movies/tv Is Teen Titans Go actually popular?

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

It seems to be considering it's lasted this long. Did I mention Adventure Time was bad? This show is just horrible...This show is so bad that it actually makes Adventure Time look good...

It's awful...The characters were all ruined and turned into complete idiots...And the original show was just completely butchered...More like destroyed...

I loved the original series but they ended it and then gave us this crap...Why are they bothering with this fail of a reboot/remake? Honestly even calling it that is being too generous though...

Cartoon Network has been going downhill so much that I'm honestly afraid they might sink to Nickelodeon's level one day giving us nothing but cartoons about butts and boogers and toilet humor and reruns of Spongebob...

[Leonard Smix 421]

I hate the dang show. It irritates me more than ever that all of the action was replaced for stupid romance, and god-awful situations like making a dang sandwich... Like.... how is that interesting?

[Sugar Pea 2,682]

I think Teen Titans Go! is more like a parody, than making out to be an ACTUAL show people are supposed to love. Sometimes, it's very funny! Other times, it could use a lot of work. My only complaint is the character of the cast...like how they make Robin out to be a controlling boy wonder.   

[Leonard Smix 421]

May I also add the lack of plot?

[Sazama Ichida 2,367]

May I also add the lack of plot?

Indeed. The show doesn't even have a storyline anymore. And there aren't even any freaking fight scenes...

[More_Fluttershy 127]

Of course it isn't! The only reason it's still airing a second season is because it's acquired from DC Nation; if it was a Cartoon Network Original it would have surely been canned. The runtime of a show isn't linked to it's popularity or quality like it should. Also, Cartoon Netowork is far better than it was a few years ago, and while not close to perfect (yet), it is still the best place for kids to go to watch TV of the major networks, while Nickelodeon is definitely the worst. It still has Adventure Time, and it's thier most popular show, but they don't air the crap out of it like SB, giving a chance for great shows like Gumball, Steven Universe, and Clarence. Anything Nick is, CN is pretty much the opposite with minor exceptions.

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

Of course it isn't! The only reason it's still airing a second season is because it's acquired from DC Nation; if it was a Cartoon Network Original it would have surely been canned. The runtime of a show isn't linked to it's popularity or quality like it should. Also, Cartoon Netowork is far better than it was a few years ago, and while not close to perfect (yet), it is still the best place for kids to go to watch TV of the major networks, while Nickelodeon is definitely the worst. It still has Adventure Time, and it's thier most popular show, but they don't air the crap out of it like SB, giving a chance for great shows like Gumball, Steven Universe, and Clarence. Anything Nick is, CN is pretty much the opposite with minor exceptions.

Better than Boomerang?(Not gonna judge your opinion, just curious)

 

 

Anyways I can't say that it is popular, but I can say a bunch of little kids do watch it, at least judging from my little brother and his friends that all like it. I find it mildly amusing myself, I'm not a huge comic book person, but I did really enjoy the original TT show back on Cartoon Network, as said above I believe this is meant to be more of a parody so I don't take it as serious as some others.

[EpitomeOfTruth 243]

Honestly, this show isn't even half bad, and gets way too much unwarranted criticism. It's not the original Teen Titans. It's not trying to live up to the original. It's a completely different show, with a completely different goal. It has tons of great humor and is at its best when poking fun at DC's lore (seriously, there are tons of obscure references in this show that make my day each time I see them.)

 

 

 

May I also add the lack of plot?

 

 

It's a slice of life show. It's episodic in nature and doesn't have any overarching plotline.

[More_Fluttershy 127]

Better than Boomerang?(Not gonna judge your opinion, just curious)

 

As much as I like shows like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, and Camp Lazlo!, Boomerang wasn't really meant for that. I think it's a good idea to air these shows, but I don't think they should take down the "classic" classic cartoons from Hannah Barbera or The Looney Tunes. Even so, Chowder is pushing the limits or recency, but not as much as Nicktoons, which has even threw Breadwinners on there and has gotten rid of even the "Modern" classic shows like My Life as a Teenage Robot and Danny Phantom.

 

Overall, the two are probably equal.

Edited December 15, 2014 by More_Fluttershy

[VinylWubs 1,266]

for me I Think not even though I watch so because for no reason it might gone down the list due to the new version of the original show Because the first one was an anime with sense of humour and even pranks with the other one its like watching how to be dumb while being animated but there old self's look like if they're from the 80s or some sort other with the new version it really changed their appearance so much so yea

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

I don't think it's popular. The original however, was really popular.

[Ridley Wolf 291]

The show is quite popular with kids, which is exactly what Cartoon Network wanted.

 

Quality shows bore children, and bring in older fans.

 

The problem is, older fans don't care about the toys, games, and snacks being advertised during the show.

 

As ads are a major source of revenue for networks, the CN execs know that companies won't buy airtime if ads aren't reaching the target market.

 

As a result, quality shows get cancelled in favor of crap that appeals to children.

 

Unfortunately, the CN execs never figured out the strategy used by other networks in similar situations, which is to simply air ads that appeal to the older audience.

[catnet 9,359]

I wouldn't think it's all that popular, no. I get that it's meant to be more of a parody than a continuation, but from what I've seen (which is admittedly not that much ) it's not really that great in regards to humour. Decent at least, but there's this feeling that it's not reaching its goal as well as the original series had done.

Mind you, I did love this moment (1:20 in): 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNygkgKgLdg

 

I'll have to watch some more before I can establish my stance on this show...

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

This show is getting renewed with the same logic on how Breadwinners gets renewed. I've seen this show get liked by people heck my sisters who are around my age liked it, but I also see it come under a lot of criticism.

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

Yeah this show is incredibly unpopular. That's how TV networks make money is by filling their timeslots with shows that they think people don't want to watch so that way advertisers won't want to pay for ad space.

 

 

But seriously though, people. Move on with your lives. Being mad at TTG because it's not nor was it ever intended to be a continuation of the original is just a lot of wasted energy.

[The Peculiar Derp 193]

The show disgusts me. It is just pitiful compared to the real, quality Teen Titans that went off air years ago. This "show" is just full of unreasonable fight scenes, ridiculous pop culture references, derpified chibi-esque vergesions of the Teen Titans we used to know and love, dumb booger, butt, and fart jokes galore, and just overall bullcrap.  If CN is going to make a remake, at least make something half entertaining. And just so you know, this show is portraying sexism! I'm not joking I swore as I was flipping through the channels there was some sort of "Boys Vs. Girls" episode on. WTF are people even thinking, is this really how you want the next generation to grow up?

 

This whole deal is very dissapointing. -_-

Edited December 15, 2014 by HerpDerp88

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

And just so you know, this show is portraying sexism! I'm not joking I swore as I was flipping through the channels there was some sort of "Boys Vs. Girls" episode on. WTF are people even thinking, is this rally how you want the next generation to grow up?

OMG! A dark comedy has protagonists behaving in a manner that we should not emulate. What is this world coming to?

[Castle Bleck 19,399]

Worst animated series of 2013-2014.

 

Please don't let G5 do this to G4.

[The Peculiar Derp 193]

OMG! A dark comedy has protagonists behaving in a manner that we should not emulate. What is this world coming to?

How is TTG a dark comedy? Is this supposed to be sarcasm? I assume it is.

Edited December 15, 2014 by HerpDerp88

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

How is TTG a dark comedy? Is this supposed to be sarcasm? I assume it is.

Probably because it IS a dark comedy. All the humor is derived from the characters behaving badly. That's the entire damn point of the show. It's a parody of the original show taking place in a cynical crapsack world where the "heroes" are now self-absorbed jerks in contrast to the virtuous heroes of the show it's parodying.

[The Peculiar Derp 193]

Probably because it IS a dark comedy. All the humor is derived from the characters behaving badly. That's the entire damn point of the show. It's a parody of the original show taking place in a cynical crapsack world where the "heroes" are now self-absorbed jerks in contrast to the virtuous heroes of the show it's parodying.

Hmm, I see it could be from your perspective. From my perspective, it is simply just another idiotic and frivolous spinoff intended for a much younger audience then the original show was intended for.

[catnet 9,359]

Probably because it IS a dark comedy. All the humor is derived from the characters behaving badly. That's the entire damn point of the show. It's a parody of the original show taking place in a cynical crapsack world where the "heroes" are now self-absorbed jerks in contrast to the virtuous heroes of the show it's parodying.

No offence, but I'm pretty sure dark comedy has to involve some kinda gloomy or disturbing elements, with some 'morbid or grimly satiric humor' linked to it. I don't think characters behaving badly is really an example of this...

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

No offence, but I'm pretty sure dark comedy has to involve some kinda gloomy or disturbing elements, with some 'morbid or grimly satiric humor' linked to it. I don't think characters behaving badly is really an example of this...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy

 

To sum it up, black humour is a type of comedy that deals with negative aspects of life, deriving humour due to it being shocking and unexpected, Family Guy having dead babies singing for example, being shockingly cruel (and thus unexpected), and in part because it many time reflects a truth that might be too grim to state seriously, something quite common for example in Soviet Russia, and quite abundant in political humour.

 

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Black Comedy doesn't necessarily have to involve death — anything tragic can be fodder for Black Comedy. A Kafka Komedy is a subtrope of Black Comedy in which the object of humor is abject failure.

 

TTG is not supposed to be super, super, dark and grim, but most of the jokes derive from how completely anti-heroic the heroes of this world are.

 

If you want death though, there is an episode where each of the characters is killed off one by one and comes back as a ghost leading to an ending where it suddenly dawns on the characters that they're stuck as ghosts.

 

There is also an episode where on their "Girl's night out" Starfire employs the aid of one of their enemies (Jinx) to show her how to be fun, which amounts to stealing and wrecking things and getting chased by the police, which is something that shouldn't be made light of, but gets played for laughs.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Andaasonsan

[catnet 9,359]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BlackComedy

 

To sum it up, black humour is a type of comedy that deals with negative aspects of life, deriving humour due to it being shocking and unexpected, Family Guy having dead babies singing for example, being shockingly cruel (and thus unexpected), and in part because it many time reflects a truth that might be too grim to state seriously, something quite common for example in Soviet Russia, and quite abundant in political humour.

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Black Comedy doesn't necessarily have to involve death — anything tragic can be fodder for Black Comedy. A Kafka Komedy is a subtrope of Black Comedy in which the object of humor is abject failure.

I still don't really see how this show fits in with this description, though, if I'm being perfectly honest. Is it really that 'shocking or unexpected' for the characters to be behaving in the way that they are? Is there any real tragedy? Aside from this being a tragedy of a show, if that's how you think of it.

 

Forgive me, I'm not exactly a fan of TTG myself; I'm just struggling to see how it fits this criteria for a black comedy. It doesn't really strike me as one; maybe very vaguely, but that's it.

 

Edit: ah, gotcha. Sorry, I haven't watched too much of this show; this is the first I've really heard of those episodes. I think I see what you mean now, don't worry

Edited December 15, 2014 by Edwardo_Brony

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

I still don't really see how this show fits in with this description, though, if I'm being perfectly honest. Is it really that 'shocking or unexpected' for the characters to be behaving in the way that they are? Is there any real tragedy? Aside from this being a tragedy of a show, if that's how you think of it.

 

Forgive me, I'm not exactly a fan of TTG myself; I'm just struggling to see how it fits this criteria for a black comedy. It doesn't really strike me as one; maybe very vaguely, but that's it.

I made an edit with some examples, but yes pretty much everything is based on tragedy in this show. The Titans are supposed to be the heroes of their world, but they end up making everything worse for the world because they're focusing on their own selfish whims.