Well, I didn't think "Office Space" was very funny at all.

CanuckAmok

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Fri Jan-13-06 12:52 PM
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Well, I didn't think "Office Space" was very funny at all.

And, I'm further confused about the inexplicable appeal of Jennifer Aniston.

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Radical Activist

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:13 PM
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1. OMG what is wrong with you?

I'm kidding, but have you never worked in a bad corporation or in a cubicle? I love the themes and the humor. Destroying the dysfunctional fax machine is a glorious scene. Its one of my favorite movies of all time. Mike Judge is a comic genius.

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CanuckAmok

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:20 PM
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I guess that's the problem.

I've never been a cubicle rat, so I guess most of it is over my head.

BUT...

I find "The Office" to be endlessly hilarious.

So maybe "Office Space" just bites? :shrug:

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Radical Activist

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:28 PM
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7. I compare it to Chaplain's Modern Times

They were both about how changes in the economic structure and corporations coldly dehumanize people. Its a bigger emotional release if you've experienced that first hand.

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crispini

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Fri Jan-13-06 02:52 PM
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10. Ah yes, if you've never been a cube rat,

you won't get it. Office Space is more about recognizing something stupid that is JUST LIKE YOUR REAL LIFE.

Scary, actually. :D

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henslee

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:26 PM
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6. I like it too. It really does nail corporate culture. And that whole

"flair" business... HA! But I guess if I were to watch it for the first time, after hearing all the hype about it.. it might be a bit befuddling. All in all, a great piece of satire, great charactes. Mike Judge is a rare talent. And boy, he sure stays under the radar.

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ET Awful

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Fri Jan-13-06 03:45 PM
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14. The neighbor really cracks me up, I used to have a dude like that

next door when I lived in Bakersfield, CA, he was annoying as hell but he was a riot. :)

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fishwax

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:15 PM
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2. I thought it was pretty funny for a documentary

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ET Awful

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Fri Jan-13-06 03:43 PM
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13. LMAO

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Orsino

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:16 PM
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3. Didn't you get the memo? n/t

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LSK

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:19 PM
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4. why do you hate America?

Have you worked in a cubicle farm before?

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matcom

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:20 PM
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5. AMEN!

to the Office Space part :D

:applause:

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Dukkha

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:29 PM
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8. while I loved Office Space i agree with the Aniston part

she seems like someone you'd find at TGIFridays too!

congrats to Brad Pitt for a big trade up!

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Patiod

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Fri Jan-13-06 01:42 PM
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9. Plus it's well known Canadians have no sense of humor

/I kid

Office Space wasn't what I expected, but I loved it. The whole "work over the weekend" thing killed me

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Bill McBlueState

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Fri Jan-13-06 02:59 PM
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11. for me it's getting old

I have friends who have to watch it once or twice a month for some reason.

Interestingly, all of them love the movie but hate that Jennifer Aniston's in it.

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fizzgig

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Fri Jan-13-06 03:41 PM
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12. that movie just makes me depressed now

because that is how my life really is...

i get inexplicable error messages on my printer, i'm asked to work weekends, etc

but it's still funny

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Radical Activist

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Sat Jan-14-06 07:52 PM
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16. I had a bad copy/fax machine in an office I worked in once

and it would show us these coded error messages. There were a few of us that, every time it happened, someone would say "PC load letter! What the f**k does that mean?!" That made everything better.

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lies and propaganda

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Fri Jan-13-06 05:20 PM
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15. best. show. ever

Edited on Fri Jan-13-06 05:21 PM by lies and propaganda

Pre arranging bacon to wake up, turn on, and go back to sleep, hysterical!

MY BAD!
I was thinking of last nights awesome episode of The Office.

But Office Space is more than amazing as well.

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