Theres no subtlety to the US office and the main guy is just too ridiculous to be funny, just like his characters in all his films. Got bored of the uk one years ago but was jokes when it first appeared
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:53 pm
by Liam92
DZA wrote:
Liam92 wrote:
DRTY wrote:
DZA wrote:Dwight Schrute
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When seeing the thread title he was my immediate thought.
The only competitor could be Larry David but he's not a character, so Dwight wins
To me the Office US just seems like another alright comedy programme that they're gonna absolutely whore out to as many hundreds of episodes possible until everyones sick of it and it gets cancelled. Steve Carrell is just too over the top, the thing about the Office was that it seemed so real.
The Office UK, 12 episodes, all absolute GOLD, the US version just doesn't have the toecurling cringey moments that the UK version done perfectly:
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:06 pm
by magma
The UK Office is up there with the best things ever put on screen... it's just a shame that Brent's character ended up being so close to Ricky Gervais that all his subsequent work has suffered from diminishing returns so badly.
US Office is good... great at times... but the UK one borders on perfect. If someone gave me the task of editing the series, I'd struggle to cut a single scene... maybe Brent's dance, but even that wasn't so far off things I've seen happen in workplaces.
The problem with the US one is that it strays too far from what would actually go down in an office too often... Parkour into dumpsters? Big dance routines? The Nard-Dog generally? It's more a standard sit-com than a proper mockumentary... too many caricatures. Entertaining though.
The best character is Creed... they use him sparingly enough so that he can get away with whatever he comes out with...
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:11 pm
by Electric_Head
When I watched the UK office for the first tiem I really couldn`t tell if it was real or not.
Gervais was just too good.
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:14 pm
by DZA
Excepted better from some of you
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:17 pm
by DZA
Anywaysss
every characters played by Zach Galifianakis
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:22 pm
by clifford_-
DZA wrote:Anywaysss
every characters played by Zach Galifianakis
is that the one dimensional actor that played the idiot in the hangover? god i hate that cunt.
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:24 pm
by DZA
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:24 pm
by Forum
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:05 pm
by cityzen
Stansfield - Leon
Deckard - Bladrunner
Ellen Ripley - Alien (etc)
Rick Blaine - Casablanca
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:58 pm
by pkay
this is the best dwight line ever
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:03 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
Re: The Greatest Characters Created In Tv And Film
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:17 pm
by kay
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