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Release Date: 30 September, 2003 Retail Price: $29.95 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: |
The Tick - The Entire Series Reviews
A pale, pale, lame, shade of the cartoon
It's hard to express how badly the live action Tick series sucked in comparison to the cartoon.
The live action version tried to make things more adult. Innuendo between Bat Manuel and the american-maid counterpart. The name changes were just part of the lameness.
The writing wasn't as good and the jokes weren't as funny. Warburton was the perfect casting for the Tick, but beyond that the live action series was a complete disaster.
Brilliant but Cancelled...
Highly underrated and cancelled before its time could truly come, "The Tick" is a real delight to watch, a show that is easy to laugh at whether you are a fan of the character or not. Doomed by Fox Network's program-shuffling schedule, this program did not fail on its promise to me, and still, at only nine episodes, remains one of my favorite series. The antics of the Wild Blue Yonder and his cohorts are truly memorable. There is great comic writing abound, which is beautifully delivered - especially by Patrick Warburton and Nestor Carbonell.
"Well, let's not keep her waiting. She'll only perspire and alarm the neighborhood cats."
The show, which is based strongly on the mood of Ben Edlund's comic and the character and story traits of the Fox cartoon, delivers a lot of comedic dialogue and moments, but ultimately failed in the story department. This is not to say that it wasn't still hilarity writ large, but save for the first two episodes, there really wasn't any crime fighting going on, and the show became less about the Tick than the other three leads. It turned into too much of a hormonal drama among Arthur, Captain Liberty and Batmanuel while the Tick himself got sidelined. Not many real villains appeared, with the Red Scare storyline being horribly twisted, not to mention the existence of only one ninja in the whole series. And I think a lot of viewers anxiously awaited but never received their dosage of "Keen!" and "Spoon!" that the cartoon provided.
Other than that, I think the cinematography, direction and costuming were top-notch. Any fan of Ben Edlund's creation ought to give this a try. While the DVD set is nothing to write home about, with a virtual lack of features, the picture quality is perfect and the discs themselves look pretty darn cool. And at the price it is definitely worth the buy - you'll watch these episodes over and over again, I guarantee it. My favorite is still "The Funeral" - check it out.
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