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My Stupid Rocky Dilemma

post #1 of 11
7/29/12 at 10:26pm
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I've always loved the ROCKY movies but I've long been stuck in the analog era. So it was only a few years ago when, for my birthday, a friend gave me the "Rocky" series on DVD.

 

I was thrilled to introduce my then-girlfriend to the films, and over a couple of days, we marathoned them. After the (still great) fourth film, I pop in the DVD for part five, knowing it's the weakest of the series. For some reason, the DVD, labeled "Rocky V," is actually another copy of "Rocky IV." I kept putting it back in to see if it would play the proper movie again, but nope - completely labeled "Rocky V," but actually "Rocky IV."

 

At the time, I was willing to skip part five for marathon's sake, and I didn't give it a second thought. "Rocky V" is kind of terrible, and most of what it's trying to accomplish occurs in "Rocky Balboa" anyway. And besides, I now had two awesome copies of "Rocky IV." I might rather want two copies of "Rocky IV" than one of "Rocky V."

 

Now it's years later, and a weird feeling hits me: I want to see "Rocky V." I want to own "Rocky V." I want the complete set, and I want to get together with the friend who originally purchased the movies, to do one more proper marathon (he's seen none of them!).

 

At this point, I've got an old boxed set. Is it worth communicating with the studio to send me the proper DVD, maybe send back the faulty "Rocky V"? Is it worth a shot to try to personally write Sly Stallone, just for the sake of why nots? Or should I just be content that I will forever skip over "Rocky V" and keep enjoying 'Rocky IV"?

 

First world problem, I know.

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post #2 of 11
7/29/12 at 10:30pm

Rocky V isn't worth any amount of trouble.

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post #3 of 11
7/29/12 at 10:54pm

I don't know if now is a good time to write Stallone for a copy of ROCKY V.

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post #4 of 11
7/29/12 at 10:59pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post

I don't know if now is a good time to write Stallone for a copy of ROCKY V.

 

It does seem like the fabfunkian thing to do, however.

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post #5 of 11
7/30/12 at 7:53am

Order Rocky V from Amazon. When it arrives, switch out the discs and yell at Amazon and call them incompetent and send it back. Tell them you want a refund, not an exchange, because the DVD was a gift for someone, perhaps a sickly child or some sad shit like that, and you immediately went to the store to rectify incompetent fucking Amazon's stupid colossal blunder.

Shady? Yeah, I guess, but I don't care.

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post #6 of 11
7/30/12 at 8:13am

Rocky V is still part of the series. After all, how else can you go from Rocky IV to Rocky Balboa without knowing how Rocky lost all his money.

 

Then again, you can just watch the trailer and it'll fill you in.

 

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post #7 of 11
7/30/12 at 8:22am

Ask Richard Gant for a copy. Less insensitive.
 

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post #8 of 11
7/30/12 at 8:33am

What's with the Rocky V hate?  That movie was way better than Rocky IV.  Rocky IV is just a mess of a movie, seriously the low point of the series.

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post #9 of 11
7/30/12 at 8:45am

Such a ridiculous assertion can only be answered in the form of a montage:

 

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post #10 of 11
7/30/12 at 10:43am

I'm probably the least inclined Chewer to say a good word about IV but V being better is crazy talk.

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post #11 of 11
7/30/12 at 11:00am

You could probably get a used (or maybe even brand new) DVD of ROCKY V for something like three or four dollars if you look around (maybe Entertainment Outlet or Academy Records) or online.  You could have it cheap in one to three days.  Yeah, re-buying sucks but sometimes you just gotta go for it...

 

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