It’s no secret that I rather adore the Teen Titans Go! animated episodic. The deliciously demented and often outright nihilistic Cartoon Network series, which debuted in the summer of 2013, is one of the network’s most and least-popular shows. The show is huge with kids, but it is the sworn enemy of folks who would prefer that the property be taken a bit more seriously or wish that the prior Teen Titans toon (which was closer in tone to Batman: The Animated Series than Scooby Doo) was still around.
As someone who appreciates a good big of self-trolling, I think it’s brilliant and often quite hilarious. So, yeah, running jokes notwithstanding, I am indeed quite excited for Teen Titans Go to the Movies. And considering that the show lives off taking the piss out of itself, the relative failure of Justice League and the overwhelming success of the recent MCU movies helps this animated offshoot.
I don’t know how brutal this film will be allowed to be in terms of mocking the recent DC Films releases, but I’m guessing this one will be in direct competition with Deadpool 2 to see which summer-of-2018 comic book superhero comedy can be the most obnoxiously satirical. Speaking of Deadpool, yes, that intro for Slade is pretty funny, even if these Teen Titans have indeed battled Slade before in an incredibly exciting multi-part episode that took place entirely offscreen. That doesn’t mean that this movie, which concerns the Teen Titans going to Hollywood to try and get a Teen Titans movie off the ground, will be as delightful as the show or all that successful, but I’m willing to hope.
Let’s just say The Powerpuff Girls Movie is nowhere near as good as the best episodes of that show, nor was The Simpsons Movie as good as the best Simpsons episodes. And, for that matter, The Simpsons Movie is the exception to the rule when it comes to these direct-from-TV animated flicks breaking out. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm earned a whole $5.6 million domestic in December of 1993, while The Powerpuff Girls Movie, He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword and The Transformers Movie all underperformed or outright tanked in theaters.
So, yeah, it is a little odd that we’re getting two satirical superhero comedies in one summer and three superhero animated features (Incredibles 2, Teen Titans Go to the Movies and Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) all in one year. The Incredibles 2 is obviously its own thing, but I’ll be curious to see how the others do. Even that TMNT animated flick from 2007 earned “only” $95m worldwide on a $34m budget.
So, if either of the comic book superhero toons really breaks out, it’ll be a relative rarity, with the caveat that The LEGO Batman Movie was essentially a spin-off of the already successful The LEGO Movie. I’m hopeful that kids and their parents will flock to Teen Titans Go to the Movies, if only because WB animation needs a win that isn’t The LEGO Movie. But convincing parents to shell out movie ticket prices (plus snacks) for something that airs nearly 24/7 on Cartoon Network will be an uphill battle.
It may be, to quote the other movie opening on July 27, a mission: impossible. Yup, the two movies I am most excited for/looking forward to this summer both open on the exact same day.
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It’s no secret that I rather adore the Teen Titans Go! animated episodic. The deliciously demented and often outright nihilistic Cartoon Network series, which debuted in the summer of 2013, is one of the network’s most and least-popular shows. The show is huge with kids, but it is the sworn enemy of folks who would prefer that the property be taken a bit more seriously or wish that the prior Teen Titans toon (which was closer in tone to Batman: The Animated Series than Scooby Doo) was still around.
As someone who appreciates a good big of self-trolling, I think it’s brilliant and often quite hilarious. So, yeah, running jokes notwithstanding, I am indeed quite excited for Teen Titans Go to the Movies. And considering that the show lives off taking the piss out of itself, the relative failure of Justice League and the overwhelming success of the recent MCU movies helps this animated offshoot.
I don’t know how brutal this film will be allowed to be in terms of mocking the recent DC Films releases, but I’m guessing this one will be in direct competition with Deadpool 2 to see which summer-of-2018 comic book superhero comedy can be the most obnoxiously satirical. Speaking of Deadpool, yes, that intro for Slade is pretty funny, even if these Teen Titans have indeed battled Slade before in an incredibly exciting multi-part episode that took place entirely offscreen. That doesn’t mean that this movie, which concerns the Teen Titans going to Hollywood to try and get a Teen Titans movie off the ground, will be as delightful as the show or all that successful, but I’m willing to hope.
Let’s just say The Powerpuff Girls Movie is nowhere near as good as the best episodes of that show, nor was The Simpsons Movie as good as the best Simpsons episodes. And, for that matter, The Simpsons Movie is the exception to the rule when it comes to these direct-from-TV animated flicks breaking out. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm earned a whole $5.6 million domestic in December of 1993, while The Powerpuff Girls Movie, He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword and The Transformers Movie all underperformed or outright tanked in theaters.
So, yeah, it is a little odd that we’re getting two satirical superhero comedies in one summer and three superhero animated features (Incredibles 2, Teen Titans Go to the Movies and Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) all in one year. The Incredibles 2 is obviously its own thing, but I’ll be curious to see how the others do. Even that TMNT animated flick from 2007 earned “only” $95m worldwide on a $34m budget.
So, if either of the comic book superhero toons really breaks out, it’ll be a relative rarity, with the caveat that The LEGO Batman Movie was essentially a spin-off of the already successful The LEGO Movie. I’m hopeful that kids and their parents will flock to Teen Titans Go to the Movies, if only because WB animation needs a win that isn’t The LEGO Movie. But convincing parents to shell out movie ticket prices (plus snacks) for something that airs nearly 24/7 on Cartoon Network will be an uphill battle.
It may be, to quote the other movie opening on July 27, a mission: impossible. Yup, the two movies I am most excited for/looking forward to this summer both open on the exact same day.
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