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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.

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Feb 21, 2020
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Big CatBig Cat

Duke has already lost the last game of the year

Duke has already lost the last game of the year, guys. I said it. Sorry. It already happened.

The 2020 NCAA Tournament was cancelled shortly after this episode due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Duke technically didn't lose another game that season.
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Feb 21, 2020
#305
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jameis Winston is a future Hall of Famer

If you learn more from a loss and interception than you do from throwing a touchdown or winning a game like [Jameis Winston] is going to be—that's why he's a future Hall of Famer. He's just storing up all the knowledge right now.

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Winston has not had a Hall of Fame career, primarily serving as a backup in later years. This was clearly sarcastic.
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Feb 21, 2020
#307
Big CatBig Cat

The NFL should eliminate the week of Christmas from the schedule

All Christmas week, just eliminate that week on the schedule of NFL football because you can watch bowl games. There's NBA Christmas and it will make you force you to spend more time with your family... and also you look like—this is also a win for NFL where they can say, 'We give the players Christmas week off.'

The NFL did the opposite, moving more games to Christmas Day and even playing games on Christmas when it falls on a Wednesday (2024).

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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).
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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.
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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.