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Old 09-05-01, 06:44 AM
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The Tick - Live action: thoughts?



Entertainment Weekly - The Tick

Check out the link for a preview. Costume looks good although I don’t like the mask, or lack thereof. Don’t remember the actor too clearly from Seinfeld but he’d have to be amazing to top the guy who did the voice for the animated version.

Anyone see it when it aired as a mid-season replacement last year?

I love the animated show dearly and I just hope they haven’t compromised this all to hell.
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i got a chance to watch the pilot episode
it was a fairly decent show.. but I cant see it lasting more then a few episodes, until a ton of tick fans come out of the closet.. but it wont appeal to the masses.
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btw.. as far as the tick character himself..
the voice is great...
the expressions are super
the antennas cracked me up!
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Does anyone know when the show actually starts? I have been waiting for this one for a while. I think Patrick Warburton could do a good job as the Tick
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I think it will be good, but won't last too long. I think the actor playing the Tick is perfect, he's got the voice and the cheesey mannerisms down pat. He does voice overs for a lot of cartoons, he's actually Buzz Lightyear on the TV series.
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as long as he's got the tick phrases, i'll watch. it looks alright. i don't know how mainstream it'll be though.
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Patrick Warburton - You may not recognize his face, but you might recognize the voice - he was Kronk in The Emporer's New Groove, and on Family Guy he plays Joe, the wheelchair-bound neighbor.

Interestingly enough, The Tick will be airing regularly on Thursday right after Family Guy.
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Originally posted by renaldow
I think it will be good, but won't last too long. I think the actor playing the Tick is perfect, he's got the voice and the cheesey mannerisms down pat. He does voice overs for a lot of cartoons, he's actually Buzz Lightyear on the TV series.
I think the main reason it won't last long is that it's going up against Survivor III .
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I'm excited abotu the pilot.. it'll be interesting to see. The cartoon was very original but doomed cause it tried to be too many things at once. The show will work but they have to give it a time slot and stick with it. If they have the Tick/family Guy in an hour block i think the ratings would do quite well.

He played David Putty on Sienfeld which i thought was one of the best secondary characters "YOU STOLE MY JESUS FISH!"

He also did the voice of superman in the Jerry Sienfeld Visa commercial.
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I've seen some pics and I have one question: Where the hell is American Maid?!
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Does anyone know when the show actually starts? I have been waiting for this one for a while. I think Patrick Warburton could do a good job as the Tick
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Originally posted by Professor Frink
Patrick Warburton - You may not recognize his face, but you might recognize the voice - he was Kronk in The Emporer's New Groove, and on Family Guy he plays Joe, the wheelchair-bound neighbor.
Don't forget he was also the Pure Evil hobo boss that replaced Jimmy James (Stephen Root) and married Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney) in NewsRadio.
Anyone remember the show? Phil Hartman RIP and all...

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Greetings chums. All I have to say is, SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

I've been waiting for this to premier since last year. I sure do miss the cartoon.

EAT MY JUSTICE!
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Count me among the cautiously optomistic!

I love the TICK!

I'm gonna go watch tapes of the cartoon now...
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I'll give it a chance, but I am not too optimistic.
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I just saw the live action pilot, and I have to say that it is actually pretty funny. They could not have made a better choice to play the Tick. Warburton is hilarious, and the costumes look good. They have this Captain Liberty character who I assume is supposed to be American Maid, but I don't know if she was a character in the cartoon because I don't remember. And yes I REALLY saw it, I have it on my computer. I'll say it again I LIKE this show. However I showed it to a female friend of mine and she said it was the stupidest show she ever saw. If you like the Tick cartoon, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the series, judging from the pilot.
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Liz Vassey as Captain Liberty... yummm!!!
i still say Warburton would've made a great Capt. Marvel...
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Originally posted by Tesiae
I've seen some pics and I have one question: Where the hell is American Maid?!
Apparently the comics, the cartoon show and the live action show are all owned by different groups of people. So you have some characters that cross-over (like the Tick & Arthur) but apparently you get into rights issues if you try for any of the other characters like American Maid or Sewer Urchin, etc.
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thoughts?

I think jonathan.e should drop by out little forum more often.

I think The Tick will kick ass.

I think The Tick will last under 6 episodes.



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The live action show is weak. (I too watched the pilot on my computer)

The cartoon is awesome.

Oh, and I'm not going crazy....I'm going sane in a crazy world.
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The live action BS is just a disgrace to the cartoon. They need to cancell it as soon as possible. Why are they even bothering doing this in the first place? Why don't they just show new episodes of the cartoon? It's like this guy is trying to be funny by saying crazy stuff like the tick but it's never really right at all. Everything the cartoon tick said was hilarious:

"When evil is a foot, and you don't have any arms, you gotta use your head, and when evil is ahead, and you're behind, you gotta do the leg work, and but when you can't get a leg up, you gotta be hip, you gotta keep your chin up, and kick some ASS!"
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I heard from a friend that the first three or so episodes are a bit off, but by the fourth or fifth it really starts getting good. Gotta give it a chance, especially fans of the cartoon who were disappointed. Keep watching, it should get better.

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Originally posted by das Monkey
I think jonathan.e should drop by out little forum more often.
Hello - just thought I’d drop by
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Originally posted by Einsatz


Don't forget he was also the Pure Evil hobo boss that replaced Jimmy James (Stephen Root) and married Lisa Miller (Maura Tierney) in NewsRadio.
Anyone remember the show? Phil Hartman RIP and all...

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Fox is not giving this show much support. I missed the last episode maybe if they advertised it like they do TemptIsland people could catch it. Seems like Fox Execs are just waiting for it to disappear. Pilot Ep was good I liked Christopher Lloyds performance. Given a chance I could see it being as entertaining as the cartoon.


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