Doom Patrol (Streaming on DC Universe)

Frazier has seen better days

Also was this is the best way to represent her power? With diabetes leg?

Timothy Dalton as Chief is home run casting.

Dome Patrol > Doom Patrol

What a great pilot. One of the most interesting, strange, and deftly crafted comic book shows I've seen. It lacks the stayed production, sub-par acting, and "artificial" atmosphere of the CW shows. It felt stranger and somehow more real at the same time. The performances were great by all the cast- Timothy Dalton as the Professor and Alan Tudyk as Mr Nobody really puts it over the top.

The hour-long first episode was exceedingly well done. It also (to the best of my recollection) marks the first DC property to contain nudity (Who's foxy! Who's foxy!). If the 2nd episode is as good as the first, it could easily have been released as a movie and if so it would have blown the shite out of the other recent DC cinematic releases.

The narration phrasing and tone fit the theme of the show perfectly. I'm not all that familiar with the characters (Doom Patrol was either not in print or hard to find when I was growing up) so Crazy Jane is a new one for me (I knew a little about the others, but not her).

Cyborg hasn't made his appearance yet, I'm wondering why they are putting him here instead of in Titans.

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Making Cliff Steele into Ricky Bobby worked for me.

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It wasn't a bad change but how they played with the wreck throughout the episode was excellent. I love when writers care enough to put smart swerves like that into a story.

Titans had a nude scene. No close ups but good shot of Minka Kelly's arse!

Episode 2 dropped last night. The more I see of this show (and the promotional trailers), the more I feel like it's probably the best thing DC has produced thus far.

It reminds me a bit of Deadpool in that it's hitting the precise note in what it wants to be and that theme runs throughout everything. It's a bit quirky, some dark humor, a tiny bit of campiness that actually WORKS (as opposed to being thrown in just for filler or going overboard with it) and serious. All of these elements are used to add just a little flavor to really good story-telling instead of trying to be integral to the story itself.

Take the donkey, for example. It was a very quirky vehicle and could have been done far more campishly. Steele's attempts to catch it (and his reactions) were well done without being overboard (going to crazy lengths like a metallic Wile E. Coyote trying to catch a braying Roadrunner) or without going on so long that it became monotonous and boring.

Steele's commentary during the hole event was a perfect encapsulation for how many would react during such a situation and had me rolling.

I was a little annoyed that Rita and Larry's stories were kept apart at first, but by the end of the episode I understood and appreciated it. It helped expand their characters a bit while also making their eventual aid that much more meaningful.

I'm still not sure on the whole Cyborg thing. I was a young, avid reader of Teen Titans when he made his first appearance (still have the issue bagged and boarded) and this adaptation is very different from his comic and movie versions. His character seems to be a bit too generic and his inclusion feels a bit forced thus far (or at least as an after-thought).

Guerrero fricking killed it with Jane on last night's episode. Each personality she went into didn't just speak differently but had different mannerisms and quirks. Solid writing and solid acting.

Anyone not watching this right now is doing themselves a grave disservice, unless you're waiting til the end to binge watch (which means you shouldn't be reading threads where spoilers might show up ).