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Title: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on February 03, 2013, 01:19:09 PM
Just finished watching this series on Netflix today. Great series, opening 2 episodes directed by David Fincher. Kevin Spacey is awesome in this show. I love some of the things they do on the show. The 4th wall part of the show is great, as is how they show text messages popups on the screen.

Great story on political dealing and plotting. I really enjoyed it. Anyone else catch it?

Also if there is a thread on this I apologize, I searched but didn't find any.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on February 04, 2013, 08:14:01 PM
Definitely adding this to my instant list. Hope it's good.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TioJorge on February 04, 2013, 08:37:12 PM
I literally just cancelled my netflix account today so I'm a bit disappointed something of this magnitude with all this talent is only on Netflix. Odd. But I'll see it anyway. I have my ways... I HAVE MY WAYS, NETFLIX, I'VE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH. IT'S REVOLTING TIME. It looks really, really good. Sucks that I've watched everything there is on Netflix that I haven't deemed complete shit and their catalog grows the rate of the amount of pussy I'm getting. Which really is non existent. So. Y'know. Fuck.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: ResultsMayVary on February 04, 2013, 10:12:58 PM
Netflix is just starting to get into the business of making TV shows and then releasing entire seasons for streaming at the same time. They're doing the same for the fourth season of Arrested Development in May.

I will be checking of House of Cards when I can find the time to sit down and watch the series. I do know, however, as part of their deal with Netflix to have the same there, that Netflix has approved two seasons up front, so there will be at least one more season.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: HarlequinForest on February 05, 2013, 01:09:18 AM
I've watched the first three episodes; it hasn't really grabbed me yet, but it's definitely nicely executed.  It has a film-like quality to it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on February 05, 2013, 08:40:38 AM
Started watching the original BBC series on Netflix as well now. I see the similarities and like that while they are essentially a remake the US series appears to have originality on its own as well.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Implode on February 05, 2013, 10:00:46 AM
My roommate just watched a bunch of this last night. I didn't pay attention to much. It seemsreally compelling aside from the unnecessary sex scenes. My roomate really enjoyed. We immediately noticed the stylistic similarities to BBC serials like Sherlock. But it was only stylistic, and not a point of critique. 
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Mindflux on February 05, 2013, 12:25:00 PM
My roommate just watched a bunch of this last night. I didn't pay attention to much. It seemsreally compelling aside from the unnecessary sex scenes. My roomate really enjoyed. We immediately noticed the stylistic similarities to BBC serials like Sherlock. But it was only stylistic, and not a point of critique.

Unnecessary sex scenes...  :rollin Those were totally necessary.

Watched the first 2 episodes, want moar.. tonight maybe.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: senecadawg2 on February 05, 2013, 02:22:38 PM
I love Kevin Spacey, so I'm not going to be able to resist watching this one.

From what I've heard it's kind of a cynical 'anti-West Wing'. What do you guys think?
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: skydivingninja on February 06, 2013, 09:32:52 AM
I feel like I should watch it, but I'm more interested in how this will work out for Netflix business-wise, and for television in general.  This could either be the start of something really big or a grand, failed experiment.  I hope its the former. 
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on February 06, 2013, 09:37:30 AM
The Fourth Season of Arrested Development interests me even more. If that can be brought back by companies like netflix, why not Firefly? Or Deadwood?
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: SystematicThought on February 06, 2013, 09:50:59 AM
Or bring back The Mullets. Such a stupid, but funny show

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Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on March 08, 2013, 07:35:18 AM
Alright, so, I'm about midway through the series. Here are some thoughts in general:

-The Russo storyline is the most compelling of the series, by far, and makes Russo and his family genuinely worthy of sympathy.
-Kevin Spacey does a great job as Frank, but Frank's story isn't very compelling, and the success of his machinations gets kinda boring after awhile: we get it, he's a really strong, smart, and powerful alpha male. Things go his way, all the time. OK.
-Some things about Frank are just really awkward (some spoilers):


   1. His monologues are pretty bad; usually the worst displays writing too much to impress in the show. They're really phony when they don't work, and are always chock full of attempts at "zingers" from the writers.
   2. The affair between Frank and Zoe is passionless and unnecessary. The two actors have NO on-screen chemistry, and those scenes are really painful to watch. Plus, I don't get the point: I mean, I get why Zoe might need a sugar daddy, but why does Frank need her? It makes no sense, although it shines some hypocrisy and weakness on Frank's character. Apparently this is the only aspect of the show that wasn't present in the source novel, and it's also the most random and unsatisfying plotline I've seen from the show so far.

-The actual pacing, the quality of the cinematography, the music, etc., all are really strong.

Overall, my impression of the show midway through season 1 is that House of Cards is good, but not great. It doesn't really compare favorably with other shows about "power" (Sopranos, Deadwood, Game of Thrones, and so on), but I will keep watching through the first season anyway.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Big Hath on March 08, 2013, 05:08:52 PM
we finished the 13 episodes a week or so ago.  Frank's relationship with his wife is complicated to say the least.

Have you watched the college reunion/library dedication episode yet?  Things got real, really quick.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TL on March 08, 2013, 07:49:59 PM
I love Kevin Spacey, so I'm not going to be able to resist watching this one.

From what I've heard it's kind of a cynical 'anti-West Wing'. What do you guys think?

I only watched the first episode so far, but that seems like a pretty good description.

For me, I can recognize that it's well made, and that there's some talent there, but it doesn't really seem like it's for me. Too unrelentingly cynical and grim. For me, protagonists in political thrillers have to have a goal other than 'gaining power'. Again, I'm not saying it isn't good. It's just not for me. For political shows, I think I'll be sticking with The West Wing.

I will probably check out another episode or two to make sure I'm not missing anything.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Chino on May 10, 2013, 04:30:47 AM
I couldn't sleep last night. So started this series around 11:00. I got through the first 5 episodes. I'm loving it so far.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: BlackInk on May 10, 2013, 04:57:40 AM
I'm a big fan of Kevin Spacey so I am definetely interested in checking this out.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Big Hath on May 10, 2013, 08:24:35 AM
we watched all the episodes a few months ago - pretty cool show.  Spacey is awesome in that role.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on May 10, 2013, 09:33:27 AM
Never finished the series. I get Netflix kinda recommended people just bullet through it, but I actually took a more spaced-out appraoch, watching an episode or two per week, and honestly? As my semi-appauled fascination with the show's cynicism died down over time, so did my interest in watching it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Podaar on May 10, 2013, 10:26:51 AM
Never finished the series. I get Netflix kinda recommended people just bullet through it, but I actually took a more spaced-out appraoch, watching an episode or two per week, and honestly? As my semi-appauled fascination with the show's cynicism died down over time, so did my interest in watching it.

This! Exactly.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TioJorge on May 10, 2013, 10:33:48 AM
Yeah, I found out whilst watching the two episodes that I did watch of this that I don't give two shits about political dramas, no matter who's cast in them. It's just so fucking boring. I really don't give a peanut of a shit. Eh. Now I know. ZZZzzzZZZzzz
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on May 10, 2013, 11:18:11 AM
FWIW, I don't watch a whole lot of TV. I tend to only watch the very best shows, and only after they're gotten rave reviews for multiple seasons. If I don't like a show that much, I won't get very far into it before just moving on to something else. That said, HoC is decent, it's just not up there with some of the better shows to have come out fairly recently.

To put it plainly, HoC's corrupt rich dudes aren't nearly as interesting as Mad Men's. The social subplots in modern DC are nowhere near as compelling as the antiquated ones in Downtown Abbey's, even if they are more "relevant" to modern life. Spacey's cynical jackass main character has absolutely nothing-- and I mean nothing at all-- on Ian McShan's character in Deadwood. And as just a serious Drama that deals with dark issues, what does HoC really do better than, say, The Wire or The Sopranos?

So, OK, that's a totally unfair paragraph I just wrote. But again, I don't watch too much TV, and tend to only get to the very best shows eventually, so while the fact HoC doesn't measure up with some of the best TV ever shouldn't bother most, but it still means I probably won't watch any of Season 2.

Not 'cause I'm a TV snob or something. Just 'cause I don't like TV all that much to begin with.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TL on May 10, 2013, 01:57:32 PM
Not even with HoC specifically, but I feel like there's been a trend for a little while now, where people have come to associate dark, gritty, cynical dramas with critically good tv, because there happened to be some good shows that had those characteristics, and now there's almost an Emperor's New Clothes type thing going on.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Perpetual Change on May 10, 2013, 07:28:16 PM
Hm, yeah, you know? I agree. There hasn't been a real critically acclaimed comedy in awhile, and there are plenty of shows that should be.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Ultimetalhead on May 12, 2013, 08:38:37 AM
I watched it a few months ago when it first came out. I thought it was fantastic, and I have a great deal of hope for future projects of this magnitude.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: KevShmev on November 04, 2013, 01:33:39 PM
Two episodes in, I am intrigued.  Gonna try to finish up the rest of Season 1 in the next few weeks, and then I will go back and read this thread. :biggrin:
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: ResultsMayVary on November 04, 2013, 01:39:26 PM
Season two is in its last week of production, from what I've seen. And it looks like a potential season three is in the works, as well.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Ultimetalhead on November 04, 2013, 03:43:45 PM
Cool. More Kate Mara is always a good thing.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: sueño on November 04, 2013, 03:52:35 PM
Season two is in its last week of production, from what I've seen. And it looks like a potential season three is in the works, as well.

Excellent!  I really enjoyed this show -- watched it all within two weeks when it came out (Spacey is always a draw for me). 

I'm with bosk tho -- Spacey's chat thru the 4th wall is poor.   :|  And I loved Russo's storyline...sorry it ended up that way.

Looking forward to new episodes.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on February 13, 2014, 07:43:47 PM
Season 2 going to be released in a few hours, I honestly cannot wait. This week I watched the entire season 1 with director's commentary which would make it my 3rd full watch of the show. Excellent show and have watched a few episodes of the UK version, need to finish that.

The US president is keen on it too it seems.

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Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 14, 2014, 12:11:31 AM
I've been working on this the past three days since I've been snowed in.  11 episodes in and I am glad to say I timed this well with the start with the new season.  Also, snow day tomorrow so I'll have more than two episodes to watch.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: ReaPsTA on February 14, 2014, 02:05:44 AM
First season was really good.  Super excited for the second.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: KevShmev on February 14, 2014, 08:33:53 AM
I'll definitely be digging into Season 2 sometime in the next week or so.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Sycsa on February 14, 2014, 12:35:48 PM
*S1 SPOILER ALERT*



I got hooked on the first season (watched it all in 4 days) and loved the most of it, but the murder ruined it all for me. Since the tone was so realistic (I was always like "yeah, this could actually happen" while watching), it felt like a really out of place, cheap plot device which completely killed my suspension of disbelief (something I highly value with most TV drama series). Nevertheless, I'm eagerly waiting S2, but the show is a bit 'tainted' for me at this point.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on February 14, 2014, 01:26:51 PM
*S1 SPOILER ALERT*



I got hooked on the first season (watched it all in 4 days) and loved the most of it, but the murder ruined it all for me. Since the tone was so realistic (I was always like "yeah, this could actually happen" while watching), it felt like a really out of place, cheap plot device which completely killed my suspension of disbelief (something I highly value with most TV drama series). Nevertheless, I'm eagerly waiting S2, but the show is a bit 'tainted' for me at this point.

Continued spoilers of S1


All the major plotlines and that murder are derived from the original UK house of cards, since this show is a re-imagining of that you'd have to blame the original show for including it.

I've watched two episodes so far and it's got me hooked. I cant wait to get home and finish the series, its looks like we're in the run for a great ride.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Dr. DTVT on February 14, 2014, 06:03:58 PM
*S1 SPOILER ALERT*


You're going to hate the way season 2 starts.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Sycsa on February 15, 2014, 01:15:27 AM
*S1 SPOILER ALERT*


You're going to hate the way season 2 starts.
What a load of bullcrap that was. In the middle of the 2nd episode and the cop commenting the security footage is adding insult to injury. I'd have a hard time buying that they can't see that she was talking to someone in the first place, but to conclude that she "tripped or jumped" right after she started rushing in the exact opposite direction is just ridiculous. Doesn't make the least amount of sense.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TempusVox on February 16, 2014, 02:00:34 AM
Sycsa go back and look at the first episode. The fenced structure is oddly shaped and the section she's leaning against was the tiny portion parallel with the tracks. So her rushing around it suddenly would be obscured from the camera angle slightly.

I think now more than ever that the Underwood character is one of the most frightening characters in cinematic history.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Sycsa on February 16, 2014, 06:10:52 AM
Sycsa go back and look at the first episode. The fenced structure is oddly shaped and the section she's leaning against was the tiny portion parallel with the tracks. So her rushing around it suddenly would be obscured from the camera angle slightly.
That's simply not true. She wasn't parallel with the tracks and it's clear that she was entirely visible to the camera during the conversation and when she rushed around the corner, despite the continuity error with the fence.
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I think now more than ever that the Underwood character is one of the most frightening characters in cinematic history.
Yeah, if you can buy into the Vice President of the United States of America shoving 20-year-old journalists in front of metros while wearing fake glasses and a fedora. That's more comical than frightening and requires way too much of a suspension of disbelief for me to properly enjoy an otherwise realistic political drama series.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on February 16, 2014, 10:07:46 AM
The only thing about that incident I wish they'd change was the execution of it. I thought that part could have been tightened up but other than that, I knew it had to happen after I watched the original UK series. So it was only a matter of when and where. Come to think of it I kinda wished they had ended the first season with the first episode of this season, but Im not complaining. On my second watch now.

Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: sueño on February 16, 2014, 12:55:39 PM
Season 2 going to be released in a few hours, I honestly cannot wait. This week I watched the entire season 1 with director's commentary which would make it my 3rd full watch of the show. Excellent show and have watched a few episodes of the UK version, need to finish that.

The US president is keen on it too it seems.

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All of that...though I'm not quite buying the appeal of Urquhart for a young girl like I can Underwood's.

I'm doing Netflix in three episode chunks, trying to make it last.  So far, it's more intense than season 1.  I like it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: TempusVox on February 16, 2014, 02:02:52 PM
All of that

No. It is true. The tiny section of the fence she was standing in front of during the conversation is not really very visible from the video camera footage. You wouldnt be able to really see what she was doing. But whatever. If you dislike the whole VP murderer thing...it's tomato-tomahto.

There is a major continuity error in that the sign on the fence is different. Perhaps we'll learn later on that the footage was doctored before the cop showed it to Lucas.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Sycsa on February 16, 2014, 02:37:20 PM
Are you on a phone and have pictures disabled? Because I linked screenshots and it's clear that where she was standing is visible on the security footage. It doesn't matter that it's at a sharp angle, her standing there, going around the corner in the opposite direction and then falling right back in front of the train would have been visible on the footage so concluding that it was either an accident or suicide doesn't fall into place. There is no tiny section of the fence where she was standing, it's one big side which is very far from being parallel with the tracks like you said so it's as if we're not even watching the same TV show.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: thesilkymilk on February 16, 2014, 03:30:08 PM
This second season is amazing. Kevin Spacey kills it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: sueño on February 17, 2014, 12:36:44 AM
Yep, just finished season two.. Good googly moogly!   Liked it even better than the first season.

Can't wait for season three!
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: jsem on February 17, 2014, 03:42:17 PM
Blazed through season 2 now. I never expected things to progress the way they did. I didn't quite like the final episodes, things felt rushed somehow, but this season was miles ahead of the first season, which was already all kinds of awesome. This show is absolutely god tier.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: KevShmev on February 17, 2014, 10:10:36 PM
Just watched Episode 1 of Season 2, and holy crap, I did not see that coming.  I think my jaw might have actually dropped to the ground. :lol

However, I do worry about the show going forward now, as the dynamic between Underwood and Zoe was awesome and one of the driving forces of the show, and now it is gone.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Jamesman42 on February 18, 2014, 03:15:24 AM
Just watched Episode 1 of Season 2, and holy crap, I did not see that coming.  I think my jaw might have actually dropped to the ground. :lol

However, I do worry about the show going forward now, as the dynamic between Underwood and Zoe was awesome and one of the driving forces of the show, and now it is gone.

Don't worry, season 2 holds up just fine. You almost forget about her, actually.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: KevShmev on February 18, 2014, 08:04:56 AM
That's good to hear.  I hope to watch the rest of Season 2 throughout this week.

The difficult thing about releasing a show this way is that it makes talking about it online a bit difficult, as everybody goes at their own pace, and you don't want to risk reading spoilers if others are further ahead than you are. 
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on February 18, 2014, 08:19:47 AM
Yea true, which is why I finished it the first day. heh heh.

But yea releasing all at once does have its pros and cons, the bingers can binge and the pacers can pace.
I finished the first season as well on the sunday it came out, I initially just wanted to check out one or two episodes but hooked in right away and couldn't stop watching. I loved rewatching the season as so many details escape you the first time you watch straight through.

season 2 spoilers below









Doug was my fav secondary character and it looks like he's done though. I'm now a bit apprehensive to watch the remaining UK HoC as they seem to follow the major plotlines in the US version. So the night before the release of the US season 2 I had just completed watching the first season of the UK version. It ended with the reporter being thrown off the roof by FU and right at that time thought aw man now that's what's going to happen with Zoe, so it was only a matter of when in the US version.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: jsem on February 18, 2014, 08:52:54 AM
Spoilers ahead:

I never anticipated Doug's death. That just highlights what some people are capable of when they have been pushed around and are coerced into doing things they absolutely don't want. Doug was a despicable human being anyway, he never won any sympathy points with me for having gotten off alcohol - it didn't change the nature of is work with Frank.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: The King in Crimson on February 22, 2014, 09:16:08 PM
Just finished season 2.

I thought it was, overall, better than Season 1. Season 1 had a bunch of filler in the middle but it was bookended by some terrific episodes. Season 2 is the same, except it's a bit more consistent overall. I think that I will end up being one of those annoying naysayers that picks apart the 'popular show of the week.' I love House of Cards for its acting and its characters, but god does it take the easy way out with a lot of its plotting. Aside from Frank and Claire, pretty much everyone is either naive or incompetent and President Walker makes Dubya look like some bastion of towering intellect with how easily he is duped and played by Frank. It's a great show to watch for the characters and the acting but the politics and the maneuvering is like watching a game of Scrabble between an English major and a group of mentally handicapped four year olds.

I was really disappointed that the reporters' storylines seemed to get dropped halfway through the season. There was some potential there to bring another facet of the story into play but unfortunately, that did not happen. Rachel's story seemed the most needlessly lengthened as if it was just there to fill up space until that inevitable climax. I quite like Stamper though.  He's a certified slimeball creepbag and one of the few characters with almost nothing redeeming about him, but I'll be a bit disappointed if he ends up dead.

So yeah, I enjoyed this season but I don't think it deserves all the acclaim it's getting. Maybe if the acclaim was limited to the acting and some of the characters, but I can't help but find most of the plotting lazy and contrived.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Podaar on February 25, 2014, 06:19:50 AM
Mrs. P absorbed the entire season in a less than a fortnight, and I was a eager participant for the first few episodes...then Frank killed another person and I just sort of checked out. I'd be sitting in the same room reading while Mrs. P watched, so I sort of absorbed the series through osmosis but honestly, it was all I could do to not laugh out loud at the terrible plot twists and spoil the experience for my true love.

Like 'His Royal Red Majesty' notes above, great acting and some pretty smoldering dialog. I'd like to add that it's a really cool idea but why not make a more realistic political drama. Why all the sensationalism? Politics are messy enough without melodrama. I think Netflix missed a real opportunity here.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: jsem on February 25, 2014, 09:19:37 AM
When I said the show was god tier, that was coming right off of watching the season in about 36 hours or so. I'm going to retract that statement now. Things progressed way too quickly, was way too sensationalized. Frank's ascent shouldn't have happened the way it did either.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: KevShmev on February 25, 2014, 09:28:36 AM
I'm finished with Season 2. 

I like the show a lot, but I agree that the way things always turn out just right for Frank is a bit silly.  He goes from House Majority WHIP to the presidency in less than two years (their time)?  Haha, okay.  But the writing is mostly really good and compelling.  And the acting, especially by Spacey and Wright, is just stellar.

I was disappointed by Doug's apparent death.  I thought that whole storyline with him and Rachel took a strange turn, and then it wraps up for the season with her killing him with a rock in the woods?  Very anti-climatic.  I did enjoy the lesbian scene between Rachel and her girlfriend the episode before, though. :coolio  The "where in the hell did that come from" scene with Frank, Claire and Meechum seemed completely unnecessary, however.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Podaar on February 25, 2014, 09:33:56 AM
I'm finished with Season 2. 

I like the show a lot, but I agree that the way things always turn out just right for Frank is a bit silly.  He goes from House Majority WHIP to the presidency in less than two years (their time)?  Haha, okay.  But the writing is mostly really good and compelling.  And the acting, especially by Spacey and Wright, is just stellar.

I was disappointed by Doug's apparent death.  I thought that whole storyline with him and Rachel took a strange turn, and then it wraps up for the season with her killing him with a rock in the woods?  Very anti-climatic.  I did enjoy the lesbian scene between Rachel and her girlfriend the episode before, though. :coolio  The "where in the hell did that come from" scene with Frank, Claire and Meechum seemed completely unnecessary, however.

That was one of the moments I was thinking in my post above where I had to stifle a laugh...not that our politicians don't routinely engage in adventurous sexual encounters.  :lol
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Sycsa on February 26, 2014, 04:46:34 AM
It's a great show to watch for the characters and the acting but the politics and the maneuvering is like watching a game of Scrabble between an English major and a group of mentally handicapped four year olds.
This sentence encompasses the show perfectly. Along with the silly killings, it's insulting to the intelligence, to put it mildly. Should be called 'Space Political Drama'. Still, it's entertaining as hell and that's the most important factor. Not going to be a classic, though.

Bottom line:
Why all the sensationalism? Politics are messy enough without melodrama. I think Netflix missed a real opportunity here.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Chino on March 07, 2014, 11:59:59 AM
I finished season two last night. I approve.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: orcus116 on March 16, 2014, 03:30:59 PM
Just finished Season 2. Definitely a bit of a different tone than Season 1 and less interesting storylines. I'm kind of bummed about Stamper as I thought he was an interesting character.

The "where in the hell did that come from" scene with Frank, Claire and Meechum seemed completely unnecessary, however.

Yeah that was a bit odd, though I've seen shows do that before where they very briefly show characters in uncomfortable/out of character spots and then just move on with it never coming up again. I mean look at the first scene we see Feng. The Wire did that a few times as well and it always distorts your vision of the character from then on.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Dittomist on March 16, 2014, 06:44:52 PM
I just finished Season 1 last night and I can safely say that I am hooked on this show. Kevin Spacey is so amazing in this role and I'm really intrigued by what will happen to Frank Underwood, but at the moment, it's so hard to imagine House of Cards without Peter Russo. This was the character that I sympathized with the most and genuinely cared for, and I'm still in a numb state of shock over what happened to him. :(
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: orcus116 on March 16, 2014, 07:23:12 PM
This show has an odd way of making you forget about certain characters within an episode or two.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: antigoon on March 17, 2014, 12:25:24 AM
Just finished Season 2. Love the show to death but it's really lacking in substance. One of the most enjoyable shows I've ever watched but I can't call it a classic, really. Can't wait for season 3!
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: BlackInk on August 27, 2014, 01:34:42 PM
Finished season 2 yesterday, and it was awesome. Those last knocks on the president's desk was obe the coolest moments I've seen on any show.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: BlackInk on February 26, 2015, 02:25:26 PM
Season 3 is released tomorrow guys! I am above and beyond excited for the return of my second favorite show of all time.
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: Fiery Winds on February 26, 2015, 03:05:23 PM
Hooray! I work Sun-Thu, so this fits nicely with my weekend.  :corn
Title: Re: House Of Cards, Season one (Entire series on Netflix)
Post by: faizoff on March 01, 2015, 04:27:00 PM
Finished it today morning, and thought it was good but not amazing. The vibe, tone and pace of this season seemed much different that the previous two. I still liked it but in the end ultimately felt like a long buildup to season four.

I thought the acting this time was fantastic esp Robin Wright, even though it felt like her character was all over the place. My guess is they'll wrap up the series with next season making 52 episodes(same number of cards in a deck)
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: lonestar on March 04, 2015, 09:02:27 AM
Just watched the first episode of S3. Interesting takes, but one thing I just gotta point out. Having the dude relapse by having the hooker shoot the bourbon into his mouth with a syringe was fucking spooky man, especially for this recovering drunk.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Jamesman42 on March 04, 2015, 04:50:50 PM
My guess is they'll wrap up the series with next season making 52 episodes(same number of cards in a deck)

That'd be clever
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on March 06, 2015, 07:36:37 PM
I'm assuming Doug's mental effects just stopped? They were heavy on it for the first episode and they just kind of went away. I figured once they gave him pills for something like that, especially because of how serious it was, he was going to be getting those kinds of things for life.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Jamesman42 on March 06, 2015, 09:43:25 PM
Do they not mention that it could be periodic? So kind of unpredictable, which is how he progressed throughout the season...there were a few times he just snapped. And that last episode (if you know what I mean) may have been another mental bloop.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on March 06, 2015, 11:03:40 PM
There's another theory behind that, which I can agree with. I'm talking about the tinnitus type sounds where he was nearly incapacitated without pills for the first episode. After that it was just walking limp and being same old Doug.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on March 15, 2015, 08:37:20 AM
Just finished season 3. While I would say that this was the least strong (saying 'weak' just wouldn't feel right) season so far, it's still really interesting and still remains as my second favorite show I've seen. But I agree with what has been said here before, this season felt more like half a season, like it was mostly building towards next year.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Xanthul on June 12, 2015, 04:56:50 AM
Yep, this was easily my least favorite season, though the last 3-4 episodes were pretty intense. I have to say that Robin Wright and Kevin Spacey have amazing chemistry, I'd say their kind of relationship is very hard to act properly and they do an outstanding job at it. The scene in the Oval Office was incredible.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on June 12, 2015, 06:07:39 AM
Even though season 3 was the least eventful and a much different pace than the rest I still liked it. But like I said before a major portion just seems like a setup for probably the last season.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: KevShmev on June 17, 2015, 07:17:17 PM
Just started Season 3, but I just want to say that I am glad that Doug didn't die at the end of 2.  Something about his character is just really great.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on June 18, 2015, 06:58:32 AM
Just started watching this series.  About 7 episodes in on the first season.  Loving it thus far.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: lonestar on June 18, 2015, 08:55:49 PM
Just started watching this series.  About 7 episodes in on the first season.  Loving it thus far.

*waits for Hef's "WTF?!!!?!?!?!?!!!" post*
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on June 27, 2015, 08:55:57 PM
Well, I just watched the first episode of season 2.

WTF
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on June 27, 2015, 09:03:09 PM
I made the mistake of watching that one night before going to bed.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on June 28, 2015, 05:00:36 AM
I made the mistake of watching that one night before going to bed.
We watched one more after that before turning in.

Loved the cufflinks: FU
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on June 28, 2015, 05:08:30 AM
Loved the cufflinks: FU

Yeah, I laughed when I saw them and thought ''haha what?? why would he have 'fuck you' cufflinks?'' for a second before I remembered his name.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: KevShmev on June 28, 2015, 08:04:55 AM
Well, I just watched the first episode of season 2.

WTF

While a great "Holy shit, did that really just happen?" moment, I think the loss of her character really took something away from the show.  It's like they sacrificed the long term for the sake of having a holy shit moment.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on June 28, 2015, 09:25:25 AM
Well, I just watched the first episode of season 2.

WTF
While a great "Holy shit, did that really just happen?" moment, I think the loss of her character really took something away from the show.  It's like they sacrificed the long term for the sake of having a holy shit moment.
The plot lines follow the UK version of House of Cards where many of the same major events occur so it's not like they don't have an outline to go by.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on June 28, 2015, 11:09:01 AM
Well, I just watched the first episode of season 2.

WTF

While a great "Holy shit, did that really just happen?" moment, I think the loss of her character really took something away from the show.  It's like they sacrificed the long term for the sake of having a holy shit moment.

I disagree, because the season following that death is the best so far. So the show did just fine.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on June 29, 2015, 08:45:18 AM
Well, I just watched the first episode of season 2.

WTF

While a great "Holy shit, did that really just happen?" moment, I think the loss of her character really took something away from the show.  It's like they sacrificed the long term for the sake of having a holy shit moment.
I don't know, I guess I'll see.

But I loathed her character, so it's a win for me.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on July 22, 2015, 07:26:13 AM
I only have one episode left in Season 2, which we will hit tonight.

I am loving this show.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on July 23, 2015, 07:02:00 AM
Finished season 2.

Frank, you son of a bitch.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on July 23, 2015, 10:42:49 AM
Awesome, you'll find season 3 is set at a different pace than the previous 2. It's still good but more tamed.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: mike099 on July 23, 2015, 11:36:27 AM
Hefdaddy42, after watching the season 3 opening few minutes , let us know what you think.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on July 23, 2015, 11:42:23 AM
Hefdaddy42, after watching the season 3 opening few minutes , let us know what you think.
I certainly will.

Should be sometime in the next night or two.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on July 23, 2015, 01:05:17 PM
The final few episodes of season 2 are some of the most without-violence-intense I've ever seen. Fantastic stuff.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on July 28, 2015, 09:59:12 AM
Hefdaddy42, after watching the season 3 opening few minutes , let us know what you think.
That was incredible.  Caught it last night.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on August 03, 2015, 05:42:09 AM
During the weekend began rewatching season 3 and man the first two episodes were a lot more intriguing than what I remember. I think the binge watching during opening weekend kinda numbs your memory of each episode and now taking the time to let everything soak in really helped. I'd say the first two episodes while definitely a different pace than previous seasons were on par with them.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on September 30, 2015, 04:46:03 AM
OK, finally caught up.

Man, this show is all kinds of awesome.

Too bad that Doug wound up killing that girl.  The seldom seen redemption/no redemption swerve.

WTF at Claire?

So, I guess the next season drops in February?
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on September 30, 2015, 10:47:00 AM
February is the usual release date for the show. So far I haven't seen any chatter whether the next season would be the last.
I too was sad about Rachel's fate in that last episode. On second viewing I realized it was more chilling than I remembered. I found her character a bit annoying in the first season but loved her in the next two seasons even though she's barely there in the 3rd one.

Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on September 30, 2015, 01:04:42 PM
I saw it coming from ten miles away and didn't like her character anyway. But it was indeed cold and it's sad that Doug regressed this much and is too far gone at this point. I mean, don't get me wrong, pretty much every main character is a cocksucking piece of shit, but y'know, among the cocksuckers, his is especially strong.  :lol

I'm pretty much ambivalent about the show at this point. I really didn't enjoy S3 nearly as much as the first two and outright disliked the latter-half of the season at some points. It just felt like a different show, especially in regards to the breakage of the 4th wall, which was one of my favorite aspects and the fact that it was so toned down that it was nearly nonexistent left me disappointed in its own right. But I just do not give a single flying fuck about the Frank/Claire drama. They were so much better when they were just indifferent (other than a few physical moments) towards each other as they were throughout a lot of S1.

I'll no doubt at least check out S3, but I'm guessing it's more or less a boredom killer for me now instead of the powerhouse that it was in S1/2. Shame. But I love Spacey enough to keep checking it out. I really hope it gets back on track with the deception, lies, intrigue and less of that ex-wife of his. Well, I shouldn't say that...I didn't like a lot of Claire's moments in S3, but I still like her enough as a character...but it's Frank and Claire together that really just makes me wanna shut the show off sometimes.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on December 16, 2015, 12:56:08 PM
(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/other/FU16_zpsgtuqqw9r.png)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se44ed4KBMA
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on December 16, 2015, 03:01:38 PM
Awesome, can't wait!
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on December 16, 2015, 03:49:59 PM
Awesome ad 'poster', pretty much a useless teaser other than the date. I'm really interested in seeing where this goes and am hoping for a return to form immensely because I really want to love this show again. I'm hoping, but I'm also not holding my breath... Either way it'll be a good ride, but that's an ocean of difference in the genius that was S1/2. Still excited. Kinda. It's all bout dat Spacey anyway.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: mike099 on December 17, 2015, 02:36:32 PM
(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/other/FU16_zpsgtuqqw9r.png)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se44ed4KBMA

When I first saw the FU, my dirty mind and Franks personality, I thought of 'Fuck U 16' instead of Frank Underwood.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on December 19, 2015, 03:36:19 AM
Same for me, also when he put those cufflinks on the sink at the end of S02E01.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 22, 2015, 06:50:14 PM
Just binge watched the entire series in 4 days.

Loved everything up until the last episode of season two where he took office as president. From there it was just good imo.

My favorite parts include the shock of murdering Russo, Zoe pushed in front of the train  :metal Her character pissed me off from the very first time I saw her and of course, Frank standing behind his desk as president and tapping it with the ring. That image is my new desktop.

The Doug rachel obsession was the only thing I hated about the show.

Looking forward to seeing season 4 though.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on December 22, 2015, 09:05:52 PM
One thing that has bugged me is how stupid the whole impeachment/resignation plot of the second season was. It was so convoluted just watching it unfold to really believe that the entire country would fold on this guy to the point of giving him the lowest approval ratings ever just seemed a little bit beyond farfetched especially considering how mundane the setup was. Maybe since you just watched it you may have a better explanation but I just couldn't get into how public perception could really crumble under something so stupid like that. I have the same issue with the whole Jordan Valley thing. The show has this perception that every person in America is just glued to their TVs and is up in arms over something so minute as if it's an extreme make or break for a president which seems highly unrealistic. The public opinion the showrunners depict only seem to show a very very small percentage of people who actually care if these were real life events.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on January 28, 2016, 06:02:38 PM
The show has been renewed for a fifth season, as the same time the showrunner has left/quit/removed which kinda makes my head scratch. I'm optimistic in that they found a pitch for season 5 compelling to continue the show, I just hope they're not riding on their coattails to extend the show just because they have to. Whatever the case may be I'll be watching till the end.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on January 28, 2016, 06:33:08 PM
Let me share with you an awesome gif

(https://45.media.tumblr.com/ca1b8cfc248d494037439468996e0b6d/tumblr_n6jq2kA32W1tbh291o1_400.gif)
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on January 28, 2016, 07:16:54 PM
The still frame of that is my desktop.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on January 28, 2016, 10:54:26 PM
I always just assumed that season 4 would be the last, so that the number of episodes were the same as number of cards in a deck. I heard that theory somewhere and just bought it. But another season is good too!
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on January 28, 2016, 10:56:45 PM
The still frame of that is my desktop.

I like your desktop.

And yeah, I reckon that the next seasons after S4 will deal with Frank's loss of his power (it wouldn't be fun if he stayed at the top of the food chain forever), and that's something I'm really looking forward.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on March 04, 2016, 08:28:08 AM
New season is available!!! I've already in 4 episodes and it's excellent so far. Episode 4 is danngggg!!!
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 04, 2016, 10:07:50 AM
We will probably catch some of it tonight.  Looking forward to it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on March 05, 2016, 02:44:25 AM
Jesus christ thank you so much for going back to the original format (for the most part). Funny enough, it makes me hate parts of S3 that I originally disliked even more because they've all but back tracked the entire debacle between Claire and Frank. I mean, yes, the turmoil is there and I'm sure will grow and stem from the foundation laid, but god damn...a whole season nearly dedicated to that bullshit and now they're almost exactly as they once were but are now simply more open about their dislike and/or betrayals of one another...? Could've done without like half of S3. But it's done and this is a fantastic return to form and I am loving the hell out of it thus far (and the fucking OBLITERATION to the fourth wall, yesyesyesyes).

Superb. Five episodes in and counting.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 05, 2016, 05:51:34 AM
Only had time for the first episode last night, but it was fantastic.  Hopefully we will get time for more today.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on March 05, 2016, 08:13:01 AM
Finished the season last night and it was awesome. I had a ball watching every episode.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 05, 2016, 10:14:01 AM
Finished the season last night

(https://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i238/hefdaddy42/funny/friday.jpg)
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on March 05, 2016, 12:48:54 PM
 :lol I'll be finishing it today no doubt. Crazy binge watchers unite! There's going to be a lot of that this year. So many awesome shows coming back.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 3 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on March 05, 2016, 07:58:32 PM
Yea it's the first time I've done it really. Binge watched an entire season in one day that too on release day.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on March 05, 2016, 09:16:43 PM
Finished! Awesome, fantastic stuff. Really went back to basics (for the most part) and totally blew S3 out of the water in every single conceivable aspect. I was really thinking before I started watching that by the end of this I'd either be done or would stop watching halfway through the season and now I'm really looking forward to S5. Bravo.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 06, 2016, 05:10:04 AM
That's good to hear.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on March 06, 2016, 11:29:33 AM
3 episodes into the new season. Its not doing it for me, but I'll stick with it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on March 11, 2016, 11:14:06 AM
I'm five episodes into the season and I couldn't be more hooked. Seems to me like big step ahead from season 3, which I liked but wasn't as awesome as season 2.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DragonAttack on March 11, 2016, 08:38:11 PM
As everyone has said, this was 'back to basics' and such an improvement on S3.  It works best with the political stakes and personal issues.  When the show creates world issues (Jordan Valley), it struggles.

Nice to see the fourth wall again. 

Great last scene:  " We are......................."
[won't spoil it]

 
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: TioJorge on March 12, 2016, 02:22:49 AM
I watched the last few episodes over and I really want S5 already.  :lol

Yeah, that last line as well as the cinematography for it is fucking perfection. Everyone wincing...and they're...gazing. It's so juicy. SO. JUICY.

Kevin Spacey, you magnificent bastard. I even liked Robin Wright this time around, whom I utterly detested in every imaginable fashion for some of S2 and the entirety of S3. But it's all about dat Spacey. Such a motherfucker.  :heart
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on March 12, 2016, 04:33:58 AM
Finished it just now. And that final moment was chilling, one of the best moments of the show.

I was so happy when Frank and Claire decided to get back to together again. I always thought that the core of the show isn't just Frank's plotting, but Frank and Claire plotting together. That's when the show shines the brightest and that's one thing I loved about season 4 once I finished it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: aurorablind on March 12, 2016, 02:26:33 PM
I watched the entire season in two days. What a ride! I wasn't that into season 3,  but this was intense.. At par with season 2 without a doubt! The last episode was just..wow..
Loved Robocop as the republican cantidate  :lol
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on March 12, 2016, 03:03:04 PM
Yeah, really surprised to see fellow swede Joel Kinnaman in House of Cards.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: masterthes on March 12, 2016, 04:57:36 PM
Great season. Last year was just so meh, but this season was back on point. So, next season going to be the last, you figure?
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on March 12, 2016, 06:45:22 PM
I love Joel Kinnaman he was awesome in The Killing. He did great as the republican candidate against Frank. I really love the 4th season, it was so awesome and might just be my favorite season yet.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on March 12, 2016, 10:09:36 PM
Holy shit, the finale of this season wtf I don't even

Spoilers, of course:
The Underwoods are about to hit a low, low point with their upcoming war of terror. That's the evil, yet elegant side of the Underwoods I missed throughout season 3.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on March 13, 2016, 03:20:39 AM
I think season 2 is still my favorite. Nothing so far quite beats how tense and nerve-wrecking those final few episodes of S02 were. But season 4 might be second best for me.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on March 13, 2016, 09:56:17 PM
Definitely enjoyed this season more than the last two although the show has this quirky structure where they focus intensely on one issue for two or three episodes and then cuts immediately to the next issue for the next two or three and you hear almost nothing about the previous crisis plot point. It is kind of reflective on the real life media's flavor of the week mentality and how we as a society processes big news stories.

A nitpicky example would be:
When did the gas crisis start and what happened to it? It was such a big issue in the middle of the season and after the G7 summit it just sort of vanished as even a news story. No one even mentioned it whereas it would most likely be a huge story even if the summit resolution eased things for a bit.

I did like Claire a lot more this season. I could not stand her character last season even in an entertaining sort of disdain.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: hefdaddy42 on March 14, 2016, 08:06:25 AM
Only had time to catch 3 episodes so far.  Loving it, but Claire is maddening thus far.

Hopefully, we will have time to catch a few more episodes this week.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: DarkLord_Lalinc on March 14, 2016, 10:56:36 AM
I did like Claire a lot more this season. I could not stand her character last season even in an entertaining sort of disdain.
I hear you. Claire was not a great asset to the show in season 3, but I think she totally kicked this new season's ass.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on March 22, 2016, 06:23:46 AM
Can anyone verify if the whole donor list priority thing is accurate or was it hammed up to give Doug something to do at the end of the season? Is there any reason the President of the United States wouldn't immediately jump to number one on the list? Sure there might be a great dad with three kids at number one but he isn't running the fucking country.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on March 22, 2016, 09:48:16 AM
No idea if that's legit or not, but it wouldn't surprise me, I didn't think anything of it.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Xanthul on March 27, 2016, 01:51:49 AM
Just watched the final episode last night and overall I agree that it's been a great season, especially after the Underwoods got back together.

There was one thing I didn't like though and it's the resolution of the conflict with Durant. Unless something got lost in translation, Frank's threats in the Oval Office do not strike me as enough to sway her from running for President to just staying as Secretary of State. This was one of those seemingly unsolvable conflicts that I was eager to see resolved in Underwood fashion (manipulation and ruining someone's career) and I was underwhelmed, I felt as if the writers had nothing so they opted for the simplest resolution.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on February 20, 2017, 08:21:52 AM
Mega bump to finally comment on these series, now that I've catched up.

First two seasons were good, if the series would have ended after Season 2 with Frank knocing on the Oval Office's desk it would have been a fitting closure.
Third season was kinda meh, but fourth season was a marked and evident improvement. Especially the final episode was breathtaking, it was almost like a thriller movie.

I agree with the last comment made in this thread - the annoying problem with a show based on a bad guy like House of Cards is that the bad guy always has to win. He meet strong adversaries, and then they all melt away like nothing. Cathy Durant was a real problem, and then all it took was a "I kill people! ahahahaha no, I don't, but I would have. Do what I say" moment to turn her around.

The scene was acted brilliantly by Kevin Spacey, just like everything he does, but the plot was weak.

Anyway, since this show already takes a lot of liberties and is not interested in being realistic... how un-realistic will it get for you in future seasons? will Frank become a dictator postponing  or suspending the election, and actually keeping power for himself? story-wise he will be re-elected, it's hard to imagine the show going on with him no longer in the White House.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: orcus116 on February 20, 2017, 09:46:26 AM
I've probably written this in this thread but since it's been while, my problem with the writers isn't so much how they resolve conflicts, although they haven't been too clever in the later seasons as has been brought up, but more so in the conflicts they create. Some of the biggest conflict points in the series are just so dumb and convoluted that for a show that's a half-step out of reality it typically takes it too far. For example how is that nuanced and convoluted business dealing with Tusk and President Walker ever something that a country would obsess itself over to the point where the President's approval rating drops to some ridiculous number and he is forced to resign? I know it's more a display of how Underwood works but a) that whole plotline is confusing as hell and b) there is no way the general public would react the way the show says they did. The Jordan Valley thing was handled the same way. Completely minor thing that happened that was blown up into huge thing that the show itself was trying to convince the viewer was huge. I can get the public reaction for that one since Benghazi was a big deal to a certain faction of people but I'd like to get a conflict that wasn't trying to make mountains out of molehills.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Entire series on Netflix) - v.Season 4 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on February 20, 2017, 11:29:27 AM
Yeah, I agree... it's a show where the Vice President kills people, has threesomes with the guards and plots on a Joker level of foresight, and what they chose to use to bring down a sitting president? some controversy over economical deals with China. When I figured out the series was heading towards Frank framing Walker, I was anticipating the gigantic scandal that would have caused it, and it was just what happened? that was anticlimatic.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on May 30, 2017, 10:55:29 AM
Season 5 is out folks. Odd that it was released on a Tuesday deviating from the norm of a Friday release. I guess they wanted to give that slot to the final season of Bloodline instead. Glad I'm working at home today ;-)
Great stuff so far.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on May 30, 2017, 12:55:04 PM
I don't think I'll have time to start watching this until next week, which sucks. But I am definetely excited about this!
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on May 31, 2017, 04:57:01 AM
And in keeping with my tradition of finishing the series in 24 hours this season was no exception. Wow, this was a packed season with crazy amount of twists and turns with crazy episodes getting crazier. I loved this season, superb all round.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Zeltar on June 09, 2017, 05:30:00 PM
I actually found myself feeling very disappointed by this season. Beware of the lightest of spoilers from here, but I didn't find the last episode's twists believable at all. Major SPOILERS: Mainly the abruptness of Frank's change of heart. Of course, he was bullshitting to Claire when he said that leaving the Presidency for the private sector with her in his place, and but it otherwise just felt so damn contrived. Four seasons building up to him gaining a mandate from the people, and he quits the job a few episodes after actually getting it? And all it takes is a suggestion from Davis that she can supply Frank private sector connections? Not to mention that ICO went nowhere, folks around the President die and no one bats an eyelash, Catherine fucking Durant, it all just felt so poorly written. Now I'm just griping, but man, we could've seen Frank deteriorate into worse paranoia, we could've seen the seeds sewn for a dictatorship-lite, idk man. I just wasn't pleased at all. Besides watching Conway slowly lose it, that was very interesting. Davis too, I found myself warming to her by season's end.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on June 17, 2017, 03:23:03 PM
Finished season 5 today and loved almost all of it. The thing I didn't like was the very end. We've seen enough of Claire vs Frank by now, and this show is always at its best when they're on the same page and working together. I don't need to see this a.. what is it, fourth time now?

Other than that, I thought it was all great.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on June 17, 2017, 11:59:57 PM
I think the ending of the season definitely should've been fleshed out better, it's way too sudden and really doesn't fit in with how the entirety of the past seasons have been going. Since the show has sorta surprisingly not been renewed by Netflix yet, I'd hate for the show to end the way it did. I've read a few forums and a huge majority of people feel the same way as Zeltar.

I personally can give a few things a pass but I'm really not sure about Frank's motivation as he explained to Claire. The show can do better, I'm also hoping they end it sooner rather than later.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on October 31, 2017, 01:16:47 PM

Not entirely surprising that season six is going to be the last for the series. Official renewal just came yesterday which I thought was surprising but according to the producers it was already planned to be the last well before these Spacey allegations came out.
The production for the show is currently suspended too so I'm wondering what they plan on doing. I'm guessing they're going to rewrite it a lot around Kevin Spacey's character and make Claire's role even more prominent.

Personally I think the ideas they had from seasons 3,4 & 5 could've all fit in one season in a much tighter format. The show, of course, could've ended much earlier but my guess is that Netflix realized this show is making them bank, pulling a lot of new subscribers in, and they decided to keep stretching it out.

Curious to see how it will go from here, I'm willing to bet the last season will be the least watched of the series. There's also word that they want to do a spinoff with Doug's character. As much as I love his character, I don't think I'd be watching that show. He's good in the context of the show but as a standalone, don't think he'd be able to pull it off.

Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: ChuckSteak on October 31, 2017, 01:36:30 PM
There can't be a show nowadays without people making 8903457038457340534 spin-offs.  ::)

vide

The Walking Dead --> Fear The Walking Dead
Breaking Bad --> Better Call Saul

A Game of Thrones spin-off is already in the works too.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: masterthes on November 01, 2017, 07:33:38 AM
a spinoff with Doug's character?! well, so much for my theory that he'd snuff it next season. no way could I see that being a viable show
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Xanthul on November 01, 2017, 11:26:03 AM
a spinoff with Doug's character?! well, so much for my theory that he'd snuff it next season. no way could I see that being a viable show

He's a good sidekick but I don't see enough charisma there to make a lead. Talking about the character btw, not the actor.

I don't really see many spinoff worthy characters in the show really. Maybe a russian House of Cards with Viktor Petrov shitting on any and all of his opponents (and perhaps some allies too for good measure).
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on November 03, 2017, 09:07:42 PM
There can't be a show nowadays without people making 8903457038457340534 spin-offs.  ::)

vide

The Walking Dead --> Fear The Walking Dead
Breaking Bad --> Better Call Saul

A Game of Thrones spin-off is already in the works too.

Truth be told the Better Call Saul really surprised me by how good it was. I mean I think it's on par with Breaking Bad though in a different way.
I gave up on Fear the walking dead after 2 episodes of the 2nd season. I'm probably going to stop watching TWD as well.

Don't know about the GOT spinoff just yet, there's still time for that.

...and in House of Cards news, looks like Netflix has dropped all ties with Spacey and the writers are in the process of writing the final season without Spacey. They apparently already shot two episodes when production was halted.


Looks like his character is going out with a whimper on the show.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: KevShmev on November 03, 2017, 09:21:39 PM
I totally get why they fired Spacey, but what a unsatisfying conclusion it will now be to the series.  The whole thing has built up to seeing Frank Underwood gets what's coming to him and now he will probably be killed off screen.  Like I said, I get why they have to do it, but from a storytelling standpoint, it really sucks for loyal viewers (which I would not call myself anymore, not since Season 3-ish).
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: NoseofNicko on November 03, 2017, 09:39:31 PM
No point in watching House of Cards without Kevin Spacey as far as I’m concerned.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on November 04, 2017, 02:45:27 AM
No point in watching House of Cards without Kevin Spacey as far as I’m concerned.

Yeah, this.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on November 04, 2017, 05:04:23 PM
I think the writers and show-runners are in a very tough and almost impossible situation. Spacey was the star of the series and regardless of the shift they started with giving Robin Wright more screen time and making her more prominent, Spacey was still the draw of the show. I am going to watch it when it comes out, hopefully it does come out, I don't think there will be any easy maneuvering without making it awkward.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on November 23, 2017, 01:40:53 AM
Finished recently to watch season 5. Meh, what a clusterfuck.

Before watching it (I didn't start until the Kevin Spacey scandal) I was a bit sad that the series had to end this way, now after having watched it I'd say "well, about time they finish it".

The change of the writing team it showed very clearly, the storylines were all contrived and made no sense. As pointed above, one episode they go "One nation Underwood", stating the election years for almost decades to come, and then Frank goes "Nah, I'll kick myself out of an elected presidency a month after having finally got it"???

Also: What's in the world of the show the appeal of Frank Underwood? He's as shady as it can be, he didn't really accomplish anything except the America Works program. Maybe it could have been interesting to have a Palpatine approach, to present a wolf in sheep's clothing and having him beloved doing nice things, while being a relentless blackmailer behind closed doors.

Really, Kevin Spacey Spacey-ing all over the place was the main and essentially only draw of this show (See the scene in which he announces his resignation), without him the last season will be even poorer than the last.

Another detail - I've read a comment on the web how 13 episodes for 4 seasons make 52 episodes, and 52 is the numer of cards in a deck. Now that I've read it, I'll forever regret the series didn't end with Season 4, it should have been two season of rise (the final scene of Season 2 is the best of the series for me, it's almost satisfying as a series finale), one season of uncertainty and the final season of fall. Damn, "House of Cards" literally means "Something that takes a long time to build and comes down very quickly", take the hint from the name of the show, showrunners.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - v.Season 5 (spoilers ahead)
Post by: BlackInk on November 23, 2017, 05:08:45 AM
Everything in your last paragraph is exactly how I feel as well.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on November 05, 2018, 06:20:06 AM
The last and final season came out this past Friday. 8 episode send off.
I think the way they handled Frank's absence was the only way they could do it which was fine by me personally, however, the entire season is a giant directionless turdfest.

I thought they would have some redeeming qualities but it was really really bland. There were too many things that felt set up and then they go out on a whimper. The pacing felt completely off, editing was weird.

I know people had huge problems with season 5, I did too but only with the last 2 or 3 episodes, most of the previous stuff was fine. But this whole last season was an amplified mess of those last bad episodes.

Ugh what a collapse.

Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on November 05, 2018, 07:09:56 AM
For me the best approach to House of Cards is, as an advice for newcomers:

Watch season 1 and 2. Pretend the show ends there.
If you like it quite a lot, read a detailed summary online of season 3.
Watch season 4 which isn't too much bad.
Read online the resolution of the cliffhangers, know that Kevin Spacey's situation derailed the show, move on and forget about the rest.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on November 05, 2018, 08:26:30 AM
As soon as I learned spacey was gone, I checked out. That's the compelling fundamental character. Claire was fine as a compliment to Frank, but can't hold the show on her own.


For me the best approach to House of Cards is, as an advice for newcomers:

Watch season 1 and 2. Pretend the show ends there.
If you like it quite a lot, read a detailed summary online of season 3.
Watch season 4 which isn't too much bad.
Read online the resolution of the cliffhangers, know that Kevin Spacey's situation derailed the show, move on and forget about the rest.

That is damn good advice.

If I could have done it all again, the second that he steps into the oval office officially as president, and knocks the desk as it fades to black is where I should have stopped watching. He reached the mountain top and it never got any better than that. Up until that point though, it was some utterly incredible television.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on November 05, 2018, 11:39:38 AM
Indeed, that moment was so satisfying that I actually pumped my fist in celebration. It was beautifully done. The slow closing in, Frank taking in at his own time what he achieved... look to the camera... KNOCK KNOCK! and fade to black with the echo of the knocks! massively awesome!
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: a51502112 on November 08, 2018, 04:21:57 AM
Yah, this final season was a bust, but of course they left it wide open for a reboot. I have to say, Robin Wright was great in a  cold, calculated way.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on November 08, 2018, 06:37:03 AM
Ideally the 3rd season should've started with the cards falling and how Frank's power trip was causing severe harm to himself. Instead they changed the pacing of season 3 to be more drama based and character driven with lesser plot points being advanced. I honestly didn't mind it personally but it was vastly different than season 1 & 2. Season 4 I felt it went back on track and the beginning half of 5 was great too. The later half was kind of aimless and might as well have just ended the series there. The season 6 did nothing to add to the story or arc.

Oh well, at least there were still a few incredible seasons.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Chino on November 08, 2018, 06:43:57 AM
Shame what happened to this show. I think I bailed in episode 3 or 4 of season 4. It started off so good.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on November 08, 2018, 06:52:32 AM
If you have time to kill, watch the final episodes of season 4, the final run of episodes of that season is good and the ending is chilling and badass.

Season 5 is basically a waste of time IMHO.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 24, 2018, 01:19:56 PM
Kevin Spacey uploaded a video of him in character as Frank on his youtube page

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZveA-NAIDI
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on December 24, 2018, 01:23:30 PM
I watched it and I thought WTF is he trying to do? Plus right after he posted that it was revealed he'll be charged for sexual assault.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 24, 2018, 01:45:38 PM
I saw that too. I wonder, What were they waiting for with the charges? All that crap went down months ago.

Did they:

A) Have the charges queued up and ready and were just waiting for a good time

B) Just saw the video and were like "screw this guy" and wrote up the charges

Dumb move on his part. I would have just laid low indefinitely
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on December 24, 2018, 02:28:03 PM
I think it was a case of Spacey knowing that charges were going to be filed and he made this for whatever reason to distract? from the reporting of the charges.. I don't know it's bizarre regardless.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: MirrorMask on December 24, 2018, 03:58:23 PM
He continues to stare in front of him briefly. Is he reading? once you notice it, you can't unnotice it.

That was...... weird. Sure, the piece itself was good. But to have him play his latest character, like he hasn't done anything else, in a move that seems to scream "Hey! hey! Look at me! I was Frank Underwood! do you miss me? you still want me, right? can I still work, right?" feels..... weird, to say the least.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: NoseofNicko on December 24, 2019, 12:42:03 PM
Another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCuuKhjLB0Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCuuKhjLB0Q)
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: faizoff on December 24, 2019, 01:16:54 PM
Those two last videos that got posted by him reminded me I'm still following Spacey on Twitter lol.
Title: Re: House Of Cards (Netflix) - Final season, the end. (spoilers ahead)
Post by: Phoenix87x on December 25, 2019, 07:03:16 PM
He should just run for actual president, lol. Stranger things have happened