MAD MEN on AMC - Season 6

lol yeah, they're telegraphing that one p hard, wonder if it'll actually pan out that way

i hope it doesn't though i guess it'd be a way for her to fuck don w/o actually fucking don, i like pegs though so i don't want to see her make a stupid mistake like that. keep wondering if a merger is in the cards also, they keep emphasising small agencies like ted's and scdp getting squeezed out.

I hope it doesn't too, and tbh I don't think Weiner/the show has much interest in Ted; he seems too friendly and goes on spiritual retreats in Minnesota or whatever.

could turn out to be a child molester obvi, because it is Mad Men, but y'know.

I liked this episode, was weirded out by Bobby Draper having discernable characteristics and feelings.

I guess idg ilx taste anymore. this episode made me lol more than any stupid bob's burgers ep ever did.

Don's "I love my kids (?)" scene was straight lousy

kind of reminded me that there was a point in time where people didn't know how "planet of the apes" ends.

bobby draper otm.

i don't know if i'm bringing my personal baggage to the table, but don saying that he's never really loved his kids felt brutal to me. like game-changingly brutal, even though all the evidence has pointed to him feeling that way through the entire show. there was always the hope that deep down he loved his kids even if he had trouble expressing it, so for him to admit that he didn't even FEEL it was horrible to me. so much so that i hated the indulgent poetics of "but then i felt love for bobby and it's like my heart burst." like, u don't get to share your insights about the nature of love anymore, go sit in the corner and think about what you did.

Why are Teds in American network TV always the same kind of interchangeable douchey office affair types? So far I count Mad Men Ted, Six Feet Under Ted and Breaking Bad Ted. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME PERSON.

Tyrion Lannister will know he's really got problems if he discovers his devoted girlfriend is working with a manservant named Ted, wearing a suit, with an expression of vaguely lascivious banality on his face.

Better off Ted Ted was a'ight.

Haaaaave you met Ted?

Ted on How I Met Your Mother is pretty awful as well.

In a perfect world, they would all be played by Ted McGinley.

I could've sworn Don had made that "heart about to burst" speech before... but about something else

― four Marxes plus four Obamas plus four Bin Ladens (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, April 29, 2013 7:12 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Howard Johnson's, iirc.

the Planet of the Apes scene made that whole episode worth it for me
the stunned silence in the theater after the ending, the look on Bobby and Don's faces as they took it all in, the way Bobby said 'jeeeeeeeeezus' & that look of approval Don gave him

but it's also SO fucking Don Draper that the moment he realizes he loves his son is the moment his son is confronted with huge questions of mortality, existence... I did share a little bit of reddening's OH FUCK YOU that Don gets overwhelmed with love in that moment. Why? oh because your kid reminds him of himself. selfish dick. Like that's what you want for your kid. For him to be an adult sailboat bobbing around in the ocean wondering what it all means. Cue 'Cats In The Cradle' and pour yourself a scotch, you sad sack of shit.

also I finally realized what Betty's face makeup was reminding me of: Jiminy Glick :(

Don's just missing Sylvia, is all. Has he ever been so mopey over any of the other women? Maybe the teacher, idk.

Don's always mopey!

Nah, not like this, not all love-sick and hopeless because of a ladyfriend. Even with Midge, it was like "oh, damn you obviously actually love this other guy. whatever." and on to the next one.

I have/had the feeling that Don's missing the Dr. Like he's having an affair with the wife, but he's equally or more concerned about his new life-saving witty jew friend.

I hope it's not going be like the Grinch where his heart grows and he gets that inane smile thing going.

Cue 'Cats In The Cradle' and pour yourself a scotch, you sad sack of shit.

This should be a bumper sticker.

I'm really tired of Don and/or Matthew Weiner using his childhood as an excuse for all of the shitty things he does too.

also I finally realized what Betty's face makeup was reminding me of: Jiminy Glick :(

Ha! otm. January Jones deserves some kind of Good Sport Emmy for putting up with that ridiculousness.

Though I guess now she's going to start to get herself back in sexy shape.

yeah, they pulled back THE CHIN this week somewhat

whenever anyone calls her "Brown Betty" it just makes me think of "difficult brown"

I just wish they'd get out of that dark old house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwWK9le2CD8

The Planet of the Apes part of the episode was my favorite part, because I love that movie and it made me think a bit more about the context in which it was released.

I've always been miffed that no one has ever tried to make this musical or the musical about the Betty Ford Clinic from the Simpsons for real.

maybe my favorite simpsons moment

This play has everything.

The Planet of the Apes part of the episode was my favorite part, because I love that movie and it made me think a bit more about the context in which it was released.

Also it was a great illustration of the power of fiction; it made Bobby engage with the issues of his his era far more than the news possibly could.

jesus!

I just wish they'd get out of that dark old house
The house Betty is in now is even darker then the one she was in before. I can barely stand to watch those scenes.

*than

i'm glad i don't live inside betty's house/mind xpost

Douglas sirk, minus the color

Which is to say it misses the point in many ways

The Planet of the Apes part of the episode was my favorite part, because I love that movie and it made me think a bit more about the context in which it was released.

Also it was a great illustration of the power of fiction; it made Bobby engage with the issues of his his era far more than the news possibly could.

― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i'm not sure what it added up to but the mix of assassinations/rioting-perceived-as-apocalyptic and a film that actually broaches the issue of apocalypse was kind of heady here. like a nice piece of film criticism in a way. i wish mad men would operate on that level more often instead of tossing about little "interpret-able" teasers for the "day-after-blog-response" crowd.

ha i just remembered why i left ilx. i guess i'll go away again. have fun folks.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:20 AM (Yesterday)

Don's just missing Sylvia, is all. Has he ever been so mopey over any of the other women?

He's not mopey over Sylvia ffs, it's a mixture of grim sexual compulsion and rampant self-loathing.

He's probably pretty disgusted by the fact his son is growing up to look like Pete Campbell as well.

ha i just remembered why i left ilx. i guess i'll go away again. have fun folks.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, April 30, 2013 2:20 AM (Yesterday)

― balls, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 3:53 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah, so, I forgot. you got a point?

just a friendly reminder! have fun

He's not mopey over Sylvia ffs, it's a mixture of grim sexual compulsion and rampant self-loathing.

― Matt DC, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:53 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah one thing that I took from this ep was Don's compulsive behavior being paralleled by Bobby peeling the wallpaper, then hiding it out of shame.

just a friendly reminder! have fun

― balls, Wednesday, May 1, 2013 5:20 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thanks dude! hope you rest easy despite being a troll!

some mad men up in this thread

you mad men, bro?