Mad Men and Generation Kill

Jul 25, 2008 21:41

So, lack of inventive titles aside, I've finally had time to watch some tv - and thankfully the series available have been great.

Mad Men

This is odd, but I’m four episodes in and I’m not yet sure if I actually like Mad Men. Fascinated, yes definitely - but like it? I don’t know. What I do know is that I keep wanting to see more episodes, which ( Read more... )

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alexandral July 25 2008, 19:53:03 UTC
The Grooming Standard and poor, suffering Sgt. Patrick

HEE! you reminded me!! I heart poor, suffering Sgt. Patrick and Rudy (if I spell his name correctly). He tore my heart by the sadness on his face when he had to shoot a guy with his sniper gun!

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baleanoptera July 25 2008, 19:59:50 UTC
That scene was just so surreal - on the one hand I was impressed by how good they were at sniping (impressed in a morbid way that is), and then amused at Rudy's chanting - and then, like you, I felt so bad for Sgt. Patrick afterwards.

That said I'm sort of hoping the grooming standards do kick in soon, and they shave of those moustaches. Never been to fond of those. ;)

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baleanoptera July 26 2008, 12:44:48 UTC
*loves the cosmic twinship* I think I would have finished Mad Men sooner (on ep 7 now), but I got sidetracked by Generation Kill. Hee.

Some of the anviliciousness in terms of theme and setting calms down after about the fifth episode.

Good to know - though ep. 5 started ominously with the horseshoe on Don's award flipping down. I think I actually groaned at that one - but then there was much Betty and all was well. I just find it fascinating to watch how Betty keeps questioning things, and her role in society.

And as far as emotional gut punches go then the Betty storyline has been the best one for me. How her mother taught her it wasn't polite to talk about yourself, how she says to Helen "I don't know how we will be voting" and so forth. Also how all the compliments she receives are about how she is pretty. Never about anything else - just pretty ( ... )

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mnemo_syne August 8 2008, 18:12:29 UTC
I hear it is your birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Hope you have a wonderful time, whatever you do.

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baleanoptera August 8 2008, 21:39:49 UTC
Hee. Thank you so much. :) It has been a wonderful and very relaxing day.

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