Re: House of Cards || Netflix

by Blue Barrett Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:58 pm

Mate, I wish I could have another weekend to watch season 3. Sadly, I'll have to watch another 12 months. Gonna "console" myself with shows like GOT, Hannibal & 24 coming back.

by BarrileteCosmico Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:02 pm

How did this chump Walker ever become president?

by McAgger Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:44 pm

Actually it's not beyond the realms of possibility to have someone like that as president. Walker seems like a genuinely nice guy with a good moral character who was also knowledgeable enough and intelligent. Unfortunately for him he was just not good at politics.

It's the the people they surround themselves with anyways that win and lose them elections. And Walker had Underwood behind him, not to mention countless other conniving politicians.

But sure I do agree the that show made president Walker seem very very weak.

by Blue Barrett Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:58 pm

Couldn't have said it better.

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:23 am

McAgger wrote:Actually it's not beyond the realms of possibility to have someone like that as president. Walker seems like a genuinely nice guy with a good moral character who was also knowledgeable enough and intelligent. Unfortunately for him he was just not good at politics.

It's the the people they surround themselves with anyways that win and lose them elections. And Walker had Underwood behind him, not to mention countless other conniving politicians.

But sure I do agree the that show made president Walker seem very very weak.

If you're not good at politics you don't get to do politics at this high a level.

Anyways I need to vent again:

Chapter 24 Epi 11:

by McAgger Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:19 am

Oh yes you can BC, there are a plethora of inept politicians in high the levels in Congress and in the white house. You can easily be carried by other people in politics. Notice I'm not saying Walker is inept, he's a very smart man, but he's just too honest and honorable to really be able to stand a chance against sharks like Underwood.

by M99 Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:04 am

Just finished the season.

:bow:

Amazing. I ignored True Detective and The Walking Dead to finish this.

by McLewis Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:36 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:
McAgger wrote:Actually it's not beyond the realms of possibility to have someone like that as president. Walker seems like a genuinely nice guy with a good moral character who was also knowledgeable enough and intelligent. Unfortunately for him he was just not good at politics.

It's the the people they surround themselves with anyways that win and lose them elections. And Walker had Underwood behind him, not to mention countless other conniving politicians.

But sure I do agree the that show made president Walker seem very very weak.
If you're not good at politics you don't get to do politics at this high a level.

Anyways I need to vent again:

Chapter 24 Epi 11:

Spoiler:

by Le Samourai Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:25 pm

Lets be real, George W. Bush ran against Al Gore and got elected, then invaded Iraq, then got elected again...and I think we can both agree he wasn't any sort of political genius. Difference is he had the Underwoods of the world on his side rather than trying to steal his job.

by Blue Barrett Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:06 pm

McLewis wrote:
BarrileteCosmico wrote:
McAgger wrote:Actually it's not beyond the realms of possibility to have someone like that as president. Walker seems like a genuinely nice guy with a good moral character who was also knowledgeable enough and intelligent. Unfortunately for him he was just not good at politics.

It's the the people they surround themselves with anyways that win and lose them elections. And Walker had Underwood behind him, not to mention countless other conniving politicians.

But sure I do agree the that show made president Walker seem very very weak.
If you're not good at politics you don't get to do politics at this high a level.

Anyways I need to vent again:

Chapter 24 Epi 11:
Spoiler:

Spoiler:

by BarrileteCosmico Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:23 pm

McLewis wrote:
Epi 11:

Epi 11:

Anyways I finished it last night, I think the moment you stop binging and you actually stop and digest what happened you start thinking "was that actually good?". There is so much politicking going around, much of it that I do not understand and seems ludicrous, that I'm just not sure how many things happened because they suit the plot or because that's something that the character would actually do. Walker in this regard is a huge issue because he is such a flip flopper that his character never seemed believable to me. It also doesn't seem likely to me that Frank would be able to get to where he gets being involved in such high profile scandals in a material way. Thought the season regressed as it went on, but maybe that's jut the result of forcing myself to stay up late and just finish it.

by El Gunner Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:53 pm

Season 2 was just a step up imo.

Ep. 1 was so good.

Spoiler:

Claire Underwood is like the ultimate wife. If more marriages were like Frank and Claire's in real life, a lot of shit in this world wouldn't have existed.

by McAgger Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:55 pm

Put that in spoilers Elgunner for those that haven't seen them. That's a huge spoiler.

by El Gunner Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:55 pm

Kinda gutted that they release all the episodes at once. A little bit of suspense would've been good for the viewers. Every episode was good.

by El Gunner Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:58 pm

McAgger wrote:Put that in spoilers Elgunner for those that haven't seen them. That's a huge spoiler.

Isn't the rule in all the tv show threads that you don't enter unless you haven't watched the latest episode... hmm

by McAgger Fri Feb 28, 2014 7:11 pm

yeah but since this show was released all at once, the rules are a bit different. Everyone is going at their own pace. I think we agreed to put everything in spoilers until April 1st.

by Vibe Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:34 am

Le Samourai wrote:
B-Mac wrote:
Spoiler:

Yea.

For me, it would have been better had the entire angle been left out. Added nothing to the show. All it did was alienate viewers from Frank.

I wish they left out that too...

by El Gunner Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:17 pm

Vibe wrote:
Le Samourai wrote:
B-Mac wrote:
Spoiler:

Yea.

For me, it would have been better had the entire angle been left out. Added nothing to the show. All it did was alienate viewers from Frank.

I wish they left out that too...

When that happened I was like "WTF" Shocked

And then it sunk in and I was like "seriously though, wtf is this" Laughing

by Vibe Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:12 pm

I hated it in season 1 already when they only implied they experimented in college...But I knew Frank was gonna f*ck Meechum when Claire said I've never heard you call him Edward...They always slightly had things going towards that,I didn't expect a threesome though.

Still as someone said,it made me alienate from Frank.The murders also did that for me,but this is too much.

by MJ Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:02 pm

I don't understand how it makes Frank less alpha, makes him more actually lol.

Since becoming VP him and Claire knew they'd have to only have each other so when Meechum saw Frank watching that 3-way porno it was foreshadowing the event. But it was so perverse how it went from looking like a family moment of the mom and dad cleaning the wound of young Meechum to an orgy lol.

But that's Frank. Gets what he wants.

by Kaladin Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:38 pm

I have just watched the first episode and i am a bit lost. I am not familiar with the US's inner-workings of its government system. Should i research on it a bit before continuing?

by Firenze Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:32 am

El Shaarawy wrote:I have just watched the first episode and i am a bit lost. I am not familiar with the US's inner-workings of its government system. Should i research on it a bit before continuing?

Don't think it's really necessary.

by MJ Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:37 am

My friend who had no understanding of US politics was able to enjoy and get the show well into the second season.

Don't be intimidated by the technical terms and that, they do a good job of making what's going on clear so I don't think you'd need to do any research on it unless something sticks out to you and you're interested in finding its exact meaning.

by El Gunner Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:03 pm

Absolutely no.
I knew nothing about US politics and I'm someone who is actually not that much interested in politics, but I enjoy the show so much.

by Pedram Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:26 pm

Have enough free time on my hand atm and i'm also interested in politics, i should probably start watching this show. hmm

by M99 Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:46 pm

You should. It's one of the best shows out there.

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