Netflix: House of Cards

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

Watched the whole season

It was ok, nothing very exciting. Shitty ending

Can't disagree.

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I think it could have been better had Frank tell the Democrats to **** off the minute he realized they weren't going to support his nomination for election and have him either defect to the GOP or try and go all Teddy Roosevelt with an upstart party.

That kind of storyline would have a lot more organic reasons for conflict than the

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political move of raiding FEMA funds that's only relevant when a literal act of God is written into the story

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[Hootie]

yeah, I binge watched it

out of the 3 seasons?

easily my least favorite

I enjoyed it, but I also binge watched 1 and 2 together so maybe I'm just left a bit unsatisfied.

[007]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

yeah, I binge watched it

out of the 3 seasons?

easily my least favorite

I enjoyed it, but I also binge watched 1 and 2 together so maybe I'm just left a bit unsatisfied.

Episode one left me very bored and unsatisfied. Should I even bother with the rest of the season?

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Guru

Episode one left me very bored and unsatisfied. Should I even bother with the rest of the season?

Depends. I don't know a thing about politics but I enjoy the show. Compared to the first two seasons, though, C at best

[Nirvana58]

Just finished watching season 3. Probably won't watch season 4.

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Just don't like what their doing with the Underwood characters. Spacey was clever and knew how to work people the first 2 seasons but all of a sudden thought he was god and would just run over everybody. For such a smooth talker he just stopped trying and said your doing it my way.

Then I don't even know where to start with Claire. Monumental dumb decisions throughout the whole season. For spending that long in politics being cold and calculated. You want me to believe she woke one day and started letting her emotions rule her and makes blunder after blunder.

Then to top it off by leaving the president during a campaign run because well she doesnt want to be second fiddle anymore. It would never happen. No one is that stupid. Especially someone who was suppose to be politically savvy. Plus seriously how much gay innuendo do they need for Frank. Like Claire just is coming to this realization.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Nirvana58

Just finished watching season 3. Probably won't watch season 4.

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Just don't like what their doing with the Underwood characters. Spacey was clever and knew how to work people the first 2 seasons but all of a sudden thought he was god and would just run over everybody. For such a smooth talker he just stopped trying and said your doing it my way.

Then I don't even know where to start with Claire. Monumental dumb decisions throughout the whole season. For spending that long in politics being cold and calculated. You want me to believe she woke one day and started letting her emotions rule her and makes blunder after blunder.

Then to top it off by leaving the president during a campaign run because well she doesnt want to be second fiddle anymore. It would never happen. No one is that stupid. Especially someone who was suppose to be politically savvy. Plus seriously how much gay innuendo do they need for Frank. Like Claire just is coming to this realization.

I just finished and these are my EXACT thoughts.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Nirvana58

Just finished watching season 3. Probably won't watch season 4.

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Just don't like what their doing with the Underwood characters. Spacey was clever and knew how to work people the first 2 seasons but all of a sudden thought he was god and would just run over everybody. For such a smooth talker he just stopped trying and said your doing it my way.

Then I don't even know where to start with Claire. Monumental dumb decisions throughout the whole season. For spending that long in politics being cold and calculated. You want me to believe she woke one day and started letting her emotions rule her and makes blunder after blunder.

Then to top it off by leaving the president during a campaign run because well she doesnt want to be second fiddle anymore. It would never happen. No one is that stupid. Especially someone who was suppose to be politically savvy. Plus seriously how much gay innuendo do they need for Frank. Like Claire just is coming to this realization.

Well I was enjoying it....

You make good points all around. Even still I hadn't watched since season 2 dropped, so I had forgotten some of the nuance that you obviously didn't.

I still think it's a good show. Not as good as it could or should be but still worth the watch.

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I think Stampers character in particular was well done and worth the watch. The last episode dealing with Rachel was pretty powerful stuff. Watching everything unwind is pretty interesting also, regardless of how unbelievable the politics are.

[Chromatic]

Season 3 was way inferior to the first 2. A lot of plots went nowhere and petered out for another plot. It was directionless and scatterbrained.

Hope the 4th season is the last because there's really not a lot left they can do with these characters.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Chromatic

Season 3 was way inferior to the first 2. A lot of plots went nowhere and petered out for another plot. It was directionless and scatterbrained.

Hope the 4th season is the last because there's really not a lot left they can do with these characters.

13*4=52.

[Shogun]

Is Claire a beard?

[Hootie]

Oh I'll watch season 4. Hell, I finished Dexter for god's sake.

[RockChalk]

Loved seasons 1 & 2, but this one just seemed like they rushed it through production. I still like the characters, but the story lines in season 3 were just all over the place. People love ruthless Frank and Claire, not the dramatic couples therapy crap we were given, especially the last few episodes. Terrible ending, though I did like Stamper finally putting Rachel in the ground.

I suppose the one good thing is that they can really take it in any direction they want for Season 4. Hopefully they'll take their time and get back to what worked so well in the first 2 season.

[kysirsoze]

Either Frank figures out a way to keep Claire from leaving, or season 4 is just going to be the total dismantling of his legacy. He'll probably be in jail by the end.

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

Either Frank figures out a way to keep Claire from leaving, or season 4 is just going to be the total dismantling of his legacy. He'll probably be in jail by the end.

He strikes me as the type who would eat a bullet before going to jail.

[cookster50]

Originally Posted by kysirsoze

Either Frank figures out a way to keep Claire from leaving, or season 4 is just going to be the total dismantling of his legacy. He'll probably be in jail by the end.

I predict Frank does something illegal, surprise. But this time actually gets caught and impeached. Show over.