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tularetom

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5. Your basic plastic pundit

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Thu Dec 19, 2013, 09:26 AM

Dec 2013

There are dozens of them just like him.

IMO the title of his review gives him away. He "hated" the show simply because the president loved it and he wants all the cool kids to like him and he knows if he manages to get a snotty little dig at the president, he'll get invited to more of the A list cocktail parties.

I watched the entire series and enjoyed it. But the best part of it was that it got me to watch the original BBC series which was twice as good and had a leading character that was way more slimy than the Kevin Spacey role in the Netflix show.

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I just read Chris Cillizza's negative review of House of Cards [View all] PCIntern Dec 2013 OP

Cillizza is a Beltway insider hack. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #1

Your House of Cards was simply a remake of a UK 1990 BBC series dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #2

We thought the U.S. version was terrific. (nt) Paladin Dec 2013 #6

I'll probably enjoy it too dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #10

You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment. tularetom Dec 2013 #7

Yes. Thank you for letting the colonists know about a show featured on our Masterpiece msanthrope Dec 2013 #13

"the colonists" dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #15

Cilliza early on seemed to be a sincere and careful young reporter. He has since Skidmore Dec 2013 #3

The power in House of Cards probably isn't with the faction he favors liberal N proud Dec 2013 #4

Your basic plastic pundit tularetom Dec 2013 #5

Part of the problem is that it doesn't actually translate. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #8

Ah, here's the telling part.... beerandjesus Dec 2013 #9

I can sort of understand his perspective. The_Commonist Dec 2013 #11

Confession: I didn't like either version of House of Cards either... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #12

I totally agree with him. It is a show based on the fact that all politicians are corrupted Mass Dec 2013 #14