She’s great, but all she’s really doing is a stellar impression of the gravelly whisper developed by Tara Strong, who defined the character in the animated shows Teen Titans, New Teen Titans, and Teen Titans Go! At least Kari Wahlgren gives enough distinction from Hynden Walch’s definitive take on the joyously naive Starfire to make it fresh: After all, she’s now elevated to team leader, so it’s a more mature take on the character.
The DC animated brand is now strong enough to get pretty much anyone they want to do voiceover work (adding Rosario Dawson and Jon Bernthal to their deep bench of in-house talent.) There’s one bizarre moment of casting, and it’s in a central character of Taissa Farmiga as Raven. But when Trigon, the beast that sired Raven, comes calling, then they will be the last branch to keep each other out of the maelstrom. After all, they are the only people who really get the menace they could represent. Both come from demons (in Raven’s case, quite literally, since she’s basically Rosemary’s baby, the spawn of a coven’s misguided attempt to create the Antichrist.) It’s not a juvenile romance between she and Damian, but an understanding. It’s a big ensemble, but it comes down to Raven and Robin, and the story’s underlying theme of legacy and lineage. Batman, not exactly being the model of supportive parenting skills, decides to send his murderous little prodigy off to the closest thing he knows to normal kids: the Titans. After all, he was raised by his grandfather R’as al Ghul, the merciless supervillain whose end goal is to save the world by erasing most of humanity. The wrinkle in the equation comes when Batman decides to send a new member to the minor leagues: The original Robin is now a hero in his own right, under the guise of Nightwing, so Batman has given the cowl to his own son, Damian (voiced by Stuart Allan.) He’s got the "beating up villains" down perfectly, but the "helping the innocent" part of heroism is seemingly beneath him.
It’s a simple setup: The League are the savers of worlds, and the Titans are the heroes of the future. So if you just present them as everyone knows them, there’s instant recognition. OK, first off, how much do any of these characters need explaining? The Justice League are omnipresent, while a whole generation grew up watching Teen Titans.
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OK, so you’re probably thinking, if Snyder couldn’t introduce three core characters in two and a half interminable hours, how on Earth 2 can veteran DC animation director Sam Liu ( The Batman, All-Star Superman) fold in the classic roster of the Justice League (Batman, Cyborg, the Flash, Superman, and Wonder Woman) plus an amalgam of classic Teen Titans (Beast Boy, Raven, Robin, and Starfire) and newcomers (Blue Beetle), and explain some deep DC mythology, in under 80 minutes?
Mercifully for them, the DC animated features department is back to the rescue with Justice League vs. clearly did not understand the characters. If there’s a consensus among comic fans as to why Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice failed creatively, it’s because Zack Snyder et al.