Why The Office's First Episode Was So Similar To The UK Version

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1. Ember Wolf: breathtaking
2. Diego: Greg Daniels has explained so much of the reasoning behind the US adaptation, but still a bit surprising to see it was almost a direct copy. Always felt like an origin story for Michael
3. 🍇 kwame94: still don't get why they had to cram it all into the first ep
4. Bruno: interesting that he's only talking about it now, 15 years later
5. Shadow Rune: it was clear they were going for that tone from the start, but I'm still surprised they didn't want to add a bit more of their own spark to the pilot
6. Hex Mantis: I think Daniels would have done better pointing out what made his version different from the start - it's easy to say "I copied this" after the fact. Still, curious to
7. Noraokafor: Daniels does a good job owning up to the similarities, but I still wish they'd taken more creative liberties in the beginning. Guess it paid off in the end though!
8. 🍁 Ava Ellis: I'm surprised he's only now bringing this up
9. Ashen Ronin: Daniels is being far too kind about it - that pilot's got more UK-ness in one frame than a BBC intro
10. Null Reaper: love that he owns up to it, but still feels like they missed an opportunity for some real innovation
11. Noraweber: that doesn't exactly shock me, considering how many other American remakes butcher their originals. what's surprising is that people are still pretending like this was a 'pilot' and
12. Vanta Wolf: that's really being generous calling it a 'direct copy', feels like they mostly just got rid of the charm 📺

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