AMC has the best programming on television. I’m aware of what a bold statement that is but I personally think that Breaking Bad is THE best show and Walking Dead a shambling 2nd. Thanks to the all-mighty Netflix I can now complete the AMC hat trick and find out if January Jones can relay any emotion beyond “none”.
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City.The focal point of the series is Don Draper (Jon Hamm), creative director at Sterling Cooper and the people in his life, both in and out of the office. Secretary Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), Office Manager Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) and resident wiener Accounts man Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) are just a few of the people who do as little as possible while you are tuning in every week.
I have watched the first 2 seasons and i think that is more than a fair shake. I can understand if someone recommends Dexter but says “just wait until episode 3 or 4, it really gets going!” but no one can tell me that after season 2 the show really hits its stride. “I know that the first 26 episodes of Mad Men start off slow but just wait for eps 27 and 28…it ramps up!” ummmmm no thanks.
The show has a few good things going for it like the always manly Jon Hamm as vagina-crusher, ad man Don Draper. When it comes to being faithful to his wife, he is a complete scumbag but beyond that he is a stand up. no-nonsense 1960’s man’s man. The entire show could be about Don Draper smoking, drinking and breaking hearts and that alone would get me to watch and wish I looked that good in suits. Christina Hendricks is one of the other good looking reasons to watch Mad Men, her figure seems so unrealistic at times that she reminds of the Kamino cloners in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. She’s still hot though…so is January Jones….Elisabeth Moss is not…I wonder if there is a Mad Men porn parody yet? OH WOW! THERE IS!. “This isn’t Mad Men: The XXX Parody” for those who find that sophisticated early 60s ambiance a big turn-on.
No one cares about production except nerds so of course I liked the production. The costumes are pretty spot on and I might have asked if a tie would make me look like Don Draper while I was shopping the other day. The sets are great and all the little details from the era are fun to spot. I loved laughing at the dated slogans and ad campaigns that would come up.
For every hour that I watch the show I would guess that about 15-20 minutes of actual plot comes across. Mad Men is comparable to The Walking Dead in that regard except that in Walking Dead someone could die horrifically at any given second to keep it interesting while in Mad Men someone just sleeps with someone else with zero nudity. Snooze. The 20 minutes when shit is actually going down is usually very interesting and would make a great TV series.
My main problem with Mad Men is that there is no tension or consequences to anything in the show. Everybody sleeps with someone else that they aren’t married to, no one seems to care about anything besides smoking and there is no clear antagonist. Vincent Kartheiser’s (Conner from Angel mother fuckers!) character Pete Campbell would be the closest thing to a villain in the series but that would be like saying Ned Flanders is the bad guy on The Simpsons.
Mad Men wastes so much time doing and showing absolutely nothing. I could take the show to HBO for some much needed nudity, cut each episode down to 30 minutes and add a robot assistant for Don named “Jinx” and become a billionaire.
THE BEST: Don Draper is a great role model for womanizers everywhere.
THE WORST: Mad Men is booooooooring.
THE LINE: “I told him to be himself. That was pretty mean I guess.” -Roger
THE FINAL: 2 out of 5 It’s just like trying to meet a hot girl. Everyone has spotted her, looks real pretty but after a few minutes you realize that the computer might be turned on but the internet ain’t hooked up.
-Rob-
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