When Stallone announced that Creed II would bring back Ivan Drago, it may have seemed like it was too soon to dip back into the Rocky IV well. Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) had just established his own character. He didn’t need to fight Rocky’s old battles just yet. But it turns out we needed […]
Creed is why I’m Franchise Fred, because time adds layers to stories. What was a plot device for Rocky IV now paved the way for the story of a son’s struggle for identity, forgiveness and allows him to make an impact on a legend. Spoilers for Rocky IV follow, but I didn’t want to put […]
Usually when a movie is the subject of excessively bad buzz, it finally comes out and it’s not as bad as they said. I mean, Aeon Flux isn’t memorable but it wasn’t worse than any other mediocre blockbuster they trotted out on massive PR tours. I’ll say it, I even found Gigli entertaining, the […]
Ryan Coogler was on a Comic-Con panel on diversity in geek culture. After the #WeAreAllHeroes – The Changing Landscape of Comics, Geekdom and Fanboy Culture, Coogler was nice enough to answer some of my fanboy questions about his Rocky spinoff Creed. Franchise Fred: Did Stallone really think he was done with Rocky before you pitched […]