# Threat Level : Midnight (The Office 3-17) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 18, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793 "2011-02-18T06:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/21 "2011-02-19T01:54:28Z")
I love that there’s an internal monolog _and_ a voice-over. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/22 "2011-02-19T02:21:24Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > They missed the chance to do something really great in the ending bit. They should have had the whole cast in a big dance number doing the Scarn like at the end of Slumdog Millionaire. I agree x10. I was expecting something like that. I think the Scarn dance was one of the funniest moments they’ve had on this show in years. [The Scarn Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Rk4X9fkJM#t=20s) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/23 "2011-02-19T02:28:03Z")
Oscar was having a bit of trouble with his dying scene. Strangled people don’t usually blink that much, do they? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/24 "2011-02-19T03:23:37Z")
I was totally fooled by the opening, when the guy came in and shot at Michael. I hadn’t seen ANY previews so it just reminded me too much of the episode when House got shot. I was like “omg is this how they’re going to write out his leaving?” I’m such a tool. When I realized we were going to actually see the movie, I was not excited. I thought it was just going to be terrible and awkward, like Michael’s improv group. I should have remembered how awesome the table read went, how awesome the D-M Scranton commercial was. I loved this episode. I did not think the writers had this in them any more. Having been in the dark, this came out of nowhere for me and will end up in my top 10 favorite episodes of the show. My favorite line was “Puck you.” ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/25 "2011-02-19T03:53:36Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > …the training montage with the inspiring 80s rock song, Strangely enough, that was a pretty obscure Billy Joel song (presumably to tie in with the better-known “Pressure” during the ice skating shootout) called “Running on Ice”. I vaguely remember Michael Scott saying he’s a huge Billy Joel fan in a previous episode so I guess that makes sense, unless I’m making that up. For some reason, Jim’s ex-girlfriend is really adorable in the dance scene to me… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/26 "2011-02-19T04:57:35Z")
It was actually Dwight who declared his appreciation for the music of “William Joel.” ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/27 "2011-02-19T06:20:31Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > But, for a ‘home movie’, it was almost too good for Michael Scott. No shit? A movie made by a large team of professionals with a huge budget, carefully and intentionally crafted to be bad is better than a movie that’s actually bad? Who would’ve thought… ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/28 "2011-02-19T06:52:43Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > It was actually Dwight who declared his appreciation for the music of “William Joel.” Ah, right you are. Well maybe he put Dwight in charge of choosing the music for the film. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/29 "2011-02-19T08:04:43Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > No shit? A movie made by a large team of professionals with a huge budget, carefully and intentionally crafted to be bad is better than a movie that’s actually bad? Who would’ve thought… Wow… ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/30 "2011-02-19T12:04:47Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > The stuff where you could hear the movie, but not see it, where Jim was explaining the origin of Goldface, that was hilarious I wonder if the character of Goldface was based on [Gold Paint Huffer Guy](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/it-aint-just-paint)? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/31 "2011-02-19T12:17:42Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > Ah, right you are. Well maybe he put Dwight in charge of choosing the music for the film. 🙂 Although he might have been lying, because whenever he has been shown listening to music, it was heavy metal. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/32 "2011-02-19T14:19:33Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > No shit? A movie made by a large team of professionals with a huge budget, carefully and intentionally crafted to be bad is better than a movie that’s actually bad? Who would’ve thought… OK! I Should have left out the word “almost”. :rolleyes: I saw the episode four times now… I can’t get ‘The Scarn’ song out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/33 "2011-02-19T14:41:50Z")
what did roy yell out at jim at the end of deleted scene clip 2? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/34 "2011-02-19T14:47:04Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > what did roy yell out at jim at the end of deleted scene clip 2? “Please let us go GoldenFace.” ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/35 "2011-02-19T15:19:23Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I agree x10. I was expecting something like that. I think the Scarn dance was one of the funniest moments they’ve had on this show in years. > > [The Scarn Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Rk4X9fkJM#t=20s) Why is the image in that video the reverse of how I remember the scene? I remember it being with the bar on the left side of the screen and even the angle they were showing Jim and Pam seems reversed. Am I crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/36 "2011-02-19T15:27:27Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Why is the image in that video the reverse of how I remember the scene? I remember it being with the bar on the left side of the screen and even the angle they were showing Jim and Pam seems reversed. Am I crazy? No, it’s reversed. Some dude just put it on youtube, so his video recorder must flip images for some reason. No idea. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/37 "2011-02-19T15:29:48Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > No, it’s reversed. Some dude just put it on youtube, so his video recorder must flip images for some reason. No idea. Anything either of my sisters record from the webcam on their Macbooks is automatically reversed for some odd reason as well. Seems like an odd ‘feature’ to me. The only reason I can think of is that it would make Video Chatting a bit easier to do since it does kind of throw you when you move to the left and your image onscreen moves to the right. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/38 "2011-02-19T16:14:12Z")
People flip videos before they put them on YouTube to avoid the copyright filter. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/39 "2011-02-19T17:38:18Z")
> [@DooWahDiddy](#): > > For some reason, Jim’s ex-girlfriend is really adorable in the dance scene to me… I was hoping for a little more Rashida Jones (I love her in _almost_ everything she does), but even her cameo stole the episode. “Why am _I_ getting singled out?” The rest was meh. Michael is the weakest link in that show, and an entire episode devoted to him wasn’t much fun. I mean, did ANGELA get any lines? Was Kelly even IN the episode? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threat-level-midnight-the-office-3-17/571793/40 "2011-02-19T17:57:59Z")
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