Titans Titans General Discussion Thread

[X Knight]

while I've learned to not base complete judgement on set pics, I must say, my initial reaction to these new pics is.........not good.

First, Starfire, wth??!! If you didn't tell me that's supposed to be Star, I'd have no idea. She better be orange at least in post-production. otherwise, a HUGE fail in the looks department.

same with Beast Boy. he better be green skinned - not just some punk kid with normal skin and green hair.

as for Raven..........well, at least she bears some resemblance to Raven, both with the purple hair and her costume taking elements from her classic looks. plus, it seems she has palish skin??

however, just overall, compare her costume look ( and BB's and Star's ) to Robin, Hawk, and Dove. granted, the latter all had official look releases. but, Raven, BB, and Star just look really "cheap" or low budget cosplay, if you know what I mean.

I'm reserving final judgment until I see an official photo of them or an official trailer.

but man, talk about a hype killer with these pics, especially when they knocked it out off the park with Robin, Hawk, and Dove's look.

not good......

 

[2kt09]

while I've learned to not base complete judgement on set pics, I must say, my initial reaction to these new pics is.........not good.

First, Starfire, wth??!! If you didn't tell me that's supposed to be Star, I'd have no idea. She better be orange at least in post-production. otherwise, a HUGE fail in the looks department.

same with Beast Boy. he better be green skinned - not just some punk kid with normal skin and green hair.

as for Raven..........well, at least she bears some resemblance to Raven, both with the purple hair and her costume taking elements from her classic looks. plus, it seems she has palish skin??

however, just overall, compare her costume look ( and BB's and Star's ) to Robin, Hawk, and Dove. granted, the latter all had official look releases. but, Raven, BB, and Star just look really "cheap" or low budget cosplay, if you know what I mean.

I'm reserving final judgment until I see an official photo of them or an official trailer.

but man, talk about a hype killer with these pics, especially when they knocked it out off the park with Robin, Hawk, and Dove's look.

not good......

Just feels like a zany episode where they have to go civilian mode and only Raven & Dick managed to look inconspicuous. I wouldn't put it past Johns or Berlanti to want to attempt that.

 

[Micromind]

Why their hair is of saturated fluorescent color ? It looks so cheap.

And that costume of Starfire is horrible. Raven looks alright, though her hair color needs to be less saturated. I have no problems with how Beast boy looks.

 

[godisawesome]

What if she's not undercover and that's her actual costume?

I don't know why she'd have a fur coat though. Maybe it's something actress wore to keep warm? If that's in the actual film footage too then that's really adding to the cheap hooker look.

Since everyone else was wearing coats and such in other pictures, I think the coat probably has to be what she wore for keeping warm while not filming.

I'm really hoping, and mostly believe, that her dress is a civilian look, perhaps showing how Starfire hasn't acclimated to Earth's fashions yet. Hawk, Dove, and Robin are too comic accurate to share the screen with this, and Beast Boy and Raven look a bit like civilian garb that resembles their costumes.

 

[Lencho01]

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. t:

 

[2kt09]

Hawk, Dove, and Robin are too comic accurate to share the screen with this, and Beast Boy and Raven look a bit like civilian garb that resembles their costumes.

Beast Boy apparently only had his Doom Patrol gear in his civilian closet.

 

[Dark Raven]

Since everyone else was wearing coats and such in other pictures, I think the coat probably has to be what she wore for keeping warm while not filming.

I'm really hoping, and mostly believe, that her dress is a civilian look, perhaps showing how Starfire hasn't acclimated to Earth's fashions yet. Hawk, Dove, and Robin are too comic accurate to share the screen with this, and Beast Boy and Raven look a bit like civilian garb that resembles their costumes.

That may definitely be the case, but she could've worn something more neutral and discreet. What's the reason to wear a fur coat that only adds to the cheap hooker look when she could've just worn a long dark coat? Unless she likes that sort of thing.

 

[chamber-music]

Looks like they just slapped brightly colored wigs on everyone and said that will do

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

these costumes brought to you by party city

 

[Dark Raven]

these costumes brought to you by pimp city

Fixed.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Only Raven looks nice on these set pics. Starfire and Beast Boy - lmao...

 

[Dark Raven]

Why did they even attempt these characters if they couldn't do them justice? You can't really do Starfire and have her look like that all the time. It just looks like you're cheaping out.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I'm just hoping it's some casual outfit, but that wig alone is a disaster.

 

[flash13]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhfCnkEnwGO/?taken-by=the_annadiop

 

[X Knight]

the upside is that maybe WB will release official first looks at BB, Raven, and Starfire sooner (rather than later) to quell the concerns over the ho-hum set pics.

and I'm going to take Starfire actress' word for it that the pics are out of context, which is why I've learned not to always judge set pics too much.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yeah, this looks awful.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

the upside is that maybe WB will release official first looks at BB, Raven, and Starfire sooner (rather than later) to quell the concerns over the ho-hum set pics.

and I'm going to take Starfire actress' word for it that the pics are out of context, which is why I've learned not to always judge set pics too much.

I would like to understand what is out of context about that image. Because this is used a lot for set photos, but they don't magically change later on. Unless of course, we are expecting a lot of CGI. Why would we expect that here?

 

[Rorschach2012]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhfCnkEnwGO/?taken-by=the_annadiop

I didn't read all the comments of course, but I personally haven't seen any hate speech against her. I haven't seen any racist comments or comments about her looks. It was all about her outfit that made people think she looked like a prostitute or a cheap cosplayer. But I'm sure if I dug deep enough, I'd find more unsavory comments. But on here and on CBM, I thought all the negative comments were rational and simply attacked the costume design which is obviously awful, and not the person in the costume.

Glad to see the photo is out of context though, I'm hoping that the final product adheres closer to the comics. I see no issue with a black woman playing an orange alien. I just want her to have a costume that looks to be of higher quality, and for her to have orange skin and green eyes. There's no need to ground these characters. We're past that. It's not 2008 anymore.

 

[X Knight]

I would like to understand what is out of context about that image. Because this is used a lot for set photos, but they don't magically change later on. Unless of course, we are expecting a lot of CGI. Why would we expect that here?

we don't know the context for that particular shot or scene. heck, it may not even be a scene at all, just in between shoots or something.

I'm not defending the look, cuz I think it looks awful, but the actress said it's out of context, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt until I see an official pic.

as for the context, it could be any number of things.

if I recall, the early description for Starfire was that she was gorgeous/exotic looking enough to be a model or something. So, maybe she really does work as a model, and that outfit and hairstyle is part of a modeling gig.

or perhaps the team is enjoying a day off and are trying to "blend in." Maybe BB and Star use some kind of modulator device to turn their skin color "normal." Or maybe Raven put a spell on them to make them look "normal." Maybe Star, in her bubbly naivete saw pictures of women dressed like that with that hairstyle and thinks that's what Earth women dress like, not realizing it makes her stand out even more.

Maybe Star and BB don't have the right skin colors because the actors just showed up on set and haven't had the makeup or whatever process applied to them.

there can be any number of explanations for why they look like that in those particular photos.

And that's why, until I know the proper context, until I see actual official photos of Star, BB, and Raven, I'm not going to go into full rant/panic mode. I'm concerned and disappointed, yes. But not full on panic mode.....yet.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

It's just beyond disappointing that Robin, Hawk, and Dove looked so promising and comic accurate to see these. I mean, BB and Raven are passable, but poor Starfire man...I even stated it in her thread. I'm extremely forgiving when creative liberties are taken in live action when something is just hard to pull off, but this...this is just bad comedy. And I get that we have no context as to where these pics come from, but you'd think that if her look was actually going to be more comic accurate, she would have stated that in her response to the backlash. Something along the lines of, "This picture is taken out of context, and comic fans have nothing to worry about." Now, she did bring up the pic being snapped out of context, but she didn't say anything about this not actually being her actual look. I truly believe that, unfortunately, this is what she's gonna look like in the series. I hope she nails the character, but her look is gonna be REALLY REALLY hard to overlook.

 

[Lencho01]

Looks like they just slapped brightly colored wigs on everyone and said that will do

Right? I was like “I’ve seen people on IG with better wigs at least.”

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Right? I was like “I’ve seen people on IG with better wigs at least.”

Yeah...when some half ass cosplay is doing better than your fully financed production...your ass is in trouble. You think they blew all the money on the Robin, Hawk, and Dove costumes, and then they were like..."Oh ****. Hey, Bob...do you still have those coupons from Party City we had from Halloween?! Problem solved!!!"

 

[Lencho01]

Yeah...when some half ass cosplay is doing better than your fully financed production...your ass is in trouble. You think they blew all the money on the Robin, Hawk, and Dove costumes, and then they were like..."Oh ****. Hey, Bob...do you still have those coupons from Party City we had from Halloween?! Problem solved!!!"

Well, it just looks like they’re walking down some street. Doesn’t look like they’re in their full suits (unless that’s the look they’re really going for). I mean, Beastboy looks like he’s just wearing a hoodie they looks like one of the suits we’ve seen him wear the comics. Kinda like how they did on Smallville for their proto-Justice League.

It would be like us seeing the recent pics of Dick outside in the cold weather as our first exposure to how he looks in this show and taking that as a reflection of what he’ll look like suited up. Even so, I still think they could’ve used better wigs and dye jobs based on those pics.

WB probably should’ve just released some pics like they did with Robin, Hawk, and Dove.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Well, it just looks like they’re walking down some street. Doesn’t look like they’re in their full suits (unless that’s the look they’re really going for). I mean, Beastboy looks like he’s just wearing a hoodie they looks like one of the suits we’ve seen him wear the comics. Kinda like how they did on Smallville for their proto-Justice League.

It would be like us seeing the recent pics of Dick outside in the cold weather as our first exposure to how he looks in this show and taking that as a reflection of what he’ll look like suited up. Even so, I still think they could’ve used better wigs and dye jobs based on those pics.

WB probably should’ve just released some pics like they did with Robin, Hawk, and Dove.

Well, I'm very confused why they didn't release some promo pics of the rest of the cast yet like they did with Robin, and H & D. They knew as soon as they start filming outside that these types of pics are gonna get out. It's inevitable. That's just the times we live in, so they really don't have anyone to blame for the backlash but themselves. And I'm completely aware that they're probably just walking down the street or something, and honestly, BB and Raven are completely passable. I'm just so completely thrown off by Starfire that I don't know how to feel about the whole production now. I get that an orange skinned pinkish haired alien in skimpy clothes was always going to be hard to pull off, but the color and design of that wig are just... atrocious. She looks like a hooker...and a really cheap one at that.

 

[Micromind]

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