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If Diane Lane’s voice drops any lower, she’ll enter Suzanne Pleshette territory.

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by Anonymousreply 76November 22, 2018 11:45 AM

I heard it is boring. Is it?

by Anonymousreply 1November 3, 2018 1:29 AM

It is. Love Diane Lane though

by Anonymousreply 2November 3, 2018 1:38 AM

Course I never thought it was as good as the UK version anyway. It lacked energy and any lightness or sense of mischief, which they had tons of in the UK version. It was stylist and intense, but a bit weighted down by both.

by Anonymousreply 3November 3, 2018 1:40 AM

The first episode is passable.

Frank is dead. Died in his sleep. Possibly mirdered by Claire, who talks to the audience a lot.

Never died in the car crash, r4.

No mention of Patricia Clarkson from s5.

The new It Boy Cory had a brief scene at the end.

Diane Lane is his mother, and Greg Kinnear is Lane’s brother. They are a sinister family looking to privatize the military and investigative agencies.

Lane has a nice, threatening phone call with Claire with lots of ambiguous menace couched in old-pal niceties.

by Anonymousreply 5November 3, 2018 2:20 AM

I loved the UK version and was excited when they made this one, but I couldn't make it past the first five minutes of the first scene. Kevin Spacey's southern accent was too distracting and turned me off permanently.

by Anonymousreply 6November 3, 2018 6:44 AM

I wonder if Spacey has tuned in.

by Anonymousreply 7November 3, 2018 1:23 PM

Claire is as interesting as watching paint dry and I spent all last season hoping Frank would kill her. I saw the episode and it was too preachy with all the feminism for my taste.

by Anonymousreply 8November 3, 2018 1:47 PM

Yeaaaaah, so far it is clunky and boring...

by Anonymousreply 9November 3, 2018 1:55 PM

I turned it off n the second episode after she uttered for the millionth time "I'm the first female president and I will NOT be pushed around!" or some such tiresome, patronizing faux feminist bullshit.

I'm done and have no interest in ever seeing it again.

by Anonymousreply 10November 3, 2018 2:17 PM

Its not very good, its confusing and veers well beyond outside any realm of possibility (and given the past seasons and current state of politics - that is saying something)

by Anonymousreply 11November 3, 2018 2:21 PM

Greg Kinear is painful to watch, who ever told him he can act should be punished severely.

by Anonymousreply 12November 3, 2018 2:47 PM

Honestly, I've even forgotten what happened in the previous season. For some reason, Claire goes from being the VP to being the POTUS, Francis tries to choke her but that's my only recollection.

by Anonymousreply 13November 3, 2018 2:59 PM

I have no interest in watching the final season. Last season went into camp/soap opera territory when Francis pushed the Secretary of State down a flight of stairs. The show was never as serious about politics as it pretended to be, and too often it felt ashamed of its pulpy nature to be a fun, thrill ride, but that moment solidified that the show veered off the rails, and nothing can save it now.

Besides, the UK version shits all over the American version in every way.

by Anonymousreply 14November 3, 2018 3:08 PM

[quote]Love Diane Lane though

Me too. I would watch her host the Yule Log on public access cable.

She is possibly the only straight crush I've ever had, going back to like fifth grade. When friends ask if I ever could be with a woman, I always reply "Well, maybe if Diane Lane walked into the room..."

by Anonymousreply 15November 3, 2018 3:40 PM

Diane Lane is fun, mysterious, and possibly murderous in the first episode. Easily the best thing about it.

I agree with r14 on last season with Francis pushing the Secretary of State down the stairs. It was treading into Dynasty territory, except Dynasty wasn’t putting on airs.

No mention of poor Cathy in the first episode. And the Patricia Clarkson character seems to have evaporated completely, which makes no sense, since she was the one subtly prodding Claire to murder Frank.

by Anonymousreply 16November 3, 2018 6:34 PM

So I watched a bit of the first episode and all of the last. They would have done better to have made a final two hour movie with a rapid collapse of everything and the good guys, whoever they might be, prevailing, This show has been overrated since almost the beginning. The last season is more of the same. Will be curious to know who watches it all. Can't imagine anybody binging. Just not compelling enough.

by Anonymousreply 17November 3, 2018 6:39 PM

German Wikipedia says Frank impregnates Claire right before he kicks the bucket on a carpet in the White House.

True or is this just a Wikipedia entry just for the LOLz?

by Anonymousreply 19November 3, 2018 6:57 PM

I haven't gotten to it yet but the reviews aren't good at all... unless you're a metoo hack who'll enjoy anything seemingly lead by a female. My Twitter buddy quit after the 3rd episode.

by Anonymousreply 20November 3, 2018 6:59 PM

I've never watched a single episode of the American version. I may give the first season a look at some point.

by Anonymousreply 21November 3, 2018 7:02 PM

Critics have been tearing the final season apart

[quote]The Netflix drama’s final season saves the worst for last. House of Cards’ dismal ending proves it never had anything to say

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by Anonymousreply 22November 3, 2018 7:35 PM

Of course the original Brit version was better, and more clever, if only for being so much more concise

by Anonymousreply 23November 3, 2018 8:06 PM

The problem with Claire is she is such a dour rigid character, with utter lack of humor. Francis did his villainous deed with gusto and glee, that was what made his character charismatic and fascinating in the early seasons, and why Claire played well off him as a lady Macbeth sort of character.

by Anonymousreply 24November 3, 2018 8:08 PM

The Brit version also had a sense of humour about it. There was levity. Francis Underwood UK you could root for, because there was a sense of glee and mischief to his evil. Francis Underwood US was just a psychotic asshole. Maybe that was the point of it, but it wasn't really fun to watch.

by Anonymousreply 25November 3, 2018 8:09 PM

Jumped the shark. What a mistake to continue it.

by Anonymousreply 27November 3, 2018 9:33 PM

not a fan of Robin Dyke Penn

by Anonymousreply 28November 3, 2018 9:40 PM

The entire series was absolutely humorless and pointless.

by Anonymousreply 30November 3, 2018 10:49 PM

WITHOUT KEVIN SPACEY : NO INTEREST AT ALL.

by Anonymousreply 31November 3, 2018 11:00 PM

R31= Kevin Spacey.

You were in the last season and it was fucking terrible.

by Anonymousreply 32November 3, 2018 11:14 PM

When will Spacey resurface?

Louis CK has been turning up.

by Anonymousreply 33November 3, 2018 11:18 PM

The previous seasons won a lot of DC wonk fans for having a great deal of mischievous insight into how government functions - right down to parliamentary rules of procedure. They clearly had heavy weight insiders advising the show.

This season has been total bullshit. The plots made no sense, just swinging for the fences and dispensing with everything that made the show work. It could have survived without Spacey, but it couldn’t survive without Spacey and this sophmoric writing.

by Anonymousreply 34November 3, 2018 11:20 PM

What House of Cards did do is introduce the streaming full-season release of a series.

Now it’s almost a given, but seven years ago, it was quite a surprise.

by Anonymousreply 35November 3, 2018 11:21 PM

The throwing the reporter/ Francis lover off a building was shocking. She was yelling Daddy as she fell to the ground in HOC UK. There was no memorable moment in the US version and they overused murder as a plot device. The President wearing a hoodie murders someone on the subway. Not in the real world.

by Anonymousreply 36November 4, 2018 12:01 AM

I stopped watching after the last scene for the reporter played by Kate Mara.

by Anonymousreply 37November 4, 2018 12:21 AM

r36

technical point: Frank wasn't President when Zoe was killed

by Anonymousreply 38November 4, 2018 12:59 AM

Just started watching it, up to Episode 2. Spacey's hamminess is gone but, oh boy, it's so grand guignol and not in a good way.

by Anonymousreply 39November 4, 2018 2:05 AM

Just finished Season 6. What a crap fest. With tomorrow’s finale-for-many of The Walking Dead, it will be two pathetic endings for once-popular shows.

by Anonymousreply 40November 4, 2018 2:44 AM

Not surprised at all the bad reviews; I have been thoroughly unimpressed with Robin Wright, who onscreen and in real life interviews seems singularly leaden and humor-free. I never got the love.

by Anonymousreply 41November 4, 2018 2:48 AM

Wright was a great complement to Spacey but could never carry the show alone. It became obvious to me in Season 4, half of which Frank Underwood spent in a coma: suddenly I was completely bored.

by Anonymousreply 42November 4, 2018 2:51 AM

Robin looks better with short hair.

by Anonymousreply 44November 4, 2018 3:42 AM

The writers mistake was extending the show past three seasons. The best HoC episodes were when Claire and Francis were team Me against the World. But it started going downhill with the Claire as Ambassador storyline.

by Anonymousreply 45November 4, 2018 4:18 AM

Awful! A perfect example of all the silly empty empowered cunt movements, news flash, we hate you and your antsy gashes you dumb whores! Fuck off.

by Anonymousreply 46November 4, 2018 7:24 AM

She's always been a ice queen - it wouldn't be so noticeable/annoying this season IF the storylines made any sense at all, were linked together in any sensible fashion.

by Anonymousreply 47November 4, 2018 1:43 PM

r46 has more issues than Rolling Stone. Take a walk dear.

by Anonymousreply 48November 4, 2018 1:45 PM

What was the whole point of having the Fernster on the show? His character went no where.

by Anonymousreply 49November 6, 2018 2:41 AM

Beth and Josh from Guiding Light have small parts!

by Anonymousreply 50November 6, 2018 2:43 AM

Absolutely a piece of shit, really horrible finale to the series.

by Anonymousreply 51November 6, 2018 4:38 AM

I just finished episode 4 I think it was, and I found it very interesting. The best one yet of this new season.

by Anonymousreply 52November 6, 2018 5:42 AM

I watched all of it. My main complaint is the final episode didn't feel like a final episode. There was no real sense of a true ending. It seemed like the season just trailed off and died, like it just ran out of steam. I was like what??? That's the end?

by Anonymousreply 53November 6, 2018 9:44 AM

Diane Lane is a goddess. She elevated two shitty things this week: this, and THE ROMANOFFS.

by Anonymousreply 55November 6, 2018 9:56 AM

Claire's hair looked like shit. I would have rather just had them make the last season with Spacey.

by Anonymousreply 56November 6, 2018 11:01 AM

There really is something magical about Diane Lane. I liked the new additions to the cast. I thought Greg Kinnear was spot on. Great portrayal of a toxic bastard so used to getting their own way. Robin Wright is amazing as Claire but I agree that she needs strong people to play off. The scenes with her and Doug Stamper fell a little flat which Is why I didn’t love the ending either.

by Anonymousreply 57November 6, 2018 11:06 AM

The Doug Stamper character was such a major drag on the show. His mopey/menacing routine became tiresome and almost comical in the new episodes. They should have killed him off before the final season.

by Anonymousreply 58November 6, 2018 11:13 AM

Did anybody else feel the last scene was adapted from the last episode of the original British version?

by Anonymousreply 59November 6, 2018 11:35 AM

Final season was DREADFUL. Netflix should have ended with season 5. Claire's "my turn" would have been a far more fitting series conclusion.

by Anonymousreply 60November 6, 2018 3:20 PM

‘House of Cards’ Has a Ludicrous Ending That Resolves Nothing — Except What Netflix Really Values in 2018

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by Anonymousreply 61November 6, 2018 4:41 PM

I’ve only watched the first two.

Is there any reward at all seeing it through to the end?

by Anonymousreply 62November 7, 2018 4:21 PM

Do you not have any desire to see more seasons, R62? If not, then don’t bother to watch it.

by Anonymousreply 63November 7, 2018 4:24 PM

I watched the first two eps of this season.

I have seen the entire series minus the remainder of this final season.

by Anonymousreply 64November 7, 2018 4:28 PM

Ohh, now I see.

Yeah, you might as well go ahead and finish it at this point.

by Anonymousreply 65November 7, 2018 4:30 PM

Horrible ending but otherwise entertaining. It certainly wasn’t believable. But entertaining for sure.

by Anonymousreply 67November 10, 2018 10:41 PM

Season 6 is HoC Meets Dynasty, with Robyn and Diane Lane camping it to high heaven. Demented. Rancid. Preposterous.

by Anonymousreply 68November 13, 2018 6:14 AM

Agreed, R68, truly awful.

by Anonymousreply 69November 13, 2018 1:25 PM

i'm gonna have to go back and see S5 again...apparently the dead pres and the current pres discussed having a baby and she saved some presidential sperms.......also, apparently Doug ( so slim and sexy) saved claire from being murdered by frank.. ( big mistake) ...they just left too much undone that could have been wrapped up in another season.....it was a shit show really...

i thought it was disgustingly petty as fuck they wouldn't even use kevin spacey's fucking VOICE when claire was listening to a secret tape. JHC. why didn't they just crucify him and get it over with.....

by Anonymousreply 70November 16, 2018 7:59 AM

R70, not petty but calculating probably. Producers today think being explicitly associated with him in any way is professional suicide.

by Anonymousreply 71November 16, 2018 6:19 PM

i guess but it drives me to the freakin' nuts!!! such bullshit. OMG!! we heard his VOICE....everyone to the unemployment office!! they could have used a voice impressionist. but noooooooooo...

i hate i let this stupid shit drive me crazy. but it does. it does. have a smokeless day if you live anywhere in California.

by Anonymousreply 72November 18, 2018 9:02 PM

Doug and Claire are completely one note characters. We are given very little about their past lives and why they are such cold and cynical people. I never really cared about either of them. I watched the first 5 seasons because Spacey was such a genius at playing Frank, but you guys have talked me out of the last season.

by Anonymousreply 73November 19, 2018 3:27 AM

[quote] i thought it was disgustingly petty as fuck they wouldn't even use kevin spacey's fucking VOICE when claire was listening to a secret tape

Plus in the photos of Claire weeping over his body in the coffin the photos very neatly are cropped just below his neck so you don't get even a particle of his face.

by Anonymousreply 74November 22, 2018 9:43 AM

I did love seeing Josh from the Guiding Light in this season!! A hunk and a good actor.

I gave up after three episodes. It wasn’t going anywhere and so small in scope. The best the writers could come up with was that she, the first female president and hated by many Americans, was mainly threatened by her close friends because they want to get a bill through Congress???

by Anonymousreply 75November 22, 2018 11:44 AM

All the scenes with Doug and his therapist made the show come to a screeching halt

by Anonymousreply 76November 22, 2018 11:45 AM

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