This looks so fucking bad.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔English
    27•6 days ago

    We already have a funny Australian version of The Office, it’s called Utopia.

    Don’t try and beat Working Dog at Australian comedy.

  • @[email protected]English
    20•6 days ago

    It does indeed look shit.

    But…

    To be fair, we said that about the USA version of the office when that showed up. It turned into a cult hit after they ironed out the kinks a little.

    As an office fan, I’m going to give this a chance mainly from the fact they took the idea and made it their own instead of cookie cutter copying the USA / UK version scene for scene like all the other variants. So for that fact they have sat down, put some effort in and written what could be some good comedy.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      5•6 days ago

      Counterpoint: American Kath and Kim.

      I guess it could grow into something, but it feels like the a generic ABC “centrist” political boomer comedy written by Rob Sitch.

      • ZagorathEnglish
        4•5 days ago

        Counterpoint: ‘ABC “centrist” political boomer comedy written by Rob Sitch’ could also describe Utopia, and everyone here is (quite rightly) saying that’s an excellent show.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•6 days ago

      Yeah, it could well take them a few episodes or even a couple of seasons to mesh.

      You guys let me know if/when it gets good. Ta. 🤣

    • @PappabosleyEnglish
      2•5 days ago

      To be fair, I still say that about the American version.

  • metaStatic
    15•6 days ago

    The youtube comments are peak internet

    and for anyone that was mildly interested in what an Australian office might look like, just watch Utopia

  • th3dogcowEnglish
    18•6 days ago

    Haha the comments on YouTube are fucking brutal:

    I have been confined to a wheelchair for the past 20 years today I stood up and walked just to turn this off

    Yeah, this looks so forced. A big nope from me.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•5 days ago

      I always see this exact comment on every other social media post pertaining to this show. I hate people’s unoriginality and desperation to regurgitate that original YouTube comment. Even saw a few “YOU SIR WIN THE INTERNET” replies on Facebook, which made it all the more frustrating.

  • @[email protected]English
    8•5 days ago

    Comedy trailers are never funny so I’m not sure you can judge its quality based on this. Like a lot of comedy is situational within an episode and based on minutes worth of build up for a big payoff. But obviously you can’t show any of that in a conventional trailer so it will just be the one-liners which are always the worst bit of a comedy show and basically added to the script as trailer filler.

    Having said all that, I’m not a fan of The Office or regional reboots so I’ll definitely pass.