PEL Presents PMP#149: Rocky and Creed
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
It's our most successful sports film franchise ever, starting with the Best Picture winning, highest grossing film from 1976, through eight sequels to land us with Creed III.
Mark, Al, Sarahlyn, and Lawrence talk about the ups and downs of this journey. How can such an apparently simple formula stay fresh? Is there any rationale for a larger Rocky-verse?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Pretty Much Pop is sponsored by Factor Meals. |
| 0:03.4 | Get 50% off your first ready to eat meal box at FactorMeals.com |
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| 0:12.6 | Hey, this is Pretty Much Pop, a culture podcast. |
| 0:22.9 | Always winning the moral victory if not the actual victory. |
| 0:25.7 | Today we're discussing the Rocky and Creed series of films up to the latest |
| 0:28.9 | The Michael B. Jordan directed Creed III. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm Mark Linton-Meyer and no one's going to take my robot away via a director's cut. |
| 0:35.9 | That's Deep Cut. |
| 0:37.2 | Ow, introduce yourself. |
| 0:39.0 | It was going to be something about the robot, but this is my back. |
| 0:41.4 | Oh, sorry. |
| 0:42.4 | In the blue corner, weighing in at around 195 pounds, I think. |
| 0:46.7 | I'm out. |
| 0:48.3 | Clever. |
| 0:49.8 | I'm Sarah Lynn Breck and I pity the fool who doesn't appreciate a good underdog story. |
| 0:55.8 | My name is Lawrence Ware and I like Rocky. |
| 1:02.9 | What about Creed? |
| 1:03.9 | Hot take. |
| 1:04.9 | I don't know what else to say. |
| 1:06.9 | I like Rocky. |
| 1:07.9 | I like the original Rocky even far better than I like the sequels. |
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