Northern attacking the writers strike: Office fans weigh in, Part 9
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- January
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More than that—three little words that say so much to Office fans.
Jim didn’t want to be friends with Pam; he wanted to be more than that. The phraselet spawned a fan site with the most extensive collection of fan fiction stories this side of…well, I’m not really familiar with any others. But it’s really extensive.
John, 46, goes by more than that at the Watercooler at NorthernAttack.com, where he’s been known to have an opinion or two about the strike and the relative merits of The Office’s third season. Here’s his take…
10 words or less: Which side do you support in the writers strike and why?
The WGA. I always support labor.
(Part 9 of many. I – II – III – IV – V – VI – VII - VIII)
Presumably you’re watching less TV than usual lately. What are you doing instead?
Spending way too much time on websites like Northern Attack. Also rewatching DVDs. Since I read books all day at work I don’t read that much in my free time.
Office fans waited two and a half years to see Jim and Pam get together. Two months later, the writers strike threatens to wash the season away. What do you think about that?
I’m in a different situation. I didn’t discover The Office until October of last year, when I became immediately obsessed with the Jim & Pam relationship – which I think is the most appealing love story that’s ever been on TV. So I feel that a wonderful new thing got taken away from me the moment I found it. This makes me very unhappy.
Maybe you don’t care about Jim and Pam anymore. If that’s true, what are you missing the most with the show on unscheduled hiatus?
I do still care about Jim and Pam. I am also very apprehensive about their storyline (will the writers allow them to be happy or decide to bring in more angst) so that’s what I’m missing the most.
How’d you like the way things were going overall on the show when the strike hit?
I thought the show was definitely keeping up its high standards of quality. Local Ad and Money, for example, were as brilliant as anything in Season 2. I also saw some interesting things happening with several of the characters. Jim was happy in love, but seemed increasingly unhappy professionally. And Michael has been going further and further into psychological meltdown – and part of him knows it. I was looking forward to seeing these developments play out.
Would you rather see the strike end now and have the writers get back to work and put The Office back on for however many episodes they can squeeze in, or would you rather they scrap the season and turn their attention to returning strong in the fall, using the extra time to restore their creative juices?
I’d like to see them do a sort of mini-season of 5 or 6 episodes in April and May, with one tightly contained story-arc. That way they could tie up a few loose ends while setting up some new developments for Season 5.
Bonus round: Fill in the blanks
- This strike sucks. The AMPTP should be sentenced to a year of According to Jim/My Two Dads/Blossom reruns for making this happen.
- Jim and Dwight make such a great couple. They’re like the Brangelina of the northeast Pennsylvania paper distribution industry.
- I still can’t believe Michael followed his GPS into a lake. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen on TV since - no…wait…I didn’t think that was dumb at all! Classic comedy!
- Pam looked so much better this season, especially with her new boyfriend and seeing her with a perpetual smile on her face.
- The strike has been particularly rough on my Office obsession. In fact, the strangest thing I’ve done since the hiatus began was buying a Jeff Zucker voodoo doll and a lifetime supply of straight pins.
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