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Originally Posted by Zeke
I wasn't satisfied. "Not that great w/o the advertising content" is about as good of a comment as there has been on the whole thread.
I don't know when the season is over for MM, but I won't miss it when there are no new shows to watch. I think I'm done.
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Originally Posted by Zeke
I didn't watch the show last night. I'm watching the recording right now and I'm half way through the episode. All I can say is that so far this is some of the worst writing yet followed by even worse acting. I mean I think I've maybe seen a half dozen day time soaps in 40 years while I was sick as a dog and they all had this beat.
If you think there is anything here, read me in on Roger. He's not detached as it may seem. There's no script for him to follow. Draper, well he always does what he does and drowns fire after fire with a flammable substance.
The fat woman with the big tits wouldn't know what a character is. You know, Pete is the star here being that his character is being portrayed by a pretty decent talent all the while the story being weak. The Chevy scene was pathetic. Who the hell directs this show?
I hope the 2nd half picks up.
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Originally Posted by Sarc
You've been saying the same thing for the past few weeks I've been checking in on this thread....yet you still come back to it. Why? Are you expecting it to somehow materialize into something more in alignment with your standards? Is this show (and thread) an outlet for the inner Roger Ebert lurking inside you? I'm not being a jerk, I just want to know...why do you waste your time?
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Originally Posted by BE911SC
Loved it. Pete got his family back together--Trudy knows him better than anyone and knows his business. He finally realized he's better off, much better off, with her by his side. Roger is still Roger but mellowing as he heads into the sunset with Marie and he did the right thing by setting up he and Joan's son. Peggy and Stan finally stopped dancing around one another and formed their own potentially great partnership. Joan's BF said no thanks and walked out but it's 1971, still at the dawn of the women's movement, and she wants to do something big for herself with the money from McCann. Sally is becoming a smart young woman, a perfect blend of Betty and Don's strengths. Poor Betty. Don cried it out in Big Sur and then wrote the biggest Coke ad in history. He unloaded all of his baggage (crying, hugging and meditating above the ocean) and got his mojo back.
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Thought I'd drop by and add some new thoughts. I think this last season has been better. I think I caught every episode. If so, it was a short season. All the shows run for a short season anymore. I guess the money is in reruns and syndication. But, on to the show....
As I said, I thought things were more interesting this last few weeks. And maybe the actors upped their game a bit, I can't be the judge obviously because my opinion is in the minority (as usual
).
HOWEVER, and pardon me for slipping back into my curmudgeon hole, but that was not a very good series finale, or was it? A very good insight can be found
here.
BE911SC, I think you've got it as right as anyone will get it. Myself, yes, the old curmudgeon was very disappointed. No closure. None.
Dose that mean this wasn't really the
finale? Does Jon Hamm now go off to his own series? I do think his character was profound enough to carry the weight of a new story line. Based on that observation, I will more or less stand on my original opinion that most of the writing and most of the actors would not provide enough fodder to move to a sequel. Just one.
It's similar to
Bonanza in that Michael Landon had 2 more hit shows. The other characters would not have enough for a stand alone production. There have been dozens of spin offs over the years, mostly sitcoms. I will predict that we will see more by Mad Men's creator, Matthew Weiner. And if you don't read the article I linked, here is his take on the subject, “I hate to say it: I don’t really feel like I owe anybody anything,” as told to the New York Times regarding the end.
Really? After 7 years? No, he's not done with this.