[TimperleySaint]

House Of Cards : Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:58 am  

Season 3 released in full tomorrow - can't wait for this to come back, a very cool and gripping political drama. No doubt I will be finished with this come Sunday evening!!

Re: House Of Cards : Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:13 pm  

Same here. After having seen the British original first I was unsure of watching the U.S. version. But I was really glad I did. Kevin Spacey is perfect in it.
A few long nights in order now.

Re: House Of Cards : Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:09 pm  

I can't believe Spacey's missus in HoC is Jenny from Forrest Gump!

[TimperleySaint]

Re: House Of Cards : Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:59 pm  

Not that I know anything about politician salaries, and even less about US ones - but anyone watching this so far in S3, when Xxxxxxx is negotiating for a salary why are they asking for money and points (which are for what??)?

Re: House Of Cards : Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:15 am  

Mike Oxlong wrote:

Not that I know anything about politician salaries, and even less about US ones - but anyone watching this so far in S3, when Xxxxxxx is negotiating for a salary why are they asking for money and points (which are for what??)?

I'm only up to episode 3 so far (I know I'm a pansy amateur) but might it be like some sort of pay grade? Or I think in the US teachers have what are called salary points which they increase with experience, attending courses etc and IIRC go toward their pension.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: House Of Cards : Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:42 am  

Him wrote:

I'm only up to episode 3 so far (I know I'm a pansy amateur) but might it be like some sort of pay grade? Or I think in the US teachers have what are called salary points which they increase with experience, attending courses etc and IIRC go toward their pension.

I watched it all over Sat and Sun! Very sad I know!

It was just one of the little things in the show that I'm guessing US audiences will pick up on and know about, but not necessarily anyone outside the US. Not an important thing but just though someone here may know.

Re: House Of Cards : Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:54 am  

Think I've just got to the part you mean. Where Doug is negotiating with the woman running for President?

"Points on the ad buy"?
I believe it's basically a commission on top of his salary. So if Doug's package was a salary of $200k plus 5 points on the ad buy he'd get, obviously his salary of $200k, but also 5% of however much money the campaign spends on advertising.

[TimperleySaint]

Re: House Of Cards : Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:12 am  

Just catching up on The Sopranos, and yeah seems like you are right with the percentage on top of whatever he would make.

"points: percent of income; cut." from Wikipedia (on a page about mafia related words )

Re: House Of Cards : Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:35 am  

Finally got around to watching the first few of these over the past week or so; it's absolutely outstanding!

Really well made, brilliantly cast and razor sharp writing - I'm hooked. Even if some of the technical elements of the US political system sometimes go over your head, as they do mine, it's well worth a watch.

Re: House Of Cards : Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:05 am  

I wouldn't worry about missing references to the American political system because it bears about as much resemblance to it as the British version. Although, it's still closer to reality than Armando Ianucci's "Veep".

I thought Season 3 was way down on the first two. They've cut the cast and got rid of too many good actors. Don't care too much for the switch to marital drama, either. And the Vladimir Putin stereotype seems closer to propaganda.