>The Office UK
Real characters, subtle jokes, Brent is a real guy trying to be respected rather than a wacky boss. You can see how he got his job and how he ends it.
>The Office US
pull le funny jim face
>>63145994
i like it when people look at the camera and smirk.
>>63145994
The US version was more entertaining, the UK version was more realistic.
by the end of the US version i didn't believe in anything that was happening but i didn't really care.
by the end of the UK version I thought that they were all real people and it was an actual documentary. (i watched it back when it was brand new ok)
>the office UK
terrific writing and dialog
>the office US
dude memes lmao
>>63145994
>The Office UK
Cringefest
>The Office US
Comfy
>>63146148
You pretty much just pointed out the two different kinds of humour both countries enjoy.
The UK love seeing people in the situations David Brent put himself and others in.
Whereas Americans can't handle that and just want something digestible and inoffensive.
>>63145994
>UK
Le meme British comedy
>US
Subtle humor with a great varied cast.
>UK Office
Awkward situations because your Boss wants to be involved in all the fun but hes too weird to like
>US Office
DUDE RANDOM THINGS LMAO
>>63146195
Not just Americans.
I hate second hand embarrassment and try to avoid it.
>>63146050
Agree with this.
Also feel like the series dabbed after season 7 when Steve left.
If the US Office wanted to be accurate, they should have filmed the show at McDonald's or Foot Locker.
>>63145994
The reason UK office was so much of a hit was because people could relate to it, and knew people like Brent, bullshit middle management assholes who thought they were great. It captures the grimness and depression that many people in near minimum wage office jobs face
US Office just goes off the rails into generic sitcom in an Office setting
>>63145994
>tfw uk version only got notice after u.s version
>>63147187
Not true, it was winning all the British awards, and was the first British comedy to win a Golden Globe
>>63147243
>>first British comedy to win a Golden Globe
>it took britbongistan thing long to get recognized for their """"""comedy""""""
I thought you guys prided yourself on your comedy? :^)
>>63147243
might have gotten a few awards here and there, but it doesn't mean it was popularized. Lots of shows and movies win awards but that doesn't imply that they were in the minds of many people. U.K office only got popular after the U.S version's success and then a bunch of hipsters and contrarians decided to give the "original" a look and though it was better.
>>63147323
Maybe if you're a pleb in some dumbfuck country, but The Office was very popular in the UK
>>63147387
>very popular
>2 seasons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZh3XMna20
classic
timeless
>>63145994
Hi Ricky. Derek was shite, go back to having Steve write your stuff for you.
>>63147425
Yes unlike in America where everything is milked forever, the UK has a history of ending shows when they've reached their creative peak
>>63147425
>can't understand this
Called going out on a high (Same with Fawlty Towers), something US comedies don't really do because they're milked until god awful
Post qt dawn
>american """"humor""""
>>63147425
Gervais and Merchant did what they wanted to do and then went onto to do other stuff and the BBC actually respected that and let them do their other projects.
Strange concept for an American to grasp, I'm sure.
>>63147593
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOMEjSolsPQ
GOAT ending desu
couldn't have been more perfect
we're even happy for brent at the end, because he's such a pitiful character who finally stands up for himself
i love it
it's flawless
>>63147425
>US comedy
Milked with 24 episode seasons for 10 seasons. By the end the characters are milked to death and just saying funny words and memes.
>UK comedy
2-5 seasons of about 6 episodes and goes out on a high, creators move onto another project with different characters and potential for stories
>>63147439
Extras>Office>Lifes Too Short>>>>>>>Derek
Not counting Pilk because that is legions ahead
>>63147572
>>63147545
>>63147674
>>63147662
Is what British people tell themselves to make themselves feel better? the show was shit, the rating were shit, and they needed it to be canned. "Ending it on a high note" is like quitting a sports game while you're ahead.
lol europoor logic. TV is supposed to make money. If your show is popular, you milk it till the cow stops cumming its bux.
Problem is, I don't fucking understand the main character in the UK version properly.
I watched both and honestly liked the US version better. Fight me senpai.
>>63146050
>more entertaining
idk,alot of the show is relationshit filler.
>>63147714
The real reason was that Ricky Gervais said to himself, "British people suck so I am going to take my idea over to the great United States where I'm not worthy but I hope they will allow me to help them produce the show and so they it have greater success than it ever did in crappy old England", and thats what happened.
>>63147714
bait but whatever
Enjoy Big Bang forever
>>63147731
give me ur address and i will
>>63147692
>Extras>Office
Extras fucking sucks.
>>63148052
It becomes better once you are aware of Mrs Browns Boys
>>63147714
>Kike detected
>>63145994
>pull le funny jim face
You're supposed to write in ALL CAPS and add "XDD" at the end, stupid.
Dawn was an ugly cow.
Dwight was funnier than Garreth. Aside from David the Office UK had forgetable characters.
>office UK
two seasons of gold, endlessly quotable
>office US
some episodes of gold, far more content therefore a much wider range in quality of episodes
favorite line?
>El Vino did flow
the U.S version was funnier, if you disagree you're just trying to be a contrarian. The U.K characters weren't nearly as developed as the U.S ones. Michaels hate towards Toby was hilarious. Creed had some good moments. Dwight was great at the beginning. Ryan manipulating Michael while Michael had a semi-gay love towards Ryanwas funny. Jim and Pam had their moments. Andy was fucking cancer.The Micahel Scott Paper Company was a terrific story arch.
Seriously, the U.S version was so much funnier and more developed it's not even comparable, two completely different shows
>>63147545
sure it does
;_;
nothing the office US ever did made me feel as much as that moment
>>63145994
Americans are thick as pig shit and don't get a joke if it isn't telegraphed well in advance.
>>63147545
So the show peaked after only 2 seasons?
>>63148421
>there's been a rape in here
>>63145994
>>63147170
Posts like these are always the biggest loads of shit in every Office thread, you can tell who either A) is biased B) has only really watched one version or C) nitpicks the most convenients aspects to hate the US version.
The truth is that the US version was incredible in its second, third and maybe fourth seasons, which were the seaons that really built the show and its universe. It was subtle, it was funny, it had characters that felt real, but it also emphasized their personal lives a lot more. They got a lot of mileage out of Michael's loneliness and desperation for being the "cool boss" and went into different territorries the UK version didn't. I could rewatch seasons 2 and 3 any day and they'd still be good, there are a shitton of classic episodes in those. The fact that the show went to shit afterwards is only a testament to the old american way of never knowing when to stop.
Also, Tim's most famous shot includes him looking at the camera and smirking.
>>63147545
dr who
coronation street
east enders
waking the dead
heartbeat
a touch of frost
taggart
last of the summer wife
ect
ect
>>63146148
>cringefest
Jesus Christ it's like you've never seen a British sitcom before. Of course it's a cringefest.
>>63151070
The whole point of soaps are that they are always on, if you wanted to get into Coronation Street you would not back to episode 1 you would just watch the new episode tonight and go from there.
Doctor Who is always switching actors and writers to keep it fresh and plus it got cancelled once for 10 years.
>>63151070
Soaps are good for one thing - soap slags. Even then, I don't watch them because they're shite.
>>63145994
DUDE NNNYEEAHAHAHAHAHA ATHEISM LMAO
