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 Fantastic drama Nov 21, 2009
It's difficult to find quality storylines in the spirit of The Sopranos and Six Feet Under, but Mad Men is definitely in the same category, without the cursing, sex and violence. The cast is veritably anonymous, but well-acted, penned brilliantly with characters developing gradually over the course of the season. Well worth the price.
 Orgasmic TV? Nov 16, 2009
Modern advertising encourages people to buy what they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't know. It is a dirty but fascinating business that these people tapped for the funniest program that is now on TV. I rented the first series and I will rent it again so you may want to purchase it.
The extras are fantastic. Nov 15, 2009
I love this show, but I did not see all of the first year. I just finished disc one of season one and it was fantastic. 3 shows with a total of five commentaries. two for the first, two for the second and one for the third, rotating cast of commentators. There is also information on the musical scoring. This is a fantastic value and engrossing story telling.
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It All Went Downhill After This... Nov 04, 2009
If you're interested in all the buzz about Mad Men, this is the set to invest in.
All the smokey intrigue and tension generated by the life of Don Draper, a 1960 ad man at NY's Sterling Cooper firm who holds a devastating secret, is contained in season one. After this, things kind of went astray; the show turned its focus to the bland lives of the office workers and Don's lifeless wife, inconsequential subplots came and went, the pacing grew ever more glacial and self-infatuated, and as I write this season 3 limps to its end, the show a mere shadow of its former glory. Stick with season one, when it truly deserved the (now-hollow) moniker: "The Best Thing On Television."
"Amazing" a word heard throughout the audio descriptions. Nov 02, 2009
It is not a good thing to admit that since I purchased this DVD set, I have spent the last two weeks watching every episode and listening to every audio narration by the stars, director, producer and costumer involved in the outstanding show. Yes, I am consumed by the world, the writing, the look and the characters in "Mad Men" and I believe that creator Matthew Weiner's program will go down in television history as
one of the best ever.
One of the hallmarks of the show, is the articulate, clever and erudite dialogue spoken by the characters.
That is why it rankles and annoys me that the word "amazing" is used ad nauseum throughout the audio narrations. It is spoken by Weiner, in such sentences as "Look at this outfit. So amazing". Or by a director, "This actor, his performance is so amazing." Or an actor, "The writing is so amazing." Or when speaking about a cinematographer: "His camera work is amazing." The paucity, degradation and vapidity of the English language, as it spoken in 2008 (when the DVD was produced) contrasts so vividly and poorly with the higher intelligence of speech that once came off the lips of English speaking men and women in the early 1960's.
But despite the ever odious presence of the word "amazing" there is quite enough in this DVD to satisfy the most crazed MAD MEN fan.
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