Queen's Gambit is a great mini series, but as someone who loves Chess it kinda sucks knowing that it's probably the peak in big budget entertainment that's going to revolve around Chess ever, because it's such a dry topic. I'm a halfway decent player, and I absolutely loved the brilliance of the games that were arranged, but I don't think you would necessarily have to be any good at it or even be interested in the game at all to enjoy the series. Anya Taylor-Joy was amazing as Beth Harmon. Seriously recommend to anybody, really.
I'm watching this right now though the character of Beth Harmon makes a rather unsatisfactory leading lady imo. She doesn't convey much on screen about how she's feeling, so you are left wondering if she is feeling anything at all. The series rather backs up the stereotype of chess geeks being nerds who can't handle romance.
I'd like to see a prog that focuses on the real weird world of chess grandmasters: Paul Morphy, for example, who...
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... gave numerous simultaneous exhibitions, including displays of blindfold chess in which he regularly played and defeated eight opponents at a time.
... but also walked around barefoot, I believe, the better to absorb energy from the planet's core. And for more rl drama, there was quite a lot in the epic Fischer/Spaskey rivalry played out in Iceland forty-odd years ago.
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That's intriguing. I'm godawful at chess cause I have zero ability to plan multiple moves ahead but chess is still mad cool and I just watched a great Youtube vid about the evolution of chess computers vs human chess masters that ended up being super intense for the breakdown of the matches between computer and grand master and it got me interested in watching chess competitions.
Thanks, I might watch that over the weekend.
goldendoodle
11-21-2020 03:52 PM
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I got ya
Why thank you!! My roommate also mentioned that it was all on youtube (shortly after you posted this) so it will be DEGRASSI TIME soon. I am looking forward to reexperiencing incredible scenes such as the one below.
Glad to help, Madam Mayor. How's it been going while I was away?
The Batlord
11-21-2020 06:34 PM
No don't tell him. He abandoned us and should be shunned.
goldendoodle
11-21-2020 07:22 PM
Well I couldn't say anyway, because I've hardly been in the forum over the past several months since I'm in the MB discord and discord is so much more convenient in every way.
Trollheart
11-21-2020 07:28 PM
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No don't tell him. He abandoned us and should be shunned.
Abandoned you? Abandoned you? I came back, armfuls of journals with me, and all I saw was a boarded-up building with a sign that said CLOSED DOWN AND MOVED AWAY. FUCK OFF TROLLHEART AND DON'T TRY TO FIND US! THIS IS YOUR ONLY WARNING!
I won't pretend that didn't hurt. :(
Took me a year to track yiz down but here I am, like a bad smell you know is there but just can't get rid of.
