Nobody actually likes you. We are just scared that if we don’t like your posts, you will let all the maniacs out of the asylum and nobody wants that!
He seems to disagree with you. The lawsuits are stacking up. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...inning-time-demand-retraction-hbo-1235132534/
Kareem ain't too happy either. https://www.fox6now.com/news/jerry-west-kareem-abdul-jabbar-take-issue-with-hbos-winning-time Course Magic thinks it makes sense now?
https://www.latimes.com/sports/stor...upreme-court-hbo-winning-time-showtime-lakers Last week, West expressed his unhappiness with the way he is portrayed in the series through a letter to HBO from his attorney, Louis R. Miller. “You replaced the real Jerry West — a consummate professional — with his polar opposite, then portrayed this lie to the public as genuine,” the letter read. “You thereby violated the law.” The letter also said: “To mitigate the harm you have caused, we request the issuance of a retraction of Winning Time’s false depiction of Jerry West no later than two weeks from the date of this letter. You also owe Mr. West an apology for your hurtful misrepresentation of his work and legacy, plus damages for the harm you caused to his well-earned and stellar reputation.” Although the letter seemed to suggest some legal action might take place if those demands aren’t met, West apparently confirmed that to be his intention during his discussion with Dwyre. “The series made us all [the Lakers] look like cartoon characters,” West told Dwyre. “They belittled something good. If I have to, I will take this all the way to the Supreme Court.” I wonder if he realizes this all just makes him look more like the character they portrayed in the series?
The more he fights this the worse it will look for sure. Should just smile and say it's funny and throw a few good one liners back.
It's so weird to me that they decided to take something that really happened, and is easily fact checked, and just rewrote the story.
That would be fucking awesome! Also worth watching: the 7-seconds-or-less Suns, and the Adelman-era Sacramento Kings Easiest to do as a genuine spin-off: the Riley Knicks. (Notice you don't see Pat Riley saying jack squat about Winning Time, since, at least up to the last episode's Spencer Haywood spat, he was looking like the hero.)
The story as it really happened, new coach, coach gets hurt, replacement coach, Magic as a rookie, Magic replacing Kareem in pivotal game leading them to the title....that is a good enough story that it didn't need to be fictionalized.
Why not? It's entertainment, it's not claiming to be a documentary. Did you think James Cameron's Titanic was a documentary?
I get that not all conversations need to be 100% accurate and that kind of thing, but changing actual games that did or didn't happen doesn't make sense. Or inserting his mom into the conversation when she was already dead. Things like that doesn't make sense.
