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Greetings, you active posters, you: anyone watching Netflix's House of Cards? Aemon Send a noteboard - 05/02/2013 10:52:23 PM
For those who don't know, Netflix is attempting to become HBO and so is investing in their own original content. "House of Cards" is their first big-budget purchase, and all 13 episodes of the first season were released for streaming a couple of days ago.

Anyway, I won't write up a giant review but I will say that I enjoy the show and definitely think it's worth your time. Kevin Spacey is Kevin Spacey, and his supporting cast does a great job. It's a character-drive drama, and all of the personalities are interesting and/or likeable. The plot is nothing you haven't seen before on The West Wing (or whatever other political shows exist) but it's solid enough as a backdrop. As far as adult content goes, House of Cards is (thus far) somewhere between standard network tv and HBO. It's definitely not family friendly, but I don't feel quite as awkward recommending it to relatives as I would an HBO show. :P

So. Yeah. Not a lot of info from me, but the reviews are out there if you'd like a more detailed look at the show. For those who have watched it. . .discuss! Opinions, thoughts, questions?
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Greetings, you active posters, you: anyone watching Netflix's House of Cards? Aemon - 05/02/2013 10:52:23 PM 1026 Views
I will be watching it sometime soon but not now. *NM* Roland00 - 06/02/2013 02:07:31 AM 323 Views
Yeah, well, this post probably isn't going anywhere fast. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. *NM* Aemon - 06/02/2013 04:13:10 AM 477 Views
It is a solid 9 out of 10 *NM* Roland00 - 18/02/2013 09:27:48 AM 286 Views
I was about to say: "What!? We're getting this show here in Germany two weeks!" ironclad - 06/02/2013 09:04:09 AM 615 Views
Watch House of Cards while you wait! *NM* Aemon - 06/02/2013 04:11:40 PM 498 Views
The Brit series it's based on was extremely good. Rebekah - 06/02/2013 08:37:39 PM 846 Views
Pretty much Wibble - 06/02/2013 08:48:24 PM 622 Views
I think it's more likely that the studios just want an easy source of new material. Aemon - 06/02/2013 10:16:03 PM 896 Views
That's part of it for sure Wibble - 07/02/2013 09:56:01 PM 660 Views
But there are a lot of British shows we import as-is are that are very popular. Aemon - 08/02/2013 05:14:24 AM 765 Views
Re: The Brit series it's based on was extremely good. DomA - 07/02/2013 05:05:41 PM 604 Views
The US version is much longer and far more involved Tom - 13/02/2013 09:59:51 PM 629 Views
Re: The US version is much longer and far more involved DomA - 14/02/2013 11:00:41 PM 548 Views
So contemporary it was frightening. (this post contains a summary of season 1) Tom - 15/02/2013 02:49:47 AM 598 Views
Re: So contemporary it was frightening. (this post contains a summary of season 1) DomA - 15/02/2013 03:07:36 PM 615 Views
One thing I never understood is this Roland00 - 18/02/2013 09:35:07 AM 542 Views
I haven't been watching it, but my roommate has A Deathwatch Guard - 07/02/2013 01:42:28 AM 561 Views
i'm gonna watch it baby has to take more naps though *NM* temeraire - 09/02/2013 12:21:21 AM 297 Views
Yes, and although Spacey didn't sound like someone from Gaffney, SC it was great. Tom - 13/02/2013 09:58:43 PM 537 Views
On Spaceys accent.... Urza - 23/02/2013 06:52:32 AM 558 Views
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