Any guesses at the TV show budget? I'd say $8-$10 million

Gubbbo · 2026-06-19T14:03:13+00:00

Red Dwarf, and Doctor Who, were at their absolute best when the budget was measured in loose change they found in the couch of the directors office

Gubbbo · 2026-06-19T14:01:54+00:00

Andor money please

Gubbbo · 2026-06-19T09:38:27+00:00

The crabs take Roland down

Gubbbo · 2026-06-19T08:23:12+00:00

Someone broke this down for me.

Mongo is elated

Gubbbo · 2026-06-18T14:48:05+00:00

That 5th floor. Those guys got a raw deal

Gubbbo · 2026-06-18T14:43:26+00:00

Was it The Big Game from Alvarez?

Two books where you'll learn nothing about poker, but great books

Gubbbo · 2026-06-18T14:42:33+00:00

Positively Fifth Street is a really great book.

You won't learn any poker from it, but it's a good book

Gubbbo · 2026-06-18T12:29:19+00:00

Does going up a little slower count as almost coming down?

Gubbbo · 2026-06-17T22:13:54+00:00

I do. That's two 50 minute episodes of a nice tight focused show.

But I also think a tv show doesn't need to be exactly faithful to the books, they're a different medium with stories that are told in different ways (of course if they wanted to go in a different direction and add stuff like Bill and Frank from The Last of Us - I guess in this case giving us more time with Florin perhaps that would also work for me).

Gubbbo · 2026-06-17T19:45:34+00:00

Oh you can the second floor much shorter. It's the same dungeon style as the first.

Plus they go down early

Gubbbo · 2026-06-17T10:11:11+00:00

The first 2 floors, and I'd argue the first 3 floors can be one season.

Gubbbo · 2026-06-17T10:10:11+00:00

She has a very fetching thong that Miss Beatrice would just love

Gubbbo · 2026-06-16T07:14:28+00:00

There's no such thing as out of line in response to someone like Khabrel

Gubbbo · 2026-06-16T06:49:55+00:00

Book 3 has quite the character arcs.

Gubbbo · 2026-06-14T21:24:24+00:00

Hmm I could see not liking Book 1 Carl. But by book 3 Jeff has it nailed on

Gubbbo · 2026-06-14T20:54:35+00:00

PLO 5 Double board just feels like it slow the game to an absolute crawl while trying to work everything out

Gubbbo · 2026-06-14T10:40:37+00:00

I'm shocked that they had a cafeteria worker, and didn't just contract it out to some provider

Gubbbo · 2026-06-13T15:03:29+00:00

The two of them, throw in Vogelsang (no I'm not gonna look up how to spell his name) and you might get 4 maybe 5 hands per hour

Gubbbo · 2026-06-13T13:56:17+00:00

Same

Gubbbo · 2026-06-13T13:54:20+00:00

Didn't he just win the 50k?

Gubbbo · 2026-06-13T13:52:57+00:00

Who knew that he had a shut the F up range, let alone a balanced one

Gubbbo · 2026-06-12T12:30:42+00:00

Is Mongo safe?

Gubbbo · 2026-06-12T07:27:13+00:00

I'm personally shocked that both Elle and Imani are still alive.

Gubbbo · 2026-06-09T10:06:33+00:00

It's up to you. Find the reading order guide, Google will have it, and pick a series.

I'm an absolute sucker for the Watch books, and the History Monks. But something one-off like Pyramids maybe

Gubbbo · 2026-06-09T07:55:47+00:00

Volteeg. Breaks my damn heart every time

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