Teen Titans: Your thoughts and mine...

[Klaus]

In one of the old Wolfman-Pérez New Teen Titans series, they had a retreat in the Grand Canyon or something, and Changeling (Gar Logan) was the only one too young to toast with alcoholic drink (he had to drink soda). And in the first issue of the current Flash series (starring Wally West), which came out right after Legends, the Titans celebrate Wally's 20th birthday, with Nightwing (Dick Grayson) commenting that he's not a teenager anymore.

IIRC, Cyborg (Vic Stone) was 18 or 19 when he joined the Titans.

 

[Nightfall]

Okay well maybe I'm a little off on my age definitations then Klaus.

 

[Scarbonac]

For the first time, I can say that I liked an ep of TT, mostly because it was about the characters, rather than being a lame-ass "villain of the week" escapade. The characters are still a tad "young" for my tastes.

And the theme song in Japanese rocked.

 

[Villano]

For the first time, I can say that I liked an ep of TT, mostly because it was about the characters, rather than being a lame-ass "villain of the week" escapade. The characters are still a tad "young" for my tastes.

And the theme song in Japanese rocked.

I totally agree with this post. The first episode was okay, but it really went downhill for me. The last show was the 1st one I really liked.

I am wondering about Cyborg's design. Does his current comic incarnation look like this, or is this an original look?

I'd be surprised if it was designed for the show because, for the most part, I've been dissappointed with the designs on Justice League and TT. They kind of look too, I don't know, generic. Mammoth got turned into another Sabretooth. Star Saphire and Starfire look bland. And Cheetah? Yuck!

But the theme song does indeed rock.

 

[Piratecat]

[hijack] Who needs the Teen Titans? I'm incredibly psyched; I've found the roster of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Go, Stone Boy, go! All hail Chloryphyll Kid! Save me, Matter-Eater Lad!

http://www.legiononline.net/volume2/bios.html

Click on "Reserves" at the very bottom of the left-hand menu.

 

[LuYangShih]

That link is not working. I remember reading a comic with them in it, though. Probably one of the funniest comics I have ever read, Ambush Bug got taken along (accidentally) to the future with Superman. I think the worst (funniest) names were, Technicolor Kid, Antennae Lad, and Infectious Lass.

As for the character designs on Teen Titans, I liked all of them.

 

[Nightfall]

I like the character designs too. I also felt the designs for Justice League were just fine.

 

[WizarDru]

[hijack] Who needs the Teen Titans? I'm incredibly psyched; I've found the roster of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Go, Stone Boy, go! All hail Chloryphyll Kid! Save me, Matter-Eater Lad!

Ah, the classic lineup. Good Times. Good Times. Great link, that.

Keith Giffen had a pretty funny story with the subs and the Ambush Bug (back before he got to be a running gag that had outstayed his welcome). However, during the final issues of the previous Legion series, when Earth was at war with the Dominators, who had conquered the planet, the subs became freedom fighters, and Giffen gave them back some dignity (heck, he made them pretty cool). (and while we're on the subject, the Legion's policies seemed a tad goofy, sometimes...some of the reserve members got the shaft, if you ask me).

I like Justice League's stories...but the designs are a little too simplified, for me. They're too angular, I think, something that they really went overboard on when they did newer Batman episodes. I like TT's sense of self-aware silliness...and I like the more subtle character moments best. It's a little disappointing if they're not going to link Robin to Batman in any way, but c'est la vie. A Nightwing appearance would be pretty cool, but I doubt that'll happen, either.

And Puffy AmiYumi rocks the hizzy, y'all. Their catchy brand of slightly tongue-in-cheek j-pop is pitch perfect for TT. Now if we can just get L'arc-en-Ciel to do something for a US TV show....

 

[Klaus]

I liked most of the new designs, although some episodes of JL seemed poorer in execution (the Metamorpho and Justice Guild eps come to mind). I like this Cheetah, but I'd rather have her be archaelogist Barbara Minerva, and have long hair (I never liked the Superfriends' Cheetah).

Quick re-cap of Cyborg's look:

For a time, Victor Stone merged with a technological planet called Technis, and attempted to assimilate the Earth. The Titans managed to restore Vic's sanity by downloading him (through Raven's soul self) into the T-1000ish armor one of the newer Teen Titans. After this, Cyborg looked like a golden version of his non-cyborg body (a la Kingdom Come). He has limited morphing capabilities and can mentally control machines.

After that, Nightwing worked with the russian lab that rebuilt Cyborg some years ago to clone Vic's original body. By using Cyborg's new morphing powers, they managed to place Cyborg inside his organic body. Now he looks entirely human, but can make his metallic interior ooze through his skin to form cyborg parts. In recent Flash comics, he would use this power to turn himself into a golden version of his original Cyborg look (with the headband and all) whenever he had to fight, claiming he was most at ease with that form.

In the current Titans series, Cyborg hasn't been seen yet, only heard.

 

[Piratecat]

That link is not working. I remember reading a comic with them in it, though. Probably one of the funniest comics I have ever read, Ambush Bug got taken along (accidentally) to the future with Superman. I think the worst (funniest) names were, Technicolor Kid, Antennae Lad, and Infectious Lass.

The link works fine for me, although you have to scroll down and click on "Reserves" to get the really goofy superheroes. My friend remembers one where Stone Boy (whose only power is to turn himself to stone.. not that he can move or anything once he does) falls on a bad guy. Man, these characters scream out "low powered superhero game" to me.

The Legion's rules were a bit goofy; you could only join if you had a power that no one else had. I think that's why Supergirl was excluded for some time. It makes sense, though; a number of members like Triplicate Girl or Polar Boy (or even Stone Boy!) had racial powers that everyone on their planet had.. they just happened to be the first people to apply to the Legion.