Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mad Men and Crossing Lines
On 06/25/2013 11:31 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> FYI, actually I have talked to people who watched the >> show and didn't like it for that reason. Those discussions >> took place on forums particular to home theater and TV >> viewing. It's a great show, well done but not everyone's >> cuppa tea as no TV program will ever be that. > Just FYI, I managed to watch the first few seasons, > but this year -- what with the travel and all, not > to mention having more fun things to do either at > home in Leiden or here in Paris -- I've just not > bothered with it. > > I've had to become more discriminating about the TV > shows I choose to invest my time in, because there > is so much less time available to invest. :-) I've become that way to because with streaming options there is much better stuff to watch without investing time. US TV series because the want to order 13 episode seasons require a bit of an investment. I almost prefer just finding a movie I "feel" like watching on Netflix. Problem with Netflix is like last night I selected a film and the link speed showed around 10 mbps but then Netflix could only deliver the film at 1.2 mbps. Too much demand on the service. Same thing happened with several titles I tried. A couple weeks back I looked up "writing for tv series 5 acts" and found an interesting blog by a series writer (he wrote some of the "Charlie Jade" episodes as well as other major series) which was very informative about how series are done these days. He even mentions that networks execs are beginning to get wise to viewers being less interested in serial series which require a time investment compared to episodic series. http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/TVFAQ.html > > I kinda followed "Mad Men" for a while the same way > one follows a soap opera -- as a "guilty pleasure." > >From Day One I found the characters and the issues > they dealt with kinda boring and mundane, and very > difficult to identify with. I continued to watch it > almost out of habit -- *exactly* the way one does > with a soap opera that one has developed a guilty > pleasure Jones for. You tune in hoping something > will actually *happen* in this week's episode, only > to be disappointed. > > Between Danish TV and much better shows (IMO, of > course) on American TV, I simply haven't felt even > the desire to watch "Mad Men" this season. At one > point I even realized why: If they'd killed off > ANY of the characters, I wouldn't have cared. "Crossing Lines" was definitely a deviation from that. I hope it is a trend.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mad Men and Crossing Lines
On 06/25/2013 08:30 AM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> ... >> You've seen the show? > No. I just find your speculations hilarious. Perfect. YET AGAIN, Judy comments about something she has never experienced. >>> What? Are you saying Judy never experienced the 60's, >>> never watched "Mad Men", did not come from a broken >>> home with alcoholic parents or what? Judy didn't >>> say anything except she found the post by Other >>> Barry "hilarious". What do you THINK she said? >> See above. She says she's never seen the show, >> but feels qualified to comment on the speculations >> of someone who has. > Your intellect is getting foggier and foggier. I'm > commenting on the *speculations*, not the show. > They're all of a piece with Bhairitu's compulsion > to invent elaborate reasons for perfectly ordinary > behavior that doesn't *need* any deep, dark, hidden > explanations. It doesn't matter, obviously, which > specific show he's talking about. > > And equally obviously, *Bhairitu* doesn't feel the > need to have known anyone who didn't watch the show > for the reasons he proposes. FYI, actually I have talked to people who watched the show and didn't like it for that reason. Those discussions took place on forums particular to home theater and TV viewing. It's a great show, well done but not everyone's cuppa tea as no TV program will ever be that.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Mad Men and Crossing Lines
On 06/24/2013 01:05 PM, authfriend wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >> Last night was the season finale of "Mad Men". I don't know >> if many here watch it and I know particularly some of our TV >> fans don't. That doesn't surprise me because I'm sure more >> than a few grew up with parents who were executives and >> might have been like Don Draper or his peers. > You think this is why some folks might not watch it? Really? > > Too funny. > > Yup, it was an era of "broken families" and alcoholic parents which are well characterized in the show. Note that our usual resident TV reviewer posted when it started he didn't like the show seemingly due to that era. I didn't come from a "broken home" but sure had friends that did and wanted to escape that scene (some ran away). I'm sure that some of those might not enjoy revisiting that era. You've seen the show?
