House of Cards - S1 on Netflix - Spacey & Fincher - *UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR ALL OF S1*

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I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I'm pretty sure there was a very sly 24 reference in the show. In one scene, somebody asks Sandrine Holt's character
if she's in Evelyn's office. Sandrine Holt previously played a character in a somewhat similar setting called Evelyn on 24.
It could just be a coincidence, but it seemed like that was done on purpose.
 
cory64 said:
Very strange that it took 12 episodes for someone to fill that role. It was definitely a missing element prior to that.
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where I am now I feel if he took the Job Season 2
would have a very strong Rival who seems even smarter yet maybe a decent guy instead of an evil one
 
Jeels said:
I was gonna say, can someone GIF the Vita scenes. (with subs!) lol. Would be perfect for Vita threads. What was the point of that anyway? Seemed like blatant advertisement.
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Nah. It was just awkward. There was the CoD scene, etc. it's just part of his character. The show is rife with the apple logo, and they deliberately did not say playstation. I think that 124$ vita in the buy/sell/trade thread is what's really making me want one.
 
cory64 said:
Very strange that it took 12 episodes for someone to fill that role. It was definitely a missing element prior to that.
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Yup, that's the series' biggest weakness so far. However, I can understand that we're basically halfway through the 2 season arc. It would have been a mistake to pull out all the stops so soon, I think. (when you do, it usually ends badly. see: Homeland S2) Hopefully S2 takes advantage of that to take this series to the next level.

And the Vita thing was definitley product placement. That or Fincher paying Sony a favor for bankrolling the Social Network and the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Because if that was willingly put in there... then someone needs to be fired.
 
jtb said:
Yup, that's the series' biggest weakness so far. However, I can understand that we're basically halfway through the 2 season arc. It would have been a mistake to pull out all the stops so soon, I think. (when you do, it usually ends badly. see: Homeland S2) Hopefully S2 takes advantage of that to take this series to the next level.
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Yeah, but on the other hand, he doesn't seem like he's quite *that*
We may see someone else be that next season.
 
jtb said:
And the Vita thing was definitley product placement. That or Fincher paying Sony a favor for bankrolling the Social Network and the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Because if that was willingly put in there... then someone needs to be fired.
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I think somebody should be fired then. Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems cynical to the point of paranoia to assume that was some sort of "deal." They barely showed the thing, they didn't say sony or playstation and his character ALREADY has the endearing quirk of being a gamer. It was just clumbsy. In the same scene the daughter was twiddling with her iPhone, hell in that scene the iPhone had more screentime. I dunno. It was awkward, but it was no powerade vending machine in the matrix.

POWERADE
 
Jtwo said:
I think somebody should be fired then. Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems cynical to the point of paranoia to assume that was some sort of "deal." They barely showed the thing, they didn't say sony or playstation and his character ALREADY has the endearing quirk of being a gamer. It was just clumbsy. In the same scene the daughter was twiddling with her iPhone, hell in that scene the iPhone had more screentime. I dunno. It was awkward, but it was no powerade vending machine in the matrix.

POWERADE
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They said "P-S Vita."
 
I looked up one of those row things and was surprised to see it "only" costs 995$.
 
Man, that thing is such a total gadget. I really want one, its so hefty and meaty. Its just a shame that Ridge Racer is total ass. If it had some crazy fucked up Ridge Racer with Criterion level social features and all that jazz I would be playing it right now. All this man needs is some Ridge Racer. Now that I think about it maybe I will get one. I still have my PSP with both Ridger Racers on its memory stick.
 
Jtwo said:
I think somebody should be fired then. Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems cynical to the point of paranoia to assume that was some sort of "deal." They barely showed the thing, they didn't say sony or playstation and his character ALREADY has the endearing quirk of being a gamer. It was just clumbsy. In the same scene the daughter was twiddling with her iPhone, hell in that scene the iPhone had more screentime. I dunno. It was awkward, but it was no powerade vending machine in the matrix.

POWERADE
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I think that type of conversation happens all the time between an adult that does not give a crap about a kid, yet since the parent of that kid is standing right there the Adult tries to relate in some way to the kid. Is that a PSVita? I should get one of those? He could have easily have said, Is that a Gameboy? Generations ago.

I think the only reason it sounds off to us on GAF is because we are too close to the subject people who don't know what a Vita is would not have an issue with that scene as much as we do.

Frank has a habit of playing FPS on his PS3 makes perfect sense he would know what a PSVita is I am sure Sony plasters Vita ads all over PSN

but for most of us this scene has been taking up lots of thread space
 
Episode 11:
Credit voiceover was a nice touch. Surprised (but I guess not really) they time stamp exactly when the episode is 'over' so well
 
Jtwo said:
I think somebody should be fired then. Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems cynical to the point of paranoia to assume that was some sort of "deal."
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There's Sony product placement all over the show. Sony TV, Sony headset, Killzone, PS Vita. You think it's all a coincidence? Really?
 
Smiles and Cries said:
I think that type of conversation happens all the time between an adult that does not give a crap about a kid, yet since the parent of that kid is standing right there the Adult tries to relate in some way to the kid. Is that a PSVita? I should get one of those? He could have easily have said, Is that a Gameboy? Generations ago.

I think the only reason it sounds off to us on GAF is because we are too close to the subject people who don't know what a Vita is would not have an issue with that scene as much as we do.

Frank has a habit of playing FPS on his PS3 makes perfect sense he would know what a PSVita is I am sure Sony plasters Vita ads all over PSN

but for most of us this scene has been taking up lots of thread space
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I don't think people have a problem with the scene, it was just funny. It was like in Wayne's World or 30 Rock where they just pause the show for a whole and get all the product placement in at once.
 
Jtwo said:
I think somebody should be fired then. Maybe I'm just naive, but it seems cynical to the point of paranoia to assume that was some sort of "deal." They barely showed the thing, they didn't say sony or playstation and his character ALREADY has the endearing quirk of being a gamer. It was just clumbsy. In the same scene the daughter was twiddling with her iPhone, hell in that scene the iPhone had more screentime. I dunno. It was awkward, but it was no powerade vending machine in the matrix.

POWERADE
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There was zero point to have the Vita thing in the show. Nothing to do with what was going on that couldn't have been accomplished by conservation that didn't feel so forced and unnatural.

Iphone gets a lot of screen time because that is something that happens in real life, people use Iphones all the time.
 
duckroll said:
There's Sony product placement all over the show. Sony TV, Sony headset, Killzone, PS Vita. You think it's all a coincidence? Really?
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I dunno, I didn't notice any of those things and I'm pretty sure that was CoD?
To be honest all I'm noticing are the iMacs and iOS devices, and all the coke cans, but there was an out of focus red bull can too which made me wonder if red bull was owned by coca cola.

bigtroyjon said:
]Iphone gets a lot of screen time because that is something that happens in real life, people use Iphones all the time.
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And surely some kid with a distant but wealthy father owns a psvita with all the games.
 
Jtwo said:
I dunno, I didn't notice any of those things and I'm pretty sure that was CoD?
To be honest all I'm noticing are the iMacs and iOS devices, and all the coke cans, but there was an out of focus red bull can too which made me wonder if red bull was owned by coca cola.
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Wasn't it Killzone?
 
Jtwo said:
I dunno, I didn't notice any of those things and I'm pretty sure that was CoD?
To be honest all I'm noticing are the iMacs and iOS devices, and all the coke cans, but there was an out of focus red bull can too which made me wonder if red bull was owned by coca cola.
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Just because you don't notice it doesn't mean it's not there. If you don't notice it, it means that they have done a relatively good job of not making it too distracting in the context of the show. But it's still there. :P

And yes, it was 100% Killzone 3. He was mashing away on the Dualshock 3 too. There's definitely a Sony product placement deal in House of Cards. No questions about it.
 
Hmm, I guess I'm wrong about the Sony thing.

Also, Zoe's zip up was making me super nostalgic for soft zip up hoodies.
 
if Sony has a deal Apple has a deal

anyway... on ep 13 only half way but I don't want this to end on some cliffhanger damn

god damn... that was the hardest most badass line I've ever heard on a TV show O_o
 
Smiles and Cries said:
if Sony has a deal Apple has a deal
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Video games are a quirk in this show that made sense with maybe the kids.
Lots of business folk constantly use smartphones, and lots of smartphones happen to be iPhones. Not like they've shied away from showing the blackberry logo either.
 
IDK, the show seems to be going out of it's way to be like "oh maaan, the world has chaaaaaaaanged." So much talk of newspapers dying and the blogs, and you tell one person you tell a thousand, and suits playing shooters.


FWIW, I used to FUCKING LOVE IT when Dr. House would play DS or PSP.
 
jediyoshi said:
Video games are a quirk in this show that made sense with maybe the kids.
Lots of business folk constantly use smartphones, and lots of smartphones happen to be iPhones. Not like they've shied away from showing the blackberry logo either.
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they use it a lot though... I'm on ep 13 and it is still playing a role in the plot

I want an iPhone :(
 
[Episode 4]
Haha, flawless Vita advertisement. "I should get one for my car!" OMG what if Spacey has a Vita in season 2 and it shows him playing Killzone Mercenary in his car!?

[Episode 5]
Not sure if I like Francis+Zoe's relationship. I hope Francis is just using sex to keep her close or something like that.

bean breath said:
The crater in Robin Wright's throat is really distracting.
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I noticed that too...what is it?
 
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