Category: Rocky V

Rocky Fans Shares His Collection!

Craig / / 2018, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, Rocky VI, Sly Fan

SZer, BalboaRules sent in the following message with the photos shown.

Craig, a few years ago, I sent you some pictures of my Rocky collection, now in a new house, and just made some major changes to the line up.. what do you think?

I think that is one fine, well-displayed collection!  To get a better look, click on the photos! – Craig

Gotta love the Italian Stallion robe and all of the action figures!

The display cases are a nice touch.

Not many fans have movie prop clothes…

And here we see two!

I really like the fight advertisements for Rocky vs Apollo and Rocky vs Drago!

Even Rocky V gets props from this fan.  Well played.  Speaking of Rocky V, I always really liked the first Rocky V teaser poster.

And who doesn’t love the Rocky Brisk Ice Tea ads?

What a great collection and display room.  Thanks for sharing. – Craig

Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week…

Craig / / 2016, Celebs, Creed, Family, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, TV


Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week…

Stallone News for the Week

Craig / / 2015, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, TV

Sly made a few headlines this week…

Every “Rocky” Movie, Ranked

Craig / / 2015, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky V, Rocky VI

On February 27, 2015, USAToday posted Every “Rocky” Movie, Ranked  by Chris Chase.  For details check out the piece, but here are Chris’ rankings and mine.  We differ quite a bit, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

 

Chris Chase
Craig Zablo
6. Rocky V 6. Rocky V
5. Rocky Balboa 5. Rocky II
4. Rocky II 4. Rocky IV
3. Rocky 3. Rocky III
2. Rocky III 2. Rocky Balboa
1. Rocky IV 1. Rocky

 

Two Stallone Characters That Were Supposed to Die But Didn’t

Craig / / 2015, First Blood, Rocky V

Recently Mental_Floss  posted 14 Movie Characters Who Were Supposed to Die But Didn’t by Rudie Obias.

Guess who had two characters in the top 14?  That’s right, Sly and here’s what was said:

4. Rambo // First Blood

In the novel First Blood, Rambo commits suicide at the end of a long battle with Sheriff Teasle. Rambo’s death scene was filmed, but Sylvester Stallone saw the potential for a new franchise, so Rambo lived to fight another day in the final version.

 

5. Rocky Balboa // Rocky V

Rocky V was supposed to be the last movie in the franchise, and Stallone ended its screenplay accordingly, with Rocky Balboa dying at the hands of rival Tommy Gunn during a street fight. But during production, director John Avildsen got a call from executives telling him, “‘Oh by the way, Rocky’s not going to die,'” he recalled in 2014. “‘Batman doesn’t die, Superman, James Bond, these people don’t die.” Stallone wrote a new ending featuring Rocky and his son Robert Balboa jogging to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and looking over the city’s skyline.

Rocky 1 -5 Makes the List

Craig / / 2014, Honors, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V

Rocky and Adrian by Aykut Aydoğdu.

On October 24, 2014, SciFighting posted the Top Ten Most Memorable Boxing Movies by Marcus Hogan.  Rocky [II, III, IV and V] came in at #1.  What?  Rocky Balboa didn’t make it?

Here’s what they had to say…

1.) Rocky (II, III, IV, V)

Rocky was the highest-grossing film in 1976, making $225 million worldwide on a $1 million budget. The film was shot in only 28 days, but won 3 Oscars including Best Picture. It is the rags to riches story of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) who is a loan shark by day and boxer by night. Although this film is not considered non-fiction, former heavyweight boxer Charles “Chuck” Wepner claims that this and all the proceeding Rocky films where based on his life.