Being a huge fan of the animated Teen
Titans television show (and I mean the original) I was both shocked and sceptical
when I started watching the live-action TV show Titans which was one of
the first properties to be produced by DC’s new streaming service. Unlike the
cartoon, which was willing to tread some dark territory, the show went full-on
extreme in terms of the amount of violence and gore on screen. The characters
constantly spouted profanities and there was even some graphic sexual content.
The show also seemed to be following a group of characters who were not the
ones I grew up with. Raven was not the monotone badass, Starfire was not the
wide-eyed alien princess and Robin was not the usual boy wonder. And honestly,
I kinda liked it. The show had its issues but it was also a fun and easy watch
and I genuinely found some of the characters’ overhauling’s to be interesting
and in tone with the rest of the show. And after what was a rather big cliff
hanger ending, I am excited to see the second season trailer promising so much
more than we got in season one.