House of Cards...Holy Crap - Watch It...

[SteyrAUG]

It's a Netflix produced series so you can get it streaming or on DVD. If you don't have Netflix you can buy the DVD set.

http://www.amazon.com/House-Cards-Co...house+of+cards

It's a lot like watching the Soprano's, you know these are bad people, you know you aren't supposed to like them, but the series is so well written and produced you get sucked in anyway.

The Good News: The Democrats aren't the good guys, the Republicans aren't the bad guys - they are all slimeballs who set each other up and screw each other over regardless of what side of the aisle they are sitting on.

The Bad News: It seems pretty damn accurate and it's a depressing yet enlightening look at government and probably closer to the real thing than anyone wants to realize.

Bonus: It's got the hot chick from Shooter in it and yes she is naked a few times.

I typically enjoy well made HBO, Starz, Showtime production films and series but only in rare cases (Band of Brothers) am I blown away by them. I also typically do NOT care for political dramas, I hate that crap as much as all the CSI type shows and reality TV.

But this one is truly impressive. It will cost you your faith in humanity, but it's a small price to pay.

[bluejackets92fs]

Nevermind. Researched and my post was about the wrong show.

[Hmac]

I agree House of Cards is really an excellent show. The acting is top notch and characters are totally believable. Kevin Spacey in particular is brilliant. This show will not make you feel any less suspicious of your congressional representatives.

Netflix is an interesting (and kind of groundbreaking) choice of venue for such a show. I don't have a Netflix account so I've been watching it streamed from Amazon Prime which I find mildly glitchy, but this show is as good as any of the top shows on cable, and I include Sopranos, The Shield, Dexter, The Bridge, and even Breaking Bad.

[austinN4]

House of Cards is very, very good. I don't watch broadcast or streaming, so I only watch the DVD's of the entire season of a show when they are released. Can hardly wait to see season 2.

Other series I follow are:

Justified - season 3 released 1/13
Homeland - season 2 releases 9/13
The Walking Dead, although I am starting to get bored with it - season 3 releases 9/13
Newsroom - season 2 unknown
The Killing - season 2 unknown

[_Stormin_]

House of Cards is a wonderful series. I went through the entire thing in a couple of days when it was released. Now just waiting on the next season.

[ggammell]

2nd season is in production now.

[sadmin]

Good to know, thanks I'm looking for a new show to watch. the Killing that was on AMC was really good, especially the 3rd season. Ill check out HOC.

[Honu]

so who watched the latest season ?

and what are you thinking

still liking the show myself

[austinN4]

I loved season 1 but couldn't get into 2 and stopped watching it.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Not into it, is the UK version better than the US version? IIRC like many US shows the UK version was the original.