Just watched a preview of The Office USA

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and I have got to say I thought it was pants. Sorry.
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  • LemonadeLemonade Posts: 4,942
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    Looks like that Show is cheap. Can't look up to the Orginal Office.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 40,102
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    Well, what could you really expect? lol...
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,359
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    I didn't think it was that bad...... it certainly could have ben a heck of a lot worse.

    Good casting and bloke who plays the Brent character does the role very well. On the down side they cut out a lot for time reasons including most of the Tim/Gareth stuff - that extra 7 minutes is a long time. The Tim/Dawn thing is a written/played a little bit to obvious as well
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 906
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    I was just thinking about this last night and how I can see it. Where did you watch it or get it from?
  • SquiggleSquiggle Posts: 2,547
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    I didn't think it was that bad...... it certainly could have ben a heck of a lot worse.

    Good casting and bloke who plays the Brent character does the role very well. On the down side they cut out a lot for time reasons including most of the Tim/Gareth stuff - that extra 7 minutes is a long time. The Tim/Dawn thing is a written/played a little bit to obvious as well


    It isn't supposed to be exactly the same as the original is it? There are going to be differences.
  • SquiggleSquiggle Posts: 2,547
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    cifpower wrote:
    and I have got to say I thought it was pants. Sorry.



    Don't have to apologize if you didn't like it; although I strongly believe that you came into it with your opinion already firmly made . ;)
  • SquiggleSquiggle Posts: 2,547
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    ste137 wrote:
    Well, what could you really expect? lol...


    :yawn: :rolleyes:
  • DipsDips Posts: 1,100
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    Where is it available? I haven't seen it in the usual places.
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    MARK7131 wrote:
    I was just thinking about this last night and how I can see it. Where did you watch it or get it from?

    Go to www.nbc.com


    click on "Featured Video" to the right and below Donald Trump's head

    click on "The Office"
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,425
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    As somebody who hasn't seen much of The Office UK, I can say that it seems to have captured the essence of the show and Brent but has fallen by the wayside a bit in the terms of how funny it looks. It seems a bit too forced.
  • paul_hadleypaul_hadley Posts: 10,692
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    Lordy Lordy Lord!
    It's like some surreal world that has stolen jokes from The Office and made them not funny at all.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,359
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    Squiggle wrote:
    It isn't supposed to be exactly the same as the original is it? There are going to be differences.


    Gervais & Merchant wanted it to be their scripts. There are some local changes ('head office' is 'corporate' in the US version) and the programme is shorter because US programmes are. Apart from that the script is the same
  • paul_hadleypaul_hadley Posts: 10,692
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    No one can deliver the lines like Gervais though.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,359
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    cifpower wrote:
    Go to www.nbc.com


    click on "Featured Video" to the right and below Donald Trump's head

    click on "The Office"


    Is that the full episode?

    If not the whole thing can be seen here: http://groovymother.com/mirror/The_Office_US_Remake.wmv
    Although connecting is a bit tempremental
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    Is that the full episode?

    If not the whole thing can be seen here: http://groovymother.com/mirror/The_Office_US_Remake.wmv
    Although connecting is a bit tempremental

    No its just a promo. Its premiers 28th March on NBC.
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    Is that the full episode?

    If not the whole thing can be seen here: http://groovymother.com/mirror/The_Office_US_Remake.wmv
    Although connecting is a bit tempremental

    and NBC have found that link and stopped it as per the message
  • paul_hadleypaul_hadley Posts: 10,692
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    Yeah isn't that illegal. ;)

    Dear Rod:

    It has just come to our attention = that you are making available for download and/or streaming a copy of = the United States version of the show "The Office". NBC = Universal, Inc. is the owner of all rights in this show, including the = copyrights. Your posting of a copy of the show is an infringement of = our rights and we must therefore ask that you immediately remove the = file from your site groovymother or any other site you own or control. =

    We certainly encourage your support = of the show and hope it will be a great success. We trust you will = understand that we need to control the use of our property.

    Please verify by response to this = email that you have so removed the file no later than February 4, 2005. =

    This is not a complete statement of = our rights all of which are reserved. Thank you for your = cooperation.

    -Marni Pedorella

    Marni Beck Pedorella
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    NBC Universal, Inc.
    30 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York, New York = 10112
    (212) 664-2673
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    marni.pedorella@nbc.com

    Haha.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,359
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    cifpower wrote:
    and NBC have found that link and stopped it as per the message

    DOH

    Good job I watched it and saved it on Thursday
    (and no I can't send anyone a copy - it's illegal and 40MB)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 774
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    wow, search for "the office" on a p2p program, and it throws up loads of porn!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,563
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    That preview was horrible-They have sucked all the soul out of it
  • LemonadeLemonade Posts: 4,942
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    just checked it out, very cheesy, if you know what I mean.....
  • NewcastleNewcastle Posts: 4,666
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    I aint seen the preview yet but i was watching that E News Live the other week and their TV reviever was saying it was hillarious even though she thought it was gonna be poor.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 738
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    The Promo was bad. I don't it'll do well. Gervias and Merchant have created a comedy classic and anyone trying to redo it will fail. It may appeal to people who haven't UK version but it does air constanly on BBCAMERICA so I think those people are few are far between. Dreadful promo! Its like a dead ringers stechtch! Garreth is awful and Pam aka dawn seems boring!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,895
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    I didn't think it was that bad actually, I quite enjoyed it. It could have been a lot worse, hopefully it will do well over there but I just think it isn't american enough for the americans. It really hard for us the give options on it when we've seen the UK version, we're grown with the UK cast so of course its going to see odd to us. You also have to remember its aimed at a US audience so it might not be that funny to us, also the majority of the US audience wont have seen the UK version so wont have as many 'issues' with it.
  • paul_hadleypaul_hadley Posts: 10,692
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    I aint seen the preview yet but i was watching that E News Live the other week and their TV reviever was saying it was hillarious even though she thought it was gonna be poor.

    Maybe it is okay, but the promo looks terrible.
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