Swamp Thing was a fun exploration of the more horror-centric side of the DC Universe, but it was, ahem, cut down in its prime after only one season. Whereas Titans launched with Dick Grayson infamously announcing “Fuck Batman!”, the show’s true weakness would prove to be not its tendency towards edginess for edginess' sake, but rather that in a world that arrived fully formed – superheroes and villains already existed there, full stop – it never managed to reach its true potential. It was a mixed bag of shows, but there was more good than bad, and certainly a variety of demos were being served within the fan sphere. On the animated front, the beloved Young Justice was revived for DC Universe, and the equally beloved – if for different reasons – Harley Quinn was also launched. That is the well from which sprang the wacky Doom Patrol, as did the grimdark (at first anyway) Titans, the gone-too-soon Swamp Thing, and the “don’t worry, it’s also on The CW” Stargirl series. Though whereas FilmStruck – which folded in 2018 – might’ve actually played the classic Brando film that featured that iconic quote, DC Universe’s mission statement was, of course, to serve the superhero fan set.Ĭonsisting of a library of archival DC movies, TV shows and comics, the app was also designed to be the launching ground for new original programming. Remember the streaming app that was called “DC Universe,” which launched in 2018? It barely registers as a blip now amid the various dramas of the many streamers, just another FilmStruck that coulda been a contender. In recent years, that diffusion of properties has been particularly damaging on the DC Universe side of things, and in a certain sense, I mean that literally. But is it too little, too late?ĭC Universe: The Streaming Service That Couldn’t And it may afford fans the chance to focus on a tighter and more wieldy DC TV slate. In the case of Doom Patrol’s end, and the DC Comics TV environment in general, a contraction is taking place that was inevitable. For in the year 2023, not only are there shows (and movies, of course) pretty much everywhere that are based on superheroes and other types of comics, but the places you can watch that programming are so diffuse now that it’s nearly impossible to keep track of everything, let alone watch all the titles you’d like to check out as a card-carrying member of the geek-osphere. and even bigger picture, with the fall of the very monoculture itself. YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT DOOM PATROL WAS A SHOW?!!Īnd herein lies the problem with comics-based TV shows these days, and bigger picture, with the streaming landscape in general. I repeat: Robotman is dead.ĭon’t even try telling me you didn’t cry a couple of weeks back when the Brendan Fraser/Riley Shanahan character went to the great racetrack in the sky in the closing minutes of the Doom Patrol season finale.īut wait, what’s that? You say you missed the last episode of Doom Patrol? Wha…? You never even watched Doom Patrol?!ĭON’T SAY IT.
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