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Amazon’s The Tick Has Moments of Genius in Tonally Off Series

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Amazon’s The Tick is a fascinating watch even if it doesn’t always work. The Tick, which has been around in one form or another since the 90s, has some moments of pure genius but the entire show feels tonally off. That may be due to the fact that instead of putting the characters in a comic book hyper-reality the show’s creators (which includes the creator of the original Tick comic book) have decided to have all the action take place in the real world.

The result is that the craziness of the world, where super powered beings have become common place, gets toned down quite a bit. Say what you will for the early 2000s incarnation (starring Patrick Warburton in the lead role) but at least it embraced the cheese that went along with the story. All of that has been more or less muted in favor of a much more epic story that seems to miss some of the major punch lines of what makes the show and comic so great.

For instance, one of the main antagonists is called Ms. Lint because she attracts lint at a supernatural rate. That’s it. That’s her big punch line. The Tick roster has such an impressive roster of villains to choose from it seems rather anti-climatic to choose a woman whose main power revolves around lint. I mean Hand Grenade Man or Friendly Fire would have worked way better given the circumstances. Still, at least she’s given an arc in the eight episode season that runs far too short for its own good.

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By chopping the first season in half as two, eight episode arcs much the action gets cut off. In some shows, like Agents of SHIELD, this method works well. But because the audience doesn’t really know any of the characters yet and this world is so brand new nothing really feel accomplished by the end of the season. So much of the show is spent on exposition that there’s really only three episodes of story in the arc while much of the action takes place over the course of 72 hours. The whole thing feels truncated, as if it is just revving up but stops by the time it really gets moving.

That being said, the cast is wonderful. Peter Serafinowicz completely nails the tone of the The Tick in some ways better than Warburton did in its last live action incarnation. He manages to play the bumbling hero as both totally clueless and amazingly insightful. Plus seeing The Tick and Arthur actually do heroic things rather than sit around a coffee shop talking about them really elevates all the material.

The standout is, naturally, Jackie Earle Haley as The Terror. Though he’s only in about half the episodes his comedic delivery carries the show past its pacing problems. Haley is a masterful actor to begin with so letting him chew the scenery was a genius move.

Unfortunately it is unclear when The Tick will return. Let’s hope it is soon so the show’s many unanswered questions get addressed.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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