#December2013
Best of 2013 – Caffeine Powered’s Picks
2013 was a bit of a benchmark year for me in the realm of my personal life. Over the course of the last twelve months I have: successfully not shit my pants (time left), moved into my first official apartment with my girlfriend (I was squatting in hers), spent hundreds of dollars on caffeinated products, proposed to said girlfriend and begun planning a wedding, played far too many hours of Borderlands 2, stared at far too many asses on Tumblr, taught my first classes (I love it), and hung with the Gang Omega far too little.
The drawback of a boomin’ personal life is that pop culture has flowed through my brain with far too little interaction this year. What I perceive, I half perceive. What I enjoy is fleeting. Worse still, I’ve ventured very little out of my comfort zone. Indie games, comics, movies, and fetish sites have been largely ignored due to want of time.
As a result, my list is a pedestrian collection of my favorites from a very sad little slice of what arrived onto the scene this past calendar year.
Excelsior.
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NETFLIX in talks for a third ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ season
Huzzah! A few weeks back it was reported that House of Cards wasn’t going to span past a second season. Well! Not if Netflix has anything to say about it. Apparently the Streaming Service That Can is in talks to bring the son of a bitch back for a third. You know what I say? Back up the truck! The Money Truck!
KEVIN SPACEY and ROBIN WRIGHT directing ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ episodes. None from THE FINCHER.
After House of Cards was renewed for a second season, the next big question became whether or not David Fincher would direct any episodes. Homeboy directed the pilot, et cetera. We now know the answer: negative. Bummer. Fincher’s aesthetic was a huge sexy portion of the episodes he directed, and immediately disappeared when he was no longer behind the camera. The show’s quality didn’t suffer, but I’m a whore for slick overlays and visual hooks. Alas. So no Fincher.
But! We’ve found ourselves a Spacey and a Wright.
Netflix adds 3 MILLION new streaming subscribers. We all have (UNDER) WOOD.
Fuck yes! Grow, Netflix, grow! For you have given me a taste of House of Cards and I need more. I feel more confident with every new subscriber that I will be able to see my second season of the tasty show.
‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ coming to Blu-Ray and DVD in June. INCEPTION HORN.
Netflix produces a television show that debuts on their streaming service only. Now it’s coming to physical media. And then will that physical media…be offered through Netflix? The same company that produced it in a manner that circumvented television and physical media? The rabbit hole…the rabbit hole.
Monday Morning Commute: Beasts & Smilers
This is Monday Morning Commute.
It’s been one of those interminable Mondays. The sort that strike during the deadness of winter, challenging me not to stick the gas pump up my ass while singing falsetto at everyone staring at me. The dumb, dank, dirty snow. The middle-finger flipping ashen sky. One of those Mondays when I have to write this little column, and unfortunately all I can muster is, “man, I’m pretty much not excited about anything.” Everything is dirty underneath my bitter little gums today. Here is a list of begrudgingly rustled things that I’m kind of, sort of, enjoying.
86% of Netflix users say ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ makes them less likely to cancel. Spacey riot!
What is a Spacey Riot? It is when a thousand clones of Kevin Spacey roll into your house. They begin kicking down objects, mashing them into bits while mimicking Spacey’s heinous Lex Luthor performance. You will cry and scream, but they will not relent. Should you even think of cancelling your Netflix subscription, they will end you. American Beauty style.
Netflix Deal With Cable Providers, While David Fincher Fights Them over Budget Of His Show
Netflix moving to cable? Shaking hands, high-fiving? I’ve always thought of Netflix streaming as the antidote to cable, and now they may get cozy? Reality is melting! Someone hold me. Pass the blanket.
Netflix Gets Deal To Distribute Fincher/Spacey TV Series.
…I’m not even sure if it is a television show though, is it? How do you classify this shit? Netflix has spent a cool $100 million to create and distribute David Fincher and Kevin Spacey’s House of Cards. David Fincher will be the executive producer, while Spacey is set to be the lead. The two’s project is based “on a British series and novel of the same name, the show will be a political thriller about a conservative politician with his eye on a high ranking office.” And while the original was set was in England, the Fincher/Spacey collaboration will be taking place in the good ole United States of America.
Hit the jump for more details.
