Cowthief?Originally Posted by wb5ydk
Cowthief?
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
Same here. What a mess that show turned out to be. A worthless mess.
“The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words."
--Philip K. Dick
Another review..
That’s one of the wins for the format that Netflix offers. If this were a traditional television series, I would have had to wait a week between the first and second episodes, and that would’ve colored my feelings about it rather differently. Being able to watch the next installment immediately after the first made me retroactively like the premiere more; I got to the pay-off more quickly, and to a second episode with more momentum and less awkward exposition.
Also a plus for Netflix: The episodes of the show can be whatever length they need to be, and not edited down (or filled out) to fit a time slot predetermined by broadcast schedules or commercial breaks. It’s not something that is immediately perceptible, but as time goes on you start to notice it; nothing feels rushed, or stretched out of natural shape, and the story flows more naturally.
In the end, House of Cards is a victory for Netflix. It may not be the greatest show on television — how likely was that to be the case with the company’s first try? – but it is a good show, and one that benefits significantly by being freed of the time and scheduling restrictions that television typically imposes.
Think of it as the continuing evolution of the television series: As the cable channel model freed dramas from the mandatory demands of 20-odd episodes a season, the Netflix model frees them from mandatory running times or artificial cliffhangers preceding commercials. Whether or not something that doesn’t actually air on television could be described as “the future of television” is perhaps debatable, but if this is the beginning of that future, it’s off to a pretty good start.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/...-cards-review/
It would have been much better with Ginger and Mary Ann.
So.. I'm at episode 6.. I won't offer any spoilers, but holy shit.. these people are creepy!
I'm staring to think I may be a very naive individual when it comes to how the other half lives.
I just finished episode 11 ...it's the heaviest one so far. The opening location shots of every episode always leave me nostalgic for the time I lived in the D.C. area during the mid-90's. One day, it might be nice to live there again. Just let me know if The Island's congressional seat ever becomes vacant.
I just hit episode 11 too. Gawd damn.
Just finished Episode 13, and of course we're left hanging and wanting more. TV series veteran, Gerald McRaney, enters the lineup for the last two episodes as an influential, multi-billionaire nuclear tycoon. I can't wait for the next season!
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I just bought the DVDs this afternoon for my next viewing project: the second season of "Heroes del Norte" (Heroes of the North). It is a fictional comedy about a group of five misfits: a womanizing small town police chief, a self-important symphony conductor, two foolish rock musicians and a naive cheese-selling Mennonite; who form a musical band after happenstance throws them together. It's a very funny and nationally popular series, but I have to admit that, for me, it isn't always easy to follow all the words. The fast-moving Spanish dialog is loaded with "redneck" slang and regional humor, mixed with a healthy dose of double entendre.
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Weird. I was just talking about him this morning.. unaware he was part of the House of Cards series.
Getting ready to watch the last two episodes of @HouseOfCards on @Netflix - ice cream or popcorn? Decisions, decisions..
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