Netflix: House of Cards

[Deberg_1990]

Premieres tomorrow. All 13 episodes drop at once.

Heres an interesting nugget from a Forbes column:


http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...s-this-friday/



But BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield thinks that if House Of Cards is a success, Netflix could also start demanding a fee from the broadband suppliers that plug their fat pipes into our homes and let us stream House Of Cards in the first place.

You can read Greenfield’s full report here (subscription required) but his basic idea is that the cable companies are taking about $40 bucks a month from you for your Internet service and not sharing any of that with the content side because for the most part, they are paying networks like AMC and Discovery a per subscriber fee on the cable side.

If Netflix’s exclusive programming takes off and viewers demand it, Netflix could be in a position to start taking a per subscriber fee from the cable guys on the Internet side. It’s not a completely unprecedented idea. According to Greenfield, ESPN gets a per sub fee for ESPN 3 from broadband.

It would be a bold move on Hastings’ part and one that he’s not yet in a position to make. But if shows like House Of Cards help Netflix become the next HBO, the service could be looking at a whole new stream of revenue.

[Buck]

RE: Russo

Spoiler!

It was clear he was dead as soon as Frank asked him if he told anyone else about the thing a couple episodes before his death. I don't even remember what the thing was, but once Peter told him no, everything Frank did in dealing with him was purposely done in order to kill him.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by Buck

RE: Russo

Spoiler!

It was clear he was dead as soon as Frank asked him if he told anyone else about the thing a couple episodes before his death. I don't even remember what the thing was, but once Peter told him no, everything Frank did in dealing with him was purposely done in order to kill him.

Interesting take. Makes sense.

Spoiler!

Sort of reminds me of Dudley Smith taking Jack Vincennes (irony) out in LA Confidential.

[BigRedChief]

Spoiler!

Why the **** are we putting everything in spoilers? I thought it an episode is aired its fair game to discuss? And BTW, you could see the Russo meltdown coming a mile away. And when he responded "no" to Spacey, he was the walking dead.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by noa

I really enjoyed the first season. I've recommended the show lots of people and am looking forward to the second season, but frankly,

Spoiler!

I was disappointed that they chose to have Underwood kill Peter Russo. First, I know Underwood is conniving and ruins people's lives, but that's different from him being a killer. If Russo had just gone on an epic bender and killed himself in a DUI accident, fine, but having Underwood do the deed just felt like it was going too far. And second, I liked Russo. I think he was a great character, and I think it would have been much more interesting to watch everyone deal the aftermath of Russo's drunken radio interview than to simply have Russo eliminated. That felt like a misstep to me in an otherwise excellent season.

Agreed.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Spoiler!

Why the **** are we putting everything in spoilers? I thought it an episode is aired its fair game to discuss? And BTW, you could see the Russo meltdown coming a mile away. And when he responded "no" to Spacey, he was the walking dead.

The show hasn't been out that long, it's really good and spreading largely by word of mouth. I figure for the first couple of months it's good form to use spoilers.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by frazod

The show hasn't been out that long, it's really good and spreading largely by word of mouth. I figure for the first couple of months it's good form to use spoilers.

Cool with me.

[WoodDraw]

Originally Posted by frazod

The show hasn't been out that long, it's really good and spreading largely by word of mouth. I figure for the first couple of months it's good form to use spoilers.

Especially since it isn't the normal an episode a week show. It's expected that everyone is at different points at this point.


I'm finished now. I though it was great - can't wait until the second season. If I have any complaints, it's:

I still think it's trying to be a modern show in an old era. I keep expecting all the characters to walk out to a 1920s world. The modern setting + boss politics mix is a bit off to me.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by WoodDraw

The modern setting + boss politics mix is a bit off to me.

What makes you think its still not like that?

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by frazod

Spoiler!

Russo's destruction was awful - I kept yelling at the screen DON'T GO IN THE ROOM! DON'T TAKE THE DRINK! GET OUT OF THERE! I actually had to leave the room when he botched the interview. However, I didn't have a problem with the way Underwood dealt with him - perfect chance to rid himself of an unstable timebomb that would have likely destroyed him dropped right in his lap. As Frank himself said in one of his Ferris Bueller moments, you don't let opportunities like that pass you by. But it was painful to watch.

It's really going to suck having to wait a year for the next season. I'm hooked.

This is exactly how I handled that scene.

[cookster50]

Spoiler!

So, in the end it seemed to me like they were trying to make it out that the goal all along was to get Francis to be VP. However, it appeared that he was doing everything he could to get Russo elected as governor until Russo made his ultimatum. Am I the only one that thought there at the end that they planned it all out like this to get him to be VP, or am I just crazy?

[Silock]

His plans didn't change until the president ****ed him out of being Secretary of State in the first episode.