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I love the DVD bouncing logo. I like videos where people get really excited about it hitting one of the corners, prompting cheers. There's a bunch from bus trip
by jamal-kumar 4y ago
I love the DVD bouncing logo. I like videos where people get really excited about it hitting one of the corners, prompting cheers. There's a bunch from bus trips but here's a bigger one in a stadium [1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKVGtJ5yng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKVGtJ5yng
- TakeBlaster16 4y agoMy favorite is still The Office. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtuX0jL85Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOtuX0jL85Y
- sbf501 4y agoThat was funny, but then I was disappointed they needed an aside to explain it. Seemed unnecessary IMHO.
- yupper32 4y agoI think it was a good aside. 1. It makes it more evergreen. 2. The excited/super invested explanations are funny. 3. It leads into the joke that Jim doesn't believe that Pam ever saw it hit the corner.
- sbf501 4y agoAh, good point. I didn't know the joke kept running. I've never seen the US version. I'll give it a go.
- jahnu 4y agoIt’s very good. Bar the first season and last … 3? Different take entirely. For those unaware the UK version is so cynical and on occasion even dark (and i love it for that) and in contrast the US version is more light hearted and succeeds completely on those terms. Both are landmarks in tv comedy.
- tptacek 4y agoIt's a very different show. The pilot is note-for-note the UK show, but they quickly realized that Steve Carell can't play Ricky Gervais; he's just not enough of an asshole. So they recalibrated. I think the US version in its heyday is the better of the two shows. Greg Daniels was the showrunner for the first 4 seasons; he's Peak Simpsons, and also King Of The Hill.
- tdeck 4y agoI watched that office episode came out and I didn't realize this was a thing (watching the logo and cheering when it hits the corner) outside of The Office, so it seems like the aside was necessary.
- lostlogin 4y agoIt’s the difference between US and UK comedy.
- pengaru 4y agoThat watches like live-action reenactment of an OG Invader Zim scene.
- dvtrn 4y agoMan Invader Zim, haven’t seen that referenced in a long time, that little cartoon was the perfect kind of weird for its time.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoIf you haven’t already checked out other work by Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez, his comics Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and Squee, are excellent and full of very similar weird humor.
- dvtrn 4y agoVery familiar, I’ve got hard copies of both plus Filler Bunny! Huge fan.
- nullify88 4y agoFWIW, Netflix released a special episode in 2019 reuniting a lot of the key people back with the show. It brought back some great memories and hasn't lost its touch. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_Zim:_Enter_the_Florpus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_Zim:_Enter_the_Florp...
- nerdponx 4y agoThat's strangely accurate. I didn't like that "edgy dark" humor for the most part (every Squee and Zim fan I ever knew was a total dickhead), but Zim in particular was kind of a weird and endearing look at humanity.
- paledot 4y agoYou put your finger on something that's bothered me for a while but was never able to articulate. I loved some episodes and some moments were pure gold, but much of the show was nonsensical and revolting. Dipped a toe into his other work and discovered that the latter was much more his style. It's a bit like how I really enjoy Tarantino movies, except for the violence.