A new Netflix original is up on streaming

I LOVE Kevin Spacey! The LA Times liked it...

Unlike the last, very strange, Netflix original.

Sweetie and I had watched through The Sopranos (again) and thought seeing Silvio Dante in Norway would be fun. It was, for about an episode and a half.

What were they thinking?

I thought Steven Van Zandt was great in it.

In my opinion.

Not sure why.

Or is it only online? I haven't checked for it on the TV yet, but saw it on the computer. I didn't see any way to add it to my queue, though, and wondered why. I definitely want to check this out.

Hit the "more info" link. It will take you to a window where you can add it to your queue.

I never saw any "more info" link, but on hubby's computer, when I hovered over the "Play" button, the option to add it to my queue popped up. It didn't do that on mine, though. Maybe it's because I don't have Silverlight installed and he does?

Where the "hovering" curser is non existent. So I got the "more info."

Just finished watching it. Now maybe I can get back to my life. Or maybe I'll watch it again.

Spacey and Wright absolutely bring it home. Netflix has a winner here.

I'm on episode ten now.

Couldn't tear myself away.

Put it in my queue and I see on my horizon nights where we will say, "just one more episode".

Brilliant marketing on the part of Netflix.

Thanks for bringing it up.

This year, Netflix also will offer a new series by "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan called "Orange Is the New Black," the thriller "Hemlock Grove" and comedic actor Ricky Gervais' "Derek," scheduled for summer. "Arrested Development" brings back the canceled Fox show.
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Netflix paid about $100 million for two seasons of "House of Cards," Deadline.com reported. Netflix hasn't discussed the cost publicly, said Jonathan Friedland, a spokesman.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Netflix-s-big-gamble-with-House-of-Cards-4247557.php#ixzz2JtD2C2f4

Good stuff. If they keep up this quality, they can indeed be competitive with the likes of HBO.

Its always fun seeing places you know in teevee. In the first few minutes of the second episode, Spacey's character is having lunch with the Speaker and Majority Leader at a restaurant. We've eaten at the same place a couple of times . . . . at least I think so. A place called District Commons.

I wish the cinematography wasn't quite so averse to brighter lighting.

Kevin Spacey is deliciously slimy. Robin Wright looks like Mika Bryzynski.

The original British series was so damn good, I just can't watch an American remake.

Yes, the original was great. But so is this.

This is better, imo.

I have said in other threads about this series, that the British version is at the top of my favorite list for tv series, movies, just about any story that's been filmed. I absolutely love it. I signed up for Netflix specifically to watch HOC. But, I did watch the US version and it really is well done. It held my attention/interest enough to make me watch it in 2 late night marathons. I actually enjoyed analyzing the differences in the characters in the two versions. And I understand the workings of the US government system better than I do the UK system, so that is also a plus for the new version.

Francis Urquhart will never be replaced in my heart by Francis Underwood, but I am enjoying seeing how this series does or doesn't fit with the original story.