American Version of 'The Office' a Let-down
05-04-04 | 11:16 PM
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Originally posted by slop101
The British one isn't improvised at all - it is completely scripted.
The British one isn't improvised at all - it is completely scripted.
05-04-04 | 11:48 PM
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Originally posted by bboisvert
Coupling-U.S. bombed. This one is apparently equally unwatchable. No money is getting made.
Coupling-U.S. bombed. This one is apparently equally unwatchable. No money is getting made.
Same will probably go with US version of The Office. Will the dildo given as a b-day present be kept in? How about the giant joke blow-up penis? the uncomfortable sexual harassment stuff? All those "bad" words? (especially in this age of overprotective FCC B.S.)
Why bother, why bother. I hate this mentality of making foreign TV and movies easier to swallow for the American masses... after they've been Americanized... all the fun and originality is gone and it's just bland garbage. I'm sure Gervais is happy with it... he got paid, didn't he? He's not going to bad mouth it until it inevitably tanks and he's no longer invested in it.
05-05-04 | 08:40 AM
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Originally posted by darqleo
Making a US version of Coupling was redundant anyway as it was their version (ripoff?) of Friends. Talk about coming full circle. I never watched an episode of the US version, but I doubt if a lot of the sexual stuff was kept in. And since most of that show's humor was based on sex sex sex, why bother?
Making a US version of Coupling was redundant anyway as it was their version (ripoff?) of Friends. Talk about coming full circle. I never watched an episode of the US version, but I doubt if a lot of the sexual stuff was kept in. And since most of that show's humor was based on sex sex sex, why bother?
The only thing Coupling copied from Friends was the 3 guys & 3 girls as friends concept (if that is a concept) and even that is a stretch because people like Jane and Jeff did not even interact until season 3.
If Coupling copied from anything, it was Seinfeld and Sex & the City.
05-05-04 | 10:41 AM
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Originally posted by Red Dog
The only thing Coupling copied from Friends was the 3 guys & 3 girls as friends concept (if that is a concept) and even that is a stretch because people like Jane and Jeff did not even interact until season 3.
If Coupling copied from anything, it was Seinfeld and Sex & the City.
The only thing Coupling copied from Friends was the 3 guys & 3 girls as friends concept (if that is a concept) and even that is a stretch because people like Jane and Jeff did not even interact until season 3.
If Coupling copied from anything, it was Seinfeld and Sex & the City.
05-09-04 | 04:16 PM
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This is from AICN so take it with the usual grain of salt
NBC Passes On THE OFFICE??
This is the word from the world of talent agents. Don’t send us your directors, your writers, your guest stars, they are telling directors, writers and actors. NBC doesn’t want the Americanized “Office.”
NBC will likely go with a lot more “Fear Factor” and “Average Joe”-type stuff this fall. Which is cheap and brings in “the numbahs”!
We’re told that if we see the American “Office” pilot at all, it will be at midseason, and on Bravo, home of “The Queer Eye.”
NBC formally announces its autumn schedule May 17, one week from Monday.
This is the word from the world of talent agents. Don’t send us your directors, your writers, your guest stars, they are telling directors, writers and actors. NBC doesn’t want the Americanized “Office.”
NBC will likely go with a lot more “Fear Factor” and “Average Joe”-type stuff this fall. Which is cheap and brings in “the numbahs”!
We’re told that if we see the American “Office” pilot at all, it will be at midseason, and on Bravo, home of “The Queer Eye.”
NBC formally announces its autumn schedule May 17, one week from Monday.
05-09-04 | 09:18 PM
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You think executives would have learned their lesson from Coupling. Terrible idea to remake a show like this.
You think executives would have learned their lesson from Coupling. Terrible idea to remake a show like this.
03-04-10 | 07:08 PM
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Re: American Version of 'The Office' a Let-down
It's funny - I read through this and noticed my posting about blind buying the UK version. Honestly, I watched about 4 or 5 episodes and I didn't really care for it, but I love the US version.
03-04-10 | 07:57 PM
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Re: American Version of 'The Office' a Let-down
Most random bumps are puzzling, but this one was brilliant. Great read in retrospect, and it gives me a tiny bit of hope that the inevitable American version of "Gavin and Stacey" might not be the trainwreck I'm expecting it to be!
03-04-10 | 10:34 PM
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