But, those first few episodes that had practically the exact same script just sucked.
― Ameritijikuan, Wednesday, 25 January 2006 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
I think part of the problem with the original Office is that like the first few Christopher Guest movies, it's getting ripped off by a lot of marginally talented people who mimic the tone and speech patterns but do not have much wit, so it devalues the currency of the originals retroactively. The American version gets better the further it gets from the tone of Gervais et al.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link
I like the other little peripheral touches too: Dwight and Angela, the redhead and her drinking and her hookup with Micheal. The characters are more fleshed out than the UK version (but that's only because there have been more episodes I suppose).
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lars and Jagger (Ex Leon), Thursday, 26 January 2006 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 18:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 19:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonviachicago, Wednesday, 8 February 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Episodes to check out:
"Office Olympics""Halloween""The Fight""Christmas Party""The Injury"
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― sunny successor (katharine), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 20:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 21:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Matthew P has not convinced me in the least, by his descriptions here. S1ocki, please update if you delve forward and find anything remotely worthy.
(Then again, the original Office [minus Xmas Special] is almost certainly my favour telelvision thing of all time.)
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Because of their voices, or what they say?
― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link
For me the finest thing about the original was the truth to how it was performed, the way I could totally buy into the interrelationships in spite of it being a comedy - in other words, the drama aspect of it. And it's like the US pilot didn't understand that aspect at all, casting for looks and "antics" instead of chemistry.
Matthew - Can I just start watching the second season? Or do I have to dredge through the whole first 12 episodes or whatever. Name the best EP for me to see and maybe I will download it. If it sucks i will MAKE IT KNOWN, however.
Mr Jones - s1ocki and I are Canadian. What does that say about us?
― sean gramophone (Sean M), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
I mostly can't understand what is actually being said. I mean after a while I get the hang of it but there are moements of " Ah wellalovalivckle wanka an shezallompie." Slurred acented britshspeak. But I like British comedy allot. Especially Fawlty Towers - I love seeing Cleese go berserk with rage
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:53 (eighteen years ago) link
the episode where michael burnt his foot on his foreman grill was hysterical, especially when he tried to stick his foot into Dwights cat scan.
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Thursday, 9 February 2006 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 9 February 2006 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Thursday, 9 February 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Thursday, 9 February 2006 15:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 9 February 2006 15:40 (eighteen years ago) link
buster keaton never loosened up and cracked a smile!
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 February 2006 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
my new favorite is creed. Also, oscar with his iceskating boyfriend and meredith who seems almost proud to be an alcoholic.
Also that scene where dwight crashed his car, got out and suddenly vomited was beautiful.
― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 9 February 2006 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
are australians getting this show yet? i heard earl started down there.
― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 9 February 2006 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 9 February 2006 21:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Friday, 10 February 2006 04:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Friday, 10 February 2006 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, we here in Oz are getting Earl - I saw a few episodes while I was in the US, that shit is one of the funniest things I've seen on TV in years.
― Mike Stuchbery (Mike Stuchbery), Friday, 10 February 2006 06:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 10 February 2006 10:47 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah that was a great scene - I like this show a lot, started out weak but I think as its demise grows immanent it'll get better & better
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 10 February 2006 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 10 February 2006 13:10 (eighteen years ago) link
i also found it incredibly funny when Michael had his jeans dry cleaned and danced around the office.
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Friday, 10 February 2006 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Hahaha -- "In five years, I'd like to see myself five years sober . . . well, four and a half years."
― phil d. (Phil D.), Friday, 10 February 2006 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
it already got renewed for next season though, so I'm hoping that it will simmer around on nbc for a while.
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:32 (eighteen years ago) link
then when jim was using the spray bottle on michael and dwight in meredith's minivan!
"You can't fire me! I don't work in this van!"
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 10 February 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link