Film of the Week: Teen Titans Go! Vs Teen Titans

There have been many a debate regarding the differences between Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go! The latter series changed so much about what the first one was about, cranking up the silliness to ten every episode is one of the reasons for why fans of the old series turned their backs on the new. Teen Titans Go! Is meant for the younger audience, whereas Teen Titans was aimed at teenagers. Those teenagers who watched Teen Titans from episode one right the way to the very end, only to discover it was getting revived later down the line as Teen Titans Go! must still be recovering from whiplash.

After the success of Teen Titans Go! To the movies, of course the studio would want to cash in further and make another film. And they played a very smart move. The creators of the show Teen Titans Go! are very much aware of the backlash their show was getting from fans of the original and took every opportunity they could in referencing that for comedic effect. This film is basically one long cinematic reference to that battle between old and new, with the characters literally battling against each other to see which group is the better. And then they went even further.

Teen Titans on Infinite Earths, a play on the massive DC crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, where every earth within the multiverse comes together to fight against one enemy. Many, many, many versions of the same five characters were shown in this film, I almost expected the live-action series to make a cameo appearance (which technically would make Teen Titans Go! apart of the Arrowverse, but let’s not make things too complicated).

The battle between fans of both series needed to end, and this film does that brilliantly by uniting them together. Having characters poke fun at each other, be very confused by the way the other group lives, along with a multiverse of other versions, shows both sets of fans that both versions of the characters are just as good as the other, and have it all interweaved throughout a main storyline that focused on Raven’s battle with her inner demon – it would be impossible to become bored whilst watching this film as there’s constantly so much going on at once. It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you’re on, you’re going to enjoy this movie – you’re going to laugh at the jokes, be on the lookout for the Easter eggs in the background, pick up on the many references the characters make, and overall have an entertaining time.

The filmmakers did an absolutely amazing job putting this movie together, I cannot believe I’ve only just heard about it last week. This fits the very definition of being underrated. It needs to be watched by more people, not just fans of both series, but fans of DC as well as there’s plenty in that film they’ll be entertained by, too.

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Antony Hudson

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