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The Tick Premieres Tonight on FOX
abde writes "The Tick finally premieres this Thursday on FOX at 7:30 PM CST. Looks like Patrick Warburton finally gets to spread some creamy Justice on our toast!" Here's hoping that this show comes close to it's source materials. It's in a tough time slot, so I really hope it sticks around long
enough to find a footing. Good luck to you Ben (I know you're reading!) In other TV news, Salon reviewed
The buffy musical which aired on tuesday. Since my local basic cable doesn't provide UPN, I haven't seen it. I've been loving FX syndicating what is easily among my favorite shows: hot chicks, sharp humor, and monster killing. It may be the perfect show. I just wish TV was available via FTP.
There is a great musical episode of LEXX titled "Brigadoom." The songs are so...elegaic.
Get the mp3s of the songs here:
http://lexx.warpedsystems.sk.ca/mp3page.php3
Don't forget good old Usenet as well, alt.binaries.multimedia, alt.binaries.movies.divx, alt.binaries.vcd for starters all carry TV shows that are kindly encoded and posted.
Re TV musicals: I get all the Buffy exposure I can handle from AtAT and don't bother watching, myself. And Salon's TV critic (last I saw which admittedly was over a year ago) is obsessed with the show in a way that's almost creepy. But the show that has done the most recently with musical numbers and other ideas is Drew Carey. I'm not a huge fan of that either but the musical gimmicks tend to be really good, as are the other stunts. For instance, it's the only TV show to do something interesting with a live broadcast (having improv done during it) instead of it just being an ego thing for the cast.
Of all the post-Seinfeld comics to drop their act directly into a sitcom, he's the only one to do anything interesting and novel.
TV already is available on FTP.
How else can i watch Dark Angel?
"On TV, of course!", I hear you americans scream. Nope. Don't think so, because I happen to live in Norway.
So, downloading the episodes from FTPs is the only way for me to watch that series.
So, now you know CmdrTaco. TV is available (in a way) via FTP.
The official TV Show website is here.
It's got some video clips of the show, stills from the set, and a little background on the characters.
It looks like the TV show will be borrowing heavily from the cartoon show. I hope that there is some new material besides the cartoon gags. I wouldn't mind seeing some new story lines.
None of the villains from the cartoon series will be there. But Ben Edlund has full rights to the comic book villains, and one of them--The Red Scare--is in tonight's episode! Edlund has also made noises about trying to cast someone for Paul the Samurai. (No word on any ninjas, though. They're my favorites! "We're a hedge. Move along. Nothing to see here.")
I dunno about the "Spooooon!" battle cry; it just doesn't seem to me that something like that should be copyrightable.
Got canned after 3 (3? 4? I think 3) seasons. And some of the same writers from the cartoon show are doing the FOX (live-action) version. From what I've heard, lots of what made the cartoon rock are missing in the live-action version.
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
The Simpsons actually started ripping off the family guy lately. They never used to do Real Life product gags, they just had that episode with the Trix Rabbit.
That is a Family Guy gag, they did the Kool-Aid guy and the Two Scoops of Raisins thing, among others.
I have a friend with "connections" who was kind enough to bring his copy of the pilot to a party of mine a few months back.
I will tell you all now, that it _is_ different from both the comicbook original and the animated series. Both were fun in their day, and both stand on their own merits.
However this new series is off to a very amusing start. I got quite a few deep laughs out of the humour, and Patrick Warburton's (SP?) delivery of the patented Tick Monologues(Tm) are nothing short of sterling!
The plot was nothing spectacular, but was very enjoyable. Indeed, if the writers manage to keep this level of quality, it will be a series to watch faithfully!
On the subject of the new characters: They're different. Get over it. They work in their own way, and can hold their own as supporting characters. (Why does this bring to mind visions of sidekicks like Brazier Boy and Leather Lass?)
I seem to remember hearing rumours (From my friend with "connections"? I can't remember) that Ben Eglund is part of the creative team on this series. If this is true, it should put to rest any complaints of deviating from the source material.
I can only hope that this show doesn't get buried in the typical FOX time-slot shuffle.
Warburton was also in "The Dish", along with Sam Neil. It's a pretty good movie about an Australian satellite dish broadcasting one of the Apollo missions. Rent it, and watch it after Tick.
I just wish TV was available via FTP.
:)
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