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.

Comments

Spooooonnn!

[cancrman]

Hope they include that.

Pete

Some downers, tho

[banuaba]

Tick won't be able to say "Spoooooon!".
None of the old villians will be present.

All because of some fucked up copyright stuff.

oh, and Speak won't be there, either.

More information can be found here. (http://slate.msn.com/?id=2058205) for the goat paranoid)

Even without those things, I'm still excited about dorking out, and I think that putty is an excellent choice for the Tick.

Re:Some downers, tho

[Skyshadow]

Despite all that, it's not insurmountable -- it just needs some competent writing.

I hear that the villain in the pilot is a surplus 1970's Soviet robot programmed to kill Jimmy Carter. I find that concept absolutely hysterical, for some reason. Hopefully, the show will live up to that sort of promise.

I'm curious....

[Art_XIV]

What the heck happened to the cartoon series? Did it just evaporate once it was sold to Comedy Central? I had mere basic cable at that time, so I wouldn't know.

Ratings Won't Be High

[Angry Black Man]

Unfortunately the ratings will be decimated by Survivor tonight. Fortunately for Fox, there are a lot of hardcore fans and the creator of the show needs a thing or two about sci-fi comedy.

Here is the main cast list if you're interested...

David Burke is Arthur
Liz Vassey is Captain Liberty
Nestor Carbonell is Batmanuel

and of course the Tick is played by Warburton (as mentioned in the post).

Re:Ratings Won't Be High

[WillSeattle]

Why do you say that? I mean, it's Survivor: Africa, not Survivor: Afghanistan.

I was one of the people who watched Survivor a couple of times, and I'm getting pretty bored by it, even if Khaki Man is from Seattle. It was great fun watching the premiere of the film he directed at the Seattle International Film Fest, and I ended up sitting next to him and Monsieur Beneit (sp?) at the awards.

But let's get real. The Tick is nigh unbeatable in competition with Survivor.

And that's the unvarnished truth.

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Will be delayed 1/2 hour

[cancrman]

The president is speaking tonight. 25 minute speech followed by the standard 5 minute talking head wrap up. Don't know if Fox carries national news in your area but they do in mine (Chicago).

Now my VCR and Tivo settings are all fucked up.

Poo.

Pete

Yah, that salon reviewer is WEIRD

[ColGraff]

I just watched the musical Buffy episode - it was okay - and I have to say the salon reviewer's take on Buffy is just bizarre. She seems to be saying Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a masterpiece - it isn't. It's a show that once was semi-decent spoof-action and now is a soap opera with vampires. But even if you disagree with me there, surely you have to concede that the reviewer raving about what a great metaphor willow and what's-her-face's song and dance number was was a bit over the top.

I dunno, maybe it's me, but I think this lady spent far too long in a visual literacy class. Even a single lecture can scar one for life, believe me.

"Disinfectant Gel" Note: In the last 15 minutes or so of the buffy musical, Buffy sorta-kinda-almost strips. It's not much, but since I suspect the main demographic of the series is "Teenage girls and horney guys" I thought it was worth pointing out.

This post IS pointlessly offensive; please downmod it accordingly.

Preempted

[turd191]

Bush is making a speech tonight on national TV.

interview

[geekoid]

I would love a /. inerview of Ben edlund(?).
He has had a much bigger impact a geek culter then Will Wheaton, boy genius.

I liked it!

[RyanFenton]

It definetly wasn't as bad as I thought it could be! The intro was slightly lame, as were the intros of "Bat-Manuel" (Die Fleidermaus and "Captain Somethingorother" (American Maid). But the combination of very well implimented special effects and actors who delivered lines in ways that ADDED to the effect the story was trying to tell gave me great hope for this series.

Oh, and of course the tick isn't saying SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON(!) yet, they haven't gotten to that part - should be fun! It has about the equivalent 'kick' of the original show, with the same number of awkward not-so-funny parts. I'll be watching it whenever it's convenient to catch a show.

I just hope it can pay for it's budget!

:^)

Ryan Fenton

Re:Don't Forget.....

[naasking]

The best thing about Family Guy is that it's not only low-brow humour, but also subtle, cynical and sarcastic humour too! That's why Family Guy rules! Thank God they brought it back.