Product Description Genre: Television: Series Rating: TV14 Release Date: 14-JUL-2009 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com Mad Men returns, and guess what? It’s still one of the best shows on TV. Season two continues the slow progression to absolute greatness. The first season left us with a number of cliffhangers, and the beginning of the second season doesn’t cleanly wrap things up. Instead, we leap forward nearly 2 years and are thrown into an even more tumultuous time where the Norman Rockwell-idealized era is only ideal on the surface (slightly below we find rampant alcoholism, marriage dissolution, casual sexism and racism). There is resolution, eventually, for all the questions left unanswered, but in true slow-as-molasses-but-still-riveting Mad Men form, we get to wait the entire season for answers.
A lot has changed in these two years at Sterling-Cooper and it is exciting watching the 60’s progress through the unique lens of Mad Men. Everything that made Season one incredibly compelling television is back. The terrific acting, pitch-perfect writing, gorgeous art direction and impressive attention to detail are all the unshakeable foundation to a meandering yet precise plotline that keeps the viewer glued to the television. Special features include extensive commentaries and featurettes that examine 1960’s fashion, the rise of women in the workplace, and defining historical events of the era.—Kira Canny
I need a drink and a cigaretteMarch 8, 2010 J. Smith I cannot tell you how much I love this show!! I even got my wife hooked on it! But every time I hear that theme music I feel the urge to light up a cigar and pour myself a drink. Ah, the good old days!!!!
Quite possibly the best series I have ever watched. Amazing characters and I really enjoy how each is developed over time.
Not as sharp as the first seasonMarch 8, 2010 Alan A. Elsner(Washington DC) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This series still provides compelling viewing but some of the edge of the first season has worn off.
We are back in the heart of Madison Ave in 1962 but the action in this series spreads out into the characters' lives outside the office. It's become a soap opera. What made the first season so enjoyable was seeing the ad men at work, creating their products. Now we get a lot of marital strife, affairs, breakups, a weird back-story and other stuff that's way less interesting.
One plus is the way the writers depict the frustrations of women. You see the roots of women's liberation before it even has a name. You feel it in the boredom and wasted potential and in the blind disregard of men.
I'll continue watching and hoping this series doesn't jump the shark too soon. But the danger is there.
A stellar Time TripMarch 4, 2010 Rick M. Rotundo(loveland, ohio, usa) The series MADMEN has captured the culture, color and swaggar of the times of 1960. Sadly, it captures the essense of how women were undervalued as professionals and too often exploited by the opportunistic and arrogant energies of the then Patriarchial society where men dominated. The series also showed how smoking and drinking alcohol to excess, especially in the workplace was a very real, accepted and working part of society at all levels. The character development was EXCELLENT and the energies of each individual became real, at least in my mind. The series also characterized the times where the dollar ruled and Capitalism was more innocent, as the advertising business set the tone for America along with the rise of television and the early stages of media hype. The politics were also well developed and blended skillfully into the series. Interestingly, the ego's of the key players were colorfully portrayed and the emphasis and swagger of "pecking order and proces" was also well-done relative to the corporate march in America. The romances were sordid and passionate and gave credibility to the timeless human condition of Libedo over Credo. MADMAN was and is a quintesential classic of American Culture and should be mandatory viewing for students of the so-called American Dream, at least in the developmental stages. Simply put, MADMEN is a CLASSIC!
Capt. Rick Rotundo
DVDs Won't PlayFebruary 28, 2010 Stephen E. Phelps Jr.(New York) 3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This review is not based on creative content but on an apparent DVD production flaw. Having bought, watched and enjoyed Mad Men season 1 from amazon.com, we ordered the season 2 discs from NetFlix. The first set that arrived wouldn't play in either of our DVD players ("No Disc" error message), so NetFlix shipped a replacement set - same result. We then ordered the season 2 discs from amazon.com - and again the discs wouldn't play. We returned them for credit (excellent service from amazon.com, as always). None of the discs had any obvious flaws or damage - they just wouldn't play. These are the ONLY discs that have ever given us this result; all other DVDs, whether commercial or recorded on our DVR, play perfectly well on both of our machines. Would be interested toi know if anyone else has encountered this phenomenon, or has any suggestions about what the problem might be.
Addictive Ad MenFebruary 20, 2010 CK Russian lit fan(Pacific Northwest) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This series grabbed me as few television programs have. I decided to view a random episode one evening to see what all the accolades were about. I was skeptical that I would be interested to watch past the first commercial break, but I was blown away by the human drama. The plots are completely absorbing, the characters (none of whom is heroic) are fascinating, and the period details are really fun.
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