Has anyone seen the US version of The Office? (I don't know if it's called The Office or something else)
The started to show it on telly down here a few weeks ago - I missed the first episode - and apparently it was so bad it was cancelled immediately so they never showed the 2nd episode.
Given the fairly sad history of US remakes of English comedies - I was very curious to see what they would have made of this one.
The Office (US version)
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Actually, the first episode of The Office (USA) is pretty much exactly the same as the first episode in The Office (UK). There was just some light localization from UK-centric jokes to USA-centric. But the rest was pretty much the same. The stapler in the jello, the boss "firing" the secretary, etc...
I liked it.
I liked it.
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That begs the question - "Why is there a US version then?" Was it really necessary to translate "stapler in the jelly" to "stapler in the jello"?Tonamel wrote:Actually, the first episode of The Office (USA) is pretty much exactly the same as the first episode in The Office (UK). There was just some light localization from UK-centric jokes to USA-centric. But the rest was pretty much the same. The stapler in the jello, the boss "firing" the secretary, etc...
I liked it.
(...and don't get me started on the Harry Potter books - Scorcerer's Stone!?! - crumpets being changed to muffins!?!? aargh!)
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Re: The Office (US version)
They played the first two episodes on the wednesday, then the third on I think Thursday. They could have kept it up for one more week and the series would have been done.Caravan Ray wrote:apparently it was so bad it was cancelled immediately so they never showed the 2nd episode.
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