I love Drew’s retelling of Tom’s accident, the way he says “then he sees that wife of his and decides he wants to LIVE.” Just dripping with condescension. I think every office has a Drew.
"Lawrence played Rex Kwon Do!" Gentlemen, that is the most excellent Diedrich fucking Bader. Got very well known for 9 seasons on The Drew Carey Show, he moved into voice work where he was the first to voice Batman after Kevin Conroy. Has a whopping 250+ imdb credits.
39:45 I had a work dot matrix printer where the error PC load letter was the generic error message for any error the printer couldn't diagnose. That was pretty comment n in those printers. That scene where they destroyed the printer is my favorite scene in this movie.
@9:09 When you're talking about your dreams, it makes me think that you should react to the film "Waking Life", by director Richard Linklater. I think you would both find much to relate to, but there is a specific scene in which a character describes how we give our 'waking lives' to our employers for too little pay, just to turn around and also give them them our dreams for free, lol
Peter's job was very real, and very of its time. it resonated with those of us who worked in tech in the late 1990s. Essentially Peter was going through lines of code and changing dates from yy to yyyy format in preparation of the year 2000. This was the infamous (at the time) y2k bug everyone was paranoid about. I always wondered how such a time-specific job remained relevant to younger audiences. I like that it turned into "mysterious unknown office job". This has caused me to think that maybe it was that for non-tech audiences at the time.
I'll never forget my first office/cubicle job when we were told by management that some employees were making themselves a little too comfortable at their desks (some people had a LOT of pictures, fidget toys and other various decor) so we were told we could only have FIVE personal items on our desks. As you can imagine we immediately dubbed it our "pieces of flair" and made about a billion Office Space jokes about it. That was over 20 years ago and i still laugh over how stupid it was for the office to try and regulate our office "flair".
You guys have never seen King of the Hill?!!? Its seriously one of the greatest TV shows of all time. It's insanely funny but not in thr conventional cartoony way nor in the Simpsons or even Family Guy way. Its uniquely brilliant. Not surprising at all it lasted years on a network notorious for cancelling anything that drops a percentage point in ratings from one season to the next. And Idiocracy is just a classic. Cult classic, to be fair. But another example of Mike Judge's fantastic sense of humor. What's interesting about Judge's work is that the comedy is quite different from one movie/show to another. I always found it fascinating how Judge is still a fairly unknown creator despite having so many mediums that have had pretty big impacts on pop culture. People probably don't even realize how many things they say or reference on a daily basis that stem from something Judge created.
Yeah we forgot to mention but we've both seen Silicon Valley as well. It's crazy to think of how many different influential projects he's been a part of
My introduction to Stephen Root was on News Radio as Jimmy James (Macho Business Donkey Wrestler).
"macho business donkey wrestler" definitely has me intrigued 😂
I love Drew’s retelling of Tom’s accident, the way he says “then he sees that wife of his and decides he wants to LIVE.” Just dripping with condescension. I think every office has a Drew.
Totally. We all know a Drew haha
"Lawrence played Rex Kwon Do!" Gentlemen, that is the most excellent Diedrich fucking Bader. Got very well known for 9 seasons on The Drew Carey Show, he moved into voice work where he was the first to voice Batman after Kevin Conroy. Has a whopping 250+ imdb credits.
Holy shit! He's an icon and we didn't even know it 😂
@MoviesThatChangedUs Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back he's the security guard on the Miramax lot in charge of hiding all of Ben Affleck's dead hookers.
44:13 as a core member of Gen X: yes everyone ignores us, and yes that's the way we want it.
Word
39:45 I had a work dot matrix printer where the error PC load letter was the generic error message for any error the printer couldn't diagnose. That was pretty comment n in those printers. That scene where they destroyed the printer is my favorite scene in this movie.
I can't tell you how often I randomly think of Milton.
Just randomly. At work, at the grocery store....I just love him so much.
In a frightening way, there’s a Milton in all of us 😂
Loved this movie in the 90s. Still love it today. Because the core idea of being unsatisfied with your job/life is evergreen.
@9:09 When you're talking about your dreams, it makes me think that you should react to the film "Waking Life", by director Richard Linklater. I think you would both find much to relate to, but there is a specific scene in which a character describes how we give our 'waking lives' to our employers for too little pay, just to turn around and also give them them our dreams for free, lol
We love Richard Linklater! Thanks for the recommendation
I love y’alls convo! Happy to be here❤
We’re happy to have you!
You think Stephen Root is a chameleon? He was in Get Out....
Such a great movie! Keep up the good work guys!
I've never worked in an office but I have seen this movie countless times and it's hilarious
Peter's job was very real, and very of its time. it resonated with those of us who worked in tech in the late 1990s. Essentially Peter was going through lines of code and changing dates from yy to yyyy format in preparation of the year 2000. This was the infamous (at the time) y2k bug everyone was paranoid about. I always wondered how such a time-specific job remained relevant to younger audiences. I like that it turned into "mysterious unknown office job". This has caused me to think that maybe it was that for non-tech audiences at the time.
Silicon Valley is a mandatory followup to Office Space in the Judgeiverse.
Chris and I forgot to mention it but we're both big fans of Silicon Valley
I'll never forget my first office/cubicle job when we were told by management that some employees were making themselves a little too comfortable at their desks (some people had a LOT of pictures, fidget toys and other various decor) so we were told we could only have FIVE personal items on our desks. As you can imagine we immediately dubbed it our "pieces of flair" and made about a billion Office Space jokes about it.
That was over 20 years ago and i still laugh over how stupid it was for the office to try and regulate our office "flair".
You guys have never seen King of the Hill?!!?
Its seriously one of the greatest TV shows of all time. It's insanely funny but not in thr conventional cartoony way nor in the Simpsons or even Family Guy way. Its uniquely brilliant. Not surprising at all it lasted years on a network notorious for cancelling anything that drops a percentage point in ratings from one season to the next.
And Idiocracy is just a classic. Cult classic, to be fair. But another example of Mike Judge's fantastic sense of humor.
What's interesting about Judge's work is that the comedy is quite different from one movie/show to another. I always found it fascinating how Judge is still a fairly unknown creator despite having so many mediums that have had pretty big impacts on pop culture. People probably don't even realize how many things they say or reference on a daily basis that stem from something Judge created.
Yeah we forgot to mention but we've both seen Silicon Valley as well. It's crazy to think of how many different influential projects he's been a part of
And Stephen Root voices Bill Daughtrive!
Classic.
My favorite channel watching my favorite movie?????
LA LA.. ffs google what's the cheapest peaceful place to live in the US with good internet and go :) cheers guys
You guys have to do idiocracy... some of it is kinda dated but some is nearly prophetic which is hilarious and sad at the same time.