tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post2305544292313593467..comments2024-03-19T05:50:19.572-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Mad Men redux: Ambivalent womenAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-40736693243341085352008-01-30T13:49:00.000-05:002008-01-30T13:49:00.000-05:00I noticed something while watching this - in the s...I noticed something while watching this - in the scene with Paul and Peggy in his office, when Paul's lips clearly say "shit" there was a horribly dubbed-in "shoot." Based on Alan's review and a reference to the iTunes version, it seems that in the initial run of the series the word was clearly "shit." <BR/><BR/>Is AMC rerunning this series edited for content and/possibly time? Why would they do that, when it originally aired on their network and is now on at midnights? Also, if they are doing that, how much are we missing out if we watch these reruns? <BR/><BR/>I was excited to finally check out this series, but I don't want to watch it in bastardized form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-68559522414454227422008-01-28T23:42:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:42:00.000-05:00I too am glad to hear that the show picks up. I am...I too am glad to hear that the show picks up. I am finding the dialogue too cutesy in a Juno-type way and I get that people smoked a lot and were chauvenistic back then. <BR/>I'm taking a cue from The Wire which started slowly and developed into one of the greatest shows the world has ever known and hanging in there.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00536950356985273600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-33816750792362596982008-01-28T23:00:00.000-05:002008-01-28T23:00:00.000-05:00on the dole - I don't always agree with your FNL p...on the dole - I don't always agree with your FNL postings but I thought your summary here was absolutely spot on. That's exactly what both my spouse and I see in the show so far (like you it's only the second time we've watched the show and we thought the second ep was a step down). What intrigues me is not that Alan and others assure us that better things are to come but even after seeing only two episodes Alan was at this stage barely critical. One additional thing that struck me was that in the same way that football plot lines drive what some people think is FNL greatness, I'm guessing that clever advertising plot lines may do the same here. In the episode, I didn't see anything too clever about the advertising of deodorant in a can. And the conversations between the characters are interesting but are mostly too well-written to be believable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52017464206321019662008-01-28T15:39:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:39:00.000-05:00Thanks, guys. I've been looking forward to this sh...Thanks, guys. I've been looking forward to this show for a while, and I recognize my expectations are bound to impact my early take on it, much as I try to go in with a blank slate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70936160485871108052008-01-28T15:27:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:27:00.000-05:00on the dole - hang in there, and you'll be richly ...on the dole - hang in there, and you'll be richly rewarded with more Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) and everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35440803332401454382008-01-28T15:16:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:16:00.000-05:00Can fans reassure me it gets stronger as it moves ...<I>Can fans reassure me it gets stronger as it moves forward?</I><BR/><BR/>It absolutely does. Early on, lots of people were complaining about the lack of subtlety, but there comes a point in the season where I think the writers realized they didn't have to keep hammering the Then Vs. Now differences quite so hard. <BR/><BR/>As for sympathy/rooting interest, I was largely with Don, especially as the season went along and you realized that he's by far the best of a bad lot. Sort of like The Sopranos; on paper, Tony is a murderous scumbag, but juxtaposed with the other characters (and played with the charisma of Gandolfini), he's the guy you care about.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65190163822222690082008-01-28T12:08:00.000-05:002008-01-28T12:08:00.000-05:00I'm on board for now because of all the raves, but...I'm on board for now because of all the raves, but this one seemed like a big step down from the pilot, and I wasn't in love with that either. Not a particularly subtle show so far, and rather dull here. Can fans reassure me it gets stronger as it moves forward?<BR/><BR/>I'm finding Draper less a man of mystery than kind of a hypocritical creep. Slattery's character is interesting in a supporting role. I wish they'd focus more on Christina Hendricks' character though, as what we've seen of her has me more intrigued than the rest of this cast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-7136782805090627582008-01-28T10:40:00.000-05:002008-01-28T10:40:00.000-05:00Woah. The ending of this episode certainly had a b...Woah. The ending of this episode certainly had a bite.<BR/><BR/>It's easy to view the 60s as one massive male conspiracy when watching this show, not a million miles away from Stepford.<BR/><BR/>I'm still uncertain as to who I'm supposed to really sympathize with in this show. For a minute or two, I thought it would be Paul, with his love of science fiction setting him up as some sort of proto-geek, before putting his awkward moves on Peggy. Even Peggy just seems a little detached for me to truly be able to sympathize with. Is it part of the show's MO to present the past as a strange world, populated by people who might as well be aliens themselves? Perhaps Paul's reference to the Twilight Zone was strangely apt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com