Tuesday, June 15, 2010

MAD MEN - BEYOND THUNDERDOME: AMC has released the first photo from the new season of Mad Men, and it's chock-full of spoilers. Stop reading if you don't want to know that:
  • Don Draper, Roger Sterling, and Pete Campbell do not die before the first episode of the new season;
  • A mystery person opposite the team will say something that irritates Roger, prompts a snide retort from Don, and sounds like a fart joke to Pete; and
  • If the new season is set in a post-apocalyptic future, wood, water, and oil-based Brylcream still exist.
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12 comments:

  1. Dan Suitor11:41 AM

    But is Joanie bootylicious, or merely bootytastic? THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW.

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  2. Matt12:03 PM

    I should note I would totally watch a season of Mad Men in which the characters are hurled forward into a post-apocalyptic environment, if just for the concept of Christina Hendricks kicking everyone's ass.

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  3. bristlesage12:29 PM

    Getting back to her roots as YoSaffBridge--yeah, I'd watch that.

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  4. Eric J.12:30 PM

    As long as they eat Pete first.

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  5. Benner12:43 PM

    Pete is one of the few characters to demonstrate actual growth over the course of the series.  (I'm including Betty -- she basically replaced Don Draper with Don Draper with the who Henry Francis business.)

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  6. Heather K12:44 PM

    There is a music video lately with that concept (sort of).

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  7. isaac_spaceman1:00 PM

    For all his failures, I'd say Don Draper has grown as well.  And Peggy, of course (more so than any of the characters).  And Joan.  It didn't take her that many episodes to get from accordian to vase. 

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  8. Andrew1:02 PM

    The video is for "Ghost Inside" by Broken Bells:
    http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/06/watch_christina_hendricks_take.html

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  9. Heather K3:43 PM

    thank you, for the life of me I could not remember who it was!

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  10. calliekl4:52 PM

    I'd also throw Trudy in there, as much as she's seen. I still love her, "Can I see you for a moment?" from the back room in the season finale when Pete was meeting with Don and Roger.

    I am so supremely excited for this to come back. It's Firefly levels of rewatchability for me, especially "Shut the Door. Have a Seat."

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  11. Joan H10:33 AM

    "Shut the Door. Have a Seat" was one of the best hours of television I've ever seen.  Absolutely riveting -- probably because something actually happened on a show that is more about slow reveals, characters, and being immersed in an era that is just far enough passed so that our nostalgia is rimmed with the bitter knowledge of the many things that actually sucked back then, even if the fashions were simply gorgeous.

    In other news, I was charmed to see the collection of Betty Draper-worthy dresses in the department stores this spring, even if I'll never wear any of them.

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  12. christy in nyc4:07 PM

    I'm going to try to start using the phrase "go from accordion to vase" to mean "decide to take action/fight back" in my everyday life.

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