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What type of guy do you think Rocky really was?


He seems to be the type of fella who liked to bug and flirt with the waitresses, he also seemed to be the kind of person who would pinch them in the butt.

True?

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Rocky was the guy we all knew from High School who was a big unhappy ahole and was the biggest bully around! He probably had older brothers who protected him and made him feel invincible.

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Probably beats his kids.

If I didn’t talk the way I talk I wouldn’t know who the hell I am, Sean Connery on his accent

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And he calls the food "garbage" yet he continues to eat there.

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I think another interesting question is what kind of guy Rocky was AFTER getting a beatdown from Superman. Do you think he changed in any way? Maybe a little nicer towards the ladies who came into the diner? A little more complimentary towards the food?


Or was he just an incurable jackass?

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I'd imagine probably a little atleast. The guy didn't look too young and those *beep* do realize after a while that younger guys (even supposed nerds and dorks in their eyes) can beat their ass. Plus he was embarrassed in front of his regulars. I think the Donner cut is even funnier b/c he does it after he turns back time so it seems more like poetic justice for that type of character rather than comeuppance. He was probably pretty nonplussed after that.

If I didn’t talk the way I talk I wouldn’t know who the hell I am, Sean Connery on his accent

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They pitied Rocky? That's a massive stretch. The man is clearly an *beep* and he even shoved the old guy in the face when he pleaded with him not to trash the place again.

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I think another interesting question is what kind of guy Rocky was AFTER getting a beatdown from Superman. Do you think he changed in any way? Maybe a little nicer towards the ladies who came into the diner? A little more complimentary towards the food?

After he recovered from his injuries (shattered hand, fractured vertebrate, broken ribs, whiplash) Rocky went mad with the humiliation of what happened and became convinced the man who attacked him was superman. he obsessively tracked Clark down to the Daily Planet and watchzed his movements.. he kidnapped Lois and then when Superman came looking and found them he exposed him to kryptonite. He then beat him to a pulp with a kryptonite knuckle duster and stabbed him with a kryptonite dagger

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I was hoping Lois really kicked his face in that scene when Rocky said that comment to the cook about the meat.

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I don't know I watched this the other day and if you watch him after Lois turns away from him he just shrugs it off and turns away like he's done trying. Now seat stealing isn't right no but Clark did push him into a fight.

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"Your seat's in there, Four Eyes."

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He struck me as a pervert.

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He was a typical middle age creep who thinks he could hit on all the ladies, he was a scum. 

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Rocky was an a hole, but that line to Clark ''you're seat's in their four eyes' was hilarious.

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Rocky was an a hole, but that line to Clark ''you're seat's in there four eyes' was hilarious.

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He's a jerk. Did he learn anything? Probably not. Most jerks don't, but it still made great justice putting him in his place.

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The man was obviously a prick. He was clearly a known troublemaker judging by the diner-lady's reaction to his arrival and her glee at when he got his comeuppance. He was disrespectful to the diner-man, too, pushing him in the face. His inability to take no for an answer made me think he's probably done a bit of rape in his time, too.

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His inability to take no for an answer made me think he's probably done a bit of rape in his time, too.


That's a bit of a stretch. I don't know of any correlation between being an asshole and being a rapist.

But you hit the nail on the head about everyone else's reaction to Rocky. It wasn't just a bad day for him when he first ran into Clark. He clearly was a prick in the eyes of everyone in the diner. I didn't see anyone come to Rocky's rescue when Clark returned.

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So, of course....he became a Supreme Court justice.

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LOL! Just can't give it up.

So odd how Libbies can't accept a middle of the road strict Constitutionalist because he was nominated by a Republican (who isn't even a true conservative).

And BTW, the phony story that was concocted by the liberal college professor and her Democratic handlers didn't include rape.

Let all who attack innocent people with a lying smear campaign be subject to the same...

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Maybe he was just having a bad day and was acting out.

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