Haha, MF is so sarcastic in interviews; such dry humor. I like it, but at the same time it can make me slightly uncomfortable when what he says is so close to being true. But at least he's not afraid to be different, and that's very refreshing.
You've hit the nail on the head with the difference between the British and American Office--the American version is "toned down, warmer." Even the worst character has some redeeming points and is generally a good person.
With the British version, I felt that many of the characters were generally bad people with some minor redeeming points. Particularly Brent, obviously, but also Gareth a little. And I wanted to get to know more of the office members.
Tim was...how to explain...well, I guess that's just the impression I get. Of course I can't help but compare him to Jim, who is just a big stuffed teddy bear with a practical jokes streak. I felt that Tim's retaliation was occasionally a bit out of proportion to the offenses done to him.
Or Tim would do something that was just wildly unprofessional--the dildo in Brent's office while he was in a meeting, for example. Making disgusted faces at the pregnant woman. Stacking the phone books up to block out Gareth--as I recall, we didn't see the provocation on that one. From what I can tell, Tim just thought Gareth was annoying and so did that.
He was definitely a breath of fresh air and funny, I just don't think he was particularly nice about it at times.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2012-12-05 02:26 am (UTC)You've hit the nail on the head with the difference between the British and American Office--the American version is "toned down, warmer." Even the worst character has some redeeming points and is generally a good person.
With the British version, I felt that many of the characters were generally bad people with some minor redeeming points. Particularly Brent, obviously, but also Gareth a little. And I wanted to get to know more of the office members.
Tim was...how to explain...well, I guess that's just the impression I get. Of course I can't help but compare him to Jim, who is just a big stuffed teddy bear with a practical jokes streak. I felt that Tim's retaliation was occasionally a bit out of proportion to the offenses done to him.
Or Tim would do something that was just wildly unprofessional--the dildo in Brent's office while he was in a meeting, for example. Making disgusted faces at the pregnant woman. Stacking the phone books up to block out Gareth--as I recall, we didn't see the provocation on that one. From what I can tell, Tim just thought Gareth was annoying and so did that.
He was definitely a breath of fresh air and funny, I just don't think he was particularly nice about it at times.