Bill Simmons says Phelps = Pacquiao, Lochte = Mayweather

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why white people hate on Floyd like that??

When Lochte crushed Phelps on Saturday night, what stood out wasn't the race itself, but the general mood over the last 100 meters and especially right afterward. People just couldn't believe Phelps got trounced like that, and even worse, that he seemed so ordinary. This was like Pacquiao-Mayweather finally happening, then Floyd coming out and coldcocking Manny in Round 1.

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I don't think he was really comparing either swimmer to a particular fighter....

...and even if he did, he's saying Floyd beat Manny in the first......hate? :childplease:
 

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he's basically saying that's the feeling most cac's would have if money beat pacman, since most cac's aren't probably money fans. most of them like phelps more than lochte. or some shyt like that, it's late breh.
 

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he was clearly insinuating it. He admitted Smith is the bigger movie star and Reynolds was kind of a flop but basically saying Reynolds has the better Cinematographic and is the better actor, which I disagree with. I'm not about to read that whole article again just to show you the paragraph. l ready read this shyt a year ago. fukk that.
 

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he was clearly insinuating it. He admitted Smith is the bigger movie star and Reynolds was kind of a flop but basically saying Reynolds has the better Cinematographic and is the better actor, which I disagree with. I'm not about to read that whole article again just to show you the paragraph. l ready read this shyt a year ago. fukk that.

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U don't talk bad bout Floyd and def








Mother fukk bet not say anything bout black excellence himself


WILL SMITH fukk THAT CRACKER
 

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he was clearly insinuating it. He admitted Smith is the bigger movie star and Reynolds was kind of a flop but basically saying Reynolds has the better Cinematographic and is the better actor, which I disagree with. I'm not about to read that whole article again just to show you the paragraph. l ready read this shyt a year ago. fukk that.

I read the article a year ago too and nowhere does he say that, explicitly or implicitly.

He says despite being a solid actor, Reynolds isn't a movie star, makes shytty movies and is only considered one because Hollywood pushes him as such and he was married to a more famous actress.

He says that Smith calculates his movie roles, picking films that will make money. Smith has admitted this, he's admitted to studying the top grossing films and picking roles in special effects heavy movies.

He's built a brand, doesn't want to tarnish that and that affects the movies he picks. On the old threads about Django Unchained when he was rumored for the lead role, people were saying that he wouldn't take the role because it wouldn't fit within what he had built. He turned it down.

He doesn't compare the two at all. He picks two actors to discuss how Hollywood works, how perception is everything. Reynolds is a star because we're told he's one and Smith has gamed the system and hasn't taken advantage of it.

Now he compares Smith to Leo and Denzel, how they stretch themselves and Smith doesn't.
 

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he was clearly insinuating it. He admitted Smith is the bigger movie star and Reynolds was kind of a flop but basically saying Reynolds has the better Cinematographic and is the better actor, which I disagree with. I'm not about to read that whole article again just to show you the paragraph. l ready read this shyt a year ago. fukk that.

:usure: Breh, step up your reading comprehension. Read that shyt SLLLOOOWWWLLLLYYY

Key points of the article:

-Will Smith is a solid actor, but has played it safe by following a movie making formula. He makes movies he feels are gonna be guaranteed to be box office successes

-Ryan Reynolds is a manufactured movie star, Hollywood is trying to make him a leading man when he is not.

I read this article months ago and I still remember the point dude was trying to make. :stopitslime:
 

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Surprised he didnt try to make it a lame hip hop reference....As it stands that comparison is fckn lame...i would pay someone to slap him in an airport lounge and youtube it...
 
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