In the beginning of the show in the preamble, they have the Dwayne Johnson sack of Ward,
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Sucked pretty bad. Dwayne Johnson should have stuck with the WWF, the acting is much better there.
I just watched the beginning of the show, and if the op did not say it was a sack of Ward, I would have never known. Hell, I could just barely tell that it was in Campbell Stadium.
That's exactly what it is. The male fantasy - sports, sex, money. And the main character is living a fantasy life of someone who can't live the other fantasy life.
I didn't watch last night but figure to check it out.
I'm fairly certain that it's on the tv when he's in the hospital in the new Fast and Furious movie. It only shows it for a second, but I swear I saw it.
His acting may suck but he's raking in the money minus the physical damage. Probably one of the most reliable names in action movies over the past decade
Decent first episode, will definitely give it a shot. I have the series set to record
not very good start - some shows start off like this and then get better, but the writing seems subpar and the acting....well, I never forgot I was watching a TV show.
I wanted to like it, but felt like the script was based on sportscenter and tmz topics, looked like bad acting off predictably basic writing.
I watched it last night.
Acting: subpar at best.
Storyline: subpar. Very cliché.
Quality: surprisingly cheap looking.
Character building: I kind of like the guy who got in trouble, but can't think of his name. Rock was a little boring. The rest are eh.
It could take a little while to build, but not a great start. I knew what we were getting, but it has potential to be MUCH better. Improve the acting, the storyline so far, & build some characters we can actually like and relate to.
I was hoping for a more fun Friday Night Lights. FNL meets Entourage through an agent's eyes. We didn't get that.
Acting: subpar at best.
Storyline: subpar. Very cliché.
Quality: surprisingly cheap looking.
Character building: I kind of like the guy who got in trouble, but can't think of his name. Rock was a little boring. The rest are eh.
It could take a little while to build, but not a great start. I knew what we were getting, but it has potential to be MUCH better. Improve the acting, the storyline so far, & build some characters we can actually like and relate to.
I was hoping for a more fun Friday Night Lights. FNL meets Entourage through an agent's eyes. We didn't get that.
I was expecting more humor, a more entourage type type show.
I can agree with this. Thought there could have been more comedy for sure.
Anyone remember 1st and 10 Do It Again....Had the character Dr Death on it..... and I believe OJ was on the show too. I loved that show as a kid.
It's interesting that some have said that the storyline/script was cliche and straight from TMZ. Chris Kluwe (former Vikings punter) posted on Deadspin that he thought the show nailed the young, naive, reckless athlete perfectly. Here's one line from the post, but it's all worth reading: "As someone who actually played in the league, this first episode was almost 100% dead on. The league is full of kids, who make stupid choices, because everyone wants a piece of them and isn’t afraid to try and get it."
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/ballers-shows-us-how-boring-and-lethal-the-nfl-really-1713081531
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/ballers-shows-us-how-boring-and-lethal-the-nfl-really-1713081531
High school kids get bullied, have sex & do drugs. A million shows show that. It's the shows that have more to them that catch you, though. I mentioned FNL. You cared about Tim Riggins & Smash. They went through cliched storylines too, but you felt for them because there was so much more than just the surface cliche. Oh alcoholism ... His friendships, relationships, family were all screwed. Oh steroids? The pressure he constantly put on his shoulders from his home life, his father's passing.
We all know the stories about stupid athletes with no regard for money (spending it anyway). It may be real, but it's not unique. Nothing made it unique in the first episode. I don't care about the dude who needed an advance.
I'm far from writing off the show - I'll give it a season because sports. But the first episode didn't blow me away. Typically HBO is fantastic with character building, but nothing grabbed me yet.
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And Rock is shown as this high-flying sports agent who is broke in reality. Also the dude who played OL for the Bucs ends up as a car salesman. I think people were expecting high-flying football action instead of real life, hence the disappointment
I don't know that you were supposed to care about the guy needing the advance, or the WR who got into a fight and got cut. It seemed to me like we're supposed to care about the Rock - who actually wants to do the right thing by these players and try to help them to keep from going broke. He has to leverage his notoriety to get into a Finc Mgmt agency, where he seems to be over his head, and he has to act a certain way / do certain things (like advancing someone $300k), even though he can't really afford it. Even after all that, you see the players who he's trying to help, still blowing him off when he starts talking about handling their finances for them and helping them. The players didn't actually want to talk about their finances - only to keep the ball rolling a little longer.
At least that's how I took it.
At least that's how I took it.
Maybe you're right, but only 1 character to care about? Plus, and I tend to think of the Rock as likeable, I didn't like him this one single episode that I'm basing my opinion on lol.
Maybe as we follow him along his journey we see that there are some characters that we'll care about (like the ex OL that got a job selling cars), and some characters that are lost causes (or just straight up bad guys) that we'll feel deserved what they got. I'm not sure - maybe that's not it at all!
Definitely could be! Like I said, I'm basing this WAY too early. I'm glad to give the season a shot ... I mean, episodes are half hour, I'm not so busy I can't find the time to check it out on Sunday's. I'm still looking forward to the series.
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