Monster of the Day #3461

Updated on July 29, 2024 By Ken Begg 9 Comments

Happy (?) Monday, everyone. Nearly August already. Yeesh.

Watched Rocky IV for Friday’s Watch Party, and it went down pretty smooth. I’ve reviewed it here, and it’s still highly weird and silly and crazy. That’s especially true of you watch it right after watching Rocky. In nine years the series went from gritty lower blue collar slice of life to an insane cartoon. One thing of note: Rocky IV is about 90 minutes, and the more recent Creed II was two hours and ten minutes. Forty extra minutes of running time inflation.

And Rocky IV, like today’s cover, featured a robot. Ah, the ’80s.

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    This is The Wiz right before Bill Cosby was replaced as the Tin Man by Nipsey Russell.

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