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mnartker
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The Tick

I just heard the live action Tick show is finally coming on. From what I read it premieres on Nov 1 @ 8:30pm. I for one am pretty psyched.

10-10-2001 12:48 PM

briker206
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I'm waiting with my fingers crossed. It's going to be difficult to pull off just right. I'm trying to force myself not to compare too much to the animated show. I think if anyone can pull off the goofy part of the tick it's who they cast. I thought he was one of the funnier characters on Seinfeld. Delivery of the lines is the most important part.

10-10-2001 01:58 PM

mnartker
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I agree. It will be hard to follow the animated series. I gotta admit I raised an eyebrow when I heard that David Puddy (or the guy who plays him) will be playing The Tick. He looks the part, but the voice may take some getting used to when compared to the hyper-heroic-always-projecting voice from the animated show. I've always thought Puddy was pretty funny though. I guess I should also take it as its own show though as well, rather than another version of the animated one.

10-10-2001 11:31 PM

Yorick
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quote:
Originally posted by mnartker
He looks the part, but the voice may take some getting used to when compared to the hyper-heroic-always-projecting voice from the animated show.

Personally, never having watched Seinfeld, I was introduced to Patrick Warburton via "The Emperor's New Groove" where he played the voice of Kronk, the henchman; I kept thinking through the movie, "Y'know, that guy sounds an awful lot like the Tick," without actually knowing it was him! (I'd heard previously that Warburton was to play The Tick in the live-action show; I enjoyed the cartoon so much I hunted up the comic books and am still a subscriber.)

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10-11-2001 04:17 AM

Madkins007
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Man, I feel old. My first exposure to Patrick W. was in the show "Dave's World".

I agree that he would be darn-near perfect for the Tick, but I also doubt it will survive the transition to live action.

Let's face it, Hollywood- some things are better as live-action movies(MIB), others are better as amination (Animaniacs), others best in comics form (X-men), others in print (any of a hundred books that should have been left alone, including nearly everything by Stephen King), and a few that should have been left as beloved TV series (Mission Impossible).

10-11-2001 02:59 PM

briker206
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Of course I doubt it will have a huge budget so it may draw enough with fans writing and voicing their opinion to make a profit. Even if a show has low overall ratings as long as the network can sell a particular demographic then it can stay around a long time.

Course if it was on UPN who cares about the budget! I heard last week that Buffy is costing 2 million per epsisode! That's twice as mucha as the Star Trek: Next Generation cost! Must be making solid gold demons now! Either that or Sarah Michelle is getting 1.6 million per episode in salary....Anyway back to the topic at hand.

Fox needs a better Tick screen saver. How bout one of those animated goobers like the robot from lost in space. That would be hilarious! Having tickisms spouted and squeezing peoples heads onscreen.

10-15-2001 02:28 PM

Yorick
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quote:
Originally posted by briker206
Course if it was on UPN who cares about the budget! I heard last week that Buffy is costing 2 million per epsisode!

sounds reasonable, all things considered. Every time they dust a vamp it costs $5,000. (or was it $50,000? there's a 5 in it.) Plus they have just as many starring roles as STNG, vampire makeup, magic, fire, explosions, stunt people, it's filmed in California ...

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10-15-2001 11:04 PM

Yorick
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Re: The Tick

quote:
Originally posted by mnartker
I just heard the live action Tick show is finally coming on. From what I read it premieres on Nov 1 @ 8:30pm.

Due to baseball it will now premiere on November 8th.
However, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel. or should that be "Tick-Time"? "Tick Tock"? I'd say this thread was Tick Talk, but that's been taken*. Do you suppose he uses Tic(k) Tacs? Is there a Tick-ometer in his car? With Tick-ed windows? Can you tell I haven't had much sleep recently?

* Tick Talk is the title of the letters page in the Tick comic books.

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10-24-2001 06:14 AM

mnartker
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Re: Re: The Tick

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Originally posted by Yorick

Due to baseball it will now premiere on November 8th.
However, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel. or should that be "Tick-Time"? "Tick Tock"? I'd say this thread was Tick Talk, but that's been taken*. Do you suppose he uses Tic(k) Tacs? Is there a Tick-ometer in his car? With Tick-ed windows? Can you tell I haven't had much sleep recently?

* Tick Talk is the title of the letters page in the Tick comic books.

Thanks for the info, but if you don't stop that I'm going to get pretty ticked off.

10-24-2001 12:22 PM