I mean, Rocky is obviously an example, right? Does that need to be said? It was plain as day that the original movie was about the idea that Rocky actually become champion was impossible, but for him to get as close as he did was how he finally earned self-respect
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And the original implied ending of the movie was that he goes back to his ordinary working-class life with Adrian but with this memory of the one day he went the distance against the champ nothing can defeat him anymore
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And it's just like c'mon guys Rocky 2 rips the poignancy away from that with its fucking literalism Sure why don't we revisit every bittersweet ending and give it a nice thick honey glaze Have a Casablanca 2 where Rick kills Hitler
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Robocop? And Rambo as someone else pointed out?
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I feel like robocop getting a jet pack and leading the peoples revolution is understanding the premise of Robocop better then most “robocop is serious satire,” takes.
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