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[theweaselking]

Shorter Mad Men: "Look at these uncivilised and backwards savages. Aren't they uncivilised, backwards, and savage?"

I do not get the appeal of this show, at all. It got marginally better in season 2, but 1 and 3 are pretty much endless paeans to "look how amusingly backward they are. Isn't it wonderful that we're not so backward?"

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[cuddlycthulhu.livejournal.com]

I didn't like it because I found just about every character on the show unappealing in some fashion, which is one of the reasons why my wife likes it so much.

has never actually given it a shot

[goblinpaladin.livejournal.com]

Watch Deadwood, get the same thing- plus more whores and swearing.

[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

So it's Blazing Saddles for the 1960's then.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

NEWS AT 11: PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES

[jaundicedaye.livejournal.com]

The show lost its appeal for me after a few episodes, but the reason why I loved it for that time is that these were the people I was supposed to grow up to be. In the late 50's and early 60's an advertising executive was the epitome of the American dream. This show peeled the veneer off the edifice. I do think it would have been better as a film than a series, but it does have value.

[almostwitty]

The BBC has a show called Life On Mars, where a 21st century cop ended up travelling back to the 1970s and gazing in amazement at what went on back then.

It made a star out of a particularly sexist bullying cop, so much so that it got its' own sequel, Ashes To Ashes.

Oddly, the US version tanked despite having Harvey Keitel.

Never underestimate the power of nostalgia.

[gothpanda.livejournal.com]

THAT IS WHAT I THINK TOO!!!!

There was a scene in season one that lasted 10 minutes that was about returning a chip/dip bowl. TEN MINUTES. I vowed never to watch the show again in revenge for wasting ten minutes of my time. I do not understand the appeal of the show except for the presence of Christina Hendricks, who was better as Our Mrs. Reynolds.

*hops off soapbox, goes to watch Firefly*

[matgb]

I tried to watch an episode when I discovered that BoSaffBridg was in it, but I didn't even find her attractive in it, let alone want to watch the rest.

And what's with the horribly stereotypical Brits? Meh, some people like to watch weird stuff. As long as they don't try to stop me watching my favoured weird stuff, we're good.

[ladypeyton.livejournal.com]

I love it because it reminds me of my childhood, which was beautiful and civilized and also fairly hellish.