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Last Buffalo posted: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. The Rock's character has done little but spout a few canned words of wisdom, say "look man I've been there, take it from me" and get people to sign up. It's his job; it's what he knows he was hired for. I'm still waiting for The Rock to snap and go on a bender, or start doing some monstrous power plays because he's been talked up as a relentless maniac on the field.
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Last Buffalo posted: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. Say it ain't so! Every woman and her wardrobe choice is integral to the overall story arc. For instance in this scene:  Tracy uses her body as a sort of polygraph to compel Spence to admit the truth about not getting an MRI. So it was completely necessary to have a scene at the beach. And of course what would an NFLer trying to rehabilitate his playboy image be without a house littered with unemployed, hot women just lounging around all day long because why the hell not.  This is not simply eye candy. The inherent subtext is an illustration of the ingrained manner in which commercialization and objectification of women has overridden their natural need for actualization as individuals. Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 12:09 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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The Rock may not be a good financial advisor. Some clues: Lent out the $300,000 That was all he had in his bank account. But he didn't realize at the time. But he has other bank accounts he didn't know about. The "Old man" didn't want to hire him. He's really just a sales man like at a car dealership. He was hired for his connections and not his skills at money management.
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Zero One posted:The Rock may not be a good financial advisor. Some clues: At that level, though, it's a way in to a very exclusive club - if someone wants to develop a network of individuals quickly to offer them a product or service, find someone they can identify with. It's no different than having exclusive memberships to whatever clubs are appropriate to your industry. It's a way to start a conversation.
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Zero One posted:The Rock may not be a good financial advisor. Some clues: I thought he took out a loan for the $300k?
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Jul 29, 2015 23:27
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He LOANED Vernon the money. They've said repeatedly that Spencer was hired for his connections, and Joe seems to be the only one at the firm who likes him. No protagonist on the show is particularly good at their job (unless it's Football).
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Golden Bee posted:He LOANED Vernon the money. I'd disagree, none of the protagonists seem to be particularly bad at their jobs - Spencer has been successful at introducing people to Joe, plus he's helped Ricky out with the PR thing. We haven't really seen Joe work yet, just party, have we? And the agent did get Vern a big bump on the contract - may not be what Vern wanted but gently caress, sometimes expectations are unrealistic. So far nobody here really seems like a major antagonist besides Reggie - hell, the shady lawyer calmed down to $150k. It's still a shakedown, yeah, and we're not supposed to like the guy. Even Reggie, at worst, is just feeding off of Vern. Doesn't seem to be actively trying to sabotage him. This is Entourage: Football Edition. Entourage had no real antagonists for the first season, it was a warm up lap, and I'm expecting exactly the same here.
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Jul 30, 2015 01:16
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I really do think that the guy who bankrupted himself, save for a few grand he had stashed in a forgotten account, in the first episode, is good with money.
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Jul 30, 2015 01:32
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His job isn't to be good with money. It's to introduce the guys who are good with money to football players.
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Jul 30, 2015 02:34
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He even said that Joe handles the money, the agent handles the contracts, and he handles everything in between in the episode prior, which was then referenced in this episode
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Shooting Blanks posted:His job isn't to be good with money. It's to introduce the guys who are good with money to football players. This 1000x he's not the money manager.
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Jul 30, 2015 04:04
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He's the sales guy. As a sales guy, you don't need to know poo poo about anything in order to be successful.
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Waroduce posted:He's the sales guy. As a sales guy, you don't need to know poo poo about anything in order to be successful. He 's flat out told by Rob Couddry that the only reason he was hired was for his player connections and football reputation.
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Jul 30, 2015 14:48
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A reminder that this poo poo happens: http://www.forbes.com/sites/vincentfrank/2015/07/30/former-nba-all-star-vin-baker-blew-100-million-now-working-at-starbucks/
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The theme song for this show might be the worst song I have ever heard.
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PaganGoatPants posted:A reminder that this poo poo happens: http://www.forbes.com/sites/vincentfrank/2015/07/30/former-nba-all-star-vin-baker-blew-100-million-now-working-at-starbucks/ This probably won't happen, though. Even Charles is living a good life. Nothing must interfere with the Entourage lifestyle porn.
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Last Buffalo posted:This probably won't happen, though. Even Charles is living a good life. Nothing must interfere with the Entourage lifestyle porn. Not really. His wife is a specialist doctor and he works at a chevy dealership. Even if the money from his pro ball days runs out, there is still enough in his household to keep the lights well and truly on. Just needs to keep his poo poo together and not ruin his marriage over lolz.
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Aug 3, 2015 02:34
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The Rock is a Really Bad financial consultant in this show.
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Aug 3, 2015 03:12
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"What the gently caress she'd leave me for" Jesus these guys are hopeless
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Aug 3, 2015 03:18
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lol the pics got out
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NESguerilla posted:The theme song for this show might be the worst song I have ever heard.
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Waroduce posted:lol the pics got out As previously stated, we've known that from the season promos.
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Aug 3, 2015 05:47
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What an ep of The Brink! Twist after twist.
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Golden Bee posted:What an ep of The Brink! Twist after twist. I really dig The Brink. All the episodes have been really fun to watch. Tim Robbins is hilarious in it.
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I'm pretty sure the rock and Dr. Blake are going to head out at the end of this season. Probably due to getting fired. This is not a potential spoiler because this is obvious.
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pentyne posted:As previously stated, we've known that from the season promos. some people don't watch promos 
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NESguerilla posted:The theme song for this show might be the worst song I have ever heard. Also the ending music for this episode is pretty good as well.
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Yeah seriously the ballers intro song makes me want to party almost every time I hear it how can you hate it?!
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AAA DOLFAN posted:Yeah seriously the ballers intro song makes me want to party almost every time I hear it how can you hate it?! The unrelated crossfit b-footage PUMPS ME UP for professional athletes making terrible life decisions BUT THEY OWN RARE CARS.
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AAA DOLFAN posted:Yeah seriously the ballers intro song makes me want to party almost every time I hear it how can you hate it?! Some people don't like modern rap, not that shocking. Goddamn do people get worked about about theme songs and credit sequences, though. It's nothing special but man, I guess some people never get exposed to the real obnoxious poo poo if they think the opening is awful. As to the episode, can't believe Rock wouldn't just meet with the woman for the sake of his client and friend. I'm sure that's gonna be explored, but it's really telling how he goes around lecturing everyone about not getting caught up in their own egos while he loses it whenever it comes time for him to follow his own advice. What they do with that is gonna either make or break this show for me. Arsonist Daria fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Aug 3, 2015 |
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Everything with the urn was weird as hell, chucking it over the fence at the start, the rock not thinking it was weird or disrespectful to casually scoop his dead friends ashes from the seat of his car because he braked too hard and spilled them.
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AAA DOLFAN posted:Yeah seriously the ballers intro song makes me want to party almost every time I hear it how can you hate it?!
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red19fire posted:The unrelated crossfit b-footage PUMPS ME UP for professional athletes making terrible life decisions BUT THEY OWN RARE CARS. And go on big boats. And bang hot chicks. Don't sell it short!
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I actually like the intro tune. It reminded me of the NBA playoffs song, but it's not all off key and poo poo. It has melody. My report card: True Detective turned into a stinky turd, Ballers has been pretty good and it's still fun to watch, and Brink is still loving hilarious.
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AAA DOLFAN posted:And go on big boats. And bang hot chicks. Don't sell it short! Also there's a house full of naked, promiscuous supermodels at all times!
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Aug 3, 2015 19:52
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As someone who has interacted with lots of NFL players the most unrealistic part of this show is how nice Miami looks
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NESguerilla posted:Hearing lil Wayne/ drake try to sing is like getting my ears poo poo in. It's one of the worst noises I've ever heard. lol pasty shut-in goons and rap is like vodka and milk
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Pron on VHS posted:lol pasty shut-in goons and rap is like vodka and milk Love how this is the generic goon response for every time someone mentions a rap song sounds like poo poo. Sorry your ears are hosed and you like listening to lil wayne moan like a dying animal into an auto tune filter.
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