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Rocky II

Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

Rocky II The Rewatchables

The group asks whether Rocky and Adrian have sex only on their wedding night, then compares Adrian across the franchise.

In the discussion (3)
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  • The category is posed in reverse as a question about whether the wedding night is Rocky and Adrian’s only sexual encounter.
  • The empty new house prompts a joke that the couple could use every room.
  • Adrian’s personality and communication are compared across later Rocky films.
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Rocky II

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Rocky beating the prepared Apollo, the coma, Gazzo’s unused plot potential, and Adrian are distinct weak-link choices.

In the discussion (4)
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  • One-eyed and impaired Rocky beating a prepared, motivated Apollo is selected.
  • The coma is selected.
  • Gazzo is selected because his appearances have little effect on the plot despite Joe Spinell’s performance.
  • Adrian is selected without elaboration.
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Rocky II

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Rocky II The Rewatchables

A Creed-centered version, swapped spouses, Apollo’s wife among 1970s beauties, and Stallone over Cruise as a movie runner are separate takes.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The movie would be more interesting as Creed, centered on Apollo’s shame and rematch obsession.
  • Rocky and Apollo would both fare better if they swapped wives.
  • Apollo’s wife is placed among the best-looking Black women of the 1970s.
  • Stallone is judged a better and more natural movie runner than Tom Cruise.
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Rocky II

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Brent Musburger wins over Frank Stallone, Rocky’s commercial agent, Stu Nahan, and Duke.

In the discussion (5)
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  • Brent Musburger is selected for making the fight feel like a nationally important sporting event.
  • Frank Stallone and the doo-wop group are nominated.
  • Rocky’s commercial agent is nominated for slinking away after the advertisement fails.
  • Stu Nahan is nominated.
  • Duke is considered, then challenged as ineligible because he is in four films.
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Rocky II

Half-Assed Internet Research

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Research covers the dedication, Leroy Neiman, Rocky’s reading, running-scene extras, room 669, a novelization, and Burt Young’s weight loss before turning into Paulie speculation.

In the discussion (9)
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  • The film is dedicated to Stallone’s first agent, Jane Oliver.
  • Leroy Neiman appears drawing Apollo during training.
  • Rocky reads The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County by Edgar Rice Burroughs to Adrian.
  • An estimated 800 schoolchildren were used for the running scene.
  • Adrian’s hospital room is numbered 669, described as an angel number.
  • A 1979 Rocky II novel credited to Stallone uses Rocky’s first-person narration and shifts to third person for Apollo.
  • Burt Young’s weight loss between films was disguised for the hospital scene and acknowledged in dialogue.
  • Paulie’s changing status and dependence on Rocky are discussed.
  • The group speculates that Paulie may be in love with Rocky.
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