Titans (2018)

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Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 273 Ratings

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  1. pardogato
    Feb 4, 2019
    3
    A promising attempt to upgrade Teen Titans into a mature series that fails to deliver a strong storyline compensating mediocre writing with unnecessary violence, angryism and cliched visuals. The series suffers also from production basic mistakes such as continuity in digital filtering, which generate a constant distraction. Take as example Raven’s hair which changes from purple to gray toA promising attempt to upgrade Teen Titans into a mature series that fails to deliver a strong storyline compensating mediocre writing with unnecessary violence, angryism and cliched visuals. The series suffers also from production basic mistakes such as continuity in digital filtering, which generate a constant distraction. Take as example Raven’s hair which changes from purple to gray to green and to blue between the same scene cuts. Unengaging and forgettable.… Expand
  2. Skepticboredom
    Feb 4, 2019
    1
    What's with DC being so broody lately?
    They mixed up Grayson and Todd. Dick Grayson did leave Wayne manner eventually, very true, in order to pursue his own ambitions in crime fighting and was one of the founding members of the Titans. Jason Todd was a psychopath that eventually became the red hood.
    They got Raven wrong, putting her in some Christian home. They almost portray Starfire    What's with DC being so broody lately?
    They mixed up Grayson and Todd. Dick Grayson did leave Wayne manner eventually, very true, in order to pursue his own ambitions in crime fighting and was one of the founding members of the Titans. Jason Todd was a psychopath that eventually became the red hood.
    They got Raven wrong, putting her in some Christian home.
    They almost portray Starfire as some mutant hooker.
    But, at least they got Beastboy to be the same game obsessed weirdo he is.    … Expand
  3. CritiqueKid
    Feb 20, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So i am about half in the show and i have a big list of complains. But, lets start with the things i liked:
    -I thought the character development was done pretty good
    -The acting was overall good, there were some bad lines but i don't think that was the fault of the actors

    Now to the stuff i DIDN'T like:
    -The story is pretty predictable and not something new
    -The writers clearly have never picked up a comic book and only saw The Dark Knight and The Punisher because Robin is a **** killer in this serie, and his excuse for being a killer is that Batman made him one... BATMAN. DOES. NOT. KILL. PEOPLE.
    -The writing overall is pretty bad, lines are corny, reactions are not very logical and characters behaviour is inconsistent during the entire serie.
    -The CGI is horrible. I don't expect TV series to have great CGI but this was VERY bad. It felt like they ran out of time and had to make in in 20 minutes.
    -There a lot of dumb **** in the series. Let me give you an example (SPOILER WARNING): In ep 3 we see Rachell going to a monastery. There see meets this sister who tells her stuff (not important). Later on we see Rachel have an oubreak of that darkness inside her. This ONLY happens thru the entire series when she gets EMOTIONAL. So the sister decides to LOCK HER UP for her safety. She snaps and blows up the monastery. She just locks her up without thinking even twice about how her powers trigger.

    Quick recap: The show is badly writen, they don't understand how the characters work, the acting is fine but it's not enough to make this serie good for more then a couple moments.    … Expand
  4. esreveRReverse
    May 28, 2020
    0
    Show basically no one asked for like titans go, if anything they just need to continue teen titans. At least it got it right and was enjoyable.

    Stop trying to makes these live action, there is a reason why certain superheroes/groups work in DC and that is cause they are cartoon
  5. sgtfalcon
    Jan 12, 2019
    3
    This show had potential; unfortunately, the writes ruined it. The story is super slow. The lighting is terrible. The actors seemed to have done a good job despite the terrible writing.
  6. dcfanNL
    Jan 14, 2019
    0
    This made me feel horrible, all the actors don't even match with the original…. beastboy for example is Green why did they not even take the time to make him green, also Starfire Looks like a prostitute come on guys… dc fans want to see there child dream come thru what you did was basically going to a chinese restaurant and took there clothing and chef, and with starfire there is nothingThis made me feel horrible, all the actors don't even match with the original…. beastboy for example is Green why did they not even take the time to make him green, also Starfire Looks like a prostitute come on guys… dc fans want to see there child dream come thru what you did was basically going to a chinese restaurant and took there clothing and chef, and with starfire there is nothing left te say other then that she looks look she is going to give us a good time thru the screen.

    you killed everyones hopes with this, hope they will change the cast    … Expand
  7. kevinbrown
    Jan 15, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've watched the whole season: 'pathetic' is the word I'd use.

    The last episode was obviously the best because it focuses mainly on Grayson's relationship with Batman, which was the only interesting thing of the entire show.

    It's boring, painfully long, nonsensical, irrelevant, over the top... All that build-up to have a tiny glimpse of Batman at the end... Oh wait actually no, it was an hallucination... So what's the point?
    It's always the same thing on every episode, the same f*cking existential questions over and over again...

    The structure is weak; why in the hell the scene about Hawk confessing he's been raped was cut off ??! The camera directly skips this sequence of the scene to bring us back in the same scene when he's just done talking? Are you kidding me??

    I couldn't count the numerous flashbacks sequences. "15 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 days ago, 5 months ago, 2 years ago, 2 weeks ago..." like wtf is it going to stop turning around and get to the effin point??

    The only good time I had while watching this show was seeing Dawn naked - - Oh speaking about it, how in the universe does someone can have passionate sex right after killing his rapist? Although Dawn was hot, I just can't figure out yet.    … Expand
  8. o8356948
    Jan 15, 2019
    0
    The story is pretty weak from start to finish, I have seen Darker stuff in cartoons, simply because everything is so overly melodramatic you can't take anything seriously, from the Space Hooker to the goth emo girl to a violent version of Robin and a bad cg beastboy everything in this screams: this is an edgy 12 year olds fanfic that somehow got a budget.
  9. Fiedler10
    Jan 15, 2019
    0
    All in all a really weak TV Show. Very often scenes do not make sense. Everything is based on a terrible script. And most sadly there are dozens of logic errors which are really frustrating.
  10. Jainthecrib
    Feb 12, 2019
    1
    For those who see all of the 8 or higher ratings, ignore them, if you look through the accounts that made them you will see that 90% of them have only reviewed one or two things. the two things are Titans and/or Aquaman, usually only Titans, see where I'm going with this? Only trust the reviews that give in-depth analysis as to why they think the show is good or bad, not the ones that justFor those who see all of the 8 or higher ratings, ignore them, if you look through the accounts that made them you will see that 90% of them have only reviewed one or two things. the two things are Titans and/or Aquaman, usually only Titans, see where I'm going with this? Only trust the reviews that give in-depth analysis as to why they think the show is good or bad, not the ones that just give a half baked praise a sentence long.… Expand
  11. Zen42
    Jan 14, 2019
    1
    Good points:

    Characters generally good, but Starfire needs a new wardrobe. Hawk and dove are largely pointless so far. More Donna Troy please. Raven is awesome, but I'm biased as she's one of my favourite DC characters. The stars of the show are really doing their best. Bad points: The storyline is so dragged out it feels like a slog. The final episode could have been done    Good points:

    Characters generally good, but Starfire needs a new wardrobe. Hawk and dove are largely pointless so far. More Donna Troy please.

    Raven is awesome, but I'm biased as she's one of my favourite DC characters.

    The stars of the show are really doing their best.

    Bad points:

    The storyline is so dragged out it feels like a slog. The final episode could have been done in a paragraph, its almost entirely just filler and stupid filler at that.

    By now you'll know that the series is much darker than most hero series, its not just dark it's pitch black. Now if you take the punisher for example it fits this kinda feel because it's the punisher and that's what he does. Robin does not kill people, he just doesn't, it's one of the core things about him and batman. To remove that means they have in effect created an anti-hero who doesn't fit anywhere and it just doesn't feel right.

    Frankly its not fun to watch. Back to the punisher, I'm ok with how dark it was because it fits how castle feels. He's on a mission to get revenge while carrying a soul filled with grief, he's not going to be cheery, and nobody expects it. But you want to follow him because you feel like he's got the (kinda) moral high ground.
    The titans on the other hand have always had some humor, its not always dark and dismal with them and it's been forced that way and for the life of me I don't know why. I honestly don't care what happens to robin because as far as I can see he is a murdering psychopath with all the morallity of an ally cat.

    So many moments where you think WTF are they doing.

    What on earth made them dress Starfire like that?

    The whole series storyline could fit on a pamphlet, now that's fine if the rest is spent developing the characters, but it's not really. There is some but I watched the whole series over 3 days, I finished it 10 mins ago and I'm struggling to name a part where I went 'oh that's interesting'

    Summary:

    Not for kids
    If you looking for fun this isn't it
    The writer's seem confused and from reading other reviews so are the audience.

    At the moment the series is like a very drunk friend. From what you can see there is glimmers of the awesomeness you know. But at the moment it's trying to punch you and has been sick on your shoes. Let's see if it can sober up for series 2.    … Expand
  12. Shabaal
    Apr 25, 2019
    2
    40~50 minutes per episode for a superficial emotional series with lacks of acting and an above average script is such a crime against your life. Believe me.
  13. Azraehl
    Mar 26, 2019
    0
    The acting talent isn't too terrible but the writing is abysmal. This show has a lot of potential but the script writer/story writer and director need to be canned IMMEDIATELY.
  14. gnick666
    Oct 29, 2018
    0
    I've registered an account here, just to share how badly I think of this series... Too much SJW content, not even remotely true to it's origins...
  15. thereality
    Oct 14, 2018
    0
    sorry but how the characters were betrayed as were sh*t not only pysic, just look at robin and starfire killing people, wtf
  16. radziu93
    Jan 12, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Show was actually pretty good, but episode 11 ruined it for me.. I don't even call it a season finale, because it wasn't. How the **** they came to the idea to make season 1 endind into season 2 opening?? Doing riddiculous cliffhangers like these will only make the show worse. They doesn't actually explain anything, just beacuse they want season 2 opening to be better. That's not how you build good show. Really dissapointing, would not recommend… Expand
  17. MarceloPaz
    Oct 15, 2018
    3
    I do not like the way the characters are, it's very artificial, it could have been worked better and have made them more natural to the story, unfortunately the DC always misses the hand, has great stories but can not turn them into great movies or series.
  18. Chris725364
    Oct 27, 2018
    0
    The show would be better off without Starfire her character doesn't make sense and has bad costume design..... Raven is okay, weak acting in a few spots, but decent overall, beast boy.... we only saw like 10 seconds of him, but his interesting I guess.... his a petty thief who chooses an interesting animal to steal with and Robin.... At this point, the show would be an 7 or a 8 if it wasThe show would be better off without Starfire her character doesn't make sense and has bad costume design..... Raven is okay, weak acting in a few spots, but decent overall, beast boy.... we only saw like 10 seconds of him, but his interesting I guess.... his a petty thief who chooses an interesting animal to steal with and Robin.... At this point, the show would be an 7 or a 8 if it was just about him.... His a brutal robin, but he seems interesting.... With every episode of this show that I watch, my opinion of this show just gets lower, and lower : /… Expand
  19. nikoziko
    Oct 13, 2018
    1
    This **** is actual trash never thought something could top the mediocrity of all the dc cw shows but this totally did lmao
  20. ShaMana
    Dec 22, 2018
    1
    Episode 11, the writes all sat down toghether and discussed. "F**k it! Our story is booring as hell, do you know whats interesting? Lets reset everything and use, Batman!". When you use incredibly cheap tricks to retain your audience, the whole show its not worth its existence. Do not recommend.
  21. Torix92
    Oct 29, 2018
    3
    The show comes across as okay but the way most characters are presented makes it unwatchable for me.
    Starfire's powers and outfit,Beast Boys skintone, Raven's non grayish/pale skintone etc etc.
    Starfire doesn't seem like a alien and the way the actress is portrays her breaks it for me. Raven is okayish. Will wait for next episode to see about beast boy's actin but after that i'll    The show comes across as okay but the way most characters are presented makes it unwatchable for me.
    Starfire's powers and outfit,Beast Boys skintone, Raven's non grayish/pale skintone etc etc.
    Starfire doesn't seem like a alien and the way the actress is portrays her breaks it for me. Raven is okayish. Will wait for next episode to see about beast boy's actin but after that i'll probably stop watching
    I do like robin and the grittiness in fact i think robin is the best character so far besides hawk and dove. Hawk and dove could have their own tv show imo i really liked them and the actors portrayal of them. All in all this show is okish but I can't watch it    … Expand
  22. Patoka-ivan
    Oct 12, 2018
    0
    A disgusting series in which in my opinion everything goes completely: from the actors and the soundtrack to the plot. My opinion
  23. greenisgood
    Aug 2, 2019
    3
    A few decent spurts during the season is the reason the show has not failed completely for me, BUT I am VERY confused with who the target demo is considering the writing of the show.

    TL;DR I will still be able to stomach the same actors if the series continues but please bring some better writing to the show. Or just watch Young Justice instead to get a good fix for young superheroes    A few decent spurts during the season is the reason the show has not failed completely for me, BUT I am VERY confused with who the target demo is considering the writing of the show.

    TL;DR I will still be able to stomach the same actors if the series continues but please bring some better writing to the show. Or just watch Young Justice instead to get a good fix for young superheroes teaming up... Season 3 is almost finished and previous 2 seasons are spectacularly handled.

    It's not for fans like me that is for sure, maybe designed at attracting the fans that were lost from the whiplash inducing 180 turn that the DCEU made trying to please masses, scratch that, even the DCEU didn't have such dreary writing. At least Snyder's eye for visuals make the poorly written DCEU watchable.

    Regardless who the target demo is I feel the actors are doing their passionate best as much as they can. That is in the face of the dumb outdated in the 90s angst filled vibe, poor color grading, seizure inducing editing choices and general broody tonality.
    The stilted, eye rolling dialogue adds to the cherry of 'Bad Writing' and is the main cause for this disaster. Who is writing the dialogue and do they not understand that it is the most important part for a superhero genre?

    I scratch my head to understand when did colorfully illustrated characters, with nothing else but good dialogue writing in the comic book medium were translated into these stupid EMO outdated personalities, the characters are just cliches, and just about every cliche u can think of probably happens in the course of the episodes. It is fcking Heartbreaking.
    IT is very baffling that with the countless animated shows already available for the subject matter why the writers and directors felt this 90's Ben Affleck Daredevil Vibe was required.

    But at the state that this show is in I could not recommend fans of the Teen Titans or new comers to the franchise since it is a very stilted view of some genuinely good and heartfelt, serious yet heart warming subject material.    … Expand
  24. ArcticShrike
    Jan 27, 2019
    0
    As a pretty big fan of the original Teen Titans I was actually pretty excited for this series, excited and a bit scared, given Netflix's track record for reboots, remakes and the like.
    Fear was the right reaction to have. They kept almost nothing of the original characters and their, well, character. Even Teen Titans Go makes a better job of maintaining their personalities intact.
    As a    As a pretty big fan of the original Teen Titans I was actually pretty excited for this series, excited and a bit scared, given Netflix's track record for reboots, remakes and the like.
    Fear was the right reaction to have. They kept almost nothing of the original characters and their, well, character. Even Teen Titans Go makes a better job of maintaining their personalities intact.
    As a sidenote, We already had one black character in the original, there was no need to blackwash Starfire. If they really needed a second black character, hell, do Beast Boy. You know, since you already changed his skin color from green to white, might as well.    … Expand
  25. Valendale
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Ghetto Wig Starfire straight up prostitutes herself to Robin hoping to get information in exchange, her original powers are replaced with flamethrower hands from the sun, and she likes killing people.

    There's no Cyborg. Beast Boy can only turn into a tiger and has to take his cloths off first. Raven's darkness comes from her nose and mouth and looks really stupid because of it.    Ghetto Wig Starfire straight up prostitutes herself to Robin hoping to get information in exchange, her original powers are replaced with flamethrower hands from the sun, and she likes killing people.

    There's no Cyborg.

    Beast Boy can only turn into a tiger and has to take his cloths off first.

    Raven's darkness comes from her nose and mouth and looks really stupid because of it. She's a generic emo girl who's constantly freaking out.

    Robin really likes hurting and killing people.

    Things seemed like they might get good after Episode 4 but as of Episode 5 it's clear that was a fluke.

    0 out of 10 this is trash    … Expand
  26. Daiaoth
    Oct 20, 2018
    0
    Violent for no reason, flat characters, bad development, production looks flat, show tries hard and just fails. I had so much hope maybe it will get better. So tired of WB and DC letting me down.
  27. Azareal
    Nov 20, 2018
    3
    Dark, gritty and violent. Definitely not for kids. And symptomatic of all that's wrong with the DC forays into live action. Let's start with the main issue that I have with this, i.e. Starfire. while everyone looks about the right age to keep within the boundaries of the Teen Titans history, albeit without the teen, Starfire looks way too old to be in this role. While Dick looks aboutDark, gritty and violent. Definitely not for kids. And symptomatic of all that's wrong with the DC forays into live action. Let's start with the main issue that I have with this, i.e. Starfire. while everyone looks about the right age to keep within the boundaries of the Teen Titans history, albeit without the teen, Starfire looks way too old to be in this role. While Dick looks about right for someone in his early 20s to be leading the team (someone with a little bit more experience than a kid), Starfire looks about right to be the mum who's waiting for everyone at home....in her $5 hooker outfits. I'm at a total loss as to why the show cannot dress her in something else without making her look like she should be standing on a street corner.

    Raven, completely one dimensional. Her main role seems to be to act sad, scared and angry. That's it. Beast Boy seemed to be the only one who had the potential to shine and then...nothing. DC decided to just plop him in a corner and showcase someone with cool green hair instead. Robin who now seems to be super violent (think DC's answer to Frank Castle) and so dark I'm constantly wondering why he doesn't just put on the Bat outfit instead.

    There also doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to each episode either. Hawk & Dove - why ? Absolutely no connection to the anchor story or any reason for them to be in that episode. Doom Patrol - why ? The throwaway attempt to provide some backdrop to Beast Boy could have been done in one sentence instead of an entire episode. Both these episodes did absolutely nothing except to say "Hey, DC also has some other cool characters".

    The way this series is going, is typical of DC's arrogance in just about every attempt they have made into live action, i.e. "You will take it and by god you will like it !" Except, as the latest disaster of the crew leaving Justice League has shown, actually DC, no, we don't have to like it. Heck even your own people don't like it.    … Expand
  28. Stellen
    Dec 22, 2018
    0
    Tries way too far hard and fails very hard. The writing is terrible, the characters are completely out of character, and the acting isn't much better. Robin is almost acceptable (as Nightwing though, not as Robin) but the others are all atrocious.
  29. Topster88
    Jan 31, 2019
    0
    Awful, no one acts like they do in the comics, they basically assassinate Batman's character in order to get some cheap drama...and on top of all that it's boring. It's all the worst things of a live action superhero adaptation all rolled into one. HARD pass.
  30. sincubus
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    I would rather be forced to watch every episode of TEEN TITANS GO! on repeat for a year than more of this try hard stinker. The characters are only loosely based on their original versions and then only when its needed to remind you they are from a well known franchise. Any other time they are generic and trying extra hard to be moody and angsty. Would have likely had a better time hadI would rather be forced to watch every episode of TEEN TITANS GO! on repeat for a year than more of this try hard stinker. The characters are only loosely based on their original versions and then only when its needed to remind you they are from a well known franchise. Any other time they are generic and trying extra hard to be moody and angsty. Would have likely had a better time had they made their own characters because as it stands it doesnt live up to other iterations, not even GO!.… Expand
  31. Bruterake
    Nov 17, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mano é muito ruim, tipo muito mesmo. Pra você ter uma ideia o mutano não teve orçamento pra se transformar em mais de um animal KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#85 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 12, 2018
    70
    Titans is a superhero hybrid -- a live-action series that essentially weds the CW's DC Comics-inspired fare with the gritty, premium-cable approach of Marvel's Netflix dramas. That's not a bad formula, and it yields an entertaining, heavily serialized show.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Oct 11, 2018
    70
    The superhero Sturm und Drang and personal melodrama that Titans offers is attractively packaged and reasonably entertaining in the early episodes. ... If you’re partial to the more serious end of the comic-book spectrum, you may already be watching “Black Lightning” on CW, “Jessica Jones” and a few others on Netflix, “Legion” on FX, “The Runaways” on Hulu and “Gotham” on Fox. “Titans” may deserve to join the list, but it’s a big ask.
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  3. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Oct 11, 2018
    20
    Thwaites doesn’t have anything near the gravitas required to pull off this self-righteously vicious approach. If you’re going to say “Fuck Batman,” that’s your right. But you’d better back it up with more than what Titans has to offer, or you just seem like a frustrated poseur who wants to seem much tougher and cooler than you can ever hope to be.
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