Mad Men - Season One | Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss | It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

Mad Men - Season One | Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss | EASILY THE BEST SHOW ON US TELEVISION

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Mad Men - Season One

	Mad Men - Season One Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss Lionsgate, 2008 average customer review:based on 118 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

MAD MEN - SEASON 1 (DVD MOVIE)

It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This

Totally absorbing, consuming and full of visual candy of all sorts. This show is a symphony of perfect pitch in every sense. The characters are real, the set dressing and costuming authentic in every detail. I hope this never ends. The storyline is compelling and smart. If you remember this time period you will love it even more.

EASILY THE BEST SHOW ON US TELEVISION

Mad Men blew me away last summer when it burst upon the scene. In an era when scripted entertainment had been written off as all but moribund, Mad Men changed the rules and brought in the kind of quality you don't normally see on American television. This DVD anthology is worth every penny, as much for the series as for the extras. And, hey, anyone ever seen a more novel package than a replica of a Zippo? Mad Men is an original that has revitalized episodic TV itself. May its quality never slip!

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Mad Men S1

I Love it. Started watching Season 2 by accident then I realized had to watch 1 first. Amazing show.

Must viewing

Mad Men is a reminder how it was not so good in the "good old days". Alcohol was the drug of choice. Women were servants without brains. Men wanted all the freedom and none of the consequences. Cynical manipulation was ramping up. In some ways, much has changed. And in some ways, nothing has changed.

The production values are incredible and the characters are irresistible. You never know what gem will show up next. Would you scold a child with a plastic bag over her head for leaving the cleaning on the floor instead of grabbing the bag off her?

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Mad Men Season One - Raw, Offensive, Powerful and Highly Addicting!!!

Mad Men - Season One has completely changed the way I view TV. I generally watch things at random and don't watch a lot of shows consistently. This is a show worth changing that for. It's hard to describe what makes this show such a rare event in TV. Somebody had the vision to put a show on TV that has something to say and is as raw, honest and true to the period it is based on. I, for one, am grateful for that.

The show centers on the NY advertising world of the 1960s. Why "Mad Men?" The old row of famous agencies on Madison Avenue, of course. The men are sexist, rude, slicked up, and well dressed. The women are submissive yet cunning, half accepting sexism and half ignoring it.

There's not a lot of political correctness here. That is bound to offend some. While my first reaction was to wonder as to the motives behind that, the truth is that after watching the show for a few episodes it becomes clear that the bigotry of the period is key to understanding the characters. Plenty that the characters say would get them fired today. For their era, sexist banter in the office was considered par for the course.

There's also plenty of smoking, drinking and sexual situations. If you are very conservative this might not be for you. Yet even conservative people would have to warm up somewhat to the effectiveness of the portrayal. This show makes you believe you are witnessing things as they were. Not having been there, we can't know for sure. Regardless, this sure is convincing.

There are some nice special features and extras sprinkled sparingly throughout the disks. Of course you have your usual commentary tracks on the episodes, which are actually worth listing to in my opinion. Not every show can say that.

The behind-the-scenes documentary section is also standard fare, but well done. It covers the basic elements of how the show is put together, from characters, sets, makeup, wardrobes, and art design. You also get some small extras that are nice like a segment on scoring the music for the show, which is great, and audio clips of some of the period songs that are used.

Because of the way the disks are set up, many of these specific extras are on the individual disks. So you have to search for them. Also, there are only a few episodes per disk (about 3). I guess those extras and commentary tracks took up a lot of disk space. Still, these are minor details.

Conclusion

This is a great show and well worth watching again and again. I hope you will check this out if you haven't already.

Enjoy!

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