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exquisite tea posted:I have a serious question about the Queen's Gambit: Is the chess realistic? This might sound like a joke but one thing I can't stand about depictions of chess in movies and film is when the writers have clearly never played chess and the pieces are just moving all over the place! The positions are extremely realistic because they got former world champ Kasparov to make them. US champ Hikaru Nakamura said after watching the first two eps that it was the most accurate representation of chess in movies/tv he has seen. The main nit pick I have is they couldn't get away from having people tip their own king to signify resignation, which isn't a thing in real high level chess. Slight maybe spoilerish nit-pick draws are very common in real chess, and I don't remember a single on camera draw in the show. Oh, speaking of Hikaru and the US Championship, it's also online and starting today. I'll be watching the coverage on Hikaru's twitch channel.
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Gonz posted:Eric Andre season 5 just premiered and it’s better than ever. Escobarbarian posted:Ill miss Hannibal but I guess hes too busy complaining about his tenants to find the time anymore
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 18:49 |
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Wayne is coming to Amazon Prime. EVERYONE STREAM THE EVERLOVING gently caress OUT OF SEASON 1 WHEN IT SHOWS UP SO MAYBE WE WILL GET A SEASON 2!
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 19:20 |
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It was cancelled over a year ago, is there some actual push for Netflix to take it over?
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 19:22 |
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Amazon bought it (like Netflix bought Cobra Kai) since Youtube Originals aren't a thing anymore. The creator says if enough people watch it, there's a possibility that Amazon will order a Season 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0AXfYlg8E Amazon actually advertises it as a "new series."
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Probably a bit off topic but in case some of you still have fond memories of Mike Rowe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXUHFZogmI
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 19:31 |
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I just started re-watching Wayne two nights ago! It's so drat good. Wayne is the hero we need. Del is pretty badass too
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 19:51 |
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Lurdiak posted:Probably a bit off topic but in case some of you still have fond memories of Mike Rowe: I genuinely couldn't take more than six minutes because holy loving Christ on a bike
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 20:02 |
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exquisite tea posted:I have a serious question about the Queen's Gambit: Is the chess realistic? This might sound like a joke but one thing I can't stand about depictions of chess in movies and film is when the writers have clearly never played chess and the pieces are just moving all over the place! Extremely realistic, yes. When she plays 10 matches at once, she is making all the correct moves any time you can see her moving pieces. It's very cool.
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:I genuinely couldn't take more than six minutes because holy loving Christ on a bike Can you tldr it for me? I really liked that show back in the day when it was bookended with Mythbusters.
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 20:19 |
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Just think of the worst tendencies of anyone that touts by your bootstraps thinking and multiply them by 500x (not 500%, but that may confuse Mike.) Also, most of the people represented on Dirty Jobs were millionaires, not 'hard working blue collar people that do this because they know the value of a dollar.' bull3964 fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Oct 26, 2020 |
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isaboo posted:I just started re-watching Wayne two nights ago! It's so drat good. Wayne is the hero we need. Del and Wayne are my favorite TV couple of all time
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Gonz posted:Eric Andre season 5 just premiered and it’s better than ever. Has it topped the Lance Reddick episode?
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 20:32 |
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I'm glad Wayne is not forever doomed to the obscurity of "YouTube did what now?"
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 21:34 |
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Azhais posted:More importantly, do they find bobby fischer Spoiler: It turns out he was here [taps chest] all along
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 21:55 |
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it turns out Bobby Fischer was the friends we made along the way
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 21:59 |
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Here's my extensive review of The Third Day:
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 22:10 |
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Mike Rowe outed himself as a chud during the Obama years...
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 22:25 |
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Simone Magus posted:Extremely realistic, yes. When she plays 10 matches at once, she is making all the correct moves any time you can see her moving pieces. It's very cool. Hm that is cool, I might have to watch this now. Especially since Kasparov was apparently a consultant on the show, the man could play a mean game.
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 22:44 |
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exquisite tea posted:Hm that is cool, I might have to watch this now. Especially since Kasparov was apparently a consultant on the show, the man could play a mean game. I was worried about the chess not being realistic because I love chess so I kept pausing to look at the board lol.
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Simone Magus posted:Here's my extensive review of The Third Day: It was fuckin nuts but I think I preferred the 12 hour thing to the actual episodes (which makes sense as I think that was the original concept and then Punchdrunk brought in Dennis Kelly to write the main series)
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Escobarbarian posted:It was fuckin nuts but I think I preferred the 12 hour thing to the actual episodes (which makes sense as I think that was the original concept and then Punchdrunk brought in Dennis Kelly to write the main series) Between this and New Pope I'm loving the jude law weird renaissance
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# ? Oct 26, 2020 23:27 |
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I legit recorded with Lance Reddick.
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 00:39 |
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Rageaholic posted:I just watched both episodes and I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard "Lexival: What's the worst that could happen?" Now in lemon and lime flavor! Also, "RAT-TI-TEE-RAT-RAT!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YcIPSUNhk Gonz fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Oct 27, 2020 |
# ? Oct 27, 2020 00:51 |
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I thought Judy Greer was actually gonna cry
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 01:40 |
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Escobarbarian posted:I thought Judy Greer was actually gonna cry Me too! WHY WERE THE FALLING HOT DOG NOISES SO LOUD ON THAT DESK?!?
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 01:42 |
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bull3964 posted:EVERYONE STREAM THE EVERLOVING gently caress OUT OF SEASON 1 WHEN IT SHOWS UP SO MAYBE WE WILL GET A SEASON 2! Please do this people. I'll be so happy. I'll almost forgive Amazon for cancelling Patriot (I won't, but I will like them more)
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I legit recorded with Lance Reddick. FINE. I'm impressed.
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 02:43 |
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Watching The Good Wife finally since I really enjoyed Evil. It is good, and I am enjoying it. But jesus loving christ does it take the "kids find something important out, then don't tell the adults" thing to the limit. I'm 11 episodes in and 9 of them have continued that subplot. It loving sucks.
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 03:11 |
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The kids suck but what's funny is that Alicia admits she doesn't even like her kids in the last season. If you want to stay with the goofy tone of Evil then the same team also made a short-lived show called Brain Dead starring Elizabeth Winstead and Tony Shahloub but it aged really badly because of the "both sides are equally bad!!!" politics. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Oct 27, 2020 |
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Mu Zeta posted:The kids suck but what's funny is that Alicia admits she doesn't even like her kids in the last season. I actually watched Brain Dead first and really liked it, then watched Evil and liked it a lot too. I didn't know it was the same people until I started The Good Wife. It is a good show overall still, just yikes one of the most annoying plot devices ever, stretched over a whole season.
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 03:36 |
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Is The Good Fight any good? I bailed on Good Wife towards the last season and don’t really want to go back but I’d do Fight to start from the ground up. I also can’t believe it has 4 seasons ...
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 03:51 |
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Cael posted:Is The Good Fight any good? I bailed on Good Wife towards the last season and don’t really want to go back but I’d do Fight to start from the ground up. I also can’t believe it has 4 seasons ... It's good. Each season is only 10 eps, with the 4th only being 7 eps(I assume due to covid). The first season is about not-Bernie Madoff, but then that plot is basically dropped in subsequent seasons and replaced with Trump poo poo. I thought it was a shame since the ponzi scheme plot was more interesting than the Trump stuff. The show still has great secondary and guest characters, including Micheal Sheen playing a great character in season 3.
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# ? Oct 27, 2020 04:02 |
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Just binged Ted Lasso over two nights. Was pleasantly surprised how much I liked it. Definitely worth checking out if you're looking for something new.
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New episodes of Eric Andre were good but it definitely felt like they spent less time with the guests this go around.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:FINE. And I think you need a new desk. Lance gave me poo poo for my Iliad translation using “jove” instead of Zeus Dude is nice as hell but also just has a terrifying vibe.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Mike Rowe outed himself as a chud during the Obama years... Wow wonder what happened back then to make that happen. Guess we'll never know. isaboo posted:I just started re-watching Wayne two nights ago! It's so drat good. Wayne is the hero we need. It's a great show and the fact that it didn't get at least another season to wrap it up is beyond criminal. I love those idiot twins
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Sub Rosa posted:The main nit pick I have is they couldn't get away from having people tip their own king to signify resignation, which isn't a thing in real high level chess. Slight maybe spoilerish nit-pick draws are very common in real chess, and I don't remember a single on camera draw in the show. first as she is preparing for her fist major international tournaments she is told that at high level competitions they don't knock over or say check so that she doesn't look silly and second she draws with the national champion to become co-national champion and draws are offered and accepted/rejected at other times edit: but I don't play chess so I might have miss-interpreted the second Qmass fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Oct 27, 2020 |
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Anyone watching Barbarians? Any good?
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Qmass posted:and second she draws with the national champion to become co-national champion and draws are offered and accepted/rejected at other times
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