The DC Universe streaming service is continuing to deliver live action series featuring the great heroes of the DC Comics universe by delivering a second season of “Titans”. Many might remember that “Titans” was the first offering of the at the time fledgling service which was going to offer a lot of original and classic programming along with a stockpile of digital comic books. The brand new clip is below as a First Look and they even offered newbies a recap part. Take a look.
Premise: Titans focuses on a group of young superheroes who form the titular superhero team to combat evil and other perils. The first incarnation of the team to appear in the series consists of Dick Grayson, Batman’s former vigilante partner turned police detective, Kory Anders, an extraterrestrial afflicted by amnesia, Rachel Roth, an empath pursued by dangerous forces, and Garfield “Gar” Logan, a shapeshifter formerly with the Doom Patrol. In the first season, Rachel comes to Dick for protection from her pursuers, which leads to them meeting and teaming up with Kory and Gar. The team eventually learns that Rachel is being targeted by her demonic father Trigon, who seeks to enslave the world.
The Cast and Characters:
Brenton Thwaites as Richard “Dick” Grayson/Robin
Anna Diop as Koriand’r/Kory Anders
Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth
Ryan Potter as Garfield “Gar” Logan
Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk
Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger/Dove II
Curran Walters as Jason Todd/Robin II
Jeff Clarke as Nuclear Dad
Melody Johnson as Nuclear Mom
Jeni Ross as Nuclear Sis
Logan Thompson as Nuclear Biff
Reed Birney as Dr. Adamson
Rachel Nichols as Angela Azarath
Conor Leslie as Donna Troy
Seamus Dever as Trigon
Sherilyn Fenn as Melissa Roth
Mark Antony Krupa as Konstantin Kovar
Lindsey Gort as Amy Rohrbach
Jarreth J. Merz as The Acolyte
Bruno Bichir as Niles Caulder
April Bowlby as Rita Farr
Brendan Fraser and Jake Michaels as Clifford Steele/Robotman
Matt Bomer and Dwain Murphy as Larry Trainor/Negative Man
Zach Smadu as Nuclear Stepdad
Lester Speight as Clayton Williams
Richard Zeppieri as Tony Zucco
Tony Mac as Nick Zucco
Elliot Knight as Don Hall
Marina Sirtis as Marie Granger
Joshua Orpin as Conner Kent/Superboy
Esai Morales as Slade Wilson/Deathstroke
Chelsea Zhang as Rose Wilson/Ravager
Chella Man as Joseph Wilson/Jericho
Iain Glen as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Natalie Gumede as Mercy Graves
Drew Van Acker as Garth/Aqualad
Genevieve Angelson as Dr. Eve Watson
PiercingMetal Thoughts: So in case I’ve not mentioned this before, I am not a subscriber to the DC Universe service and initially it was based on the limited devices that I could access it on and then the regular lifes bills just prevented me from even investigating further than the couple of months that I gave it a try. I did enjoy the first three episodes of “Titans” that I saw but since they were releasing them episodically week by week unlike Netflix and Amazon Prime does with one fell swoop I fell off almost immediately and didn’t look back. That means I also missed “Doom Patrol” and the already cancelled “Swamp Thing” that I believe just finished its final episode. This sucks since I love the series “New Teen Titans” as well as the other ones but I’ve said before that all of these varied streaming services are going to start working against each other and since I carry a Netflix, Hulu, HBO and Showtime account there is no room in the wallet for another service. It makes me sad because they seem to be going in a nice direction with the characters that they are bringing to the table. So I will close up now being someone who is really in the dark and ask those who are participating in the service what they thought about the trailer and are they keeping a subscription to DC Universe for the next go round. If not, what is your own rationale for the cancellation. See you next time.
Official Series Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titans_(2018_TV_series)