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Haven't read anything in this thread because I'm only three episodes in, but just such a well written show. I'm a Spacey fan anyhow, but I'm loving it so far. Netflix did well.
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We had crappy weather here Saturday, so I managed to get through the whole thing this weekend. I thought it was pretty solid as a whole. Some interesting stuff going on (Especially that one development at The Citadel...hopefully that will come back in a big way rather than just fading out. To me that was maybe the most interesting twist of the entire season.) that I'm interested to see what they'll do with in the future.
I agree with cookster's spoiler, and there were several other things that I was just like "come on, someone who's supposedly that savvy would NEVER do THAT," but hey, it's TV. I was surprised that the narration thing didn't bug me after a while but overall I thought it was ok (I was afraid it was going to end up being a crutch for sloppy writing/plot development, but for the most part they avoided that.). The only time it started to annoy me was when the writers couldn't get out of their own way with beating you over the head about how bad Frank is. Sort of like the end of the pivotal scene with Russo at his house. It's strange, most of the time the show is pretty well written and subtle like they know their target audience is sharp and they give them credit. Then you get these odd instances where they wield the script like a blunt weapon. I'm sure they're trying to add that extra little punch of gravitas, but they end up being melodramatic eye-rollers for me. I was pretty impressed with the production values, and it was miles ahead of Homeland regarding certain things being believably in/near the District. There were a few things script wise that were off, but they were fairly minor (though easily avoidable) and you'd probably have to know the city pretty well to catch them. They did a good enough job with depth of field and framing the shots that even the DC scenes that weren't DC were close enough visually. I'll definitely keep watching.
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This show is great! It's awesome having all episodes available.
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02-20-2013, 12:34 AM | #4 |
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I'm through nine episodes so far. This is great. What a wonderful collection of morally bankrupt sociopaths. Popcorn for my cynical soul.
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Show is awesome. My one gripe is that the President seems very obtuse compared with the rest of the characters. You don't get to be President without being incredibly astute. I hope they fix that in the second season.
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02-20-2013, 01:25 PM | #6 |
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Heh. I guess you never heard of George W. Bush or Joe Biden.
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Has anyone seen the original british series? I think I am going to start watching it this weekend.
I will admit I was a bit pissed to find out HOC isn't original, but excited that there is a british version.
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02-20-2013, 08:51 AM | #9 |
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I don't normally like political shows but, after watching the first two episodes of this, I'm really liking it.
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Every time I try to watch it or a movie on Netflix the picture lags and speeds up. It doesn't do it on hulu or amazon. Any suggestions?
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02-21-2013, 08:31 PM | #11 |
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Just finished the first season.
Wow. Underwood is the coldest, most deviant prick I may have ever watched on a show. Delightful character. Netflix hit their target. There's no ****ing way I'm cancelling my subscription with season two on the way. This model kicks ass. I didn't necessarily plow through a ton of episodes until today since it was a snow day; but I could see myself watching a couple of episodes a night for a couple of nights a week and making it a three week process for season two. |
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It really is a great show. The fact they had the cash to pull in an actor like Spacey, and just the production value in general... is really impressive.
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I haven't seen Homeland but HOC is in Breaking Bad, Mad Men territory for me. Hard to believe it gets much better than that.
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I really enjoyed the first season. I've recommended the show lots of people and am looking forward to the second season, but frankly,
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