http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/12/06/linkaramanewsarama-300/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/12/06/linkaramanewsarama-300/comment-page-1/#comment-546697 ostrakos Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:41:31 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=20213#comment-546697 I agree with Deco. The character of Raven fits in with the faux-Goth/horror Twilight type stuff that the CW's audience eats up. I agree with Deco. The character of Raven fits in with the faux-Goth/horror Twilight type stuff that the CW’s audience eats up.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/12/06/linkaramanewsarama-300/comment-page-1/#comment-546657 Deco Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:46:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=20213#comment-546657 Raven makes total sense if you look at it as "smallville / gossip-girl meets 'medium." It makes total sense for the approach that gave us the "Birds of Prey" TV show (was that what it was called? so unmemorable). And sense for the trendy "spooky/goth-YA" genre. And it either won't ever get made or if it does, not last more than 2 seasons. Raven makes total sense if you look at it as “smallville / gossip-girl meets ‘medium.” It makes total sense for the approach that gave us the “Birds of Prey” TV show (was that what it was called? so unmemorable). And sense for the trendy “spooky/goth-YA” genre. And it either won’t ever get made or if it does, not last more than 2 seasons.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2010/12/06/linkaramanewsarama-300/comment-page-1/#comment-546651 Simon DelMonte Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:59:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=20213#comment-546651 Raven has only worked for me as part of the animated ensemble. In the comics, she's rarely memorable, has (like almost everyone else at DC) a convoluted backstory that has only made less interesting, and poorly defined powers even today. The cartoon was very successful in boiling down Raven to "creepy cute goth chick with anger issues and daddy issues" but even there she was rarely interesting outside of her interactions with the other Titans. There was some great stuff involving her and Robin, but that was based entirely on the framework of the show. Raven has only worked for me as part of the animated ensemble. In the comics, she’s rarely memorable, has (like almost everyone else at DC) a convoluted backstory that has only made less interesting, and poorly defined powers even today. The cartoon was very successful in boiling down Raven to “creepy cute goth chick with anger issues and daddy issues” but even there she was rarely interesting outside of her interactions with the other Titans. There was some great stuff involving her and Robin, but that was based entirely on the framework of the show.

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