With a brand new season of Titans coming out today, it's time to look back at season three and see if it's an improvement from the last season.
Titans is a streaming tv series created by Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, and Greg Berlanti, for this season and the next, it was now made for HBO Max. The show is still produced by Weed Road Pictures, Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. This season consist of thirteen episodes.
The story is former Titans member Jason Todd has sadly been killed by the Joker. Because of this tragic event, Batman has left Gotham and puts the responsibility of protecting the city to Nightwing and his teammates. Soon a new bad guy going by Red Hood arrives. The Titans not only have to deal with him being the once deceased Jason, but also need to find out what he's planning.
- Negatives
I've got nothing. So let's move on.
- Mix
One slight issue comes from the hand-to-hand combat. The crew really needs to get new fight choreographers. I don't find it bad, it's just pretty standard. When Red Hood and Nightwing fight it should be jaw dropping/one of the most anticipated moments ever. But I never truly got that feeling. I just got a "that was okay" feeling.
Another thing that wasn't bad, but could've used improvement was Red Hood. Being a fan of this character, I was really enjoying what he was doing. I thought he was so cool. But as the season keep going, he got turned into someone's henchmen. The reason why the Under the Hood story arc (a Batman storyline that clearly influenced this season), worked so well, wasn't because Jason Todd was working with a fellow villain, a matter of fact that never happened in that story, but I digress, the reason the story worked was because Red Hood was a lone wolf badass. So while I wasn't too disappointed, I do wish we got more of that storyline, then just a small bit of it.
- Positives
One pro to this season was the effects. Now there not gonna blow you away, but there still pretty good in a lot of areas compared to the last two seasons where I felt like they were just decent.
Another good thing was the focus on character. Much like season two, while Dick Grayson/Nightwing does get the spotlight here and there, that doesn't mean other characters get excluded. Hell, this time around Starfire has a whole storyline with her sister Blackfire, and we get to learn about both their back stories. Which is something I wasn't expecting, but it was a welcomed surprise.
What also worked for this season was Scarecrow got a spotlight. Scarecrow is one of my top bad guys when it comes to Batman villains. While he does get some love in the comics, when it comes to other media he's sometimes just not used as much. He hasn't gotten any major attention since what? Batman Begins? So to see him play a major role and it be successful, was awesome.
The last thing I'll positively tell you about is the season finale. We finally have a good one! I mean it's not like a prime A example of how you do a season finale, but let's look back at the previous ones. The first one was cliffhanger, even though it had no rhyme or reason to be. Season two's was just awful. I still can't help but laugh about that poor excuse of killing off a character. But here, I felt like it worked. This did feel like a good attempt at a season finale.
Season three of Titans isn't perfect, but it works. We've got pretty good special effects, nice focus on character, a great Scarecrow spotlight, and a long awaited good season finale. What could've been improved on is the hand-to-hand fights and Red Hood.
My final rating is Good.
So that's going to do it for me. Please come back on Saturday, Nov 5th, for my review of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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