Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-5624498-20170423215600

Picked this up the other day and I think it's one of the better efforts in recent DCAU films... true, quite a few of those films haven't been better than average, but I thought this one was good overall. A few thoughts:


 * The portrayal of Terra was always hotly debated in the comic, but here, I think they did a good job giving her a better backstory than just writing her off as a psychopath. It's still a bit creepy how they portray her relationship with Slade Wilson, but you get an impression that Slade is just using her to get his revenge on Damian Wayne and the Teen Titans and has no interest in Terra otherwise.

Minor spoiler: Though the backstory for Terra is that her parents thought she was possessed when she developed her powers and tortured her as a result, could have allowed for her to think of her relationship with Slade as a father-daughter one, it doesn't provide the counterpoint to the other relationship, the one with Beast Boy that they lifted from the Teen Titans animated series.

So, I can understand if some people still don't like how the Terra-Slade relationship is handled, I can see what the writers were aiming for and appreicate they went beyond Terra just being evil.


 * Damian Wayne's backstory works well here to provide the counterpoint for Terra's backstory.


 * I liked how the dynamic between Nightwing and Starfire focuses, in part, with Starfire's struggles over how the Titans still look to Dick Grayson as a leader when he's working alongside them. That makes Starfire's role as leader serve a greater purpose.


 * The storyline of Jaime Reyes wishing he could be with his family more often was well executed. And they found a good way to tease his relationship with Traci Thirteen (never referred to exactly by that name in the movie).


 * Very good voice work by Miguel Ferrer (RIP) and Christina Ricci.


 * Biggest issue is Brother Blood is a rather generic villian. Though Gregg Henry does good voice work for him, we don't get a lot of sense about what makes Blood tick.


 * It was nice to see some of the YJ alumni get a chance to voice some of the Titans. In particular, Wally West comes off very much like he was in YJ beyond Jason Spisak doing the voice work. 