There’s been a lot of talk about the new spin-off of The Office lately, so over the next few weeks at Big Diction, we’ll all be picking our favorite Office spin-off stars, and speculating on the show that might develop around them. Now, Mark Topel on Phyl and Bob.

We all love The Office. Over the last three years, it has proven to be one of the best and most consistent sitcoms on television. However, there have been some serious flaws in plot elements that, to the dismay of violently disgruntled fans, have never been addressed by the writers, the most notable of these blemishes being the tedious and uninteresting love triangle between Jim (John Krasinksi), Pam (Jenna Fischer), and Roy (David Denman).

Really, I think we had enough after the brief first season, but this lazy and unimaginative crutch allowed the writers to limp through the second and third seasons, completely ignoring the more interesting romance that had begun midway through the second season. No, not Dwight and Angela. That’s right, the forbidden romance between Phyllis Lapin and Bob Vance (Vance Refrigeration), played by Phyllis Smith and Robert Shafer, respectively.

Continue reading Television: Big Diction Office Spin-off Predictions, Pt. 4

Fallon Shmallon

True story: a few days ago, I thought, “Hmm, you know who has seemingly dropped off the radar? That Jimmy Fallon guy. Thank God, he sure was annoying!.” Cut to a few days later, and Jimmy Fallon is now replacing Conan O’Brien in February 2009. The guy went from being nowhere to being in my face every single weeknight in no time at all!

Continue reading Television News: Jimmy Fallon Named Successor to Conan O’Brien, Absolutely No One Happy

There’s been a lot of talk about the new spin-off of The Office lately, so over the next few weeks at Big Diction, we’ll all be picking our favorite Office spin-off stars, and speculating on the show that might develop around them. Now, John Michael Cassetta on Kelly Kapoor.

I think by this point we all know the facts: NBC is hooking up its hit sitcom The Office with its own spin-off, which has neither a title, a premise, or a main character. There’s rumor that the spin-off will feature an entirely new cast, but let’s face it, that’s boring. Here at Big Diction, we’re convinced the spin-off will center around one of the minor characters from The Office. In fact we have an office pool going, and we’re each writing about our favorites. The buy-in is 25 cents, so there’s kinda a lot riding on this.

I call Kelly Kapoor. Since the second season, she been by far the most “real” character. My definition of real, of course, is based entirely on the network television definition of real: REALITY TV.

That’s right, Kelly Kipoor. In her own reality show. OMGZ with Kelly Kapoor.

Continue reading Television: Big Diction Office Spin-off Predictions, Pt. 3

Did anyone else see this on Chud last night?

I think we all just collectively pissed our pants.

Alternate Title: I didn’t know we’d be getting a Friday Night Lights spin-off about Tim Riggins so soon

Sue Naegle, new president of HBO, has picked up her first show. It’s called Hung. Here’s a synopsis from Variety:

Hung opens on a man who was once a high school sports legend, but is now plodding along in middle age as a struggling father and high school basketball coach. His luck begins to change, however, when he figures out a way to use his best asset.

They’re referring to his penis.

The show is created by Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin, creator of FX’s The Riches. Hopefully this show, along with Alan Ball’s vampire series True Blood, will reinvigorate HBO’s schedule, which has been sagging after the finales of two of their best known series (The Sopranos and The Wire) and a string of misses (John From Cincinnati, Tell Me You Love Me).

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As you probably already know, the greatest (and medium-defining) graphic novel of all time, Watchmen, is being adapted into a feature film to be released on March 6th of 2009. The film’s director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) is asking fans of the novel to create TV commercials for “Veidt Enterprises” that will potentially appear on televisions in the background of the film. Get all the details here and watch Snyder address fans personally on the matter after the jump.

Continue reading Film News: Zack Snyder Creates Opportunity For Nerds To Give Back To Watchmen