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« Reply #125 on: February 27, 2015, 01:16:41 PM »

Watched the first episode of Season 3, and I'm mixed.

I did enjoy the subplot with Doug despite the pointless presence of the McPoyle again, but since Frank is already president he lacks the drive to power that defined his character in the first two seasons; now he's just being sort of a dictatorial asshole. The cold open of him peeing on his father's grave was just too silly to take seriously, as this show often is.
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« Reply #126 on: February 27, 2015, 03:42:40 PM »

So I'm snowed in in Dallas, seems like the good lord wanted me to watch the show. I'm on episode 4
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« Reply #127 on: February 27, 2015, 04:31:05 PM »

So I'm snowed in in Dallas, seems like the good lord wanted me to watch the show. I'm on episode 4

I'll be starting later tonight. How is it?
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« Reply #128 on: February 27, 2015, 05:45:58 PM »

They actually put up someone against Frank that the audience would actually want to win. Thank God.
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« Reply #129 on: February 27, 2015, 05:50:06 PM »

They actually put up someone against Frank that the audience would actually want to win. Thank God.

I wanted them all to win. Even the alcoholic from Pennsylvania in season 1!
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« Reply #130 on: February 27, 2015, 08:55:48 PM »

I stopped watching this show because of how they're making such an evil couple into the protagonists...
So I suspect Breaking Bad is unwatchable too.
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« Reply #131 on: February 27, 2015, 11:40:47 PM »
« Edited: February 28, 2015, 12:10:58 AM by Beet »

I stopped watching this show because of how they're making such an evil couple into the protagonists...
So I suspect Breaking Bad is unwatchable too.

Yeah, it was pretty disgusting.

Edit: To be clear, I've only seen the first 2 episodes of Breaking Bad, and I stopped watching it not cause he's bad, but because the guy I was watching it with stopped coming over to my house. Normally I don't watch tv shows. House of Cards was an exception due to its political themes. So for all I know, Breakng Bad develops into a great show.

I've enjoyed movies like Scarface and Godfather, so I definitely think it's not impossible to have good story lines with an evil antihero, but for many reasons that's not the case for House of Cards. Perhaps because it hits too close to home? The 'opponents' are not some gangsters/goons from another world but archetypes of very familiar kinds of people. A friend of mine I know is a former alcoholic and I know he identified with that character. Who knows? For whatever reason the Underwoods became unlikeable enough to ruin the show as a whole.

Of course, the preference for fantasy narratives to have good/sympathetic characters and happy endings is quite normal and common, which is why no one should be surprised at my point of view. I'm merely expressing a variation of the most common one.
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« Reply #132 on: February 28, 2015, 12:27:11 AM »

lmao Beet
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« Reply #133 on: February 28, 2015, 12:55:11 AM »

I stopped watching this show because of how they're making such an evil couple into the protagonists...
So I suspect Breaking Bad is unwatchable too.

Yeah, it was pretty disgusting.

Edit: To be clear, I've only seen the first 2 episodes of Breaking Bad, and I stopped watching it not cause he's bad, but because the guy I was watching it with stopped coming over to my house. Normally I don't watch tv shows. House of Cards was an exception due to its political themes. So for all I know, Breakng Bad develops into a great show.


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« Reply #134 on: February 28, 2015, 05:13:00 AM »

So many of my friends who when I talk about real politics, their eyes glaze over, love this show for some reason. I find it quite frustrating and bizarre.
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« Reply #135 on: February 28, 2015, 05:16:26 AM »

Just binge watched all 13 episodes without stopping.   
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« Reply #136 on: February 28, 2015, 11:12:46 AM »

I'm on episode 9, and I'll give this season credit for one thing...it's not as over-the-top unrealistic as the previous two seasons. At the same time though, it's not as addicting, but I'm still binge-watching.
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« Reply #137 on: February 28, 2015, 11:39:29 AM »

So many of my friends who when I talk about real politics, their eyes glaze over, love this show for some reason. I find it quite frustrating and bizarre.

Why? House of Cards isn't a show about politics.
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« Reply #138 on: February 28, 2015, 11:51:55 AM »

I watched the first few episodes of season 1, and just found it completely uninteresting.
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« Reply #139 on: February 28, 2015, 12:11:49 PM »

So, how absurd is the 2016 map gonna be? We talking 2006 West Wing absurd, if you ask me.
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« Reply #140 on: February 28, 2015, 12:14:09 PM »

Just binge watched all 13 episodes without stopping.   
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« Reply #141 on: February 28, 2015, 12:25:46 PM »

I don't want to binge watch because I don't want to wait a full year for another season. One episode a night is good for me, for now.
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« Reply #142 on: February 28, 2015, 12:36:59 PM »

(Spoiler-Free) Just finished Season 3. I thought it was phenomenal. Best season yet. Spacey deserves an Emmy. Very realistic depiction of Putin and SCOTUS. Lots of character development for Frank, Claire, and Stamper. I already plan of rewatching it.
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« Reply #143 on: March 01, 2015, 11:34:27 AM »

LOL there's a character named Senator Mendoza

MENDOOOZAAAAAA
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« Reply #144 on: March 01, 2015, 12:06:35 PM »

I actually highly recommend this show, I'd forgotten how hilariously awful it was.

+1 MENDOOOZAAAA
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« Reply #145 on: March 01, 2015, 12:19:29 PM »

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?
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« Reply #146 on: March 01, 2015, 12:46:38 PM »

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

Scandal has the television rights to Palestine, so contractually it can't be said unless they want to pay ABC every time.
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« Reply #147 on: March 01, 2015, 01:12:03 PM »

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

I think it is some kind of Golan Heights analogue. They certainly refer to Palestine several times.
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« Reply #148 on: March 01, 2015, 01:47:53 PM »

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

I think it is some kind of Golan Heights analogue. They certainly refer to Palestine several times.

The Golan Heights are not really in a valley.

Also, I still have no idea where they're going with this DEEP WEB subplot. It seems like pointless filler.
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« Reply #149 on: March 01, 2015, 01:52:56 PM »

Why do they only refer to Palestine as the Jordan Valley?

Scandal has the television rights to Palestine, so contractually it can't be said unless they want to pay ABC every time.

I stopped watching Scandal and I have no desire to return.
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