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Charles Valderrama Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:16am | IP Logged | 1
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The first trailer for Titans has been released... it failed for me right from the disclaimer. WHY must DC/WB double-down on the "dark & gritty" approach for almost everything they produce??
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Kevin Brown Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:22am | IP Logged | 2
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Wow. Total crap fest.
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:42am | IP Logged | 3
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Any reason why Robin has be VERY hostile towards Batman?
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John Byrne
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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:50am | IP Logged | 4
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Any reason why Robin has be VERY hostile towards Batman? •• Frank Miller's shadow is long, and somehow, with every passing year, grows darker.
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Derek Rogers Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 9:24am | IP Logged | 5
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Wow. Just ... wow. F*** Batman??!
One of my favorite JB quotes (and I'm paraphrasing) - "It's not gritty, it's just glum."
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Robert Bradley Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 9:28am | IP Logged | 6
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Looks terrible.
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 10:27am | IP Logged | 7
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I remember a story called "The Lazarus Affair" (early 80s). Robin was hostile towards Batman in that. I remember clearly some words from Robin: "When this is over, Batman, we're going to talk. And talk like we've never talked before!"
Robin didn't seem to want help from Batman in the first issue of THE NEW TEEN TITANS. That was hostile.
But the mutual respect was there.
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Eric Kleefeld Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 11:07am | IP Logged | 8
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They've totally missed the genius of what made the classic Wolfman/Perez Titans so great: The stories were totally dark in content — full of ruthless killers, religious cults, demons, and emotionally manipulative predators — while being told in a bright, shiny world of primary colors.
This is just super-dark. What is at all subversive about that?
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Robbie Parry Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 11:11am | IP Logged | 9
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Perfectly put, Eric. I wanted to post about the Wolfman/Perez Titans, but you articulated it better than I would have!
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Eric Kleefeld Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 11:16am | IP Logged | 10
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The Supergirl TV show has done an excellent job of capturing the classic Wolfman/Perez Titans vibe. Even the corny, soap-opera story elements manage to hit just the right vibe.
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Brian Rhodes Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | 11
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I think DC/Warner is just intentionally trying to produce horrible content now.
If so, mission accomplished, here, in a big way. I may owe BvS an apology after this.
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Shaun Barry Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 1:50pm | IP Logged | 12
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I can't even begin to describe how repulsive this trailer is for me, it really makes me angry. Akiva Goldsman knows no shame, but Geoff Johns and Greg Berlanti should know better.
Even though my young son is more of a Marvel kid, I'd toyed with the idea of purchasing the DC streaming service, because of their proposed archived comic book material and treasure-trove of past movies and vintage TV shows... but if a year-long subscription means I would be supporting this dreck (even though I wouldn't watch a minute it), then I'm out already.
Way to go, DC "Entertainment," as always.
Edited by Shaun Barry on 19 July 2018 at 1:52pm
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Doug Centers Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 2:48pm | IP Logged | 13
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Why is it so appealing to them to blot out the sun?
Like Eric said "dark" does not have to mean "literally". Then there's the attitude...
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Adam Schulman Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | 14
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What is it about DC that leads them to do "dark, dark, really really dark" so much more often than Marvel?
DC was the company that had the brightest, shiniest characters, at least in comparison to Marvel. (Batman aside. And yes, Captain America is almost a DC character.)
Frank Miller can't be the only explanation. Miller did DAREDEVIL too, and yet the Marvel Studios movies aren't monochromatic. In the case of the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY movies they go for flat-out comedy.
So what the hell?
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Shaun Barry Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | 15
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Personally, I think it's less Frank Miller's Batman comics, but more Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT. That one turned the "dark" up to 11, and fans & filmmakers have been obsessed with its grim tone ever since. For the worse, in my opinion.
This "Titans" trailer strikes me as a particularly juvenile, lunkheaded attempt at grim & gritty, to the point of self-parody. It's almost comical how over-the-top it is, with its "so dark it must be good, right?" seriousness.
Edited by Shaun Barry on 19 July 2018 at 4:10pm
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Rick Whiting Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 5:56pm | IP Logged | 16
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This is just pure garbage. This is the kind of crap you get when you put a fan turned pro turned Hollywood producer in charge of the characters and let him bring in all of his "cool" fan ideas.
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Ron Grant Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | 17
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the costumes look great for Robin, Raven, Hawk, and Dove and then there's Starfire and Beast Boy what happened they look absolutely horrible! That wig on Starfire what where they thinking? space hooker?
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Andy Mokler Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 9:56pm | IP Logged | 18
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I posted similar thoughts on FB to which someone replied that DC is actually really smart. They have a Teen Titans for everyone. Teen Titans Go! for the youngsters, Young Justice for the teens and the tv show for the adults.
To which I questioned, why didn't they need to do that with Christopher Reeve?
I had no expectations for this series or even kept track of it really. After watching the first handful of Arrow episodes it doesn't surprise me though. If DC tv is consistent across their line, Robin snapping necks and murdering multiple people won't even register a blip.
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Eric Kleefeld Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 20 July 2018 at 7:27am | IP Logged | 19
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Andy Mokler:
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I posted similar thoughts on FB to which someone replied that DC is actually really smart. They have a Teen Titans for everyone. Teen Titans Go! for the youngsters, Young Justice for the teens and the tv show for the adults.
To which I questioned, why didn't they need to do that with Christopher Reeve? |
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Nor did they need it for the Wolfman/Perez Titans era. That comic was full of adult content — but I could still read it at age 9.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 20 July 2018 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | 20
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One of my favorite JB quotes (and I'm paraphrasing) - "It's not gritty, it's just glum."••• Credit belongs to Dave Gibbons.
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Rich Marzullo Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 21 July 2018 at 10:25am | IP Logged | 21
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Oy vey. This is just a deliberate bastardization of beloved characters. What awful schlock.
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Adam Schulman Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 21 July 2018 at 3:58pm | IP Logged | 22
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I did have high hopes when I saw the Hawk and Dove costumes. I assumed those were impossible to do in real life. Then I saw them, and my jaw dropped.
My jaw just dropped again after seeing this trailer, but for a wholly different reason.
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Joe Zhang Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 21 July 2018 at 4:30pm | IP Logged | 23
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Did they learn nothing from the failure of the Snyder movies?
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Steve De Young Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 06 October 2018 at 7:25pm | IP Logged | 24
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So, the actor who plays Robin was asked at NYCC to explain the 'F--- Batman' bit. His response?
"Batman is a killer and Robin wants to get away from that. The idea is that he doesn’t want to become a killer himself. And although these guys that he’s fighting are bad and they deserve, you know, they deserve what he’s dishing out, it seems, he believes that when you kill someone you crossed the line and you become almost as bad as them, so it’s pretty clear in the series that he was with Batman, Batman crossed the line and he was teaching me to do the same thing, and he’s trying to break away from that."
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Jason Scott Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 06 October 2018 at 8:04pm | IP Logged | 25
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The most eye rolling thing about that quote is their thinking that it would make anyone who was a fan of the characters, actually want to watch the show. Yeah sure. Perform a bit of character assassination on one of DC's top characters, in order to make the ones that you are focusing on seem better. Because that will really make us want to tune in. Jeez!...Talk about misjudging your potential audience.
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