The pathos of the text message

TV and films show texts don't have to be unemotional throwaways.

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S_T_R[/url]":1adjbjw9]I am so glad that Stamper-Rachel story is over. It was, by far, the least interesting plot line of the entire season. I loathe the idea that the aftermath will rule a large chunk on season 3.

I disagree somewhat. I admit it wasn't the most compelling in and of itself. SPOILERS**

The fun was waiting for it to boil over, knowing she is the key that could unravel all of the corruption. I think it will only get better in Season 3. I also think she will be Frank's "undoing". We shall see!

Stamper certainly wasn't the most interesting character.

I'm thinking it will go the way of the BBC production, while she may be key in unraveling, Underwood won't escape the original's fate.

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I certainly hope he doesn't escape the fate of the BBC version...

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since that means Meechum pulls the trigger. Going to be a very interesting internal conflict for him. And I really hope they play it the same, with Claire ordering Meechum to do it without Francis knowing its coming. And while Stamper wasn't the most interesting character, I really liked him. I did think there was a lot of weirdness with him in season 2 with the reading and whatnot, but I am rather sad that he's dead. It does make the unraveling easier though. Now, both Rachel and Gavin are hanging out there.

 

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TMilligan[/url]":2koajhst]Yup, right when I saw House of Cards overlaying the text on the screen, I told my brother it wouldn't be too long before we start seeing that design decision in other movies and TV shows. I saw a trailer for Non Stop and they did a copy/paste of the overlay. How long before Days of Our Lives is using it?

I noticed that for Non Stop as well.

What's funny to me is the first time I saw the effect in House of Cards, I thought, "Oh, they got that from Sherlock." I watched HoC with director commentary recently and there's a bit where they talk about all the ideas they had for showing texts on the screen and then someone showed them Sherlock and went with it.

 

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In Star Trek Voyager, their precedent for something bad about to happen is "We will send an away team, but make sure you keep a beam lock on them at all times"

"Get them out of there"

"I can't get a lock! There is to much interference/their shields/the rock/nova star etc"

Yep. And they never explain why they don't send over a team of Federation Marines in full combat armor with crew-served weapons and combat drones in order to guarantee extraction of the team via shuttle if the transporters don't work.

Star Trek has always amused me for things like that.

"It could be dangerous. Should we send a probe, Captain?"

"No, I think I'll take some command officers and go myself. Lightly armed, of course. And in the same clothes I wear for afternoon tea."