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bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

OZYMANDICKASS posted:

Well. It was more entertaining than Season 2, but still nowhere near Season 1.

Season 2 and 3 are about equal for me. I'm only 7 episodes in, though. Not Putin is a highlight. A few side stories aren't very engaging.

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Rough Lobster
May 27, 2009

Don't be such a squid, bro
It's weird to me when I meet people who, like, love and root for Frank Underwood. He's such a scumbag. Sure, Walter White was also a scumbag, but drat it he was a hardworking blue collar underdog scumbag. I just can't find myself wanting this rich weird old-money rear end in a top hat to succeed. Also Claire creeps me the gently caress out. I assume by the title House of Cards poo poo's gonna fall apart for our boy Frank and that's basically the only reason I'm considering diving into season three.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

There's nothing redeeming about Frank at all.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
Frank Underwood is a satisfying monster. Well was anyway. Unlike Walter White, he has no, or very little, regard for anyone. Season 3 pushes that to an insane degree. There's several moments where Kevin Spacey really takes times to play a natural human reaction. It's sociopathic.

Most of the appeal of Frank Underwood is watching him square off against foes. I don't think I'd be sad at all about watching him fall. He certainly has it coming.

bloops fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Feb 28, 2015

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

OZYMANDICKASS posted:

Just started ep6. Calling it now: Mickey Doyle's gonna get Frank's Underwood as they reminisce about teenage boylove at some point.

ep10: Close! :haw:

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
Well the hot physical therapist didn't get her boobs out. There's been plenty of dude rear end for N4i though.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Up to Ep 10 now. Overall Frank is fantastic at being a congressman and a whip, but he sucks at being president.

TopherCStone
Feb 27, 2013

I am very important and deserve your attention

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Up to Ep 10 now. Overall Frank is fantastic at being a congressman and a whip, but he sucks at being president.

I just finished 10 and I agree entirely.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

That debate :stare:

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Up to Ep 10 now. Overall Frank is fantastic at being a congressman and a whip, but he sucks at being president.

Not Putin and Underwood up to E10 stuff Frank is outmatched by Not Putin. NP is in a position to always poo poo on Frank because Frank needs Russia more than they need the US. Underwood has spent S3 up to E10 slowly being dismantled by NP and Claire. poo poo is unraveling for him.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
He's in over his head.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

:lol: at the hosed up mom in Ep 12

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Ep 13: drat Doug you're cold as ice. Also did he never watch Casino? Dig the hole before you bring the body out to the desert.

WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

S3, not an S1, but close.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

The end: I'm leaving you, Frank. *drops mic, walks out* :vince:

Victor Vermis
Dec 21, 2004


WOKE UP IN THE DESERT AGAIN

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

The end: I'm leaving you, Frank. *drops mic, walks out* :vince:


lol "there's only one chair" yeah no loving poo poo you two pretty much explained this marriage dynamic to death in Season 1 it was really good you should watch it.

Oh, you're leaving? And this is the season cliffhanger? You know you left in S1, right? Frank killed a guy and you came back, it was awesome.


This show sucks rear end in a top hat.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Film school has really jaded you.

Victor Vermis
Dec 21, 2004


WOKE UP IN THE DESERT AGAIN
Not at all. I was this way before.

Now I hate ~*ART*~, too.

SquirrelyPSU
May 27, 2003


Rachel Posner question e6 Is the chick Gavin hanging around with Posner and she just got recast?

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

SquirrelyPSU posted:

Rachel Posner question e6 Is the chick Gavin hanging around with Posner and she just got recast?

In answer to your question no it's not Rachel, it's the chick Rachel slept with. Keep watching, she's part of the storyline between Doug and Gavin.

SquirrelyPSU
May 27, 2003


EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

In answer to your question no it's not Rachel, it's the chick Rachel slept with. Keep watching, she's part of the storyline between Doug and Gavin.

Ah got it

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
S3 all episodes stuff Doug is a loving lunatic. To let her go, drive off, and then decide Rachel needs to die? Jesus. Worst season of HoC so far. Every episode was so grim with no one to root for (except maybe Not Putin keeping some scenes light-hearted).

Not a great 13 episodes.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

I rooted for Freddy. :unsmith:

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I rooted for Freddy. :unsmith:

:cabot:

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I rooted for Freddy. :unsmith:

Freddy :3:

WAR CRIME GIGOLO
Oct 3, 2012

The Hague
tryna get me
for these glutes

freddy is awesome

Victor Vermis
Dec 21, 2004


WOKE UP IN THE DESERT AGAIN

holocaust bloopers posted:

S3 all episodes stuff Doug is a loving lunatic. To let her go, drive off, and then decide Rachel needs to die? Jesus. Worst season of HoC so far. Every episode was so grim with no one to root for (except maybe Not Putin keeping some scenes light-hearted).

Not a great 13 episodes.


I like Doug.

The ending for him and Rachel felt awkward as gently caress, though. If he got the Chief of Staff job back after burying her it would've felt a little more tragic. Instead, it just seems like Doug went from blubbering bitch to tying up loose ends solely for the sake of being unpredictable which is really loving unsatisfying.

I should watch his last convo with Frank again, I might've missed something. That trip to the desert did not gel with the rest of Doug's season.("DIDNT SEE THAT COMING!!!" doesn't justify itself unless you're watching actual poop from a butt like LOST or Walking Dead)

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

OZYMANDICKASS posted:


I like Doug.

The ending for him and Rachel felt awkward as gently caress, though. If he got the Chief of Staff job back after burying her it would've felt a little more tragic. Instead, it just seems like Doug went from blubbering bitch to tying up loose ends solely for the sake of being unpredictable which is really loving unsatisfying.

I should watch his last convo with Frank again, I might've missed something. That trip to the desert did not gel with the rest of Doug's season.("DIDNT SEE THAT COMING!!!" doesn't justify itself unless you're watching actual poop from a butt like LOST or Walking Dead)


Doug's story veered between utterly believable to nonsensical rapidly. His addiction to Frank makes him do crazy poo poo like work for Dunbar only to gain Underwood's trust or whatever. Fine I can buy that. HoC has never billed itself on being anything but a Shakespearean, moustache-twirling display of villainy. The way the show handled him murdering Rachel was so clumsy. To spend so much of his story tracking her down only to kill her off-screen was an odd decision. Had he just killed her right from the get go without letting her go maybe it would've worked better. Russo and Barnes were killed off in much better ways. But yea. I'm with you on that. Doug tying up loose ends while Underwood is on the road didn't click at all.

It's not like HoC can't go creepy. Claire loving Frank after she found him sobbing was genuinely off putting. It was shot like a murder, which it kind of was in a sense. I was hoping S3 would be the last for the show as I didn't think the story could go any further without breaking under its own weight.


HoC's best moment was Underwood's 4th wall break in S2 E1. After nearly an hour of drama and a loving stellar train murder, we get this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDi7cRFcnnY

bloops fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Mar 1, 2015

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

F U

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009


yall got 3 hours from the time of this post to let everyone know you like this dumb show a little too much and thats kind of weird

Cole
Nov 24, 2004

DUNSON'D
THIS ISN'T TVIV GTFO

i really need to start watching this show

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING
KFFF doesn't like a thing?

I am figuratively shocked :jerkbag:

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

KFFF doesn't like a thing?

I am figuratively shocked :jerkbag:

maybe i would like your show sweetums but i dont care enough to watch it :shobon:

i like game of thrones if its any consolation to you

Cole
Nov 24, 2004

DUNSON'D

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

i like game of thrones if its any consolation to you

fag

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

rude

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

Edit: lol

double lol

i'll say

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this
I like claire changing her hair to a darker color to signify her darkening as a character. Real subtle you guys might have missed it.

Cole
Nov 24, 2004

DUNSON'D
remember when Donna from that 70s show went blonde and suddenly she turned into a raging bitch?

would

Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro
That Tshirt design made me realize that Underwood/Spacey needs to show up on Archer as the US president

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EBB
Feb 15, 2005

Booblord Zagats posted:

That Tshirt design made me realize that Underwood/Spacey needs to show up on Archer as the US president

Mallory would spend the entire episode trying to sleep with him

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