jordo212000;723848 wrote:eh you might have somewhat of a point. That's kind of the go-to point for a lot of Ferrell detractors, but if you look at all of his movies and not just the obvious ones, he is able to play different characters. I mean look at his time on SNL.
Some people don't want to see Carell leave, and I was originally one of them. However after watching this show for the last 2 seasons, I can say at this point I don't care. The show is spinning its wheels and needs something to spice it up. In all honesty, they would have been much smarter to end the show somewhere between where season 3 ended and where season 4 started. History would have been much kinder to them (going out on top). The series as it stands now, is about to need euthanized.
Not every character he does is exactly the same, but they are close enough that it sure feels that way. While Michael Scott was wacky, Carrel played him with enough sincerity that it was believable that there could be someone who actually was that awkward. Ferrel on the other hand plays every character like a cartoon. He's so outlandish it's unrealistic, which is part of the reason all his characters seem similar. For me, I don't find that character very funny.
I agree that the show jumped the shark ages ago, and history may have remembered the show more fondly had it ended after season three, however, syndication would not have remembered the show as fondly. The more episodes you have to sell into syndication, the more money you can make, because networks can air more episodes per day and will carry a syndicated show longer the more seasons it has.
Personally I was really hoping that Ricky Gervais would be the new boss when he made a cameo at the beginning of the season, of that they would promote someone from within the office to be the new boss and bring in another new character somewhere else.
