Yes, I’ve ranting about Titans for 5 weeks now, this is the last one, I swear this is the last one I’ll be doing for a while, even I need a break.
So, let’s talk a little about my history with the Titans. Teen Titans by Geoff Johns was the first superhero team book I ever read. I wasn’t collecting monthly issues at the time but I bought every trade of the series until the travesty that was Felicia D Henderson’s run on the book. No iteration of the Titans since has come close to the book’s peak quality and whilst recent events make this statement unfortunate for many reasons, Geoff Johns’ writing deserves credit for that.
I was a late bloomer to the Teen Titans animated series but
I very highly enjoyed it. The show has a unique style that no-one’s managed to
fully capture since, although there have been imitators, it has a unique blend of
comedic and serious stories. And because of its popularity, I understand why
Robin, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy were chosen as the main Titans for this
show. Cyborg regrettably gets left out, though he apparently is in the Doom
Patrol series, despite Robotman basically serving the same role. It’s
understandable given that Cyborg has been ‘elevated’ to the Justice League.
But the Titans has been a comic aimed at a younger audience,
it’s kids and teens that are supposed to aspire to these characters. But it
seems like they wanted a tone akin to Arrow but without the restrictions of
being on the CW channel. This was always a bad show to go for this tone. Doom
Patrol actually probably would be a better fit, though I haven’t seen that
show.
But I can forgive a lot when it comes to this show, but Dick
Grayson has been royally screwed over by it. I get him and Batman parting ways
on not-so-great terms, that’s definitely happened in the comics but Dick
Grayson is usually the upbeat one, it’s such a shame to have him so moody and
miserable in this. And do I have to go over the whole debacle with Zucco again?
Titans was originally conceived as a 12-episode series, but just as the show was about to premiere, the episode count was dropped to 11, with the final episode now becoming the opening episode of the then recently announced second season. I’ll get to my suspicions as to why this came about later but for now, let’s dig into the season finale and discover why I felt this was worthy of a Rage4Media review.
