Comment by nyoronic
2 days ago
I'm not sure I see it to be honest? Yes, they are both guys that bother others, but their motives are different.
"Mr. W" is a personification of the wind that can't help his existence flinging things, but finds a new purpose.
The "Enshittificator" is a person modifying consumer products more directly, and it ends badly, but he's happy about it.
Going in I was expecting scene-for-scene similarities, but it wasn't that close.
Perhaps not, but that was my feeling on watching the Norwegian version, although to be fair, I was bothered enough that I only watched the first half.
Defending my opinion, though, I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men dressed in oddly formal manners giving monologues to the camera. Scenewise, I thought slamming the drawer was a direct echo of slamming the shutters. And kicking the rock in the street echoed throwing the bottles in the street. And so forth.
Interesting that you don't think it's a knockoff. Given the theme, I found it ironic that it was itself an inferior copy. It ruined it for me.
> I felt that both had tall somewhat socially awkward men
Northern europeans cast northern europeans in commercials you say?