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Titans Delivers a Lackluster Episode in “Rose” Hinting at Larger Payoffs

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The Titans are starting to come into their own this second season as the world they inhabit becomes much more like what viewers are used to in the comics. It’s been three months since the crew set up shop in San Francisco and you can tell they are getting restless. MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD.

The biggest problem with this episode is you can tell it’s working on a TV show budget. There’s far more telling than showing and it actually hurts the narrative quite a bit. Dick talks to Jason about how the others follow him when they’re out on patrol but we never actually see it. Rachel and Gar talk about how strict Dick has become but we never really see it on screen. Instead focus shifts away from the dynamics of the main group to a mysterious new girl that almost literally lands on their doorstep.

Crashes on their doorstep is more like it. While fighting the police (and winning) the mystery girl jumps between buildings and through the window of a corporate office. This gets the attention of Dick who realizes she might be a good fit for his current team of misfits. Which works in theory, except she fights him almost every step of the way.

This leads to one of the best moments of the episode. Finding himself in a familiar situation Dick calls up Bruce Wayne for advice on how to deal with a runaway that doesn’t want his help. Bruce reflects on his time with young Dick and what it took to keep him by his side. It’s an aspect of the Batman and Robin relationship that’s never really been explored before and if this is the direction the show is going the payoff seems to be worth it.

But this is, if anything, a filler episode. While all of this is going on Donna Troy and Kori are in Chicago doing a stakeout on a B-list villain named Shimmer that really wasn’t worth the time and effort they put into the whole thing. The entire fight lasts 10 seconds and I’m sure could have been done earlier in the story if the writers didn’t put the two of them in a fan to fight and provide exposition.

The big reveal of the episode comes when the audience finds out the identity of the mystery girl. That surprise won’t be spoiled here but needless to say it’s a creative twist with the potential to create a lot of unique stories.

Unfortunately the audience is left waiting for the big teaser from the end of season one to pay off. The bonus scene at the end of season one hinted that Superboy and potentially Krypto were on their way to join the team in one form or another. There has been no mention of it so far and nothing to hint that it’s coming. Given that it’s such a limited series that payoff better come soon to make it worth it.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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