I just finished last night. You are right - they avoid the plot manipulation (creating a cliff-hanger at the end of each episode). The story flows. Really nice. the theme music is very nice, altho I got tired of the long intros. I have Netflixed the original British version, which I am told is darker.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > On 02/09/2013 07:25 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > > > Well, I finished watching this series today... > > > > You are more of a TV junkie than I am then. > > Possibly, but I also had a short work week last week, > and thus was able to devote 9.75 hours (shorter, really, > because I could fast-forward through the repeating > opening sequences) to watching a novel. > > That's definitely how the writer thought of it, given > the amount of artistic freedom (total, not one critical > comment or "suggestion" from Netflix during the entire > production) he had, and given Netflix's decision to make > all episodes available on the viewer's time schedule. > They didn't have to invent cliff-hanger endings to get > people to "tune in next week." > > > I'm about halfway through but a little disappointed that > > so far we haven't seen much of the real problem in politics > > and that's big corporations. Even Frank would have to kowtow > > to them or lose his office. Other political analysts have > > mentioned the same thing about the series. > > Oh, that's definitely there, or did you (and these > "analysts" miss the stuff about Sancorp? It gets more > pronounced towards the end. > > > BTW, I found a way to watch episodes of "Utopia". I would > > think the only outlet for this in the US would be streaming > > on Netflix. The accents are too strong for most Americans > > to understand. > > Not only that. American TV producers are never going > to go for a series that proposes a giant underground > organization willing to create diseases that target > only specific races. They should have heard the guys > from Los Alamos talking about the research they were > doing to do exactly that. :-) > > > But I hope that a watered down remake for the US doesn't > > keep the original version out of the US market. I like > > the cinematography in it which is probably another problem > > for dumbed down 'mericans who don't like "black bars". It's > > presented in "scope" so there are "black bars" on a 16:9 > > screen. I understand that "House of Cards" has a 2:1 ratio > > (slightly scope) but probably due to overscan on my old HD > > set I don't see the "black bars." > > I seriously doubt that most Americans are bright enough > to even notice the aspect ratios, except for old movies > shown on TNT. :-) >
