House Of Cards TV Series

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.

Balls otm

ah clean em off with a hose

LOL

'what do you think, jean?'

'fuck 'im.'

ep 5 all the civil war stuff was incredible.

i like how just deeply mordent the show can get, surreal flashes of bleak imagery.

(oh and obv. he's not getting anything important done, that's i think one of the reoccurring themes -- that getting anything done [much less anything right done] matters less than looking like you're getting something done, which matters only because that's how you get more power)

still on ep 1 but lol morbs accidentally giving this show credit for being shakespearean

'he's worried about his marriage counseling, as he should be.'

'if you're worried about your marriage counseling, you shouldn't be.'

Loved Ep1. Loved the whole pregnancy/makeup/ageing thing going on, I've got a feeling I'm going to enjoy this season a lot. Oh, and [spoiler] that happened in ep1 actually happened at the end of the British S1, iirc.

one of the lines above was the "taste the bone" bit in the civil war ep. another of those was the "slow bleed" bit from freddy. super writerly, but i like the idea of a world where at any moment an unexpected person just slips into that -- reminds me of all things, of onion's porkin' across america.

I'm almost done. Lurid trash, it turns out, and all the better for it.

Seriously, Robin Wright's just amazing. Known a number of women like Claire (minus the evil part) and haven't seen them portrayed so fully. She's a master of nuanced head-tilts.

I'm almost done. Lurid trash, it turns out, and all the better for it.

― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 16 February 2014 16:15 (1 hour ago) Permalink

otm, they're really embracing that this season. consequently it's way more entertaining.

so much of this season is so ridiculous (the Underwoods insisting on transforming their brownstone into the veep's manse, the obviousness with which Spacey telegraphs unctuousness, the First Lady's jealousy) that the producers should say fuck it and let Robin Wright lead. I love the way she makes erotic neutral colors like slate; it's like her acting.

they should say fuck it and follow congresswoman molly parker around, ungh

BBC original has been remastered in HD if, like me, the crappy , sub-DVD version on Netflix gives you a headache.

Just finished episode 11. I'm sure there were far fewer sexy times in S1 as there is this time round, even including FU and the tiny journalist. Tho I suppose interrogating the ways that sex=power is integral to both this and the BBC series.

just finished the season. bummed about stamper. presumably season three is the house falling down. threesome was lol.

I'm an episode and a half from the end. We saw Chinese Guy's exploits. Is there another involving a certain Secret Service guy?

I think this show is better when it's being ridiculous. When it's trying to be "political" it's complete garbage.

Major LOLs at serious IT guy whose iphone doesn't have a passlock (and the HACKER knew it wouldn't have a passlock). Also TV interview outing rapist was hilarious. Reminded me of all those other gotcha interviews where politicians/wives called out their victimizers on live national television.

season 3 he becomes king of england, season 4 emperor of the galactic republic.

season 5 he runs for condo board

I loled at the idea that a Machiavellian as pronounced as Frank Underwood wouldn't know that ribs guy's son was a felon.

just finished the season. bummed about stamper.

ever heard the word "spoiler"? It's not like we can all make it through this in 6 days

it's a new era grandpa

ok future boy

sorry

*SPOILERS*

frank underwood betrays someone and emerges victorious

claire underwood appears as ruthless as her husband but there are moments where you can see cracks in the facade

bummed about stamper

omg kinky

when you play the game of thrones you win or you die

*SPOILERS*

warning: if you have not finished season 1 of house of cards do not read the above

Jackal Onassis is surprisingly good with puters

not reading this whole thread for fear of spoilers but let me just say I pegged the xtian lezzing from the first time those two were together on the bus

and now I want to start a dating site called XTIANLEZZING.COM

I hope that the Rachel character does better in the next season, but I'm sure not holding out hope

well, she did kill a dude, so it's not like the world is gonna be disposed to cut her any more breaks than it already hasn't

mcpoyle as adrian lamo maybe signaling charlie day as glenn gould in next season?

mcpoyle to use his dark net skills to finally figure out who shot him and his gf in vallejo, july 4th, 1969

I kept thinking of him as a mcpoyle brother and it was only mildly distracting

Meechum is so fucking hot.

ha really?

Threesome was lol but I'm not entirely sure why it was there. I'm not sure it developed anyone's character and I don't think it was referenced anywhere else. Was the point to contrast with the protestors to illustrate that the Underwoods do lots of stuff you wouldn't approve? Cos that's weak.

they did threesome because evil people are all bi, duh

emphasize the relationship dynamic between the Underwoods, imo. they only work well together when they're screwing somebody else.

ha really?

― balls,

He's okay. Unlike a lot of actors who get stupid when they loosen their collars he was cool laughing and slugging bourbon. On the other hand, no secret service guy who's spent months chauffering his guy to a young reporter's place would not only have the acumen to guess his boss is bi but the audacity to caress his hand.

plus meechum's not really secret service.

The Citadel episode was one of the best in Season One, and showing Frank as having had a relationship with a dude there--so this seemed like a good continuation of building the complexity of his character. Also harkened back to all interesting open-relationship dynamics between Frank and Claire in the first season.

There were definitely a lot of differing sexual dynamics at play in the season, from Stamper's creepy addictive stalking to the cold open to that one episode with Feng paying off that couple for his asphyxiation play session

The A-plot is so convoluted this season it's kind of boring.

You mean "play billionaire against his friend, the president, until both self-destruct?" There are a lot of pieces that vary throughout the episodes but it's pretty straightforward.

Finished this the other night, enjoyed it a lot more than the first season because it was just so much more lurid. And there was minimal Zoe Barnes in it.

The Stamper/Rachel plotline was definitely the best though, Doug was such an awesome character.

just finished it last night. am i a simpleton for growing to hate the underwoods and wishing for bad things to happen to them, along with Stamper? I was all "good. he deserved it."

and yes there were many, many twists that were just so ridiculous. the threesome being example #1. except it wasn't really a twist - it went nowhere fast.

Also finished this last night (whoa). I had a hard time following the specifics of Franks machinations tbh but that didnt affect my enjoyment of the show too much. I kinda dont get why anyone would conspire with him; clearly he's a slimy traitor.

because you could end up being vice president or w/e

Absolutely loved season 1, but what's all this nonsense with guinea pig crushing, civil war reenactments and sinister auto-erotic asphixiating Japenese businessmen?