Useless Thread MDCCCXLIII: Rocky IV Depreciation Thread

[Sega Dreamcast]

The amplitude of the oscillations is roughly proportional to the deviation of the trendline from 0. Is there a scale factor or calibration issue?

We're looking at the change in latitude every 200ms, so it's rough acceleration estimate.

I think the oscillations are representative of two changes occurring in one cycle, or no change on the oscillations going to 0.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

probably not for a long time

i mainly eat out or order out

Bring back the risotto!

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Back to Rocky IV.

Just arrived in Russia, Paulie is being annoying.

Apollo's trainer basically giving exposition as to why Rocky needs to win. We're 55 minutes in, do we need to literally say "You have to carry on Apollo's legacy"

Cue the "Rocky is training the right way" montage, presumably to appeal to all the old curmudgeons in the audience

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

59 minutes in, yo Adrian.

Is the final fight like 10 minutes long, lirl

Hearts on Fire again.

They didn't show the needle go in, but they strongly implied Drago is juicing.

Adrian is suspiciously never in frame with Paulie and New Mick

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Pyro and ballyhoo before the final fight. Oh wait, we have to see the fighters backstage first.

Now it just feels like propaganda. Look at this evil crowd booing Rocky.

Drago should be getting a Stone Cold pop, but the crowd almost sounds the same.

68 minutes in and they're just now doing the anthem

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

I didn't live through it, but this Cold War allegory is so lame.

Paulie ruins his nice moment earlier to make a joke, groan.

Bell rings and there's 20 minutes left in the movie.

More bad boxing with a bad ref. 25 unblocked punches to Rocky's head and the ref just watches on, lirl

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Put your f***ing hands up, Rocky.

Body slams after the round ends, ref does nothing.

2 rounds in, why do I feel a montage is coming up.

Because we have to skip 9 rounds with a montage, lirl. Wrap this shit up

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Do we at least get a classic Rocky song at some point? This synthwave is so out of place.

Vintage slow motion face punch, so great.

We need more quick reaction shots of the corners, those are great too.

Doesn't really make sense why the crowd is chanting for Rocky. He's taken a beating, but he's the evil foreigner, come on.

Does anyone know how to block a punch, wtf

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Rocky knocks him down and suddenly the ref cares about the rules and needs Rocky in his corner to start counting.

The fight was 13 minutes, smh.

Lame speech. Stallone's acting was shit before he had to act like he's just been in a fight.

Imagine him giving a Stone Cold promo instead. Rocky 3:16 says I just whooped your ass

 

[John Price]

Rocky knocks him down and suddenly the ref cares about the rules and needs Rocky in his corner to start counting.

The fight was 13 minutes, smh.

Lame speech. Stallone's acting was shit before he had to act like he's just been in a fight.

Imagine him giving a Stone Cold promo instead

If you can change anyone can change

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

It was pretty awful and not much fun, but I did laugh uproariously multiple times and there's some good music. 5/10

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

The movie was just so passionless. At no moment is there ever a doubt that Rocky would win. He gets knocked down, he's up before the ref even starts counting.

Stallone's acting is the worst, other than maybe Adrian, so you struggle to care about him.

The fights are terribly choreographed, everything looks fake as hell.

However, it's funny to laugh at how this movie is a total mockery of the first two, yet takes itself super seriously.

 

[John Price]

I started watching ww84 today. Not sure why it got so many bad reviews.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

6.8/10 on IMDb

3.5/5 on Letterboxd

That movie was not above average, y'all are wrong

 

[John Price]

Rocky iv was solid

Stupid refs already at work in caps game giving Detroit early 5 on 3.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Rocky iv was solid

Stupid refs already at work in caps game giving Detroit early 5 on 3.

It was much closer to "so bad it's good" than being genuinely good.

Preseason, lirl

 

[John Price]

It was much closer to "so bad it's good" than being genuinely good.

Preseason, lirl

You're right to mock, there's like 1000 people here

At least husso is solid, first good wings goalie since hasek lol

 

[John Price]

Shane McMahon theme playing for 50 50 raffle lol

Did you reach that episode of Wrexham with the Shane theme yet, do you understand why they did it

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Shane McMahon theme playing for 50 50 raffle lol

Did you reach that episode of Wrexham with the Shane theme yet, do you understand why they did it

No, I've watched 2 episodes and got bored

 

[John Price]

No, I've watched 2 episodes and got bored

Oh it was because they paid a lot for a player so his teammates were making fun of how much he earns

I haven't seen anything after episode 4. Parts of it seem really scripted

 

[Kairi Zaide]

bad prosecutor

 

[John Price]

bad prosecutor

I'm only completed 3 episodes of Stat

There are like 10 episodes I have to go to catch up with you

 

[TheGreenTBer]

It was much closer to "so bad it's good" than being genuinely good.

Preseason, lirl

It's better than rocky v at least, but so is a post buffalo wing binge dump so that's not saying much.

Top gun is much better cold war cheese.

 

[John Price]