Teen Titans - The Complete First Season (DC Comics Kids Collection)
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Actor: Greg Cipes, Hynden Walch, Khary Payton, Scott Menville, Tara StrongBrand: TEEN TITANS
Producer: Bruce Timm
Producer: Glen Murakami
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 286 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 74772
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Teen Titans features five teen superheroes each with special powers, led by Robin The Boy Wonder. This group unites to form a defensive force to protect the Earth from a new generation of villains while coping with the problems of adolescence. This is the complete first season. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 012569747722 UPC: 012569747722 Manuf
DVD Reviews of Teen Titans - The Complete First Season (DC Comics Kids Collection)
DVD Review: Anime, DC origins, and fun for kids and adults
Summary: 5 Stars
Teen Titans is not Batman: the Animated Series or Justice League, nor does it attempt to be like other fully grown adult superhero shows. Don't get me wrong, I love BTAS. But Teen Titans with its Anime influences and stress on adolescent issues takes a very different approach at crime fighting from previous DC shows.
Right off the bat you're going to love or hate this show. Some people complain that Teen Titans is a cheap imitation of Japanese animation. In my opinion, the Anime styles allow the show to take on a unique style that distinguishes itself from other shows. It allows the characters to get stretchy or "Chibified" when things get sarcastically funny or enables them to show great emotion during a time of stress.
Try to compare and contrast BTAS to Teen Titans without saying one is superior to another. BTAS was made to be "dark" from the start. Since BTAS is centered on only one hero, primarily Batman, it draws story potential from the supporting cast of characters, primarily villains. The stories are grim ones about tragic characters that spiral downward into criminal activity. Fans will remember the emotional depth perceived in the origin of characters such as Mr. Freeze and Clayface.
In contrast, Teen Titans focuses its character development on the heroes. With five juveniles on the team there is plenty of room for conflict and interaction. The villains primarily exist to be obstacles that bring in a lot of butt kicking action in the fight scenes. (Robin often makes a point of stressing the need to put them in jail after the villains are defeated) The conflicts in Teen Titans are generally two faced: the bad guys get busted but at the same time the heroes learn their lesson in a particular episode.
BTAS successfully created an alternate 40's for Gotham City where its always nighttime. But of course, it wouldn't be Gotham City if it wasn't always drawn in "Dark Deco" looks with shadows everywhere and nocturnal action, not to mention having the streets stalked by a vigilante who dresses like the devil himself. Batman is supposed to be scary. The Titans are not.
Teen Titans also breaks through with new living headquarters for DC superheroes. Set in an alternate 60's in a fictional West Coast City, there's an element of wackiness and fun that you can feel from the minute all heck breaks loose. The Titans don't fight mobsters and bank robbers. They get shot with laser beams and alien plasma instead of regular bullets. They live in a giant T-shaped tower on an island that's flooded with sunshine. And without secret identities, they live, eat, and sleep in their uniforms.
This allows them to work on crime fighting 24/7 instead of needing to create dual lifestyles as the mutant teens did in "X-Men Evolution". Like ordinary teenagers, the Titans fight over pizza, the remote, and the bathroom. The show takes a spin on typical school bullies with the menacing but determined HIVE students that continue to bother the Titans throughout the show. In the third episode (first one aired on Cartoon Network) entitled "Final Exam" the HIVE agents kick the Titans out of their home and declare victory by wearing their clothes and throwing out their CDs.
The first season starts off slightly choppy but the second episode certainly delivers the goods. In "Sisters," we are faced with the typical scenario of sibling rivalry set in a superhero yet slightly familiar and neurotic environment that teenagers face. The episode focuses on the somewhat bumbling but adorable alien known as Starfire. Her older sister Blackfire, who unexpectedly comes into town, suddenly eclipses her in every way that an older sister can. A chase among invading alien drones carries on until the Titans suspect that the seemingly superior Blackfire may be hiding something.
Some of the episodes are just so bizarre and the Anime influences that allow physical gags can make you choke up or break up with laughter. In "Mad Mod" a British-talking teacher gone wild throws the Titans into a giant booby-trapped school. The entire episode is a hilarious chase that includes optical illusions, exploding beakers and hypno-screens. It shows how far around the bend this show can get but also an exercise of creativity and amusement.
This is not to say that all of the villains are silly guys. If Batman has Joker and Superman has Lex Luthor, then the Titans have Slade (known as Deathstroke the Terminator in the comics) as their number one arch-nemesis. Ron Perlman does for Slade what Kevin Conroy does for Batman, so its no wonder that Slade is called the "anti-Batman" of this show. BTAS fans will remember his gruff tone he used as Clayface but Perlman switches it to a dark, sleek, and sinister voice for Robin's number one enemy. He's instantly become one of the coolest animated villains around, a usually calm and controlled mastermind with a psychopath personality. Slade's villainous genius comes from his ability to manipulate the Titans on a psychological level.
Its not wonder that the first season's finale is based on Robin, giving that he's constantly being considered a sidekick by most pop culture associates. Batman does not make a cameo in this show and isn't even mentioned by name. (Though there are a few nods to Gotham and other DC references allowing the Teen Titans to exist in the same universe as the Dark Knight.) But now Robin in essence becomes the "Batman" of his team, the serious leader who takes his challenges in strides. His best friend Starfire is deeply concerned with his fanatic nature that is revealed in the episode "Masks" when Robin, unknowingly to his teammates, dons the mask of a criminal called Red X to track down Slade. The episode ends on a darker note when Robin's plan backfires and his friends are angry at his mistrust. This is a definite risk-taking chance instead of delivering a happy ending after a 22 minute episode.
For over 60 years now, his partner has bailed Robin out of trouble. But as the leader of his own team, Robin now faces a terrible dilemma that he must sort out without the help of Batman. The two-part finale "Apprentice" is worth watching again and again as Robin's obsessions with justice lead him further away from his friends and into a cat-and-mouse game with Slade. The Boy Wonder is finally blackmailed and forced to betray his friends to save their lives. I won't give away the ending, but the finale certainly takes credit for giving one of the best original stories of the show. This season finale sums up what this show is all about: adolescent maturity and the value of friendship.
Description of Teen Titans - The Complete First Season (DC Comics Kids Collection)
Young Robin leads fellow teenage superheroes on adventures against evil villains.Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-FEB-2006
Media Type: DVD
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