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remindmeofthe) wrote2005-03-24 09:36 pm
remindmeofthe) wrote2005-03-24 09:36 pm
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Yay it didn't suck!
After the disaster that was Coupling US, I was deeply afraid for The Office.
But it was, as far as I could tell, good. They stuck with all the stuff that made the original so distinctive - documentary format, no laugh track, awkward humor - and didn't try to dumb it down. The casting was pretty decent; Steve Carell is no Ricky Gervais, but he was far better than I thought he'd be, because it turns out he can act. The woman who played Pam (the Dawn equivalent) made me a bit itchy, because through the entire thing she seemed about three seconds away from a complete meltdown.
The only difficulty is that the ep stuck pretty close to the UK's pilot. There were a few original jokes and such, but much of it was lifted from the original, so it was hard to make any judgment about the writing. The original jokes were funny, and there were a couple of times when I laughed pretty hard, but a few laughs do not long-term quality make. It's really going to be hard to tell if the show is good until we see a completely original episode. I didn't much care for the preview for the next ep, though. This may be just as well, since they're moving the show to a timeslot opposite The Amazing Race, so I won't be able to watch it anyway.
After the disaster that was Coupling US, I was deeply afraid for The Office.
But it was, as far as I could tell, good. They stuck with all the stuff that made the original so distinctive - documentary format, no laugh track, awkward humor - and didn't try to dumb it down. The casting was pretty decent; Steve Carell is no Ricky Gervais, but he was far better than I thought he'd be, because it turns out he can act. The woman who played Pam (the Dawn equivalent) made me a bit itchy, because through the entire thing she seemed about three seconds away from a complete meltdown.
The only difficulty is that the ep stuck pretty close to the UK's pilot. There were a few original jokes and such, but much of it was lifted from the original, so it was hard to make any judgment about the writing. The original jokes were funny, and there were a couple of times when I laughed pretty hard, but a few laughs do not long-term quality make. It's really going to be hard to tell if the show is good until we see a completely original episode. I didn't much care for the preview for the next ep, though. This may be just as well, since they're moving the show to a timeslot opposite The Amazing Race, so I won't be able to watch it anyway.