JackFetch Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Amazon might be reviving the live action Tick series. While Amazon has yet to publicly talk about “The Tick,” Ben Edlund — the creator of the Tick comic book series — took to twitter to say “Yes for now suffice it to say the dream of a new live-action Tick is being pursued with vigor.” http://www.craveonline.com/tv/articles/753191-tick-creator-confirms-live-action-revival-development?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tick-creator-confirms-live-action-revival-development Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 SPOON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 It's happening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 And again, I say SPOON! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Peter Serafinowicz is The Tick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 He's no Patrick Warburton, but I'm a fan of the guy, so I'll give him a fair shake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 He's more Arthur material for me, but I'll give it a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 He's more Arthur material for me, but I'll give it a chance.Don't be an A-hole, Mike.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 The pilot is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 It's not terrible.The tone is interesting in that it's a reasonably straightforward superhero adventure story that happens to have an insane cartoon character in it. Peter Serafinowicz is kind of too old and doesn't have the body type, but godDAMN does he have the voice and manner down, plus he's Peter Motherfucking Serafinowicz, so in the end I feel like he works. The costume is a lot less cringeworthy in motion than it appeared in stills. Jackie Earle Haley was in it for about 30 seconds and owned every shred of his screentime. Plus, I laughed out loud, more than once, and I never, ever do that when watching TV. I hope I get to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 To me it was just ok. The Terror was the best thing in it. The production value is just too low to look like anything but a Youtube fan movie. The SFX are awful, not that I was expecting Michael Bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 27, 2016 Report Share Posted September 27, 2016 Amazon has ordered it to series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 12, 2017 Report Share Posted July 12, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 One of the things I liked about the pilot was its tone - the world was relatively straightforward (considering the fact that superheroes/villains were a thing), but the Tick himself was the same OTT explosion of ridiculous insanity he usually is, and the juxtaposition was intetesting. This looks sillier, but that may be because it's so Tick-centric. Either way, I'm gonna give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 I'm not sure. I think Tick works well in small doses. It can get annoying rather quickly. Part of the reason I liked the Patrick Warburton series as much as I do is because it was so short-lived. That, and Batmanuel. Either way, I'm gonna give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 The Warburton series is something I really enjoyed, and yes, a big part of that was that it ended JUST as it was starting to get tiresome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 This wasn't bad. While it's a smidge wackier than the pilot was, it's still considerably less over-the-top than The Tick usually is, and it's kind of a weird feel. The cast is uniformly excellent; I fully expected Serafinowicz and Haley to kick ass, and they do, but Yara Martinez is really doing terrific work here, and Alan Tudyk once again shows that he is the best at playing snarky AI characters. The important thing, though, is that Serafinowicz is pitch-perfect in his delivery and frequently even sounds like Warburton. Still, while the Warburton series ind of drove home that The Tick as originally presented - a hugely wacky, insane cartoon - could only work so far as live action, the fact that this is so toned down makes it not feel quite right. (There are also a fair number of F-bombs being tossed, which I normally would barely even notice, but feels really weird coming from this property.) It's funny and I hope we get more, but it did take a few episodes for me to settle into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted August 28, 2017 Report Share Posted August 28, 2017 It's from my time, but for me it'll never get better than this: There's something about the live action stuff that claws at the cartoonish intentions of the Tick. The ever-encroaching specter of reality takes away from it IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjoyadet Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 12:14 PM, Dan said: I fully expected Serafinowicz and Haley to kick ass, and they do, but Yara Martinez is really doing terrific work here I really enjoyed it. The first time I saw it I thought Warburton was doing the voice of Serafinowicz, a reverse Darth Maul. I liked the character of Overkill. I had the idea for a character named Overkill but it was more based off of the Joel Schumacher Batman and Robin and how they were always changing costumes with new toys and vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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