I am your host and honored announcer, Ryan “Hands of Sandstone”
Original introduction wording
- I am your host and honored announcer, Ryan Hands of Sandstone, Sandstone
NO COMMON DENOMINATOR
Movie verdicts.
Sneha and Ryan give Creed thumbs up; Curtis gives it a thumb way up.
Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.
By way of introduction.
In his absence, trying to make it on his own merit, and hailing from the upside down, the shit figure, Curtis. The Schick figure.
Introduction excerpts
- In his absence, trying to make it on his own merit, and hailing from the upside down, the shit figure, Curtis Schick. The Schick figure.
And his opponent, my co-host and number one fan of Marianne, representing Texas City, Texas, Sneha Kogan.
Original introduction wording
- And his opponent, my co-host and number one fan of Marianne, representing Texas City, Texas, Sneha Kungen.
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Oh, ladies and gentlemen, the following podcast is scheduled to cover the seventh movie of the Rocky franchise, Creed. This is another special presentation of Reverse Psychology, and it's your main event, the Summer Movie Marathon. I am your host and honored announcer, Ryan Hands of Sandstone, Sandstone, the doctor of Thugonomics and Psychiatry, Frasier Crane's suspension continues. In his absence, trying to make it on his own merit, and hailing from the upside down, the shit figure, Curtis Schick. The shit figure? The Schick figure. Schick. Schick? What am I, a razor? What are you talking about? Yes. Yes, like the razor. Very good, Craig. I'm offended by this one. Like, you know, because you don't have muscle mass and bones and stuff. I mean... And his opponent, my co-host and number one fan of Marianne, representing Texas City, Texas, Sneha Kungen.
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
SATs: Rocky films to come ↗
How this one works
Prompt
- Now it's going to be your job to tell us what we will see in Rocky films to come.
How it works
- So this is a 12 round fight.
- Both of you will be answering the questions each round.
- We will utilize snake format to mix up who answers first.
- And you are both free to try to mess with each other.
- But I will change things up slightly by giving you random scoring updates along the way.
- We can't reveal any of the answers.
Scoring
- For each of these questions, you will have a chance to get two points.
- One for the correct answer and one for your reasoning.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Winner: Sneha
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: SnehaSource excerpt ↗ 49:49
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Prompt
Question / challenge
So Sneha, as the challenger, you want to go first or second?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: SnehaSource excerpt ↗ 49:49
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first
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- Answer qualification: Thought we were snaking.; Not always.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
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Spoken scoring update
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- Result qualification: We can't reveal any of the answers.
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CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
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Spoken scoring update
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- Result qualification: Sneha's still in the lead through sixth round.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
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Spoken scoring update
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- Result qualification: Again, I can't confirm spoilers.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
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Spoken scoring update
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
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Final trivia score
Sneha wins 10 to 9.
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- Winner statement: Sneha wins 10 to 9.
- Result qualification: At no point was Curtis leading in the fight.
Follow the round structure (12)
Round 1
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Prompt
Question / challenge
How many proposals will we see in the Rocky franchise?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
1
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- Answer qualification: I know Rocky was married because we see him by his wife's grave.; I just don't think they're going to have that big of an arc.
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3
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- Answer qualification: The free bingo space is rocky.; I'm going to say that she's definitely going to get proposed to.; I think in the ring he's going to do a proposal to him.
Round 2
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Speaking of interesting, Curtis, how many sex scenes will we see?
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- Answer qualification: This is not how many sex scenes do you want to see?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
0
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- Answer qualification: I think the skin this franchise likes to show is in the ring.; When I say no homo, I'm disappointed.
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0
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- Answer qualification: People were super prudish back then, I think.
Round 3
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- Raw prompt: Sneha, how many Rocky Spinal Fight opponents do we still need to meet?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
3
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- Answer qualification: Carl Weathers, probably in the first or the second one.; There's Drago.; I don't know who the third one would be, but I'm sure there's a third one.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
1
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- Answer qualification: Technically, we've met Drago, and in a way, we've met Apollo.; So, I think the only person left to meet is Mr. T.
Round 4
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What's the most impressive thing Rocky does in a montage, as judged by me?
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- Answer qualification: It's not my favorite.; It's most impressive.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
He's going to push a vehicle.; Into a river.; Because it's stolen and he needs to unload it.
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- Answer qualification: Predictions.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Monkey bars.
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- Answer qualification: The monkey bars are hard.
Round 5
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Sly aside, who is the most famous person we will see in a Rocky movie?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Carl Weathers
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- Answer qualification: I have no idea who else is in this Rocky movie.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Julia Roberts
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- Answer qualification: I think that the biggest star is somebody who was, at the time, kind of a nobody, but who will grow into being one of the biggest stars of all time.; Rocky 2.
Round 6
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Prompt
Question / challenge
How many pets did Rocky have?
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1
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- Answer qualification: He only has one pet, and it's only a dog.; Because anything more than a dog or one pet is just too tight for his food budget.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
38
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- Answer qualification: I think in Rocky V, he's semi-retired, and he goes through a phase of pets, and he starts hoarding hamsters and betta fish.; I think he racks up about 37, all told, in one film.
Round 7
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Curtis, who is a better boxer, Rocky or Donnie?
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- Adjudication method: There's a correct answer, but you maybe could win me over.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Rocky
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- Answer qualification: I think he's going to get that title at least three times.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Adonis Creed
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- Answer qualification: Again, smart investments, and sometimes perception is reality, and maybe that makes a better boxer.
Round 8
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Prompt
Question / challenge
How many major characters die between one and six?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
3
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- Answer qualification: I'm going to say three, just because it sounds palatable.
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4
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- Answer qualification: I think the gravestone had his wife at like 2003 or something.; I think his trainer died because he was like old in the first one, I think.; I think that we know Apollo died.; Oh, he mentioned a best friend that he lived with.
Round 9
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What's the most famous line from any of the movies?
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- Answer qualification: Most famous line.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Prompt
Question / challenge
I would like you to deliver it as Carl Weathers.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:02:34
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Action
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- Answer or action: No.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Prompt
Question / challenge
All right, Curtis.; Do the impression.; Let's see if we can get a bonus point.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
It's the Eye of the Tiger.
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- Answer qualification: I think that Apollo says it and that he is the one who sings the song.; Well, I think that the music should be diegetic.
- Action: Yo, Adrian!
- Original response: “It’s the Eye of the Tiger.” Later “Yo, Adrian!” is an impression offered for a possible bonus; no replacement, correctness or bonus point is confirmed.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Knock out.
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- Answer qualification: Balboa.; Because it's probably that Rocky knocked somebody out.
Round 10
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Unsanctioned fights.
Question / challenge
Unsanctioned fights.
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- Raw prompt: How many unsectioned fights will we see?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
4
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- Answer qualification: Okay, I'd say six unsanctioned fights.; Well, okay, so maybe there's a bad guy Rocky's trying to beat up.; Okay, I'm going to change my answer, and I'm going to go with four.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
0
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- Answer qualification: If all the fights that we saw Michael B take on were sanctioned, then I think they're all sanctioned.
Round 11
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Prompt
Question / challenge
How many people does Rocky take on a date?
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- Answer qualification: You take it however you want.; How many people?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
3
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- Answer qualification: I think there will be two dates at once.; I'm going to up it to three because I think it's Adrian, the other woman in the first movie, and then she's dead in Rocky VI.; So I think that he goes on a really awkward old person date.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
4
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- Answer qualification: I'll go with four then, because I'm thinking all of the ones that Curtis said.; I feel like Carl Weathers would have bought on a date with Rocky.
Round 12
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Prompt
Question / challenge
So, how many different fedoras does Rocky wear?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
2
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- Answer qualification: So, he'll be just wearing these fedoras in his dates.; He wears the second one at Adrian's funeral.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
2
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- Answer qualification: I also think it's two, but I think it's because there is one single, like, hat that is, you know, what he's always wearing.; and they gave him, like, a brightly colored kind of gauche hat.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Scoring mechanism: For each of these questions, you will have a chance to get two points.; One for the correct answer and one for your reasoning.
- Adjudication method: But I will change things up slightly by giving you random scoring updates along the way.; We can't reveal any of the answers.
- Sneha wins 10 to 9. Individual correctness and answer, reasoning or bonus allocations are withheld.
Comic bits and episode moments.
Conversation excerpt
Opening context ↗
Conversation excerpt
Recapping Creed ↗
How did this movie get made, right?
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: SnehaSource excerpt ↗ 02:00
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Prompt
Question / challenge
All right, Sneha, you want to make a quick prediction or guess?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I'm pretty sure Sylvester Stallone was looking for some more money because the proceeds from; Rocky franchise wasn't paying the bills.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 02:45
Remark
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- Adjudication: It is so shockingly wrong.
- Ryan: “Very glad you predicted that. It is so shockingly wrong. I'm so glad I asked.”
Source details
- Text: Ryan Coogler, the director and writer of this movie.; His dad develops this neuromuscular condition.; That's when he writes this script.; And then Coogler gives him the script.
Conversation excerpt
Movie verdicts and invented subtitles ↗
Now for a final time, let's use our thumbs to decide how we feel about Creed.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 46:54
Final verdicts and subtitles
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 46:54
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Movie verdict prompt
Question / challenge
Now for a final time, let's use our thumbs to decide how we feel about Creed.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: SnehaSource excerpt ↗ 46:59
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Invented movie subtitle prompt
Question / challenge
Don't forget to give it a subtitle, Sneha.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Invented movie subtitle
Creed. Nepo Baby Goes Pro.
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- Adjudication: Once again, just not a great name, but I like the spirit of it.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Invented movie subtitle
Creed, A Rocky Relationship.
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- Adjudication: That's got layers to it.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Invented movie subtitle
Creed will bleed for his need to succeed beyond just being Apollo's seed guaranteed.
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- Adjudication: And it's good.
Conversation excerpt
Closing conversation ↗
So thank you for listening on the entire Creed series.
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- Answer qualification: She does have a quick hot take if you'll accept it.; We will not.
And the award goes to…
Selections stay with their own movie part and selector. Some attributions are not confirmed.
What was recorded
Their choices, kept with the original category and movie part · 2 recorded exchanges
Conversation excerpt
Six-part movie awards
How this one works
How it works
- We've broken the movie into six sections and six awards.
- So, for any section you don't want to use one of the standard awards, you can substitute it with an award of your own invention.
- The wild card may only be used once per person.
Award categories
- highlight; low light; punchy; hottie; punchy uppie; MVP
Recorded activity context
Each of us will present one award per section.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 08:14
Movie section 1
So, this block ends at around the 20-minute mark when Donnie enters the restaurant with the Rock.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Section 1 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 08:38
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Did you think that while you were, like, right away while you were watching this movie?
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- Prompt proposition: You say that Adonis' mom had an affair.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I wrote this after seeing the movie.
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- Answer qualification: And this movie does reveal, like, he died before Adonis was even born and that he is the product of an affair Apollo had and that now with his mom dead, his adopted mother is the wife of Apollo, which is very confusing but makes total sense now that I've seen the first one.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
low light
low light
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- Answer qualification: So your low light is for the lack of clarity in the narrative at the beginning.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Remark
Why would you want to pick a fighter's life when you don't have to?
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- Answer qualification: Oh, double award.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
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low light
And they do this freeze frame where they put up a bunch of stats and awards and like explanation; of why this guy is such a great boxer.
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- Choice: low light
- Answer qualification: It felt like out of a different film.; I think a very subtle stitch of dialogue could have indicated that.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
hot takey
I am fully team Marianne after second watch.
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- Choice: hot takey
- Answer qualification: Now that I know it's a bastard baby and not her kid.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Remark
I thought this was like an AIDS ward in a hospital.
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- Answer qualification: It's not an award because it wasn't that big of a deal.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 17:17
Movie section 2
So this one takes us up to like the 41 minute territory with Rocky and Donnie finally; training together.
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Section 2 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
punchy-uppy
Your punchy-uppy is that all the flirting that Creed was doing with Rocky, he should have been doing with Bianca.
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WHAT THEY BROUGHT
punchy
I want to punch Bianca for her behavior.
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- Choice: punchy
- Answer qualification: And her reaction is to turn the music back up.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
low light
So my low light goes to her not returning Adonis' calls.
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- Choice: low light
- Answer qualification: Turns out I didn't update it after realizing I liked Marianne.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 20:52
Movie section 3
The training begins in earnest, but it is slow going.
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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 20:52
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Section 3 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
hot take
I just, I'm ready to see a Creed movie or a boxing movie where everybody just works out at Planet Fitness and does some weights and calls it a day.
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- Choice: hot take
- Answer qualification: What a ripoff.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
highlight
Like, I think it's a really good character montage more than just, like, spectacle montage.
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- Choice: highlight
- Answer qualification: This was the best montage.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
punchy-uppy
I thought even that line delivery was just a little off, even if it is realistic.
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- Choice: punchy-uppy
- Answer qualification: The being panicked is fine.; It just was awkward.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 26:37
Movie section 4
During training, Rocky collapses and winds up in the hospital.
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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 26:37
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Section 4 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
MVP
Rocky
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- Choice: MVP
- Answer qualification: And then while going through chemo in the hospital, he's making this guy train and do, you know, workouts and things like that.; I'm giving Stallone.
- Claim: The entire marketing campaign for the Conlin fight was all around a paternity reveal, really.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
punchy-uppy
I think my punchy-uppy is that they should have spent more time showing the food, showing them eating the food.
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- Choice: punchy-uppy
- Answer qualification: And I'm like living in Schrodinger's Turkey.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
game changer
When the news drops, we learn the Creed's an affair, baby.
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- Choice: wild card
- Answer qualification: I now like Marianne.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 31:25
Movie section 5
He makes a deal with Rocky to train for his fight if Rocky will chemo his cancer.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
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Section 5 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
medium highlight
The movie really said, let's give this 70-year-old man chemo.; And I'm going to throw in a training montage on top of it and make it somehow widely believable.; Okay, so this is where Sebastian Solon is sitting in his chemo chair, hooked up to everything, and he's making him do the work as.
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- Choice: wild card
- Answer qualification: And that somehow makes it somewhat believable.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
full highlight
And he tells the guys to start going on the motorcycles.
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- Choice: full highlight
- Answer qualification: But this is a genuine fuck yeah moment.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
MVP
Stallone
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- Choice: MVP
- Answer qualification: And this section with the cancer and all of that, it was unbelievable.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 36:21
Movie section 6
Rocky and Adonis walk up the Philadelphia Museum of Art's steps together, ending the; film with a symbolic passing of the torch.
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Section 6 prompt
Question / challenge
Each of us will present one award per section.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
MVP
Pretty Ricky Conlon
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- Choice: MVP
- Answer qualification: Passing the torch and doing it in a very admirable and respectful way.
- Claim: So the losing was surprising, but the fact that the stadium was chanting for this guy,; that was predictable.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 39:15
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Is that, was that predictable?; Was it, were you blown away that he lost?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
So I think I kind of saw it coming and I don't know if I would have, if I, for the first time; ever watched any Rocky movie, if it was Creed 1.
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- Answer qualification: I think Rocky loses in the first film.; Maybe it was a news media thing, but they were saying something like, after losing a big; fight, he goes on to win a championship.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
dad bod god
Pretty Ricky
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- Choice: wild card
- Answer qualification: So I'm doing this in place of a hottie.; As far as like body types go, it feels achievable.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
MVP
Adonis
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- Choice: MVP
- Answer qualification: I'm not a mistake.; And this moment is absolutely the capstone of it.
Source details
- Activity request: Each of us will present one award per section.
- Method: For a moment or scene that was particularly good.; For a moment or scene that was particularly bad.; Awarded to the person we wanted to punch in the face.; And the moment that inspired it.; For a moment or scene that inspired a hot take.; For a moment or scene that makes us think of something better the movie could have done.
Conversation excerpt
Farewell awards for Sneha
But before you go, I would like to honor you with something I didn't prepare for, an award.
See how they answered
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded contributions
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Authentic chaotic award
Sneha
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- Answer qualification: I want to give you the authentic chaotic award, because it was chaotic, but you were authentic about it.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Agent of Chaos Award
Sneha
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- Answer qualification: For your excellence in not sticking to the format or saying whatever the hell you want.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Remark
No, guys, thank you so much for the award.; I watched Creed 1 on an airplane.; I will never watch another movie again and not think about my hot takes and what my awards are going to be for each of them.; This was a fun exercise.
Previously, next week.
Predictions as made on the podcast—not claims about what actually happens.
Conversation excerpt
Predicting Rocky Balboa
Rocky Balboa.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:08:51
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Prompt
Question / challenge
So, tell us what to expect when we cover the previous movie.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Rocky has died.; And his son, ashamed of the brutal Balboa name, prefers to go by Balbao.; While settling the estate, he is surrounded by Rocky's humpback coach and beautiful manager,; who nudge him slowly to perform an experiment to bring Rocky back from the dead.; The whole thing is a shot-for-shot remake of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, and there is no boxing.
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- Choice: thumbs up
- Answer qualification: Also, I do want to offer a new thing, which we haven't done, which is I would like to make a thumb prediction.; I'm betting and hoping that this will be a thumbs up for me.
- Adjudication: Good work.