Mad Men *no spoilers please*

I watched the entire first season and I would recommend you watch the rest. I am looking forward to the new season starting in a few weeks.

To me, it's not just plot driven but there is a lot of subtext too that I find enjoyable. I think there will be more developments that help show the subtext too.

 

I don't think you're watching it the right way. Especially if you are comparing it to the Unit because I can go ahead and tell you that they never invade a small Afghan village.

It's a character study and the way people interact with each other and the dynamics of how what they say and how they interact affects their lives and work. I thought the whole season was genius and kept consistency along the way. Give it a couple more if it doesn't grab you quit watching it no need to waste your time on something you don't enjoy. I had the same reaction to BSG after I got through the first season I did not get the hype so I quit watching.

 

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FWIW my opinion was the pilot was stunning, and the fact they kept it all that high a level for the series stunned me, and then there was the finale...wow..

However I think if one didn't like the pilot, then it really doesn't change gears, and it's not really a show for them.

Diane

 

It's just my opinion, but maybe in 5 years or so you'll gain the maturity to appreciate the importance of the focus on the wives of The Unit (since you've already missed the bigger picture implied by the title), and then you'll be in a better position to appreciate the drama of Mad Men, the extraordinary societal shift that occured in that era, and its effect on the characters. Or not.

 

It's rather rude to equate boredom with lack of maturity. One can appreciate the hell out of certain scenes and still be bored off one's arse while appreciating said scenes.

 

Isn't 50 the new 30?

 

If you didn't like the first four episodes, you aren't going to like the rest of them.

 

Maybe, but for sure 20 is the new 6.

 

I agree; many have slammed The Unit for it's varied focus which includes the wives. Maybe I'm getting in touch with my feminine side, but I appreciate that aspect of The Unit, too.

 

After watching the first 3 or 4 ep's I posted a question on TC like - "am I enjoying this show because I've been told I'm supposed to like it, it's great or yadda, yadda". But like others have said - it's a character study. Now that I know the characters, it's like I've established a relationship with them - I'm drawn in/intrigued and I can't wait to find out what happens next.

Yes, I do love the 50's and early 60's but it's so much more than that - let the show grow on you and I think you'll end up loving it (kinda like Big Love!)

 

Apparently you've been watching Real World, too...

 

I think it was around the 6th episode that I really got hooked. Give it a few more

 

I don't recall which episode it was... but there is a scene where little kids are playing in the living room and one walks into the kitchen with a dry cleaning bag over his head, and mom says, "You kids quite down in there." ... and the kid leaves. Hilarious.

 

There is no comparison between this and the Unit. The unit is completely silly and insulting to the military with the melodrama about everything. Mad Men does a simply suburb job of painting a picture of a specific time and circumstance. I love mad men and loath the Unit. That has nothing to do with my maturity.

 

No, I haven't. But, I've been watching their behavior, ability to be fooled, lack of analytical skills, and poor choices in the real world.

 

I adore Mad Men.. and I have no maturity...

 

Weaselboy - I remember that scene quite well - 'cause I use it to peak people's interest in the show - the best part of that scene is that the mom is smoking with the little girl playing and she has a plastic dry cleaning bag on her head - the mom tells her she'll be in big trouble if the clothes that were in the bag are wrinkled!

As a parent, I really love those family scenes - the pregnant neighbor smoking and pouring 2 martini's. The wife sleeping in a full nightgown (pleasssse show some more skin this upcoming season!) and the husband doing close to nothing. Oh, and I can't forget the mom (Betty) walking outside with the shotgun and shooting the birds!

Bring on the next season!!