Mad Men on AMC • Fifth Season Thread

given that the mid-60s was when pop culture REALLY went into overdrive, this seems entirely appropriate
Yeah, this is true.....

megan is awesome you goon

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I like Megan a whole lot more, her charm is diminishing.

Kinsey is such a pathetic Krishna lol

i liked the joke about him working at A&P.

still cracking up every time I think of "there's an airplane here to see you."

yeah, laughed so hard at that

we need gif-age of that

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4e1eus8581qbyqaao1_500.gif

HOORAY

with "666" in the background behind the blinds

wanted a longer one w text, but that's all the internet seemed willing to provide

spooky xp

weird - what is that doing there?

*meant I LIKED Megan a whole lot more....not so much now.

tumblr comes through:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4d6o8eoQW1rrq2fxo1_500.gif

and another good one i found on my tumblr journey:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hatxZUsk1rntmico1_500.gif

lol at the lamp gif, i'd forgotten about that

he played that very well, the lag between perception and comprehension

omg subtitled gif even greater than I hoped

hare krishnas was hilar

Weiner, Gilligan, and Milch talk about TV: http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201206/roundtable-discussion-matthew-weiner-vince-gilligan-david-milch?currentPage=1

i hope that's a convincing interview!

hare krishnas was sort of dumb, but not out of character for this show to do something for the lols. it doesn't take itself very seriously at all, least of all this season. it is 100% soap opera now.

lol what was it before

back to the soap opera thing zzzzzzzzzz

it's always been a soap opera. just with clothes and furniture that you covet.

^^^

Gukbe otm

i think the better word is "melodrama"

weird - what is that doing there?

It's a famous building. DC Comics was there for a long tiem.

that's what I was wondering, whether they were in the same building as DC comics!

a) the building would have to be several blocks long and turn a corner if so

b) DC didn't move there 'til the 80s

loved this episode! Christina Hendricks is a GREAT actress! Love her and Don!

Harry was ALMOST likeable. But not quite.

Ya know, Harry probably got some weird VD from that Krishna chick.

Also omg: he's fixing to be a dad AGAIN.

I kind of loved that Harry actually got into the chanting, that made me happy - like hooray there's hope for him somewhere in his meek existence, lol

from that GQ piece, so good that I had to share somewhere:

GQ: Given all the time in the world, would you choose to work this way on your shows, or would you prefer to write everything yourself?

David Milch: That's a good one. All the time in the world? The "B" answer is, I'd write it all myself. Which is to say that in my vanity and egoism, I would think that that would be the way to proceed. And I know deep down that the better answer is: Even having all the time in the world, it's better to collaborate with your brothers and sisters. It's ultimately the richest experience. But there's a kind of intolerant economy that happens: "Just let me do the fucking thing myself."

this series *started* as soap opera. seriously ppl.

i think people are operating with different definitions of "soap opera" and thus are talking past one another. what's your definition?

I don't think the guy from the Sopranos was trying to make the next Passions.

we've already been through this several times.

Yeah it always has been soap but definitely had more ongoing serial arch in past seasons. This season could go on forever, so sparse is the plot.

Arc* not arch

I don't remember us actually discussing in this in depth even if I know people have said the show is a soap opera a lot.

Maybe it was previous seasons. It's a *thing*.

this season is def the least soap-opera-y it's been, which I'm not sure I like. But like, say in the first season, all that suburban housewife/cheating husband/peggy pregnant stuff, TOTALLY soap opera

hell the overall arc is STOLEN IDENTITY

classic soap opera

The general disagreements tend to be what is "soap opera" and what is just "plot".

soap opera: intriguing story arcs over many episodes iirc?