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[CortJstr]

I think the only reason BJ Novak's character appears is because he is a producer of the show, and all the writers are too afraid to tell him how much he, and his character, suck. He's just a complete comedy black-hole.

The hour episodes are a bad idea. Viewers can only take some many facial-takes and awkward pauses and after a half-hour they move from funny to uncomfortable.

[KeithHernandez]

Well fuck, Oink is gone now too.  It is way more important.

[theinevitable]

oink is down.

goddamn. goddamn this shit.

"A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users"
um. um. um.

[KeithHernandez]

"A criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users"
um. um. um.

yeah, um, I was hoping you might know something about that.  So far it is just English and Dutch investigators, but you know, its a global world, or some bullshit.  I have always just lived by the "they can't get us all" model.  So, hopefully, they can't get us all (me).

[melack]

That's why when they do catch those few people, they rape the ever-loving shit out of them (see: RIAA lawsuits).

[KeithHernandez]

It took them 2 months to catch the guy who carjacked me and thats only because he used a gun to rob a gas station on camera. The odds of catching and prosecuting hundreds of thousands of global internet users for watching Futurama reruns is pretty minimal.

Oh, I know, but that is why this part

That's why when they do catch those few people, they rape the ever-loving shit out of them (see: RIAA lawsuits).

makes it so scary.

[melack]

Now that The Office is running in syndication on TBS, I got to see one of the older episodes and it just confirmed my suspicion that this show has gone downhill in a hurry. It was the episode where Jim throws a party and invites everyone but Michael. Watching him try to squeeze his way into the party was so delightfully awkward in a way that the new episodes just haven't been able to capture.

[RMJ12345]

it kind of bugs me that Pam got prettier once she started dating Jim. I cannot really articulate why, though.

I love Pam, though I think she's pretty passive-agressive in a major way. I think it makes sense that she got prettier. You're around a new boyfriend all the time, you're going to try to impress him. Roy, she had that shit in the bag and she knew it. Jim's more tenuous.

I think the only reason BJ Novak's character appears is because he is a producer of the show, and all the writers are too afraid to tell him how much he, and his character, suck. He's just a complete comedy black-hole.

The hour episodes are a bad idea. Viewers can only take some many facial-takes and awkward pauses and after a half-hour they move from funny to uncomfortable.

A) On Ryan - I think that they're developing the character so that he'll be a fairly incisive satire of the condescending wunderkind yuppie. Previously, he was kind of a straightman amid chaos, but now he's becoming a slightly sexier Michael.

Also, Kelly is HILARIOUS in reaction to Ryan.

B) Complete agreement about the hour episodes. They are RAD once in a while, but it doesn't sustain itself.

I think the show's still really funny.

[melack]

I'm still holding out hope for when they return to the 30-minute format. That should be soon, right? I believe the hour episodes are supposed to run for the first month of the season.

As much as I've been disappointed with the latest episodes, there have been those rare, undeniable moments of hilarity in each episode. Hopefully returning to the shorter format will allow them to refine the funny and ditch the filler. Pam and Jim smiling at each other lovingly should be first against the wall.

[melack]

Also, this really doesn't fuck*ng help matters.

[Carlos del Vaca]

It seemed to me that the "hour-long" episodes have a pretty clear break in the middle, so they can be shown as regular half-hour episodes when re-runs or syndication come around.  So just TiVo the hour-long episode and watch it one-half at a time.

[littlefallsmets]

The new wrinkle on Ryan is a lot funnier when you live in Los Angeles and, like, every other person is that guy.

Remember, they film that thing in an industrial park just north of the Van Nuys Airport.

The new take on Ryan is hilarious to them because you cannot swing the corpse of Sprinkles in this town without hitting that guy.

[theinevitable]

see, tonight's episode was not satisfying at all. too short. not enough cute jim + pam ness.

[RMJ12345]

see, tonight's episode was not satisfying at all. too short. not enough cute jim + pam ness.

At the risk of being labeled a misogynist: woman.

[theinevitable]

i mean, yeah.
due to events in my life, I want them to date and love each other and be happy forever?
partially because she reminds me of my ex who I shouldn't have broken up with, partially because she's so cute and nice, partially because I like to think of myself as being like jim... so many reasons.