Comments on: House Of Cards https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/ Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:42:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489268 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 18:42:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489268 sok: I plan to, and thus don’t mind at all promising to, watch the original which is also on Netflix, I believe.

I suppose technically this is a remake, but it also isn’t. Different country, different political system, different overall plot, even different politics of the main characters.

]]> By: SOk https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489267 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:30:31 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489267 My loss no doubt, but I’m such a fan of the brilliant BBC version from the ’90s with Ian Richardson (as Francis Urquhart) that I can’t bear to watch a remake. Yet.
But I’ll agree to watch the Neflix version someday if all of you will watch the original. Deal?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489266 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:47:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489266 Wesley, thank you for getting it.

]]> By: ron https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489265 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:55:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489265 It’s an interesting series. More anti-hero stories. Underwood’s comments to the audience are not to be commended.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489264 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 02:10:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489264 I’ve added a META warning to the blog. There are larger questions here.

]]> By: Corri https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489263 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:38:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489263 You will be so, so disillusioned regarding Underwood’s awesomeness as the show progresses.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Jay Jones https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/08/25/house-of-cards/#comment-489262 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 01:22:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=17580#comment-489262 Dude. Stop blogging

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