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I just watched the final episode for this season
I realized I was hanging on every word they said
almost like a Hitchock film (I said almost, or similar to, I do not want to deface the master Hitchcock) very well written and a bit of nostalgia thrown in
Worth a rental if you have not seen it
thanks
Phil
Follow Ups:
I mean SMOKING. Seeing a character smoking a cigarette used to be so commonplace that it was scarcely noticed. Everybody notices it on "MAD MEN."
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but not wallpaper.
Mind you, we still occasionally hear of court cases that involve similar behaviour and much worse.
I remember being really struck by the smoking, too, in the first episodes but rapidly became habituated to it.
it is hard to believe and probably a bit overdone on MM...
thanks
Phil
I never smoked but I remember doing alot of drinking in the 70s and early 80s. We drank at lunch and, usually, went to a bar after work. This was every day of the week. It was part of our business world. I was in my 20s and early 30s then. When I got older it began to be too wearing on the body. Most of my friends and colleagues came to the same conclusion. Unfortunately, some didn't.
-Wendell
... working in IT development and at the BBC around 1980 and 4 or 5 pints of beer at lunch was NOT unusual, then straight to the pub after work.
It's adrenaline got them through.
That and the prescription drug/coke/dope entertainments so many gathered en route.
And people thought we were extreme in the music business!
That's how it was for us too (engineering) in the same period. And lots of full ashtrays at the end of a day, though IIRC most didn't smoke as it was more common for women to do it at that time (not so many women in engineering then). People who complained about smokers were considered trouble-makers and largely ostracised as "no fun". Didn't treat women at all like in MM though, that is a significant difference by 1980.
Anyway the thread inspired me to watch the MM S1 BD again, been more than a year. Another big diff I noticed from then and now is the way children were treated (I was about the age of Draper's son at that time). At least compared to in these parts. Watch the birthday party episode, possibly the most intentionally blatant "this was then" episode of the whole series. Tons of things that would have a 30-year-old mother aghast.
How about "The Wire", and "The Larry Sanders Show". Hopefully The Wire is available on DVD, for those who haven't seen it. I can't think of a better series, ever. Very little comedy in The Wire, though.
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that's saying a lot for a perp like him. I guess it was Barksdale what made him seem good at the end. But he did a nice comic turn playing the tough guy in The Office.
All of "The Wire" is on DVD. Redid all the seasons a few months ago. Great stuff!
I just started going back through "Homicide: Life on the Streets", the precursor and inspiration for the fantastic "The Wire".
Having not seen these episodes since they were originally broadcast, I'm delighted at how well they hold up.
If you like The Wire and haven't seen "Homicide" (or haven't seen it in a long while) it's really worth watching.
A marvelous ensemble cast of interesting characters, top notch writing and brilliant directing/editing.
I'm impressed all over again.
Oooops! Someone's gonna yell at us 'cause this ain't film!
“ Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. ” -Michael McClure
so you're safe.
"Homocide" was getting middling ratings when it was cancelled - better ratings than a couple series that were renewed. "Homocide" was the best cop show around at its time and one of the top in the history of American tv, imo.
I thought the recent "Southland" was very good. It's already gone, of course.
Darn! I really liked that one. Gritty it was...
thanks
Phil
Having been spoiled the past decade by GREAT TV shows on cable- HBO and such (Sopranos, Dexter, Weeds, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Arrested Development,et al),
I am very impressed by the quality "Homicide" offered - and still offers- from an old fashioned "Network" TV series.
It's not quite as fresh and exciting as when originally aired, but its inherent strengths remain captivating and powerful.
Never saw it but I will look for Southland on DVD, if such there is.
“ Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. ” -Michael McClure
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Just ordered season one...
I hope you like it and I did not oversell it...
thanks
Phil
Thanks too!
PS: I will.
Eagerly anticipating the third season here on the other side of the pond. The series alone justifies our annual TV licence fee, in my humble opinion. Who says only we Brits do period drama well?!
The Vanity Fair feature was a highlight of the summer:
I didn't think it could get better than the kennedy assassination episode last week. Passed it by leaps and bounds. Get this, the wife, who abhors it, watched and liked it.
those real life family interludes, like watching the funeral on TV, really make the show believeable and involving
thanks
Phil
Hmmm???
:-)
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Snagged this pic off the net, but it's our color.
she has been in a VERY good mood the last week!
poaching with "designers" that it's impossible even to tell if its Germanic or Asian.
Throw me a bone----- whaitizit?
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"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
fds
That's my brother's car, right down to the color & the upgraded wheels.
Mrs. Nasty got the 4 door, if memory serves.
I'm going to have to rent Mad Men season one.
Pretty much everyone I know loves Mad Men. I rented the first season and watched the first disc and couldn't get into it. I appreciated it as well made/performed but I didn't care about anyone... there was no one character or storyline that grabbed me, so I stopped watching. Will probably try again some day.
On another note... Even before that last Chargers drive, the Giants play calling after the interception left me shaking my head... who plays for a 6 point lead instead of 10 point lead with over 2 minutes to go and PR on the other side?
Denver will probably lose tonight and your guys'll be right there, yet again.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I was surprised, too-was watching the game with friends and we all agreed Coughlin was playing not to lose.
I was shocked the Chargers won that game-normally, you make mistakes like that on the road (the 2 interceptions thrown by Rivers, drops by Antonio Gates and Malcolm Floyd) you lose the game. And with only 28 yards rushing!
Like yer Bolts and the finish was near storybook. Reminded me of a Dan Fouts/Kellen Winslow hookup at the end.
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