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The TICK
VS. SEASON ONE
Buena Vista Home Video Presents
Release Date:
September 30th, 2006
MSRP Price: $34.99
Amazon Price: $23.12
Costco Price: $24.99
Sam's Club: $24.99
First Season -12
episodes (episode 11 not included)
Format: full-screen 1.33:1
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
Run Time: 252 minutes
Number of Discs - 2
Sound - Dolby Digital Surround
The Tick:
Season 1 Rating: C
Video: C
Audio: D
Content: B
Acting: NA
Special Effects: NA
Bonus Material: F
Overall: C
Voices:
Mickey Dolenz (from the Monkees),
The Tick is one of the
most underrated animated series on television. It had a following
that went from children to college students and even us weird ass
adults. The series was fun and over the top thanks to its creator
Ben Edlund who drew it for the kids but wrote it to entertain the
adults. I had never seen the entire first season until the DVD boxed
set landed in my greedy hands, minus episode 11 of course.
While the live action
series did not fair so well on Fox going up against Survivor, the
animated series did extremely well.
I would not recommend
this series for the younger children in any family as they just
won't get it. Anyone older could maybe falling off the couch in a
mad laughter. This is a great animated series for virtually all
ages.
PACKAGING
The packaging
looks sweet. The back of the vid cover
gives the synopsis for five episodes and lists the others. A poor
job done here with no synopsis. There a list included on the inside
with all the titles. The disc looks good too.
VIDEO:
The video
looks good. It's a bit grainy in
places and there is some discoloration that forces itself on the
viewer, but it's easy enough to ignore. Buena Vista dropped the ball
on the transfer though as the series just isn't that old to look
like it does.
AUDIO:
The audio transfer is decent. That's
it... decent. Don't expect great things here.
BONUS FEATURES:
Here's another area shit on
by Buena Vista. There are zero extras for this great series. You
know there had to be something.
SUMMARY:
Whew, the price is a bit steep for the 12 episode first season and
the quality of the video really makes the pricing outrageous.
While the series is
fun and entertaining I can see it being a poor seller for many
buyers who want so many different series on DVD.
This is one of the
best animated series around the DVD market. If you've got the money
to burn you'll like having this material in your collection.
The Tick:
Season 1 overall
Rating: C
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