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Infinite
08-05-2004, 10:45 PM
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1212207,00.html

It's apparently so bad that people were leaving the preview screenings depressed.

Got to love this quote:
"I'm an American, so how am I supposed to understand British? It's practically another language." :lol:
The Doc
09-05-2004, 11:47 AM
No surprises there, then.

Who was it who said that Americans don't understand irony?
Lemur
12-05-2004, 10:31 AM
Originally posted by the doc horatio
Who was it who said that Americans don't understand irony?

Jeremy Irons, when he was very drunk and slurring his words in New York
dantheman
12-05-2004, 11:01 AM
Americans do quick fire one liner comedy's like Friends.
The Office is unique and can never be successfully re-made.
Kermit
12-05-2004, 11:04 AM
Originally posted by dantheman
The Office is unique and can never be successfully re-made.

That's certainly one way to describe it...

I'm just amazed that they made a re-make that was actually WORSE. I've been more amused having my teeth pulled out, I would rather get piles then ever have to see Ricky fucking Gervais ever again.
dantheman
12-05-2004, 12:25 PM
Originally posted by Kermit
That's certainly one way to describe it...

I'm just amazed that they made a re-make that was actually WORSE. I've been more amused having my teeth pulled out, I would rather get piles then ever have to see Ricky fucking Gervais ever again.

Ricky's great, about 6 Bafta's can't be wrong :D
Kermit
12-05-2004, 11:19 PM
Originally posted by dantheman
Ricky's great, about 6 Bafta's can't be wrong :D

BAFTAs are the TV industry arse-licking whatever is popular at the time.

You have to put The Office into it's comedy context. Is it better than Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, The Royle Family, Phoenix Nights? No- it isn't even better than Married With Children.