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Brian Koppelman

Brian Koppelman

Guest
2020 — 2021
2W·0L·1P·0 open
.833
AVG
1.333
SLG
2.5K
SHU
+0.14
TVOA
+1.53
SHRP
+$10.5
BNKRL
2W
STRK
1.5
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All Takes

Push
Take Slip·Jan 29, 2021
#PMT-2021-0129-9309
Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

Civil damages against Robinhood for breaking user agreements could be enormous

If Robinhood shut down and stopped you from being able to trade, in violation of the user agreement you signed, I think the damages against them in a civil case are fucking extraordinary, enormous damages.

Robinhood faced over 50 class-action lawsuits. While many were dismissed or settled for smaller amounts than 'enormous', they did pay a $70 million fine to FINRA (the largest ever at the time).
Win
Take Slip·Feb 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0221-309
Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

George Clooney is a college-level athlete

So Clooney's very, very good. He's college-level athlete. Full college level... [Clooney] was a great baseball player, like college-level baseball recruited for baseball and he really knows how basketball works. Like he knows how to do a pick-and-roll. He understands basketball.

Clooney actually tried out for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, though he didn't make the team. He has a reputation as a very high-level amateur athlete.
Win
Take Slip·Feb 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0221-310
Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

Woody Harrelson has legitimate basketball hops

I thought I could beat Woody... and he destroyed me, man. He was up at the hoop. He could really get right to the hoop... Woody has hops. Yes.

Harrelson is well-known in the industry for being a legitimate basketball player who often wins celebrity games.
Void
Take Slip·Feb 21, 2020
#PMT-2020-0221-311
Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

All screenwriting books are absolute bullshit

I just said for the fuck of it one day: All screenwriting books are bullshit. All of them. Read screenplays, watch movies, and let those be your guide... if you have to go to a Radisson for a seminar, it's fake. It's fake.

This is a subjective opinion from a highly successful practitioner, though it's a controversial take in the academic film world.