Originally published at: Reboot of The Office is in the works | Boing Boing
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But it already WAS a reboot?
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Is this a scheme to avoid paying writers by using the same scripts as the last time, or just the usual warmed-over leftovers as a substitute for originality?
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I am so excited for phase 4 of the Dunderverse where we find out Dunder Mifflin has become a giant multinational conglomeration with offices around the globe (each with their own cast of quirky characters) supplying every manor of product imaginable.
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The writers got to strike, and the actors got to strike. Do the viewers get to strike against watching the same old tired sequels and reboots for the rest of eternity?
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Waiting for some brilliant TV guy to suggest it should be set in the UK.
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I think when asking that tricky question you knew full well someone would say…
[insert ‘why not both?’ gif]
Hmm - but where?
I know - Slough! It has the perfect combination of despair and depression needed.
What’s that you say?
Betjeman was ahead of his time - it could have been written with the Office characters in mind.
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I was thinking, hey, it’s been done in the UK and USA…how about a Canadian setting this time. Maybe a spinoff of Letterkenny?
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I expected more Sooty in that show.
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An English Canada version of La Job?
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What? His name is Corbett. So was that guy in the Sooty Show. I expected puppets!
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Thanks for mentioning that that; it lead me to finding this page of “The Office From Around The World”.
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The Canadian show The Newsroom was a lot like The Office, right? Although it first aired in 1996 so really the original UK version of the show may have been ripping them off.
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