![]() ![]() Denied entry to the “Batman Again” premiere – attended by Batman, Superman (voiced, finally, by Nicolas Cage) and Wonder Woman – these Titans lay siege to Hollywood and travel back in time to rewrite key origin stories. ![]() The stage is hereby set for a brisk 90 minutes of metanarrative mirth, a potential franchise-starter in which superheroes not big enough to land their own franchise take extreme measures to land their own franchise. That their big-screen debut intends to operate closer to the irreverent spirit of Warner Bros’ Looney Tunes than Zack Snyder is immediately signalled by an opening sight gag that appears to be rivals Marvel Studios’ familiar page-shuffling logo – only for the camera to pull back and show a seagull flicking disinterestedly through a comic. Best known is Batman’s eternally derided sidekick, Robin, whose knowing misadventures have set youngsters and stoners alike to cackling over several seasons on TV’s Cartoon Network. ![]() F or the uninitiated, the Teen Titans are the DC universe’s Muppet Babies: pint-sized, brashly animated avatars of Justice League hangers-on. ![]()
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