Re: House of Cards (Netflix)
Posted: Wed June 07, 2017 11:04 pm
im having a hard time nailing down frank's motivation. Power is just too broad of a thing for them to attribute it to him
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
That's the problem with this fucking show. The house of cards has to come tumbling down at some point. Right now it's just a long, dreadfully boring slog with a seemingly infinitely deferred conclusion that feels like a chore to get through.Monkey_Driven wrote:Finished this season. Was uninterested for the most part.
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It certainly feels that way. I really hope the next season is the last. The reporter needs to connect the dots and bring this thing down.theplatypus wrote:That's the problem with this fucking show. The house of cards has to come tumbling down at some point. Right now it's just a long, dreadfully boring slog with a seemingly infinitely deferred conclusion that feels like a chore to get through.Monkey_Driven wrote:Finished this season. Was uninterested for the most part.
- Spoiler: show
Why do we even watch this show?B wrote:We need to fuck up the states and push the election to the House. We need to fuck up the House and push the election to the states. We need to ... wait, what? This is season 3 all over again. Frank isn't killing anyone. He isn't fucking anyone. He's playing World of Warcraft, and I don't know the rules.
Because we started it.Monkey_Driven wrote:Why do we even watch this show?B wrote:We need to fuck up the states and push the election to the House. We need to fuck up the House and push the election to the states. We need to ... wait, what? This is season 3 all over again. Frank isn't killing anyone. He isn't fucking anyone. He's playing World of Warcraft, and I don't know the rules.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.