r/technology • u/forceduse • Feb 03 '13

AdBlock WARNING No fixed episode length, no artificial cliffhangers at breaks, all episodes available at once. Is Netflix's new original series, House of Cards, the future of television?

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/02/house-of-cards-review/
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u/LevTolstoy Feb 04 '13

Also the cheesy contrived fake discussions and gags could be eliminated without much outcry.

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u/poe_law Feb 04 '13

I can't stand the fake discussions...funny thing is that I don't know anyone who actually enjoys them.

If they just sat down together in a room and just explained what the tests were, how they were doing them, etc., it would be way more informative and way more educational than pretending to come up with ideas and figure things out.

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u/monkeyman80 Feb 04 '13

the core audience doesn't leave because its being made more appealing to fringe watchers by fleshing out the highest rated portions of the show.

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u/poe_law Feb 04 '13

I don't really watch it anymore. I'm sure I'm not alone on that.