I think he's a font designer and is just turning his expertise toward the show.
I appreciate that the show goes to such lengths to procure the era-appropriate props and pieces. For some things, however, it's close to impossible, so they're doing what they can, no doubt within certain budget constraints, to emulate the look of the period. As Lewis pointed out to me, having taken graphics courses, all of the fonts in that time period would have been hand-drawn/set, so yeah, a lot of our modern fonts that are meant to mimic the old ones are going to have differences a professional will be able to catch, but can you imagine what it would cost to hand set something that's going to be on screen for a handful of seconds?
And yet, he criticizes the vintage pieces that are used.
I mean, it was interesting to read the perspective of a professional, but the whole post had this air of "Well, if I was in charge..."
Looks like Mad Men dvds aren't coming out 'til July of '09.
Looks like Mad Men dvds aren't coming out 'til July of '09.
Well, it takes time to design something equally as cool as the lighter dvd case.
S1 DVDs came out in July '08 -- and proved to be very well timed to hook people who were catching up before S2. I wouldn't have expected anything very different.
very well timed to hook people who were catching up before S2
Seriously. I had those on my Netflix queue and as soon as they were released I slammed them to the top. It was an amazing experience to suck down the entire season at once. I had everything fresh in my mind when the second season started.
juliana, I am. That scene between her and Gemma in the supermarket was excellent.
I keep forgetting about this thread - argh.
And yes. I'm loving everything Katy Segal does with Gemma. This week? Her manipulation of Wendy (who is, indeed, very easily led), especially the kiss-benediction, was masterful.
She used to star in a show called Profiler, which was awesome
THAT'S where I've seen her before. Aha! (I swear, SOA is entirely cast with "Hey! It's that guy/gal!"-type actors.)
Free pass from prison because she threatens/whines that she'll rat if Jacks doesn't let her out? No fallback on Unser for that?
Well, we did see a bit of fallout this week. And I can believe Jax springing her. I don't think Bobby would have, necessarily.
FYI: The score music from Mad Men was released today and is available on iTunes.
Jon Hamm EWs #19 on their list ot 25 Entertainers of the Year.
Also one of GQs Men of the Year.
