Thursday, June 26, 2008

Off Topic: 1962

The first season AMC's series Mad Men comes out on DVD next week. And season 2 starts in a month. Marueen Ryan has the first pictures of season 2. Here are some promos that give you the flavor of Mad Men:











So, you might ask why is a Battlestar Galactica blog talking about Mad Men? Well, for the same reason I occasionally talk about Lost: Shows with great writing. (And BSG, Lost and Mad Men are about the only dramas I watch.) Besides you're not going to find any better program than Mad Men to watch over the summer, and while we wait for BSG to return next year with Sometimes A Great Notion. So, check it out.

See also, this excellent Mad Men blog, Basket of Kisses.

4 comments:

  1. I hear you. I often say I'm a nerd who hates the following:

    A) most TV
    B) most scifi (and WAY MOST SCIFI Channel!)
    C) most anime

    But

    When I do find something I like, it's a biggie. Seeing John Hamm in inferior roles on CSI or The Unit is just painful. He's SO FUCKING COOL in Mad Men.

    Plus Mad Men touches on what I do for a living, which I like and um, o hai! it has Christine Hendricks in it too.

    Seirously a win.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yes, Christine Hendricks is awesome in the show. (Just as she was great when she was on Firefly.)

    I actually don't think I saw Hamm in anything before Mad Men. I can't imagine anyone else as Don Draper.

    ReplyDelete
  3. he played a total douchebag in a guest role on The Unit. Looked nothing like the dapper Don, and was such a goofy character. I was like "What are you doing to my Don Draper, CBS programming?"

    ReplyDelete