sure but it's also perfectly in line with the Sopranos already did that
― brio, Monday, 8 April 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
it's the same reason he did acid and was doing yoga naked
p sure that was him doing acid naked
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
guy carrying a stolen tv down the street was a little much
oh this got a lol from me
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
it's the same reason he did acid
he's not married to Jane anymore
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
xp me too, Shakey.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
Mad Men: Nothing happens, twice eighty times
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
the other thing Betty-in-the-city reminded me of was Fritz the Cat lol
they shoulda gone all Bakshi live+animation combo for that haha
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i mean it's true, roger sterling and tony soprano are almost identical as characters.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
btw couldn't help thinking peggy's bf is now like steve coogan with a tash
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking Zappa
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Ditto re: Zappa
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
mommy issues, serially infidelities, near psychopathic commitment to materialism/acquisition of wealth eh I can see some parallels
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
They're not at all identical - but they are both amoral, id-driven, selfish leaders who seem completely self-assured and acting on instinct, so it's the same premise to put them in a shrink's office and force them to give introspective monologues...
Besides it just feels familiar - especially as Weiner worked on The Sopranos. I can totally imagine the "you open doors and cross bridges there's nothing but more doors and bridges" coming from Tony's mouth.
― brio, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Sterling doesn't have a psychopathic commitment to materialism! He already had plenty to begin with. As he remarks at some point (s3e13?) he acted his whole career like he started a business, when really he inherited it. The Grey buyout and then the Lucky crisis were the things that made him hungry.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
and the hostility/attempts to personally engage the shrink
(which just made me think, why is he there if he doesn't want to be?)
xp
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
anyway Sopranos and Mad Men both have magical realist tendencies, which is where I think stuff like Betty visiting the hippie squat comes in. Have long thought that the oft-cited attention to detail/accuracy in Mad Men is a red herring that distracts from the show's more hyper-real stylistic efforts.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
what I mean is the show will end with baby Gene getting eaten by ants.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
Was wondering when people were going to find out that Don choked that woman to death in his own bedroom last season.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
roger's shrink is the guy who hosted the lsd party. roger loves acid now, this is well-established
― dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia & thyme (discreet), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
It's so easy to get acid now, you can get it anywhere.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
what year would coke have hit Madison Avenue?
― brio, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
roger's shrink is the guy who hosted the lsd party
ah
totally did not make this connection but makes sense
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
For me the tone of Roger's shrink trip is totally different to Tony Soprano's. I guess I just disagree it's out of character or tacked on, his dissatisfaction has been a theme for a good while now, but it's very different to Tony's.
I think Tony is painted as someone with genuine mental problems, whereas Roger is unhappy but also rambling narcissistically cos that's part of the appeal of the shrink for him.
Roger is enjoying the session as far as I see, Tony didn't seem to.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
what year are we at, '68/'69? definite subtle 70s vibes beginning to seep into the clothes and hair (lengthening sideburns eg)
― cozen, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
the therapy sessions in the sopranos were a main structuring element and the therapist a major character. this isn't the case in mad men. plus psychotherapy in '67 was a very different beast.
― dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia & thyme (discreet), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
I presumed it was New Year's Eve going into 1969.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
At the turn from 67 into 68 right now. xp
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
literally no one cares about this but they neglected to CGI-out a big movie screen frame in the background on Waikiki beach that did not exist in 1967.
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's NYE '67
funny that they skipped "the summer of love"
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
Premier started in mid-Dec 1968. Skipped ahead 18 months or so from end of last season
― Jaq, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
it is NOT mid-Dec 1968 wtf guys
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, nope sorry - 1967
― Jaq, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
"world bids adieu to a violent year, city gets snowfall" was times headline new years day 1968. show skipped ahead just a few months.
― balls, Monday, 8 April 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
i got a vague nostalgic enjoyment seeing the Hawaii slideshow replete with upside down slide
also Don clicking past the wedding and the question without comment was classic Draper
he's such a douche but I think I love him kind of
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
~carousel~
― dysentery, typhoid, pneumonia & thyme (discreet), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link
betty going to st. marks totally reminded me of the xmas episode of my so called life w/ juliana hatfield
― Guy was knee-deep in water (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
Glad to hear it. Seems there's so much more terrible IRL shit for the show to ignore for them to have skipped totally past '68.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Monday, 8 April 2013 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
series finale will heavily feature moon landing, ilx will complain it is "on the nose"
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Linda Cardellini's character will run off to follow the Dead.
― Pope Frank is the messenger of your doom (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
lol silby
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
For me the Sopranos reminder was in the Hawaii section, how it was reminiscent of the surreal experiences whenever Tony left the Northeast. Also reminiscent of the Tony-coma season opener and all its trippy travel dreams.
Thought the late-night drinks was going to turn into a key party.
― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
xpost They bring back Alexis Bledel so she can leave Pete again and get a job following McGovern on the campaign trail.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
― cougars and sneezers (Eazy), Monday, April 8, 2013 4:35 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha I definitely thought that's where that was going myself, the third couple seemed into it.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was hoping! especially the flirty non-Linda wife
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
Don's not into sharing
― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
He's just generous with his cock.
― Vol. 3: The Life & Times of E. "Boom" Carter (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 8 April 2013 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
key parties weren't a thing until the 70s right?
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
Not a "thing", no, but they existed in the '60s - Malcolm X wrote about 'em in his autiobio
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
roger sterling still my spirit animal
― I, rrational (mh), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 01:13 (eleven years ago) link
Joan is still mine. We've both faded off into the background despite our ginormous breasts.
― cacao nibs (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 April 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link