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by EnderMB 4077 days ago
I've only watched a handful of their shows, but I'm yet to watch a Netflix show that isn't great. House of Cards is fantastic, Daredevil as you say is amazing, Bojack Horseman is hilarious, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a breath of fresh air.
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mreiland 4076 days ago
season 3 of house of cards is trash imo. The rest was brilliant, and it hurts. I went from watching characters with an actual goal struggling and overcoming obstacles to meet that goal to watching a soap opera.
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EnderMB 4076 days ago
It was definitely the weakest season, but I think it mostly showed because season 1 and 2 were so good. I've still got high hopes for next season given how season 3 ended.
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joshuapants 4076 days ago
I don't want to spoil anything so I'll be vague. The problem is that the main character went from being a conniving underdog to the top of the stack way too quickly. Now the stakes are much lower because he already got what he wanted, and it's much less interesting to watch.

If you look at the British series, it's much shorter, and for good reason.

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mreiland 4076 days ago
I feel like they butchered the character by making him 'angsty', and I personally hated the way the 3rd season ended. It exemplified everything I disliked about the 3rd season.

The opening scene for the season 1 had me hooked. They defined that character so well with that opening scene and I was immediately interested to see what this character was willing to do.

Then season 3 happened and I find he's turned into every other character in every other modern show.

I wish they had taken the approach of just making him ruthless towards the other nations in achieving the US's goals instead of the direction they went in.

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joshuapants 4076 days ago
I agree with you 100% on that, you worded it better than I could.
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tomjen3 4076 days ago
Agreed. I also hated the newest season of Orange is the new black.

Maybe they are too focused on their new exclusive shows to stay on top and make sure the new old ones are also good?

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Spooky23 4076 days ago
They went beyond updating and Americanizing the British show, and ended up with contrived drama and bad Putin impersonation. Writing a good show is hard!
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