The Tick gets the MoS treatment

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Or will be.  Amazon is ordering a new live action pilot.

http://screenrant.com/the-tick-amazon-revival-pilot-order/

[Talavar]

News broke awhile back that Patrick Warburton was out due to other commitments, but his replacement has just been cast: Peter Serafinowicz.  This is interesting casting for sure.  Now it just remains to be seen if the series will get picked up.

[BentonGrey]

I'd be more interested n the cartoon returning.  I loved that show!

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Amazon generally allows Prime members to watch all their pilots and then decides which ones to bring to series.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

And it's now Pilot season at Amazon, and the Tick is one of the 3 pilots.  I'm about to watch it now.

EDIT: And you can tell my initial impression by the changed topic title.  It's dark, it's gloomy.  It's not funny. There's cursing and violence.  So far, not a good impression.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Alright, here's my brief impression.

While the Tick himself (for the 5 minutes he actually shows up) is lighthearted and goofy, nothing else is.  Everything's all dark and serious and gloomy.  Now I'm not super familiar with the source material, but I got the impression it was supposed to be silly and fun.  Except for the title character, this isn't.

[BentonGrey]

It's pure superhero satire, the original comic.  It can be dark in places, but it's all supposed to be funny.  Wow.  This sounds incredibly unappealing.  Who thought that a dark, gritty Tick show was a good idea?

Case in point:
https://servo3000.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/ninja_hedge.jpg?w=700
http://www.spacebooger.com/wp-content/uploads/t6b.jpg
http://media.aintitcool.com/media/legacy/images2007/comics/column209/tick3.JPG

And some issue highlights that put things in context:
http://www.thetick.ws/comtick.html

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Apparently they are going for "dark humor" which is more up to the times to better fit in with modern violent and edgy superheroes.

The villains in this ones are definitely not silly or humorous at all.  Heads are shot out.  Violently, in full view with brief but realistic gore. Curses are uttered. (Nothing R rated in language, but definitely not kid appropriate) Arthur has a backstory so tragic that the police won't charge him with anything the instant they know what it is.

There are no spoofs, there is no humor.  The Tick himself is oddly as silly as ever which just makes the violence and depression even more jarring.

[BentonGrey]

Yep, no thanks.  I'll just rewatch the cartoon.

[spydermann93]

Just saw it. It was alright. Cat was right; the only comedic character was the Tick.

I preferred the Warburton stuff more

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I preferred the Warburton stuff more

He's executive producer.

I don't think this is entirely unredeemable.  The Tick's actor did a fine job and the scene toward the end with the Tick in Arthur's apartment was absolutely wonderful.  If the whole episode had been like that, it would have been great.

[spydermann93]

That may be so, but I did like the first episode of the Warburton Tick better than I did this one.

I think I need to let the new Tick grow on me. He seems alright, though he didn't quite make me laugh as much as Tickburton did. And if the Tick can't make you laugh, then what is there?

[Talavar]

So I watched the pilot myself, and it is...strange.  And cat, it's definitely not Snyderian--while dark, it's humorously dark, black comedy.

Spoiler

The scene where Arthur's dad dies involves him being crushed almost Monty Python style.  A superteam is blinded by weaponized syphilis.  The Terror, after killing said superteam steals child Arthur's ice cream.  The Tick himself seems more like the cartoon version (or even the original comic book version) than the Warburton live action version, and is actually pretty great.  Rather than outright superhero parody, it seems to be attempting to tell a legitimate superhero story, plus comedy.  Tonally, it's definitely weird, and not quite like  any of the previous Tick interpretations, but given this is Ben Edlund's fourth go-round with the character, I can understand that.  Why make it just like the cartoon when he already made the cartoon?  If it gets picked up I'll definitely watch, but I'm hoping it will improve over the pilot.  Most shows do, after all.