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That said I don't honestly think that peep show style of comedy would translate to US without pulling another office and ignoring the source material.
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On the hard drive thing, I had an old HDD which (after years in a drawer) would not start up (wouldn't start spinning). After trying it in a couple of different computers I accidentally dropped the drive and it hit a metal table leg. After dropping it, the HDD started up and worked fine, and I could copy the contents off. Maybe the liquid nitrogen worked the same way (thermal shock in place of mechanical shock).
Dropping an HDD from a certain height was mentioned in an old Sun service manual, IIRC.
There was a German version, too. It was. Bad. Really, really bad. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_iTeam_%E2%80%93_Die_Jungs_...
It really was. Here is the first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-uSD9Ci9Zc
I'm pretty sure this pilot is the same script as episode 1 of the original UK series. Clearly someone felt the need to recast and reshoot the series with US actors (plus Richard Ayoade), like they did the US Office. I wonder if that's old thinking (or wasn't actually needed) - the amount of UK TV that's now on Netflix and other OTT platforms seems to suggest that US audiences are open to enjoying original UK series w…
> like they did the US Office. The UK and US The Office are both great shows in their own right. But they aren't very similar, outside of the setting.
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Here in America they will often subtitle Asians speaking English. As someone with an Asian wife and kids I can never figure out if I should laugh or cry or both.
For those coming into this discussion late with no personal exposure to American television, the OP's use of "often" is just them burning some steam off. This is not a serious thing that happens in any kind of high percentage of content. I can't think of any content where it does happen and would be surprised if any examples created in the last 20 years could be found.
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We know Ricky Gervais also did not like Steve Carrel. Source: himself during one of the Golden Globe ceremonies he was hosting.
Got a clip? This feels like you being oblivious that he's pretending...
I'm pretty sure this pilot is the same script as episode 1 of the original UK series. Clearly someone felt the need to recast and reshoot the series with US actors (plus Richard Ayoade), like they did the US Office. I wonder if that's old thinking (or wasn't actually needed) - the amount of UK TV that's now on Netflix and other OTT platforms seems to suggest that US audiences are open to enjoying original UK series w…
I'm pretty sure this pilot is the same script as episode 1 of the original UK series. Clearly someone felt the need to recast and reshoot the series with US actors (plus Richard Ayoade), like they did the US Office. I wonder if that's old thinking (or wasn't actually needed) - the amount of UK TV that's now on Netflix and other OTT platforms seems to suggest that US audiences are open to enjoying original UK series w…
A lot of people in the US would turn it off because "I can't understand what they are saying with their funny accent". The reason they get away with being on Netflix is that they don't need to be super popular to be worth it for the streaming networks if they pick it up for a cheap price. Linear TV had a limited number of time slots and had to be very choosey with what they put on. It needed to have massive appeal in…
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Dropping an HDD from a certain height was mentioned in an old Sun service manual, IIRC.
At one point maintenance for desktop workstations from some manufacturers included picking the whole unit up 3 to 5 inches or so and letting it drop onto the desk. This would in theory help reseat card-edge connectors and knock loose some of the dust gathered by static inside the unit.
This was an infamous fix when your Atari ST's chips were working their way out of their sockets back in the 1980's.
http://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_myfaq/quickfaq-2.8a/st...
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> the US Red Dwarf pilot Terry Farrell got role of Cat in the 2nd attempt for pilot, a year before arriving in Deep Space Nine as Jadzia Dax
Why would they re-cast Cat? In the UK version, he spoke with a US accent. (Maybe that's it - Cat was a stereotype of a black american street dude, and perhaps that stereotype only works for brits).