Alf-Life Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Oh yeah, just remembered. The follow-up creation from the makers of The Office... is on BBC2 tonight. -Click- Those of you in the US with HBO will only have to wait until September (-Click-), though I'm betting any US Gervais fans will be renting tors tonight. Oh, just found this. Brilliant. Quote
Mojo Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 shall have to watch the internet to make sure I can find a torrent of this show and give it a go. I am surprised that it got on to US TV so fast. Quote
Mazy Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Aye, looking quite forward to this. Even though I have sorta set my expectations lower since I doubt he can outdo The Office, although I think will be a different sort of humour~ Anyway, I shall dl tonite! Quote
D3ads Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Ricky Gervais is about as funny as cancer... Quote
Thrik Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Yeah, I figured that you'd be the one to say something like that. :roll: Quote
insta Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Hey americans, when's the american version of "The Office" starting up again? I can only watch season 1 so many times before getting a bit bored. Quote
Alf-Life Posted July 21, 2005 Author Report Posted July 21, 2005 Hmmm. Well, that was OK I guess. I'd say early reports about it losing place and momentum due to the segmented nature of it (in that first link) are about right, although it was pretty funny. Putting on The Catherine Tate show right after it made me appreciate it all the more though - I turned that off quick. The episode itself was pretty amusing, but too short, I guess having The Office DVDs to hand made the half-hour episodes easier to bare. There were some pretty damn funny Ben Stiller references "Dodgeball" and "Starsky & Hutch" and a general feeling that Stiller was almost taking over the Brent role, which he did well. Quote
Schmung Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 The Ben Stiller bit was amusing, but I never really liked the office that much and this left me a bit cold as well. The whole excrutiating prick thing that Gervais has going no does nothing for me, so it was all a bit lost on me. Absolute Power was hilarious though, not seen it before and just happened to start wathcing it. Genuis! Quote
Tequila Posted July 21, 2005 Report Posted July 21, 2005 Was alright, yeah, but Ben Stiller was the funny one. I didn't find any of Ricky Gervais' bits particularly funny, and if I'm going to be honest I find the Office overrated. Quote
ctswin Posted July 22, 2005 Report Posted July 22, 2005 hello. i liked it. i found it funny. "looking at your naked wifes face" or something similar, had me giggling like a school girl office was and still is legendary Quote
st0lve Posted July 22, 2005 Report Posted July 22, 2005 The Office is BST evr. I've never liked a show that much I think. Quote
CrazyMAC Posted July 22, 2005 Report Posted July 22, 2005 Hmmm i was kind of dissapointed with it really...started to lose intrest about half way through Quote
Alf-Life Posted July 29, 2005 Author Report Posted July 29, 2005 What did everyone think of last night's ep? I thought it had some amusing parts, but wasn't *that* funny. Plus, I think I agree more with the reviews that said it's missing the 'time and place' and 'momentum' of The Office so far. Still, it's better than most of the comedy on TV at the moment. Quote
Thrik Posted July 29, 2005 Report Posted July 29, 2005 The silence after the casualty line was a classic. Quote
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