From: patrick.meaney@verizon.net   
      
   In article <6m0aknFehqtlU1@mid.individual.net>,   
    Father Viv    
    wrote:   
      
   > PatrickMM wrote:   
   > >   
   > > You missed the best show on American TV right now, Mad Men. It's the   
   > > best filmmaking I'm seeing anywhere lately, very 60s European art film   
   > > mixed with classical Hollywood style.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Ah, Mad Men. Have you ever seen Nic Roeg's Bad Timing? They're   
   > completely unrelated, of course, apart from the effect they both have on   
   > me; whilst I appreciate the craft and skill that has gone into them, I   
   > find them both a real "feel bad" experience. I think the problem I have   
   > with Mad Men is that all the characters are so unlikeable; every one is   
   > either duplicitous, strident, grasping, shallow, weak or self-serving.   
   > And some of them are all six.   
   >   
      
   I haven't seen Bad Timing, but I usually like Roeg, so I'll give it a   
   look. As for the characters on Mad Men, they may be "morally ambiguous,"   
   but I think there's some likable people in there. And even the ones who   
   aren't outright likable are fascinating, like Betty or Don himself.   
      
   >   
   > I saw the first series through to its conclusion, but I probably won't   
   > bother with the second.   
   >   
      
   If you found the characters unlikable in the first series, you probably   
   wouldn't think much of the second. Don is taken in some really weird,   
   tough directions, and turned into an even less likable hero. But, I'm   
   really digging what they're doing, so to each his own.   
      
      
   >  > I also am liking the American Life on Mars, [snopp]. I   
   >  > haven't seen the UK version though.   
   >  >   
   >   
   > The UK Life on Mars was superb, particularly for those of us who   
   > remember the seventies. I can't imagine how it would translate to the   
   > USA, tbh, but I hope it gets a fair reception. Out of interest, who is   
   > playing Gene Hunt in the States? I had a look on IMDB and Wikipedia and   
   > it could be either Colm Meaney (any relation?), Harvey Keitel (wtf?) or   
   > Philip Glenister (who actually IS Gene Hunt) - there can be only one!   
      
   It's Harvey Keitel. I think Colm Meaney (no relation that I know of) was   
   originally cast, then most of the cast was jettisoned, and they redid   
   the pilot with a new crew.   
      
   patrick   
      
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