― Aaron A., Friday, 25 March 2005 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
I was wondering what they would use for the American Gareth's sidejob. Any other time, it would've been the National Guard probably, but not with brigades being sent to Iraq right now.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
"... and God would have to be number four on that list."
I'm still not convinced that this needed to be done, but I think it's as well-done as it could possibly be. I'm thinking that no one else but Carell could reprise the Gervais role and be anywhere close to as good. He's got it -- that terrible mix of asshole and... well, asshole that's so painful that sometimes you can't laugh until the show's over.
(I think that's why both versions tested so low -- people aren't used to watching a comedy on television where thy cringe through the whole thing.)
― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, but only because he owns the rights and gave them his blessing. He doesn't want anything to do with it, really. There's an interview in Entertainment Weekly where he explains that it would be like David Bowie going into Beck's studio and being like, "You can't put a trumpet in there! This is my song!"
― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 March 2005 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Friday, 25 March 2005 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron A., Friday, 25 March 2005 06:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:06 (nineteen years ago) link
They found someone uglier than Gareth?
― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron A., Friday, 25 March 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Me neither. He always overplays -- very DO YOU SEE. His character on The Office is just GRATING and there's no reason to expect that he'll tone down in later episodes.
― Aaron A., Friday, 25 March 2005 06:52 (nineteen years ago) link
good night!
― latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Friday, 25 March 2005 06:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Austin S (Austin, Still), Friday, 25 March 2005 07:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― EComplex (EComplex), Friday, 25 March 2005 07:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Austin S (Austin, Still), Friday, 25 March 2005 07:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Schaloob, Friday, 25 March 2005 08:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 09:09 (nineteen years ago) link
The new show didn't have nearly as much ambient office noise as the original. That added an element of percieved realism in the British version (as well as not knowing any of the British actors) that I enjoyed very much. This one, while staying true to the original, seemed kind of flat and polished in comparison. I think it's the lack of ambient office noise. Still good, but missing that element it seems like just another show.
― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― EComplex (EComplex), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
But I will watch the next episode - the post-it note discrimnation exercise looks promising.
..My guess is that the bulk of the American audience will not find the show the least bit funny.
― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
pam is ok? wtf it's the GARETH and the TIM who are disappointing. the logic is way off, our gareth (whatever his name is) is changed quite a bit (volunteer sherriff? does that even exist) (erm, can't make fun of nat'l guardsmen these days) but the everyboy has...the exact same haircut? nuh-uh.
― f--gg (gcannon), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 25 March 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Apparently, from what I read the parallels between the first episode last night and the first episode from the original series is intentional; they used the same "teleplay" for both. So I'm interested to see how the next few episodes go. I agree that next week's looks promising, what with the diversity training post-its.
It's still better than 95% of what's on network television, which means most people will hate it.
Also, Zebra's OTM about the ambient office noise.
― sugarpants: the luscious ingenue (sugarpants), Friday, 25 March 2005 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― piscesboy, Friday, 25 March 2005 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link
oh and
http://www.myspace.com/theoffice
"tolerance...ignorance!"
it's aces!
― piscesboy, Friday, 25 March 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:18 (nineteen years ago) link
You know, the American Tim had too much of a sparkle to his eyes. Even when Pam's fiance, Roy, pretty much put him back in his place, he still had this scrappy, but lovable underdog look on his face. The UK Tim would get these soul-crushing looks on his face that would convey just how much his spirit had been grinded down. The American Tim is just downright pluckish!
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 25 March 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 25 March 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link