The Twitter account for the Amazon update of The Tick has released a new image of the hero played by Peter Serafinowicz. The image shows off an updated suit, something that was panned when it was first revealed last year.
The first full season of The Tick will be released later this year.
The television show is based on the Bed Edlund comic character who debuted in 1986 and was the subject of an animated series on Fox in 1994 and a live action show in 2001.
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero, who may or may not be a figment of his own imagination…
Debuting as part of Amazon‘s latest Pilot Season, The Tick has been updated in many ways and some of it works, and some of it doesn’t. I’m a big fan of the comic, original animated series, and first live action iteration, and have been looking forward to this debut.
For those who have might not have seen the previous iterations, the series focused a lot on both The Tick and Arthur with The Tick being the one you’re wondering about his mental state. In this version, it’s Arthur who is the one whose grasp on reality is tenuous after trauma earlier in his life. And that trauma and spin had me wondering if The Tick actually existed, or if he’s a figment of his imagination. That’s an interesting twist, and that coupled with some directorial choices, the episode is much darker than I expected.
Peter Serafinowicz steps into the suit of The Tick and Griffin Newman is Arthur Everest in this version and both are entertaining, though Newman really stands out as Arthur. It may be due to the fact that most of the episode revolves around him, but his acting is really entertaining and he feels like the sad sack he’s supposed to be. Serafinowicz is ok as The Tick, though the dialogue doesn’t feel quite as bizarre as past iterations. There’s not enough of him to really judge his version, but so far, it just is ok.
The outfits of the two are ok though I’m not sure I’m a fan of the textured look of The Tick’s. Arthur’s, which we see at the end looks updated and pretty solid, making more sense than what’s come before.
The episode goes a bit darker as I’ve said, but it doesn’t play with that darkness for humor. There’s a bit there, but it doesn’t quite go far enough to be comical, it’s just a darker version of The Tick.
We don’t get a whole lot in this episode and I’m not quite sure it makes the case to continue, but I’ve missed The Tick, and I want to see more. There’s a lot laid out, but it’s just one episode, so the payoff is thin and few. Still, the groundwork is there for what looks like it could be an entertaining new take on the classic character.
You can watch The Tick now on Amazon.
Overall Rating: 6.8
Deadline has reported that Peter Serafinowicz will be donning the blue tights and play the nigh-invulnerable superhero The Tick in the Amazon pilot.
Serafinowicz is not new to role in comic roles, as he was Denarian Saal in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and also voiced Darth Maul in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. He is mainly known for comedic roles in British comedies.
The Tick was the center of two previous television series, a 2001 live-action Fox comedy as well as a 1994 animated series. Both are cult hits.
According to Deadline:
In the new incarnation, the blue-suited Tick is recovering from a memory loss and ends up reteaming with his sidekick Arthur (Griffin Newman) to fight evil. The two are surrounded by a new host of characters that include Arthur’s sister Dot (Valorie Curry).
Patrick Warburton originally donned the tights in the last live action series.
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