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The Critics Are Mad
For AMC’s MAD MEN!!

Fuck it by shmu65	Jul 19th, 2007 02:02:05 AM
I'll watch anything once. I worked on Dirt. It has to be better than that shit.
Fuck it x2 by jumba7777	Jul 19th, 2007 02:03:44 AM
Same here, I'll give it a shot.
i'll watch the Victoria Beckham special on NBC instead! by Boomers_Lips	Jul 19th, 2007 02:23:22 AM
apparently NBC loves Victoria Beckham so much they're rebroadcasting her special tonight & giving her a new one. Bitch is fierce!
mmm, Christina Hendricks by newc0253	Jul 19th, 2007 02:58:08 AM
she's a fox.
And this is on AMC? by RenoNevada2000	Jul 19th, 2007 06:56:55 AM
AMC should really change their name at this point. Apparently, they're not going to be running movies anymore and if they were to, they would have fucking commercial breaks in `em. FUCK YOU AMC!
I'll give it a shot by The Selecter	Jul 19th, 2007 07:39:39 AM
...despite stumbling across the informercial AMC was running about the show, which was filled with intensely annoying self-praise about how great this show is. It's funny how even after the millions NBC and others will spend to bring Beckham to the U.S., it will still be hard to find anybody who gives a shit about soccer...err, football.
I usually don't by Simpsonian	Jul 19th, 2007 10:23:29 AM
watch dramas that are not in HD. The Wire being an exception. But I'll check this out.
I saw the pilot by Spacekicker2001	Jul 19th, 2007 12:17:30 PM
awhile back. I thought it was boring. No great plot, just meandering diatribes that wink at the audience and let them KNOW that hey look at us we are in a sexist/racist time and doesn't that make you uncomfortable. It's like Ugh!
Stereotypes by ltgalloway	Jul 19th, 2007 12:48:22 PM
From what I've seen of this show it seems to be pandering to advertising stereotypes. They seem too smug to be believable. I'm a student of advertising and I loved this era, so maybe my perception of this time is seen through rosy glasses, but I believe this unfairly represents the advertising industry as a whole, not just the folks who worked in the 60's. I'll give it a shot though, because who knows. If I've learned anything from advertising, its that things aren't always what they seem to be.
With all the good reviews by skimn	Jul 19th, 2007 02:46:35 PM
..its assured to be ignored come next years Emmys..ie. see this years Emmys...
HSN - The Prequel Series by KenobiFan	Jul 19th, 2007 02:54:59 PM
Anakin Saleman verus Obi-What-The-Fuck...honestly, who cares?
im just gonna watch AMERICAN PSYCHO again by future help	Jul 19th, 2007 05:15:33 PM
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Drinking, smoking, and screwing by Bluereader	Jul 19th, 2007 09:34:19 PM
Sign me up! I'm watching it now and it is funny as shit. More drinking, smoking, and screwing!!!
Hey, it's Nestor Carbonell and Wil Wheaton. by Christopher3	Jul 19th, 2007 09:36:22 PM
That's where they went.
Actually, not bad. by CatVutt	Jul 19th, 2007 10:06:28 PM
I'm not completely sold on it, but it definitely has some potential. I'll keep watching for now. Hopefully they tone down on the verbal wink-wink hints anachronisms, because that will get old pretty quickly. The Kartheiser character is a little one-dimensional so far, as are the other mid-level guys, but it's early. I dunno. I did enjoy it, but I certainly ain't completely wowed yet.
I liked it... by FilmCritic3000	Jul 19th, 2007 10:17:24 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Watching "Mad Men" feels as if a wormhole has been sliced open and the viewer is looking back at what society was like back then. The production value was excellent; also, the acting was spot-on. What's funny is, after the new girl took the lecherous young guy into her room and it cut away, I said, "Don's not going to appreciate the young guy preying on the new hire." Then came the reveal... All in all, I found "Mad Men" utterly compelling. While it highlights the lesser aspects that permeated our culture back then, it's a very well-written look at a group of people never before seen on television. I'll be setting a Season Pass on my TiVo.
Spacekicker2001--you're right by Simpsonian	Jul 20th, 2007 12:27:08 AM
I just saw it and felt the exact same way.
Meanwhile, back at the FOX News lounge... by thevision	Jul 20th, 2007 01:33:18 AM
Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and their toadies are watching "Mad Men" with tears in their eyes and wishing the USA stayed that way! Sexual harassment, anti-semitism, smoking indoors and Jerry Vale or whomever singing the end credits- pretty interesting show, not hooked but I'm intrigued.
I liked it - it has potential. by AnnoyYou	Jul 20th, 2007 01:33:59 AM
John Hamm is an excellent lead and the art direction is surprisingly detailed and authentic. And who knew Angel's little boy could play such a convincingly smarmy ad man? The writing is sharp, too -- the racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia and misogyny of the time is handled very even-handedly (no subtextural "Oh MY GOD they were so prejudiced then!") and all the period dialogue rings true. In all, a surprisingly good beginning.
Craptacular by arrangedletters	Jul 20th, 2007 02:39:11 AM
Seriously. You think that artist is gay? How many wink winks did they need?
This show is my new favorite by Lance Rock	Jul 21st, 2007 10:41:01 AM
Damn, that was a good pilot. Eagerly looking forward to next week.
Yeah by Son of Hades	Jul 21st, 2007 04:46:07 PM
Just watched and enjoyed it a lot; definitely worth a punt. But Steven Weber should be in this.
alright said something like where's the talkback by Trader Groucho 2	Jul 22nd, 2007 12:38:02 AM
for Mad Men. I stand corrected. Great show btw.
Last by Forrest75	Aug 21st, 2007 03:50:30 PM
Yeah, I said it. Jealous?

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