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Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 2:05 am
by LoathedVermin72
durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:Ugh now Pam sucks too. WTF are they doing to these characters?
What made you post this?
Her being insane about moving out of Scranton and giving Jim shit for working
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 2:09 am
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:Ugh now Pam sucks too. WTF are they doing to these characters?
What made you post this?
Her being insane about moving out of Scranton and giving Jim shit for working
I thought some of that was a bit off the mark. But most of it worked for me given her reluctance to change throughout the series and the fact that Jim lied to her.
It's not my favorite part of the season by any means but it felt consistent with the Pam we've watched all along so I couldn't be mad at the choices, even as I disliked watching some of it unfold.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 2:11 am
by LoathedVermin72
I have never, ever understood it when characters give their partners grief over work, and it always make me instantly hate the character.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 2:15 am
by epilogue
I agree with where you're coming from. Especially in real life. I wasn't on Pam's side through that necessarily but I can still empathize with her point of view. And it was consistent with the character we followed the entire time.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 2:40 am
by Kevin Davis
I totally empathize with Pam in that whole situation. I've always been extremely turned off by the idea of just packing up and moving wherever the wind blows just because of a damn job. If my wife took a job at some startup with her college friends and didn't tell me about it until it was too late, and then hastily invested $10,000 of our family money in it, and then expected me to pull double duty at home before eventually uprooting my life just to be closer to this job that she lied to me about, I don't think I'd be especially gracious about it either. He handled that whole thing like an asshole -- moving back to Scranton for a year was a small purgatory to endure.
That said, I agree that the last season is the weakest. The show unravels without a Michael Scott or a Robert California.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 4:20 am
by epilogue
Well put KD.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue July 10, 2018 5:27 pm
by Biff Pocoroba
To echo an earlier sentiment...Carrell should have gotten an Emmy during his run. And his last non-cameo episode was one of the better send offs for a cast regular in any sitcom.
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 12:59 am
by LoathedVermin72
Oh god they’re rrrrrrreally pouring the syrup on thick now
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 1:01 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Oh god they’re rrrrrrreally laying the syrup on thick now
the later seasons are why i can't put the office in my top 5
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 1:04 am
by bart
The real issue is that both Pam and Jim are completely insufferable when they are happy.
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 1:20 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
bart wrote:The real issue is that both Pam and Jim are completely insufferable when they are happy.
yes
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 1:54 am
by LoathedVermin72
Loved the finale. Really great.
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 3:47 am
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Loved the finale. Really great.
Is this your first time seeing it?
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed July 11, 2018 3:51 am
by LoathedVermin72
yep
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:37 am
by epilogue
Oh wow. That's awesome. Glad you liked it.
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:37 am
by epilogue
double post
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:45 am
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:54 am
by LoathedVermin72
Thank you
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:54 am
by LoathedVermin72
Thank you
Re: The Office
Posted: Thu July 12, 2018 4:54 am
by LoathedVermin72
Thank you