unsonny Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Anyone catch it last night? I thought it was pretty good, the American transfer might prove to be worth watching. It was cool seeing how the script was reworked to fit our sense of humor, the BBC version will always rule though watch it next week if you missed it, check local listings for day and time BBC, UK version link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/ our own version:http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Office/ I'll add the American version to my DVD collection for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raub Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 The BBC Office is probably my all time favorite TV series. Watching David operate thru his day was like watching a train wreck....you felt bad for him, but it was too entertaining to not watch I tried to explain the appeal of the series to a lot of friends of mine and usually failed miserably. They just didn't seem to get it. I watched about 10 minutes of the American pilot tonight and Tivo'ed the rest. I was kind of surprised that they basically just copied an entire script from the BBS version. I hope it's half as good as the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carter23 Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 british version > american version i couldn't stop comparing each scene to the british one... but i'll prob keep watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 when they tried the cross with coupling it totally flopped so I didn't give the office a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpillian Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I did like what I saw last night; but I don't see why NBC doesn't just air the BBC's version of the Office. Are Brits really that hard to understand for the avg. American? (I don't think so) What's the deal with the ports of shows -- seems like a bit of a flawed concept to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidFan Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 It blew cannot replace Ricky Gervais as David....especially his dance scene....still kills me on Tivo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 damn....I missed it last night...forgot about it! I will have to check it out next week. My first thought was that the American version would suck but I wanted to give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Originally posted by jpillian I did like what I saw last night; but I don't see why NBC doesn't just air the BBC's version of the Office. Are Brits really that hard to understand for the avg. American? (I don't think so) What's the deal with the ports of shows -- seems like a bit of a flawed concept to me. English humor doesn’t translate into the American language very easily. You have to practically rewrite each scene for the pratfalls and jokes so that they are understood by the audience. Also the average TV viewer in the Midwest isn’t used to hearing a middle class, London based English accent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsonny Posted March 26, 2005 Author Share Posted March 26, 2005 its hard to mimic the way the BBC cast seemed to be real when they looked into the camera anyone here pickup "The Young Ones" on dvd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 The original is one of the best series ever. Gareth was hilarious. Will check out the US version though but I missed the premier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmdixon Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Originally posted by jpillianI did like what I saw last night; but I don't see why NBC doesn't just air the BBC's version of the Office. Are Brits really that hard to understand for the avg. American? (I don't think so) I can't imagine the majority of the episode where Gareth is performing his investigation to ferret out who created the picture(s) of David escaping censors in the States post-Janet Jackson. No way no how. They'd have to beep out a good portion of the jokes. Thank goodness that BBCAmerica leaves it alone (so far as I can tell). Originally posted by unsonnyanyone here pickup "The Young Ones" on dvd? I did - and I love it madly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Money Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 I caught "The Office" last night and was very mildly amused.. A lot of uncomfortable moments. Didn't get a season pass from tivo, and I have a season pass fro EVERYTHING.. That should pretty much sum it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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