Craig 6286 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Have fun... http://homepage.mac.com/seamusa/brentos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 They've missed the best one off: 'That degrades women.....which I hate' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 David Brent.... LEGEND.... Enough said !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. 123219[/snapback] Should have watched the UK version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. 123219[/snapback] Should have watched the UK version 123220[/snapback] Oh, I did. Wasn't a bit funnier than the American version. FACTAPPOINTMENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6286 Posted April 18, 2006 Author Share Posted April 18, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. 123219[/snapback] Should have watched the UK version 123220[/snapback] Oh, I did. Wasn't a bit funnier than the American version. FACTAPPOINTMENT. 123223[/snapback] 40 days & 40 nights in the N-O wilderness for even daring to suggest such a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. 123219[/snapback] Take that back or i'm putting up the 9/11 avatar again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Found it to be very, very dull. Predictable and stale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 To be fair, the Americans don't understand either irony or sarcasm, so I'd guess that The Office would be shite to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I actually quite enjoy most "Brit-coms" but found The Office really disappointing. Maybe it had been built up too much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Found it to be very, very dull. Predictable and stale. 123234[/snapback] I hate to say it, but it sounds like you missed something; what other "Brit-coms" are you fond of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 My Dad doesn't understand the Office either, to me its my favourite show I absolutely love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 More the classics, I guess. IMO Fawlty Towers is perhaps the greatest comedy ever. To be fair I don't care for most sit-coms in general. British TV is shit. American TV is mostly shitter, but has occasional decent shows, mainly due to sheer volume--some are bound to be watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 (edited) People on here only like it so much because they can see themselves in the characters. Mostly in Simon, the nerdy IT support, always right, nit picking, twat pocket Edited April 19, 2006 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Found it to be very, very dull. Predictable and stale. 123234[/snapback] Something about this was bothering me last night; you're the second person on here in recent weeks to use that word to describe a purely character-driven piece. I think, in the case of The Office, the word is either completely wrong, or irrelevent; can you clarify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34152 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Zathras is a yank. Nuff said. He probably likes Seinfeld man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 13924 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I kind of respect The Office and what it does without actually liking it enough to want to sit through it ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Finally got around to watching The Office this past weekend and was quite disappointed. I expected it to be much funnier. 123219[/snapback] Should have watched the UK version 123220[/snapback] Oh, I did. Wasn't a bit funnier than the American version. FACTAPPOINTMENT. 123223[/snapback] No, really? Having watched a little bit of the US version, I'd have to disagree. I agree about Fawlty Towers though, pure class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Next thing we know Zath will be calling Garth Marenghi's Darkplace shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
II Nate II 0 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 To be fair, the Americans don't understand either irony or sarcasm, so I'd guess that The Office would be shite to them. 123246[/snapback] ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17537 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 I think the Office was superb. I've been sad enough to watch it several times, and yes, I am still picking up on subtlties. Btw, no way is it what I consider a sitcom. Brent is a very English character I think and that's probably lost on the yanks. He's obnoxious and vulnerable at the same time, and I challenge anyone not to feel for him in the last episode of series 2. This is quite different to the boss in the American version. You can't account for taste but I do feel anyone who does not at least appreciate the Office is missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 234 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Found it to be very, very dull. Predictable and stale. 123234[/snapback] Something about this was bothering me last night; you're the second person on here in recent weeks to use that word to describe a purely character-driven piece. I think, in the case of The Office, the word is either completely wrong, or irrelevent; can you clarify? 123431[/snapback] Character-driven pieces don't work with one-dimensional characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 19, 2006 Share Posted April 19, 2006 Character-driven pieces don't work with one-dimensional characters. 123578[/snapback] How is David Brent one-dimensional? He's: a chilled-out entertainer; a philosopher-poet; a singer/song-writer; a philanthropist; and the father of one big happy family! Can you give me an example of how it's predictable? Are you saying that a parody accentuating a person's most obvious flaw does not work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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