House Of Cards TV Series

It wanted to be 'realistic' as a dramatic version of everyone's darkest DC fantasies.

the o.g. HoC was clearly going for a pulp-shakespeare kind of a thing.

check it:

This is an act of mercy. Truly. You know the man now. You can see he has nowhere to go. He's begging to be set free. He's had enough. And when he's finally at rest, then we'll be free to remember the real Roger. The burning boy in the green jersey. With that legendary, fabulous sidestep and brave, terrified smile.

lol Veep is prob more realistic tbh

― Roz, Friday, March 22, 2013 10:36 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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veep seems ridiculously unrealistic and kinda a big disappointment, esp coming from ianucci. haven't watched house of cards yet, probably will eventually when i'm bored enough, but i'm guessing for cynicism and entertainment it doesn't approach scandal - am i wrong?

'it is realistic', 'it is allegorical' - how are those the only options???

sry those are the only options.

c) it is a cartoon with anthromorphic animals.

d) its all in yr head

e) it is an occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Realistic and allegorical are not the only two options, but they're maybe on either end of a scale. In which case, HoC sits a looooong way from verisimilitude.

yeah welp i got to 'that scene'

idk this is ok. i'm into it but never really sold.

Original or new? New one gets better as it goes on, by halfway I was hooked.

i dunno what 'that scene' is (the pussy eating scene?) but i like this show. haven't seen too much yet tho.

yes, ian.

i like most things about it but the political gamesmanship strikes me as totally off. not that i really know what it would REALLY look like.

i love their take on the stamper character, he's my fave so far. that and peter russo' girlfriend.

ooh original is up on Amazon Prime. will watch!!

i have no desire to watch US version, kevin spacey gives me the creeps

well this will not help

good to know

scandal does the same thing better, i now think.

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I'm four episodes in. A few notes:

(1) The newspaper intrigue is easily the weakest: it's the worst parts of Season Five "The Wire." I mean, the writers actually include a "print is dead!" "No it isn't!" exchange. American male directors still don't know how to portray female ambition without making the women look like Stepford girlfriends/wives. The caricatures aren't vivid (the Kay Graham publisher, the milquetoast editor).

(2) I've disliked Robin Wright Penn for years but she's fantastic -- easily the best person here. She gives quiet line readings and doesn't overdo the physical acting. Her smoking moments with Spacey are the best in the series.

(3) Were we really supposed to believe an editorial in a college paper thirty years ago can bring down John Kerry? Cuz holy shit. Swift Boat people, you sucked this year!

and lol @ at the Serious Liberal Woman whom Mara replaces dressing like Joni Mitchell in 1972.

I did like the Jeananne Garofalo-esque Gen-X writer that had the "twitter twat" line

the British Stamper was the best though - sooooo crepey

http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/2007-12-01/1Q04_Stamper_meets_Princess_Charlotte_orig.jpg

S2 available to stream from tomorrow. V psyched, enjoyed S2 a lot.

Need to get round to Orange is the New Black.

*enjoyed S1 obv

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hahaha

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/is-em-house-of-cards-em-tv/283805/

'not tv'

only watched the first episode but there's a genuine holy shit moment in it

I just got 15 minutes in and realised I don't remember 80% of what happened last year so I've got to hit up a recap

My greatest hope for this season is that no one calls Kevin Spacey "daddy" during sex.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/14/arts/television/house-of-cards-returns-with-more-dark-scheming.html?_r=0

man this first episode was ludicrous from start to finish, starting from the absurd locks that Mara's editor lover has grown.

Everything I've read about this = no desire to see it. The US political scene should only be played as doomsday farce; there's nothing Shakespearean about that brothel on the Potomac.

Good to know.

- Carl Franklin directed episode 1
- Molly Parker

Did the main things in this first episode also happen in the British series?

each of the british series was only 4 episodes long so i'd imagine it's pretty different

Main main thing hapenned at the end of the first UK series.

BBC 2nd series was about deposing the king (sorry, spoilers) so idk what the US analogue would be

deporting bieber? /dad

lol'd at cufflinks

Need to hack phone records.

lol, this show is hilarious. as soon as the words 'dark net' were uttered i was like 'o god yes'. finished episode 3 today, show really is an inverse west wing. west wing was liberal fantasy rxn to age of clinton: what if we had a good, smart, moral likeable liberal who didn't fuck around on his wife in the white house, o to dream!, this is similar rxn to age of obama: what if we had some democrat that knew how to work the system, someone who wasn't afraid to get dirty, was able to stand up to and outsmart the tea party, what if we had someone who GOT STUFF DONE. huge lol that the big deal fu managed to thru his machiavellian genius and cunning managed to get thru the senate was a deal that gave the tea party 98% of what they wanted after they'd already moved the goal posts and gave the president nothing except preventing a shutdown and a 'bipartisan deal'. i'd almost think that was intentional if i thought this show was capable of insight or subtlety.

then you better have a scotch before watching Episode Four.

Lol @ that one sex scene near the end

Mr Fang, emissary of the Chinese government.

goodness me the vice president's portfolio has expanded since the days of Adams.

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