What the...robot?

So I was recently watching Rocky IV, and I was reintroduced to one of the greatest director's decisions ever in all cinematic history. I picture the boardroom planning meeting going a little something like this. "So, Rocky has been winning boxing matches for a long time...we need something to show that he's 'with it.' Something that says: I am HIP!" "How about......he wears gold chains...." "Ummm, we're talking about Rocky, right? You do realize he's uber white." "yeah, yeah. Maybe he could get in touch with his 'soul' side." "OKAY, he's not going to wear ghetto pimp chains! Any other ideas?" "So, computers are getting pretty big. How about a computer?" "No, we need something more...not readily accessible by the public. What's better than computers?" "ROBOTS!" "BRILLIANT." and so they gave Rocky a robot...to give to Paulie....and Paulie falls in love with it. See what happens when you give lonely old men something that will talk to them?

But seriously, of all the unneeded aspects of movies, I think this one takes the cake. Yes, I'm even saying this is better than the fem-bot in Transformers 2 and WAY better than watching Vin Diesel sliding across an oil soaked floor while being shot at, and the oil on the floor magically doesn't ignite. Heck, I'll even say it's better than the iPad.

There he is...in all his majestic brilliance. Well, I guess I should say "she," since Paulie creepily programmed it to have a woman's voice...hence the falling in love part.

If anyone has any more unnecessary parts of film, please enlighten me.






I just want to close by saying: there's nothing more inspiring than watching a work-out montage with fantastic 80's music going on in the background. Rocky can outrun a car! And it would turn out that eerie looking Russian women have a thing for men that are lifting weights. Rocky ran to the top of the mountain! Take that Russia! Nothing can stop the Italian Stallion, not even your "mountains". Ptsh...child's play. GO AMERICA!