have you seen the office from the otherside of the pond?

i have not seen the uk version yet but want to. us version is amazing though

I actually watched the UK version before the US version and I absolutely loved the UK version more than the US. The humour in the british version was so much more subtle and therefore even more funny, I thought. The awkward moments were more awkward, the boss character (Ricky Gervais) even more pathetic, the office relationship (tim/dawn) even more sweeter. It took me a long time to get into the US version, I thought that it was too loud and obnoxious and totally over the top and the first season was a complete rip off of the UK version. But gradually I began to enjoy it for what it was and now I look forward to it every week. The one thing I like more about the US version is that it's had the ability to develop the peripheral characters more - like Angela, Creed, Stan etc because they are just as funny as the main characters. But I still much prefer the UK version to the US one.

I was and still am a big fan of the original The Office. I have Seasons 1, 2 and the Christmas Special and every now and then, I put it any disc and just start laughing. When I first heard they were going to make a US version, I was confident that they were going to ruin the show's legacy. But I was wrong. I try not to miss new episodes of the NBC show and am looking forward to the new season. Ricky Gervais is incomparable though. As much as I enjoy the Jim/Pam and Angela/Dwight/Andy relationships, I still get giddy every time (SPOILER ALERT) Dawn and Tim kiss and end up together at the end and I've seen that episode numerous times.