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re: NBC's "The Office" Series Finale Thread:
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:30 am to Displaced
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:30 am to Displaced
I liked both of those stories too. Ryan and Kelly self absorbedness was perfect 
I already liked Nellie all along but that is probably because she was on Doctor Who. She has a personality that takes getting used to.
I already liked Nellie all along but that is probably because she was on Doctor Who. She has a personality that takes getting used to.
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Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:37 am to brbengalgal
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For 30 years, NBC has maintained an unprecedented streak of comedy excellence in the 9 p.m. hour on Thursdays. From Cheers to Seinfeld and The Office, these shows weren't just the best sitcoms of their eras, they helped define them. That The Office overstayed its welcome may hurt its reputation in the short term but won't matter a bit in the long run; Friends wheezed its way to the finish line, and no one has ever forgiven Larry David for the way Seinfeld ended. But this week, NBC announced that it's replacing The Office in September with Sean Saves the World, a broadly mawkish, backward-looking half-hour starring Will & Grace's Sean Hayes as a zinger-spouting single dad. With its studio audience and canned laughter, it's a deadening reminder of corporate groupthink, how safety and stability are always favored over creativity and how, in the real world, risk is very rarely its own reward.
Maybe The Office really was a documentary after all.
makes last night's ending even more sad
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:37 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:no. just no.
Did anyone else notice that it was Dave Chappelle that replaced Stanley?
it was this guy
LINK
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:45 am to BilJ
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Sean Saves the World
I saw the twenty second preview of that show and it was enough to make me never want to watch.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:47 am to BilJ
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makes last night's ending even more sad
The funny part is, NBC is incapable of getting out of its own way. Cheers, to Seinfeld, to Friends, to the Office; each show was unique. It broke the traditional mold at the time. These are genre defining shows. All time great shows. You would think they wood be more amicable to giving shows that are a little different a shot.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:48 am to Rickety Cricket
quote:wow just watched the trailer and it looks like absolute garbage
Sean Saves the World
Posted on 5/17/13 at 7:52 am to Pilot Tiger
I am watching this again on Hulu right now. I imagine I will watch it a few more times this weekend. It's just so well done.
This post was edited on 5/17/13 at 7:52 am
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:01 am to Pilot Tiger
just watched it too. Holy frick that was bad
He's gay, a single parent, and has a job? OMFG how will he ever manage?????
He's gay, a single parent, and has a job? OMFG how will he ever manage?????
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:05 am to Pilot Tiger
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Sean Saves the World
wow just watched the trailer and it looks like absolute garbage
NBC(and TV in general) needs to stop pushing the gay agenda on its viewers. Glee went from a mildly entertaining show very quickly into a weekly dissertation on how "gay" is so mainstream. CBS had that awful show Partners on earlier this year. This show looks to follow the same mold. "Lets put a gay character in lots of gay situations that are unique to gay people so we can have lots of gay humor."
The Office basically, in my opinion, made fun of this. Gay Witch Hunt was great TV, because it allowed them to introduce Oscar as gay, and poke fun at the singling out of it that happens so much in mainstream media. Michael being really overtly forward about the rest of the Dunder Mifflin employees accepting Oscar was great satire. Angela hated Oscar, always commented on his lifestyle, only to have him end up having an affair with her closeted gay husband, and ultimately having Oscar become her child's Godparent. It wasn't about him being gay, it was about getting past the stereotypes to realize that they really deep down cared about each other. The fact that he was gay didn't matter.
The few gay guys I know all agree that its not important for everyone around them to accept their lifestyle, its more important that its not a big deal. Like in Out Cold.
This post was edited on 5/17/13 at 8:08 am
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:11 am to elprez00
I don't think its an agenda, I just think dumbass execs feel its edgy and different. Modern Family isn't popular solely because it features a gay couple, its just a funny show. NBC tried to copy it with that horrible new normal show, only they forgot to include the funny part
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:14 am to elprez00
Don't forget Kevin last night. "Oscar I think I'm gay"
After sleeping on it I am still sad about the show and keep replaying it in my head. The ending is so surreal and makes it feel like a chapter in my own life has ended. Never had that happen before.
After sleeping on it I am still sad about the show and keep replaying it in my head. The ending is so surreal and makes it feel like a chapter in my own life has ended. Never had that happen before.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:19 am to elprez00
quote:has absolutely nothing to do with why that show looks crappy
NBC(and TV in general) needs to stop pushing the gay agenda on its viewers
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:20 am to BilJ
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Modern Family isn't popular solely because it features a gay couple, its just a funny show.
Modern Family pokes a lot of fun at it too. But it works because ultimately, no one cares.
Take the pilot episode when they get on the plane and the lady says "Look at that baby with those creampuffs" and Mitchell makes the big impassioned speech, only to have the lady actually talking about their baby eating creampuffs...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:27 am to elprez00
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gay agenda
i've never heard a tolerant person use this phrase
also the more and more i unpack the finale in my head the more i think its one of my faves. a great send off.
This post was edited on 5/17/13 at 8:30 am
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:33 am to TDTGodfather
let's move on from the ghey crap. if you want to discuss that, go create a Political board topic. Let's get back to the Finale and how great it was and how all you homos cried at the end.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:36 am to hashtag
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let's move on from the ghey crap. if you want to discuss that, go create a Political board topic.
Done.
Was Toby in the room during the goodbyes? I don't remember seeing him.
Had no clue Creed could play the guitar.
The scene with Dwight and Jim/Pam was great. I said it earlier, I have absolutely loved the dynamic between Jim and Dwight over this series.
Anyone else think the Dwight ultimately will be the best manager out of them all, as in real productivity of the office staff?
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:37 am to hashtag
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let's move on from the ghey crap. if you want to discuss that, go create a Political board topic. Let's get back to the Finale and how great it was and how all you homos cried at the end
you're right, my bad.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:43 am to elprez00
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Had no clue Creed could play the guitar.
that was the fantastic part. they used his actual backstory. he really was in a band called the "grass roots" born under a differnt name and adopted creed bratton as his name.
quote:
Had no clue Creed could play the guitar.
an effing great scene.
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The scene with Dwight and Jim/Pam was great. I said it earlier, I have absolutely loved the dynamic between Jim and Dwight over this series.
as weird as it was at first to see jim and dwight this season not in adversarial roles, they had a great dynamic this season. it totally worked.
dwight's scene about his "subordinates" might've been my favorite character send off on the show.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:43 am to elprez00
they mentioned that Creed had been in the band Grass Roots in the 60s during the finale. That is actually true in real life.
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:47 am to elprez00
quote:really?
Had no clue Creed could play the guitar.
he played guitar on the booze cruise
and he was in the Grassroots in real life
COME ON MAN
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