| Forum Home | ||||
| PC World Chat | ||||
| Thread ID: 71074 | 2006-07-25 22:44:00 | The Office | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 473515 | 2006-07-25 22:44:00 | Is it me or is it another case of The Emperor's Clothing. I like British comedy from Professor Jimmy Edwards, Fawlty Towers, The Goon Show, Yes Minister, Navy Larks, Steptoe, etc. I have loved them all. But THE OFFICE beats me. I have watched bits of it but never yet been able to see anything the slightest bit funny. Yet it gets hailed by critics. To me it just seems boring. What do others think? | Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 473516 | 2006-07-26 00:24:00 | An absolutely brilliant dry British comedy. One of the best comedy series ever made, IMO. Have got the whole series on DVD for the enjoyment of it. Even the yanks are now copying it .... and they normally can't see the funny side of any British comedy. So that in itself says something for the brilliance of it! Mind you, I dont expect the American version to be anywhere near as good as the British one. |
Cptn Hotshot (3904) | ||
| 473517 | 2006-07-26 00:26:00 | It has it's moments. A lot of the time it's reasonably subtle, where as the ones you mention tend to be somwhat more in your face. I mean Fawlty Towers isn't exactly subtle comedy. It probably helps to have worked in an office style environment. Like the people that don't find "Dilbert" funny, but if you've worked in a cube farm (even more an IT cube farm) then it's often rather relevant. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 473518 | 2006-07-26 00:34:00 | I know what you mean. The Office isn't side-splittingly funny but it works on a more subtle level. You really need to know the characters to get the best out of it. I have the Christmas Specials. Just watched Extras last night. I was disappointed. It seemed like just another vehicle for Ricky Jervais "being a prat" humour. I had hoped he might play it differently but Extras seemed like The Office transposed to a film production set. Rather liked Ben Stiller though - he was excellent sending himself up!! |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 473519 | 2006-07-26 00:35:00 | Mixed feelings about it. I can sorta see the humour in it, but on the couple occasions I watched it its never made me laugh out loud. | Greg (193) | ||
| 473520 | 2006-07-26 00:40:00 | The office is more subtle / cringe worthy humour. Extras was pretty good, loved the "I don't know, you tell me" line about whether Starsky & Hutch was funny or not. :nerd: |
superuser (7693) | ||
| 473521 | 2006-07-26 01:09:00 | I found it one of the funnier comedies at the time. Like most British comedies, it was not 'in your face' humour like the Americans tend to produce. A lot of the comedy was from the expressions and looks between people, not the spoken words. If you can't appreciate this aspect, then the Office would not have been very funny to you. Occasionally, the Yanks do produce programs which use the subtlety that the Office uses, one such example which comes to mind is NYPD Blue (not a comedy but a lot of the acting was in the expressions and looks between people). My 2c worth. |
user (1404) | ||
| 473522 | 2006-07-26 01:43:00 | A lot of British humour is "in your face". But vis-a-vis, during a sort of contest against Lord Melchett to gain Queen Elizabeth's favour: Queenie: And me, did you miss me, Edmund? Blackadder: Madame, life without you is like a broken pencil. Queenie (pouting): Explain. Blackadder: It's pointless. And: Lord Melchett: Let's play a word game. Blackadder: OK, make a sentence out of the following words: face, sodding, your, shut. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 473523 | 2006-07-26 01:56:00 | The Office ig great. I bet Thomas likes Malcolm in the Middle. | wotz (335) | ||
| 473524 | 2006-07-26 02:00:00 | Whats wrong with Malcolm in the middle ? | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||