I understand what you are doing and would love to see your edit when done. But with all due respect Rocky Balboa was one of the 2 best films I saw last year. The other being Casino Royal. And with each film I was expecting the worst. I am so glad they went with the ending they did. I posted a few months back how Rocky 2 - 5 could be made into one huge fight film, and use the original and this new film as bookends. Rocky III, IV and V could be cut down to about 30 min each without losing any Story (grin).

If you are going to do this Rocky VI edit, can I make a request. During the final fight, when rocky is in his daze, could you place Adrian's voice in the background saying "get Up!" from one of the other films, and Micky saying his "Get Up because Micky LOVES Ya" line from Rocky V?

I think the final fight would have had much more impact for me if they would have had Adrian talking to Rocky in his mind during the fight repeating to Rocky what he had said to their son about "Keep Moving Forward".

Well good luck with this project and like Rocky said "Keep Moving Forward"!

FF