Thursday, March 14, 2019

DCE-Hulu: Titans- Season 1 Finale

At last, we reach the end of the road (so far).  Will the Show go out with a bang or another bit of Filler?  To find out, read on...
After running in to try and save Raven last Episode, we see...Dick in a dream-like life with Dove, a child and a suburban home.

This is so obviously-fake, so this will just be a quick bit.
He's told that Batman may go too far after things get really, really bad in Gotham.

Again- this dark fantasy is obviously not real, so it should be over soon.
He teams up with Kory, who is working in secret as a Government Agent.  Can they stop Batman?

Wait- the Episode is almost over?!?  I only have seconds to wrap this up?!?  What in the...

To find out, watch the Show.  Wait...no!!!
What an odd way to end a Season.  Let it be known that my favorite Season Finale is still that of M.A.N.T.I.S.  That Show knew that they were being cancelled, so rewrote the Episode to have its Lead killed by an invisible dinosaur and the Show was over for good.  That's 100% true- no lie.  So this Season Finale is not nearly as good as that one.  Simply put, the whole thing is just a bad idea.  A weird vision Episode is not a good idea when you have 11 Episodes.  If you have, say, 22 Episodes, go for it.  If you are a Show with a looser Plot Structure- like Batman: The Animated Series- go for it- TWICE.  If you are a new Show with only 11 Episodes (and you already wasted 2-3 of them), DO NOT DO IT.  There's no tension.  There's no drama.  This is just an odd bit of Filler that is completely-unnecessary.  If you don't want to end things, that's fine.  You set up a new Villain, made an Episode designed to reintroduce 2 Characters (technically 3), upped Donna Troy to a Main Player and set up numerous Arcs to explore.  If you aren't going to do anything with ANY OF THEM, what is the point?!?  This...just hurts.  They create a silly, but interesting premise.  Evil Batman- who you can't show the face of, since you still haven't Cast him- is neat.  They still take it too far and make it too dark (a good summary of the Show), but I could live with a 10-15 minute Version of this.  Instead, you gave me glorified Fan Fiction and said 'Keep paying for a DC Streaming Account until next Year to see how this ends.'  Boo.  On the plus side, I already have the go-to Pic to describe anyone trying to make me re-watch this Show anytime soon...
That's it for this Season.  Will things pick up and change for the better in Season 2?  Will it even happen?  We'll see.

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