ESPN's PLAYMAKERS - Week 2 (9/2)
09-02-03 | 10:45 PM
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yeah....i'm not terribly impressed thusfar....the narration really needs to go. We get it....
They took a step back this week....i'll give it one or two more, but at this rate I don't see this having much staying power.....there just seems to be too much drama. Someone on the team has to be dealing with something a tad less heavy.
They took a step back this week....i'll give it one or two more, but at this rate I don't see this having much staying power.....there just seems to be too much drama. Someone on the team has to be dealing with something a tad less heavy.
09-03-03 | 05:36 PM
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I also thought the second episode was better than the first, I can see where you are coming from with the narration though, it does get old fast. I highly doubt them using the narration through the whole series though, but possibly.
09-03-03 | 06:36 PM
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Originally posted by brizz
Chris Spielman was on the Dan Patrick show today and dissed Playmakers pretty good....just said it was waaaayyy to much of a soap opera. FWIW.
Chris Spielman was on the Dan Patrick show today and dissed Playmakers pretty good....just said it was waaaayyy to much of a soap opera. FWIW.
Is it soap...yeah, like Boston Public, all that stuff can't possibly happen in one school!
09-04-03 | 04:15 PM
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I think it's been pretty lame so far. How long can they go with the cliche storylines and characters? The pillpopping QB, the tortured soul, the over-the-hill back, the young star, etc. I'd rather watch a really interesting show about interesting people who HAPPEN to be professional athletes. I'd rather watch two guys fighting over a game of PS2 than some guy smoking up 30 minutes before a game. 
09-05-03 | 04:23 PM
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Man, NFL guys are not being kind to this show....I heard Kyle Turley on the Dan Patrick Show today and he just bashed it completely....said it was ridiculously overly melodramatic....he was pretty funny about it actually. And yes, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous the whole smoking crack 20 minutes before the game story was....they had a good laugh over that one.....
09-05-03 | 04:52 PM
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Originally posted by brizz
Man, NFL guys are not being kind to this show....I heard Kyle Turley on the Dan Patrick Show today and he just bashed it completely....said it was ridiculously overly melodramatic....he was pretty funny about it actually. And yes, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous the whole smoking crack 20 minutes before the game story was....they had a good laugh over that one.....
Man, NFL guys are not being kind to this show....I heard Kyle Turley on the Dan Patrick Show today and he just bashed it completely....said it was ridiculously overly melodramatic....he was pretty funny about it actually. And yes, the more I think about it, the more ridiculous the whole smoking crack 20 minutes before the game story was....they had a good laugh over that one.....
Don't think so.
09-05-03 | 06:09 PM
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Originally posted by TruGator
Well what are they supposed to say..."Yeah that's EXACTLY how it is!" ?
Don't think so.
Well what are they supposed to say..."Yeah that's EXACTLY how it is!" ?
Don't think so.
This show is meant to be dramatic. It isn't a comedy or action show.
I, too, would like an NFL type "The Season", but no team would want to do it....
09-08-03 | 04:02 PM
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Originally posted by Kromax
I for one will continue to watch it. I don't know why.
I for one will continue to watch it. I don't know why.
Same here. I hope they get away from this whole drug angle soon. They totally pulled the urine exchange from The Program albeit it was more graphically portrayed in Playmakers. The only interesting plotline so far has been the LB dealing with crippling that player.
It just seems like btwn Any Given Sunday, The Program, and Varsity Blues, I have seen this story told before and done far better.
