House of Cards
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- PonyBoy2
Season 4 seems to be far better than 3... Already up to ep 13. The best scene in my opinion is watching Freddy become a man in front of the Prez... Actually two scenes with Freddy (with the Prez but also the brief moment with the reporter from the Herald). With every character hellbent on power, vengeance or self-preservation the writers were kind enough to give those two perfect moments to Freddy Hayes.
- The Freddy scene where he taunts Frank is gold.DRIFTMONKEY
- You're a motherfucker, mr president.tank02
- I agree S4 is better than S3, although not as many subplots, the story is far more interesting.nb
- bjladams0
- is that a pack of fresh hot cigarettes?omg
- nice dude!HijoDMaite
- smoked one at a time, by two.bjladams
- Love it!!!Ambushstudio
- bliznutty0
I haven't seen the new season yet, can't wait to catch up.
However, the more one digs deep into the Clinton era and the endless amount of scandals and cover-ups spanning the last 35-40 years, there is little doubt in my mind that these so called democratic characters that Francis & Claire Underwood represent are based on the lives of Bill and Hillary Clinton. I literally wonder how many people have been murdered on behalf of these cover-ups, including most recently the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
- nb2
If anyone sees any Behind The Scenes articles or videos, I'm curious what lenses they're using in Season 4. I know they used to talk a lot about it, but i haven't seen any features on S4 cinematography. I feel like they've stepped it up a notch with a lot of the shots. Looks like your watching medium format. I presume it's high-end wide-aperture primes, plus they seem to be enhancing the DOF with green-screening. Just curious what lenses they're using. There are some pretty wide shots with shallow DOF, and I wonder if they're using some new lenses from previous seasons.
- Particularly the Pete Konczal episodes. Damn good stuff.nb
- bklyndroobeki0
spoiler alert season 3 >
- >bklyndroobeki
- (don't read below, forgot how the new notes work)bklyndroobeki
- why does Doug have to get rid of the girl?bklyndroobeki
- Are you asking about the original motive? She was a whore who can name names.DRIFTMONKEY
- Ultimately, I think he did it out of loyalty, so there would never be loose ends out there that tie back to Frank.DRIFTMONKEY
- She can connect F.U. to Russo's arrest, the drinking set-up, which would certainly start an inquiry into Russo's fate.nb
- Also, if interrogated by police she might mention the reporter that questioned her about Frank. And she knows who Doug is. This would end Frank's career.nb
- tx bro!bklyndroobeki
- nb0
^ Hahahahahahaha.
We should definitely not change democratic policies just because you saw a ridiculous TV show and for some reason think it's "the real ugly truth of what politics is all about."
- utopian0
Netflix still have subscribers?
- they're doing surprisingly wellmonospaced
- Do they still have a very limited number of documentaries?utopian
- Nah. Actually lots of docs.monospaced
- all in store movie rentals are gone what else is there except piratebay and netflixteh
- CALLES2
damn season 4 is excellent so far
- Ramanisky20
I know I'm late to this party ....
just binged the 1st season and really enjoyed it.also some solid big name directors working on this.
- S1 & S2 are good. It loses steam in S3.nb
- You spoilin' bastard ...
J/kRamanisky2
- albums0
i hate waiting for episodes, you lose track of the story waiting week after week to finish it. took about 5 days and I really enjoyed it. nice seeing it linear without disruptions like commercials, week to week airings, holiday breaks, etc.
- true, but they miss creating a conversation and building a following/loyalty.bulletfactory
- true about conversation, being netflix though loyalty is at the subscribers option. I'll watch it through a few times I'm surealbums
- SteveJobs1
^ i don't know. for me it offers a unique entertainment value; and one, that with any show, you can't appreciate with such stringent expectations.
guess mine were at the perfect pitch for it to be such an indulgence.
- bklyndroobeki0
Are they basing F Us life off of G W?
Also, LOL @ faux Putin!
- bklyndroobeki0
So it's all about power, the addiction of power?
What's the premise of Breaking Bad? Same?
- nb0
The built-in advertising is really ruining it, though. Writing scenes just so they can show off a product, a commercial within the show, takes you right out of it.
No spoilers, I promise: There's a scene where some generic lawyer-type character shows Dunbar the Jordan valley on his tablet. It's the worst scene, yet. Dunbar and her assistant look at him and the tablet with such intensity. He takes a moment to pause to show them a fucking map of Jordan. Dunbar is the Solicitor General of the USA, and he's like, "look at this picture of a map. Jordan. Ever hear of it? Didn't think so." She leans in, her eyes wide with amazement.
Then he says, "here, better yet" or something and walks around his office so that they can show a close-up of the tablet as he swipes the image from his tablet to his TV. Of course, we see the Samsung logo, and it's all done nice and slow. And Dunbar looks at the TV like WOW.
She is impressed. This man knows how to present information with visual aids. Let's hire him, on the spot. "When can you start?" she asks. "I think I just did", he replies all cool like the amazing man that he is.
Anyway, it's really awful, but I guess the show costs a lot of money and they need to pay the bills somehow.
- bliznutty0
just binge watched season 3 - damn that is such a good show. in fact, it's opening me up to see the world (and politics) in a much different light than i had previously
- _me_0
i binged it this weekend... well up to episode 12 so far... it's OK, Certainly not as good as the first 2 seasons... You can see things coming a mile away... But certainly enjoying the relationship between Underwood and the Russian president...
- bklyndroobeki0
EP 1... meh
- 10min in though LOLbklyndroobeki
- really good cinematography.bklyndroobeki