Has anyone seen ‘The Tick’ (live action) series yet?
Sad One,
Here is something from scifi.com:
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The Tick
Fox, Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
Premieres Nov. 1A non-caped big blue crusader stands on a roof overlooking the city known as The City, waiting to leap into action the moment he’s needed. But until then, The Tick (Patrick Warburton) hangs out with the other superheroes and his sidekick, Arthur (David Burke), doing the things superheroes do when they’re not fighting evil. So mostly they hang out at restaurants, argue and admire the pursuits of other superheroes. All right, there is the occasional killer robot or Russian bad guy to deal with, but the bigger problem seems to be that The Tick won’t put the cap back on the Arthur’s toothpaste after he’s done. This half-hour live-action comedy series is based on Ben Edlund’s cult comic book and the Comedy Central cartoon. Fox, with the help of Warburton, has done a great job bringing The Tick to life. Weird, goofy, silly and often very funny, this twisted look at superheroes is directed by Men In Black’s Barry Sonnenfeld.
The Outlook: Talk about a long-awaited show. The idea for a live-action The Tick has been kicking around since 1996, and it looked like it actually was going to make it onto the schedule during midseason until the network started worrying about how several potential strikes might affect their schedule. The buzz on this was positive right from the beginning, but will anyone still care after all this time has passed? They just might, although let’s hope Fox will try it out on another night if Thursdays against Survivor prove difficult. The good news is that it’s paired with another funny show called The Family Guy, and it’s not up against Friends.
At least it’s not that far away from us. I’ve also heard that it is very similar to the cartoon series, so much so, that Fox doesn’t really know what to do with it. Another important note, the lack of tv ads for this show is very obvious. I’ve only seen one or two in the last few months. Hmmm. HMMMMMMmmmm.