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Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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Scarecrow-88 "Gravity is a harsh mistress"Short-lived comic book satire series maybe was ten years too early. I particularly liked the Tick's moving antennae. Patrick Warburton is perfectly cast as dark-voiced, dim-witted, strong-chinned, muscled superhero (with quite the profile) of the show's title. Seemingly superhero 24-7, Warburton's Tick stays dutifully "in character", always in a rather flatteringly Gold's Gym physique blue costume. He is manipulated by a bus stop employee (annoyed at the Tick's constant presence) to leave his post for the nearest city, befriending a recently unemployed accountant named Arthur (David Burke). Arthur wanted to work at his office (ran by a gruff and forcefully uptight Christopher Lloyd!) in his costume which is some sort of moth/bunny hybrid. Lloyd's boss would have none of that. Anyway, the two eventually meet while encountering a group of Commie terrorists (who are so dangerous they'd have a hard time harming a fly) Tick dubs "the Red Scare". Also introduced are two crime-fighters, The Bat-Manuel (Nestor Carbonell) and Captain Liberty (Liz Vassey) who have had a fling, at odds intellectually and philosophically but sexually drawn to each other just the same. Bat-Manuel is known for his womanizing exploits, often receiving calls while in the middle of superhero activity. Liberty is gung-ho and a speed-talker, emerging as if she had one too many lattes. The show is quite fast-paced, edited so rapid-fire that it barely takes a breath. The show is concerned primarily with poking fun at superhero comics, characters, and plots. The show is so quick-draw in how the four deliver their lines and the way the plot moves along so locomotive I imagine multiple viewings would probably be expected just to see what you might have missed. I think this was the kind of comedy that hits and misses but when it does hit, the show can be quite funny. The cast, especially a game Warburton (so dead pan and using a serious toned voice, but adding a winking "I'm in on the fun" nod from the actor a lot of the time), are a lot of fun. Surprisingly, this show didn't make it past 9 episodes!The inclusion of Jimmy Carter as the former President to be abducted and harmed by The Red Scare is so randomly odd, it works! The Tick and Arthur team could have been the Scully and Mulder of comic book comedies had Fox given a chance.

bensonmum2 Somehow, I missed The Tick during its run on television. Thank goodness for DVD! The Tick has to be one of the funniest, most original shows I've seen. It's a riot! I can't believe there are only eight episodes.I can pinpoint two things that make The Tick so good to me. First, the writing. Some of the dialogue in The Tick is laugh out loud funny. In the pilot episode, the first time we see the Tick, he's guarding a bus stop. His main enemy appears to be the coffee machine that has a habit of taking money from customers. I'll never forget the sight of the Tick shaking the coffee machine while saying "Armless bandit... Empty your bladder of that bitter black urine men call coffee! It has its price and its price has been payed! Java devil, you are now my bitch." Hysterical! The second area where the show excels is in the casting. Going back to his days on the television show Dave's World, I've always thought that Patrick Warburton was one the funniest people I've ever seen. He's a big, tough, good-looking guy who can be as goofy as they come. He is simply perfect in the title role of this series. His delivery, mannerism, attitude, and look are dead on. I can't imagine anyone else playing the Tick. As for the rest of the cast, they're wonderful. As much as I can't imagine anyone else playing the Tick, I feel even stronger about David Burke in the role of Arthur. He IS Arthur. Liz Vassey and Nestor Carbonell are the two other regulars rounding out this superb cast.It's a shame The Tick didn't last longer. Eight episodes hardly seems like enough.

tedg Many comments compare this to "Mystery Men." Both, these folks say, portray superheros as regular folks and spoof the whole genre of superhero movies. I liked "Mystery Men," better than any Marvel-derived movie except "Hulk" and perhaps "Daredevil."The Marvel formula was to introduce some humanity and coincident human drama around which to wrap their action panels. That placed the tone at a certain place on the comics spectrum. The tone was far less important than the placement on that spectrum.To find the same place on the movie spectrum you have to move to the absurdly human, so far to the left that only comedy — a certain fateful dark comedy — can contain it. "Mystery Men" made that adjustment and worked. It was funny, sure. But it was true as well, and may have been the peculiarly powerful Garafalo's best role.This is an entirely different beast altogether. It starts life as a goofy comic and is carried over as a very, very short sitcom. It doesn't try for humanity, it tries to fit the mold of sitcom characters. If you think sitcoms are life, you might believe The humor of "Mystery Men," is somehow similar to this.Quite apart from that, I'm interested in how the engineers of these are attuned to political narrative. The US president, whoever he is, always attempts to define the national tone in cinematic narrative. The current occupant has been particularly effective in this regard. Essentially billions of dollars go into reinforcing this "story," so it is no surprise that lots of little guys assemble in its wake to try to be pulled along.The main thread of the Republican narrative is "stupid is endearing if the heart is in the right place." Purity of heart always trumps intelligence, a remarkably effective strategy to blunt any reasoned argument.So we have movies like "Red, White and Blond," which not only followed the narrative but placed it in a specifically political setting. And we also have this: a dumb extremely strong guy with a heart of gold. A girl dressed up as the statue of liberty. See what I mean?Plus we have the two foils: the slimy immigrant and the gay twinky in the fairy/bunny costume.The Fox network? No wonder.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

heethcliff how on earth could they cancel one of the funniest things on TV ever? Brutal.Brutal.Imaginative, creative, brilliant, and awesomely funny, this series, short as it is, is one of the great things I've seen on TV in my short existence on planet earth.Beyond funny most of the time, and sublime in its other moments, it is a great tragedy that this was axed.I feel ashamed as a fellow Aussie (Fox, owned by Rupert Murdoch, axed it) that this was killed off.ouch. it hurts Rupert. please allow it another season or two.come-on dude, you know people, and what they want.Give us some more.maybe the end of the season, and then preferably a season or two after...come-on Mr. Murdoch, do it for the fans...I'm sure there's cash in it...I promise to buy the DVD....