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1st AD posted:Is episode 3 any good because I fail to find any of this funny yet, also not enough Rob Corddry. No, this show was better before Ari Gold moved to London to open a department store. But Ep 3 must have been the most expensive location for 22 minutes of "is this a sitcom or isn't it?" ever made for tv. That was a nice boat. Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Jul 8, 2015 |
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Binary Logic posted:No, this show was better before Ari Gold moved to London to open a department store. It probably belongs to an HBO executive.
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Jul 8, 2015 16:30
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geeves posted:I've never been a Corddry fan, but he's been great in this. It was pretty impressive how he made slipping "niggas" into a sentence actually feel like a faux pas and not a stilted, awkward joke.
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Jul 8, 2015 18:35
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Between this show and 'The Brink' HBO has killed it with new series this go round. I love them both. Anyone else think there will be a hacking storyline due to the photos ? Do I even need to spoiler that?
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Jul 10, 2015 12:19
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I think it's safe to say that those pictures will be important in the future. Especially since Reggie is a scumbag
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Jul 10, 2015 19:47
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The Duggler posted:I think it's safe to say that those pictures will be important in the future. Especially since Reggie is a scumbag Yeah, the question to me is whether he's gonna use them for leverage/blackmail moneymaking purposes, or for revenge when Rock finally convinces dumb dude to drop him
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Regnevelc posted:Between this show and 'The Brink' HBO has killed it with new series this go round. I love them both. Dont think so. It's already been alluded to it in trailers so afaik its alright. I dont really think the photo stroyline will be that it was hacking or even necessarily Reggie being malicious but just rich dudes in their early 20s posting that poo poo on social media is just because that's what happens.
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Show of hands: Who here just wanted this to be Pain and Gain: The Series?
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Jul 12, 2015 07:45
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Rob's party continues.
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Thank god, I hope he gets crippled in training camp...
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Jul 13, 2015 03:29
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That's been the best episode so far in my opinion.
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Jul 13, 2015 03:30
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Where's that guy who was crying because they didn't go into the long term issues of playing football in the first 3 episodes of a new show?
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Jul 13, 2015 03:40
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I really wish Ballers was one hour long instead of 30 minutes. I feel like every episode could have been an hour long. Each episode feels rushed on pacing.
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Rabid Snake posted:I really wish Ballers was one hour long instead of 30 minutes. I feel like every episode could have been an hour long. Each episode feels rushed on pacing. Yea I'm digging this show but I wish they had more time to explore.
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Jul 13, 2015 04:11
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All these shows have been amazing. I keep thinking TD is my fav, then Ballers, and now Brink. Each week I have a new fav. Brink wins this week, I think. I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while.
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Jul 13, 2015 04:22
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This show makes me want to strangle Reggie. I'm feeling bad for a financial manager arguing over million dollar contracts in Miami.
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Jul 13, 2015 05:20
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Reggie is the shittiest human alive
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Jul 13, 2015 05:57
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I'm de captain now
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Aurubin posted:This show makes me want to strangle Reggie. I'm feeling bad for a financial manager arguing over million dollar contracts in Miami. No, Reggie is perfect. He's exactly the worst person in the world of Marcus to listen to because Reggie is smart enough to talk like he sounds what he knows about but just dumb enough to think they don't have to play by the established rules and are special. Someone already mentioned, securing the $30-40 million is by far the most important thing to do, because all it takes is one bad hit to end your playing career. I see this season playing out as a semi-victory for Reggie until the second to last episode where Marcus goes down hard and there's no guarantee contract in place. Then The Rock is out 300k and Reggie has hosed over dozens of other people.
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This and The Brink are my new favorite shows. Ballers should absolutely be an hour long though
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Aurubin posted:This show makes me want to strangle Reggie. I'm feeling bad for a financial manager arguing over million dollar contracts in Miami. Because the show does a great job of using the Lifestyle Porn that shows like Entourage leaned on as a facade that masks drat-near-life-or-death stakes. pentyne posted:I see this season playing out as a semi-victory for Reggie until the second to last episode where Marcus goes down hard and there's no guarantee contract in place. Then The Rock is out 300k and Reggie has hosed over dozens of other people. If this show is smart, it'll continue to parallel Spencer's refusal to admit there's anything wrong with him with Marcus's feeling of invincibility. So when Spencer is finally able to face himself, he'll be strong enough to pull Marcus from Reggie's grip.
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pentyne posted:I see this season playing out as a semi-victory for Reggie until the second to last episode where Marcus goes down hard and there's no guarantee contract in place. Then The Rock is out 300k and Reggie has hosed over dozens of other people. Vernon.
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SalTheBard posted:Reggie is the shittiest human alive Whoever said that Reggie is the most hate-able motherfucker since Joffrey hit it on the head. I think what makes it worse is that Reggie is realistic and a lot of people know hangers-on that would do exactly what he's doing if they were in his position.
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Oh god, imagine Reggie AS Joffrey. The horror.
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The Dave posted:Oh god, imagine Reggie AS Joffrey. The horror. It'd certainly make for a better 'sword vs. book' wedding gift scene.
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Jul 13, 2015 15:44
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I like the Rock but this show is boring and not funny. Its even got the Entourage douchiness vibe going for it too.
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Jul 13, 2015 20:09
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It's not a comedy. Is it? It serves well as a sports drama.
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Jul 13, 2015 21:08
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Cole posted:It's not a comedy. It's ostensibly a comedy, but watching Ballers just for the jokes is like watching Friday Night Lights just for the football games.
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Jul 13, 2015 21:34
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It reminds me of how a lot of shows on USA want to do serious drama but they lack the confidence, so they add a lot of levity and call it dramatic comedy or whatever. I like this more than most of those, though.
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Jul 13, 2015 21:41
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Problem with this show for me is that every character in it is an idiot, one way or another. Watching it is like mentally herding kittens, in hopes all these dumb fucks don't hurt themselves. It's sort of exhausting.
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Jul 13, 2015 22:46
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It feels like they're doing the same "Will Vince get the movie or won't he get the movie?!?" thing they did with Entourage with the "Will The Rock become his manager or won't he?!?" to pad out an already too short episode each week. I like the show but I just want things to move forward a bit faster and feel like these characters have a point they're getting to instead of spinning plates. It's a dumb fun show when things are actually happening.
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It's a light casual show that hits a lot of demographics and is entertaining
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The Rock will fight Reggie in an empty stadium.
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Jul 14, 2015 00:51
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Hoooly poo poo "I'm de captain now." 
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They're definitely doing something right as it's been already been renewed for next year http://www.avclub.com/article/hbo-renews-ballers-second-season-222119 VVVVV: Not "Tell Me You Love Me" 
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The SituAsian posted:They're definitely doing something right as it's been already been renewed for next year Pretty much every HBO show gets a second season
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Vanderdeath posted:Whoever said that Reggie is the most hate-able motherfucker since Joffrey hit it on the head. I think what makes it worse is that Reggie is realistic and a lot of people know hangers-on that would do exactly what he's doing if they were in his position. For me the big thing is how Reggie always try to paint everything in racial terms. His friend is going to get tens of millions of dollars to play a game and every little disagreement brings Reggie back to the "oh so white people get better treatment in this game?" It's pretty obvious that Reggie is going to talk Vernon into not paying The Rock back the $300k. That'll probably be when poo poo really goes down. pentyne fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Jota posted:Where's that guy who was crying because they didn't go into the long term issues of playing football in the first 3 episodes of a new show? That was me, and I'm on board now. This episode not only brought in health issues it also had more character development. And a Ferrari kidnapped and left up on blocks. I am bigger than my problems. Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 10:21 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Binary Logic posted:That was me, and I'm on board now. This episode not only brought in health issues it also had more character development. That guy getting hosed with is easily reaching a point where his character can either be the bigger man and management tells the rest of the team to stop or get hosed, or he snaps and beats the poo poo out of the guys that are provoking him. It'd be nice for it to go the first way, because it's down to franchise star vs. close to retired superstar on his last chance and it'd be hilarious as gently caress to watch Charlie from West Wing own a couple of arrogant punks.
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I thought he's going to go back to banging #18's mom and really flaunt it in his face. But it would be nice for management to step in and tell them to grow the gently caress up,
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