MAD MEN on AMC - Seasons 7(a) & & 7(b)

I thought it was "Let's see who can best survive this decade with his or her dignity intact before catching HIV at the Anvil."

that's a different show

shippers are not about what the show is actually about, but it would be interesting if the show proved to be resistant to them, because it is otherwise a show that attracts all the trappings of online commentary-community

the show is resistant to them because no one really cares if peggy and pete get together or if they do they are insane

there's no way they were going to introduce a whole new office of characters with just half a season to go.

― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they kind of did that once already!

Yeah but over a longer timeframe. Ted appeared pretty early iirc

i didnt think it was gonna happen and clearly neither did he, it was pretty obv leveraging

"they did a good job of not making it look like a demotion!"

Photos from the set: http://imgur.com/a/uyZxh

I have no idea why, but I thought they were filming out in the real world and not on a soundstage. Those backdrops are super convincing.

I went through the complete "Crime Story" last year, and was surprised how hard it was already by the 80s to do real locales+'60s period settings.

so cool

fuck all y'all i'm a peggy/stan shipper, steggy 4 lyfe.

our logo is a stegosaurus wearing a tan fringed jacket

lololol

...or Betty's!

her eating disorders were brought up a few times, eg Bobby assuming she wouldn't eat the sandwich

Molly Lambert has been killing it re Mad Men this season over at Grantland. Worth checking out. She's developing a VERY interesting voice in these reviews/critiques, and she seems to take the time to develop a take on most things in most episodes, which for me aides my enjoyment of the show.

otm - I've loved her Mad Men reviews even when she was doing them back at thisrecording some years back, and they've only gotten better since.

Don drunk and w/Freddy - ew.

Freddy saved the day!

Has Bert ever been that hateful before? Jesus.

Bert is a Randian. Makes sense, I think.

http://previously.tv/m/2014-05-04-mad-men-stare-anim.gif

Watched with the idea that Don is taking everyone down with him but dropped the idea after Freddy handed him the line.

i really just wanted all the marigold stuff to be over with so we could get back to don and his crazy orbit. the show doesn't handle the counterculture well.

the show doesn't handle the counterculture well.

It really doesn't; this was even worse than when Betty went to the lower east side. I assume the only reason we didn't hear someone on the commune say, "Hey, who brought John Q. Establishment from Squaresville?" when Roger arrived is because it didn't make the final edit.

I don't at all like the idea of Don in AA.

i do!

He emerges in 1970 as a proto-Romney.

wrong draper

I understand there was "Meet the Mets"

mittens = these guys

http://pixel.nymag.com/content/dam/daily/vulture/2012/03/26/26_bobbydraper.jpg

The first time Don went to the office was once again so greatly filmed. The first symmetrical shots, the silent horror in the empty office. Also, lol at Don throwing the mets stuff in the trash, then the next time we see it it is hanging on the wall. The editing of this show is so great.

Amazing episode

Ginsburg's couch full of farts line cracked me up

commune stuff was lolz. don drunk at the office was painful, just wanted to look away from the flailing desperation. loved his stoneface when he got his assignment from Peggy.

loved his stoneface when he got his assignment from Peggy.

^ this! It was perfection.

The first symmetrical shots, the silent horror in the empty office. Also, lol at Don throwing the mets stuff in the trash, then the next time we see it it is hanging on the wall. The editing of this show is so great.

― Frederik B, Monday, May 5, 2014 11:17 AM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

also chucking his typewriter against the window, end of ep hes working on the typewriter

and the Hollies! ref'ing back to his Kodak slide projector pitch

been killing it with the music this season imho

I hope this season is not as dumb as it looks in this picture

http://cdn.thewire.com/media/img/upload/wire/2014/05/05/a11c0df2_f0eb_9342_5f08_f267b89ea443_MM_704_JM_1212_0445/lead_large.jpg

Ginsberg only owns two shirts

yeah hollies' 'on a carousel' was so perfect

I thought it was a little on-the-nose, but eh, who cares, Bobby Elliott rules.

heeey, finally started watching this season and catching up

Seeing Don throw the typewriter and get shitfaced at the office was depressing as hell. I've got to hand it to Joel Murray, his Rumsen-presenting-Draper performance was excellent. It'll be great if we get to see Draper-as-Draper in the series again, but no one is going to let Don do that for now.

I appreciate that I really have no idea where this is going, what the endgame is for Don etc. Obviously he's got to remove a few obstacles (Lou, and Cutler to a lesser extent, possibly Crane) before he's anywhere near back on top. But maybe that just isn't gonna happen and this is going to be a total downward spiral ending.

Bert being super-harsh not entirely unwarranted or uncharacteristic. He's pragmatic, above all else.

Lou is the worst sort of middle manager. I don't think the dude has any idea what is good. SCP really seems dated with Lou not giving a shit about awards or creativity.

I kind of thinks this ties back to the question the business school guy had for Joan -- how many of their accounts are on contract, and how many are on commission? The ration went from zero commissions sixteen years ago to 50% commission now. If they're just churning out shit work, half their business is going to melt away.

ratio, rather

In the early 1970s, the chain introduced first the Funburger, followed by the Funmeal, with specially-printed packaging that included stories about Burger Chef and Jeff's adventures and friends (including the magician Burgerini, vampire Count Fangburger, talking ape Burgerilla, and Cackleburger the witch), with riddles, puzzles, and small toys.

I had never heard of this chain before

I can see this show making Don work his ass off getting back in the good graces of the SC&P people only to have to company fold simply by virtue of being old and out of touch.

There was a Burger Chef close to my house when I was a kid, and I remember their Funmeals once came in the shape of a Indy-style racecar (it was just a molded plastic lid on a cardboard box, but I remember it vividly for some reason).

it seems like a company with Joan, Peggy and Crane on top is the logical direction - where Don fits into that scheme is not clear

great ep. said this a bunch of times, but they've done so much great work with the characters over the seasons that they can pretty much just thrust them into sorta contrived situations (don working for peggy!) and let them write themselves and it's compelling as hell.