'Mad' recommendation
AMC isn't just for moldy movies anymore.
Or so says the critical community, in full swoon over the channel's first original series "Mad Men." The show delves into the 1960s world of advertising executives, an era when the men swilled booze, smoked up a storm and sold an eager public anything it could. I knew AMC needed a booster shot like this after seeing "classic" movies on the channel's lineup like "Enemy Mine," a 1985 genre piece starring Dennis Quaid.
"Mad Men" airs at 10 p.m. EST on AMC. A friend personally recommended the series, so I intend to check it out ASAP.
My interest in the era was already piqued by "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" an old movie I'm catching up with on DVD. Paul Newman, so terribly young and dapper, stars as a family man who can't get any alone time with his wife (Joanne Woodward), so he falls into a trap set by the neighborhood seductress (a curvy but stiff Joan Collins). The 1958 farce has its moments, but I was drawn to the cheery color palette and scenes of the commuters hitting the booze car to drown away their work sorrows.
posted by Toto @ 1:29 PM
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Can't wait to hear what you think of Mad Men. My brother was drawn to it because he's obsessed with that era. ... but after watching, he says he won't tune in again for 100 years. In fact, he's starting a club.
Oh, I love the show, a little heavy handed w/ the "era" stuff at first, I'll give ya that ... but a good watch ... also, "Burn Notice" is on Thursday nights on USA, take it in the right frame of mind (it's summer, relax) and it's a hoot.
BTW, Christian, my own personal Bourne opionion is up at http://dirtyrunningthoughts.blogspot.com
So there's that :-)
Just watched the show's first episode. Some of the period's flaws are too proudly displayed, but the series has considerable promise. Wonder what Anonymous' brother's beef with the show is ....
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