Cornballer
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Hey folks - it's been a month, so we're switching over to not tagging Season 1 spoilers here in the thread. Feel free to talk about S1 without tags, and please note the change in the thread title.
If you're still catching up on the show, I'd advise you to either stay out of the thread until you're caught up, only read posts before March 1st, or make a LTTP thread. Thanks for your help.
The 13-episode first season of House of Cards will be available on Netflix Instant Watch on February 1st. House of Cards is a political drama from David Fincher and Beau Willimon following the career of a ruthless politician played by Kevin Spacey. Additional cast members include Robin Wright and Kate Mara. The series is an adaptation of the BBC miniseries from the early 90's.
All 13-episodes will be released simultaneously on Feb 1st. This marks a huge leap into original programming for Netflix, and it's been estimated that they invested over $100 million in the first two seasons. Note that the second season is funded and already in production. Both Fincher and Willimon discussed in interviews how they're excited about a project with very little network interference and no week-by-week concerns over ratings. They likened the experience to creating a 13-hour movie. It's a different business model for television than what we're accustomed to, and many of us are excited to see how it all turns out.
Regarding spoilers, since all of the episodes will be up immediately for streaming, we're in something of a gray area. After some discussion with other posters here, we decided that all discussion will be tagged and labeled for the first month while people are initially watching the series, and then after that we'll go to full discussion of everything without tags. Please spoiler tag any discussion and label which episode you're talking about outside of the tags: e.g. Ep 3:
I can't believe Kevin Spacey killed another hooker.
Netflix said:Bad, for a greater good. Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Oscar® winner Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara (“American Horror Story” and Corey Stoll (“Midnight in Paris” costar in the first original series from David Fincher (“The Social Network” and Beau Willimon (“The Ides of March”.
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Links:
- Netflix
- Netflix streaming link for non-subscribers to watch Episode 1
- Wikipedia
- IMDB
- The original "House of Cards" BBC trilogy (1990) streaming on Netflix Instant
- 1-month free promotion from Netflix
News & Articles:
- NY Times: House of Cards Arrives as a Netflix Series
- Maureen Ryan interviews showrunner Beau Willimon - 'House of Cards' On Netflix: Inside Intel on Kevin Spacey's Dark Drama
- The National Post: Netflix plays its best hand with Kevin Spacey in House of Cards *some spoilers*
- AP: Netflix shuffles the TV deck with 'House of Cards'
- The Daily Beast takes a look at the original BBC series (1990)
Promotional Pictures: (click to enlarge)
Reviews & Comments:
Wikipedia said:The first two episodes received universal praise from Scandinavian critics who were given an early viewing on January 16. Serienytt praised it for "doing everything right" while NRK said that Netflix "raised the bar for 2013".
Schedule:
All 13 episodes are available on Netflix on February 1st, 2013.
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