I don’t get the hype for Mad Men

[jwinfield]

It's top 5 for me.

but I started on the 5th season, when it aired in 2012, and went backwards. The 5th starts to get way more experimental, funnier, sexier, it's not a different show, but it is one of those that gets better each season.

Part of that is the tone shifts as the culture does. Season 5 starts in the mid 60's so the show gets livelier as you see hipsters, counter culture, protestors, the youth movement start to slide in.

No spoilers, but the first episode of season 5 has Don on some shyt because of some young shyt going on.

 

[Redwood]

SOA went too dumb in a way I don't think Mad Men ever did but I enjoyed prime SOA fukkery.


suttery*

Season 6 it jumped the shark imo.

 

[the cac mamba]

Season 6 it jumped the shark imo.

SOA? jumped the shark in like season 3

 

[Redwood]

SOA? jumped the shark in like season 3

Was it the terrible Irish accents and layout?

 

[PoorAndDangerous]

I’ve hearda few good things, but I haven’t heard it put up with the Breaking Bads, The Wires, and Sporanos of the world, which was why I was never really compelled to fw it

its very very close. maybe like a millimeter behind those shows, but its hard to say. It's reasonable to mention it amongst those shows imo.

 

[HomieSoprano]

The kodak carousel

 

[jwinfield]

I’ve hearda few good things, but I haven’t heard it put up with the Breaking Bads, The Wires, and Sporanos of the world, which was why I was never really compelled to fw it

It's up there critically.

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[VertigoKnight]

It's slow but the character work over the seasons is some of the best I've seen.

Only Six Feet Under and the Wire compare to long term character planning

I personally think Breaking Bad as a show got more and more sillier it took me out of the drama the longer it went on.

 

[Lord Beasley]

I’m on S1 episode 11 and so far this feels like a soap opera in the vein of Dallas, but I’ve been hearing it’s on the level of elite TV shows like Breaking bad.

The only compelling part of the show so far that don’t make it feel like a soap opera are the flashbacks of when he was a kid.

 

[kdslittlebro]

there's no way there is any level of excitement that compare to those shows.

seems like more of a critique of advertising as a whole and the 60/70s NYC corporate workplace as a whole.

i think it's a top 50 show all time, not top 10 tho.


it's also tiring to watch, i would never rewatch it. it's basically about some white man who is a fraud, who has a midlife crisis. with the societal landscap in america in the 60s/70s as a backdrop. wire/bb/sopranos have action and thriller tension that mad men could never compete with.

That’s actually another great point I know nobody who’s even rewatched it

 

[Space Cowboy]

I love this show and it’s way better than Breaking Bad imo

 

[jwinfield]

That’s actually another great point I know nobody who’s even rewatched it

I did

Might be time for another rewatch.

 

[Robbie3000]

I love this show and it’s way better than Breaking Bad imo

You gotta relax. I’ve grown to appreciate the show as I’m binging, but it’s nowhere near Breaking Bad. It’s at best a couple of tiers lower than Walking Dead.

 

[StatUS]

One of the GOATs. But it's not for everyone.

 

[kdslittlebro]

I did

Might be time for another rewatch.

What’s your top 5? Just curious what your general taste in shows is. It sounds like I’m tryna make a point or something but I promise I’m just genuinely curious