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I started watching Titans and it's a "super hero" show done wrong imo

Dali

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With HBOmax a lot of people are now able to see the DC shows from the failed streaming service.

Titans is a show about super heroes, most of which have no powers. It's grim dark tone is at odds with the goofy costumes people wear. They mostly beat up people and or kill them. That's basically what super heroes do but this show really doesn't do anything to disguise their actions as the self-satisfaction of crazy people.

Am I alone here? I'm not opposed to dark representations of "heroes" but the show tries to go into the psychology of the capes and it just makes you like them less and less.
 
Cipher Peon

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Disagreed pretty strongly. I loved it because of how dark it was. I hope now that it's on HBO Max it gets a second wind!
 
PlanetSmasher

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They did Donna Troy so dirty I don't think I'll ever forgive them even if they do get a season 3.
 
Lotus

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It's a terrible edgy show that for 2 seasons in a row is unable to even properly close out a season.

Easily the worst of the DC Universe offerings (I haven't seen Swamp Thing tho)
 
jelly

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It was so bad in the second season but I enjoyed the first more or less.
 
Hagi

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Only issue I've had with the show is I could not care less about any of the characters outside of Dick. Rather watch a Nightwing show tbh
 
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Dali said:
With HBOmax a lot of people are now able to see the DC shows from the failed streaming service.

Titans is a show about super heroes, most of which have no powers. It's grim dark tone is at odds with the goofy costumes people wear. They mostly beat up people and or kill them. That's basically what super heroes do but this show really doesn't do anything to disguise their actions as the self-satisfaction of crazy people.

Am I alone here? I'm not opposed to dark representations of "heroes" but the show tries to go into the psychology of the capes and it just makes you like them less and less.
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yes, it is a very bad show

the more important question is, are you enjoying it or not?
 
Kschreck

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This show had a lot of promise but after two seasons of the "team" constantly fighting each other and CW writing, I don't have high hopes for season 3. Hopefully it will be a marked improvement though. Show still has potential.
 
Furisu

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I thought the first season was fine.

The second season though...not great, especially the final episode.
 
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Dali

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Lotus said:
And Harley Quinn. Stargirl is also surprisingly a good watch
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I've been watching all of the above too. Harley isn't live action but stargirl and doom patrol are basic CW campy stuff. Titans seems like it's trying to be Daredevil, Luke Cage, or Punisher but it fails at mixing grim dark while still making you on some level like the main characters. Hawk is on video saying hell yeah move over batman when he got his first taste of vigilantism. I cringed watching it but he showed the video to Dawn (Dove) and she's all about it too instead of being like "wtf?!"
 
Lotus

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Dali said:
I've been watching all of the above too. Harley isn't live action but stargirl and doom patrol are basic CW campy stuff. Titans seems like it's trying to be Daredevil, Luke Cage, or Punisher but it fails at mixing grim dark while still making you on some level like the main characters. Hawk is on video saying hell yeah move over batman when he got his first taste of vigilantism. I cringed watching it but he showed the video to Dawn (Dove) and she's all about it too instead of being like "wtf?!"
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Doom Patrol is definitely nothing like the CW shows, no idea how you can say that. Even compared to something like Legends of Tomorrow, of which it would be the most similar to in tone, the acting alone is much better

I'll give you Stargirl though, though the higher budget/better fight scenes help. I went in expecting to be very underwhelmed, but it surprised me
 
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Dali

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Lotus said:
Doom Patrol is definitely nothing like the CW shows, no idea how you can say that. Even compared to something like Legends of Tomorrow, of which it would be the most similar to in tone, the acting alone is much better

I'll give you Stargirl though, though the higher budget/better fight scenes help. I went in expecting to be very underwhelmed, but it surprised me
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Outside of Brendan Frasier saying "Fuck!" a lot I don't think Doom Patrol is on a different level than Flash, Arrow, or Supernatural.
 
Astro Cat

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Terrible show. I struggled to make it through the first episode. Stick to Doom Patrol and Harley, they're great.
 
Dysun

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Really weird show, has a bunch of promise and bungles alot of easy stuff. The casting for the most part is great
 
Pandora012

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I enjoyed s1 alot, s2...i enjoyed certain episodes. It felt like they were trying to do too much. And lol at what happened to Troy.

As for the tone, i think it's fine
 

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It honestly felt like fan videos from the early 2000s we'd see all over the place. Better and more creative comic book stuff is done on TV and this show is so many steps behind.
 
SilverX

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Robin (all incarnations and all identities) is a mess of a character without Batman, that was the only takeaway I got from Titans.
 
Sho_Nuff82

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The show has very little actual superheroing in it, aside from Hank and Dawn taking out their frustrations on drug dealers every couple of weeks.

All of the characters are murderous assholes, and their "victory" over the S1 big bad said all the wrong things about their character progression.

Doom Patrol and Star Girl are both still pretty bleak, but they at least attempt to morally center the protagonists and they're much better written overall.
 
AliceAmber

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It started really rough, but I eventually enjoyed it. I just got started on season 2 myself.
 
I KILL PXLS

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It's the least of this show's actual problems but nothing bothered me more than how little they actually get in costume. Like they OFTEN go out to do crime fighting or reconnaissance or whatever in straight up civilian clothes and have a complete disregard for hiding their identities.
 
Sou Da

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Titans has no business even being a Titan show, it really should just be a Nightwing thing with Raven in the main cast.
 
Aly

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It's awful. It's not even a good Titans show. They have no idea why people like the team.
 
Maximo

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Titans is hot garbo, The Doom Patrol is the best *Superhero* show at the moment least IMO.
 
SilverX

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Mariolee said:
Teen Titans the cartoon shows how well he could be done separate from Batman.
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I mean, he was always just the serious leader with a bit of that dated "cool guy" flair. He was fine but I wouldn't say that was enough to do the character justice (and lord knows they have tried over the years).

Titans just falls face first into the many pitfalls of the character and thinks "this is character development" lol
 

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Basically titans is fine ...but it perfectly encapsulats why I hate DC direction. Yea we get it, superheroes are crazy, but teen titans was about young superheros going through young ppl problems...
 
deimosmasque

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I'm on the second season right now and while I think the way season 1 opened and closed rather weakly I enjoy it over all.

Sometimes it is way too edgey for its own good though.
 
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Brickhunt

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I rather liked Season 1, but season 2 was too much of a mess and couldn't endure it.

And here is a hot take: Dick dropped the Robin identity way too soon and robbed much of the fun from the show.
 
Pandora012

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Andrewuthaboss said:
Basically titans is fine ...but it perfectly encapsulats why I hate DC direction. Yea we get it, superheroes are crazy, but teen titans was about young superheros going through young ppl problems...
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Think this may be part of the disconnect. Teen Titans and Titans are two separate properties/teams. Whereas Titans focused on more "mature" issues. Issues that young adults may deal with. Dunno how to describe it best.

What's curious is that this show has such a quality difference from the other dcu shows. Harley, doom, and star are much more focused and executed better. Swamp, i need to watch, but i heard it was decent.
 
JayCB64

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I enjoyed a fair chunk of it, but my eyes roll back into my head every time they try to be edgy. And boy do they try hard.
 
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