Mad Men: Season 6 [Blu-ray]

Great series hated seeing it end but would definitely buy again.

Mad Men was a show I started watching because it was on when I had time to watch and there wasn't anything I found more interesting. Initially I found it slow, but interesting as it took me back to my youth and the lens through which the TV presented the world. As the characters developed I became hooked and liked the show more as I started getting vested in the characters and impressed with the portrayal of the era's the show took the viewer through as it went from years of unprecedented economic stability and a society quite different from today and seeing the development of the characters and the period of change that forever changed our society. The whole time as seen through an industry that is paid to portray life as being better because of things the sponsors sell. An interesting perspective to begin with, but one used as the basis for the writing of the show. Mad Men is a show that takes time to enjoy and really requires watching the entire series since the things happening in season 6 are powerful because of how they relate to the many things that proceeded them in prior episodes and seasons. I purchased season 6 to watch through Amazon's Instant Video so as for the missing extra's from the DVD's I was unaffected. As for the season itself I found it the best to date as the events continue to get larger since they occur in the context of a group of fully developed characters. So I thought more happened in the Season than several of the earlier ones combined. Such is the nature of a story with a lot of character depth. It never seems to leave me lacking for surprise either as both my wife and I have actually yelled at the characters on screen for being so ____________!!! I like that it inspires that sort of emotion as I normally only get that from a good book. While it could be said the story is a soap opera the ties to history and the whole industry used as the backdrop and the impact it has on our society makes it far deeper and interesting. 5 years ago I would have thought Don would have crashed and burned by now and I wouldn't care, but I'm hooked and will watch and see how things turn out hoping that the destination is as good as the ride.

"Mad Men Season Six"(HBO, 2013). . .NOTE: mild spoilers below. don't freak out.. . .The year is now 1968, and as with previous seasons, viewers will have to play a little catch-up to get settled into this season. The new ad agency is booming, and business is almost too good. Meanwhile, the Vietnam War has heated past the boiling point, the counterculture has hit the mainstream, and everyone is turning on, if not actually dropping out, while "women's lib"-style feminism is still bubbling up, just barely off the radar. Meanwhile, Don Draper seems to be still stuck in the hard-drinking swinger mentality of the previous decade: will he be able to make the scene in the psychedelic Sixties? The answer may surprise you.Several episodes are historical set pieces: the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy loom as large on the show as they did in real life (although if I'm being totally honest, these episodes seems a bit forced: their earlier evocations of JFK's assassination and the Cuban Missile Crisis had a richer, more convincing texture...)Perhaps the most evocative historical references here are the fab, eye-popping fashion, with bold, brightly colored pop-art prints and dynamic cuts typical of the late '60s -- not the shabby tie-dye stereotypes that became Hollywood's "Sixties" shorthand in the '80s and '90s. The "Mad Men" costume department really went to town on this season and, even though I'm hardly a fashion follower myself, I found a lot of the women's fashion that came up in this season to be consistently fresh and exciting. The visual look of this season's clothing was truly stunning: take that, "Project Runway"!!The narrative arc has its ups and downs, a couple of plot points I didn't totally buy, but overall it's another strong season with slow, deliberate pacing, admirable period detail, complex and often troubling character growth, and a cliffhanger ending that sets Season Seven up to be another doozy. What's next? A man on the Moon?? (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue film reviews)

...nuff said!!

OK I love Mad Men, started watching in season 4 on TV but before that Amazon was having a Christmas sale and each season was $9.99, so I bought 1-3 for myself and another season 1 for a friend and as it was awhile before season 4 was to begin I put it off to the side then my friend watched season and was hooked I mean FELL IN LOVE, and as I was working at the time I would binge watch on my days off and then I was hooked I'm talking about 3 seasons in a month and that's with a job as a restaurant manager. So season six you see a lot of changes from the first few seasons, women's rights, civil right's, a dash of homosexuality and that's just a taste, I don't like to give out details as I consider them to be spoilers and can ruin a show and this is too great of a show to do that to anyone who wants to start watching. But do pay attention when ordering I'm a big Blu-Ray snob and made the mistake of ordering this on DVD and had it for awhile before I went to watch it, so I gave this edition away and repurchased season 6 on Blu-Ray...and yes people you can tell the difference when you have a Hi-Def system, so for me to repurchase this is telling you something.

DVDs in good condition.