House of Cards

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

All 13 episodes of the remake will be on Netflix on the 1st. The NPR review makes it sound pretty good.

[Simfan34]

They might very well... etc. So excited, but of course it won't compare.

[Politico]

Not amazing like the original, but still good. The original had the "shock" factor going for it.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Not amazing like the original, but still good. The original had the "shock" factor going for it.

It also had Ian Richardson in the leading role. Not that Spacey is anything other than a very fine actor indeed, but...

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Binge viewed the entire season the last few days. It's a great story, the dialogue is no West Wing, but it is still very good. Spacey's delivery is thrilling, and I like the idea that (spoilers) there are people out there who are just as smart and can play ball right back, as opposed to the original (when FU and his wife were the only proper geniuses in the game).

Can't wait for Season 2.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I love Spacey, so at some point, I'll be watching this.

[Simfan34]

I love Spacey, so at some point, I'll be watching this.

This too.

Binge viewed the entire season the last few days. It's a great story, the dialogue is no West Wing, but it is still very good. Spacey's delivery is thrilling, and I like the idea that (spoilers) there are people out there who are just as smart and can play ball right back, as opposed to the original (when FU and his wife were the only proper geniuses in the game).

Can't wait for Season 2.

So is Stamper as mindlessly loyal? Mattie Storin still having daddy-issues? Roger O'Neill has his cocaine addiction? Collingridge as naive and pliable?

Shame Ian Richardson has died. Maybe we'd have a crossover. In related things, I love the exceedingly detailed Wikipedia page of Francis Urqhart.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

I love Spacey, so at some point, I'll be watching this.

This too.

Binge viewed the entire season the last few days. It's a great story, the dialogue is no West Wing, but it is still very good. Spacey's delivery is thrilling, and I like the idea that (spoilers) there are people out there who are just as smart and can play ball right back, as opposed to the original (when FU and his wife were the only proper geniuses in the game).

Can't wait for Season 2.

So is Stamper as mindlessly loyal? Mattie Storin still having daddy-issues? Roger O'Neill has his cocaine addiction? Collingridge as naive and pliable?

Shame Ian Richardson has died. Maybe we'd have a crossover. In related things, I love the exceedingly detailed Wikipedia page of Francis Urqhart.

Stamper is still incredibly loyal, but I think that's more due to him being a Chief of Staff than anything. The Storin replacement actually mentions Spacey having the whole 'daddy' issue (which poetically lines up with American Beauty). She's more like Urquhart's wife from the original version. The O'Neill replacement is far more tragic.

I think the most sinister thing about this is that Spacey and his wife are actually liberals. Or maybe that's just my hackishness bleeding through.

[Simfan34]

Whaaa I feel like FU is impossible to cast as a liberal! Must make it all the more powerful.

[Knives]

This is so good.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

The Rt. Hon. Francis Urquhart reacting to the news Americans just remade him:

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm not at all happy with the distribution model here.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'm not at all happy with the distribution model here.

Neither am I, because I don't have Netflix.  But at the same time, you can watch all of the episodes at once... that's pretty neat.

[Хahar 🤔]

I'm not at all happy with the distribution model here.

Neither am I, because I don't have Netflix.  But at the same time, you can watch all of the episodes at once... that's pretty neat.

The problem is that television has always been an essentially public medium; everyone watches episodes at the same time (or now, with DVRs, within the span of a day or two) and then talks about them together. It's how television discussion works. If this catches on, then that is gone.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It's also not really using the length that television allows drama in an appropriate or effective way.

[Simfan34]

I'm not at all happy with the distribution model here.

Neither am I, because I don't have Netflix.  But at the same time, you can watch all of the episodes at once... that's pretty neat.

The problem is that television has always been an essentially public medium; everyone watches episodes at the same time (or now, with DVRs, within the span of a day or two) and then talks about them together. It's how television discussion works. If this catches on, then that is gone.

Join the club.

[Paul Kemp]

I've only watched two episodes so far. It's decent. I just REALLY hate Spacey's monologues and the breaking of the fourth wall; it's a bit jarring and sometimes cringe worthy. I'm not sure if the original version featured this too.

I'm not quite sure why Netflix doesn't just release one episode a week, rather than all of them at once. It would be the best way to maintain interest.

[Politico]

I've only watched two episodes so far. It's decent. I just REALLY hate Spacey's monologues and the breaking of the fourth wall; it's a bit jarring and sometimes cringe worthy. I'm not sure if the original version featured this too.

Ian Richardson executed the asides flawlessly (part of the charm of the original), but Spacey does fall flat from time to time.

[King]

Monologues?  Breaking the fourth wall? David Fincher?

Is this Fight Club the Series?

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'm not at all happy with the distribution model here.

Neither am I, because I don't have Netflix.  But at the same time, you can watch all of the episodes at once... that's pretty neat.

The problem is that television has always been an essentially public medium; everyone watches episodes at the same time (or now, with DVRs, within the span of a day or two) and then talks about them together. It's how television discussion works. If this catches on, then that is gone.

But that happens less and less now.  During the school year, I rarely watch my shows live.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I've only watched two episodes so far. It's decent. I just REALLY hate Spacey's monologues and the breaking of the fourth wall; it's a bit jarring and sometimes cringe worthy. I'm not sure if the original version featured this too.

Ian Richardson executed the asides flawlessly (part of the charm of the original), but Spacey does fall flat from time to time.

Richardson was a prominent stage Shakespearean actor and that's he was simply marvelous in the original series.

[Paul Kemp]

Spacey has a tendency to come off as a caricature in most of his roles over the last ten years or so. I'm not sure if his portrayal of Underwood continues in that vein but it seems so.

I'm about five episodes in.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Spacey has a tendency to come off as a caricature in most of his roles over the last ten years or so. I'm not sure if his portrayal of Underwood continues in that vein but it seems so.

I'm about five episodes in.

I'm at 10th now.

[patrick1]

I've only watched two episodes so far. It's decent. I just REALLY hate Spacey's monologues and the breaking of the fourth wall; it's a bit jarring and sometimes cringe worthy. I'm not sure if the original version featured this too.

Ian Richardson executed the asides flawlessly (part of the charm of the original), but Spacey does fall flat from time to time.

Richardson was a prominent stage Shakespearean actor and that's he was simply marvelous in the original series.

FWIW, Spacey has a long career on the stage also. I've been impressed by some of his appearances in O'neill.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

After 10th episode I think they did a good job in adapting the whole idea on American ground. It's impossible to duplicate since the original series was a very British thing.

I like what they did with Russo character, far more developed and complex than Roger O'Neill who was pretty much nothing but a crackhead.

FWIW, Spacey has a long career on the stage also. I've been impressed by some of his appearances in O'neill.

Wow, I didn't know that, but comes as no surprise. After all, a good actor can play before camera as well as on the stage