Mad Men: Season 1 (Blu-ray)
From Matthew Weiner, the Emmy award-winning executive producer and writer of The Sopranos, Mad Men is the ground-breaking, daring series about the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems.
Set in 1960 New York, Mad Men reveals the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue’s "Golden Age", where key players make the art of the sell while their private lives get sold. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper (Golden Globe-winner Jon Hamm), the biggest ad man – and ladies man in the business. As Don makes the plays in the boardroom and the bedroom, he struggles to stay a step ahead of the rapidly changing times and the young executives nipping at his heels.
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Really is worth watching - breeski
Super stylish from the first scene! The feel of the show is so fascinating. The characters are quirky and interesting, easy to both love and hate. The pace of the show is not comparable to most dramas on TV, like other reviewers have written, it seems a bit slow, but it's worth the watch because the shows build upon each other and the plot thickens!Fantastic - Heavy
The first episode of Mad Men honestly represents the drinking, smoking, sexist fifties, a time when Madison Avenue's attitude and control permeated our entire culture, including one international political blunder after another, a time before anyone ever heard of political correctness. Gays were still in the closet, women slept their way to wherever they wanted to go, and advertising executives ruled the world. Everyone smoked because we all just looked so damn good doing it.Slow, but engrossing - jaysad
I'm a little disappointed that this series doesn't show more of the high-flying glamour of the advertising industry of the time, but I think that's the point of the show. As other reviewers have pointed out, it's slow and a little bit soapy, but it's a fascinating mix of the snappy suits and hats and high octane advertising business and the completely petty home life and horrible way that people (especially women) are treated. I think it takes the "snapshot of the life" style that I loved about the Sopranos. Not all business and action.
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Really is worth watching - breeski
Super stylish from the first scene! The feel of the show is so fascinating. The characters are quirky and interesting, easy to both love and hate. The pace of the show is not comparable to most dramas on TV, like other reviewers have written, it seems ...Fantastic - Heavy
The first episode of Mad Men honestly represents the drinking, smoking, sexist fifties, a time when Madison Avenue's attitude and control permeated our entire culture, including one international political blunder after another, a time before anyone ever heard ...Slow, but engrossing - jaysad
I'm a little disappointed that this series doesn't show more of the high-flying glamour of the advertising industry of the time, but I think that's the point of the show. As other reviewers have pointed out, it's slow and a little bit soapy, but it's a fascinating ...