Live action Tick on Fox

Lawyer logic. Fox Kids apparently won’t let go of their rights to the characters so Fox and the production studio could put them in the live-action show. That means that, along with DieFledermaus and American Maid, we won’t get to see any other characters created for the animated series…no BiPolar Bear, no Human Bullet (Fire me, boy!), no Dinosur Neil…but the Civic-Minded Five (or some variation of them) should be ok, along with Dot, Arthur’s sister. I’d love to see them pull off Chairface Chippendale. And it needs more ninjas. Some of the funniest comic book gags involved ninjas.

The show didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but has promise. It needed to be a little more off the wall. I do plan to continue to watch, though.

So, with all the characters from the animated series not in this, will MY fave - The Sewer Urchin - be in it? or is he one of the characters created for the animated series? After all, he is the ‘apotheosis of cool’

I thought it was really funny. Aside from the actors I’d like to give a shout out to the director for his part in creating the comic book feel of the show. The big red russian robot was great too. I loved how his shoulders sagged at the end of the fight.

Probably won’t last. But I’ll be watching.

I loved it. I laughed out loud (I was alone…that’s hard for me to do) quite a few times. I can’t belive they used Liz Vassey! I remember, back when I was in school, I stayed home a few days because I was sick. I was watching “All My Children” with my mother, and Liz was on there. I’ve been in lust with her ever since. Patrick Warburton was a perfect choice for the Tick. Arthur reminded me a little of Rick Moranis. But this was a great show.

I liked the “tyranny of the Coffee Machine” bit at the begining.

“Double Java, you are my bitch.”

I was disappointed, but not suprised. It just doesn’t work in a live-action format, at least not with this writing and directing. Arthur was the only good part about the show.

I don’t expect it to last.

I am indifferent at this point. It is next to impossible to form an opinion of a series based on its first show. The potential is there, but it needs to be developed in a hurry.

I heard the lines, and I knew many of them were funny, but I rarely laughed. The comic timing was non-existant.

I’m on the fence.

I loved “A secret message from my teeth!
but, I found it bizarre to hear The Tick say “my bitch”
and watch ‘Batmanuel’ and ‘Capt. Liberty’ going at it on the roof.

ApocolypseCow (sp?) killed me, though.

I cannot believe I rushed home to watch this. I was so disappointed.

After seeing the cartoon Tick and all the exaggerated things that cartoons can do - the live action show seemed really flat. But then I’ve never read the comic book so the cartoon (which I LOVED by the way)is the only thing I have to go on. I agree that Patrick Warburton is the perfect person to play be The Tick.

I thought it was annoying - but then I lived with someone who had the same damn melody on his phone and would receive 450 million calls every damn day.

I did love the antennae though. I hope the show gets better.

“dangling unmentionables” LOL.

Too Clever for Prime time network TV though. Still good stuff.

-me

Yeah, I called it “blue humor” and then groaned at my unintentional pun.

I am a big fan of the animated series (all 36 episodes on tape! Best gift ever! Woo!) and I agree, it didn’t seem very Tick-like to say “my bitch”. My 7-year-old was a little weirded out by the moaning-groaning-face-sucking, too. Maybe that’s more in line with the comic?

But Batmanuel was VERY good, I thought, and Arthur was perfectly cast (and oddly cute). I do miss the animated Tick’s voice - Patrick Warburton sounded sort of like Hulk Hogan sometimes, but I hope that gets better with a few episodes.

On the whole, I loved it. Loved the antennae, loved the Red Scare (especially the band of Russian soldiers, that’s SO cartoon-y), and I really dug the Asian lady at The Lonely Panda.

I must not be the target audience. Never saw the comic or cartoon, was interested in the show. I tend to gravitate towards goofiness or slapstick and have no objection to fantasy. Taped it, stopped walking after the elevator crashed. Kept waiting for the funny stuff and finally realized, hey, this is supposed to be the funny stuff.

The paper had reviewed it as “riotously funny!” Said the next 2 aren’t quite as hilarious as the premiere. Hmm.

Different strokes and all. Didn’t really need an incentive to watch more TV anyway.

“stopped walking” is apparently some wierd, caffeine-induced amalgram of “stopped watching” and “walked the dog.”

I thought it was a bit slow, but they did have to introduce all of the main characters, to little time to have a good plot. I think that the further along we go, the better it will get. You can’t just jump into these things.

I liked Bat Manuel more than I thought I would, Captian Liberty, not sure quite yet.

I hope this one doesn’t die too quick, a lot of the shows I really like fade away fast.

Arthur-Blah blah blah, no offense.
Tick-None comprehended!
Hehehhehe, had me chuckling all night.

I haven’t seen any of the cartoon nor have I read any of the comics. To me, this seemed a little too frantic, the pace seemed almost too quick.

If they slowed it down just a bit, Patrick Warburton’s doofussy charm will shine through. He’s the reason I watched and will watch; try to catch him guest-starring for five episodes as evil Johnny Johnson on “Newsradio”, and you’ll see what I mean.

But yeah, I’m going to watch it until they cancel it. As the local TV critic (there’s a dream job if ever there was one) put it, it’s too brilliant to last.

I tried watching the show, but one minor detail kind of ruined it for me: the Tick’s suit. Rather than seeing a big, beefy superhero in a skin-tight blue suit, I saw a guy in a foam rubber suit pretending to be a superhero on TV. Every time Tick bent an elbow, I could see the foam crinkle. Kinda of a lame thing to let get in the way of what might well be a good show, but it did ruin it for me. I only watched about 15 minutes before changing the channel.

Workmate of mine and I noticed that Patrick Warburton is giving the Tick juuust enough Adam West in his speech that this might click unconsciously with all the 60’s Batman* fans out there.

For a pilot, it wasn’t bad. Probably scared the hell out of the mundanes out there, but I’ve read the comic and seen the TV show.

Unfortunately, I must agree with a common sentiment: it’s probably too weird for its own good and will be sacrificed.

“Your door’s broken–and the knob came off.”

I thought the acting was fine – The Tick and Batmanuel especially – but the pacing was way too slow, and the line others have mentioned about the coffee machine didn’t belong. If they get a chance to continue the series they have a shot at ironing out the kinks, but they need to punch up the pace a little bit.

I miss the animated Tick’s voice, too, but Warburton did quite a good job; it will just take a little getting used to. I hope I get the chance.
RR