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[netflix]Queen's Gambit

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by tinman, Nov 24, 2020.

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Checkmate?

  1. yes

    46 vote(s)
    95.8%

  2. no

    2 vote(s)
    4.2%
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  1. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Wifey and I plan to start watching it tonight, but I went ahead and voted YES just to iso @LosPollosHermanos.
     
    #21 B-Bob, Nov 25, 2020
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    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    I’ve been in a funk since I finished it. I should probably watch it again. For however many hours it was on, I never once thought about how crappy 2020 is.
     
    #22 Pole, Nov 25, 2020
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    I want to hang out with crash and burn Beth Harmon. Pass the green vitamins.
     
    #23 Ottomaton, Nov 25, 2020
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    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    that settles it. I’m starting it again.
     
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  5. Outlier

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    Just started it. Great show!
     
    #25 Outlier, Nov 25, 2020
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    Watching the show. Forgot how tingly the actress makes me.
     
    #26 CCorn, Nov 28, 2020
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    Watching it properly it’s actually really good..
     
    #27 LosPollosHermanos, Nov 28, 2020
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    good show, but the main character is basically a Mary Sue with a drinking problem
     
    #28 Commodore, Nov 28, 2020
  9. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    and........?
     
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    I got too drunk today and made too many jokes about letting the actress from this show poop on me and now my wife is mad at me :(
     
    #30 CCorn, Nov 28, 2020
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  11. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    she’ll get over it. Don’t let that **** get you down!!!!
     
    #31 Pole, Nov 28, 2020
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    Aside from being an attractive female, how was she any different from a real world chess grandmaster.

    She wasnt particularly adept at anything else, and her social skills were crap. Simply being pretty doesn't make a character a mary sue.
     
    #32 sealclubber1016, Nov 29, 2020
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    You’re right. 2 more tequila shots!!!
     
    #33 CCorn, Nov 29, 2020
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    It was ok. I liked it.
    It was not extraordinary though
    It kept me watching
    but
    I did not feel she was ever truly at hazard/in danger/risk of failure

    Rocket River
     
    #34 Rocket River, Nov 29, 2020
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    DAMN THIS BADONGADOODLE!
     
    #36 TWS1986, Nov 29, 2020
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    Finished it. Almost made we want to play chess. Almost.
     
    #37 CCorn, Nov 29, 2020
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    @Commodore can be summed up easily on this site. Post useless tweets, Take a neo-conservative talking point, never back up his claims, be anti color, anti LGBT, anti-covid and anti any popular tv show to show that he’s a contrarian. For the latter he’ll usually take a stupid point like “she’s x” to show that he’s edgy
     
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    Yeah, Im trying to figure out why everyone has jumped on this show. It's good, but to break viewership records should be a surprise to everyone at NetFlix.
     
    #39 DreamShook, Nov 29, 2020
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    this was the Rocky 4 of chess
    Except Apollo Creed doesn’t get killed

    https://thehill.com/changing-americ...lixs-record-breaking-the-queens-gambit-boosts
    Sales of chess sets rose by 87 percent in the United States while sales of chess books jumped by 603 percent, according to U.S. Retail Tracking Service data from NPD, which showed that week-over-week sales had been relatively flat for 13 weeks before the show debuted. Google searches for "chess" and "how to play chess" hit a nine-year peak, according to Netflix, and the number of new players on Chess.com quintupled.

    The show had already set streaming records on Netflix, where 62 million households watched the show in the first 28 days after its release in October, putting it in the Top 10 in 92 countries, Netflix reported, and No. 1 in 63.
     
    #40 tinman, Nov 30, 2020
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