"Powerless" Unaired Pilot (TV Episode 2016) Poster

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(2016)

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Tough to decide if this is better
dewlover42012 September 2022
I'm so thankful for the person that posted this on YouTube. I love the show, both the original creator and replacement showrunners, and have wanted to see this since I learned of its existence.

But it's hard to choose. I love the show that came after this. I own it, and have re-watched it a few times. I even watched it live weekly while it aired, with my Dad for the last nine episodes I believe. (We didn't start watching it together.)

This one's got a bigger majority of similar qualities, than I expected. It's got similar enough cinematography, but the tone was more positive than I expected. With the near full re-shoot, I figured they made it a more positive and uplifting, from a more dry The Office esc, workplace comedy.

It's also still about a new employee, just the roles were reversed. I think they noticed the few flaws with this, changed them, and thought the rest didn't work with those changes. Honestly, Alan Tudyk has similar character traits. They probably figured if he'd been the boss for a while, there'd be a more vibrant and weird office, considering he's a little quirky. Not too bad, but you get it? Maybe?

I'm honestly hard-pressed to discuss much more, without spoiling. Which I definitely don't want to do, I think you should check it out for yourself. Just know it's great, and it's like if you saw the show from an alternate universe.

OH. My decision is, this isn't better. I think there's two characters here, that are fine. But in the new show, they're more fleshed out and specific. Also different actors, but I just assume they replaced them based on the situation.
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