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
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.
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.
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
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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.
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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 .
:yawn: :rolleyes:
Go to www.nbc.com
click on "Featured Video" to the right and below Donald Trump's head
click on "The Office"
It's like some surreal world that has stolen jokes from The Office and made them not funny at all.
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
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.
and NBC have found that link and stopped it as per the message
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
Intellectual Property = Counsel
NBC Universal, Inc.
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marni.pedorella@nbc.com
Haha.
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)
Maybe it is okay, but the promo looks terrible.