# I got Rocky II from the library but the disc doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564 "2010-09-04T02:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/21 "2010-09-05T05:44:33Z")
does Rocky IV have enough montages ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/22 "2010-09-05T05:55:49Z")
_Show a lot of things hap’nin’ at once Remind everyone of what’s goin’ on (What’s goin’ on!) With every shot show a little improvement To show it all would take too long That’s called a montage! Ooh it takes a montaaaaage!_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/23 "2010-09-05T10:35:20Z")
It seems to me that VHS and other cassettes are more likely to mess up in the players themselves, and to degrade over longtime use, while DVDs and other discs are more likely to survive many playings, but are more easily damaged outside the player. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/24 "2010-09-05T11:57:48Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > > [@PSXer](#): > > > > tapes have their problems, but I find that on the whole library VHS tapes are more reliable than library DVDs > > edit: just wiped down the disc with a damp cloth and it works now > > Well, good, because to understand III-V, you really need to know that Apollo Creed is Keyser Soze! Great! Ruin the movie. Thanks a lot, man. How about a freakin’ spoiler box. What? Does he see dead people too? Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/25 "2010-09-05T12:03:20Z")
Have you seen Rocky VI? I haven’t, but I’m curious. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/26 "2010-09-05T14:25:38Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > > [@Revtim](#): > > > > I’d like to know WTF assholes do with their borrowed DVDs, be they from the library or Netflix. Most of them look like somebody took a belt-sander to them. Pricks. > > That’s exactly what I want to know. Damn things look _mauled_. I’m convinced that a sizable contingent of Netflix’s customer base subscribed for the purpose of getting a steady supply of dog frisbees. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/27 "2010-09-05T14:48:01Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I’d like to know WTF assholes do with their borrowed DVDs, be they from the library or Netflix. Most of them look like somebody took a belt-sander to them. Pricks. I’ve noticed the same thing about library DVDs, but not so much with Netflix DVDs. I think Netflix members are more likely to report problems, since Netflix will immediately send them a replacement and not wait for the the original DVD to be returned. Some of the library DVDs look like they have been used for coasters or Frisbees or somethings. If people but them back in the case after they finish watching them, they is no reason for such damage, but I know people who even treat their own DVDs like crap. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/28 "2010-09-11T00:20:28Z")
watched Rocky V today. I had heard a lot of negativity about it, and I don’t get it. Must just be because it is different. But 2, 3, and 4 were all the same, so a change is refreshing. overall: ok film ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/29 "2010-09-11T18:34:19Z")
didn’t like Rocky VI so much. He is too old to fight. And the ending was just like the end of part I. It only works once. Didn’t really like the HBO graphics either ---
**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/30 "2010-09-11T20:02:27Z")
Rocky’s little speech at the very end always makes me blink back a tear. What can I say? I like the big galoot. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564/31 "2010-09-11T20:13:22Z")
I imagine I would have liked Rocky VI more if I had to wait 30 years between it and the first one [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-rocky-ii-from-the-library-but-the-disc-doesnt-work/552564.md?page=1)