Titans TV series trailer

[thunderbolt]

Does Geoff Johns turn everything to poop that he touches? Horrible. No hope for Doom Patrol now either.

[Madcap70]

It's $7.99 per month, or $74.99 per year. So now you only have 8 reasons to hate it!

Wrong! $74.99 UPFRONT?? No do it monthly like the rest of the civilized world...

[ScottA]

This has become an easy pass for me after seeing this. I can't get pass Robin and Starfire.

And isn't Dove suppose to be the calm one of the pair? Not seeing that here.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Was there a panel for this at SDCC? After the seemingly universal thud this made, I wonder how that went?

Chris

[palitoy]

Was there a panel for this at SDCC? After the seemingly universal thud this made, I wonder how that went?

Chris

Morbidly curious here, both my kids were raised on Titans Go, Tiny Titans and the new iteration. They love the Titans! They both thought this looked terrible.

My best guess is they saw Riverdale and said "Let's make that".

[Earth 2 Chris]

^My son is still defending it to me, but I'm not buying. He was so hyped for it, I don't think he can let it go, despite knowing its a very odd direction to take the property in. But he's in full "teen angst" mode right now, so its overt grittiness probably appeals to him more now than it ever will.

Chris

[hedrap]

^I think they know it's a bust.

There was no "meet the stars" panel that I've read about, plus the trailer accidentally went live before SDCC. It was taken down, but not before a number of fanews sites grabbed it. You put the two together and it looks like they went early to not step on the good wom for the "World's of DC".

I couldn't imagine dropping that dump before or after the Young Justice panel.

The problem with Titans is this was a long-gestating project that originally was a CW spin-off for TNT. Then WB wanted Turner DC to be synced with Snyderverse, so Titans became a step-child of BvS/JL. You see bits of it with Alfred pushing Wayne to work with others again, the allusions to what went wrong between Batman and Robin. So it was originally Nightwing, which makes the "F Batman" mentality more Snyder-logical; Batman got Jason Todd killed (the suit in BvS), dissolving things between Wayne and Grayson.

The problem is the WB ground below them kept changing. BvS thudded. JL imploded. DCU Streaming announced, so budget is slashed. Producers leaves. Regime change. FUBAR.

Edit: I haven't read the wiki until now, but you can see it's a production by Tetris. I remember during JL production Johns wanted to link Cyborg to the show but Snyder opposed that direct of a connection because he wasn't producing it.

[Mego Milk]

FBM.

Still gonna check it out.

[huedell]

Edit that thing a bit, and its easily made into a satire piece.

Even unedited, it was hilARious.

Good luck with that one WB.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I watched the trailers for Aquaman and Shazam with my 10 year old, who is very excited for them. She asked "Can we watch the Titans trailer?" To which my wife and I emphatically answered NO.

How sad is that? She can't even watch the trailer? Way to go DC TV. Take a property that was always accessible to at least older kids, and make it "R" rated. Even for the trailer!

Chris

[Hedji]

^that is just sad, Chris. I really think an all ages rule of thumb is important with costumed heroes (with certain exceptions of characters that were never marketed to kids in the first place, like Deadpool and Kick-Butt).

Robin should never, ever cuss. Kids first, adults second.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Agreed 100 percent!!!

I wonder what Burt Ward thinks of this? He's a very positive guy, so I wonder if he would be charitable towards this, or would he call foul?

Chris O'Donnell did tell his Batman "Screw you." But it wasn't nearly as "overtly badass" as this.

Chris

[hedrap]

One more piece to the puzzle.

https://batman-news.com/2018/07/30/zack-snyder-dick-grayson-dead-robin-carrie-kelley/

Earlier this year, director Zack Snyder implied that Dick Grayson was the dead Robin in Batman v Superman. Not Jason Todd as many fans had assumed. Today, Snyder took away all doubt and said it was “Richard” Dick Grayson.

Snyder confirmed the news to a fan on Vero who had shared the deleted Suicide Squad footage of Batman talking to Harley Quinn about The Joker taking someone from him (he was referring to Robin). When a fan followed up and asked if Snyder intended to bring Dick Grayson back after a Flashpoint movie, Snyder said no. Grayson would stay dead, but he had plans to introduce the female Robin, Carrie Kelley, he said.

That now looks to be apart of the tug-o-war between Snyder and WB/DC Films.They wanted Grayson connected tangentially to his DCUverse, but he wanted Robin dead. So Titans was Nightwing which would imply Todd was the victim. I'd think this is where Affleck stepped in and took over the Batman reboot, which scuttled Snyder's Carrie Kelly plans.

If you trace the CWTV opposite Snyder's production, he worked hard to marginalize them. The original plan as laid out by Nelson was to interconnect TV and film in a way Marvel had refused to attempt. Then it went away, and there was consideration of stopping the CW shows once JL launched. I believe it was Morrison who convinced Johns to sell a multiverse approach to WB. With Wan and Hamada now heading direction, that will change.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Snyder and DiDio must get along. They are the only two people I know who hate Dick Grayson.

Chris

[Hector]

Yeah...this is WAY too dark. Is Robin KILLING people? Geez.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-titans-trailer-is-a-brutal-introduction-to-an-1827712826

Chris

Did you notice the thumbs down on that trailer?