Starring: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Widescreen, Box set, Color, Dolby Label: Lionsgate Number of Items: 4 Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 01, 2008 Running Time: 616 minutes Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 2007
Product Description: Set in 1960 New York City Mad Men explores the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper (Golden Globe - winner Jon Hamm) Madison Avenue's biggest ad man - and ladies man - in the business.System Requirements:Running Time: 600 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 031398229384 Manufacturer No: 22938
Takes a long time to "get into it" I had very high hopes for Mad Men given the wildly positive reviews given in the press. I'm in advertising so the subject matter is interesting to me -- but this series is a tough sell.
I was bored beyond belief for the first two episodes, and had to force my way through the first disc. It was dull, plodding, and dreary. The show goes out of its way to show a 'slice of life' from roughly 1960, and sometimes in doing that they lose the momentum of the show.
It's difficult to like any of the characters so there isn't a lot of emotion to the story. The series doesn't really pick up until late in disc 2 when you see all the subplots start to intertwine. By the end of disc four you're interested in what happens, but frankly I wouldn't be disappointed if I never saw another episode.
The acting, set and costume design are all well done -- it just doesn't move fast enough.
There have been some complaints about the case but I have no problem with it. Closing it can be a little annoying when the discs don't line up with the slots correctly, but it's fine.
I like the Play All menu selection so you can watch all the episodes on a disc back-to-back. I'm glad to see they include that when so many other sets do not.
I really wanted to like this series more than I do. But I'm left with an "eh, I can take it or leave it" attitude.
Amazing Show MAD MEN is truly amazing. It has everything that makes quality television. It takes place in the 60's and the time period is as much a character of the show as the people are. It is 100% accurate - the furnishings, clothes and THE SMOKING !! It is hilarious but oh so true of the period. Everyone smoked.
When you watch this show you are enthralled for it is one of those rare experiences today. it is not gratuitous television. It is a superbly crafted piece of art. It is glorious how each character slowly develops over the season and we learn more about them slowly as you would a person in real life. These characters become so addictive. The ensemble cast is so amazing it is difficult to pick anyone out but Jon Hamm does certainly rule the roost with his presence. But I am also sure Peter and Peggy will linger in your thoughts.
This is such intelligent television. It is of the caliber you would expect from HBO or Showtime. The historical facts are very interesting to me. They show the whole campaign and election between Kennedy and Nixon. I am 47 now so was not around for that. It is so interesting to see that Kennedy was not so overly popular when running and it shocked many when he won. The first Catholic president. My, my. I find that very timely with the election we are facing.
Nothing was spared to make this show the highest quality and the most accurate. Anyone associated with it should hold their head high and it certainly deserves all the accolades it has received.
If you have yet to view this show, don't deny yourself. It is quality tv at its best.
Madison Avenue Shakespeare With the possible exception of Deadwood - HBO's magnificent Shakespearean noir-western - Mad Men defies easy comparison with virtually any television drama ever made. While much has already been written on the program's stunning recreation of mid-century cultural/corporate atmospherics and the big swinging casualness of it's extramarital everythingness, the real focus for me is Sterling Cooper's creative chieftain, Don Draper.
He is a zero-emotion man of conflict and quite literally as ephemeral as the Brands he champions.
His entire life is a canard, based entirely on an identity literally taken from one of his dead Korean War comrades - Draper's lineage, education, breeding and comportment are all fabricated in the service of his assumed identity. His wife is a prop to whom he owes no allegiance - his co-workers "necessaries" in the propagation of his fraud.
His is the ultimate fantasy played out within an industry based on it. Draper is a man who swallows all the oxygen in the room when he enters and it is the program's singular pleasure to watch John Hamm inhabit the role with such anal retentive earnestness as if living on the brink of detection with every breath. His is a morality play of which Deadwood's Al Swearangen could be proud - and slightly envious.
Draper is far from the only thing in Mad Men worth watching. The entire supporting cast is outstanding led by Draper's wife Betty, played by January Jones. For me however, Hamm remains the amoral nucleus of the program and is a tour de force.
Very highly recommended!
Requests prohibited Great show. But spending $32, I should be able to fast forward when I want and skip all the commercials.
Outstanding Show Love the show It it told like it was in the 60's. Racism,poor treatment of women as it was then
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