Teen Titans TV Show coming?

[The Old Mixer]

jokes about fake tans aside she was definitely a nonhuman orange.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wa89-F2WvU[/yt]

 

[Guy Gardener]

Titan's Tower is ridiculous.

They're going to chicken out.

 

[Morpheus 02]

Re: Teen Titans TV Show coming?http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t

As for a 'Teen Titans' show....I don't know, could easily be very bad. Like all the worst things about Smallville multiplied by a factor of five.

Or it could have all the best about Smallville. I could easily see a Smallville style version of the Titans, complete with Teen Angst working very well and still be faithful to the spirit of the characters.

One of the things that made the New Titans work was Wolfman's take on teen problems. Wally was in love with Raymond; Dick, Victor, and Raven all had serious parenting issues; Donna had to prove herself; and Gar was the sensitive guy hiding behind bravado. Put them in a High School setting and give Kori some decent contact lenses to blend in and it could be the next Vampire Diaries (in terms of popularity).

If you think about it, a lot of the teen shows are just super-heroes in disguise anyway. Roswell, the Secret Circle (secret ring?), Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, the Hunger Games etc.

The concept is perfect for what is popular right now--but it would depend on the production.

The last few seasons of Smallville sure felt like Teen Titans...and I am surprised that the WB didn't take this on...seems like a natural fit for them

 

[Silvercrest]

US Immigration sent out a questionnaire for extraterrestrials near the end of Giffen's run on the JLI, which included the question "Have you ever knowingly or unknowingly eaten Human flesh?"

Kilowog: "What kinda question is that? Human beings taste terrible!"

 

[JD]

This does have potential to be pretty cool, and I've enjoyed most of the stuff I've watched on TNT. Right now biggest question is how they are going to handle to the main heroes that most of the characters are sidekicks for. Are they just going to be referred to? Will they be recurring characters? Will they not exist?
Honestly, I would think it would be a lot less complicated to pick characters whose existance isn't reliant on other characters you probably won't be using very often, or at all.

 

[Morpheus 02]

This does have potential to be pretty cool, and I've enjoyed most of the stuff I've watched on TNT. Right now biggest question is how they are going to handle to the main heroes that most of the characters are sidekicks for. Are they just going to be referred to? Will they be recurring characters? Will they not exist?
Honestly, I would think it would be a lot less complicated to pick characters whose existance isn't reliant on other characters you probably won't be using very often, or at all.

Except that those characaters can be the most expensive/need the most make-up and/or special effects (like Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Bot & raven)

 

[Shaka Zulu]

I just don't find any appeal in "teen superheroes" at all. It just shatters my suspension of disbelief too much.

Sure, Robin has the benefit of being cool to a certain degree (sometimes), but even his existence is ridiculous considering who and what Batman is. If he wasn't such a huge part of the mythos, there's no way the modern take on Batman would have taken a sidekick, let alone a kid.

The only reason Robin was even a sidekick to Batman is because DC wanted to compete with Timely/Marvel for readers (Captain America/Bucky was getting a lot of readers and attention, and kids liked/like to see themselves helping out the older heroes, so..)

 

[The Old Mixer]

Robin predates Bucky by about a year.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Robin's job according to Alan Moore: Brightly coloured bouncing Bullet magnet.

Bucky's job according to Ed Brubaker: Sneak around on his hands and knees behind enemy lines garotting and stabbing snipers, and then filleting anyone manning a machine gun nest, so that Steve isn't turned into Red Mist 10 seconds after stepping into no mans land.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Robin's job according to Alan Moore: Brightly coloured bouncing Bullet magnet.

Bucky's job according to Ed Brubaker: Sneak around on his hands and knees behind enemy lines garotting and stabbing snipers, and then filleting anyone manning a machine gun nest, so that Steve isn't turned into Red Mist 10 seconds after stepping into no mans land.

Which was odd since Cap rarely spent any time on actual battle fields. He was not a hit the beach and lead the charge type of character. His thing was routing out saboteurs, fifth columnists and spies. Usually on the home front.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The Invaders spent plenty of time in Europe.

Although you have to wonder if Namor didn't have a secret deal with Hitler?

Maybe he benefited from neither side winning, because the Submariner could have finished it whenever he cared to.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The Invaders spent plenty of time in Europe.

Although you have to wonder if Namor didn't have a secret deal with Hitler?

Maybe he benefited from neither side winning, because the Submariner could have finished it whenever he cared to.

The Invaders was made in the 70s and did some heavy retconning. Still they weren't storming the beaches type missions in Europe. They were rescuing people or being kidnapped by Super Nazis. 40s Cap was more of a homefront hero.

Hitler bombed Atlantis. I think his grandfather was almost killed. Namor was pissed and he holds grudges.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Then that "UBOATS! UBOATS! UBOATS! UBOATS!" speach certainly makes a lot of sense.

Besides, this is Brubakers impressions on the character of Bucky as he was reinventing the lad into the Winter Soldier, and when has facts ever stood in his (well anyone's really?)way?

The quote I remember from Brubakers run was "Bucky did what he did, so that I could do what I do."

 

[Nerys Myk]

Then that "UBOATS! UBOATS! UBOATS! UBOATS!" speach certainly makes a lot of sense.

Besides, this is Brubakers impressions on the character of Bucky as he was reinventing the lad into the Winter Soldier, and when has facts ever stood in his (well anyone's really?)way?

The quote I remember from Brubakers run was "Bucky did what he did, so that I could do what I do."

Funny they would get a kid to do that. But then, they made him not a kid, didn't they?

 

[Guy Gardener]

I read something recently that said that the age of Bucky was faked by the press department. A fake origin (The Child mascott who accidentally stumbled into the Captain's secret identity) to make Bucky more friendly to the public than the truth.

Again a complete retcon that no one in the future has to remember or respect.