The other Mad Men thread might have been Ratto'd. Or not. I don't care. Last night's episode was a banger. I loved it. I'm going to watch again. Fuck you.
Can they just find a way to kill off the January Jones character? She's painful to watch. On several levels.
Love when Don kicked the bikini guys to the street.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on July 26, 2010, 09:20:24 AM
Can they just find a way to kill off the January Jones character? She's painful to watch. On several levels.
Love when Don kicked the bikini guys to the street.
Yeah, anyone can agree with that.
http://www.xmfan.com/files/january_jones_457.jpg
Quote from: CBStew on July 26, 2010, 09:32:02 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on July 26, 2010, 09:20:24 AM
Can they just find a way to kill off the January Jones character? She's painful to watch. On several levels.
Love when Don kicked the bikini guys to the street.
Yeah, anyone can agree with that.
(http://www.xmfan.com/files/january_jones_457.jpg)
The CHARACTER is painful. She is not.
Good to have Roger Sterling back in a major role after he faded to the background a bit last season. His lines never fail to entertain.
"Ad Age is so cheap they couldn't even send a whole reporter."
Who doesn't want to spend their Thanksgiving getting smacked across the grill by a high class hooker?
Speaking of killing her off, I thought for a fleeting second that Don was going to find she and Henry dead in the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. That thought crossed my mind. It did.
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 10:51:23 AMSpeaking of killing her off, I thought for a fleeting second that Don was going to find she and Henry dead in the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. That thought crossed my mind. It did.
Same here. If you're gonna go out, I could think of worse ways to go than in the middle of a sweaty porking session with Betty.
I wonder if any of the old Sterling Cooper gang will show up this season or if they're just off the show.
Quote from: R-V on July 26, 2010, 11:31:23 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 10:51:23 AMSpeaking of killing her off, I thought for a fleeting second that Don was going to find she and Henry dead in the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. That thought crossed my mind. It did.
Same here. If you're gonna go out, I could think of worse ways to go than in the middle of a sweaty porking session with Betty.
I wonder if any of the old Sterling Cooper gang will show up this season or if they're just off the show.
I think Duck will hire most of them and try to go head up with Don. It should be a blast.
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 11:33:55 AM
Quote from: R-V on July 26, 2010, 11:31:23 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 10:51:23 AMSpeaking of killing her off, I thought for a fleeting second that Don was going to find she and Henry dead in the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. That thought crossed my mind. It did.
Same here. If you're gonna go out, I could think of worse ways to go than in the middle of a sweaty porking session with Betty.
I wonder if any of the old Sterling Cooper gang will show up this season or if they're just off the show.
I think Duck will hire most of them and try to go head up with Don. It should be a blast.
Duck, Ken, and teh Paul will all roll up to the Time Life building in that blood-stained John Deere mower.
Quote from: R-V on July 26, 2010, 11:46:22 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 11:33:55 AM
Quote from: R-V on July 26, 2010, 11:31:23 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 26, 2010, 10:51:23 AMSpeaking of killing her off, I thought for a fleeting second that Don was going to find she and Henry dead in the garage from carbon monoxide poisoning. That thought crossed my mind. It did.
Same here. If you're gonna go out, I could think of worse ways to go than in the middle of a sweaty porking session with Betty.
I wonder if any of the old Sterling Cooper gang will show up this season or if they're just off the show.
I think Duck will hire most of them and try to go head up with Don. It should be a blast.
Duck, Ken, and teh Paul will all roll up to the Time Life building in that blood-stained John Deere mower.
While Kurt has a go at Sal up on the "second floor" as Smitty watches?
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lqnw4.jpg)
Quote from: R-V on August 10, 2010, 12:47:07 PM
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lqnw4.jpg)
Outstanding.
That makes me want to get shitfaced with a trollish Brit and call up some $25 hookers.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 10, 2010, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: R-V on August 10, 2010, 12:47:07 PM
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lqnw4.jpg)
Outstanding.
That makes me want to get shitfaced with a trollish Brit and call up some $25 hookers.
Trollish? That's a bit strong. I like ol' Lane.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 10, 2010, 01:22:46 PM
Trollish? That's a bit strong. I like ol' Lane.
Strictly in terms of physical appearance. (Though he's probably considered an Adonis across the pond.)
(http://i.imgur.com/mZ08Q.jpg)
That's not very nice.
Quote from: R-V on August 10, 2010, 12:47:07 PM
(http://i36.tinypic.com/2lqnw4.jpg)
I LOLed the shit out of this picture.
I can see why that would be funny but bone cancer is one of the least humorous things that can happen to a person. Now buttcancer. That's hilarious.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 10, 2010, 03:00:28 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 10, 2010, 01:22:46 PM
Trollish? That's a bit strong. I like ol' Lane.
Strictly in terms of physical appearance. (Though he's probably considered an Adonis across the pond.)
(http://i.imgur.com/mZ08Q.jpg)
Take away the glasses and give him a different haircut and he is still homely as hell.
Quote from: CBStew on August 11, 2010, 09:05:54 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 10, 2010, 03:00:28 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 10, 2010, 01:22:46 PM
Trollish? That's a bit strong. I like ol' Lane.
Strictly in terms of physical appearance. (Though he's probably considered an Adonis across the pond.)
(http://i.imgur.com/mZ08Q.jpg)
Take away the glasses and give him a different haircut and he is still homely as hell.
(http://i.imgur.com/qRZW1.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/ANSuA.jpg)
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
I can see why that would be funny but bone cancer is one of the least humorous things that can happen to a person. Now buttcancer. That's hilarious.
Is it really? I guess I'll stop irradiating my bones.
Quote from: Kermit IV on August 11, 2010, 04:34:42 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
I can see why that would be funny but bone cancer is one of the least humorous things that can happen to a person. Now buttcancer. That's hilarious.
Is it really? I guess I'll stop irradiating my bones.
My mom said it felt like her bones were crushing her from the inside out. Then she got really bloated and died a long, slow painful death. Hardee har har.
So, new episode on Sunday?
But when my dad got buttcancer it was hilarious.
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Quote from: CT III on August 11, 2010, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Ah, but that show
gives you cancer.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 04:36:18 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on August 11, 2010, 04:34:42 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 08:44:18 AM
I can see why that would be funny but bone cancer is one of the least humorous things that can happen to a person. Now buttcancer. That's hilarious.
Is it really? I guess I'll stop irradiating my bones.
My mom said it felt like her bones were crushing her from the inside out. Then she got really bloated and died a long, slow painful death. Hardee har har.
Now I feel bad for calling my grandfather a total fucking pussy.
Quote from: CT III on August 13, 2010, 10:48:02 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: CT III on August 11, 2010, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Ah, but that show gives you cancer.
Yet it's still better than Entourage.
Not in any way shape or form. It is better than NCIS and 24 though. Those shows give you AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS. Cancer... you can come back strong. Entourage gives you genital warts, which TDubbs can tell you, aint no thang. Aint no thang but a chicken wang on a strang at Burger Kang.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 14, 2010, 12:24:40 AM
Quote from: CT III on August 13, 2010, 10:48:02 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: CT III on August 11, 2010, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Ah, but that show gives you cancer.
Yet it's still better than Entourage.
Not in any way shape or form. It is better than NCIS and 24 though. Those shows give you AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS. Cancer... you can come back strong. Entourage gives you genital warts, which TDubbs can tell you, aint no thang. Aint no thang but a chicken wang on a strang at Burger Kang.
Your new thang sucks.
Quote from: Night Man on August 14, 2010, 01:10:23 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 14, 2010, 12:24:40 AM
Quote from: CT III on August 13, 2010, 10:48:02 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: CT III on August 11, 2010, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Ah, but that show gives you cancer.
Yet it's still better than Entourage.
Not in any way shape or form. It is better than NCIS and 24 though. Those shows give you AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS. Cancer... you can come back strong. Entourage gives you genital warts, which TDubbs can tell you, aint no thang. Aint no thang but a chicken wang on a strang at Burger Kang.
Your new thang sucks.
It's not new and it's not mine. It's from White Men Can't Jump.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 14, 2010, 10:42:46 AM
Quote from: Night Man on August 14, 2010, 01:10:23 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 14, 2010, 12:24:40 AM
Quote from: CT III on August 13, 2010, 10:48:02 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 11, 2010, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: CT III on August 11, 2010, 07:40:28 PM
Quote from: PANK! on August 11, 2010, 07:36:36 PM
So, Mad Men. Pretty good I hear, eh?
Burn Notice is better. Less cancer.
Ah, but that show gives you cancer.
Yet it's still better than Entourage.
Not in any way shape or form. It is better than NCIS and 24 though. Those shows give you AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS. Cancer... you can come back strong. Entourage gives you genital warts, which TDubbs can tell you, aint no thang. Aint no thang but a chicken wang on a strang at Burger Kang.
Your new thang sucks.
It's not new and it's not mine. It's from White Men Can't Jump.
It's true. Ape X is goin' Sizzler.
Did you buy any pears? Did you buy any pears?
My friends want to see Megan.
(http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2010/08/MAD-MEN-VIEWER-DISCRETION-2.jpg)
Quote from: Eli on August 18, 2010, 08:41:49 AM
(http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2010/08/MAD-MEN-VIEWER-DISCRETION-2.jpg)
All right. I f
#cking laughed.
I'm guessing last night's episode was Yeti's all-time favorite.
Quote from: R-V on August 23, 2010, 08:56:10 AM
I'm guessing last night's episode was Yeti's all-time favorite.
Intrepid Reader: YetophileBah... That bitch walked in right when they were getting to the good part.
Gross.
Also:
I'm about sick and tired of J. Jones and her new hubby getting interupted before she can get semi-nude on camera.
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 23, 2010, 11:08:38 AM
Gross.
Also:
I'm about sick and tired of J. Jones and her new hubby getting interupted before she can get semi-nude on camera.
I think I'm just plain sick and tired of January Jones.
Of course, her getting semi-nude for the camera could go a long ways towards rectifying this.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 23, 2010, 11:41:41 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 23, 2010, 11:08:38 AM
Gross.
Also:
I'm about sick and tired of J. Jones and her new hubby getting interupted before she can get semi-nude on camera.
I think I'm just plain sick and tired of January Jones.
Of course, her getting semi-nude for the camera could go a long ways towards rectifying this.
My point exactly.
Duck Phillips: Dan Plesac of Madison Avenue.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 05, 2010, 10:33:03 PM
Duck Phillips: Dan Plesac of Madison Avenue.
You still think you're better than him?
Quote from: Internet Apex on September 08, 2010, 09:50:41 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 05, 2010, 10:33:03 PM
Duck Phillips: Dan Plesac of Madison Avenue.
You still think you're better than him?
Need we get into how many men
I've killed in Okinawa?
Cancer isn't funny.
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8e5q530VB1qdbf9no1_500.jpg)
Cancer's sad. (http://saddondraper.tumblr.com/)
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on August 10, 2010, 03:00:28 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on August 10, 2010, 01:22:46 PM
Trollish? That's a bit strong. I like ol' Lane.
Strictly in terms of physical appearance. (Though he's probably considered an Adonis across the pond.)
(http://i.imgur.com/mZ08Q.jpg)
Now Apex can store away the image of Lane yelling "Tallyho!" whilst receiving a humjob from the Big Ragu in his spank bank.
Did you like the expository voiceover's by Don last night? I fucking hated them.
Quote from: Internet Apex on September 13, 2010, 01:01:05 PM
Did you like the expository voiceover's by Don last night? I fucking hated them.
Expository voiceover? I might have to give this show a shot.
Quote from: Internet Apex on September 13, 2010, 01:01:05 PM
Did you like the expository voiceover's by Don last night? I fucking hated them.
Yeah, they were lame. This show usually toes the line of pretentious artchugger wankery but does a good job of not crossing it, last night they did. I preferred the forced perspective and narrative clarity of Joey's cartoon.
Gah!
(http://cdn.idontlikeyouinthatway.com//pictures/20100913/Chrisitna%20Hendricks%20Carolina%20Herrera/Christina-Hendricks-wonderbread-banner.jpg)
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on September 13, 2010, 10:29:55 PM
Gah!
We get it, Chuck.
You don't like (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7131.msg207843#msg207843) beautiful women (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7150.msg220143#msg220143).
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 13, 2010, 10:50:50 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on September 13, 2010, 10:29:55 PM
Gah!
We get it, Chuck.
You don't like (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7131.msg207843#msg207843) beautiful women (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7150.msg220143#msg220143).
Yeah, that's getting pretty weird.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 13, 2010, 10:50:50 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on September 13, 2010, 10:29:55 PM
Gah!
We get it, Chuck.
You don't like (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7131.msg207843#msg207843) beautiful women (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7150.msg220143#msg220143).
Did she run over your dog or what, Chuck?
Quote from: Night Man on September 14, 2010, 01:33:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 13, 2010, 10:50:50 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on September 13, 2010, 10:29:55 PM
Gah!
We get it, Chuck.
You don't like (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7131.msg207843#msg207843) beautiful women (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7150.msg220143#msg220143).
Did she run over your dog or what, Chuck?
Intrepid Reader: ChuckI don't think she's very pretty. I think she's fat and I think she has a weird face.
I don't watch this show, but figured there would be a ton of pictures of the hot redhead in this thread. I'm disappointed.
Quote from: Tony on September 14, 2010, 11:52:50 PM
I don't watch this show, but figured there would be a ton of pictures of the hot redhead in this thread. I'm disappointed.
Sorry.
(http://i.imgur.com/mZ08Q.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/a9dPx.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/eySHW.gif)
(http://i.imgur.com/eyaJ3.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/jiC9P.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/1cdxB.jpg)
Better?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on September 15, 2010, 12:26:45 AM
Quote from: Tony on September 14, 2010, 11:52:50 PM
I don't watch this show, but figured there would be a ton of pictures of the hot redhead in this thread. I'm disappointed.
Sorry.
(http://i.imgur.com/1cdxB.jpg)
Better?
That Tonight Show gig really took a toll on Conan.
Drexler sure pulled a boner, huh?
I enjoy this programme.
Quote from: Night Man on September 19, 2010, 10:37:19 PM
I enjoy this programme.
Call me when it's got Vatican karate gorillas. Until then, meh.
I laughed so very hard when they were hauling away Danny LaRusso's mom. I sure hope she didn't die of the unfunny cancer.
I'd sure hate to be the brainless mick who tries to rob Papa Pryce in some filthy London alleyway.
(http://i.imgur.com/WvWij.jpg)
I suppose I could have watched this instead of the Bears.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 04, 2010, 12:49:38 AM
I suppose I could have watched this instead of the Bears.
The plotlines were exactly the same almost.
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 04, 2010, 07:42:28 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 04, 2010, 12:49:38 AM
I suppose I could have watched this instead of the Bears.
The plotlines were exactly the same almost.
Now I can't wait to watch it!
Bring on the
Caleb Hanie Danny Siegel Era!
Megan is pretty hot.
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
Yes Greg, they're bigger.
Quote from: R-V on October 18, 2010, 08:34:09 AM
Yes Greg, they're bigger.
Why would you torture Chuck like that? He just woke up and it's already 50 degrees there.
Quote from: Night Man on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Mr. Chuck liked her in Hot Tub Time Machine.
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 07:32:45 AM
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
What are you talking about? Peggy saved the firm with her $250,000 account. I'm sure that will keep everyone afloat given the loss of $26 million from Lucky Strike.
Quote from: R-V on October 18, 2010, 08:34:09 AM
Yes Greg, they're bigger.
No shit.
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 07:32:45 AM
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
Ah... Internet Apex Classic™
I wouldn't necessary say it's
good to have him back, but it's certainly
something.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 18, 2010, 09:24:29 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 07:32:45 AM
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
Ah... Internet Apex Classic™
I wouldn't necessary say it's good to have him back, but it's certainly something.
Did you like the finale?
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 09:25:50 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 18, 2010, 09:24:29 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 07:32:45 AM
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
Ah... Internet Apex Classic™
I wouldn't necessary say it's good to have him back, but it's certainly something.
Did you like the finale?
It was aight. I've learned that this show never really goes where you think it's going to, so much like Bobby Knight's ideal woman, I just sit back and enjoy it.
The season was supposed to answer the question asked at the beginning of the first episode: "Who is Don Draper?" I prefer episodes centered around the firm too, but I don't think it was a complete eephus to spend the episode on Don's personal life. Did he finally make some progress in choosing the anti-Betty, or is it just another impulsive decision that he'll regret in a couple months?
Also, they better not fast forward season five past PregnantJoanBoobs.
I guess I should limit my expectations a bit. While this is a show about Don Draper, it has an abundance of captivating characters that I love to follow. So when I see an episode focused almost entirely on Don acting like the total scum drum that he is, I get disgusted. It's a testement to the writers and actors that they've created so many people worth watching, but there just isn't enough screen time to tell all their stories.
That said, I'm sick of Don and wish he'd jump out the window or something.
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 09:25:50 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 18, 2010, 09:24:29 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 07:32:45 AM
It's like the makers of Mad Men decided they no longer liked making the show so they approved the script that would piss off its fans so much that we wouldn't care when they announce that it's not coming back next season. Watching Don slobber all over his secretary for the entire finale while everything at the firm remains completely unsettled? Fuck you.
Ah... Internet Apex Classic™
I wouldn't necessary say it's good to have him back, but it's certainly something.
Did you like the finale?
I didn't love it, but I liked it.
The end of this season obviously wasn't nearly as epic as the end of last season. But I think, like in past seasons, it did signal another change in trajectory for the coming season.
A sort of "game-changer," if you will.
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 30, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
I like gratuitous cheese on burgers and pizza.
Quote from: R-V on March 30, 2011, 09:25:32 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 30, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
I like gratuitous cheese on burgers and pizza.
I like SPORTS!, SPORTS!, SPORTS!, SPORTS! and SPORTS!
SPORTS AND SPORTS, NOTHING BUT SPORTS!
Quote from: R-V on March 30, 2011, 09:25:32 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 30, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
I like gratuitous cheese on burgers and pizza.
Provided that that pizza is cut into strips.
Quote from: SKO on March 30, 2011, 09:35:39 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 30, 2011, 09:25:32 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 30, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
I like gratuitous cheese on burgers and pizza.
Provided that that pizza is cut into strips.
Yeah, that saying without goes.
Quote from: R-V on March 30, 2011, 09:25:32 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 30, 2011, 09:09:08 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 29, 2011, 10:37:59 PM
Well this sucks...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/television/mad-men-delayed-as-matthew-weiner-and-amc-dispute-contract.html
Quote"Mad Men," the three-time Emmy Award-winning drama, will not return to television until sometime early next year, AMC confirmed on Tuesday, because of a deepening dispute with the show's creator, Matthew Weiner.
In the meantime, fans will have to settle for the public negotiating and the posturing.
AMC, which has showcased "Mad Men" for the last four summers and has benefited mightily from it, has offered Mr. Weiner a three-season deal that would be worth $30 million, according to people with knowledge of the negotiations. But Mr. Weiner is bristling at the channel's proposal to shorten each episode by two minutes (to add commercial time) and to cut the cast budget (to save money). He says the changes would fundamentally make "Mad Men" a "different show."
"I don't understand why, with all of the success of the show, they suddenly need to change it," he said in an interview on Tuesday, the last day of a planned ski vacation.
He added, "All I want to do is continue to make my show, and make it in the way I want to, with the people I want to make it with."
Mr. Weiner would not talk about the specific proposals. But another person with knowledge of the negotiations said AMC had also demanded additional product placement in the episodes. The people spoke only on condition of anonymity because they did not want to impede the negotiations.
...
Apparently the companies have settled some of their differences. On Tuesday morning — shortly after AMC's proposals for cuts to "Mad Men" were published by Deadline.com and The Daily — the channel said it had authorized Lionsgate to produce Season 5.
"While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key noncast negotiations, 'Mad Men' will be back for a fifth season in early 2012," AMC said. "Noncast negotiations" was a reference to Mr. Weiner.
It sucks that we have to wait to watch again, but it doesn't suck that Weiner is standing up for his show and trying not to allow AMC to ruin it or at least dillute it. Good for him if he succeeds. And good for me because I hate commericials and gratuitous anything other than female nudity.
I like gratuitous cheese on burgers and pizza.
Just the fact that you think any amount of cheese on burgers and/or pizza is gratuitous means the terrorists have won.
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/05/the-ten-best-tv-episodes-of-the-2010-11-season
DPD
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/wwddd
Quote from: R-V on August 23, 2010, 08:56:10 AM
I'm guessing last night's episode was Yeti's all-time favorite.
Well, I have just caught up on the series, and yes, of course it was. I naturally assume it was the "If you're going to do that, Sally, at least do it in private" one since dates posted mean little to me. (Actually, I think my favorite episode, at least of this season, was the Peggy/Don "Suitcase" epsiode. Jesus, that was fantastic)
Quote from: Internet Apex on October 18, 2010, 10:17:11 AM
That said, I'm sick of Don and wish he'd jump out the window or something.
No.
EDIT: I expect to see some backlash of some sort from the Peggy front. I've always looked at their relationship as a purely friendship, but she was truly hurt by this new development. I realize this is all from like a year ago, but IT'S NEW TO ME, DAMMIT. (Seriously, it is, I just got done with Tomorrowland about 20 minutes ago)
I am trying to assess what I think about this Draper decision. I mean, I know impulsive and this was a bit extreme. Granted, the Anna thing hit him by getting that ring, and Megan is pretty hot, but it just doesn't go for me. It's weird for him to be all like "Hey, everyone, look at my personal life. I'm getting married to my hot sexretary after banging her on two separate nights in Cali!" but maybe this is the new Don Draper. The very public Don Draper.
Almost there.
Caught every episode on Netflix over the last few months. Of course I have Netflix instead of cable so when it comes back on, I won't be able to watch. #saddondraper.
Quote from: PANK! on January 05, 2012, 01:45:07 PM
Caught every episode on Netflix over the last few months. Of course I have Netflix instead of cable so when it comes back on, I won't be able to watch. #saddondraper.
I couldn't get into it. I tried, though. I tried.
March 25, unless AMC changes its mind. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/amcs-mad-men-returning-march-25-for-its-fifth-season-says-series-star-jon-hamm/2012/01/09/gIQAusAUmP_story.html)
"Go buy yourself a fancy hat or a mask."
Good to have Roger and the gang back.
"You're not exactly at your playing weight."
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
I saw her in Hot Tub Time Machine. She has a mouth?
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on March 26, 2012, 09:33:29 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
I saw her in Hot Tub Time Machine. She has a mouth?
(http://i.imgur.com/3y9qP.jpg)
My principal problem with this show is that there is not a single likeable character. In fact, their dislikeability is only a matter of degree. My next problem is that it is like watching a movie made of my life in the 1960's (without the sex, unfortunately)
Quote from: CBStew on March 26, 2012, 03:58:56 PM
My principal problem with this show is that there is not a single likeable character. In fact, their dislikeability is only a matter of degree.
Try Breaking Bad. Far more detestable. And it's a better show.
Why don't you sing like that?
Why don't you look like him?
I'm glad they mocked "Zubi Zubi Zu."
I'm not sure how I would have taken it if the show expected me to not hate that song.
"Give Morticia and Lurch my love"
I keep coming in here looking for the bait, assuming there are going to pictures of hot chicks.
What a letdown.
Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on March 27, 2012, 02:53:42 PM
I'm glad they mocked "Zubi Zubi Zu." "Zou Bisou Bisou"
I'm not sure how I would have taken it if the show expected me to not hate that song.
A Little Kiss'd
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
Hmmm...
(http://cdn01.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/26/jessica-pare-s05e01-mad-men-cap-13-600x450.jpg)
Yeah, what the hell?
Quote from: flannj on March 27, 2012, 09:29:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
Hmmm...
(http://cdn01.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/26/jessica-pare-s05e01-mad-men-cap-13-600x450.jpg)
Yeah, what the hell?
What kind of geigh maile homeoseckshual cropped her beautiful bare feet out of that photo. I paused that very shot while I ate my breakfast this morning. True story. Or maybe it was the wider shot I stopped on. There were two like that.
Geigh Maile Homeosckhual. Y U NOT SHOW FEET!?!
No, Chuck. (http://www.jest.com/video/157438/mad-men-supercut-the-best-of-joan-leaving-rooms)
The filthy apartment scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXmh4wwumVQ
poss nsfw
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 28, 2012, 09:38:11 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 27, 2012, 09:29:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
Hmmm...
(http://cdn01.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/26/jessica-pare-s05e01-mad-men-cap-13-600x450.jpg)
Yeah, what the hell?
What kind of geigh maile homeoseckshual cropped her beautiful bare feet out of that photo. I paused that very shot while I ate my breakfast this morning. True story. Or maybe it was the wider shot I stopped on. There were two like that.
Geigh Maile Homeosckhual. Y U NOT SHOW FEET!?!
Pex is Rex Ryan?
Quote from: Sterling Archer on March 28, 2012, 11:46:28 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on March 28, 2012, 09:38:11 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 27, 2012, 09:29:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 26, 2012, 09:31:08 AM
Quote from: flannj on March 26, 2012, 09:18:23 AM
Quote from: Sterling Archer on October 18, 2010, 01:50:29 AM
Megan is pretty hot.
Black bra and panties works for me.
Indeed.
But, man, is her face weird. In the mouth area. What the hell is that all about?
Hmmm...
(http://cdn01.cdn.egotastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/26/jessica-pare-s05e01-mad-men-cap-13-600x450.jpg)
Yeah, what the hell?
What kind of geigh maile homeoseckshual cropped her beautiful bare feet out of that photo. I paused that very shot while I ate my breakfast this morning. True story. Or maybe it was the wider shot I stopped on. There were two like that.
Geigh Maile Homeosckhual. Y U NOT SHOW FEET!?!
Pex is Rex Ryan?
Pex Ryan? I'm into it.
The Apex-Archer feud aside, Pex Ryan has legs.
Or feet.
I guess with January Jones in a fat suit, there was no need for Christina Hendricks this week.
No, Chuck.
No, Chuck.
"Romney is a clown. And I don't want him standing next to him."
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 08:38:24 AM
"Romney is a clown. And I don't want him standing next to him."
Thought I was hearing things when I heard that.
Quote from: thehawk on April 02, 2012, 12:10:57 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 08:38:24 AM
"Romney is a clown. And I don't want him standing next to him."
Thought I was hearing things when I heard that.
I was confused because my recollection of Romney and Lindsey from reading Nixonland was that they were both in the librul wing of the GOP.
On another note, this is weird because after Pete's conversations with the other shlub that rides the train in with him, and seeing that the big billboard for this season had the image of the guy falling from the opening credits, I became convinced that shlub was going to jump out a window this season. This guy thinks it's Pete and his analysis is slightly more in-depth than mine:
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/30/pete_campbell_1934_1966/singleton/
Quote from: R-V on April 02, 2012, 12:44:58 PM
Quote from: thehawk on April 02, 2012, 12:10:57 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 08:38:24 AM
"Romney is a clown. And I don't want him standing next to him."
Thought I was hearing things when I heard that.
I was confused because my recollection of Romney and Lindsey from reading Nixonland was that they were both in the librul wing of the GOP.
On another note, this is weird because after Pete's conversations with the other shlub that rides the train in with him, and seeing that the big billboard for this season had the image of the guy falling from the opening credits, I became convinced that shlub was going to jump out a window this season. This guy thinks it's Pete and his analysis is slightly more in-depth than mine:
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/30/pete_campbell_1934_1966/singleton/
Maybe she's right. But I'd say "analysis" is a rather kind description.
QuoteDEATH The first character we see whom we recognize, Sally, seems almost dead, even though she's just asleep.
QuoteDEATH Sally's bedding is butterflies, considered a caterpillar's afterlife.
QuoteDEATH Sally comes to a door, but it's locked. Catholics believe that Saint Peter is the keeper of heaven's locked gate.
QuoteDEATH Roger, to the Mohawk airlines execs: "When you're done with him [Pete], fold him up and slide him under the door." This would require Pete to be flattened.
QuoteDEATH Pete, to Kenny, about Mohawk and how much they like Roger: "They love his pickled guts!
DEA-EATH!!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ6Zm5omKNE)
Anyways, I prefer this theory...
http://wonklife.tumblr.com/post/20364715453/its-cam-the-reason-you-havent-felt-it-is
QuoteAlso, Betty is kind of an awful character at this point, and I'd be surprised if the show's creators didn't know it.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Anyways, I prefer this theory...
http://wonklife.tumblr.com/post/20364715453/its-cam-the-reason-you-havent-felt-it-is
QuoteAlso, Betty is kind of an awful character at this point, and I'd be surprised if the show's creators didn't know it.
I'm behind any theory that involves Betty suffering and then dying. What a reprehensible woman.
Quote from: Bort on April 04, 2012, 07:04:43 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Anyways, I prefer this theory...
http://wonklife.tumblr.com/post/20364715453/its-cam-the-reason-you-havent-felt-it-is
QuoteAlso, Betty is kind of an awful character at this point, and I'd be surprised if the show's creators didn't know it.
I'm behind any theory that involves Betty suffering and then dying. What a reprehensible woman.
Bort's right. She
is pretty fat.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 04, 2012, 08:09:06 AM
Quote from: Bort on April 04, 2012, 07:04:43 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Anyways, I prefer this theory...
http://wonklife.tumblr.com/post/20364715453/its-cam-the-reason-you-havent-felt-it-is
QuoteAlso, Betty is kind of an awful character at this point, and I'd be surprised if the show's creators didn't know it.
I'm behind any theory that involves Betty suffering and then dying. What a reprehensible woman.
Bort's right. She is pretty fat.
I was a leading proponent of the Springfield No Fat Chicks Ordinance.
Quote from: Bort on April 04, 2012, 09:06:02 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 04, 2012, 08:09:06 AM
Quote from: Bort on April 04, 2012, 07:04:43 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Anyways, I prefer this theory...
http://wonklife.tumblr.com/post/20364715453/its-cam-the-reason-you-havent-felt-it-is
QuoteAlso, Betty is kind of an awful character at this point, and I'd be surprised if the show's creators didn't know it.
I'm behind any theory that involves Betty suffering and then dying. What a reprehensible woman.
Bort's right. She is pretty fat.
I was a leading proponent of the Springfield No Fat Chicks Ordinance.
And the giant Dos Equis bottle?
Did anyone else get the feeling that this last episode was very different from previous styles and content?
Quote from: CBStew on April 09, 2012, 02:01:26 PM
Did anyone else get the feeling that this last episode was very different from previous styles and content?
I think it's the first time we've seen a nightmare sequence wherein the hero had to choke a bitch. Yeah, the whole thing was much darker. We finally got rid of Joanie's poon tang husband too. Soon she'll be lobbing off those lbs and strutting away from cameras again. The scenes with Sally and her step-Grandmother were excellent. Those two characters on their own are annoying and hard to watch. Together though, I thought they added to the whole changing of the guard mantra. The sickness of the world that is being left behind and the confusion and alienation of the younger generation are at play there. Yay, hippies. If Don was worried about his daughter getting introduced to drugs, well his nightmares are true.
Pete Campbell takes a spin on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride...
(http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PETE-CAMPBELL-KTFO.gif)
Don Draper=moral compass? Who writes this stuff?
Quote from: CBStew on April 17, 2012, 09:37:56 AM
Don Draper=moral compass? Who writes this stuff?
Bitches.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 16, 2012, 09:43:10 AM
Pete Campbell takes a spin on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride...
(http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PETE-CAMPBELL-KTFO.gif)
This show has jumped the fuckin' rails. There's no way Prof Moriarty punches out Angel's bitchy son Connor.
Timothy Leary, marriage counselor.
That was the worst episode I've seen yet. Don doesn't appreciate his woman's efforts. Oh, wait, now he does! Brilliant. He's been a total pussy all season long and I'm sick of it. I don't need him to go out and whore around or anything but he's a sopping-wet vag at SCDP too. Contributes nothing there, and hence, nothing to the show.
Fonzy's got his skis on.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 01, 2012, 12:01:59 PM
That was the worst episode I've seen yet.
You're a doofus. That was a great episode.
And it wasn't about Don at all. Wasn't supposed to be. It was about Sally, Megan and Peggy. And, to a lesser extent, Roger Sterling. At his finest.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 01, 2012, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 01, 2012, 12:01:59 PM
That was the worst episode I've seen yet.
You're a doofus. That was a great episode.
And it wasn't about Don at all. Wasn't supposed to be. It was about Sally, Megan and Peggy. And, to a lesser extent, Roger Sterling. At his finest.
TANK JOHNSON IS RIGHT.
Quote from: Bort on May 01, 2012, 12:21:00 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 01, 2012, 12:14:53 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 01, 2012, 12:01:59 PM
That was the worst episode I've seen yet.
You're a doofus. That was a great episode.
And it wasn't about Don at all. Wasn't supposed to be. It was about Sally, Megan and Peggy. And, to a lesser extent, Roger Sterling. At his finest.
TANK JOHNSON IS RIGHT.
I guess it's just me then. I no longer care what happens to a single character on this show - except for Don. Just jump out of that window already and get it over with.
Courtesy of Sepinwall:
(http://i.imgur.com/yaMcA.jpg)
I think the window jumper is gonna be Pete "Starscream" Campbell.
DPD.
If Mad Men signed LeBron and Wade would Apex like it again?
Quote from: Bort on May 01, 2012, 12:50:29 PM
DPD.
If Mad Men signed LeBron and Wade was on HBO or Showtime and showed boobswould Apex like it again?
Yes'd.
Quote from: Bort on May 01, 2012, 12:48:32 PM
I think the window jumper is gonna be Pete "Starscream" Campbell.
So the opening credits are foreshadowing to a suicide of a man in a suit?
I don't watch this show.
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 01:24:04 PM
Quote from: Bort on May 01, 2012, 12:48:32 PM
I think the window jumper is gonna be Pete "Starscream" Campbell.
So the opening credits are foreshadowing to a suicide of a man in a suit?
So says RV and some chick on the internet who's totally psychic, you don't even know (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7440.msg252924#msg252924).
Even if the falling man has been the motif of the opening credits since Season 1.
I mean, apparently a/some main character(s)
could be culled (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/saving_some_mad_money_kgOquEafL3Vw7dPaZTLZ4O) (funk you very much, AMC penny-pinchers (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg250380#msg250380)). But that doesn't necessarily mean killing them off. Aside from her very special cancer/body issues episode, Fat Betty's already been all but written out of the show so far, praise Jesus. And some SCDPer could easily join Big Gay Sal off on whatever untelevised island Sal is off getting gay on these days.
Or, maybe they will in fact have someone major pull a Garry Hoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy) and die when they land on a couch sitting on the sidewalk.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 01, 2012, 02:15:21 PM
Quote from: Slaky on May 01, 2012, 01:24:04 PM
Quote from: Bort on May 01, 2012, 12:48:32 PM
I think the window jumper is gonna be Pete "Starscream" Campbell.
So the opening credits are foreshadowing to a suicide of a man in a suit?
So says RV and some chick on the internet who's totally psychic, you don't even know (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7440.msg252924#msg252924).
Even if the falling man has been the motif of the opening credits since Season 1.
I mean, apparently a/some main character(s) could be culled (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/saving_some_mad_money_kgOquEafL3Vw7dPaZTLZ4O) (funk you very much, AMC penny-pinchers (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg250380#msg250380)). But that doesn't necessarily mean killing them off. Aside from her very special cancer/body issues episode, Fat Betty's already been all but written out of the show so far, praise Jesus. And some SCDPer could easily join Big Gay Sal off on whatever untelevised island Sal is off getting gay on these days.
Or, maybe they will in fact have someone major pull a Garry Hoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Hoy) and die when they land on a couch sitting on the sidewalk.
Wait, that Salon article was written by a
chick? Nevermind.
/Cowley
Okay... If they're not setting up a Pete Campbell suicide from tremendous heights after that then they're just straight up fucking with us, right?
Yes. We're playing a hilarious joke on you.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 08, 2012, 06:49:06 AM
Yes. We're playing a hilarious joke on you.
Pizza House!
Pete's had Alison Brie and Alexis Bledel and he's still depressed?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 07, 2012, 12:16:04 AM
Okay... If they're not setting up a Pete Campbell suicide from tremendous heights after that then they're just straight up fucking with us, right?
Sure seems like it. I hope he grabs Megan on the way down. This show has been horseshit ever since she and Don hooked up.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 10, 2012, 10:41:57 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 07, 2012, 12:16:04 AM
Okay... If they're not setting up a Pete Campbell suicide from tremendous heights after that then they're just straight up fucking with us, right?
Sure seems like it. I hope he grabs Megan on the way down. This show has been horseshit ever since she and Don hooked up.
And kill those beautiful feet? For shame
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 10, 2012, 10:41:57 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 07, 2012, 12:16:04 AM
Okay... If they're not setting up a Pete Campbell suicide from tremendous heights after that then they're just straight up fucking with us, right?
Sure seems like it. I hope he grabs Megan on the way down. This show has been horseshit ever since she and Don hooked up.
Wrong.
Surprise! There's an airplane here to see you!
(DPD)
Holy shit.
Haven't seen this week's episode yet. Last week's was much, much better. Thank you.
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
You are as wrong about this season as Wheezer is about human food.
Quote from: Bort on May 29, 2012, 12:03:25 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
You are as wrong about this season as Wheezer is about human food.
Someday, when we're old and ancient, I'm going to link to a blog by someone who is well-known for watching and blogging about TV that is going to concur that this season has been a blemish on an otherwise outstanding series and you're going to feel so dumb at that time.
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Quote from: Bort on May 29, 2012, 12:03:25 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
You are as wrong about this season as Wheezer is about human food.
Someday, when we're old and ancient, I'm going to link to a blog by someone who is well-known for watching and blogging about TV that is going to concur that this season has been a blemish on an otherwise outstanding series and you're going to feel so dumb at that time.
If you are old and ancient by the end of the year, I predict you will be right.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 29, 2012, 01:52:42 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Quote from: Bort on May 29, 2012, 12:03:25 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
You are as wrong about this season as Wheezer is about human food.
Someday, when we're old and ancient, I'm going to link to a blog by someone who is well-known for watching and blogging about TV that is going to concur that this season has been a blemish on an otherwise outstanding series and you're going to feel so dumb at that time.
If you are old and ancient by the end of the year, I predict you will be right.
Adding Chuck to your side may lead to the weight of your collective wrongness collapsing into a neutron star.
Quote from: Bort on May 29, 2012, 02:14:33 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 29, 2012, 01:52:42 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Quote from: Bort on May 29, 2012, 12:03:25 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 11:14:15 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on May 29, 2012, 10:48:28 AM
This weeks episode is a major FYIA
I hope you're right and that it somehow makes the first nine episodes of this season less-shitty.
You are as wrong about this season as Wheezer is about human food.
Someday, when we're old and ancient, I'm going to link to a blog by someone who is well-known for watching and blogging about TV that is going to concur that this season has been a blemish on an otherwise outstanding series and you're going to feel so dumb at that time.
If you are old and ancient by the end of the year, I predict you will be right.
Adding Chuck to your side may lead to the weight of your collective wrongness collapsing into a neutron star.
Guys keep telling me I'm wrong without really explaining why. At least copy and paste a Fro Dog post to back up your position. Perhaps there's something I'm missing here and I'd be willing to keep an open mind because I do like this show and hope it gets better.
Well, this one was better. Period.
Here, Chuck.
So, while Lane's death was handled well and it made sense from where they put the character, the setup was very lacking. I didn't buy Lane's issue with coming up with the cash for back taxes or how the bank upped the line of credit.
Lane was involved in mergers and overseas management of more than one branch of the Britich company he worked for. He had to be well paid. He has no savings? $7,500 is about $50,000 today. He has to come up with that much right now? To pay back taxes to a country 6000 miles away? What happens to him if he doesn't pay on time? I doubt US Marshalls are going to come to deport him. And his family is in the States. Not like he has to go back to London anytime soon. Felt like a very ginned up Macguffin to get Lane in deep trouble.
Add that the writers handled the last bit with the bank so well when they all the partners had to sign on to loans to keep the company afloat. That was done quite well and quite accurately. This time, Lane goes to the bank, pours a drink with me-circa-1967 and the guy gives him a $50,000 increase? That has to be signed for by the officers of the company. Given that there are dual check signors, the likely have dual loan signors as well.
This show did great on details in the past. This was sloppy by their previous standards. The resolution was fine. The setup felt like, "OK, we need to have Lane commit suicide. What could motivate him to do that? I know, tax debts!"
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 04, 2012, 10:06:08 AM
Felt like a very ginned up Macguffin to get Lane in deep trouble.
Pretty much.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 04, 2012, 10:06:08 AM
So, while Lane's death was handled well and it made sense from where they put the character, the setup was very lacking. I didn't buy Lane's issue with coming up with the cash for back taxes or how the bank upped the line of credit.
Lane was involved in mergers and overseas management of more than one branch of the Britich company he worked for. He had to be well paid. He has no savings? $7,500 is about $50,000 today. He has to come up with that much right now? To pay back taxes to a country 6000 miles away? What happens to him if he doesn't pay on time? I doubt US Marshalls are going to come to deport him. And his family is in the States. Not like he has to go back to London anytime soon. Felt like a very ginned up Macguffin to get Lane in deep trouble.
Add that the writers handled the last bit with the bank so well when they all the partners had to sign on to loans to keep the company afloat. That was done quite well and quite accurately. This time, Lane goes to the bank, pours a drink with me-circa-1967 and the guy gives him a $50,000 increase? That has to be signed for by the officers of the company. Given that there are dual check signors, the likely have dual loan signors as well.
This show did great on details in the past. This was sloppy by their previous standards. The resolution was fine. The setup felt like, "OK, we need to have Lane commit suicide. What could motivate him to do that? I know, tax debts!"
Could you possibly be more one dimensional?
This was a very good episode.
I really, really hate Internet Chuck.
And by saying that I mean I like Real Chuck.
I'm
so conflicted.
Quote from: flannj on June 04, 2012, 11:21:28 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 04, 2012, 10:06:08 AM
So, while Lane's death was handled well and it made sense from where they put the character, the setup was very lacking. I didn't buy Lane's issue with coming up with the cash for back taxes or how the bank upped the line of credit.
Lane was involved in mergers and overseas management of more than one branch of the Britich company he worked for. He had to be well paid. He has no savings? $7,500 is about $50,000 today. He has to come up with that much right now? To pay back taxes to a country 6000 miles away? What happens to him if he doesn't pay on time? I doubt US Marshalls are going to come to deport him. And his family is in the States. Not like he has to go back to London anytime soon. Felt like a very ginned up Macguffin to get Lane in deep trouble.
Add that the writers handled the last bit with the bank so well when they all the partners had to sign on to loans to keep the company afloat. That was done quite well and quite accurately. This time, Lane goes to the bank, pours a drink with me-circa-1967 and the guy gives him a $50,000 increase? That has to be signed for by the officers of the company. Given that there are dual check signors, the likely have dual loan signors as well.
This show did great on details in the past. This was sloppy by their previous standards. The resolution was fine. The setup felt like, "OK, we need to have Lane commit suicide. What could motivate him to do that? I know, tax debts!"
Could you possibly be more one dimensional?
This was a very good episode.
I really, really hate Internet Chuck.
And by saying that I mean I like Real Chuck.
I'm so conflicted.
I concur. Given that millionaires find ways to declare bankruptcy, I find it odd Chuck is shocked that a man who loved to live beyond his means
is was broke
Quote from: flannj on June 04, 2012, 11:21:28 PM
Could you possibly be more one dimensional?
Hmm...
Quote
This was a very good episode.
Yes. I think I said that when I said, "The resolution was fine." You want me to expound on "fine"? I liked the episode. Well, except for the Sally and Glen part.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 05, 2012, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: flannj on June 04, 2012, 11:21:28 PM
Could you possibly be more one dimensional?
Hmm...
Quote
This was a very good episode.
Yes. I think I said that when I said, "The resolution was fine." You want me to expound on "fine"? I liked the episode. Well, except for the Sally and Glen part.
Glen is creepy. But so is Sally. Made for each other.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5s4e7TaLhY
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on June 11, 2012, 11:13:13 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5s4e7TaLhY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcIl_6amBvU
We listened to a lot of cheesy music in the 60's. We also saw a lot of cheesy movies. Would anyone be interested in buying my vinyl collection from that era? (Except for the Beatles stuff and Janis Joplin) For every Herb Alpert you buy I will throw in a Hermut's Hermits. This is my Jos. A. Bank special for today only.
Quote from: CBStew on June 11, 2012, 12:33:01 PM
We listened to a lot of cheesy music in the 60's. We also saw a lot of cheesy movies. Would anyone be interested in buying my vinyl collection from that era? (Except for the Beatles stuff and Janis Joplin) For every Herb Alpert you buy I will throw in a Hermut's Hermits. This is my Jos. A. Bank special for today only.
If you have the soundtrack album from Casino Royale ('67), I'd certainly be willing to buy
that off of you. Even if it lacks the reprise of the theme song from the end credits featuring Mike Redway's vocals.
I agree with Chuck. This season was meh with some highlights along the way. I'll continue to watch and hope for better days.
Quote from: Internet Apex on June 12, 2012, 07:58:41 AM
I agree with Chuck. This season was meh with some highlights along the way.
That's not really what Chuck said, is it?
Chuck was more like: "All that banking stuff was totally unrealistic. I know. I'm a banker."
Relatedly...
Quote from: Internet Apex on May 29, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Someday, when we're old and ancient, I'm going to link to a blog by someone who is well-known for watching and blogging about TV that is going to concur that this season has been a blemish on an otherwise outstanding series and you're going to feel so dumb at that time.
http://hje.me/sbox/dlog.php?date=2012-05-30&highlight=p143841967#p143841967
QuoteThat's what I'm going do to all of you* when the Spurs win the NBA title and Kerry Wood is named color commentator... oh, and Sepinwall starts shitting on this season of Mad Men.
*Presumably "mushroom [stamp] the bejesus out of [us], [strip us] naked and [throw us] out in the street."
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/season-finale-review-mad-men-the-phantom-the-tooth-hurts
QuoteThis has been a transformational season of "Mad Men," in terms of both what's been happening on screen and how the show has chosen to depict it. It's the first season of the series where it feels like society itself changed significantly from the beginning to the end. It's a season that barely featured Don Draper's first wife while turning his second wife into the second most prominent character on the show, that saw Peggy leave the agency and Lane leave this mortal coil. And it's a season that experimented formally more than any previous one, whether the fever dream atmosphere of the Richard Speck episode, the trippy nature of the entire episode where Roger first took LSD, or the Beatles montage at the end of "Lady Lazarus."
And because of these changes in content and style, this has felt like a more divisive season of the show than the previous ones. If you didn't like Megan as much as Matt Weiner obviously did, or if you thought some of the more high-concept episodes were too far out there, or if you felt the subtext wasn't being quite as submerged as it used to be, then it's easy to imagine you finding parts or all of the season to be off.
I've taken issue with the season here and there — questioning, for instance, whether Joan's decision felt natural, or like something where Weiner came up with the end-point and reverse-engineered the rest — but have for the most part applauded the formal boldness of it. Some of the most memorable scenes and moments of the series' run occurred over these last three months, and I look forward to revisiting many of them during the long break before season 6. And, I'll be honest: as someone who has had/chosen to stay up late each Sunday to write these reviews, I haven't exactly minded that the themes have been more overt than in previous seasons. It's all fine and dandy for the meaning to be hidden when I've got days and days to dig, but when 2 in the morning is staring me in the face, it's a relief to be able to say, "Oh, the codfish is a metaphor for disappointment!"
That said, "The Phantom" was an episode that seemed to take some of the smaller earlier missteps and magnify them. If not for a great final 10 minutes or so (from Don and Peggy in the movie theater until the last close-up of Don), I'd be going into that hiatus feeling much more sour about the season than I should.
...
And it was in that final "You Only Live Twice" montage — Don taking that incredibly long walk through that darkened soundstage (Megan's dream lit up in bright colors, Don in shadow), Peggy getting a less-than-glamorous view out of her hotel window in Virginia, Pete sadly listening to his enormous hi-fi system through a compact headset, Roger going on another acid trip all by his lonesome, and then Don at the bar going back to being Don Draper — that "The Phantom" finally felt like "Mad Men" again to me. This is who Don is, and this is what the show can be at its best — which it was for so much of this season, and unfortunately for me wasn't for most of its final hour.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on June 12, 2012, 08:26:33 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on June 12, 2012, 07:58:41 AM
I agree with Chuck. This season was meh with some highlights along the way.
That's not really what Chuck said, is it?
Quote
https://twitter.com/ivychat/status/212034464023445505
Quote
Chuck was more like: "All that banking stuff was totally unrealistic given how realistically they did it last year. I know. I'm a banker."
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 12, 2012, 08:54:24 AM
https://twitter.com/ivychat/status/212034464023445505
Quote from: @ivychat( #MadMen - really Meh Men this year)
First of all: wrong.
Second of all: shouldn't that be "Mad Meh"?
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 12, 2012, 08:54:24 AM
Chuck was more like: "All that banking stuff was totally unrealistic given how realistically they did it last year. I know. I'm a banker."
Some truly "big picture" stuff right there, Chuck.
The thing about predictions is they sometimes don't come true. But when they do, you get to mushroom stamp people with them. So the key is to make a whole bunch of them and be ready to make good when they occasionally pan out. /Skip Bayless
Quote from: Internet Apex on June 12, 2012, 09:22:52 AM
The thing about predictions is they sometimes don't come true. But when they do, you get to mushroom stamp people with them. So the key is to make a whole bunch of them and be ready to make good when they occasionally pan out. /Skip Bayless
Apex is right.
Quote from: Internet Apex on June 12, 2012, 09:22:52 AM
The thing about predictions is they sometimes don't come true. But when they do, you get to mushroom stamp people with them. So the key is to make a whole bunch of them and be ready to make good when they occasionally pan out. /Skip Bayless
Apex is wrong.
FYA x 17!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/2012-primetime-emmy-nominees.html
And how the hell was "Louie" not nominated for outstanding comedy series? Louis C.K. was nominated but he won't win.
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 19, 2012, 01:43:04 PM
FYA x 17!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/2012-primetime-emmy-nominees.html
And how the hell was "Louie" not nominated for outstanding comedy series? Louis C.K. was nominated but he won't win.
It's the Emmy's...who gives a shit?
Quote from: CT III on July 24, 2012, 09:22:38 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 19, 2012, 01:43:04 PM
FYA x 17!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/2012-primetime-emmy-nominees.html
And how the hell was "Louie" not nominated for outstanding comedy series? Louis C.K. was nominated but he won't win.
It's the Emmy's...who gives a shit?
Drug dealers.
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 25, 2012, 12:51:13 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 24, 2012, 09:22:38 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 19, 2012, 01:43:04 PM
FYA x 17!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/2012-primetime-emmy-nominees.html
And how the hell was "Louie" not nominated for outstanding comedy series? Louis C.K. was nominated but he won't win.
It's the Emmy's...who gives a shit?
Drug dealers.
You mean like rappers?
Quote from: CT III on July 25, 2012, 12:56:42 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 25, 2012, 12:51:13 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 24, 2012, 09:22:38 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 19, 2012, 01:43:04 PM
FYA x 17!
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/2012-primetime-emmy-nominees.html
And how the hell was "Louie" not nominated for outstanding comedy series? Louis C.K. was nominated but he won't win.
It's the Emmy's...who gives a shit?
Drug dealers.
You mean like rappers?
Yes.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/mad-men-set-to-return-on-april-7/
QuoteMr. Weiner said he was committed to making this the penultimate season of "Mad Men," and that this was influencing how he wrote these episodes.
"I did approach this season originally saying: 'O.K., we can't do that yet. We shouldn't do that yet. I'm saving that for here,'" he said.
But after three weeks of plotting stories this way, Mr. Weiner said his executive producers Maria and Andre Jacquemetton told him: "Just approach the season the way you always approach it — go for broke, use up everything you have, and we'll deal with it later."
"So I decided to throw it all in," Mr. Weiner said. "When you're on a show where drama is somebody watching a phone ring, you really shouldn't take out any story ideas you have."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/hamm-mad-men-full-package-article-1.1293362
Quote"His privates are the inside joke," says our source, who adds that Hamm "knows what he's got."
A quick Google search does show that the actor appears to go commando while not on set. There's no shortage of images of him strolling down the street looking very healthy.
...
A rep for Hamm said: "It is ridiculous and not really funny at all. I'd appreciate you taking the high road and not resorting to something childish like this that's been blogged about 1,000 times."
12 days.
Also, if anyone needs to catch up on Season 5 again (or for the first time), it's available on Netflix Instant now.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 21, 2013, 12:07:07 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/hamm-mad-men-full-package-article-1.1293362
Quote"His privates are the inside joke," says our source, who adds that Hamm "knows what he's got."
A quick Google search does show that the actor appears to go commando while not on set. There's no shortage of images of him strolling down the street looking very healthy.
...
A rep for Hamm said: "It is ridiculous and not really funny at all. I'd appreciate you taking the high road and not resorting to something childish like this that's been blogged about 1,000 times."
After years of his wife hounding him about his sex addiction a man shows up in a psychiatrist's office. The doctor shows him a set of Rohrschach pictures and in each one the man describes bizarre sexual positions featuring men, women, goats, some scuba gear, a kitchen utensil and a box of crayons. The doctor asked the man to come back for a second session, and the man questioned him as to why. Did the Doctor think that he was crazy? To which the doctor answered, I don't know if you are crazy, but you may have the dirtiest mind that I have ever encountered. The man answered, "I have a dirty mind? You are the one who owns all the dirty pictures."
Much better in the opener. I still can't stand Don. But I understand Don. This show is at its best when people are actually working at an ad agency. Peggy does a fair amount of that on the show now. Score there. And I even thought the Betty stuff was captivating.
And Megan in a bikini. I had an experience.
This show is loaded with more sideburns than a Bort convention now.
DEATH STALKS YOU AT EVERY TURN...
(http://i.imgur.com/KefABC1.jpg)
Trudy kicked ass.
When the end comes I know, they'll say just a gigolo... as life goes on without me.
For all the celebratory reaction to the Campbell butthurt, I wonder how people view Don at this point. He's pretty much giving in to his addiction now and doesn't care much whose life he crushes in the meanwhile. The shots of him living in the brothel are revelatory, in that we know how he became such a sick, twisted fuck. We've known for awhile that his deep-seated misogyny stems from the mistreatment he received from his stepmother.
But knowing that, I don't feel sorry for him. Megan kind of had it right when she mocked him, saying, "Ooooh, nobody loves Dick Whitman." Yet, she does. Granted, she's a bit clueless and wrapped up in her own life, but that's how, young beautiful women often are. It doesn't mean they deserve to be destroyed like this.
The hero of this show now, in my opinion, is Peggy. Don's your antihero.
Quote from: Internet Apex on April 16, 2013, 09:03:26 AM
When the end comes I know, they'll say just a gigolo... as life goes on without me.
For all the celebratory reaction to the Campbell butthurt, I wonder how people view Don at this point. He's pretty much giving in to his addiction now and doesn't care much whose life he crushes in the meanwhile. The shots of him living in the brothel are revelatory, in that we know how he became such a sick, twisted fuck. We've known for awhile that his deep-seated misogyny stems from the mistreatment he received from his stepmother.
But knowing that, I don't feel sorry for him. Megan kind of had it right when she mocked him, saying, "Ooooh, nobody loves Dick Whitman." Yet, she does. Granted, she's a bit clueless and wrapped up in her own life, but that's how, young beautiful women often are. It doesn't mean they deserve to be destroyed like this.
The hero of this show now, in my opinion, is Peggy. Don's your antihero.
Well said. Somebody somewhere on an internet page pointed out that the snippets of Don's childhood backstory we've gotten would be entirely believable as the backstory of a serial killer. I nodded and said, yes, that's a good point, internet commenter.
I'm interested in what's going to happen with this chipper young Bob fella from accounts who Ken can't stand. I get the feeling he's going to have some unfortunate shit happen to him similar to the dude who got his foot lopped off by the lawnmower.
Pete Campbell closes far too many deals.
There being only one season left after this one should help limit any damage Ted McGinley might do.
Huey's worst enemy
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What. The hell. Was that.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 20, 2013, 05:53:17 PM
What. The hell. Was that.
Hilarious, that's what that was.
Ali was really delighted that Ken was doing a real tap move. I was really excited the show was doing real speedfreak paranoia.
DPD. Everything with Sally from the reveal on was just devastating.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on June 10, 2013, 02:24:00 PM
DPD. Everything with Sally from the reveal on was just devastating.
Yes. There is absolutely no way in hell things end well for that child.
She and Sansa Stark exchanging pen pal letters would be an interesting study in teen girl struggledom.
"You think that's bad..."
Hadn't really realized how much I've missed this damn show...
1) Our first sight of Roger Sterling
2) Our first sight of Pete Campbell
3) Jessica Paré's dangling sideboob
4) Ken Cosgrove's poor depth perception
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 13, 2014, 10:08:13 PM
Hadn't really realized how much I've missed this damn show...
1) Our first sight of Roger Sterling
2) Our first sight of Pete Campbell
3) Jessica Paré's dangling sideboob
4) Ken Cosgrove's poor depth perception
Yes to all of these. I guffawed when #4 happened.
Quote from: Bort on April 13, 2014, 10:38:05 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 13, 2014, 10:08:13 PM
Hadn't really realized how much I've missed this damn show...
1) Our first sight of Roger Sterling
2) Our first sight of Pete Campbell
3) Jessica Paré's dangling sideboob
4) Ken Cosgrove's poor depth perception
Yes to all of these. I guffawed when #4 happened.
A pretty good episode. Good to see Don reeling. I thought he was lying to everybody about needing to go back to work. I mean he kind of was but it turns out he's really doing freelance stuff with Freddy. I kind of hope he jumps off of a tall building and dies.
So Don is DB Cooper now? Is that the word? I might want to watch this show if that's the case.
Quote from: Slaky on April 14, 2014, 12:51:03 PM
So Don is DB Cooper now? Is that the word? I might want to watch this show if that's the case.
That connection had never occurred to me, but I see now via some googling that there's been a crazy "theory" to that effect floating out there since last season.
That would certainly be... something.
And by "something" I guess I mean "fun to think about for a moment, but ultimately as unlikely as it would be disappointing."
And, honestly, what's the deal with people having "theories" about Mad Men in the first place? This isn't Lost. What the hell do people expect to "figure out"?
Fucking internet.
/TPD
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 14, 2014, 03:15:30 PM
And, honestly, what's the deal with people having "theories" about Mad Men in the first place? This isn't Lost. What the hell do people expect to "figure out"?
Fucking internet.
/TPD
Christ, I am so sick of the idea that a show is a puzzle to be unlocked. Admittedly, the Sopranos finale was something you had to think about, but since when has Weiner been the creator of shows with long-running secret, arcane symbolism?
Quote from: Bort on April 14, 2014, 05:12:08 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 14, 2014, 03:15:30 PM
And, honestly, what's the deal with people having "theories" about Mad Men in the first place? This isn't Lost. What the hell do people expect to "figure out"?
Fucking internet.
/TPD
Christ, I am so sick of the idea that a show is a puzzle to be unlocked. Admittedly, the Sopranos finale was something you had to think about, but since when has Weiner been the creator of shows with long-running secret, arcane symbolism?
The worst thing DB Cooper ever did was disappear forever, allowing his story to be hijacked by every lazy, two-bit hack writer ever. Not counting Weiner among them, but I wonder if Cooper had any idea that by leaping out of that plane he was falling into eternal McGuffinhood.
Quote from: Bort on April 14, 2014, 05:12:08 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 14, 2014, 03:15:30 PM
And, honestly, what's the deal with people having "theories" about Mad Men in the first place? This isn't Lost. What the hell do people expect to "figure out"?
Fucking internet.
/TPD
Christ, I am so sick of the idea that a show is a puzzle to be unlocked. Admittedly, the Sopranos finale was something you had to think about, but since when has Weiner been the creator of shows with long-running secret, arcane symbolism?
Harry Potter and Lost have ruined fans' perspectives on almost all forms of entertainment.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on April 15, 2014, 11:28:52 AM
Quote from: Bort on April 14, 2014, 05:12:08 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 14, 2014, 03:15:30 PM
And, honestly, what's the deal with people having "theories" about Mad Men in the first place? This isn't Lost. What the hell do people expect to "figure out"?
Fucking internet.
/TPD
Christ, I am so sick of the idea that a show is a puzzle to be unlocked. Admittedly, the Sopranos finale was something you had to think about, but since when has Weiner been the creator of shows with long-running secret, arcane symbolism?
Harry Potter and Lost have ruined fans' perspectives on almost all forms of entertainment.
And if anyone would know about ruining perspective ...
She has plans, look at her calendar: "February 14th, Masturbate gloomily."
Roger Sterling flipping the switch in the partners meeting.
The man can still business with the best of them.
"Lou is adequate!"
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 27, 2014, 10:08:46 PM
Roger Sterling flipping the switch in the partners meeting.
The man can still business with the best of them.
His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
I had to fast-forward all the Betty scenes due to the late hour (after Rockets/Blazers OT) and a lack of fucks given. What's her deal? She doesn't have a purpose in life, her kids hate her and her husband treats her like a child?
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
It'll be interesting to see him navigate that trap. Could have taken a buyout, or that other job offer. Or just refused and continued drawing a salary for doing nothing. But clearly Don needs that firm. So, instead, he'll be walking on eggshells and risking it all™ while reporting to a guy they've done a great job of setting up as a miserable, uncreative, perfectly adequate, anti-social asshole.
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
I had to fast-forward all the Betty scenes due to the late hour (after Rockets/Blazers OT) and a lack of fucks given. What's her deal? She doesn't have a purpose in life, her kids hate her and her husband treats her like a child?
Betty's still the worst. She let what could have been a perfect day with an apparently adoring kid be "ruined" by that kid doing a dumb thing that kids do (he wanted some candy). And managed to conclude from it that her kids hate her. The main point seemed to be that she's a self-pitying headcase who knows how to hold a bitter grudge against her own kids. Which is nothing terribly new.
There was an odd jump cut during all of that, though, where Don throws an envelope down on the table and it cuts to Bobby throwing down a picnic blanket at the farm. Is there supposed to be some sort of parallel drawn between Don and Bobby?
Or is that just Mad Men doing its Mad Men thing, where empty, meaningless moments are made to seem vaguely pregnant with drama (with FILMMAKING!) but never actually resolve to anything whatsoever?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 28, 2014, 11:11:38 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
It'll be interesting to see him navigate that trap. Could have taken a buyout, or that other job offer. Or just refused and continued drawing a salary for doing nothing. But clearly Don needs that firm. So, instead, he'll be walking on eggshells and risking it all™ while reporting to a guy they've done a great job of setting up as a miserable, uncreative, perfectly adequate, anti-social asshole.
When Ms. Hawk and I saw that we were both yelling at the screeen for him to not take that deal. While I'm hoping that Don is getting going to get back his mojo, I get the feeling that the show is turning him back into Dick Whitman (a schulb out of touch and out of his time).
Either way, tough week for Jon Hamm
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Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 28, 2014, 11:11:38 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
It'll be interesting to see him navigate that trap. Could have taken a buyout, or that other job offer. Or just refused and continued drawing a salary for doing nothing. But clearly Don needs that firm. So, instead, he'll be walking on eggshells and risking it all™ while reporting to a guy they've done a great job of setting up as a miserable, uncreative, perfectly adequate, anti-social asshole.
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
I had to fast-forward all the Betty scenes due to the late hour (after Rockets/Blazers OT) and a lack of fucks given. What's her deal? She doesn't have a purpose in life, her kids hate her and her husband treats her like a child?
Betty's still the worst. She let what could have been a perfect day with an apparently adoring kid be "ruined" by that kid doing a dumb thing that kids do (he wanted some candy). And managed to conclude from it that her kids hate her. The main point seemed to be that she's a self-pitying headcase who knows how to hold a bitter grudge against her own kids. Which is nothing terribly new.
There was an odd jump cut during all of that, though, where Don throws an envelope down on the table and it cuts to Bobby throwing down a picnic blanket at the farm. Is there supposed to be some sort of parallel drawn between Don and Bobby?
Or is that just Mad Men doing its Mad Men thing, where empty, meaningless moments are made to seem vaguely pregnant with drama (with FILMMAKING!) but never actually resolve to anything whatsoever?
I should have watched those scenes. It's well-traveled territory that Don's personal problems stem largely from the treatment he received from his step-mother. Those scenes probably suggest that Betty is getting closer to being like the woman who sparked his misogyny in the beginning. And we look at that and say, "Betty is the worst." But we know she's not. Don's mom was the worst. And Don did nothing but shit all over Betty so if she had any hope of not being the worst it didn't come from him. What will happen to Bobby and Gene? Will they end up like Don? Sort of, I bet.
"Do the work, Don."
"Ballgame."
I wonder if anything substantial is going to happen in these next three episodes.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 05, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
I wonder if anything substantial is going to happen in these next three episodes.
I feel like Don is at the brink of total self-destruction. A nice tidy ending like we got with Uncle Junior in the loony bin may not be forthcoming for many of these characters. The series might end without closure for everybody except Don and the idea of substantial things happening might be something we ought not hope for.
As for the next three eps, I'm going to guess that
something major will happen but that not everyone will be affected by it.
Quote from: InternetApex on May 05, 2014, 05:09:41 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 05, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
I wonder if anything substantial is going to happen in these next three episodes.
I feel like Don is at the brink of total self-destruction. A nice tidy ending like we got with Uncle Junior in the loony bin may not be forthcoming for many of these characters. The series might end without closure for everybody except Don and the idea of substantial things happening might be something we ought not hope for.
As for the next three eps, I'm going to guess that something major will happen but that not everyone will be affected by it.
I'm just saying that I'll be bummed if this half-season winds up being just a big 2015 cock tease.
I mean, I'm sure it's gonna be a huge cock tease. I just hope it's not
only that.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 05, 2014, 04:45:50 PM
I wonder if anything substantial is going to happen in these next three episodes.
This show has turned into the perfect background for folding laundry.
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
Rich guy who still draws a paycheck and owns equity in a valuable company is forced to go back to work because he doesn't want to be with his insanely hot younger wife in California.
Yeah, the stakes right now are really, really high.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 06, 2014, 09:13:42 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
Rich guy who still draws a paycheck and owns equity in a valuable company is forced to go back to work because he doesn't want to be with his insanely hot younger wife in California.
Yeah, the stakes right now are really, really high.
He has the same problems he's had since the very beginning and he's rotted out from the very core. This is the same show it's always been. If you liked it before, what don't you like now? I mean, I've always folded laundry to this show. It's not like it was True Detective, don't blink, don't miss a single second of Don and Roger drinking and talking about finger blasting secretaries. Don used to be tolerated because his creativity made people money. Now he's a liability. The insanely hot younger wife told him to go fuck himself. That's what happens, Larry. When you fuck a stranger in the ass.
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
I think I'm less bummed about the show itself so much as I'm bummed about the fact that we're already over halfway through the 2014 episodes.
And then maybe this split season has raised my expectations a bit in terms of what they might have done with these 7 episodes.
Well, I guess they've already shot all the episodes in one go (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/business/media/mad-men-to-split-final-season-into-two-parts.html):
QuoteThe show's creator, Matthew Weiner, will shoot all the episodes in one production cycle, so in effect, AMC will simply be storing away the last seven episodes for a year.
So I guess so much for hoping it might free them up to give each half that extra bit of love. Spin from Weiner aside:
QuoteIn a statement, Mr. Weiner said, "We plan to take advantage of this chance to have a more elaborate story told in two parts, which can resonate a little bit longer in the minds of our audience."
AMCtink is terrible.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 06, 2014, 10:23:09 AM
Well, I guess they've already shot all the episodes in one go (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/business/media/mad-men-to-split-final-season-into-two-parts.html):
QuoteThe show's creator, Matthew Weiner, will shoot all the episodes in one production cycle, so in effect, AMC will simply be storing away the last seven episodes for a year.
So I guess so much for hoping it might free them up to give each half that extra bit of love. Spin from Weiner aside:
QuoteIn a statement, Mr. Weiner said, "We plan to take advantage of this chance to have a more elaborate story told in two parts, which can resonate a little bit longer in the minds of our audience."
AMCtink is terrible.
They want the final seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad to not compete for Emmy's. So what? I mean, I'm bummed I'll have to wait til next year, but it makes sense from the awards sense
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:39:14 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 06, 2014, 09:13:42 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
Rich guy who still draws a paycheck and owns equity in a valuable company is forced to go back to work because he doesn't want to be with his insanely hot younger wife in California.
Yeah, the stakes right now are really, really high.
He has the same problems he's had since the very beginning and he's rotted out from the very core. This is the same show it's always been. If you liked it before, what don't you like now? I mean, I've always folded laundry to this show. It's not like it was True Detective, don't blink, don't miss a single second of Don and Roger drinking and talking about finger blasting secretaries. Don used to be tolerated because his creativity made people money. Now he's a liability. The insanely hot younger wife told him to go fuck himself. That's what happens, Larry. When you fuck a stranger in the ass.
Yeah, I don't understand this Chuck complaint at all. This has never been a plot-driven show. It's the TV equivalent of navel-gazing literary fiction, with outstanding writing that makes me laugh out loud more than any other show currently on the air. None of that has changed this season. From a character standpoint, Don is finally making an effort (although for the most part it's been a lurching, two steps forward, one and a half steps backward effort) to not pick up shop and run away from every problem like the hobo that he always has been. He's given his coworkers and his kids a glimpse into Dick Whitman's childhood. He finally owned up to losing his job to Megan. And given Freddy's backstory and Don's history I think Freddy's instruction to DO THE WORK, and Don's ability to actually swallow his pride and do it, was a sign that Don might just be able to get his shit together a bit before Ken bumps into the computer in the season finale, setting off a slapstick chain of events that ends with Don falling out the window.
Quote from: R-V on May 06, 2014, 12:43:22 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:39:14 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 06, 2014, 09:13:42 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on May 06, 2014, 09:04:19 AM
I'm actually really enjoying this season. I trashed some of the previous ones but I'm riveted right now. Maybe it's just the acting. Not sure what you guys are so bummed about.
Rich guy who still draws a paycheck and owns equity in a valuable company is forced to go back to work because he doesn't want to be with his insanely hot younger wife in California.
Yeah, the stakes right now are really, really high.
He has the same problems he's had since the very beginning and he's rotted out from the very core. This is the same show it's always been. If you liked it before, what don't you like now? I mean, I've always folded laundry to this show. It's not like it was True Detective, don't blink, don't miss a single second of Don and Roger drinking and talking about finger blasting secretaries. Don used to be tolerated because his creativity made people money. Now he's a liability. The insanely hot younger wife told him to go fuck himself. That's what happens, Larry. When you fuck a stranger in the ass.
Yeah, I don't understand this Chuck complaint at all. This has never been a plot-driven show. It's the TV equivalent of navel-gazing literary fiction, with outstanding writing that makes me laugh out loud more than any other show currently on the air. None of that has changed this season. From a character standpoint, Don is finally making an effort (although for the most part it's been a lurching, two steps forward, one and a half steps backward effort) to not pick up shop and run away from every problem like the hobo that he always has been. He's given his coworkers and his kids a glimpse into Dick Whitman's childhood. He finally owned up to losing his job to Megan. And given Freddy's backstory and Don's history I think Freddy's instruction to DO THE WORK, and Don's ability to actually swallow his pride and do it, was a sign that Don might just be able to get his shit together a bit before Ken bumps into the computer in the season finale, setting off a slapstick chain of events that ends with Don falling out the window.
Needs more lawnmower accidents. /Chuck
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 12:25:57 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 06, 2014, 10:23:09 AM
Well, I guess they've already shot all the episodes in one go (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/business/media/mad-men-to-split-final-season-into-two-parts.html):
QuoteThe show's creator, Matthew Weiner, will shoot all the episodes in one production cycle, so in effect, AMC will simply be storing away the last seven episodes for a year.
So I guess so much for hoping it might free them up to give each half that extra bit of love. Spin from Weiner aside:
QuoteIn a statement, Mr. Weiner said, "We plan to take advantage of this chance to have a more elaborate story told in two parts, which can resonate a little bit longer in the minds of our audience."
AMCtink is terrible.
They want the final seasons of Mad Men and Breaking Bad to not compete for Emmy's. So what? I mean, I'm bummed I'll have to wait til next year, but it makes sense from the awards sense
The Emmys? That's retarded.
Breaking Bad's final season was at least split up over two years for creative reasons. Albeit not without some AMC-related drama...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Bad_(season_5)#Development_and_production
QuoteIn July 2011, series creator Vince Gilligan indicated that he intended to conclude Breaking Bad with the fifth season. In early August 2011, negotiations began over a deal regarding the fifth and possibly final season between AMC and Sony Pictures Television, the production company of the series. AMC proposed a shortened fifth season (six to eight episodes, instead of thirteen) to cut costs, but the producers declined. Sony then approached other cable networks about possibly picking up the show if a deal could not be made. On August 14, 2011, a deal was made in which AMC renewed the series for a final 16-episode season. Filming began for the season on March 26, 2012. Filming for the second half of the season began on December 7, 2012, during which AMC sent the cast and crew cupcakes decorated with characters and props used throughout the show's run.
Vince Gilligan explained that the season was split at his request in order to have more time to write the final episodes. Thomas Schnauz revealed that the writers initially tried to conceive a 16-episode arc in advance of completing the first eight episodes, but that most of these plans were scrapped as new plot points emerged "that threw everything into a little bit of chaos."
With Mad Men, it seems like it's all about AMC...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/mad-men-season-7-matt-weiner_n_4944240.html
QuoteYou didn't consult with ["Breaking Bad" creator] Vince Gilligan, "Hey, what's the deal with this split season?"
You know what, his was a totally different circumstance. We're obviously doing [the split season] because "Breaking Bad" did it, but Vince did it for totally different reasons. He said, "I can't give you all those episodes at once, I need time off in between. I can give you some now and some later."
For us, we're doing them all at once. I've shut down production for three weeks to catch up on scripts -- that was planned in the schedule. But we're doing this all at once. I directed Episode 7 [which wrapped recently], we're taking a break in production and then we start shooting again at the end of March. It's been a very intense experience, and it can be hard to shift gears.
I'm sure it will all wind up great, and I'll probably look like a jerk for bitching as soon as next Sunday.
I guess AMC's constant shenanigans with this shit is just making me a grumpy Pex (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7272.msg272722#msg272722).
That will happen.
Ok. I was wrong then.. After Mad Men leaves, what will AMC have aside from The Walking Dead (which is popular but not as good as BB/MM)?
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PM
Ok. I was wrong then..
I don't think you were really wrong about anything.
Unless you were saying AMCtink isn't terrible. In which case you were wrong.
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PMAfter Mad Men leaves, what will AMC have aside from The Walking Dead (which is popular but not as good as BB/MM)?
The Walking Dead will be their only hot property remaining. Which is probably why they trying to spin it off.
So, it'll be: The Walking Dead, a Walking Dead spin-off, a Breaking Bad spin-off, and whatever random period drama shit they come up with to throw at the wall in any given season.
How about a Mad Men spin-off? The Outrageously Gay Adventures of Sal Romano?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 06, 2014, 04:27:15 PM
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PM
Ok. I was wrong then..
I don't think you were really wrong about anything.
Unless you were saying AMCtink isn't terrible. In which case you were wrong.
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PMAfter Mad Men leaves, what will AMC have aside from The Walking Dead (which is popular but not as good as BB/MM)?
The Walking Dead will be their only hot property remaining. Which is probably why they trying to spin it off.
So, it'll be: The Walking Dead, a Walking Dead spin-off, a Breaking Bad spin-off, and whatever random period drama shit they come up with to throw at the wall in any given season.
How about a Mad Men spin-off? The Outrageously Gay Adventures of Sal Romano?
"Sally Draper Goes to College"
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 06, 2014, 04:27:15 PM
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PM
Ok. I was wrong then..
I don't think you were really wrong about anything.
Unless you were saying AMCtink isn't terrible. In which case you were wrong.
Quote from: Yeti on May 06, 2014, 03:44:29 PMAfter Mad Men leaves, what will AMC have aside from The Walking Dead (which is popular but not as good as BB/MM)?
The Walking Dead will be their only hot property remaining. Which is probably why they trying to spin it off.
So, it'll be: The Walking Dead, a Walking Dead spin-off, a Breaking Bad spin-off, and whatever random period drama shit they come up with to throw at the wall in any given season.
How about a Mad Men spin-off? The Outrageously Gay Adventures of Sal Romano?
A Joanie spinoff would be too big to fail. /Chuck
Quote from: InternetApex on April 30, 2014, 12:53:49 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 28, 2014, 11:11:38 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
It'll be interesting to see him navigate that trap. Could have taken a buyout, or that other job offer. Or just refused and continued drawing a salary for doing nothing. But clearly Don needs that firm. So, instead, he'll be walking on eggshells and risking it all™ while reporting to a guy they've done a great job of setting up as a miserable, uncreative, perfectly adequate, anti-social asshole.
Quote from: InternetApex on April 28, 2014, 08:52:48 AM
I had to fast-forward all the Betty scenes due to the late hour (after Rockets/Blazers OT) and a lack of fucks given. What's her deal? She doesn't have a purpose in life, her kids hate her and her husband treats her like a child?
Betty's still the worst. She let what could have been a perfect day with an apparently adoring kid be "ruined" by that kid doing a dumb thing that kids do (he wanted some candy). And managed to conclude from it that her kids hate her. The main point seemed to be that she's a self-pitying headcase who knows how to hold a bitter grudge against her own kids. Which is nothing terribly new.
There was an odd jump cut during all of that, though, where Don throws an envelope down on the table and it cuts to Bobby throwing down a picnic blanket at the farm. Is there supposed to be some sort of parallel drawn between Don and Bobby?
Or is that just Mad Men doing its Mad Men thing, where empty, meaningless moments are made to seem vaguely pregnant with drama (with FILMMAKING!) but never actually resolve to anything whatsoever?
I should have watched those scenes. It's well-traveled territory that Don's personal problems stem largely from the treatment he received from his step-mother. Those scenes probably suggest that Betty is getting closer to being like the woman who sparked his misogyny in the beginning. And we look at that and say, "Betty is the worst." But we know she's not. Don's mom was the worst. And Don did nothing but shit all over Betty so if she had any hope of not being the worst it didn't come from him. What will happen to Bobby and Gene? Will they end up like Don? Sort of, I bet.
Also because the teacher was super hot.
(http://farahgoesbang.com/uploads/websites/223/wysiwyg/kandisheadshot.jpg)
And Betty hated her bra-less cans.
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His hatred for Cutler brought out the best in him. And it looks like Don will be working for a living, something he hasn't done in years. I can't wait to see if he can adapt just because he has to, or if he really has anything left in the tank.
It'll be interesting to see him navigate that trap. Could have taken a buyout, or that other job offer. Or just refused and continued drawing a salary for doing nothing. But clearly Don needs that firm. So, instead, he'll be walking on eggshells and risking it all™ while reporting to a guy they've done a great job of setting up as a miserable, uncreative, perfectly adequate, anti-social asshole.
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I had to fast-forward all the Betty scenes due to the late hour (after Rockets/Blazers OT) and a lack of fucks given. What's her deal? She doesn't have a purpose in life, her kids hate her and her husband treats her like a child?
Betty's still the worst. She let what could have been a perfect day with an apparently adoring kid be "ruined" by that kid doing a dumb thing that kids do (he wanted some candy). And managed to conclude from it that her kids hate her. The main point seemed to be that she's a self-pitying headcase who knows how to hold a bitter grudge against her own kids. Which is nothing terribly new.
There was an odd jump cut during all of that, though, where Don throws an envelope down on the table and it cuts to Bobby throwing down a picnic blanket at the farm. Is there supposed to be some sort of parallel drawn between Don and Bobby?
Or is that just Mad Men doing its Mad Men thing, where empty, meaningless moments are made to seem vaguely pregnant with drama (with FILMMAKING!) but never actually resolve to anything whatsoever?
I should have watched those scenes. It's well-traveled territory that Don's personal problems stem largely from the treatment he received from his step-mother. Those scenes probably suggest that Betty is getting closer to being like the woman who sparked his misogyny in the beginning. And we look at that and say, "Betty is the worst." But we know she's not. Don's mom was the worst. And Don did nothing but shit all over Betty so if she had any hope of not being the worst it didn't come from him. What will happen to Bobby and Gene? Will they end up like Don? Sort of, I bet.
Also because the teacher was super hot.
(http://farahgoesbang.com/uploads/websites/223/wysiwyg/kandisheadshot.jpg)
And Betty hated her bra-less cans.
The proverbial farmer's daughter.
No complaints here.
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No complaints here.
Two guys kissed during NFL Draft coverage.
"He's crawling all over the place. You really gotta keep an eye on him."
[beat]
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"He's crawling all over the place. You really gotta keep an eye on him."
[beat]
It really doesn't get any better than a Ken Cosgrove eye joke. So are we to assume at this point that the eyepatch is permanent and not just a temporary necessity? I hope we get a flash forward in the finale to 2000s Grandpa Ken whipping an errant football at his grandson.
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"He's crawling all over the place. You really gotta keep an eye on him."
[beat]
It really doesn't get any better than a Ken Cosgrove eye joke. So are we to assume at this point that the eyepatch is permanent and not just a temporary necessity? I hope we get a flash forward in the finale to 2000s Grandpa Ken whipping an errant football at his grandson.
Didn't he get Cheney'd in the face by one of the Detroit guys? I have to assume the eye is lost.
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"He's crawling all over the place. You really gotta keep an eye on him."
[beat]
It really doesn't get any better than a Ken Cosgrove eye joke. So are we to assume at this point that the eyepatch is permanent and not just a temporary necessity? I hope we get a flash forward in the finale to 2000s Grandpa Ken whipping an errant football at his grandson.
Didn't he get Cheney'd in the face by one of the Detroit guys? I have to assume the eye is lost.
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Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
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Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
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Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 20, 2014, 09:48:08 AM
Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
I think for sake of driving PR around the new computer.
And maybe to avoid losing an irreplaceable mind like Harry Crane's.
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Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
I think for sake of driving PR around the new computer.
And maybe to avoid losing an irreplaceable mind like Harry Crane's.
And to piss off Roger.
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Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
I think for sake of driving PR around the new computer.
And maybe to avoid losing an irreplaceable mind like Harry Crane's.
And to piss off Roger.
That's the confusing part because Cutler wanted Crane fired and Roger was fine with it. Now Cutler wants him to be a partner and Roger is irritated. Joan seemed most offended by the idea. I don't hate that plotline but I need to watch again to see what I missed there. And I probably won't watch again.
I admit it. After Professor Moriarity committed suicide I stopped watching.
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Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 20, 2014, 09:48:08 AM
Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
I think for sake of driving PR around the new computer.
And maybe to avoid losing an irreplaceable mind like Harry Crane's.
And to piss off Roger.
That's the confusing part because Cutler wanted Crane fired and Roger was fine with it. Now Cutler wants him to be a partner and Roger is irritated. Joan seemed most offended by the idea. I don't hate that plotline but I need to watch again to see what I missed there. And I probably won't watch again.
This.
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Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on May 20, 2014, 09:48:08 AM
Also: Anytime a guy like Harry Crane is available for partner, you gotta get that partner.
That part I missed. Why did Hamlin want Harry as a partner?
I think for sake of driving PR around the new computer.
And maybe to avoid losing an irreplaceable mind like Harry Crane's.
And to piss off Roger.
That's the confusing part because Cutler wanted Crane fired and Roger was fine with it. Now Cutler wants him to be a partner and Roger is irritated. Joan seemed most offended by the idea. I don't hate that plotline but I need to watch again to see what I missed there. And I probably won't watch again.
This.
Feel free, Chuck.
Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
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Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
The best things in life are free!
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Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
The best things in life are free!
I just watched this, and that was both awesome and basically a fever dream.
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Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
The best things in life are free!
I just watched this, and that was both awesome and basically a fever dream.
Is Don going to wake up in Indiana with Bert not dead and his job still in jeopardy? I can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.
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Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
The best things in life are free!
I just watched this, and that was both awesome and basically a fever dream.
Is Don going to wake up in Indiana with Bert not dead and his job still in jeopardy? I can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.
While I guess just about anything could happen as the series winds up, I doubt it.
It'd be a hell of a trick for them to do that without it coming off like a lame cop-out. And it would be a bit of a departure from the show's established style when it comes to death and dismemberment.
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Well that was a thoroughly satisfying send-off for Bert.
I hope Chuck never watches it.
The best things in life are free!
I just watched this, and that was both awesome and basically a fever dream.
Is Don going to wake up in Indiana with Bert not dead and his job still in jeopardy? I can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.
While I guess just about anything could happen as the series winds up, I doubt it.
It'd be a hell of a trick for them to do that without it coming off like a lame cop-out. And it would be a bit of a departure from the show's established style when it comes to death and dismemberment.
I think you're right and that's what it is. It didn't really work for me but whatever. I really hope they jump ahead in time about 5 years for the last few episodes because I feel like we have plenty of resolution for everything we're seeing right now. I do really want to know what happens to all these people down the road. I got a feeling Weiner could give a flying fuck what anybody wants though.
I'm starting the final episodes tonight after binge watching the entire show for three weeks with JennPex who had never seen it. I have a new appreciation for all of it now. Even the seasons I didn't like that much got better on the second watch. I'm not sure if I'm going to miss this show or not. I guess I'll find out.
"The king ordered it!" may be my new favorite Pete Campbell line, barely edging out "Not great Bob!"
(Game of Thrones season 3 spoilers) (http://www.indiewire.com/article/did-pete-campbell-murder-robb-stark-an-unexpected-game-of-thrones-mad-men-crossover-20150427)
Pretty glad I never watched this. It sounds horrible.
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Pretty glad I never watched this. It sounds horrible.
Imagine something horrible, then make it the reverse of that.
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Pretty glad I never watched this. It sounds horrible.
Imagine something horrible, then make it the reverse of that.
I did - I call it "not watching Mad Men"
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Pretty glad I never watched this. It sounds horrible.
Imagine something horrible, then make it the reverse of that.
I did - I call it "not watching Mad Men"
God damn it, Marie.
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Pretty glad I never watched this. It sounds horrible.
Imagine something horrible, then make it the reverse of that.
I did - I call it "not watching Mad Men"
God damn it, Marie.
This is a terrific show about the way the world used to be, the things people did right and the things they got so horribly wrong. It's also about furniture. Fucking awesome, jaw-dropping, drool-worthy furniture. If it showed boobs, it'd be a top 3 all-time show.
I'm going to miss this show. Stan and Peggy getting together. Roger asking to be insulted slower and in English. Don ... doing whatever it is that Don did.
It was a good run.
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I'm going to miss this show. Stan and Peggy getting together. Roger asking to be insulted slower and in English. Don ... doing whatever it is that Don did.
It was a good run.
It would have been difficult to end that show on a high note - the point never really was in the plot, more in the people and their world developing over time. What we got to see in the finale were a bunch of storylines that could have been followed to their ends and replaced by the next thing and the next thing until all of the characters were dead. Mad Men was never a show with an endgame in mind. That said, awful ending.
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Quote from: Sterling Archer on May 18, 2015, 05:15:42 AM
I'm going to miss this show. Stan and Peggy getting together. Roger asking to be insulted slower and in English. Don ... doing whatever it is that Don did.
It was a good run.
It would have been difficult to end that show on a high note - the point never really was in the plot, more in the people and their world developing over time. What we got to see in the finale were a bunch of storylines that could have been followed to their ends and replaced by the next thing and the next thing until all of the characters were dead. Mad Men was never a show with an endgame in mind. That said, awful ending.
Always fun to see the main character share no screen time with any regular character for the final 2 plus eps.
I honestly think the penultimate episode would have been a better finale.