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So, grits... did you watch the British House of Cards?

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Victor Khomenko

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We started last night, and the differences are pretty much what you would expect. The US version is more perfect technically, more direct and brutal, more primitive, giving you a MORE PERFECT entertainment, with less brain required.

The Brits are typical Brits, with subtlety and more style, to the point of being boring. The Mrs fell for it right away, I am being gradually pulled into it. Their "Zoe" is far better than "our" Zoe, and where it was an instant "It is $50 for blowjob" type of exchange in our version, the Brits are still doing the mating dance, with an undeniable tension and anticipation.

All in all, I think everyone who liked the US version should look at the original.

Follow Ups:

Bummer... the ending is pure cop out. nt - Victor Khomenko 20:03:31 03/05/13 (0)
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Season Two is MUCH better. * - mr grits 10:03:38 03/01/13 (6)
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- Like... WOW! - Victor Khomenko 19:14:13 03/01/13 (0)
  Just finished season 1.
- You are running too fast... wait for those of us in the wheel chairs - Victor Khomenko 15:56:16 03/01/13 (4)
  This is not fair!
  - Yer need to retire and fondle the remote all day. * - mr grits 16:40:54 03/01/13 (3)
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    - Catching up with you... daddy... - Victor Khomenko 17:11:43 03/01/13 (2)
      Amazing acting all across, if you say the second season is even better, I have to see that!
      - Incredible how quickly it made the Netflix version disappear into the background - Victor Khomenko 16:08:26 03/02/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Catching up with you... daddy... posted by Victor Khomenko on March 01, 2013 at 17:11:43
        
        And I liked the US production... until I watched this one. It forcefully put things into their right places.
      - Ian Richardson comes into a deep, second breath of evil . . . - mr grits 12:55:39 03/02/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Catching up with you... daddy... posted by Victor Khomenko on March 01, 2013 at 17:11:43
        
        as projected into the wandering camera.
Episode One: Seems like they were made one hundred years apart . . . - mr grits 09:24:39 02/28/13 (4)
The Brits using broad, polite strokes while the Yanks use a microscope focused on the gritty realism of human behavior. We shall see how this unfolds.

Reminded me, though, of the grand old days of watching the PM question and answer sessions when Thatcher and John Major used to slap down those pesky MPs. I don't think America produces politicians smart enough to face that kind of scrutiny.
- "I love you, daddy." Pretty mean, eh? * - mr grits 17:14:46 02/28/13 (0)
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- Did you miss the teleprompters? - Victor Khomenko 09:51:14 02/28/13 (2)
  The second episode is already better than the first one, so there is hope!
  
  But we are time-sharing, so it will take a while.
  - Liked the not-so-subtle rats in front of Parliament shots. * - mr grits 10:28:37 02/28/13 (1)
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    - You mean the MSNBC "correspondents"? - Victor Khomenko 11:50:14 02/28/13 (0)
      The big one looked like Stephanopoulos.
On the menu . . . I would expect a different delivery, of course . . . - mr grits 13:50:33 02/27/13 (5)
none of the crudity of crawling in the DC gutter. We'll see.
- He-he... if anything, their gutter seems deeper - Victor Khomenko 14:22:49 02/27/13 (4)
  At least in DC they don't pimp out their girlfriends!
  - Is Rice-Davies and Keeler in this one? * - mr grits 14:34:18 02/27/13 (3)
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    - No, but the series carry the obscene imdb rating of 8.9 - Victor Khomenko 15:20:32 02/27/13 (2)
      I think it might be the highest rated movie I have ever watched! :)
      Just for grins, I checked the La Dolce Vita - it only managed 8.0! :(
      Wild Srawberries pulled an impressive 8.3!
      
      Edits: 02/27/13
      - RE: No, but the series carry the obscene imdb rating of 8.9 - mr grits 15:35:42 02/27/13 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No, but the series carry the obscene imdb rating of 8.9 posted by Victor Khomenko on February 27, 2013 at 15:20:32
        
        I gave 'Room In Rome' an 8.4 Wrist Rating.
        
        Ten hours of LoTR for you, bad boy! nt - Victor Khomenko 06:45:40 02/28/13 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: No, but the series carry the obscene imdb rating of 8.9 posted by mr grits on February 27, 2013 at 15:35:42
        
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