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RE: ROCKY IV - 9/4/2009 12:40:25 PM   
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 I am also impressed by how well this film has aged. considering it is the 80's. it still looks great. same goes for 3 and even the others. they all look great, at least to me they do. i can't speak for anyonen else of course.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 9/4/2009 1:08:55 PM   
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 Yep - it still holds up I WILL get all six ROCKY Films on Blu-Ray.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 9/4/2009 1:33:46 PM   
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 now, i've got all 6 on dvd already (i use 5 as a coaster). whats with this blu ray business? everytime i get my collection up and running a new format comes up. my dvds are only just starting to buld up and now blu ray? i find as the quality improves each year, my eye sight weakens...Rocky 3/4 would look great in High Def on a widescreen though...

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RE: ROCKY IV - 9/4/2009 3:41:44 PM   
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 just spoke to someone who says Blu Ray is only good for films shot on Hi Def which was what Blu ray was made for. anything not shot on Hi Def wouldn't really make any different on Blu Ray...

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RE: ROCKY IV - 10/4/2009 10:02:30 PM   
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ORIGINAL: dhowdy

just spoke to someone who says Blu Ray is only good for films shot on Hi Def which was what Blu ray was made for. anything not shot on Hi Def wouldn't really make any different on Blu Ray...



I think herein lies a wee problem - some older movies which have not been shot on Hi-Def look great (PREDATOR) and some don't (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK); I'm refering to the transfer of the image and audio quality. FIRST BLOOD and MAD MAX 2 - Awesome on Blu-Ray! I wanna get all the ROCKY films on the new format.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 10/4/2009 10:41:24 PM   
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shite and i love rocky

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Soundtrack request - 23/4/2009 6:25:43 AM   
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 Hey guys - does anyone have an MP3 file of the FULL version of 'Hearts on Fire'? - I'm referring to the version which plays on the end credits of ROCKY IV?

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RE: Soundtrack request - 23/4/2009 9:55:18 AM   
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It has so many quotable lines, I've even been known to quote Dragos subtitles....

"He's like a piece of iron!!!!



I'll get my coat.



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RE: Soundtrack request - 23/4/2009 10:07:24 AM   
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It has so many quotable lines, I've even been known to quote Dragos subtitles....

"He's like a piece of iron!!!!



I'll get my coat.





"You Cut Him! YOU HURT HIM!! See? You See? HE'S NOT A MACHINE! HE'S A MAN!!"

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RE: Soundtrack request - 23/4/2009 10:08:37 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Snake-Eyes

Hey guys - does anyone have an MP3 file of the FULL version of 'Hearts on Fire'? - I'm referring to the version which plays on the end credits of ROCKY IV?


I have the whole soundtrack, so yes...

PM me your email address.

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RE: Soundtrack request - 23/4/2009 12:39:20 PM   
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 yeah, there are some subtle differences between the music that is played in the film and the music on the soundtrack:

WAR
TRAINING MONTAGE
HEARTS ON FIRE

are slightly more complicated in the film than what is on the soundtrack. do you have these versions TIMON?  i have been looking since i was 12.

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RE: Soundtrack request - 14/5/2009 6:51:33 AM   
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HOW COOL WAS THIS?!
 


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ROCKY IV - 14/5/2009 6:55:47 AM   
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 Just think... they'll be on screen together again soon...!
 


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ROCKY in G.I. JOE?! - 14/5/2009 7:11:43 AM   
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 check THIS out: waaaay back in the good ol' 1980's when Stallone was Box-Officce Champ, toy heroes Hasbro wanted to use the Rocky character as part of their G.I. JOE line of action figures. apparently Stallone okayed the use of the character but because Remco Toys had started up a line of Joe-like toys based on the 'Rambo: Force of Freedom' Animated Series, Hasbro lost out. Still, there was a Marvel Comics Series 'G.I. JOE: ORDER OF BATTLE' which had profiles on all the characters and the Balboa profile made it even though the action figure never made it past the prototype phase:







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RE: ROCKY IV - 14/5/2009 7:24:45 AM   
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Just think... they'll be on screen together again soon...!
 



That pic made my morning.

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RE: ROCKY in G.I. JOE?! - 14/5/2009 2:29:02 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Snake-Eyes

check THIS out: waaaay back in the good ol' 1980's when Stallone was Box-Officce Champ, toy heroes Hasbro wanted to use the Rocky character as part of their G.I. JOE line of action figures. apparently Stallone okayed the use of the character but because Remco Toys had started up a line of Joe-like toys based on the 'Rambo: Force of Freedom' Animated Series, Hasbro lost out. Still, there was a Marvel Comics Series 'G.I. JOE: ORDER OF BATTLE' which had profiles on all the characters and the Balboa profile made it even though the action figure never made it past the prototype phase:








That's fucking awesome. What a shame that particular figure wasn't made.
As for the Force of Freedom action figures mentioned, I still have some of those from when I was a kid 

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RE: ROCKY IV Rematch - 15/5/2009 9:19:16 AM   
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RE: ROCKY IV Rematch - 15/5/2009 9:25:39 AM   
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Grrrrrrrrrrr



Fuck yeah!


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RE: ROCKY IV Rematch - 15/5/2009 10:40:49 AM   
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quote:

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Grrrrrrrrrrr



Fuck yeah!



What a great pic, this movie cant possibly be bad


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ROCKY IV - 11/11/2009 7:21:38 PM   
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RE: ROCKY IV - 20/12/2009 7:47:20 PM   
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 Great movie. Saw this at the cinema as a kid and it was the first and only time I have ever seen members of the audience up on their feet cheering during the final fight. Awesome. Has a great soundtrack too. Love No Easy Way Out and Hearts of Fire. Just a shame that Stallone and U/A had a fallout with Conti and didnt use his music. The movie zips along at a fair old pace and has everything you want from a Rocky Movie. Good music, quotable dialogue, a dramatic scene with Adrienne telling Rocky "the truth", montage (3 in this case!) and a cracking fight ("He's cut! The Russian is cut and it's a baaad cut!!")
And of course, Rocky raising his fists in triumph at the end.

Rocky "I see three of them out there."
Paulie "Hit the one in  the middle."
Duke "That's right. Hit the one in the middle!"

Also has one of the greatest training montages. "NO PAIN! NO PAIN!"

Stallone is under rated as a movie maker. He gave Lundgren/Weathers/Young/Shire a career and was never scared of giving them the best lines or moments in his films.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 23/12/2009 3:36:25 PM   
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I watched all the Rocky movies over the past week, and IV is easily the most entertaining, the first is the best movie but IV is just one big cheesy, 80s music video wit a plot, i love it V isnt as bad as i remember it either, theres some dross in there alright, Stallones son being annoying (although him knocking out a young E from Entourage was funny) but its got some good moments, Rocky getting drunk and going to Mickeys gym is pretty poignant "how you doin' Mick?" and i liked the whole losing everything plot, Tommy Morrison couldnt act his way out of a paper bag though, and its a pity Duke (Apollos trainer, not the Don King type one) wasnt used more, and having it end with a street fight rather than a boxing match was a novel idea, the 6th movie was awesome though, one of the greatest character farewells in cinema history, that shot of Sly walking out of the arena and stopping to say goodbye to the crowd still gives me goosebumps, as you can clearly see he's not acting when he tears up and waves to the crowd, saying goodbye to his best character

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RE: ROCKY IV - 23/12/2009 4:35:53 PM   
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I'm sorry but Rocky IV was racist drivel that used every stereotype in the book, Drago was a Soviet athlete and therefore a drugs cheat who fought against the American hero who trained in a barn and in the countryside while Drago used a high tech gym. Then once Rocky takes the upper hand, the Russian crowd soon realise that the charismatic American and everything he embodies is what they want.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 23/12/2009 5:34:38 PM   
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I'm sorry but Rocky IV was racist drivel that used every stereotype in the book, Drago was a Soviet athlete and therefore a drugs cheat who fought against the American hero who trained in a barn and in the countryside while Drago used a high tech gym. Then once Rocky takes the upper hand, the Russian crowd soon realise that the charismatic American and everything he embodies is what they want.


Duh, you're saying this as if it wasnt the intent, its an American propaganda movie released in the cold war, but it rocks


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RE: ROCKY IV - 4/1/2010 7:34:19 AM   
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 DUKE: "You know what you gotta do. Do it. Do it..."

The look on Stallone's face when he says "Thanks Duke" and then turns to look at Drago's picture just as DiCola's score kicks in... ROCK.

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RE: ROCKY IV - 19/1/2010 6:14:38 AM   
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RE: ROCKY IV - 11/5/2010 7:29:58 AM   
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 well, I woke up to some FANTASTIC news! This will definitely be mine...

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6605/.f

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RE: ROCKY IV - 15/5/2010 8:59:17 PM   
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ORIGINAL: krudler

I watched all the Rocky movies over the past week, and IV is easily the most entertaining, the first is the best movie but IV is just one big cheesy, 80s music video wit a plot, i love it V isnt as bad as i remember it either, theres some dross in there alright, Stallones son being annoying (although him knocking out a young E from Entourage was funny) but its got some good moments, Rocky getting drunk and going to Mickeys gym is pretty poignant "how you doin' Mick?" and i liked the whole losing everything plot, Tommy Morrison couldnt act his way out of a paper bag though, and its a pity Duke (Apollos trainer, not the Don King type one) wasnt used more, and having it end with a street fight rather than a boxing match was a novel idea, the 6th movie was awesome though, one of the greatest character farewells in cinema history, that shot of Sly walking out of the arena and stopping to say goodbye to the crowd still gives me goosebumps, as you can clearly see he's not acting when he tears up and waves to the crowd, saying goodbye to his best character

Agreed,the thread is about Rocky IV but the last Rocky really surprised me in terms of quality.
What other franchise/series could end this well after 3 decades and 6 movies?Well George Lucas???

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RE: ROCKY IV - 15/5/2010 9:01:40 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: krudler

quote:

ORIGINAL: The Hooded Man

I'm sorry but Rocky IV was racist drivel that used every stereotype in the book, Drago was a Soviet athlete and therefore a drugs cheat who fought against the American hero who trained in a barn and in the countryside while Drago used a high tech gym. Then once Rocky takes the upper hand, the Russian crowd soon realise that the charismatic American and everything he embodies is what they want.


Duh, you're saying this as if it wasnt the intent, its an American propaganda movie released in the cold war, but it rocks


Jesus,all movies were like that then!
And we loved them for their non-political correctness,Stallone,Van Damme etc,even the Lethal Weapon movies!!

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RE: ROCKY IV - 20/6/2010 1:17:32 PM   
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 I've ordered the DiCola score CD - I'm gonna blare out 'Up the Mountain' and yell my opponent's name!

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