The (American) Office
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From Digital Spy:
Why oh why oh why do they keep doing this ?
Message to all U.S TV network station - STOP IT NOW.
Every time it is remade it is ruined. Just show the original.
I've posted more about this on the Webblog ¬
"A preview for the American version of The Office hasn’t gone down well with UK fans of the show.
The preview, available through the NBC website, features clips from the first few episodes. Mostly the script is identical to the original, although some changes and additions have been made to suit the US audience.
“It’s like some surreal world that has stolen jokes from The Office and made them not funny at all,� said one poster on the Digital Spy Forums.
The preview, available through the NBC website, features clips from the first few episodes. Mostly the script is identical to the original, although some changes and additions have been made to suit the US audience.
“It’s like some surreal world that has stolen jokes from The Office and made them not funny at all,� said one poster on the Digital Spy Forums.
Message to all U.S TV network station - STOP IT NOW.
Every time it is remade it is ruined. Just show the original.
I've posted more about this on the Webblog ¬
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Yeah, but they had ricky write the scripts for the US version, he said he didn't care if they were crap because he was getting paid shit loads, and the original was a success so he didn't care about the remake...
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Originally Posted by Bob
Yeah, but they had ricky write the scripts for the US version, he said he didn't care if they were crap because he was getting paid shit loads, and the original was a success so he didn't care about the remake...
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Originally Posted by Webbie
Every time it is remade it is ruined. Just show the original.
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Originally Posted by elfman
You have to admire a man who's not willing to compromise his artistic integrity for any reason.....
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Originally Posted by elfman
You have to admire a man who's not willing to compromise his artistic integrity for any reason.....
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Originally Posted by anotherlimey
This is the same guy who was on a Channel 4 show making fun of the disabled and elderly right?
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Originally Posted by ironporer
Excepting perhaps "All in the Family" which was one of the funniest shows ever for a few years.
It's STILL funny
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Not sure I'd want to give the American Version of Office a go. I am too addicted to the British one. If Ricky wrote for it, I suppose I will.
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not so much BAD.. more sorta.. well.. i dunno.. surreal.. so similar.. yet different.. ah well. i have series 1&2 of the british version on dvd here so never mind
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yeah..scary...and shite...the people were so much more chisled and less tw@ish looking....and punchlines didn't quite work...
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Eventually, TV peeps will realise that a fab show in one country doesn't mean that rewriting it 'so the jokes are understood' will make it fab show in another. I still cringe at the memory of the US version of 'Men Behaving Badly' - blegh!!
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