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$Leon$
01/02/2005, 12:00 PM
anybody see this on boards.ie trailer for the american remake of the office
http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Video/
Troy.McClure
01/02/2005, 5:02 PM
It doesnt work on my computer but Im quite confident that they'll mangle it just like Coupeling. I was never really into The Office anyway.
jofyisgod
01/02/2005, 7:33 PM
I was a huge fan of the original Office, and, to be fair, from the advert they could have done alot worse. Their version of the 'wassuup' joke is dreadful though. Their 'Gareth' will not fit the part if they keep the same persona for him as they did for McKenzie Crook. Not terrible though...
$Leon$
01/02/2005, 7:39 PM
I was a huge fan of the original Office, and, to be fair, from the advert they could have done alot worse. Their version of the 'wassuup' joke is dreadful though. Their 'Gareth' will not fit the part if they keep the same persona for him as they did for McKenzie Crook. Not terrible though...
thought gareths character was good
he'd be irritating and nerdy in any language
dancinpants
01/02/2005, 9:34 PM
Are they just gonna copy every episode or what? I see in the trailer there goin to do the stapler stuck in the jelly scene!!!
finlma
01/02/2005, 11:10 PM
That's pathetic in comparison. I'm a huge fan of the Office but that American effort is terrible. They haven't even changed the script.
pete
02/02/2005, 8:32 AM
Office was good when came out first especially if could match people in your office but Christmas "special" was fairly bad.
$Leon$
02/02/2005, 9:49 AM
Office was good when came out first especially if could match people in your office but Christmas "special" was fairly bad.

da christmas special was the pinacle of the office
finished off the stories.
more laughs than any other episode
jofyisgod
02/02/2005, 1:35 PM
Office was good when came out first especially if could match people in your office but Christmas "special" was fairly bad.

To be fair that was two hours of pure clas comedy.

I wish the American guys all the best, but i fear the worst.
Peadar
02/02/2005, 1:50 PM
That's pathetic in comparison. I'm a huge fan of the Office but that American effort is terrible.

You could always watch SI SWIMSUIT MODEL SEARCH instead. :D
Metrostars
02/02/2005, 4:00 PM
American TV has had a bad history of doing remakes of British sitcoms e.g. Major Payne was Fawlty Towers, Coupling etc. But humor is different and the way sitcoms are done is different e.g. a US sitcom season is 26 episode while there is usually just 6 episodes in a Brit sitcom. Fawlty Towers which is considered the the best only ever did 12 episodes as has the Office (excluding the final special). BTW Coupling was a take off of Friends.

From what I've heard here, only that pilot episode of the Office is going to be a copy and the rest original. The main actor Steve Carell used to be great on The Daily Show.
Eire06
02/02/2005, 4:46 PM
It looks a bit crap...
the Boss (Mike in this case) is ment to be fat and ugly....
Don't think they can carry it off...
Troy.McClure
02/02/2005, 5:47 PM
Just got it to work now, it looks painfully cr@p! I think that the main guy is just trying to copy Gervais as opposed to act his character. Everything looks forced and rehearsed as opposed to the spontaniousity (is that a real word?) or the origonal