Talk:House of Cards (British TV series)

Linking
It is unfortunate that someone has spent so very much time linking almost every single word in this article. Wikipedia has politices and style guides on linking that strongly discourage this sort of editing. Please see WP:LINK and WP:CONTEXT which, in particular, note that it is not appropriate to link every instance of a concept -- one or two links is sufficient, and that it there is no need to link plain English words. I have cleaned up the article accordingly. Ground Zero | t 17:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

it's unfortunate that THIS is the subject matter for the phrase HOUSE OF CARDS. How about the Radiohead song for one. Or the potentially colloquial phrase 'house of cards' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.240.218 (talk) 08:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Richard III
I think the "original research" tags against the Richard III citations can safely be removed. Firstly, the recognition of the similarities is obvious and uncontroversial and hardly "research" in itself. Secondly, Ian Richardson has himself commented on the connection, as the source cited in the 4th footnote shows! It is really more of a culutral cross-reference than any kind of substantial comment on the work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.136.29 (talk) 19:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

The associations with the "Scottish play" and, less frequently, situational similarities with Richard III, should, in fact, be undisputed - they are obvious for all to see, who have even only a little knowledge of the two Shakespeare plays, and are exceedingly well worked into the series. But is the "Electra complex" reference really needed here?Maelli (talk) 12:02, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

The Shakespearean plays are cited in the BBC reference given in the same paragraph. I can't find anything about the Electra complex, though.--Gloriamarie (talk) 15:11, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Mattie seems a bit too old for an Electra/Oedipus complex. She's certainly too old for phallus curiosity. Perhaps "daddy" means sugar daddy. Also, I don't see any exact parallels with any of Shakespeare's plays. Certainly not in the overall plots.220.244.236.132 (talk) 23:16, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

To Play The King, and The Final Cut
No mention in the article of To Play The King or The Final Cut, the second and third parts of the trilogy? htom (talk) 22:18, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

And why don't the books have their own articles? 80.101.113.45 (talk) 12:43, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Same as always, we're volunteers here and no-one's bothered to write it. Britmax (talk) 09:15, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

Runtime
There's conflicting info about the runtime online and on the DVD, and the runtime is different for episodes 1 and 2, so I've left someone's "57:30" as near enough. 4granite (talk) 04:54, 4 July 2011 (UTC)

The entire concept came from the initials, 'F.U.'
How can this be explained or justified? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 22:03, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Where's the book?
This is a BBC dramatisation of a best-selling book. The article title should reflect its status as a TV show. 93.97.178.107 (talk) 10:25, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Name
why is it called (UK tv series)? Because there is an American remake series is irrelevant. That should be (US tv series) and this should be (TV series).--Warner REBORN (talk) 15:28, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

External links modified
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Francis Urquhart's wife's name
In the section "Deviations from the novel in the series", Francis Urquhart's wife is described as Miranda. However, in my copy of the book she is called Mortima. Is this a new revision of the book, or is the article wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.57.7.76 (talk) 20:13, 6 July 2016 (UTC)