because a TV series could not begin to compare with a feature film.
I mock them with The Wire, Deadwood, The Sopranos, The Singing Detective, and the Office (BBC version, natch), any of which are comparable to the finest of films.
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Hayden - May 30, 2006 12:42:39 pm PDT #8498 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Kevin - May 30, 2006 12:55:25 pm PDT #8499 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
(I actually like the NBC version of The Office).
(I think I'm the only one).
Polter-Cow - May 30, 2006 1:02:11 pm PDT #8500 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I really don't, Kevin. I know a great many people who love the hell out of it. Apparently, it really found its voice in the second season.
Vonnie K - May 30, 2006 1:25:45 pm PDT #8501 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
(I think I'm the only one)
This is so funny because right now, I'm in, like, a psychotic thrall with the US version of the show. AND I started watching with the S2 finale and got into the show ass-backward, and in mere two weeks, I love the show almost as much as Veronica Mars (possibly more, because see: the psychotic thrall), which, if anyone knows me, is saying A LOT.
Granted, I've only watched one episode of the UK version, so I have little basis for comparison. But P-C is right in that the show really blossomed in S2.
Hayden - May 30, 2006 1:30:36 pm PDT #8502 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I didn't mean any disrespect for the US Office, which I like, too, but it's an open-ended series, which isn't really comparable to a film.
Dana - May 30, 2006 3:06:53 pm PDT #8503 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
(I actually like the NBC version of The Office).
Me! Me! Me!
Kevin - May 30, 2006 3:08:29 pm PDT #8504 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
US Office very much removes itself from the UK voice in the second season. That said, I don't think that's a bad thing - if you want to run for 22 episodes a year, you would have to change format from the UK 6 episodes a year thing.
Vonnie K - May 30, 2006 3:24:13 pm PDT #8505 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
(sort of confindentially to Dana)
Svilleficrecs (or Kate Andrews, as she's better known) had linked, on someone else's LJ earlier today, to an essay she wrote a while ago on Jim and Pam as a S/M couple (hee!). [link] I don't quite buy it, but Kate writes so persuasively and with such glee that it made me go, EEEE!!
I didn't mean any disrespect for the US Office, which I like, too, but it's an open-ended series, which isn't really comparable to a film.
That's totally fair. Honestly, the show is so perfect right now (psychotic thrall, remember?) that I don't know if it can really sustain the excellence.
Dana - May 30, 2006 3:42:46 pm PDT #8506 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Heh. Bookmarked for future perusal.
Kevin - May 30, 2006 3:43:39 pm PDT #8507 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Somebody (Gervais?) spoke about the first few season 3 scripts for The Office, and said they are excellent. He's normally a fairly good judge, from what I've seen.
However, by season 4 it'll all go wrong. Heh. I've been scorned by many shows 4th seasons.