Titans Trailer, My Thoughts

In April 2017, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Digital Networks announced that they were creating a streaming service called "DC Universe". This streaming service would broadcast some of the media content focusing on DC's characters over the years, including Batman: The Animated Series, Static Shock, Teen Titans, and the Superman quadrilogy starring the late Christopher Reeve.

Also, the service will have original series focusing on various characters like Swamp Thing, Harley Quinn, and the Teen Titans. And there's a trailer out for the Titans series. Let's take a look. I cannot believe I am typing this, but this trailer is a bit NSFW. I know, I can't believe it either. You have been warned.

Ah, so this series, focusing on characters that are popular with children, is going to be for mature audiences only. I cannot see how this won't be a disaster.

So, we have what I am presuming is Raven, going...somewhere. She looks like she fell into a Hot Topic.

The Flying Graysons. Yeah, this Robin is going to be Dick Grayson.

Flashback to Robin's origin. Just because. Emo music in the background. Just because.

Robin just...shot some dudes. Are the creators confusing Dick Grayson with Jason Todd?! JASON TODD is the gun-toter! And he stepped on a dude's neck. Because that is something that Dick Grayson would totally do.

And Robin cursing. This show is going to try way too hard to be "mature" and "adult", isn't it?

I've seen set photos, and Beast Boy wasn't green in them. Did they correct that?

Starfire just immolating dudes. Remember, these characters? They are popular with children. Children love these characters.

I'm all for Hawk and Dove getting exposure, but Hawk is supposed to be the brutal one, not Dove. Dove is the peaceful one. That's how it works. And I get why they're using the Hank Hall/Dawn Granger combo. While the original team was Hank and his brother Don as Dove, Hank and Dawn were the longest-lasting incarnation of the "Hawk and Dove" duo.

Raven's getting tempted...

Why do we see Robin, Hawk and Dove having proper superhero costumes, but Starfire, Beast Boy, and Raven don't have those? I'm hoping it's a story reason.

Man, this trailer is making me facepalm so hard. Don't get me wrong, there can be times when the Titans' adventures can be darker, and even outright scary (Trigon, anyone?), but this...this just seems so...overboard with it. It feels like it's trying to imitate the Nolan Batman trilogy, but lack any levity. It feels so...edgy for the sake of being edgy. It's ridiculous. I wish DC well with their streaming service, but if this is a preview of their original stuff to come...they're shooting themselves in the foot.



And Starfire just immolated those dudes.