I don't know about you, but I am very excited for the next season of House Of Cards that will be available on Netflix tomorrow. If you haven't had the opportunity to watch the two previous seasons, you are missing a great show. Not only is this award-winning show groundbreaking because it is the first major episodic production to bypass traditional network tv by streaming directly to the consumer, Netflix has taken broken another tradition by making the entire 13-episode season available all at once to stream through their subscription service. And creating an entirely new kind of addiction for us to worry about - binge-watching.
House Of Cards, based on a BBC mini-series of the same name, is what I have deemed the "anti-West Wing". The main character, Frank Underwood is a conniving, scheming Senator from South Carolina who, along with his wife Claire, will stop at nothing to gain power. And I mean "nothing". I can't wait to savor the deliciously evil deeds Francis (played by Kevin Spacey) and his equally evil wife Claire (played by Robin Wright) have cooked up for the new season. There is nothing redeeming about either of these two characters as they lie, cheat, steal and kill their way across political landscape of Washington DC, but they make if so much fun to watch. But it got me thinking about my own prejudices too. I have to admit that I don't know if I love this show so much because of the stellar writing and acting of this show, or because the evil and mayhem is perpetrated by a "Democrat". I think it may clouding my judgement.
You see, in trying to harness the popularity of House Of Cards, streaming competitor AmazonPrime, has jumped on the original programming zeitgeist with their own originally produce show called Alpha House starring John Goodman as a slimy scheming Southern Republican Congressmen who shares a house in DC with four other similarly situated Republicans. It is kind of the same premise, but frankly, I just couldn't get through the first episode. I can't tell whether it is just not as well written or acted, or if it is because the main evil characters are evil "Republicans". Am I really that fragile?
Have any of you seen either or both of these show? Help me out here and let's discuss.
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House Of Cards, based on a BBC mini-series of the same name, is what I have deemed the "anti-West Wing". The main character, Frank Underwood is a conniving, scheming Senator from South Carolina who, along with his wife Claire, will stop at nothing to gain power. And I mean "nothing". I can't wait to savor the deliciously evil deeds Francis (played by Kevin Spacey) and his equally evil wife Claire (played by Robin Wright) have cooked up for the new season. There is nothing redeeming about either of these two characters as they lie, cheat, steal and kill their way across political landscape of Washington DC, but they make if so much fun to watch. But it got me thinking about my own prejudices too. I have to admit that I don't know if I love this show so much because of the stellar writing and acting of this show, or because the evil and mayhem is perpetrated by a "Democrat". I think it may clouding my judgement.
Have any of you seen either or both of these show? Help me out here and let's discuss.