"Mad Men" -- *Final* Season Official Thread (possible spoilers) (part 2)

I liked the ending..pretty much what I expected from Weiner...ambiguous. I don't think it really matters whether Don created the Coke ad, after all he isn't a real person......I think his "enlightenment" is that he realizes that his life in advertising is not over despite declining tobacco accounts...he sees that there is a new generation to manipulate through his ideas. It was right around this time period that the movie and soundtrack to Woodstock was huge and big business in America realized that they could exploit the "youth" market. Behind the curve by a few years, but that's how most of America was back then.

 

And just to again mention the Coke "I'd Like to Teach the World" ad: here's a very thoughtful parody ad pointing out the terrible harm caused by sugar sodas over the years...



If the figures in the parody are correct, soft drink makers spend $1 billion a year just in advertising expenses. Pretty scary.

 

No word on a series box set yet.

 

Here it is:

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mad-Men-Complete-Collection/21394



I'll wait for the version without the glasses and coasters.

 

What would be the point? My only complaint so far is that it does not include a pack of Luckys!

 

Because I have no use for what will probably be cheap glasses and flimsy coasters, plus a huge box that will take up too much space on my shelf. I'm interested in the show itself, not these novel trinkets.

 

I should have put a 'smiley'. I see no point in that stuff either. I wish some of my GD boxed sets had less of those trinkets (and took up less space).

 

I wonder if they'll redo any of the menus for the earlier seasons. I remember season one's menu being very generic and "of its time" when I re-watched it a while ago. It was one of the earlier blu-rays, so it was very, "Hey look at all of these neat menu animations we can do now, with sound effects, too!"

They're finally including commentaries for season six, by the way.

 

I heard the complete series boxed set would be $99 and include Marten Weiner coming to your house personally to provide a commentary track for the all the episodes he appeared in. For $199, you get the same boxed set but he DOESN'T come to your house.

 

Nice!

 

That really tips the scales towards double-dip for me (Dammit!).

 

Congrats to Jon on the Emmy. Kind of an off acceptance speech. Not sure if he's in a good place. Quite an emotional moment though, when he won, just thinking about the depth of his portrayal and the depth of the show in general. Really moving. Was hoping Christina and Elisabeth would win too, but no such luck.

 

Emmmmmmmmmmmm...my

 

No Blu-ray box?!?

 

Right in the text it mentions a Blu-ray box. You can also find it if you search amazon. Blu-ray version is actually cheaper than the DVD in pre-order.

 

That is the blu-ray box.

 

Been a tough several last months for him, but part of his awkward speech was probably more nerves than anything, and this might be the first time he's been at one of these deals supposedly sober, and that might not be very easy either.

 

Where? In the individual season 6 package or only in the series box?

 

Only in the series box as far as I know.

 

Congrat's to Jon.

He needs some good news right now.

 

I didn't watch this show when it was originally aired, we saw it on Netflix and decided to give it a go. 7 seasons in 2 weeks later I'm suffering withdrawals. I ended up buying the second half of season 7, it's not on Netflix yet and we couldn't wait.

One of the best shows I've ever watched. I'm going with Don creating that Coke ad. Roger Sterling is one of the best characters ever on a TV show and this show is responsible for Bye Bye Birdie being stuck in my head for the last few weeks.

 

One more thing, I don't normally get emotional watching TV shows but the phone call Don had with Betty got to me.

 

That was some damn fine acting. And writing.

 

The complete series blu-ray box is $127 at Amazon now. That's starting to get tempting...

http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Men-Compl...e=UTF8&qid=1447189339&sr=1-8&keywords=mad+men