DC Debut is very "action"
In today's television landscape there is a continuous expansion of streaming platforms. Netflix has been visionary and pioneer and today even the most classic TVs have been forced by the market to approach the television medium in a different way.
This phenomenon has been flanked by the great technological brands such as Apple and Facebook who have been working hard to create their streaming channels.
The third and last trend is the one that sees the big film and comics companies enter this world with their legs stretched. In April Disney will launch Disney + which will include, among other things, many titles lagati agli heroes Marvel.
In November 2018 the streaming channel of Marvel's great rival DC Comics was launched. The platform has been named DC Universe and even if on the quiet has anticipated the comics sister of a few months focusing on a TV series as ambitious as risky: Titans.
As it's obvious from the DC Comics comics it's divided into 11 episodes lasting about 40 minutes and that conveys an avalanche of well-known comic book characters. To weave the plot is Greg Berlanti, accustomed to dealing with superheroes on TV thanks to the creation of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and all the other DC heroes belonging to the CW franchise. There the cut was, for commercial and channel needs, very teen drama, with often honeyed and light folds that perhaps lend themselves little to much more dramatic settings and characters like the scarlet sprinter or green arrow.
With Titans Berlanti would have had a free hand from conditioning and "channel" needs. DC Universe basically gave him carte blanche to create from scratch the first product of the DC serial house.
The protagonist of the story is Dick Grayson. A name that will inflame the hearts of comic book readers. It's him, the first and most important "Robin" to be the center and engine of the actions we'll see in the 11 episodes.
His is a very dark, painful and difficult human path, that of a boy who has been through so much and decided to leave Batman to get away from the darkness that now envelops the Dark Knight. But how much has this darkness now pervaded Dick's soul? Will he be able to save himself and his conscience? He's trying. He bloody well tries. But the past returns because of an encounter with a young girl like Rachel who will later be renamed as a potential "Destroyer of the Worlds". The 11-episode bisector will touch stories and characters that will make us stand up. We're talking about Doom Patrol, Wonder Girl, the Amazons, Superman, Jason Todd, Joker, the riddler and many others. We will not see them all but many will be a recurring presence in the speeches and choices of the protagonists.
Obviously, but surprisingly, Batman is always present in the 11 episodes long speeches. The ghost of the Batman hovers continuously until it appears in the final episode where we finally see the Dark Knight on stage. He doesn't speak. He doesn't show his face but seeing him move, shake, hit and sink gives you the shivers. And it is the final episode that is the highlight of Operation Titans. In this episode we not only see Batman but we see him in a never seen dress that I do not tell you not to spoil. And it's on this magnificent episode that we can understand how Titans represents a great series reaching peaks that only the first Daredevil had reached.
The atmosphere is gloomy. The characters are three-dimensional and tormented. The brave and virtuoso narrative and scenic choices.
There's no room for clichés or the empty lightness of other products. He pushes himself on the accelerator taking the necessary pauses and beating a rhythm never mad that tends to accelerate in key moments.
The bet of the DC Universe has been won, now we'll have to understand if Titans is a good start that will follow little or if it's the declaration of intent of a network that wants to enter overwhelmingly among the great giants of streaming.