Is Mad Men worth watching?
Only if you are into the 60's, though don't expect way too much 60's pop culture in the show (they always turn off the TV when a scene with a TV on starts, for example). Or if you lie a lot irl since you may relate to the main character.
>>70430875
why even bother posting
It's television's greatest achievement along with the Sopranos and fostered the best threads on this board. It's incredible. It's not a swinging 60s good time but a nuanced character piece, and examination on advertising's influence on the formation of modern american identity.
It's absolutly boring.
>>70430794
God tier seasons: 1, 2, 4
Good tier: 6, 7
Shit tier: 3, 5
>>70430794
I'd rather sit and stare at the imperfections in my wall for an hour than watch that boring drivel.
>>70431238
>Shit tier: 5
>Signal 30
>Faraway Places
anon just stop
>>70431303
If you're a thinking man then yes
If you've recently watched GoT, Walking Dead, Capeshit or anything in that vein, not only should you not watch it but you should kill yourself
But does it have feels?
>>70431366
Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm3yrjwaRLo
>>70431366
>But does it have feels?
It is Feels: The Series
>>70430794
>Is Mad Men worth watching?
Yes, it’s actually a really good tv show.
I had disregarded “Mad Men” when it came out as a chick-flick kinda tv series but when the final season was announced, I figured I’d at least check it out via NetFlix and ended up marathoning the entire series in time to catch the final season live.
>>70431400
got chills, what a series, phew
>>70431400
I don't get it, that's a pretty big house. What are they trying to show?
>>70431599
That Draper is willing to show his children his past and maybe let them know about his former identity.
>>70431599
He lives in a way better pad than that one
If you honestly dont know what theyre trying to show just dont even watch the series because clearly you are retarded
>>70431599
>>70431651
to be fair it only realy makes sense in context or having already seen it, still a great moment
Depends on what you're into. I mean, at the end of the day, it's basically a show about people talking, so you might find that boring if you watch like Game of Plebs or whatever.
It's a really well done show, and for the most part, all the actors are excellent. I eventually got bored with it trying to binge watch it, but I occasionally come back to it to watch an episode every now and then.
>he shaved his hairline so his character in the show looks like he's balding
>>70431238
>Shit tier: 3, 5
>>70431457
God she's beautiful
Most beautiful blond on the show
Most beautiful brunette is the women Pete cheated with (the guy's on the train wife on the train)
>>70431238
2nd season is literally the only one where the quality dips a little
Joy best chica
>>70431238
Wew lad.
5 > 4 > 6 > 7 > 3 > 1 > 2
>>70432366
u watch Weiner's film Are You Here?
It's ok...strangely off, but with moments of brilliance, anyway she costars and is beautiful
>>70431238
Horrible post, season 5 is goat
>>70432366
that episode was so fucking weird
i bet they were kgb agents undercover
>don meets woman
>will don fuck the woman?
>don fuck the woman
>breakup
>a bit of advertising stuff
>repeat
There's the show anon
>>70430794
No. It's pure womenshit soap opera, writers think they can throw some whiskey and cigars and yelling and call it masculine...
It's really all about how girls can do this and that even when buffoonish boys treat them bad, but you guessed it, men still have to encourage insecure women no matter what.
>great series
>ending is shit
>ending was predicted/leaked
>>70432934
lol you fucking dork
"The Suitcase" was a great episode, I wish Don would have beaten Duck instead of the other way around though.
Objectively the best show of all time
>>70430794
Television in general from an objective standpoint is not "worth" watching.
>>70430794
Men should not be concerned with the adventures of another man's penis for seven years. This is primarily a woman's show-- one that men can put up with.
But they shouldn't as there is nothing to learn and you could be spending that time furthering your own career/friends instead of masturbating to someone else's.
>>70433519
we heard (You) the first time bud
>>70433513
This is why we need /film/
>>70433553
There is a lot wrong, for instance, another thing is that everything always goes right for him when the expectation is that he has nothing prepared. WING IT!
Almost as annoying as the trope of "the big unorthodox prediction" that turns up gold for our hero, which I'm sure this show is full of.
>>70433676
Really insightful, thanks
>>70430794
The worst thing about it is that it thinks it is a smart show. That makes the audience base intolerable whether the show is or not.
>>70434957
>The worst thing about it is that it thinks it is a smart show.
How is this evidenced I wonder, care to explain?
>>70430920
Hello, shill.
>>70435056
Hello you paranoid dweeb
>>70431356
Basically this.
>>70431238
only bad season is the third and that's because you know how it ends within the first two episodes but it just keeps going in circles for ten more before the climax
though, january jones in souvenir did look pretty great
It's absolute dogshit, OP. It's literally a soap opera for men.
>le workplace affairs
>le secret pasts
>le misogynistic men
>le stronk womyn
I fucking hate this show and its entire intolerable fanbase.
>>70431400
>mfw grew up in Hershey
>>70435019
Would it like to have the reputation of being a dumb show?
>>70435214
Nobody cares, frogposter.
Honestly its bad.
The characters appear to have deep and profound growth and development but in reality they don't remember and are rarely affected by the events of the previous episode.
I would say watch season one, if any, for the only original and interesting episodes. The rest is forced meaningless garbage with faux-meaning.
Just the usual Jewish TV
sex and drugs and strong women.
January Jones is 10/10 if you've never seen one before.
>>70435165
A thinking man, i see. I like your style.
>>70435277
>>70435270
It is. It's just a dumb show that thinks it's smart.
>>70435133
You knew the season would end with them staging a coup and starting a new agency? Explain
>>70435270
>>70435288
>The characters appear to have deep and profound growth and development but in reality they don't remember and are rarely affected by the events of the previous episode.
Wait, you're saying people don't really change, holy shit. It's almost like, that's the point...
>>70431366
Yes
>>70431356
Mad Men is a tricky show to recommend unless you know the person you're recommending it to isn't a fucking degenerate. I watch Game of Thrones but I have no delusions about its quality.
So yes, OP. Mad Men is worth watching and one of the greatest shows of all time. There is also no other show that makes /tv/ plebs so angry. Every single Mad Men thread there are children who probably have The Avengers Blu-Ray set and a Breaking Bad poster on their wall that have to come in and tell everyone how much Mad Men sucks, probably after only watching the first episode. So you can be a Redditor like them or you can have actual good taste.
>>70435327
didnt mean to quote this thoughtful poster>>70435270
Who was best girl?
>>70435343
It's pretty funny how Mad Men threads have developed the past 6 months or so.
An OP posts that it's shit/overrated/a soap opera. Then the real fans come in and turn it into a bonafide Mad Men thread, reminiscent of the old /scdp/ days. With discussion, insight, nostalgia, favorite scenes, etc.
This being a summer weekend, it's pretty low rent.
>>70435411
You mean, an OP rightly calls Mad Men shit, and a bunch of shills come in to splurge all over their guilty pleasure soap opera?
>>70435343
>its a Stirling has a heart attack episode but its never mentioned again ever
>Its a Don has a deep regret about cheating on his wife episode but its never brought up again
and on and on.
The show is shit. Fans of it are just blinded to its bullshit by handsome actors/actresses and close up shots of their face showing 'emotion' despite it not being anything more than a shot of a good looking person's face attempting to imply meaning.
>>70435288
>The characters appear to have deep and profound growth and development but in reality they don't remember and are rarely affected by the events of the previous episode.
Breaking Bad is the only half decent show where a character undergoes a clear development/transformation.
You are pleb as fuck if you hate MM, Sopranos, Deadwood, et al.
>Start watching season 1 long ago
>Stopped for some reason
>Want to pick it up
>Forgot where I left off
>Forgotten most fine details
>Don't want to re watch whole first season
Is there a worse feel?
>>70435525
Personally I think drama shows need to have clear and intentional story designed from the beginning to make it worth watching.
Otherwise you end up with watered down garbage, like Mad Men, which is written because tv executives wanted another season to sell Ads and not because there was a story to tell.
This is why Mad Men falls apart by season 3.
>>70435491
>splurge
close, memellenial
but the use of shill was apropos
unironically enjoying things in 2016 is so passé
>>70435510
What are your favorite shows? I'll start the list for you so you don't need to mention these.
>izombie
>rick and morty
>bob's burgers
>marvel anything
>>70435600
>Otherwise you end up with watered down garbage, like Mad Men, which is written because tv executives wanted another season to sell Ads and not because there was a story to tell.
lmao you poor fool, Weiner's vision is the tightest, most well thought out in the medium, even more so than Chase's which meandered at times, Simon as well
Maybe try the series again in a decade or so when you've lived some.
>>70435510
>ts a Stirling has a heart attack episode but its never mentioned again ever
But that's fucking wrong. In the episode where Roger does LSD, in the morning he asks Don if they can skip work and go pick up chicks, and Don reminds him about the heart attack, then he fucks off with Megan
Mad Men is the best pleb filter there is. It's a real tragedy that /scdp/ is gone now because they were always the best threads on /tv/.
>>70435600
I'm not too interested in what you think. MM is the best show ever made with the Sopranos a close second. In both shows the characters never learn shit and plot points are often dropped/forgotten about but I'm not autistic so it doesn't bother me.
>>70435510
>its a Stirling has a heart attack episode but its never mentioned again ever
I know you're just feebly baiting into the wind here, but you might as well watch enough to actually sound like you have a real criticism if you're going to do this.
>>70435343
Well put.
>>70435788
>In both shows the characters never learn shit and plot points are often dropped/forgotten
Which makes it realistic, in my opinion. In real life people just get dropped from the picture and that's that. People always bitch about the Russian in The Sopranos or Sal in Mad Men never appearing again, but that's honestly more true to life.
In real life, things aren't always wrapped up with a nice bow for dramatic purposes. Shit just happens. That's my main criticism of Breaking Bad. It was too cute. Too much coincidence. It was "TV writing", whereas I feel like with The Sopranos and especially Mad Men, I never have to suspend my disbelief as much.
>>70435652
havn't seen the first three.
>>70435657
no
>>70435771
one line but the otherwise life threatening and changing event doesn't even affect Stirling in anyother way beside a banter line from Don.
>>70435825
no. I quit watching somewhere in season 3-4 because everything that happened was dropped from the story except Don running around in Korea.
Its worse than professional wrestling.
If this show's stories were set in the 2010s with uglier actors nobody would give a shit about it.
Nostalgia fags and people who like watching Big Tits secretary and January Jones in Lingerie are the only people who pretend to be amused by the show.
There is no actaul story other than Don hates his wife for no reason and also had some deep thoughts in korea.
>>70430794
Finale is a slap in the face, but the ride is pretty smooth.
>>70436286
>everything that happened was dropped from the story
>no
>>70436286
>"The masses of people who know what they're talking about are wrong, I am the correct one!"
It's like watching the Sopranos, but you don't have to pretend to like it because it is actually good.
commencing pegposting
Was California Pete the best character?
>>70436499
California Pete was a fuckin baller.
Really wanted a SCDP West with just Pete and Don.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13mHndt7db0
too many whites
5/10
>its a Pete attemps to seduce a young teen at the driving lessons, only to see her getting fingerbanged by Chad a few weeks after episode
>>70430794
Yes.
Decent acting, deep feels (sometimes out of nowhere - just like in real life), comfy as fuck 60s aesthetic and cinematography.
I've watched the entire series from front to back twice now, going to start up a third marathon once I finish the Sopranos.
>>70436552
>>70436519
>>70436481
>>70436447
quality Peggyposting
>>70436447
GOAT episode. RIP Muhammad Ali, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi0BhlUYy3E
>>70436775
Muhammad Ali died decades ago, fuck off with this meme.
![Mad.Men.S04E13.BluRay.1080p.x265.HEVC-LION.[UTR].mkv_snapshot_38.48_[2016.05.13_15.45.40].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HuNTTcY.jpg "Mad.Men.S04E13.BluRay.1080p.x265.HEVC-LION.[UTR].mkv_snapshot_38.48_[2016.05.13_15.45.40].jpg")
>>70436772
>>70435510
bullshit
ie : Rachel Menken
https://youtu.be/ty31QY5ZGHo
![Mad.Men.S07E04.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_37.37_[2016.05.18_23.23.27].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rRfR8yy.jpg "Mad.Men.S07E04.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_37.37_[2016.05.18_23.23.27].jpg")
>>70436921
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo
>>70430794
It's a well made soap opera. I really liked the first season and got a bit into the 2nd before I realized I was watching brain dead and shallow garbage.
Last episode I watched was the one where the comedian guy tells Draper he's a piece of shit and I felt that was a good ending point for me.
![Mad.Men.S07E02.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_10.42_[2016.05.18_19.28.11].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4c3AmMM.jpg "Mad.Men.S07E02.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_10.42_[2016.05.18_19.28.11].jpg")
>>70436939
I disliked this about the show
>everyone drinks like there is no tomorrow and just stays fine
>a character takes a hit of a spliff and gets dangerously high
>>70437065
do you know how drugs/tolerance works?
![Mad.Men.S07E05.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_26.03_[2016.05.19_08.25.46].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4UKIXI4.jpg "Mad.Men.S07E05.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_26.03_[2016.05.19_08.25.46].jpg")
Hoolioooooo
>>70437095
i know how it works
but hitting once on a spliff will do jackshit
![Mad.Men.S07E06.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_42.36_[2016.05.19_09.34.03].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ZoYTn71.jpg "Mad.Men.S07E06.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_42.36_[2016.05.19_09.34.03].jpg")
so perfect
>>70430794
Absolutely yes watch it.
Im currently on my second time through it.
>>70437169
One of television's greatest relationships
![Mad.Men.S07E07.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_14.32_[2016.05.19_10.13.20].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/smSIH1m.jpg "Mad.Men.S07E07.720p.BluRay.x264-DEMAND.mkv_snapshot_14.32_[2016.05.19_10.13.20].jpg")
>>70437124
There is another auction of Mad Men props.
http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60
>>70437239
>>70437169
>>70437144
hammond is the most handsome human being
>>70437272
where are the dresses/skirts? how far in?
>Say what you always say.
>Everything's gonna be ok.
>>70437272
Man. It's gonna hurt my hear to look at em and know I can't afford em. The first auction had so much amazing stuff. Don's Hawaii shades, Lane's suicide note, the suits. Betty's shoes...
>>70437272
>someone made a bid for a tape dispenser
>http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60/lot/34694/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F60%3Fpage%3D29
>peggy's lips touched this
should I do it guys?
>>70436499
I love how they wait to reveal of his plaid shorts
Really good show
you can tell by the amount of trolls constantly trying to pretend it's shallow
>>70437449
and stan's trash can wow
shit the shades are back, $3,000+
So much cool stuff
OP here, after a few replies, decided to give it a shot, saw three episodes.
It's totally worth it, thanks for all the opinions, anons.
>>70437513
where
the first season is pretty low brow
as you get through it they start holding the viewer's hand less and less and it becomes top 3 all time along with sopranos etc
>>70437533
Enjoy it man, how'd you like that love monologue in ep 1?
>>70437588
http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60/lot/33657/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F60%3Fpage%3D1%26key%3D%26cat%3D%26xclosed%3Dyes%26sortlot%3Dbids%26sorthighlow%3Dhighlow
even this Inferno is up to $500 now
http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60?page=1&key=&cat=&xclosed=yes&sortlot=bids&sorthighlow=highlow
>>70432131
This one was at last years auction as well...
http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60/lot/36145/
>>70437746
A lot of this was, I wonder what the deal is?
Did it not go off last year, doubles of all of these?
>>70437690
That monologue was the first thing that sparked my interest for Draper. After watching action filled Sons of Anarchy, beginning Mad Men is like a cool transition from intense action to something more relaxing and slow paced. I hope it'll give me the feels, love the shows that give feels. I also hope it'll top House MD which honestly was the feeliest TV show I've encountered until now. Not that I've watched many series, Mad Men would be the fifth I'm starting.
>>70437746
>http://madmen-auction.screenbid.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/60/lot/36145/
kek
>>70431457
>>70438385
>>70431457
didnt mean to reply to you Meredithbro
>>70431366
Nigga, it's primary feels. It's Mad Feels.
>>70438657
Evangelion is my favorite work of art and I felt this throughout the entire fucking show, glad I'm not the only one.
