TravisR
Senior HTF Member
The new season (finally) starts on March 25.
Yeah, I love the show but if someone is that far in and still doesn't like it, it's not for them.Jeremiah said:If you are 24 episodes in and are not into it, I would just stop watching, it's not going to improve for you.
Three things:Originally Posted by Stan /t/317541/mad-men-season-five#post_3898091
Just seems like there is so little happiness in the show. Everybody seems so backstabbing and superficial. I know it's a drama, but a little levity here and there wouldn't have hurt.
I'm sure Roger has gotten the most laughs from me but the funniest thing that stands out in my memory is when the secretary runs the guy's foot over while riding the lawn mower. Maybe I'm sick but the shock and the reactions (from the look on the characters' faces when it happens and Roger's line about "Christ, it looks like Iwo Jima out there") in that scene make me chuckle just thinking about it.ScottH said:I like Mad Men for the most part, but can honestly say I don't ever remember laughing out loud. Every once in a while Roger would get a chuckle out of me, but nothing uproarious.
This. Whenever the really, really overtly-funny stuff happens, it tends to occur in bursts of massive, absurd outrageousness, like the (as you mention) almost-Tarantino-esque lawnmower sequence.TravisR said:I'm sure Roger has gotten the most laughs from me but the funniest thing that stands out in my memory is when the secretary runs the guy's foot over while riding the lawn mower. Maybe I'm sick but the shock and the reactions (from the look on the characters' faces when it happens and Roger's line about "Christ, it looks like Iwo Jima out there") in that scene make me chuckle just thinking about it.
Overall, I think the show occasionally some funny stuff but it's like real life- every now and then, someone says something funny.