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Live Action 'The Tick' Pilot
ForteBravo writes "Patrick Warburton ('Puddy' on Seinfeld) is slated to star in a live action 'The Tick' pilot on Fox. Link courtesy of memepool. Could there be a more perfect candidate out there to play our favorite bumbling hero? I don't think so." Okay, as long as I get to play the part of Die Fledermaus.
Eek the Cat! ruled. I also liked Terrible Thunderlizards.
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This is th best news I've heard all week, I honestly hope they do it justice.
So this now begs the important question, who plays American Maid?
Finkployd
my own personal favorite:
"look out world, i'm full of TANG!!!!!"
Vice President Al "Internet" Gore has decided to call it quits in his bid for the Office of the President of the United States as he has been offered the part of Little Wooden Boy for the upcomming TV series.
Also, Bob Dole is being considered to play the part of The Terror, and Bill Gates was offered the part of Brainchild.
In related news, Hemos the Hamster is rumored to be "putting on a few pounds" so that he can try out for the part of Speak.
The Tick is one of the very rare superhero parodies I have ever liked. After 4 years working in comic book stores, I developed a deep loathing for Marvel and DC superhero blandness. This developed into a love of the alternative presses, Last gasp, Rip-Off, Dark Horse (sometimes) and especially the really underground small-press scene.
:-)
Often, people produced superhero spoofs, but most of the time these were weak and lacking in anything to distinguish them from the increasingly uninventive superhero market itself.
The Tick stands out from that crowd as an example of a comic book that truly rocked! What's more, the animated series was fantastic too
Can they make it a hat-trick with a succcessful live action series?
We'll have to wait and see.
A little planning goes a long way...
Butter me, Pat.
Oh well, no point in steering now.
Hey, You're the guy who made my head hot! Well, I'm not going to let you make my friend's heads hot!
J:)
Oh well, no point in steering now.
We must warp to the speed of LINT!
Yes! YES! Of course! The Speed of... what?
Lint! Ever wonder why after you wash your clothes you always find lint in your pockets?
Uh.. I guess.
IT'S THAT FAST!!!!!
-m
Ok, the Tick was good fun. What made it such fun was that it was completely over the top. The Tick getting punched into orbit (and going on an existential journey within his mind), clones made entirely of snot, and armies of corn soldiers ("We're colonels!") and things of that sort were what made the Tick worth watching. Am I the only one that thinks that this is going to be hard to capture in live-action? A lot of the stuff that happened on the Tick was pretty improbable. I have my doubts about the show's ability to pull off effects like talking monkey geniuses on a weekly basis. It seems like either they won't try, and the show will be dull because of it, or they will try, and the cheesy effects will get in the way, and even if they manage to make the effects passable, I have my doubts about the actors' ability to play something that over the top without coming off as hammy.
I don't mean to sound like I'm dumping on it before it even gets off the ground (although I suppose I am), but I am very skeptical. Seems like a better choice would be to revive the animated series. That's what I would prefer, at least. Still, the ways of Hollywood are, at best, bizarre and inscrutable.
-r
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(Why, yes, I do have a calligraphic button reading "SPOOON!" hanging in my car, why do you ask?)
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Now, my uncut #2 Tick may be worth something... But considering the comic's value didn't go up following the animated series, I guess it never will. What the Tick's series needed was for Ben Edlund to take a break from the animated series and give us some new Tick issues! Plus, I always found the Tick's humour really shone through in the comicbook. There was a surreal and warped sense of humour in the comicbook that you didn't find elsewhere. (Such as the Red Eye, the whole roadtrip to the Big City, the Monolith, the Ninjas, etc.)
Marlon Brando or William Shatner. They'd save money from not having to buy a costume or use computer graphics.
Well, a lot of times these kinds of things aren't really rumors or misinformation, they're test-marketing.
Some casting person leaks rumors about Warburton. Net begins to buzz. Some schmoe working at casting companyshakes the net to see what falls out. People seem to be very pumped about this, so it probably bodes well for him, whether they'd already decided to cast him or not.
If everyone booed and hissed, the production company could just say, "It was a rumor. We'll find someone much more suitable for the part."
Get it? Suitable? Big, blue suit? Ha. Ha. Oh.
If Newmann plays Arthur I will have him hunted down and beaten, along with the casting director.
Puddy's perfect, he's big and not really dumb, just confused. He's got a quality kinda like the Tick's almost ignorant brilliance.
Ok. Let's compare these mugs: Patrick Warburton vs. Bruce Campbell. (sorry, Bruce-Campbell.com was down as I wrote this.)
I call for a re-cast! All in Favor? SPOON! All opposed? not in the face! not in the face!. The Spoons have it!
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