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Netflix: House of Cards
Premieres tomorrow. All 13 episodes drop at once.
Heres an interesting nugget from a Forbes column: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...s-this-friday/ But BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield thinks that if House Of Cards is a success, Netflix could also start demanding a fee from the broadband suppliers that plug their fat pipes into our homes and let us stream House Of Cards in the first place. You can read Greenfield’s full report here (subscription required) but his basic idea is that the cable companies are taking about $40 bucks a month from you for your Internet service and not sharing any of that with the content side because for the most part, they are paying networks like AMC and Discovery a per subscriber fee on the cable side. If Netflix’s exclusive programming takes off and viewers demand it, Netflix could be in a position to start taking a per subscriber fee from the cable guys on the Internet side. It’s not a completely unprecedented idea. According to Greenfield, ESPN gets a per sub fee for ESPN 3 from broadband. It would be a bold move on Hastings’ part and one that he’s not yet in a position to make. But if shows like House Of Cards help Netflix become the next HBO, the service could be looking at a whole new stream of revenue. |
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My issue is not with Frank struggling to come out on top more as it is the lack of focused agenda like you had in the first two seasons. And that is not an admonishment of the writing. To the contrary, they did exactly what they should have done with the story. As you say he was not elected. He did not run on any specific agendas. The first two seasons you had the specific agenda of revenge and taking he White House. There was no plan beyond just getting there. So the story is proceeding exactly as it should, with him flailing around trying to figure out what to do next. It is on point and it is superbly done. I just do not find it quite as satisfactory as the specific mission story line.
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03-02-2015, 10:34 AM | #227 |
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I was expecting fireworks in the first ep based on some comments here. Kind of feel let down now.
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03-02-2015, 11:15 AM | #228 |
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That's why you don't open the thread until you have seen all 13 episodes.
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03-02-2015, 12:07 PM | #229 |
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well that could be a month.
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03-02-2015, 12:15 PM | #230 |
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I go a year at a time between looking at the Justified thread due to being a season behind.
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03-02-2015, 11:45 PM | #231 |
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Watched the whole season
It was ok, nothing very exciting. Shitty ending |
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That kind of storyline would have a lot more organic reasons for conflict than the
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03-03-2015, 12:42 AM | #233 |
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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. |
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Episode one left me very bored and unsatisfied. Should I even bother with the rest of the season?
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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. |
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Just finished watching season 3. Probably won't watch season 4.
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03-03-2015, 11:28 PM | #238 |
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Is Claire a beard?
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Oh I'll watch season 4. Hell, I finished Dexter for god's sake.
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