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Re: Mad Men

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:07 pm

rachelbean wrote:FUCKING A', COITO...HOW ABOUT SOME SPOILER TAGS?!
I did spoiler when I talked about the current episode above. I didn't think talking about past episodes would be a big deal. However, I did go back and spoiler.

I've noticed other threads where shows are discussed and it is not merely a thread full of spoiler tags. Sorry.


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Re: Mad Men

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:09 pm

Animavore wrote:Never heard of it. What's it about?
Warning! Warning! The following summarizes what the show is about!
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It's about Madison Avenue advertising firm employees in the early 1960's. The main character is Don Draper, who actually is an assumed identity from his birth name, which he assumed during the Korean War.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Animavore » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:20 pm

I hate it already.



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Re: Mad Men

Post by maiforpeace » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:33 pm

Animavore wrote:I hate it already.



:P
Oh, don't be silly.

It's actually quite good...I think you would like it.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:05 pm

It's not half as good as the Yerpeein Mad Men.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Pappa » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:00 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:It's not half as good as the Yerpeein Mad Men.
No that's true. Our version is infinitely better.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Coito ergo sum » Tue May 01, 2012 12:58 pm

Don Draper puts the smack down on the hippies.... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQM8UKgt ... re=related[/youtube]

Best Don Draper line, "I hate to break it to you, but...there is no lie. There is no system. The Universe.....is indifferent."
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Re: Mad Men

Post by maiforpeace » Tue May 01, 2012 1:49 pm

Coito ergo sum wrote:Who watches the television show, "Mad Men?" It's a U.S. show, but maybe they have it over in jolly old England, too.

Last night's episode got a bit crazy.
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
Don learns that his award from the American Cancer Society is hollow. His daughter Sally catches a glimpse of the seedy underbelly of the world of adults. Don's wife Megan sees her unhappy mother (although she doesn't, yet, know about her mother's penchant for blowing guys at parties, just a few feet away from everyone). Pete Campbell may have convinced, with one line, a Marxist college professor that the advertising business isn't all bad. Roger Sterling seems to have figured out a way to get back in the game, professionally and sexually. Peggy is fighting the sexual revolution, and upsetting societal norms by shacking up with a Jewish guy.
It seems like pressure is building up. Something is going to give way in the next few episodes.

This has been one of my favorite shows since it started.

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Hubby and I watched this episode last night. We both had to agree that the screenwriting for this show is firing all pistons and just getting better.

I loved it.
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Oh, and when Julia Ormond hit the scene, I pegged immediately what was going to happen.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Animavore » Tue May 01, 2012 4:09 pm

It appears I have the first four seasons of this program on this 'ere external hard drive my sister's fella gave me. I might look at it later.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Seabass » Tue May 01, 2012 8:17 pm

I watched five or six episodes and got bored. Maybe I should give it another chance... :ask:
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Animavore » Tue May 01, 2012 9:13 pm

I was bored after five or six minutes. I watched most of the episode before I switched it off. I just didn't find it funny at all.
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Re: Mad Men

Post by rachelbean » Wed May 02, 2012 5:01 pm

While it has well timed moments of relief, it's not a comedy :what:
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed May 02, 2012 5:02 pm

Ani is just being contrary.....
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Re: Mad Men

Post by Animavore » Wed May 02, 2012 5:08 pm

rachelbean wrote:While it has well timed moments of relief, it's not a comedy :what:
Is it not :what:

Why is it presented like such in the publicity shots? I thought it would be Ally McBeal-esque or something.

If youse had've told me it was a drama I wouldn't even have looked at it in the first place. I'm not a fan of drama at all.
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