Mad Men

[JayIvory]

About advertising execs in the 1960's.. Definitely an interesting show.. Anyone here watch it?

[PaperSt.]

Is it on now or was it in the 60's???

never heard of it... but I don't watch much TV

[JayIvory]

Is it on now or was it in the 60's???

never heard of it... but I don't watch much TV

It is on now.. but the setting is in the 60s. Yea man theres nothing good to watch anymore...this is like the only one I watch. Its written by the same people who wrote The Sopranos.

[homi29]

watched the first episode and it was pretty good

havent got aorund to watching more

its well done and mysgonistic

[hawkeye]

I watched a bit of one episode, looks good, but I wanted to start at the beginning. My boss thinks it's great, she said that the 50's details are really interesting.

[quid]

its pretty interesting. seen every episode since the begining.

[C0C0]

when does this come on...i always seem to miss it

[Mattjay]

I work at a post production film/television house...worked on this show actually!

[JayIvory]

when does this come on...i always seem to miss it

It comes on every thursday night at 10 pm on AMC. They also have it On Demand if you have timewarner. Just go to the entertainment section and you'll see it there.

[Guest Phrost]

mad men is sooo good. take note: mysogeny, drinking, attractive secretaries, and good clothes always make for good tv.

don's new secretary jane (peyton list) ughhhh

[bfan]

The character of Donald Draper has become a personal hero for me. Fucking love this show.

[christianjustin]

i haven't gotten to watch the show, but it looks really appealing. It has gotten really good critical praise, or so i hear

[the Repeater]

Joan's wide ass rules like there's no tomorrow

[evisu 2000]

in order for me it would be:

helen the single mom

joan halloway

bette draper

hilda? (campbells sec)

but anyway

the show is really good. very well written... funny and great characterizations.

i think it's on sundays.

i can't fucking stand the opening titles though. my guess is they're trying to do something saul bassesque, but it looks shitty.

[curtis89]

^Helen before Joan?

[masuerte]

Maybe it's too soon to say but I'm really liking this as something re-watchable in the same way that I like the Wire. The characters (and their clothing), situations, photographic composition, and dialogue are all interesting in a subtle and engaging way that curiously makes me love to watch episodes over and over again.

I also like the way it represents how women are treated in the 60's. I don't know if it's truly realistic... 'cuz baby, I wasn't even a baby then... but it believably comes across that way.

[evisu 2000]

^Helen before Joan?

normally no, but apparently the actress who plays joan has fake breasts.

[curtis89]

no way! But on the other hand when the show started last year I kinna thought she was wearing some sort of body suit-kinna weird but you get used to a certain body shape on television-I'm the only fakes are her breats

[Guest Phrost]

joan (christina hendricks) is busting out EVERYWHERE its rediculous.

she's like a modern day red headed betty boop x 5. betty draper is gooood too.

[hawkeye]

in order for me it would be:

helen the single mom

joan halloway

bette draper

hilda? (campbells sec)

I think it's Hildy... List looks pretty good to me, Id add Draper's new secretary, didn't catch her name. I liked the beatnik chick Draper had too, kind of had that wierd/hot thing going with the wigs there.

It's pretty awesome to see how manipulative Draper is with his wife, the past few episodes she tries to pull some shit on him and he just makes her feel so bad, fucking brilliant.

[magicy]

i can't fucking stand the opening titles though. my guess is they're trying to do something saul bassesque, but it looks shitty.

agreed, it looks like it was made by like a freshman animation student as a test for something that they were going to make in the future. The show is amazing though, some really great actors. And betty draper is that shit.

[alexryb]

The opening credits are a bit lackluster,

but that song is awesome..

I've seen every episode but the newest one.

Pirate Bay, here I come.

[pragmatics]

I thought episodes 2 and 3 of this season were pretty meh. They seemed to want to do too much that everything seemed choppy and unfufilling. Last episode wasn't bad though, and I'm sure they're just giving exposition for something better.

[evisu 2000]

slab status

[NESK]

i havnt seen anything from the 2nd season but i watched season one consecutively and it was stellar. this is one of those shows where when i watch it i feel guilty because i know its popular for the wrong reasons. theres so much brilliance packed in to this show that probably goes over everyones head. for example: the way some people in this thread are giving the show acclaim for its mysognistic undertones. i think the show is actually taking a complex stance againt that kind of behavoir. but thats obviously not a debate for the general veiwing public.

[sarcasticone]

in order for me it would be:

helen the single mom

joan halloway

bette draper

hilda? (campbells sec)

.

I would add Pete Campbell's wife to that list.

[evisu 2000]

for example: the way some people in this thread are giving the show acclaim for its mysognistic undertones. i think the show is actually taking a complex stance againt that kind of behavoir.

...we all know misogyny is wrong; it's portrayed in the show because that's what it was (same with drinking and driving, etc). i don't think the subtext is as deep as you think it is.

and yeah pete campbell's wife is fly as hell.

[NESK]

i wouldnt call it subtext. i just think its more complex than most people would give it credit. but i think the whole show is like that. and the opening credits that alot of people think are cheap looking kind of reinforce what im talking about. i dont know. wed have to get really analytical for me to explain it but the whole era of the show and the lead characters all kind of add to this morbid tone where post-war america is at its breaking point and the only logical way to keep people distracted is through consumerism so you get these people whos lives are an aboslute mess and who arent at all happy, then you have them selling happiness to the masses. the first episode where theres a bunch of suits trying to find away to keep smokers from thinking about how their habit will inevitably kill them... its all so bleak. and the mysogyny in the show is a part of that. you get campbell who's essentially neutered by his new wife and he has to take it out on drapers secretary because shes weak and naive (read: modernistly feminine) so he fucks her because he wants to demonstrate some patriarchy at work since hes the bitch at home. all that shit just lends itself to this overarching sense of hopelessness thats fuelled by rapid consumption(drinking, smoking, fucking) that doesnt seem to help anyone have any moment of self realization. every character seems to have this same downward trajectory. that trajectory is best exemplefied in the credits when you see a faceless man with no discernable characteristics except that hes professionally dressed, freefalling toward the ground amidst a barrage of overtly sexual and sensationalized adverts. seems kind of brilliant even if not aesthetically so.

[evisu 2000]

again... i don't think it's subtle at all. isn't that the whole point of the show? the depiction is historically accurate... the progression of counterculture, self awareness, racial prejudice, etc. life is pretty complex...

[masuerte]

haha, leave NESK alone to pat himself on the back as he pleases

or whatever mental masturbation he's getting off on when he subtly mentions he's discovered something that everyone else already knows about. That and separating himself from the general viewing public.