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12-10-2021, 08:42 AM | Topic Starter |
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Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Are you ****ing kidding me? This looks fantastic, and I'm not even a Lakers fan. But I absolutely remember that team and those times.
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12-10-2021, 10:00 AM | #2 |
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McKay may be crazy as a shithouse rat IRL, but he's really good at capturing and portraying narrative and mood.
This gun B gud.
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12-12-2021, 09:58 PM | #3 |
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12-12-2021, 09:14 PM | #4 |
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That looks like a straight up ripoff of Pearlman’s ‘Showtime’ book. Which was, BTW, amazing.
So yeah, I’ll be watching this. But if you’ve read showtime, I’m betting there’s nothing new to see here.
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03-06-2022, 09:08 PM | #5 |
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It's so damn good and its one episode in.
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03-09-2022, 12:55 PM | #6 |
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My only problem is that Jerry West is wild mischaracterized. I get that it is fictionalized drama based off of a lot of truths, but you can't just take a character and turn him into a raging alcoholic madman when he wasn't even close to that during any period of this life.
Otherwise, very enjoyable first episode.
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03-10-2022, 06:13 AM | #7 |
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One episode in and this is pretty good. Only pet peeve is I absolutely hate when shows have characters talking to the camera/viewer. I just don't care for that style. Hopefully its something short lived early on to set the story in motion. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable episode.
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Now he's settled into that sort of tortured and reluctant genius role that I think captures his time w/ the Lakers pretty well.
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03-10-2022, 07:27 AM | #9 |
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Watched the first episode. It was decent enough to keep me watching.
Wonder if West is mad about his charactization? |
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04-07-2022, 09:00 PM | #10 |
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This show is pure joy. I love when I find television like this that just perfectly hits the spot and reminds me how lucky we are to exist in an era where content is so hypercompetitive.
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03-10-2022, 10:58 PM | #11 |
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Great stuff. John C Reilly is a perfect Dr. Buss
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03-28-2022, 03:07 PM | #12 |
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This is my favorite right now. Great show.
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04-07-2022, 12:16 PM | #13 |
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This is an excellent show.
Adam McCay's directorial style is right up my alley. Also -- whoever is doing the casting for this show is DESTROYING it. They have to find ridiculously tall people who are excellent at acting while also casting extremely well known people like West, Auerbach, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and so on. |
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04-07-2022, 09:02 PM | #14 |
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LeBron ruined basketball
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