House of Cards (Netflix)

[EmpireWF]

A new political drama series (based on a British show) staring Kevin Spacey (as a congressman) has just debuted on Netflix today with all 13 episodes available.

Has been getting good reviews, David Fincher directed the first two episodes.

 

[Herm]

I watched 3 last night. I like the show quite a bit. Spacey and Wright make a good fictional couple in this series.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

Only four into it right now, I'm loving it so far. Has anyone finished it? From the look of it this show will evolve a lot.

 

[dave]

Watched the first two episodes today, pretty good so far.

 

[Matt]

Watch entire series over the weekend. Really liked it. It's basically what BOSS should've been.

My girl Kate Mara is so fine.

I'm interested in how the show does with it being released all at once instead of week by week.

I know NYTimes had an article talking about how social media sites went crazy for the show once it dropped. So that has to be good.

 

[Youk]

Just finished it today. I really enjoyed the fact that I was able to watch the entire season all at once. The whole once a week episode thing wasn't doing it for me anymore. I'd prefer downloading the entire season after it ends and watching in bulk. As for the show itself, it was great. Loved what Spacey brought to the table, in fact, what each character really brought to the table.

 

[Palooza]

Just watched the first episode. Holy shit, loved it. Probably gunna crank out the entire series in the next day or so.

This is what Boss should have been. Bring Kitty O'Neil to Washington thooooooooo

 

[Matt]

Just watched the first episode. Holy shit, loved it. Probably gunna crank out the entire series in the next day or so.

This is what Boss should have been. Bring Kitty O'Neil to Washington thooooooooo

Now we must get glen to watch and the BOSS TRIPOD can have a new show.... Add in bighouse n we have ourselves a quality circle jerk

 

[Atlas]

I started this tonight, already 4 episodes deep... Shits good man...

 

[Matt]

The more that I think about it, the less I like every episode available at once. The week by week episode style builds a craving and want to see the next episode. With watching entire series at once you will have only a couple if that who have seen all episodes at the same time as you. So it's really hard to talk about until every episode is watched. Within a week I don't think I will really care for the show no matter how great it is, I've seen it so it's now on it's back to my basic tv shows I watch. Also don't know when the next season will be out or if they plan on having one.

I like watching an entire season of a series at once when I'm behind in a show. But when it's a new show I like the week by week. I think that builds a better viewing and fan base. If I want to really talk about the show in depth with other people I have to wait until they are finished. We can't do a discussion on what happened in the past episodes like Boardwalk, Breaking Bad and the likes. Which is a big part of shows I think.

 

[Buzzman]

I agree with Matt. This style of all at once takes away from the experience. Breaking Bad is so fucking great for me because when the episode ends with Walter White telling Jesse to "RUN" I sit on that an entire week and thats all I think about. The individual episodes have a much larger impact because I can discuss everything about that episode all week long with everyone else. When you watch an entire season at once, there are certain things you wont remember or breeze by. If the show had a bad episode, you just move onto the next one and erase that one from your memory.

It kind of reminds me of LOST with my family. They didn't watch it live so they think the show was amazing yet there was a few parts that really dragged on but they didn't realize it because they just breezed through the entire series. When I asked them what they thought about the season 1 finale, they didn't even know what episode I was talking about. I was like that doesn't seem right, the finale was crazy and had me thinking about it all year long until the season two premiere, but for them it was just another episode of the show.

The verdict is still yet to come in, but I'd rather take me show in doses rather than all at once.

 

[BrntO4Life]

Signed up for Netflix and watched the first episode last night. Unlike most of you suckers, I've got self-control so I'll be watching every Friday to get my fix.

 

[Champ]

Show is really good

 

[Pitty]

Fucking love Fincher. His style of cinematography defines that polished feel of Washington politicians. First episode was great.

 

[Pitty]

I agree with Matt. This style of all at once takes away from the experience. Breaking Bad is so fucking great for me because when the episode ends with Walter White telling Jesse to "RUN" I sit on that an entire week and thats all I think about. The individual episodes have a much larger impact because I can discuss everything about that episode all week long with everyone else. When you watch an entire season at once, there are certain things you wont remember or breeze by. If the show had a bad episode, you just move onto the next one and erase that one from your memory.

It kind of reminds me of LOST with my family. They didn't watch it live so they think the show was amazing yet there was a few parts that really dragged on but they didn't realize it because they just breezed through the entire series. When I asked them what they thought about the season 1 finale, they didn't even know what episode I was talking about. I was like that doesn't seem right, the finale was crazy and had me thinking about it all year long until the season two premiere, but for them it was just another episode of the show.

The verdict is still yet to come in, but I'd rather take me show in doses rather than all at once.

Maybe that's the case with LOST, a show which never explained a single thing throughout 6 seasons and at times resembled a serial drama, but for what is looking to be billed as a political tour de force, having things fresh and in succession is a much better option.

 

[Buzzman]

Its not just LOST. Its with anything they watch.

 

[Palooza]

I'm pro-binge.

 

[BigHouseUSA]

I haven't binged yet, but I like having the option of doing it. I'd rather watch it on my own time than spread it out over 12 weeks.

 

[BrntO4Life]

I haven't binged yet, but I like having the option of doing it. I'd rather watch it on my own time than spread it out over 12 weeks.

This is what I can appreciate about the format: allowing people to watch however they like. I know there's ZERO chance I'll be able to contain myself when AD hits Netflix.

 

[wr50l]

To show how much I appreciate this model of releasing all episodes at once, I am going to subscribe to netflix to watch it instead of downloading it illegally.