[QUOTE=Duxfever;32501295]General camera style can affect the feel and pace of a show.
Well that's all I'm really trying to say for that matter.[/QUOTE]
Well this show doesn't need some fancy cameras work, but i agree.
[QUOTE=Nanamil;32501608]Well this show doesn't need some fancy cameras work, but i agree.[/QUOTE]
Mockumentary style filming is the easiest, laziest filming style ever.
I just watched some episodes of the first seasons and yeah, camera works was much more documentary-like, more shaking, more movement. also the overall atmosphere was much more office-esque (mainly because of the hair cuts and clothes).
It was around half way through season 2/start of season 3 that they started moving away from the UK's style and onto their own more
This is shaping up to be a really good season! Anyone else watched "The Incentive" tonight? Really good episode, and I really can't wait to see how the season progresses!
Oh, and, thank god they finally established Kevin's recent stupidity! I can tell that it's going to be major later on in the series.
This episode was awesome, And it's true that with Micheal out, the cast can be a real one and not just support the show for Micheal.
[QUOTE=Nanamil;32552601]This episode was awesome, And it's true that with Micheal out, the cast can be a real one and not just support the show for Micheal.[/QUOTE]
I brought that up a few pages back. I think Micheal's character was holding the show back because it required him to be the center of attention. Practically every episode is about Micheal making anything he can about him, and it is really difficult to have other characters progress in this kind of situation. It's kind of like trying to get to know someone while a kid keeps interrupting. Micheal is a great character, but it's safe to say that the other characters can hold up the show.
[QUOTE=Pepin;32557805]I brought that up a few pages back. I think Micheal's character was holding the show back because it required him to be the center of attention. Practically every episode is about Micheal making anything he can about him, and it is really difficult to have other characters progress in this kind of situation. It's kind of like trying to get to know someone while a kid keeps interrupting. Micheal is a great character, but it's safe to say that the other characters can hold up the show.[/QUOTE]
This wasn't the case earlier in the show, but the problem last season was that every supporting characters plot arc had been long resolved (namely Jim and Pam) so it was stagnating, which caused the writers to just write Michael into more ridiculous, less believable plots than ever.
Gotta say I'm liking this season more than the last, now that its not 90% Michael its great, but I did like Michael, he just got too much screen time.
I don't get it... how can it be "better" once the "David Brent" character leaves.
[QUOTE=stepat201;32558846]This wasn't the case earlier in the show, but the problem last season was that every supporting characters plot arc had been long resolved (namely Jim and Pam) so it was stagnating, which caused the writers to just write Michael into more ridiculous, less believable plots than ever.[/QUOTE]It's Michael Scott. Writing him into a ridiculous, unbelievable plot would involve him doing something expected and reasonable.
[QUOTE=AK'z;32573901]I don't get it... how can it be "better" once the "David Brent" character leaves.[/QUOTE]
I don't get how you can be so thick, are you doing it on purpose?
Maybe in the UK version a single character holds it together, but the US one has a whole entire cast capable of filling in those shoes who are equally interesting and hilarious.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;32584677]I don't get how you can be so thick, are you doing it on purpose?[/QUOTE]
Don't you know it's "artsy" and "hip" to only like the original? That is the only way you can be a true fan of anything.
A swedish production company is currently shooting a swedish version of the series. I can't wait to see all jokes again, but this time in swedish.
Kevin in the car at the beginning had me in tears :v:
The cold open of the the latest episode was a pain to watch, to be honest. Everyone was really stupid.
Hm, the only thing I actual liked about the episode is the whole interaction with Andy and Darryl. Very good performances on both sides. Still pains me when people just insist The Office is supposed to be "comedy 24/7", though.
"It's in beta testing."
[QUOTE=Rusty100;32584677]I don't get how you can be so thick, are you doing it on purpose?
Maybe in the UK version a single character holds it together, but the US one has a whole entire cast capable of filling in those shoes who are equally interesting and hilarious.[/QUOTE]
I watched the first episode of US Office.
Fair enough it's meant to be a direct redo of the UK Pilot... but honestly, the awkwardness failed to create any kind of humour.
The "What's in the bag?" thing is meant to be something real and it didn't work. Many aspects of how it was acted just didn't work with the script.
I have never seen the first few seasons of the US office, go watch a later one.
Kevin has made more of an appearance.
[QUOTE=aaro1450;32690471]Kevin has made more of an appearance.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about you guys, but I am super pleased by this.
Just saw the last episode, not as funny as the others.
So I finally decided to watch this show when I heard Steve Carell was leaving it. I started from the very beginning and just finished the end of when he leaves.
From the beginning, I loved it, I was laughing more than I have from a TV show in a while. And then very very slowly it started to become unfunny with a few burst out laughing scenes but nothing as rememberable as the first few seasons. Quite a disappointment.
I think I'm going to re-watch the first few seasons again though, they were really entertaining.
I really have the opposite opinion. The first two seasons weren't that great. The third and forth was where they got an idea of what they were doing. And ever season after that has gotten better. It is too early to judge the newest season. It's all pretty good, but I'd much rather watch the newer stuff than the older stuff. There are good episodes from the older season, that is for sure, but I'm judging as a whole. Maybe it is my sense of humor, or maybe it is that I didn't start watching the show till recently, meaning I'm nostalgia free.
[U]If you like the first few seasons then probably you are more likely to enjoy the original Office series, which is a mockumentary only 2 series long with a couple of Christmas specials. This is closer to the humour the US Office uses in its first series. The longer it has gone on it has evolved quite comfortably into the typical Thursday night American sitcom. It fits in with the likes of Cheers, Seinfeld, Taxi etc. Standard sitcoms with a consistent cast which the audience keeps returning for. I mean Seinfeld is of course superior to the others (regardless of the ridiculous but cool clothes which are very 80s/early90s) and is the only one which maintained all its lead characters all the way through. But the others are American institutions too, which the US Office probably will fit into too.[/U]
I was re-watching season 5 the other day and was reminded of one of my favourite lines ever.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdhSxMgpJL8[/media]
I've been watching this series over the past couple of weeks, and I'm finally up to the current episode. Very fun show, but I'm glad they got rid of Steve Carrel. I don't find him very funny, most of the time. It's his voice, mostly. He just bugs me. He reminds me a lot of Jim Carrey, who also bugs me.
I think the show is really benefitting from his removal. The past few episodes have been very good; the other characters are finally getting a chance to shine. I wouldn't mind seeing less Dwight for a while, though. He's a very funny character, but they're starting to stretch his shtick a bit thin. If they moved away from "Dwight acting like Dwight" for a couple of episodes, it'd refresh his character for me. Maybe it only feels that way because I've crammed seven seasons into about two weeks, though.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;32754411]I've been watching this series over the past couple of weeks, and I'm finally up to the current episode. Very fun show, but I'm glad they got rid of Steve Carrel. I don't find him very funny, most of the time. It's his voice, mostly. He just bugs me. He reminds me a lot of Jim Carrey, who also bugs me.
I think the show is really benefitting from his removal. The past few episodes have been very good; the other characters are finally getting a chance to shine. I wouldn't mind seeing less Dwight for a while, though. He's a very funny character, but they're starting to stretch his shtick a bit thin. If they moved away from "Dwight acting like Dwight" for a couple of episodes, it'd refresh his character for me. Maybe it only feels that way because I've crammed seven seasons into about two weeks, though.[/QUOTE]
While I did love Steve, I do agree its ever so slightly better without him. You may be right with the Dwight is getting old because you crammed it into two weeks though, I can never get fed up of Dwight watching it at the episode a week pace, heck even a season a week would still not do it.
MR. AND MISSES JIM AND PAMELA HALPERT! .. AND.. PEEPEE HALPERT.
That episode had me laughing a lot. At first I didn't think the intro was funny, but I was proven wrong. The characters seemed to have a lot more depth while still remaining within their original character. It's a bit of a paradox, but the characters seem to go out of character while still remaining in character.
That episode was great.
MISTER JAMES HALPERT!
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