re: The Queen's Gambit Netflix

I'm always fascinated by people who are geniuses but also have substance abuse problems. I think it reminds me of myself in some ways.

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It barely touched on the whole women in a mans game aspect.

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Agreed but I still never know how to read M/TV.

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It barely touched on the whole women in a mans game aspect. it was mentioned a few times but wasn't central to the plot at all. For me it was a movie about a chess prodigy who struggled with addiction and a shitty childhood.

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I thought it really touched on the depressed housewife living in a society that has defined roles for them and they're all getting prescribed tranquilizers by their husbands in the 50's and 60's - this was a real thing and called the housewife epidemic...it was normal to drug up your wife by taking her to the doctor if she wasn't happy.

You saw it with Harmon's birth Mom and her adopted Mom. ..and both were abandoned by the father of their child.

I think the show didn't know enough about the history of women in chess and maybe there weren't many back then...so they used the two mothers to explain the chess world that it was a man's world in society. And by showing the struggles of Harmon's two Mom's it in turn set-up what Harmon was going against.

Just started today. First two episodes were really good. Excited to see the rest.

I thought it was excellent. I watched it over two days and was sad when it was over.

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Obviously that's totally for TV but they could've mentioned that they play more than one game against an opponent. During that period the quarterfinals and semifinals were best of 10 games and the final was best of 12 games.

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yeah, im the furthest thing from a chess expert but the lack of mentioning draws was noticeable. i think like once or twice they mentioned someone else drawing in a tournament, but it was far different than real tournaments. i agree that it was the better option for a television show, though. im not interested in harmon drawing benny watts or the russian.

But it's still an excellent show. Because it's really not about chess but her.



Spoilers I guess...





I just would've liked at least in the final, they played to some draws and it actually might've been more interesting for the finale.

"We're deadlocked at 2 games a piece and 6 draws...the tension is growing." You can montage that shite like any other movie.

I don't know but the entire show seemed every chess match was a one-off which isn't the case.

I've got one episode left that I'll likely watch tonight, but this is an incredible show. The cinematography, the music, the characters, the acting - everything has been outstanding. I didn't really care for the guy moving in with her to train her storyline, but perhaps the last episode puts that angle more into context.

I watched this over the past few days. It was pretty good, the lead actress has a lot of charm.

I watched this over the weekend and loved it. This is one of the best shows Netflix has made in awhile. And it got me fired up about chess again! I was once infatuated with the game.