The Office – Season Two
February 6, 2010 by admin · 5 Comments
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It’s time to clock in for Season Two of The Office, the hilarious and witty TV-mockumentary starring Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin) in his Golden Globe Award-winning role. From sexual politics to performance reviews to email espionage, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin are there to get the job done…or not. Join earnest but clueless boss Michael Scott (Carell), Assistant to the Regional Manager Dwight (Rainn Wilson), receptionist Pam (Jenna Fischer), sales rep Jim (John Krasinski), and the office temp, Ryan (B.J. Novak), as they make the daily grind a lot more laughable. Fully staffed with 22 outrageous episodes and hours of side-splitting bonus features, it’s the must-own collection that caused Time magazine… More >>
I think that the BBC version is one of the funniest things that I have ever seen. Clever, witty, outrageously funny….
I saw 3 episodes of the NBC version and didn’t even smile. Very boring, unfunny stuff. Maybe it’s me, or I just saw 3 unfunny episodes.
The BBC version had to be dumbed down for American audiences, I guess. In doing so, it lost all of its punch.
Rating: 1 / 5
I loved the UK Office. I loved the earnest characters, the drab office backdrop and the razor wit of Ricky Gervais. I also enjoy Steve Carrel, but this show has done nothing to grab me. Believe me, I have tried. I’ve watched all of season one and got one fourth the way through this season. The actors portray their characters so deliberately, not subtly. The jokes seem so forced. I did my best, but Gervais’ Office will always be THE Office to me.
Why do we Americans feel the need to remake and repackage everything popular that exists outside of our borders? If you asks me, it does not speak well of us as a nation and makes us come off as very close-minded and self-centered.
Rating: 1 / 5
the office i would not recommend to any one under 13 because of some crude humor but over all i love it! its like the best thing thats happend to the network that aired the show
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a huge fan of the original British version of “The Office”. I had serious doubts the American version could be anywhere near as good (I am American, by the way), simply because when you do a remake, it has to breathe and have a life of its own, not merely copy the original. This is not easy to do. But I was swayed by the glowing reviews of fans on Amazon. To my immense disappointment, I could not tolerate more than a few minutes of any episode of Season Two. Hard to say why… Probably it’s because I’ve seen it all before. There is nothing new here. I was hoping for a fresh creation from the same source, not merely a copy of the original (and a less funny one, at that). For example, it’s weird that the characters have so many of the same gestures, tics, and even appearance as their British counterparts. For heaven’s sake, couldn’t the writers take the idea and run with it? Did they have to slavishly copy the original? If you have already seen the British version, watching this is like seeing the same thing over again, but not as good. It is NOT like seeing an additional season of a show you already know and love.
Rating: 1 / 5
The Office is a mockumentary surrounding a group of typical office workers, where their workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.
What worked so well in the BBC program fails to translate in the American version. The awkward silences, the confessionals, and the naturalism seem artificial. Unfortunately the majority of the actors seem overly in on the joke and preoccupied with trying to recreate what made the British version flow so well, causing the show to feel unnatural and forced. The subtle blink-and-you-miss-um jokes feel all too unsubtle and sometimes over the top. The only actor who manages to rise above this is Steve Carell, the star of the show. Somehow I feel the American version of “The Office” is worthy of a laugh-track, and that’s never a good thing. Although I will finish by saying that as season two has moved on from imitating the British version it seems to be laying out its own ground which is promising. It’s starting to feel less like a phoney rip-off and more like a new creation.
Rating: 3 / 5