I've finished the other episodes of the "The Tick." It goes off rails a little bit at the end where they seem a little desperate to wrap it up, but I enjoyed it. Scott Speiser as the flawed good guy Overkill and Yara Martinez and Jackie Earle Haley as the chief villains were outstanding. Really about the only weak performance was Valorie Curry as the sister to The Tick's sidekick. Maybe they didn't have time to give her meatier parts. I hope it did well enough to return.
On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 9:51 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > From what I remember at the San Diego Comic-Con panel, all of the episodes > have been shot, and the second six will become available in early 2018. > > At the same panel, Serafinowicz specifically mentioned West's Batman as an > influence, particularly the earnestness. > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> > *To:* TV or Not TV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 26, 2017, 12:34:32 AM EDT > *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] Quick review: The Tick > > I’ve finished the first six episodes of “The Tick” on Amazon Prime and I > can recommend it. It’s goofy and it keeps the jokes coming, for the most > part. I’m trying to think why I like this and couldn’t care less about the > “The Defenders.” Part of it is that there’s no characters in “The Tick” > dragging it to a stop. I’m looking at you, Iron Fist. And the jokes keep > coming. > > As someone noted somewhere else, perhaps in an earlier thread in this > group, this version of “The Tick” focuses more heavily on Arthur, who The > Tick is trying to make his sidekick. That story centers around a special > suit that The Tick stole for Arthur and others want back. For me, the > weakest part of the first six episodes is Arthur’s storyline. He seems too > whiny and the plot drags when it focuses too much on him. > > There’s an odd collection of superheroes and villains. But the star is > Peter Serafinowicz as The Tick. His version seems to channel Adam West at > times. And they successfully mine his naïve earnestness for comedy. > Serafinowicz plays it like someone who was deeply home-schooled. > > Since I had already seen the pilot, the other five episodes went by > quickly. I guess another six will drop. I have no idea when or if they have > even been shot yet. > > -- > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
