Yes, the English one is better overall, however, American has its moments all the way through.boilermaker wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:59 pmIt started good but quickly went from somewhat of a mockumentary to a typical American sitcom.
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22It's difficult to get through an entire episode because I cannot stand Steve Carell's Michael Scott. I could stand to watch and would very much enjoy a compilation of the best interactions between Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute, however.enframed wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:38 pmYes, the English one is better overall, however, American has its moments all the way through.boilermaker wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:59 pmIt started good but quickly went from somewhat of a mockumentary to a typical American sitcom.
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23Yeah Carrell ruins it for me, too. He's the least "real" character on the show. Whereas the English version has David Brent, who is so real as to make me, having worked in an "office" for many years, really uncomfortable.jfv wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:29 pmIt's difficult to get through an entire episode because I cannot stand Steve Carell's Michael Scott. I could stand to watch and would very much enjoy a compilation of the best interactions between Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute, however.enframed wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:38 pmYes, the English one is better overall, however, American has its moments all the way through.boilermaker wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 2:59 pm
It started good but quickly went from somewhat of a mockumentary to a typical American sitcom.
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24Coldplay.
20 years ago they were fine, but now it's just big, boring rock music. Chris Martin and his whole "oh, I'm just an ordinary guy" persona really irritates me.
20 years ago they were fine, but now it's just big, boring rock music. Chris Martin and his whole "oh, I'm just an ordinary guy" persona really irritates me.
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
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25Prince and Bowie.
Identikit is what they called the box full of pictures of different eyes and noses and mouths and chins etc they used to use to assemble police identification pictures without using a sketch artist.
Identikit is what they called the box full of pictures of different eyes and noses and mouths and chins etc they used to use to assemble police identification pictures without using a sketch artist.
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26You guy's are nuts. I can't watch the guy in any other role, but seeing him squirm during the Scott's Tots episode is top tier. The problem for the show is obviously the miserable concession to the rom-com cliches and "cute" bullshit that lead to it's steady decline.enframed wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:59 pmYeah Carrell ruins it for me, too. He's the least "real" character on the show. Whereas the English version has David Brent, who is so real as to make me, having worked in an "office" for many years, really uncomfortable.jfv wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:29 pmIt's difficult to get through an entire episode because I cannot stand Steve Carell's Michael Scott. I could stand to watch and would very much enjoy a compilation of the best interactions between Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute, however.enframed wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:38 pm
Yes, the English one is better overall, however, American has its moments all the way through.
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28Death?handsbloodyhands wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:01 am Sophie's Choice: Wearing a Friends or Dunder-Mifflin t-shirt?
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29When I'm preparing dinner and my wife is relaxing, reruns of Friends or The Office are what's on TV as mostly background noise. I like 'em both just fine (the latter more than the former).
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
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30Guilty.zorg wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:39 amYou guy's are nuts. I can't watch the guy in any other role, but seeing him squirm during the Scott's Tots episode is top tier. The problem for the show is obviously the miserable concession to the rom-com cliches and "cute" bullshit that lead to it's steady decline.enframed wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:59 pmYeah Carrell ruins it for me, too. He's the least "real" character on the show. Whereas the English version has David Brent, who is so real as to make me, having worked in an "office" for many years, really uncomfortable.jfv wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:29 pm
It's difficult to get through an entire episode because I cannot stand Steve Carell's Michael Scott. I could stand to watch and would very much enjoy a compilation of the best interactions between Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute, however.
Significant exception: when Michael Scott takes the GPS driving instructions literally and drives him, his car, and Dwight into a lake.
jason (he/him/his) from volo (illinois)