this show changes so much about the Titans often had a fundamental level
that it's really only these characters in name only
in fact while I was watching the first three episodes of the show
I wondered what drew Akiva Goldsman jeff johnson greg berlanti to adapt this
comic since apparently none of none of it actually inspired them and they felt
was worth bringing over to the to the DC streaming show but but there's a but
here I know I was shocked too but if you can get past that and I was
able to you wouldn't think that you would but I think because it is actually
a somewhat engaging superhero television show that thankfully skews more Marvel
Netflix than CW and this time from DC you know I again as I said I was able to
get past the the fundamental changes that were made and I would even go so
far as to say that even if I wasn't going to review the whole first season
which I will it's gonna take a long time because this thing's gonna wrap up in
December because it airs weekly we'll talk about that in a moment but I would
still continue to watch it pass the first three episodes that were given to
us they they I wouldn't say it was a strong hook but I'm interested now I
think it's a huge mistake to air this show weekly instead of making it
available for binging and that's for two reasons the first is that oddly the
second episode well there's a lot about this that's on but the second episode is
a weird detour that focuses largely on Hawk and Dove with Starfire and Beast
Boy not even showing up that episode like this is about getting a team
together you know why would you prolong it any longer than necessary right
a beast boy by the way is who he he might be comics accurate in fact but I
can't tell because he's hardly in the first three episodes at all in fact he
only has two scenes he nails them though we'll talk about Beast Boy when we go
through the characters individually so with the show only airing weekly I can
see some people checking out with the second episode and not making it to the
much better episode 3 although if you paid for DC streaming you might be like
damn I for this abut well you know someone some
people have like a monthly renewable plan I I bit the bullet and paid for the
annual so you know that's another thing they should be concerned about making
sure people renew and I think that episode two just slows things down too
much then the second reason that I think they should be benched is that when uh
when you have weekly shows like say Gotham right there are tons of comic
book cameos and references each episode to really energize the audience right
but Titans is much more of a slow burn it's not chock full of references and I
think the again as I said the game is more what did they change so I can't see
it generating water cooler talk episode by episode I think people won't be more
interested in talking about it as a whole season as a whole because you know
it's weird to think having to check back in every week as as a member of the
press I was able to bend to the first three and that was a favorable
experience now to the cast's credit they all look great like wow what a
photogenic cast but they're all so charismatic right and I have to say at
the very least solid actors I think they wouldn't even be good
actors and that does a lot to make the show enjoyable and engaging despite how
much they've changed alright so let's start out with Robin now it was
frustrating to me because Dick Grayson has never been violent right and he's
never been this angry Dick Grayson in the comics is known for
being a performer and a show-off and none of those qualities are spotlighted
here it also makes no sense that someone his age would be a police detective
already instead of a rookie a beat cop you know as he was in the comics but
there are moments with Brenton Thwaites where he lightens up or softens up right
and you can see shades of Dick Grayson also his protectiveness of orphaned or
endangered kids considering his own background is a nice touch you know like
pay it forward but Bruce did for him so I thought I thought that was nice also
speaking of birds waiting in episode 3 there's another reason for you to stick
it out there are a number of flashbacks and they have the best Wayne Manor I've
ever seen in live-action usually they're like welcome to way
Manor and you're like that only looks like a moderate hotel this way manor
looks like really lush and posh and like it actually looked like house Bruce
Wayne would live in I was impressed and you do get glimpses of Bruce Wayne but
not his face and there was one super creepy moment like they don't wanted to
talk so he like leaves dick a note and dicks like oh it's like Dick Grayson and
he reads it and then they pull out and Bruce is standing in the doorway and
you're like that's really weird I think Child Services might want to
rethink this living arrangement like just talk to him it's like that was
weird although I guess Bruce is a little bit
weird when you think about it okay also I have to say there was a moment episode
three when young Dick Grayson he's supposed to show how show off his
acrobatics right and so he's like jumps into a tree and flips all around and it
was the worst VFX I've seen in quite some time
like I would be like we obviously can't do that scene or that shot but I will
say that it's a tiger these points convincing enough not like wow is that a
really good but I wasn't like oh you took me out of the show I was like oh
cool he's a tiger I don't know why you would change into that animal for the
task that we see him doing it made absolutely no sense I'd be like what was
basically Breaking and Entering I was like monkey obviously um but I guess you
know I don't I don't know why they made that choice we'll see again we don't get
that much of Beast Boy also side note the show takes place in Detroit not blue
haven or a blood Haven for dick Grayson's comic book history right or
New York or San Francisco or any of the cities the Titans have actually been
located and in the comics for some reason again they put it in Detroit and
the only thing I can think of is that's because that's where Jeff Jones is from
and I think that Jeff Jones should stop injecting himself into everything that
he does for DC and it's awkward to see a mostly non black cast be located in a
historically black city and see dick working in a police department that's
mostly black although the only person he seems to strike up a relationship with
is the only other one person who works there and you're like why doesn't this
occur to anyone all right now as for Starfire who's
called coriander's here there's no talk about Starfire doesn't come up in any
way so far her character is changed the most
like it's not Starfire for her her power set for instance she
just shoots Hellfire like like really hot intense flames
no green blasts it doesn't seem like alien energy at all
they basically that actually set up like a difference between her and Raven like
Raven is darkness and Starfire is light but not like light light like fire
so she seemed kind of she seemed got a hellish two in her pouch again and her
powers that quite frankly although they are implying some kind of connection
between the two of them so maybe there is a connection I don't know I'll have
to keep watching but what's really weird is they basically made her a Luke Cage
shaft type figure complete you know not just with like the the getup that she
has but they give her that kind of car and the music choices that play in her
scenes and they use Donna Summer again they must be really pushing that song on
the music scene you know in terms of affordable royalties right and she is
the exact opposite of Starfire's trademark qualities you know she's not
innocent she's not naive and she's not a beat I think that the Luke Cage shaft
comparison is very apt and she makes for a good one by the way a good female
version of that kind of character there's a blaxploitation quality to it
which I'm sure like Goldsman Jones and Berlanti think is very clever but not
with this character it just it doesn't work well it's tough star fire it's not
star fire but Anna Diop though asked us I have to say it does a great job
playing whoever this is and she looks absolutely gorgeous stunning and on
another side note there's so much colorism in Hollywood these days look
who they just cast and birds of praise as Black Canary right over janelle monae
what have you pointed that out I thought that was very very very good observation
so it's great to see here a dark-skinned actress not only gets such a large role
but that of the sexy femme fatale and Anna Diop fills it to a tee although it
is weird that she refuses to change out of her hooker outfit right she wore it
for the two episodes that I saw her in and it's revealed to be some sort of
undercover getup but for what she doesn't know because she has amnesia so
that's another weird loop as well you know you're like start firing at random
Nisha in the comics what's happening so Teigen Croft also looks gorgeous very
pretty and she's very convincing and what's been basically turned into an
exorcist type storyline compete complete with going to see nuns in a convent and
whole bunch of like crosses and religious symbols all that kind all that
all that jazz right all that exorcist jazz but the problem is is that no
matter how good a job Tekin croft does she simply miscast as raven you're like
that's great at all and that was fun to watch but you're not raven like we all
know we all know these characters so well and so we can immediately tell if
that's who we're seeing and i think it doesn't ring true with any of them
except potentially again Beast Boy hopefully we'll be seeing a lot of him
sooner rather than later I mean maybe they don't want to pay to see him trance
transform into an animal too much but I think that Ryan Potter he makes a very
strong impression in the scenes that he does have not just again because he's
comics accurate but his character seems like he'll bring a lot of fun to the
show which of course Beast Boy has historically done for the team so
overall I think the Titans could be and I wish that it was more distinguishable
from all the other comic book shows that are popping up in the small screen these
days I mean they keep they keep having a sameness about them they're gonna be
indistinguishable to the majority of viewers again what makes this I think
the most interesting is that it's a Marvel Netflix level quality show not
daredevil but up there and it's from DC though so it's all it's like oh so it's
the first to get there it's the first at-bat so I think that helps it as well
because it's fun to see that that application to the DC characters but you
know it's not the characters it's not the iconic characters that we want and
even though I did enjoy what I was watching it was a little frustrating to
think that these characters would not get a second chance at live-action
anytime soon because they'd already been wasted here in name again a name only I
am curious though to see what the show goes and I do think that it would be
worth picking up especially if you're a DC fan but probably down the line when
you can get the whole season at once and binge it but if you want to watch it
week to week again I don't see and less than the extraordinary happens on a
weekly episode I don't see myself reviewing it again until you know the
end of the season but you know you can catch it beginning Friday October 12th
on DC's streaming service how many of you are subscribed also will play on
Netflix everywhere else in the world so you guys don't have to pay for another
streaming service but I'm not quite sure when it starts in other countries if
you're aware of the start date in your own country please share it down below
so that's my review I'm very curious to hear your thoughts and of course as
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