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TDale313

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19. Really good.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #16)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 11:17 AM

Mar 2016

Very British in tone- both versions are kinda tongue in cheek but you get more of that sense with the British series. And of course the political systems are very different so how he manipulates things varies. I liked it.

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Curious if anyone else is watching House of Cards. [View all] TDale313 Mar 2016 OP

I got a few episodes into Season 3 and promptly fell asleep. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #1

I'm watching NV Whino Mar 2016 #2

I like the series, I haven't seen any of the new season yet. nt ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #3

Just watched the first new episode tonight. Fuddnik Mar 2016 #4

Does this series make the dems look as bad as the GOP? Because that would annoy me. Nt Logical Mar 2016 #5

The politics in the show are ass backwards Egnever Mar 2016 #8

The original BBC series did have the main character as a Conservative fwiw. TDale313 Mar 2016 #12

How did you like the BBC series? Vinca Mar 2016 #16

Really good. TDale313 Mar 2016 #19

Thanks for the input. I think I'll pick it up. Vinca Mar 2016 #21

It might annoy you. Not sure. TDale313 Mar 2016 #9

Thanks for the info. I need to remember it is just fiction! :-) Logical Mar 2016 #15

Just started the first new episode k8conant Mar 2016 #6

No, not at all. TDale313 Mar 2016 #7

Has the new season started? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #10

New season just released on Netflix. n/t TDale313 Mar 2016 #11

Thanks! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #13

Thanks for the reminder! Petrushka Mar 2016 #14

I haven't started watching it yet, but I plan to soon. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2016 #17

Even the House of Cards cannot sink to the level of the real Republican Party... kentuck Mar 2016 #18

I hope to start watching season 4 (?) this weekend. nt Ilsa Mar 2016 #20