Teen Titans (2013)

Sienna Maiu - M T · May 02, 2011, 06:33:19 AM

Oh man, oh man... There's gonna be a Teen Titans live-action movie! Slated to come out 2013, I just stumbled across it while researching voice actors.
This is pretty exciting... I wonder if it will be any good. I also wonder if it will be "based" off of The 2005 cartoon or the older ~~comic~~ graphic novel series.

Thoughts?

Darkmoon · May 02, 2011, 08:08:09 AM

Strictly speaking, it's only a graphic novel if it's purposefully released as a self-contained book. Even mini-series, like Watchmen, don't count under the strictest definition, although series like that are more "graphic novel" than any recurring series that goes on, and on, and on.

Teen Titans went on for years (decades). It's still going on in one form or another. It's a comic book series, although collected it's "trade paperbacks."

Now, having said all that, I do have to wonder what iteration of the Titans they're going to use. There have been so many characters that have cycled through that series over time, they could choose just about any characters they like and still make it work. They'd really only have to include Robin, since he's the most recognizable "Titan."

Alondro · May 02, 2011, 11:45:34 AM

I wonder if Uwe Boll and Michael Bay will co-direct! It'll be awesome!

Sienna Maiu - M T · May 02, 2011, 02:10:59 PM

While I didn't think "graphic novel" really fit the bill, they hardly count as "comics" anymore.

Darkmoon · May 02, 2011, 08:51:41 PM

The technical term is still "comic book".

Sienna Maiu - M T · May 03, 2011, 07:08:06 AM

Not according to the source who told me they weren't...

But what does he know? He only sells books for a living.

Darkmoon · May 03, 2011, 11:41:34 AM

Every comic book clerk I've ever dealt with still calls them comic books. That's just the name for them. "Graphic novel" implies a certain release schedule, and "trade paperbacks" are collections of comics. As far as everyone is concerned (including DC Comics and Marvel Comics), it's still "comic books". You could also call them "Sequential Art", but that's an overriding term for everything we just discussed, as well as animation.

Sienna Maiu - M T · May 04, 2011, 05:27:12 AM

eh, whatever. *shrug*

Works for me.