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Streaming Recommendations (Netflix, HBO, Amazon, etc.)
| November 10th, 2020 at 6:56:53 PM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11791 | Just finished the Queens Gambit Loved it You really dont have to know chess to enjoy it I found myself sometimes freezing the action sometimes to study the board I just found out the games played were based on historic games Here is a video reviewing the games from a chess perspective Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| November 10th, 2020 at 7:50:22 PM permalink | |
| Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 | "agadmator" is my favorite youtube chess guy. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCL5YbN5WLFD8dLIegT5QAbA He analyzed several of the games that were in the series. "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| November 20th, 2020 at 5:31:38 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12529 | Season 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney+ has just been awesome so far... “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| November 21st, 2020 at 4:22:54 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | It looks like HBO MAX will not charge a premium for Wonder Woman 1984. You just join up for the standard fee. I wonder how many people will join for one month, just to watch the movie. |
| November 21st, 2020 at 9:27:24 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I've seen this movie half a dozen times. I played competitive chess until I was about 19, I was in the middle somewhere. I gave it up because I was becoming obsessed with it, I started thinking everything in life was like a chess move. I was plotting and planning like I was in the middle of a chess game. Have never played since. My 85 year old former priest friend takes chess lessons on Skype 3 times a week from a master in Thailand. He even pays to enter tournaments worldwide and does pretty well. I have better things to do.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 21st, 2020 at 9:31:08 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Not me, the first one was ridiculous. Watching a 115 pound woman be Hercules/Thor/Conan for 2 hours is way too comical to take seriously. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 22nd, 2020 at 3:01:16 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The 2017 film grossed $341,000,000 in domestic box office in 30 days of which the studio gets to keep about half. So $170,500,000 divided by $15 (HBO MAX membership for one month) is just over 11 million. If Warner gets 10 million new subscribers and 40% of them stay with the service, they can probably consider themselves ahead of the game. Tenet grossed $56,300,000 at the domestic box office of which the studio gets to keep about half. So $28,150,000 divided by $15 (HBO MAX membership for one month) is just under 2 million subscribers. So Warner Brothers clearly blew it by releasing the film in theaters.  Extraction pulled in 100 million viewers on Netflix. |
| November 22nd, 2020 at 8:53:56 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Just proves people will watch any crap put in front of them with loose popcorn falling out of their mouths. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| November 22nd, 2020 at 1:51:18 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4967 |
I personally don't understand how people watch tv or movies. I know I waste my time watching football and golf, but watching movies and most tv just never resonated with me. I may watch one movie a year that I haven't seen before and almost no tv series. Although, I recently watched a series called House that I enjoyed. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| November 26th, 2020 at 12:42:47 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | 4th of The Crown on Nflix. Gillian Anderson is killing it as Margret Thatcher. Best series ever on Nflix, had to cost a fortune to produce.  If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |