Fincher, The Lesser Mara, Wright and Spacey in "House of Cards"

[Bean]

This won't be eligible for the Emmys, I don't believe. I am looking forward to it, though!

[Rage Colored Glasses]

This won't be eligible for the Emmys, I don't believe. I am looking forward to it, though!

According to Alan Sepinwall the show will be eligible.

[erikdean]

2 days!

[boondoggle]

According to Alan Sepinwall the show will be eligible.

At Gold Derby, posters talk about its Emmy chances all the time so I just assumed. I don't know what rules or eligibility criteria the Emmys use for original programs on Netflix. All the trailers look really great so far. Link for those interested.

[guany]

Steven Soderbergh is a fan:

What TV do you watch?

Pretty much what you’d expect: Breaking Bad. Can’t wait for that next season.Mad Men. Boss. I feel very lucky because David Fincher sent me advance episodes of House of Cards. I’ve got three to go, and I’m totally hooked. What I like about all those shows is that there’s an aesthetic that’s adhered to no matter who is directing it. They have rules, there’s a tool kit. I don’t like seeing stuff where there’s no coherence to the choices that are being made. And all those shows are shot like movies. That train-robbery episode in the last season ofBreaking Bad? They had like eight days to shoot that episode. That’s good shit! And House of Cards is the most beautiful thing you’ve seen on a screen. Oh, and I watch Girls.

http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/steve...versation.html

[erikdean]

I want Soderbergh to make a TV series so badly.

[Rage Colored Glasses]

I want Soderbergh to make a TV series so badly.

HBO needs to pick up the phone yesterday.

[Forbes Forrester]

Two new trailers.

The first reviews I read were very good. Most of them were from UK.
But now Metacritic added some more and they are mixed.
I guess Kevin Spacey will have an Emmy nomination (not sure about Golden Globe, SAG... eligibility criteria), but I really wish one for Robin Wright.

[Ceilidh-ann]

Eh, I'm interested to see how the transfer from UK to US politics works (the show's so heavily tied to the Thatcher years in my mind) but Spacey just doesn't fit my mental image of what that role requires (it's tough to live up to Ian Richardson, to be fair).

[hurricanesmith]

Eh, I'm interested to see how the transfer from UK to US politics works (the show's so heavily tied to the Thatcher years in my mind) but Spacey just doesn't fit my mental image of what that role requires (it's tough to live up to Ian Richardson, to be fair).

They more or less took the tropes from the original and put them into an original storyline. The plotting mostly works.

I'm... lukewarm on this. I like some of it--particularly Fincher's direction--a lot, but it also feels sort of sloppily written and by the numbers. I'm giving it a B, and would not be surprised by the full season rising to an A or falling to a C.

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