The whole show feels like Australians PRETENDING to be Americans pretending to be Australians with terrible American comedy that PORTRAYS itself as “Australian” like who was this made for???
The creators and head writers of this remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
I watched 2 episodes and really disliked the casting. I’m in Canada Montreal. Made me chuckle a couple of times but that’s about it. Doubt it will get a season 2
Thanks for reminding me of "Frontline" - I'd forgotten what a great show that was! You really need to hurry up and binge "Utopia" however, which is quite brilliant Australian satire & not to be missed.
I used to believe that, until I came across the worst pizza I’ve ever had, couldn’t even finish it, and pizza is one of those foods that you can at least finish
I just finished watching the series. It was actually pretty good, a lot better than I was expecting! The first ep was the worst but that is usual for any sitcom.
Thank you mate! I hate to be so negative but I agree, the first episode was probably the worst to be fair but I can't really say it got too much more enjoyable, other than a few moments in the reptile zoo episode
It's like the sitcom in Extras has actually been made. Your face in the thumbnail said it all. Keep the messy bed and open closet - it's driven engagement! (Maybe add a sock, but not faeces... some happy medium)
The creators and head writers of this Office remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
@@SelectiveApathy82 The clips I've seen seem to poke fun an an incompetant woman boss doing all the woman things in a pointless busy job. Could have potential. I guess Chris Lilley got cancelled, or did he go woke?
Why not firstly cast well established Aussie 🇦🇺 comedians? Example- Aunty Donna, Super Wog, Fat Pizza, Carl Barron, Rebel Wilson, Ahn do, Dave Hughes, Akmal Saleh etc the list goes on… Naturally funny people, this could have had potential.. What a shame.
I am impressed that you really watched it all. I gave up after some 15min in the first part as it was utterly dull. Not being funny is a risk that comes with comedy, as not everyone might find the same thing amusing, but being bloody boring is simply a crime.
The US Office had writers that were, frankly, complete geniuses and actors that could take it knock it out of the park. They managed to secure super unique, super talented people and it ended up being lightning in bottle. You can't force something like that, those things end up happening by chance
I think they nailed it: Australians love bland ... Jackie O, Chrissie Swan, Asher Keddie, Natalie Bassingthwaite, Friends, our crime shows & dramas with dialogue even the scriptwriters wouldn't spout in real life & acting on a par with Home & Away, which is a feat in itself.
I hope this is like Parks and Rec, a pretty bad unrelatable 1st season with a 2nd season that tries something new and gives depth to all of the vapid characters that give the show legs to actually go somewhere. But nowadays if something isn't an immediate slam dunk then its gonna get canned so I doubt it gets a 2nd chance
This is honestly a lesson studios need to learn. If you're going to knowingly name a show after a piece of intellectual property, we're going to compare! They call it that because they know we're going to watch because of The Office recognition of being "a good comedy". Enough of this war. "We're remaking it, but think about it as a remake. We just hope you keep the success of the original in your head when associating with our creation." We're not numb to the core, it's okay to say something was bad jeez lol.
What annoys me is this show has been given a real push marketing wise, when there are way better Australian show which don't seem to get as much attention like The Newsreader, Deadloch, Mr Inbetween, Utopia, Fisk, Class of 07 etc.
I will slightly disagree with you about Hannah not liking Borat 2 as her character. Michael in the US Office loved Borat so that's probably why the showrunners chose that film as a choice for her. If anything, it's more egregious that we didnt get to see Hannah aka Michael struggle with using streaming services. I mean come on. Do you think Michael Scott, someone who didn't know how to use Powerpoint, could figure out Amazon Prime? Lol
You are right, Mr Flix, it is not amusing at all. The acting is very good - it's the material. An interesting contrast with Fisk, where the script is good, but the acting (or maybe the direction) leaves everything to be desired.
You know they thought the US Office was going to be canceled until season 4. Critics absolutely hated the first season and Michael. I think it worked out for them, no?
The first season of the American Office is dreadful and would get reviews like this one. A pale imitation of the British original. But they made it something different which succeeded because it wasn't just a rehash. You make an excellent point that the American version was given time to get to where it became really good and it kept getting renewed before it became a sensation. Sadly in the age of Netflix, anything not an instant hit is unlikely to get beyond a first season. BTW I haven't seen this Australian Office and I'm not bothered either way, I don't understand how offended people are about it though.
I think you were pretty fair with your take. Unfortunately this show lacks meaning, humor and relatable characters or situations. It'd have been interesting if the leadership were over the top 'politically correct' and everyone else was just normal... I think it would be relatable, timely and different to its predecessors.
I actually liked raygun because she gave me a laugh, everyone was hating but I thought they just needed to lighten up, this show however barely gave me a chuckle :(
I'm not sure if the irony was intended, but when the boss needed "persons of diversity" for a promotional video she literally just calls for nearly everybody or anybody in the show. Box ticked.
Oddly I think Swift and Shift Couriers actually nails Aussie Workplaces in its over the top early 2000s way. It has all layers of job roles, the petty workplace politics, workplace drama, people doing dodgey shit you name it. I can imagine many people hating it as well it was made in the early 2000s so it goes hard on its language, slurs and so on but it is still hilarious in how grounded it can be despite being completely over the top. The Office Australia seems like it was drawn up in some corporate boardroom and trying to please the yanks more so that make an Australian show for Australians.
It’s funny when you mentioned that some Politically Correct characters would have created that contrast but that’s already done really well with Utopia and I can imagine them trying to distance the office from the other Aussie show that’s better at what theyre trying to do
Hey, I totally disagree, this brand New show is really good. It is written with todays problematics, every character is awesome and very well played by the talented actors, yes there is 3 chracacters very close to the ones from the US series, but they are so well written that they make us want to know more about em. And damn, it's so funny ! Well I loved this first Season and can't Wait to see what's next ! 😁
I watched the first episode - it was pretty good - very much in the vein of the original series, why are you comparing it to the US version? Its like saying a cover version isn't like the remix of the orginal song.. its not trying to be like the US version. Still everyone has a right to an opinion, even guys living back at home doing videos in their teenage bedroom!
Sir, as a fellow Aussie, I'll give you a like for all the commentary, BUT, would have it the Dislike button, for the messy bed, with 4 blankets, as I know it isn't that cold on Oct 18-19th as your wearing a T-shirt. Also, what's with the open closet??? Yelp review 2 stars out of 5. 3 Stars for Air B&B
I'm not going to pretend that this is a particularly good show but I do think it deserves another season to see if it can find it's uniquely Australian voice. Doesn't anyone remember how much the first season of the US version sucked because they were trying to copy the UK version and it just didn't work because Americans have a completely different type of humour. Especially when there have already been two well known versions of this series (as well as 13 international versions you've probably never heard of from places like Canada, India and Germany) it's probably going to take at least one season to figure out what does and doesn't work for this show specifically.
@@kashthrills Good thing that's a surface level zoomer caricature of a legitimate observation. Actually, I'd guess Millennial. Zoomers don't whine so endemically.
I havent watched the US or the UK versions of The Office and I still foujd the Aussie version very cringe by the 5th or 6th episode. The humour was dead and Hannah's character is so annoying 🙄 I wish they spent more time exploring Nick qnd Greta's relationship, eventhough Greta is in a relationship with Mason.
@@darianstarfrog sorry, I don’t mean to go against my bruv’s narratives, I now like Aussie stuff, I am trendy and full of hope like SBS vision of immersive inclusive reality
The creators and head writers of this remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
Dude, just say it… that female protagonist just isn’t funny. That’s pretty much it. Saw the first episode, and I think it does have potential, the main character just needs to have “it”, but she does not. That’s unfortunate, because there actually are funny women, very few, but they do exist.
what a headache that group of mates would give me. I bet every last one is a tiring critique like yourself who went in looking only at the negative aspects. You can find the jokes not funny, but at 7:50 you outright miss the joke which is really quite obvious (who likes borat 2 over the original borat?). It wasn't a vehicle to promote a film from 4 years ago that already saw huge promotion back then - if anything its a slight dig at an amazon product. I'm assuming it wasn't completely your fault, and you probably missed the joke because one of your 7 apes thought he was clever for saying "borat 2 amazon film. the office au on amazon! self advertising". I think the show is mediocre/ok as far as comedies go. It's well acted and well shot and the situations are comparable in quality to the US office - though lacking quality jokes. I really think we need another season of this show before we go saying whether or not it's plain awful. Comedies like this generally take a while to find their stride -god knows the American season 1 wasn't at all comparable to the UK - but with time each character found a unique and interesting voice. There is a decent frame set up and I'd like to see what they can do with a second season because if you could see past a room of mates looking to tear it down, you may have seen potential as well.
the correct number of seasons of a series of the office is 2.33 (the 0.33 being a christmas special) there is no space for wasted time (also borat 2 isn't a bad enough movie for that joke to be funny, and it's feasible that the original borat might be someone's favourite film - so liking borat 2 isn't really a very bold or funny character choice, if it's not cross promotion then it's a first draft placeholder joke that really could have been punched up in the writers room)
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The whole show feels like Australians PRETENDING to be Americans pretending to be Australians with terrible American comedy that PORTRAYS itself as “Australian” like who was this made for???
You have the sickest group of friends that would watch this together with you
You’re right brother I’m very lucky to have them! Thanks again for watching and the comment mate 🙏
You watched all of this and have never watched Utopia???
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You're very right I have to watch it!! Love Rob Sitch so much in Frontline
The creators and head writers of this remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
My wife has been waiting to watch this - I’ve been dreading it.
This review didn’t help my sense of dread.
Superstore is diverse but it is not afraid of tackling senstitive issues.
I watched 2 episodes and really disliked the casting. I’m in Canada Montreal. Made me chuckle a couple of times but that’s about it. Doubt it will get a season 2
New season of Fisk starts this week, you should review that in contrast
The Aussies are some of the funniest people in the world, but the mainstream comedy scene is amongst the worst.
Thanks for reminding me of "Frontline" - I'd forgotten what a great show that was! You really need to hurry up and binge "Utopia" however, which is quite brilliant Australian satire & not to be missed.
That pizza looks awful.
Hahahaha I'm vegetarian so for me it's heaven!! From a local family business - underrated imo but most people have the same reaction as you 😂
Looks like pizza by Alfredo to me! Definitely no Alfredo’s pizza café quality
There’s no such thing as awful pizza, just some is better than others.
@quadcomplex2059 Okay listen, what is better ?
A medium amount of good pizza
Or
All you can eat of pretty good pizza
I used to believe that, until I came across the worst pizza I’ve ever had, couldn’t even finish it, and pizza is one of those foods that you can at least finish
I just finished watching the series. It was actually pretty good, a lot better than I was expecting!
The first ep was the worst but that is usual for any sitcom.
The negative review was warranted. I only watched the first episode, that was more than enough.
Thank you mate! I hate to be so negative but I agree, the first episode was probably the worst to be fair but I can't really say it got too much more enjoyable, other than a few moments in the reptile zoo episode
It's like the sitcom in Extras has actually been made. Your face in the thumbnail said it all. Keep the messy bed and open closet - it's driven engagement! (Maybe add a sock, but not faeces... some happy medium)
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@@flanamation Fish stew?
The creators and head writers of this Office remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
@@SelectiveApathy82 The clips I've seen seem to poke fun an an incompetant woman boss doing all the woman things in a pointless busy job. Could have potential. I guess Chris Lilley got cancelled, or did he go woke?
Why not firstly cast well established Aussie 🇦🇺 comedians? Example- Aunty Donna, Super Wog, Fat Pizza, Carl Barron, Rebel Wilson, Ahn do, Dave Hughes, Akmal Saleh etc the list goes on…
Naturally funny people, this could have had potential..
What a shame.
God bless you for watching it all when no one else will
I am impressed that you really watched it all. I gave up after some 15min in the first part as it was utterly dull. Not being funny is a risk that comes with comedy, as not everyone might find the same thing amusing, but being bloody boring is simply a crime.
The US Office had writers that were, frankly, complete geniuses and actors that could take it knock it out of the park. They managed to secure super unique, super talented people and it ended up being lightning in bottle. You can't force something like that, those things end up happening by chance
Congratulations on 10K views
I think they nailed it: Australians love bland ... Jackie O, Chrissie Swan, Asher Keddie, Natalie Bassingthwaite, Friends, our crime shows & dramas with dialogue even the scriptwriters wouldn't spout in real life & acting on a par with Home & Away, which is a feat in itself.
I hope this is like Parks and Rec, a pretty bad unrelatable 1st season with a 2nd season that tries something new and gives depth to all of the vapid characters that give the show legs to actually go somewhere. But nowadays if something isn't an immediate slam dunk then its gonna get canned so I doubt it gets a 2nd chance
Phew. Congrats on getting through all 8 episodes - I made one. Are you recovering okay?
This is honestly a lesson studios need to learn. If you're going to knowingly name a show after a piece of intellectual property, we're going to compare! They call it that because they know we're going to watch because of The Office recognition of being "a good comedy". Enough of this war. "We're remaking it, but think about it as a remake. We just hope you keep the success of the original in your head when associating with our creation." We're not numb to the core, it's okay to say something was bad jeez lol.
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What annoys me is this show has been given a real push marketing wise, when there are way better Australian show which don't seem to get as much attention like The Newsreader, Deadloch, Mr Inbetween, Utopia, Fisk, Class of 07 etc.
I will slightly disagree with you about Hannah not liking Borat 2 as her character. Michael in the US Office loved Borat so that's probably why the showrunners chose that film as a choice for her. If anything, it's more egregious that we didnt get to see Hannah aka Michael struggle with using streaming services. I mean come on. Do you think Michael Scott, someone who didn't know how to use Powerpoint, could figure out Amazon Prime? Lol
I liked it. I laughed out loud many times. The photo id slideshow got me. It has big
potential.
It has to get more offensive and edgy.
You are right, Mr Flix, it is not amusing at all. The acting is very good - it's the material. An interesting contrast with Fisk, where the script is good, but the acting (or maybe the direction) leaves everything to be desired.
Everyone at the hub's office i work at, act like ( I'm few episodes in) this after lockdowns were lifted and they had that "return to office order"
Nah calling bs on Melbourne cup. People do celebrate that pretty hard outside Victoria
Great video mate
Thanks mate!! And thank you for watching :)
Great review, thanks!
Thanks for watching and the comment mate, appreciate it!
I agree with you. I couldn’t wait to see it and after watching a couple of promos I could tell it was so bad I decided I’m not even going to bother.
You know they thought the US Office was going to be canceled until season 4. Critics absolutely hated the first season and Michael. I think it worked out for them, no?
This isn't the American office.
The first season of the American Office is dreadful and would get reviews like this one. A pale imitation of the British original. But they made it something different which succeeded because it wasn't just a rehash. You make an excellent point that the American version was given time to get to where it became really good and it kept getting renewed before it became a sensation. Sadly in the age of Netflix, anything not an instant hit is unlikely to get beyond a first season. BTW I haven't seen this Australian Office and I'm not bothered either way, I don't understand how offended people are about it though.
@@КурочкаКрашена watch it and find out
Great video mate!! But make your bed and close your closet 😂
Hahahahaha great pick up you're not wrong mate I realised this after recording 😂😂😂 thanks for watching as always ya beast
I think you were pretty fair with your take. Unfortunately this show lacks meaning, humor and relatable characters or situations. It'd have been interesting if the leadership were over the top 'politically correct' and everyone else was just normal... I think it would be relatable, timely and different to its predecessors.
*Tim and Dawn
I tried watching it. After 12 minutes, I couldnt watch anymore. There was just nothing to care about
Honestly, did they make it bad on purpose..?
Is it like the breakdancer not good ,anyways gonna give it a look
I actually liked raygun because she gave me a laugh, everyone was hating but I thought they just needed to lighten up, this show however barely gave me a chuckle :(
I'm not sure if the irony was intended, but when the boss needed "persons of diversity" for a promotional video she literally just calls for nearly everybody or anybody in the show. Box ticked.
Great review, I couldn’t finish the first episode
Oddly I think Swift and Shift Couriers actually nails Aussie Workplaces in its over the top early 2000s way.
It has all layers of job roles, the petty workplace politics, workplace drama, people doing dodgey shit you name it.
I can imagine many people hating it as well it was made in the early 2000s so it goes hard on its language, slurs and so on but it is still hilarious in how grounded it can be despite being completely over the top.
The Office Australia seems like it was drawn up in some corporate boardroom and trying to please the yanks more so that make an Australian show for Australians.
It’s funny when you mentioned that some Politically Correct characters would have created that contrast but that’s already done really well with Utopia and I can imagine them trying to distance the office from the other Aussie show that’s better at what theyre trying to do
Hey, I totally disagree, this brand New show is really good. It is written with todays problematics, every character is awesome and very well played by the talented actors, yes there is 3 chracacters very close to the ones from the US series, but they are so well written that they make us want to know more about em. And damn, it's so funny ! Well I loved this first Season and can't Wait to see what's next ! 😁
I watched the first episode - it was pretty good - very much in the vein of the original series, why are you comparing it to the US version? Its like saying a cover version isn't like the remix of the orginal song.. its not trying to be like the US version. Still everyone has a right to an opinion, even guys living back at home doing videos in their teenage bedroom!
I watched 10 minutes, never even cracked a smile. It is completely awful.
This was about a decade too late, no one was asking for this. (Even if it was good).
Australia already has a show called Utopia that came out around that time
Sorry australia but this wasnt the finest hour you guys had. Maybe amazon is to blame
and I bet there is no blooper reel ... coz no one was laughing on the inside
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Sir, as a fellow Aussie, I'll give you a like for all the commentary, BUT, would have it the Dislike button, for the messy bed, with 4 blankets, as I know it isn't that cold on Oct 18-19th as your wearing a T-shirt. Also, what's with the open closet??? Yelp review 2 stars out of 5. 3 Stars for Air B&B
presentation is crucial, candid review on the review. 10/10
I'm not going to pretend that this is a particularly good show but I do think it deserves another season to see if it can find it's uniquely Australian voice. Doesn't anyone remember how much the first season of the US version sucked because they were trying to copy the UK version and it just didn't work because Americans have a completely different type of humour. Especially when there have already been two well known versions of this series (as well as 13 international versions you've probably never heard of from places like Canada, India and Germany) it's probably going to take at least one season to figure out what does and doesn't work for this show specifically.
Come on. The only funny show in Ozzie comedy was fast forward or full frontal. The end.
Leave the classics alone eh
I think this could be one of these shows are are so bad they are good
I just managed to watch the first 10 minutes. But since i not laughed or even smiled at a single joke i turned it off.
Gen X here, there hasn't been anything funny for 30 years. I don't care anymore, everything is so w&k$ now...
there really has, and it really isn't
@@kashthrills Examples? He's right though, you can't make good comedy if you're always walking on eggshells, afraid you might offend someone.
Australian comedy perhaps but there have been UK, US comedies in the last 30 years.
@@paulw5039good thing that's a surface level boomer caricaure of the modern world and cultural landscape then i guess
@@kashthrills Good thing that's a surface level zoomer caricature of a legitimate observation. Actually, I'd guess Millennial. Zoomers don't whine so endemically.
I havent watched the US or the UK versions of The Office and I still foujd the Aussie version very cringe by the 5th or 6th episode. The humour was dead and Hannah's character is so annoying 🙄
I wish they spent more time exploring Nick qnd Greta's relationship, eventhough Greta is in a relationship with Mason.
I just finished all 8 episodes. I didn't laugh once. It's just terribly written. Close this branch down immediately.
What did you expect, it’s Australian
Ozzie has made heaps of awesome stuff mate!😂😂😂
@@darianstarfrog sorry, I don’t mean to go against my bruv’s narratives, I now like Aussie stuff, I am trendy and full of hope like SBS vision of immersive inclusive reality
The creators and head writers of this remake are two women, and I have a strong feeling both are new-wave feminists. C'mon folks, did anyone REALLY think it was going to be funny in the SLIGHTEST?!?!
@@SelectiveApathy82 nothing’s funny when an Aussie accent comes it. It’s too neurotic
Dude, just say it… that female protagonist just isn’t funny. That’s pretty much it. Saw the first episode, and I think it does have potential, the main character just needs to have “it”, but she does not. That’s unfortunate, because there actually are funny women, very few, but they do exist.
I really hate to say it but I initially thought that was Steve Carell in drag.
now you know how colombians felt with that embarrassing, laughable and cringe crap called metastasis, the south american version of breaking bad.
This show is like if Raygun wrote the entire script. Weak Millennial humour.
Their Jim is the blandest character I've ever seen. He has no personality, no chemistry with anyone and is just boring
But how is their Tim??
You need to watch Utopia!!
government to the tee
Is it satire or reality
reality
Utopia does this way better.
I couldn’t get through the 2nd episode. It was just so cringe and not in a funny way
I couldn't finish the first episode. It is utterly awful
Cringy AF, so actually very in keeping with the office
Can tell it’s written by women
Bland and humourless, you summed up the modern left.
Didn’t stop the American version doing well
It was so hard to watch
Australian comedy sucks lol
I actually love it! Think inside the box 😊
what a headache that group of mates would give me. I bet every last one is a tiring critique like yourself who went in looking only at the negative aspects. You can find the jokes not funny, but at 7:50 you outright miss the joke which is really quite obvious (who likes borat 2 over the original borat?). It wasn't a vehicle to promote a film from 4 years ago that already saw huge promotion back then - if anything its a slight dig at an amazon product. I'm assuming it wasn't completely your fault, and you probably missed the joke because one of your 7 apes thought he was clever for saying "borat 2 amazon film. the office au on amazon! self advertising".
I think the show is mediocre/ok as far as comedies go. It's well acted and well shot and the situations are comparable in quality to the US office - though lacking quality jokes. I really think we need another season of this show before we go saying whether or not it's plain awful. Comedies like this generally take a while to find their stride -god knows the American season 1 wasn't at all comparable to the UK - but with time each character found a unique and interesting voice. There is a decent frame set up and I'd like to see what they can do with a second season because if you could see past a room of mates looking to tear it down, you may have seen potential as well.
the correct number of seasons of a series of the office is 2.33 (the 0.33 being a christmas special) there is no space for wasted time (also borat 2 isn't a bad enough movie for that joke to be funny, and it's feasible that the original borat might be someone's favourite film - so liking borat 2 isn't really a very bold or funny character choice, if it's not cross promotion then it's a first draft placeholder joke that really could have been punched up in the writers room)
That's a lot of word salad to defend something that's simply not funny at all.