Have you ever seen those studies where a bunch of words are on a page but they’re missing the vowels or missing every third letter or missing all the letter inside the word or something but still it’s pretty easy to make out the meaning and the whole thing is to illustrate that we only need bits of information and our brains will fill in the rest?
I was thinking about this last night while watching Mad Men. I’m admittedly a latecomer to the show, but if I had to describe it in a word it’s elliptical. And then I started to think that I should try to describe all TV shows in one word and I should start a one-word review web site and then I realized that I’ll probably never do this and I’d rather spend time developing my brilliant cologne that comes in a cell phone shaped bottle called ConeXXXion idea. Don’t steal that idea, folks, unless you want to be a billionaire!
Anyway, most of the time while watching Mad Men I go back and forth between “huh?” and “what?” and yet I’m hooked. Probably more so than if I understood what I was watching.
And it’s probably silly not to mention Lost in this post however I’m silly, you guys!
(Joel Stein wrote a tweet that said “I am still watching Mad Men, but I am no longer understanding Mad Men”) which is what made me remember all this today. Although perhaps he meant it in a less literal sense. Hm.
I remember before the first season of Mad Men started, that I was seeing the commercials for the show, and thinking to myself, “That looks like a show that I might enjoy.” However, I missed the first few episodes, and by then, it had become quite popular. Well, you know me! I can't stand to do what all the popular kids are doing, so I've never seen an episode (nor have I ever seen an episode of Lost). Probably for the best, because I hate watching tv where I don't know or understand what is going on.
I've probably seen half the episodes of Mad Men. I like it, but not enough to go out of my way to watch it. I do think the show is very well done.
Funny you should mention Lost because a year ago I really got hooked on it. G4 and Sci Fi were both showing episodes of the first 4 seasons every night, so it was easy to become engrossed in it. But now I've lost all interest. It's been so long since I watched it that I've forgotten the story lines. It also got a little too weird. Some of the survivors left the island and then came back, but some of them were at a different time, like 20 or 30 years earlier. It got hard to follow. I watched an interview with one of the main actors who said even he couldn't figure it out.
But I do miss the main bad guy, Benjamin Linus. The guy who plays him, Michael Emerson, is just an incredible actor. Here's a great interview with him on Mike & Juliet: http://tinyurl.com/nfdxcs
I remember before the first season of Mad Men started, that I was seeing the commercials for the show, and thinking to myself, “That looks like a show that I might enjoy.” However, I missed the first few episodes, and by then, it had become quite popular. Well, you know me! I can’t stand to do what all the popular kids are doing, so I’ve never seen an episode (nor have I ever seen an episode of Lost). Probably for the best, because I hate watching tv where I don’t know or understand what is going on.
I hvn't wtchd Mad Mn, I can nly imgn tht it's smthng alng the lns of Tin Mn (1987) or Glngrry Gln Rss (1992). I tnd to grvtte twrds pst-WWII Brtsh cmdes, I rlly enjyd sng Alstir Sim in Laghtr in Pradse (1951) ths wknd.
I’ve probably seen half the episodes of Mad Men. I like it, but not enough to go out of my way to watch it. I do think the show is very well done.
Funny you should mention Lost because a year ago I really got hooked on it. G4 and Sci Fi were both showing episodes of the first 4 seasons every night, so it was easy to become engrossed in it. But now I’ve lost all interest. It’s been so long since I watched it that I’ve forgotten the story lines. It also got a little too weird. Some of the survivors left the island and then came back, but some of them were at a different time, like 20 or 30 years earlier. It got hard to follow. I watched an interview with one of the main actors who said even he couldn’t figure it out.
But I do miss the main bad guy, Benjamin Linus. The guy who plays him, Michael Emerson, is just an incredible actor. Here’s a great interview with him on Mike & Juliet: http://tinyurl.com/nfdxcs
I hvn’t wtchd Mad Mn, I can nly imgn tht it’s smthng alng the lns of Tin Mn (1987) or Glngrry Gln Rss (1992). I tnd to grvtte twrds pst-WWII Brtsh cmdes, I rlly enjyd sng Alstir Sim in Laghtr in Pradse (1951) ths wknd.
I don't know if it's just me, but I simultaneously want to make out with Don Draper AND punch him in the face.
Hilarious.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I simultaneously want to make out with Don Draper AND punch him in the face.
Hilarious.
I don't know if it's just me, but I simultaneously want to make out with Don Draper AND punch him in the face.
Hilarious.