The Office (American)

Anyone watch this? I was out of school last week and started to get into it, I watched the odd episode from season 2 on Paramount Comedy and then after seeing the series 2 finale, I watched every epsiode from season 3, 4 and 5 on the internet, hard to get it here in Ireland. Sad I know, but it was either that I watch repeats of other shows on TV.

Anyway, can't wait till the 9th to see what has happened with Michael's new company

I saw it and i still prefer the English version. i found the American one a bit awkward or something.

Originally Posted by Eire_Emerald

I saw it and i still prefer the English version. i found the American one a bit awkward or something.

I'm the opposite. I found the show to be depressing in general and the comedy to be stiff and akward. The American one is hilarious at times and the storylines are great.

Originally Posted by ccllnply

I'm the opposite. I found the show to be depressing in general and the comedy to be stiff and akward. The American one is hilarious at times and the storylines are great.

Thats the point..its very subtle. While I do enjoy the American one as well, its very unrealistic and over the top at times. You can't relate to it the same way as the UK, because its a fictitious environment.

Originally Posted by BoJaN

Thats the point..its very subtle. While I do enjoy the American one as well, its very unrealistic and over the top at times. You can't relate to it the same way as the UK, because its a fictitious environment.

Yeah, that seems to be the common opinion. Although, I found the american one to be pretty realistic. I agree it does go over the top at times, but I find it deals with it in realistic ways

Originally Posted by ccllnply

I'm the opposite. I found the show to be depressing in general and the comedy to be stiff and akward. The American one is hilarious at times and the storylines are great.

The comedy of the English version of The Office is meant to be awkward...that's what David Brent's character is meant to be all about!

Steve Carell is funny I watch it all the time.

Everyone knows the English are masters of subtle comedy but you cant just excuse boring as subtle. I love the way the US version does it, very direct but still enough subtlety so it's not just crappy shock value humor.

Then again I'm American.

It has it's funny moments, but some of it seems to be a bit dry.

It's gone a bit slow this season but it truly is a terrific show.

Just been watching a few episodes from the first season, it was pretty crap back then really. The acting was fairly dull and Steve Carrell wasn't doing very well in his role. Its come a lot way from then.

Its a pain that I can't watch new episodes on TV, it would really make it better. Instead I'm stuck with sucky CNBC

Yeah I skipped S1 too because I heard it wasn't that good.

I actually thought the same thing when I started off with the show, since a friend let me borrow seasons 1-4 () I watched the pilot and switched to season 2 halfway through.

But when I was done with the other three, I watched it all the way through and it was surprisingly good once it got into it. The only problem was most of the characters werent very developed yet, they were still just breaking in to what they were doing.

Seen Season 1 of the US Office, and virtually all of the UK one.

I do prefer the UK one (although I am British) but I thought the US one was actually pretty good too. Which surprised me, as I'd assumed it would be almost unrecognisable, and ruined.

There's one way that the US Office could never, ever measure up to the UK version, though. The outtakes. Ricky Gervais' laugh is the funniest thing in history.

Well, now that Paramount Comedy is changing to Comedy Central, they are going to start showing episodes from season 3. However, they are only showing one a week. So they are more then two seasons behind and going to catch up by going at the same speed.

Ah well, I'm up to date. It will be like revision for me

I actually prefered the US version, as Steve Carrol seems more unasumingly bumbling. Pity his films suck, though.

Originally Posted by Markas

I actually prefered the US version, as Steve Carrol seems more unasumingly bumbling. Pity his films suck, though.

Yeah, thats what I was talking about the casting. Steve Carrol, Rainn Wilson, Jenna Fisher and John Krasinski could do the show on their own, amazing actors.

Originally Posted by Markas

Pity his films suck, though.

Blasphemy.

Originally Posted by Gambit

Blasphemy.

How? You know his film record is nothing to write home about when his best movie is 40 Year Old Virgin. Granted, I enjoyed Dan in Real Life a lot.

Anyway, I really hope Jim and Pam don't end up as a married couple. Actually I'm sure they will break up at some point. The life of a married office couple would just be so uninteresting, and on the flip side a break up would be awesome.

Charles Minor is the man.

Originally Posted by D.B. Cooper

How? You know his film record is nothing to write home about when his best movie is 40 Year Old Virgin. Granted, I enjoyed Dan in Real Life a lot.

Anyway, I really hope Jim and Pam don't end up as a married couple. Actually I'm sure they will break up at some point. The life of a married office couple would just be so uninteresting, and on the flip side a break up would be awesome.

Charles Minor is the man.

jim should know better than to where he sleeps

neither of them are old enough to get married if you ask me, you shouldnt marry until your late 30s