The Office

bart · Post by **bart** » Mon July 03, 2017 10:01 pm

Andy didn't even have a recognizable personality during the last season.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Tue July 04, 2017 12:53 am

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue July 04, 2017 2:19 am

bart wrote:Andy didn't even have a recognizable personality during the last season.

He's in less than half of the episodes. The show didn't need Andy. Ed Helms didn't need the show. Everyone was pin the same page. Andy was always insufferable. I love that they had the courage to seed him through to s logical conclusion. I never liked him but his arc was perfect.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Thu July 06, 2017 2:06 am

Strat wrote:On season 7 now and i can tell it starts to decline around now.

We're in Season 6 and I can feel myself getting less interested. I can't believe they did a clip show; that seemed to be beneath them.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu July 06, 2017 3:31 pm

Simple Torture wrote:
Strat wrote:On season 7 now and i can tell it starts to decline around now.
We're in Season 6 and I can feel myself getting less interested. I can't believe they did a clip show; that seemed to be beneath them.

The new footage in that is pretty hilarious though. All the stuff with the robot and Michael riding in on a fucking Segway! Hilarious. But yeah, otherwise I was disappointed that they did a clip show. Glad they only ever did the one.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Thu July 06, 2017 10:57 pm

I just watched that clip show the other day. Watching episodes and seasons I missed after I stopped watching and was loving it and then lost momentum when I hit the clip show.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Fri July 07, 2017 1:09 am

washing machine wrote:I just watched that clip show the other day. Watching episodes and seasons I missed after I stopped watching and was loving it and then lost momentum when I hit the clip show.

There's one a few episodes after that where Dwight and Michael spend a good amount of time in front of the worst greenscreen I've ever seen and it just falls completely flat.

After having a kid, the episode where Jim and Pam have a baby is a lot funnier / relatable. Mostly the back-and-forth about sending the baby to the hospital's nusery:

Jim: It's going to be alright.
Pam: Maybe it'll be good because then she can socialize with the other babies.
Jim: Ha ha. [Realizes Pam is serious because of her crazy hormones] No, yeah, that will be good.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri July 07, 2017 1:40 am

I remember thinking Robert California was so weird and unnecessary as I watched the original airing. But every time I go back and re-watch S8, I like him more and more. Robert California is one of my favorite parts of the last two seasons.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri July 07, 2017 6:06 am

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri July 07, 2017 2:49 pm

Simple Torture wrote:
washing machine wrote:I just watched that clip show the other day. Watching episodes and seasons I missed after I stopped watching and was loving it and then lost momentum when I hit the clip show.
There's one a few episodes after that where Dwight and Michael spend a good amount of time in front of the worst greenscreen I've ever seen and it just falls completely flat.

After having a kid, the episode where Jim and Pam have a baby is a lot funnier / relatable. Mostly the back-and-forth about sending the baby to the hospital's nusery:

Jim: It's going to be alright.
Pam: Maybe it'll be good because then she can socialize with the other babies.
Jim: Ha ha. [Realizes Pam is serious because of her crazy hormones] No, yeah, that will be good.

I expected that episode to be the moment the series jumped the shark, but it was pretty good. The conversation they had with the day care manager a few episodes before that was hilarious too. And I don't even have kids.

Biff Pocoroba · Post by **Biff Pocoroba** » Fri July 07, 2017 4:33 pm

You guys are making me think I should revisit the last couple seasons.

wease · Post by **wease** » Mon July 10, 2017 1:41 am

God, I love this show.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Mon July 10, 2017 1:51 am

So many of Michael's storylines are wonderfully painful and funny at the same time. Like when they all go out as a big group and he's funny and charming and sweet to the woman that Jim/Pam are setting him up with. And then Jim lets on that they're trying to set them up, so Michael goes out to the car, changes his clothes, and becomes "Date Mike," who is totally insufferable.

wease · Post by **wease** » Mon July 10, 2017 2:02 am

Creed is the fucking tits.

philpritchard · Post by **philpritchard** » Mon July 10, 2017 2:24 pm

wease wrote:Creed is the fucking tits.

This is one of my favourite Creed moments.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Mon July 10, 2017 3:03 pm

philpritchard wrote:
wease wrote:Creed is the fucking tits.
This is one of my favourite Creed moments.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Mon July 10, 2017 3:05 pm

http://www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts

philpritchard · Post by **philpritchard** » Mon July 10, 2017 3:54 pm

Simple Torture wrote:http://www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts

Even for the internet... it's pretty shocking.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Mon July 10, 2017 9:53 pm

Simple Torture wrote:So many of Michael's storylines are wonderfully painful and funny at the same time. Like when they all go out as a big group and he's funny and charming and sweet to the woman that Jim/Pam are setting him up with. And then Jim lets on that they're trying to set them up, so Michael goes out to the car, changes his clothes, and becomes "Date Mike," who is totally insufferable.

Are we watching at the same pace? I just watched that episode two days ago. What a loveable train wreck.

bart · Post by **bart** » Mon July 10, 2017 10:13 pm

In the end, I think it's safe to say that the true hero of the series was:

Spoiler: show

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