I enjoy Castle. It’s a lot like The Mentalist: funny, cute, no brain strain with a charismatic cast (especially Nathan / Captain Mal / Dr Horrible). However, I’ve noticed that the female cop wears the same top nearly every episode. I assumed it was a product placement but I couldn’t find anything on the Internets about it. Evidently the style is called a “boatneck”. It’s probably more realistic that someone on a detective’s salary in New York would buy in bulk, but the character wears a hundred different stylish coats and scarves every episode. Maybe it is the costume department playing with my mind.

Again, this is the type of hard-hitting story I would be uncovering if I’d gone into investigative journalism.

7 May 2009 - 07:57 | Tags: tv, castle, fashion

Images from Mad Men, Season 1, Episode 8.

It’s a shame that people don’t dress this fantastically any more. I wonder if people put more effort into their appearance in those days (although I’m sure the wardrobe department of Mad Men put more effort into appearance than just about anyone - probably the best job they’ll ever have). As the character who plays the head of the art department at Sterling Cooper says “you don’t need money to dress better than you do”.

On the show itself, I’m not completely convinced. I totally love the style, but much of the drama seems comical rather than serious. I appreciate that Don is portrayed neither as a hero or anti-hero - he’s flawed but not in a likable way. He’s not the ruffian that you learn to love as the story progresses (Sawyer), or the hero who goes through tragedy to build another character (Jason Street). Instead, he starts off “perfect” and slowly disintegrates.

But amazing style and good acting still doesn’t have me hooked emotionally. Still, that dress and hat are really amazing.

11 March 2009 - 06:41 | Tags: tv, madmen, fashion