The Office gets another reboot over in Australia courtesy Amazon Prime Video, but the fan reaction isn’t good as the trailer has 72k dislikes.
This latest version of The Office is a new take on the original Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant classic that first aired in the UK and then became super famous with the U.S. version led by Steve Carell.
This new Australian version has Aussie variants of the originals, David, Tim, Dawn, Gareth etc. and variants of the U.S. version, Michael, Pam, Jim, Dwight etc.
There’s actually been over a dozen versions of The Office that have aired in various countries, so it’s not like this is supposed to be replacing any other version. The characters are actually supposed to be similar to and variants of the more well known versions (I think that’s right).
Following the recent U.S. version, I also believe this Aussie version happens to be getting the biggest release. It’s having worldwide release on Prime Video in 240 countries and territories worldwide which started on Oct. 18 — that is, everywhere but the U.S. (use a VPN).
The U.S. version has a new version of The Office underway (described as set in a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher is trying to revive it with volunteer reporters).
What do the comments say about The Office?
Prime Video released the trailer about a month ago (watch below), it hit Reddit and got zero upvotes, and fans have destroyed it in the comments on YouTube. A handful of reviews have also hit Rotten Tomatoes where fans presently give it a 32%.
Did you watch the trailer for Amazon’s Australian re-remake of The Office in 2024? You may be entitled to compensation. – 2.8k likes from fans
Dear Prime It’s not too late to delete this – 10k
This trailer has killed more people than the scranton strangler ever did – 5.8k
And we thought the Break Dancing was the worst Australia would put out this year – 6.4k
When the comment section roasting the show is funnier than the show itself – 4.5k
I have been confined to a wheelchair for the past 20 years today I stood up and walked just to turn this off – 11k
Bold choice to put online trailer for comedy show without a single joke in it – 3.3k
If they showed the Aus version of The Office on a plane, people would walk out. – 1.6k
On behalf of everyone in my country: we completely understand if this results in a nuclear strike. – 4.5k
I will use a Michael Scott quote: NOOOOOO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO, NO!! NO!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! – 2.1k
As an Australian I want to apologise for the fact that our country considers this comedy and considers Raygun a good breakdancer. So embarrassing – 1.1k
I can already tell this is going to get cancelled after the first season – 3.7k
This actually confirms my suspicion that the timeline we were in ended in 2019, and now we’re all trapped in a place where everything we loved is contorted and drained of anything enjoyable. – 1.5k
Identity theft is not a joke Australia!!! -1.8k
The funniest thing about this trailer is that they actually released it thinking it was good. My God. What a cringe explosion. – 1.1k
An Australian reboot of an American remake of a British original… and they say there are no new ideas anymore. – 687 likes from fans
Watch The Office Australia trailer:
