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Titans Takes A Detour in “Aqualad”

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Aqualad is an interesting episode as far as Titans goes. On the one hand we get our first real look at how the team used to function; on the other it doesn’t seem all that necessary. The most interesting part of Aqualad is the man himself, but that doesn’t go as deep as it should.

Strangely the problem with the episode isn’t that it’s a bottle episode or that it’s a detour from the main story. It’s that it really doesn’t own its roots like the rest of the series has up until now. With the Titans in their prime there should be a ton of crime fighting and in full costume. Instead there are only occasional fights here and there and most of the time the crew never suits up. It’s as if a bunch of superheroes, half of which are from Atlantis and Themyscira were ashamed of their cultural heritage.

The other side of this coin is that, while not in costume, the crew tends to act like a bunch of drunk bros and sorority sisters.  Both Garth (Aqualad, played by Drew Van Ecker) and Hank (Hawk, Alan Ritchson) come off as jocks with chips on their shoulders.  Granted it seems like the purpose of the team is to focus on bigger picture fights and only really suit up when the Big Bad shows up but there are at least two occasions in the episode where innocents get killed because they weren’t there to do their job. Instead we get a lot of CW-style romance and he said/she said drama that bogs down the plot.

Now progress is made but for some reason the story focuses far more on Aqualad and the team drama than developing Deathstroke, who the audience still knows very little about. Restructuring the episode to accomplish the same thing but spend real time with the villain would have made a lot more sense and added a sense of satisfaction to the conclusion of the episode. Without giving too much away the episode hints that it will continue following Dick and the rest of the Titans through this chapter of their lives. But that’s not the point of the series or this storyline. Departures are fine but they should fine their conclusions in the present, not the past.

Despite a spectacular season one it’s safe to say that season two is having trouble finding its voice. It seemed like it nailed it by episode two of this season but it keeps getting in its own way. The showrunners need to have confidence in their storytelling and trust the audience, it will go a long way.

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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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