I like Pam, Jim and Dwight more than their English counterparts based on that first episode.
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 10:52 pm
by bart
The UK version is hilarious at times, but needlessly morose and condescending to the characters. Like a group of comedians who avoided office jobs their whole lives sat down and wrote out exactly how horrible they imagined it would be.
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 10:56 pm
by epilogue
I've had a lot of office jobs. They are pretty much that bad.
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 10:59 pm
by bart
Well then I guess you should watch the UK version
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 11:04 pm
by bart
Of course neither the US nor UK versions can hold a candle to the French Canadian one:
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 11:10 pm
by LetMeSleep
I remember talking to my wife about the UK version a year after we moved to the UK and how that series nailed so perfectly. In the office jobs I had (and hers) there were so many parallels and The Offioce pitched it exactly right. Depressing yes. Condescending I don't think so. I have met and worked with nearly every character there and I don't believe the show exaggerated at all.
The US version I have only seen a couple of episodes and maybe not even a whole episode in full. The tone didn't resonate with me as The UK version did. This may be cultural or due to my sensibilities.
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 11:12 pm
by bart
Hmmm, maybe England and wherever joey is from are just way more depressing places than where I'm from.
Re: The Office
Posted: Sun June 05, 2016 11:12 pm
by bart
Wait, I'm from Dundalk, MD, so that is actually impossible.
Re: The Office
Posted: Mon June 06, 2016 2:08 am
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:The real question here is where does The Office (US version) rank on the greatest TV shows of all time list?
For me, and this is just for me, I rank it number 3. ( This is for comedies.) Below All in the Family and Seinfeld.
Re: The Office
Posted: Mon June 06, 2016 6:24 am
by zeb
bart wrote:The US version is way better.
C'mon bart.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue June 07, 2016 1:18 am
by epilogue
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:The real question here is where does The Office (US version) rank on the greatest TV shows of all time list?
For me, and this is just for me, I rank it number 3. ( This is for comedies.) Below All in the Family and Seinfeld.
The Office (US) is so much better than Seinfeld it's not even funny.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue June 07, 2016 1:21 am
by Jorge
durdencommatyler wrote:
The Office (US) is [...] not even funny.
I agree
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue June 07, 2016 1:22 am
by epilogue
theplatypus wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
The Office (US) is [...] not even funny.
I agree
quiet you
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue June 07, 2016 1:26 am
by @SkitchP
Peak Seinfeld episodes are so good.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue June 07, 2016 1:28 am
by epilogue
I guess. Seems pretty overrated to me. But what do I know.
*goes back to watching Pitch Perfect*
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue December 13, 2016 8:21 pm
by darth_vedder
I started a slow moving re-watch of this entire series starting Jan 2016. Almost a year later I'm on Season 8, the one with Robert California. I gotta say, I'm enjoying the later seasons more than I thought I would. I mean, seasons 1 through 4 were pretty flawless, and the show did go down a bit afterwards, but these episodes are better than I remember them. If anything, I think season 5 may be one of the biggest drop offs between seasons. With the secondary characters getting more time, and it not just being about the sad case of Michael Scott, the show moved on quite nicely. I was too harsh on it the first time around (after season 4).
So far I think my rankings may go something like:
S3
S4
S2
S1
S6
S7
S5
S8*
* Have not finished s8 or started the rewatch of s9.
Re: The Office
Posted: Tue December 13, 2016 8:28 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
durdencommatyler wrote:I like Pam, Jim and Dwight more than their English counterparts based on that first episode.
freeman > krasinksi
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed December 14, 2016 4:39 am
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:The real question here is where does The Office (US version) rank on the greatest TV shows of all time list?
For me, and this is just for me, I rank it number 3. ( This is for comedies.) Below All in the Family and Seinfeld.
The Office (US) is so much better than Seinfeld it's not even funny.
And VEEP is in at number four.
Re: The Office
Posted: Wed December 14, 2016 4:59 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: Wed December 14, 2016 12:57 pm
by wease
Arrested Development's last season keeps it off my list