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Why would that fat guy (greene?) ever want to have sex with anything besides his own wife? That woman is smoking hot.
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CalvinandHobbes posted:the clue is reggie was by his side the entire night but mysteriously doesn't appear in any pictures. He is in one of the pictures though.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:45
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Affi posted:Why would that fat guy (greene?) ever want to have sex with anything besides his own wife? That woman is smoking hot. I think they're trying to paint it in the light that he feels 'inferior' and loving the other woman would make him feel like he was a big shot again. His wife's a full-fledged doctor and breadwinner of the household, and he's lucky to have a job selling Chevys.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:49
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Affi posted:Why would that fat guy (greene?) ever want to have sex with anything besides his own wife? That woman is smoking hot. Have you ever been in a relationship with the same woman for more than a few months? Or at least long enough to get out of that romantic lovey dovey stage? I'm betting no, you haven't.
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Jul 21, 2015 20:57
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So did Charles actually sleep with her though? He told Ricky he didn't do anything, don't see why he would lie to him about any of it. There's the sex scene but it almost seemed like a fantasy sequence with the whole turning into his wife thing. If anything maybe the fight will lead him to actually go do it.
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Jul 21, 2015 22:55
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The sex scene was with his wife and he was fantasizing about the other girl. That's why he told his wife to be quiet; it was ruining his fantasy. You can say he hasn't done anything too terribly wrong. I don't know a single married man who won't admit to fantasizing about other women from time to time. But the difference is when your wife can put a face (or rear end) to your relatively easily accessible fantasy.
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Jul 21, 2015 23:06
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The question now is whether the writers will take advantage of the "I'm already busted, might as well tap dat rear end now" cliche. I kind of want Charles to remain the only straight-laced character.
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Jul 21, 2015 23:29
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SalTheBard posted:Reggie was the one who convinced Vern to stay, do drugs and took the pictures I thought it was that the lawyer had information that the average groupie wouldn't, like privileged knowledge about the deal, and that's what made it click for the Rock. notaspy posted:Some 11th dimensional chess poo poo I guess. I thought at first it was Reggie just scheming and splitting it with the lawyer, but this makes way more sense. It's a power play since he could tell Rock was going to try to freeze him out. I hope Rock saves the day in time 
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Jul 22, 2015 00:21
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I think Reggie is being set up by Spencer. Reggie doesn't seem overtly malicious, just someone who's in way over his head. Spencer either got the girl to rope Reggie in on the scheme or flat out lie about Reggie's involvement. It's also why he brings Joe along to the meeting.
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Jul 22, 2015 00:46
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BIG HEADLINE posted:The question now is whether the writers will take advantage of the "I'm already busted, might as well tap dat rear end now" cliche. I kind of want Charles to remain the only straight-laced character. I like that his friend (gently caress forgot beardy's name) is actively telling him not to do it, rather than being the stereo typical dick who leads his friends astray it's a bit more depth to his character even if he is a womaniser in his own right.
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Jul 22, 2015 04:09
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Kegslayer posted:I think Reggie is being set up by Spencer. Reggie doesn't seem overtly malicious, just someone who's in way over his head. I'm with you, or at least I hope that's where it goes. From at least one point of view, he's a brain damaged, pill-addicted near failure desperately trying to project an air of success. Would love to see The Rock go a little darkside on this show. Also kind of interested in the flashback Spencer keeps having when he wakes up in a cold sweat, now in a couple eps including the opening scene of the season. The QB he sacks doesn't move. Did he kill/cripple the guy or something?
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Jul 22, 2015 20:53
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physeter posted:I'm with you, or at least I hope that's where it goes. From at least one point of view, he's a brain damaged, pill-addicted near failure desperately trying to project an air of success. Would love to see The Rock go a little darkside on this show. The way they focused on the QBs head snapping back the first couple times they showed it, I was thinking paralyzed.
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Jul 22, 2015 21:00
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Nah, they'll puss out of doing anything gritty. This is just Men's health porn like Entourage. You can tell because all the dialog is lazy as gently caress. They will have more vague values Kenya where dudes bump fists or hug and say "family" just like in fast and furious.
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Jul 24, 2015 02:39
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physeter posted:Also kind of interested in the flashback Spencer keeps having when he wakes up in a cold sweat, now in a couple eps including the opening scene of the season. The QB he sacks doesn't move. Did he kill/cripple the guy or something?
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Jul 24, 2015 03:10
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physeter posted:I'm with you, or at least I hope that's where it goes. From at least one point of view, he's a brain damaged, pill-addicted near failure desperately trying to project an air of success. Would love to see The Rock go a little darkside on this show. Entourage Of Pro Football. Last Buffalo posted:Nah, they'll puss out of doing anything gritty. This is just Men's health porn like Entourage. You can tell because all the dialog is lazy as gently caress. This writer at Sportsgrid was also not impressed with most recent, 'especially stupid' episode. some choice quotes quote:What “Ballers” lacks in subtlety it more than makes up for in nudity. That’s gotta be worth something, right? Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 11:03 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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Jul 24, 2015 10:54
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So Rocky deflated considerably since Pain and Gain apparently edit: Charles is a piece of poo poo Roman Reigns fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 03:05
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Binary Logic posted:Me too. Johnson and Mark Wahlberg get plenty of money for their movie work, it would be nice to see more from this series than being this light-hearted tit-filled Strip club team meetings were part of what got Richie incognito in trouble, so a titty-bar bonding session isn't that contrived. As for the dude not putting his pants on, a former player got arrested for jackin' it outside a target in a parking lot about a year ago, again it's not that unusual. I know they're showing a lot of it, but players doing stupid poo poo is pretty much what you see week in and week out in the NFL offseason. The scum lawyers Machete charge speech was a little dumb but it didn't seem like that big of a stretch. Besides this show has been advertised as light entertainment in the same vein as entourage from day one. Maybe I'm alone here, but I didn't exactly go into this expecting much more than simple-ish plot lines, athletes doing fun and dumb stuff while cracking jokes at each other, some boobs, good music and player cameos. Which is pretty much what we've seen. It's not emmy worthy writing but for 28 minutes you get some cheap laughs, someone to hate and the Rock being the Rock.
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Jul 27, 2015 03:59
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BlindSite posted:Strip club team meetings were part of what got Richie incognito in trouble, so a titty-bar bonding session isn't that contrived. You guys wouldn't believe the poo poo I saw for like 6 months working as a legal clerk in the military. And those are guys with the same education level as NFL players, getting paid like $2/hour by Uncle Sam. All the dumb poo poo is perfectly feasible. E: although I do want to know why there's generic Reebok crossfit b-roll footage in the opening credits. red19fire fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Jul 27, 2015 |
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Jul 27, 2015 04:32
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How did Charles wife find the freak pad when Ricky's girl didn't even know about it?
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Jul 27, 2015 06:02
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TheBizzness posted:How did Charles wife find the freak pad when Ricky's girl didn't even know about it? iCloud Photoshare got his rear end. His wife's laptop, and their Apple TV all share an iCloud account and when he kept a photo from his sexting session, it showed up on all the shared devices.
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Jul 27, 2015 06:18
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That was just how the booty picture showed up. She sort of just magically found the freak pad or he's an idiot and she's still tracking him on find my iphone.
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Jul 27, 2015 11:46
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the Jay Glazer/Ricky Jarrett interview is fantastic. Best non-Rob Corrdry related scene by far.
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Jul 27, 2015 12:05
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Yeah they had me going for a bit in thinking Ricky was going to botch the interview
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Jul 27, 2015 12:10
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Dudes wife needs to sit out on a raft in the freak pad pool.
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Jul 27, 2015 13:55
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a nigga who smoke posted:the Jay Glazer/Ricky Jarrett interview is fantastic. Best non-Rob Corrdry related scene by far. Roman Reigns posted:Yeah they had me going for a bit in thinking Ricky was going to botch the interview Willing to bet that's going to come back to bite him at some point. Either the mysterious #81 isn't his actual dad, Ricky never called him to begin with, or the dad did reach out at some point and Ricky rejected him out of spite, or Ricky's mom was lying about his dad because his real dad disappeared for some reason (prison, already married and the mom was a mistress, etc.)
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Jul 27, 2015 16:53
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Shooting Blanks posted:Willing to bet that's going to come back to bite him at some point. Either the mysterious #81 isn't his actual dad, Ricky never called him to begin with, or the dad did reach out at some point and Ricky rejected him out of spite, or Ricky's mom was lying about his dad because his real dad disappeared for some reason (prison, already married and the mom was a mistress, etc.) I'd like for it to be true. Ricky has been little more then a comical exaggeration at this point, his character desperately needs some emotional depth.
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Jul 27, 2015 18:46
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pentyne posted:I'd like for it to be true. Ricky has been little more then a comical exaggeration at this point, his character desperately needs some emotional depth. I also remember him looking at an old picture in his 'trophy room' that could've been his father.
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Jul 27, 2015 19:10
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Are we still talking about Brink at all because that show has been as awesome as Ballers
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Jul 27, 2015 19:37
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SalTheBard posted:Are we still talking about Brink at all because that show has been as awesome as Ballers Yah I dunno, maybe people forgot about it or something. It really is something.
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Jul 27, 2015 19:40
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BIG HEADLINE posted:I also remember him looking at an old picture in his 'trophy room' that could've been his father. Huh, I don't remember this.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:25
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Shooting Blanks posted:Huh, I don't remember this. I might be remembering that wrong, but one thing I do remember is Bella telling him he could just reverse his medallion and take #81 and he got really morose at the suggestion.
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Jul 27, 2015 20:47
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There was definitely an old photo of someone in the 81 jersey in the trophy room. I immediately assumed it to be his father but I don't think there was anything that directly alluded to it. It was clearly too old to be Ricky.
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Jul 27, 2015 21:00
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I'm liking Charles' misadventures and the Dude from the west wing being a total don. Black joffrey is still a massive oval office
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Jul 27, 2015 22:36
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notaspy posted:I'm liking Charles' misadventures and the Dude from the west wing being a total don. Who is Black Joffery?
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Jul 27, 2015 22:43
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Jul 27, 2015 22:54
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Black Joffrey is such an apropos name for Reggie. I hate him but can't stop watching him.
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Jul 28, 2015 00:34
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Reggie's getting a bad rap. He's a dick, but he's looking out for the guy he grew up with and has this preconceived notion that the world of sports is racist as hell and his friend is always going to be undervalued and shafted on money deals. Maybe there's more to it but while Reggie is a huge prick, he's not malicious or vindictive. He doesn't trust all these new guys in their expensive suits to look out for his best friend's career to their fullest. He's arrogant, naive, and completely out of his element but his biggest concern is getting his buddy the fat paycheck Reggie thinks he's worth.
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pentyne posted:Reggie's getting a bad rap. He's a dick, but he's looking out for the guy he grew up with and has this preconceived notion that the world of sports is racist as hell and his friend is always going to be undervalued and shafted on money deals. I would tend to agree, if Reggie wasn't blowing through Vernon's money as fast as he can. He's looking out for Vernon's best interests insofar as it's the only way he gets to do cocaine off strippers, drive McLarens and throw money in the air at restaurants. He's a remora, a parasite. He's also as close to a villain as it gets on this softball show, but the opposite characterization, of an rear end in a top hat player burning through his money as the humble hometown friend tries to keep him in check would also be interesting. Basically I wish they would go harder on the economic aspect. I'm guessing in the next episode that TMZ or whoever tracks down Ricky's dad and forces some kind of confrontation.
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Jul 28, 2015 02:50
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pentyne posted:Reggie's getting a bad rap. He's a dick, but he's looking out for the guy he grew up with and has this preconceived notion that the world of sports is racist as hell and his friend is always going to be undervalued and shafted on money deals. He's indirectly malicious. He has no idea what he's doing and is overvaluing of Vernon is very likely going to cost Vernon in the long run. Plus, you can tell by the way Vernon carries himself that Reggie is the one causing all of this financial grief by spending money they don't have. They've shown multiple times that Vernon seems to know what to do, he just won't do it because Reggie's encouraging him to do something else and Vernon doesn't have the heart to shut his buddy down. It's a complete reversal from the Cam/Reggie relationship on Survivor's Remorse where the athlete wants to live large and the handler is calming him down. It would be one thing if Reggie just wanted to get him as much money as possible for security. But they've shown ad nauseum that Reggie wants to get him all of that money so they can go spend it.
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This is more a fault of the show's writing than anything else, but they don't make a great case for the Rock being a good businessman or a wise alternative to Reggie. It's just a given that all the clients should sign with him because he's wearing a suit and said "don't buy a boat" in the first episode. A slight shift in dialog, and he could come off as some leech trying to milk his connections for clients for little regard as to whether he's actually good for them in the long haul. You know, like a lot of the financial industry. This show feels like it's written by a team of cynical white frat boys trying to talk about the lives of rich black athletes and using Maxim and ESPN as their own points of reference.
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