Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

"presenting"

o man, such a gross word. read a couple sci-fi novels by michael swanwick a few years back, and he's just in love with describing his female characters as "presenting". blargh.

National Lampoon Presents:

aww

http://i42.tinypic.com/23jogac.jpg

the cigarette, god. the way my brain reacted to that he might as well have been wielding a knife

my how times have changed etc

also omg Joan in the hot pink dress with red hair A++++++++++++++++

OTM

"she doesn't speak french. she doesn't like me."

but there's definitely a "joan is old fashioned" message re. joan's pink dress. she's still wearing clothes from 3 years previous. she's stuck. everyone else has moved on but she's going to hang on to her style probably for another 15 years or however long she can buy those dresses for.

& hair all ratted-up like a teenage jezebel.

Btw slocki's movie was v.good.

agreed with jed. They're still showing off the cleavage but she's wearing more (manufactured) bulk in her midsection and butt and i don't think that's going anywhere. joan's gonna lose some of that sex appeal as the seventies begin methinks

not once she gets back in the office.

guaranteed Joan t-1000 taking bitches OUT

mmmmmmi dunno. i think having joan come into her own outside of sexbomb status could be a more interesting plotline

why, so freddy mercury can steal her thunder? I say no to that.

(manufactured) bulk in her midsection

that belly was so obviously cushiony that I can't believe they're having her keep it all year

can I make an embarrassing admission: I was transfixed by the way her decolletage rose UP and DOWN with her sobbing in that dress. I was hypnotized.

well I guess not embarrassing but whatever

I'm only just past the zoobeezoo scene, but ffs, it's 2012: can't directors and editors come to an agreement that when the drummer is playing the hi-hat, that's what we should hear on the soundtrack, and not the ride cymbal? I will give them credit for getting the equipment right, though

/drumgearnerdtalk

I love you a little bit more now for that.

<3

And don't get me started on the fact that the drummer was playing bongos, and yet a full drum kit was also audible. What, are we to believe this was some sort of...(snort)...magic drummer? I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Seriously, I do.

AND CANCEL MY SUBSCRIPTION

PS I AM NOT A CRANK

hahaha

that belly was so obviously cushiony that I can't believe they're having her keep it all year

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Monday, March 26, 2012 7:37 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, the padding only exists sot that it can be removed later on

see i was thinking that's a warm up to a heavier fatsuit

This is on here somewhere right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW5mZey1iXw

Btw slocki's movie was v.good.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, March 26, 2012 10:07 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you watched it <3

A homosexual, a French-Canadian sexpot and a single redhead? I think I've found my target demographic.

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/dondetail.jpg

um, wtf is going on with Don's hand here? is Dick Whitman actually a tyrannosaurus?!

whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

onetinyhand.com

the internet is so weird

I really enjoyed this, the whole thing was really funny, especially anything involving Harry or Roger. Happy that Bert Cooper's still around as well.

I wonder if the new black secretary, whoever it is, is going to be a significant character? I kinda hope so.

Theme of the ep seems to be that happy Don isn't as good at his job, wonder how that's going to play out?

Also have they ever even hinted about Joan having a bit of a thing for Don before? She seemed really pissy around Megan, but it seems like a weird direction for her character to go at this stage. Loved the scene with Laine and Joan thought - there are so many pairings in this show with great chemistry at this stage.

I didn't really care that not much happened, was great to just re-familiarise with the characters and enjoy the lols.

Although apparently no one told the scriptwriters that British people don't call the autumn "the fall".

i think joan was just mad that megan's already working as a copywriter

yeah don & joan is maybe the subtlest relationship in the show, always gets overlooked behind don/peggy. i think it's like a real "we are both in control" similar sense of pride mutual respect that they don't even really think about but if they did they'd realise they don't have for anyone else at all? from joan's side it verges on idk almost motherly sometimes but not romantic i don't think; would be lame if the show even hinted at toying with it

dr rape was the don cut-out she thought she was getting (/deserved) obv

I didn't really care that not much happened, was great to just re-familiarise with the characters and enjoy the lols.

haha idk about anyone else but mainly i found it a refresher course in how stressful watching mad men is. "enjoy the lols" never crossed my mind

kind of summed up by how pete has never been more right despite his weaseliness, don & roger never worse

as ever, interesting the redemptive role the success of the business plays

>Loved the scene with Laine and Joan

THIS. Loved the whole double episode tbh. Jared Harris's performance throughout gave me cause to reflect on what an truly excellent and versatile actor he is. Comparing Laine with a role like Captain Mike in Benjamin Button one would scarcely believe they were the played by the same person, but he inhabits them entirely.

It took me about two thirds of the film to realise that was him as Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes 2.

Are Pete and Trudy living in Don's old house?

I loved Pete's wistful sigh when trudy was bitching about the traffic noise in Don and Megan's place.

He was so good in Sherlock Holmes 2, it made me sad that the part was so puny and insubstantial.

wau @ onetinyhand
some serious lols!

The Lane Pryce actor is A+ in Fringe

guaranteed Joan t-1000 taking bitches OUT

ooh i hope so. megan just hasn't earned it (queen bee status) yet, baby.

I almost enjoyed the Lane/Joan recap of the party as much as the party! OK, well, not really, but his pantomime was amazing. Jared Harris has really been getting a lot of tv/film parts where he's been able to shine in the last few years.

Don and Peggy still have this great professional/personal thing going where they're like brother and sister, in a way. Her reaction to Megan doesn't seem to be disapproval, but a lot more nuanced -- like she is skeptical of her professionally, but due to her affection for Don she seems to want it to work.

Megan's character is.... going to be interesting. I can't tell if she's really manipulative, kind of manipulative and still earnest, or something else altogether.

sterling stuff was really great, how useless and annoying he is, what i really like about this show is that doesnt necc mean he'll get any sort of comeuppance at all

I think Megan's probably a decent person. She occupies a completely different paradigm to Don though, and I'm not sure their attraction is a great deal more than an intense sexual one.

Nah Don sees Megan as some kind of perfect mother Maria von Trappe anti-Betty figure as well, I think? Probably a load of issues around Anna's death in there as well. Either way that's probably not the way Megan sees herself, or Don's kids for that matter.

I couldn't work out whether or not Megan is any good at her job - I'm thinking yes but everyone including Peggy ignores that because she's the boss's wife...

Don sees Megan as some kind of perfect mother Maria von Trappe anti-Betty figure as well, I think?

Yeah I think you're right, but he's projecting massively there. She's not particularly maternal, she just has fun hanging out with the kids (who by the way seemed kind of wary of her in this ep). That's certainly a step up on Betty though.

Yes! I'm just ranting at this point with my impressions as I remember them since I just watched this before bed last night. Front-loading the new Pete/Roger dynamic in the first episode of the season was clever. I can't believe Roger fell for the Staten Island prank.
x-p

It's interesting that the Don/Megan dynamic is similar to something I saw with one of my friends recently. Don's attention is hard to keep in that he has seemed to need to challenge himself from all aspects in the past -- being energetic at work, holding down the checklist of wife/kids, and the string of affairs. Last season was mostly that falling apart in his home life. Now, he's got all three in one situation -- a woman who has the energy level he has (or did have, since he's now "old") who is also his home life (with all the conflict, since Don's personal life is supposed to have a dignified pretense), and a workplace where he's now disconnecting due to multiple factors but widely because Megan is there, too.

I'm assuming he hasn't had any affairs since getting with Megan (certainly not much chance to with them working together) but who knows.