The Office (US Style)- Will You Watch It?
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I saw a preview of it and halfway through was thought "that sounds familiar. Why?" Then at the end I almost fell out of my chair. It's one thing to do a remake, but completely not ok to change the content, the characters and everything else that made it a great film!
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Originally Posted by Boiler
Its on the local ABC tonight, all set to record, yes the original had to some real cringe moments, but I can think of some real life analogies unfortunately.
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I saw an interview with Gervais when he was asked about selling out, he pointed out that ABC had paid them a lot of money
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I thought the original was funny as ****, but none of my US friends / rellies could bear to cringe their ways through the squirmy parts, so they refused to watch. Their loss.
Will certainly watch the US version -- the whole premise of the original was to do it as if it were a documentary (without commentary).
If you watch _Office Space_ (the movie) and _Slacker_, both filmed here in Austin, you have a pretty darned accurate view of work (and skiving off work) in Austin, Texas.
Will certainly watch the US version -- the whole premise of the original was to do it as if it were a documentary (without commentary).
If you watch _Office Space_ (the movie) and _Slacker_, both filmed here in Austin, you have a pretty darned accurate view of work (and skiving off work) in Austin, Texas.
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Originally Posted by snowbunny
I thought the original was funny as ****, but none of my US friends / rellies could bear to cringe their ways through the squirmy parts, so they refused to watch. Their loss.
Will certainly watch the US version -- the whole premise of the original was to do it as if it were a documentary (without commentary).
If you watch _Office Space_ (the movie) and _Slacker_, both filmed here in Austin, you have a pretty darned accurate view of work (and skiving off work) in Austin, Texas.
Will certainly watch the US version -- the whole premise of the original was to do it as if it were a documentary (without commentary).
If you watch _Office Space_ (the movie) and _Slacker_, both filmed here in Austin, you have a pretty darned accurate view of work (and skiving off work) in Austin, Texas.
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How about closed captioning for the humour impaired -- it'd read "LAUGH YOU STUPID BASTARDS"
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Well there goes the first 1/3. I get the jokes but I'm still not laughing.
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Can't wait to buy a multi-region DVD player so we can watch the original!! <sigh>
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Originally Posted by mvjenno
Can't wait to buy a multi-region DVD player so we can watch the original!! <sigh>
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Originally Posted by Manc
why? just tune into BBC America and it'll probably be on.
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Originally Posted by Manc
why? just tune into BBC America and it'll probably be on.
but multi region players can be had for as little as $30 and a quick remote fiddle...
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Originally Posted by mvjenno
Can't wait to buy a multi-region DVD player so we can watch the original!! <sigh>
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Welll..... they were pretty faithful to the original, though in no way are Ricky Gervais' boots even half-filled. Being faithful to the original though meant I already knew what was going to happen, and they didn't even manage to make me cringe once.
Be interesting to see what t'other (non-BBC watching) Yanks think of it.
Be interesting to see what t'other (non-BBC watching) Yanks think of it.
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I didn't watch it pretty much because we didn't really like the original. Especially Paul didn't (the UK half) he thought it was stupid. I think I've watched a few more episodes then him and they were alright but nothing to write home about.
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It was painfull to watch. there is another rerun of the Office on Saturday on BBC America 12 to 4.
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Originally Posted by snowbunny
Welll..... they were pretty faithful to the original, though in no way are Ricky Gervais' boots even half-filled. Being faithful to the original though meant I already knew what was going to happen, and they didn't even manage to make me cringe once.
Be interesting to see what t'other (non-BBC watching) Yanks think of it.
Be interesting to see what t'other (non-BBC watching) Yanks think of it.
It is only supposed to be the first episode that is the same, after that they should be different. I thought the clip for next weeks episode looks promising so will keep watching....unless it gets canned!
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