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Re: Mad Men - your verdict

mflynn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:32:25 GMT

Maybe if you find yourself as the character then you'll like it. And maybe with time it grows on you. We'll see about the next one.

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Eliska Dobson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:15:48 GMT

I think that I can see why you chose this character :D

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

karim melaouah — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:47:31 GMT

I'd like to be the big boss, the one that oblige people to take off their shoes when entering his office

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Eliska Dobson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:34:13 GMT

which one exactly?

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Max Harrington — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:03:50 GMT

Love it. I can see myself as one of them.

Re: RE: Mad Men - your verdict

Eliska Dobson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:58:14 GMT

Very detailed review there :o). I will keep that in mind and Have a look around for the other two as well! Thanks

Re: RE: Mad Men - your verdict

NEILL OWEN — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:19:36 GMT

There is no way you can state that Mad Men was better than either Deadwood or Bleak House. Sorry, no way, as excellent as the series was, and believe me I was a fan. The levels of production detail, cinematography and lighting far outstrip those on Mad Men, and that's before we count the quality of scripting and dialogue of either show in comparison to MM.

Deadwood was one of the greatest TV series produced in the last 10 years anywhere! and HBO should hang their heads in shame for cancelling it. And Bleak House? well that was just sublime with its simmering 'up-tightness'. Rome and Cranford... well, they were just costume fodder weren't they.

Mad Men is an excellent series and I relish the 2nd series. The characters are flawed, yes to us now, but they are living in their glorious 'now'! God knows what silly mistakes we are all making now with our lives... listening to the latest fads and pressures... how will our 'now' lives look to the future 'us' in 40 years time? And don't even start on about the "70s Rod Stewart" hair-do's today's young chaps have.... hopefully they will be consigned to the same dumpster as Glam Rock.

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Eliska Dobson — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:12:25 GMT

Is this programme available on the internet?

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Max Harrington — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:37:54 GMT

Love it. Wish I had a time machine. Sadly no sexism, drinking, racism, adultery, and smoking on the client side

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Eliska Dobson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:06:11 GMT

I watch TV quite a lot and I have not heard of this at all. So I suppose that it could not have done very well ....

Re: RE: Mad Men - your verdict

Daniel Bryan Hopwood — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:03:52 GMT

I discovered Mad Men when looking for a TV series to cure my Lost and Heroes starvation. At first I was apprehensive, but just the utter wealth of storylines and the glimpses we got into 60's advertising world kept me hooked. Understandbly this is Weiners conception of the 60's advertising world, but he surely must of be extremely close. As for the smoking and drinking, as far as I know they are not sponsered by any major tobacco or alcohol products. I have read elsewhere that Weiner stated that without the cigerettes it would not of worked aswell, the tobacco industry was huge and at its prime in the those years. So Weiner has everyone on the show smoking herbal cigerettes to allow the scenes to come to fruition. I really like this show and have followed it completely write up to newest episode in series 2. Keep watching.

Re: RE: Mad Men - your verdict

Max Harrington — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:15:59 GMT

Having just returned from a short spell in the US it gave me an insight into the US ad culture. There are still agencies that are just a modern day version of MadMen.

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

james pandreson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:58:39 GMT

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Re: RE: Mad Men - your verdict

George Parker — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:16:24 GMT

"They drink and smoke too much in the office"... That's like saying pirate movies have too much sword fighting... What a dumb thing to say... It takes place in 1960 for crying out loud. We drank and smoked all the time... We also screwed like rabbits. Oh, one nit pick. In the first episode (1960, remember) The girls all pound away on IBM Selectric's... They weren't introduced 'til 1961... Time for a *** and a pint... I'll wait 'til later for the screwing.

Cheers/George

Re: Mad Men - your verdict

Clairee — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Another HUGE fan here, i think its written by the Sopranos team (which i also loved). It can be slow but the story lines are well worth perservering with. As for the truth in it compared to nowadays, they don't work like the agencies i come across, the days of the long heady lunch and booze in the office are long gone, and all the agency people i know work damn hard- at least at the planning buying level. Clearly the Business has evolved, but i for one am an addict. Interesting i have mentioned the program to a number of planners and buyers at Universal McCanns which is mentioned as one of the competitors to the agency featured in Madmen and not one person had ever even heard of it. perhaps the BBC should consider advertising the show to a relevant audience who are in the industry...