit of a pass because of that and nostalgia. I haven't revisited it as much as I, II, or III and now I kinda know why.

Even at a brisk 90 minutes this movie just drags. It is one long, bad MTV video montage sequence and on top of that, it inexplicably drops the Rocky theme or training music. I know Stallone wanted to do something different at the time but jeez, the music is sorely missed in this extremely weak entry.

The robot sequences are just horrible. The Apollo stuff just seems silly and a quick way to get Apollo
Spoiler:
to die
. The montage scenes are way too long and too repetitive. The Russian stereotypes, the James Brown scene, the beginning of the fight in Russia...just everything is soooo over the top that it all becomes to outlandish to stomach. And this is coming from someone who digests 80's cheese like dessert all the time.

The only saving grace on IV is the awesome fight between Drago and Rocky (and even it gets too repetitive for its own good partway through). The Rocky speech and slow clap at the end are just jawdroppingly bad.

That all being said, I can't wait for Creed II. What's wrong with me?

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