HBO's "Ballers" Season 1 Thread; Produced by The Rock & Mark Wahlberg
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YesssssBunny Colvin Cameo?
And they ended this episode with the Killers
Man this episode went by so fast....
Man. No fukkn way y'all can't tell me you don't feel this show. Great fukkn writing AGAIN. Seriously I'm amazed by all of the angles and character development that's gone on this season. Seriously we've known Dan for all of maybe 20mn and his character easily stole the show tonight. I'm sitting back in amazement at the payout from the PTSD/Dan relationship played out. I don't even know if folks realize it, but the PTSDs storyline:
- built a connection to that white girl Spencer is semi dating
- built a connection to the neuro crisis that current and past players in the NFL deal with
- showed a different emotional dimension to the Rock's character
- built an attachment for Dan/journeymen NFL players/players that have had to retire due to injuries
- Dan's connection/this game pushed Spencer and Joe's relationship apart (as we saw this episode/will see next week)
And remember that this whole flashback thing was the first scene of the show.
There are 0 wasted scenes.
Every Sunday I leave satisfied/happy as fukk.
HBO is for the people
- built a connection to that white girl Spencer is semi dating
- built a connection to the neuro crisis that current and past players in the NFL deal with
- showed a different emotional dimension to the Rock's character
- built an attachment for Dan/journeymen NFL players/players that have had to retire due to injuries
- Dan's connection/this game pushed Spencer and Joe's relationship apart (as we saw this episode/will see next week)
And remember that this whole flashback thing was the first scene of the show.
There are 0 wasted scenes.
Every Sunday I leave satisfied/happy as fukk.
HBO is for the people
threattonature
Veteran
Tonight's episode definitely made up for last week's weak one. I'm like how they are touching on issues without pounding you over the head with them or needing some long speech to explain character's motivations. Sucks that the season is already over cause they're setting a solid ass foundation. I liked that The Rock got to show some more personality and his humor some in this one. So far they've written him too straight laced to a degree and not fully taken advantage of The Rock's personality.
Definitely want to see more of Reggie as he's damn near the season MVP with Denzel's son.
One thing about Charles and people saying he don't look like a player, a lot of them offensive linemen that retire lose a whole bunch of weight almost immediately after leaving the game. Most have to eat crazy amounts and hit weights like crazy to keep their size so when they go to a normal lifestyle they drop it. I can't remember which former offensive lineman was on Lebetard show talking about it but he said a few months after going into retirement a team called him to come back and he damn near had to kill his self to make up the lost weight.
I'm wondering too if next season they actually get into on the field action and if it takes place during the season or how it'll be handled.
Definitely want to see more of Reggie as he's damn near the season MVP with Denzel's son.
One thing about Charles and people saying he don't look like a player, a lot of them offensive linemen that retire lose a whole bunch of weight almost immediately after leaving the game. Most have to eat crazy amounts and hit weights like crazy to keep their size so when they go to a normal lifestyle they drop it. I can't remember which former offensive lineman was on Lebetard show talking about it but he said a few months after going into retirement a team called him to come back and he damn near had to kill his self to make up the lost weight.
I'm wondering too if next season they actually get into on the field action and if it takes place during the season or how it'll be handled.
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I'm wondering too if next season they actually get into on the field action and if it takes place during the season or how it'll be handled.[/QUOTE]
I'd love to see stuff during the season but I can see it taking place during the offseason as that's when most of the contract stuff happens and it'll be easier to get players to make cameos
I'm wondering too if next season they actually get into on the field action and if it takes place during the season or how it'll be handled.[/QUOTE]
I'd love to see stuff during the season but I can see it taking place during the offseason as that's when most of the contract stuff happens and it'll be easier to get players to make cameos