Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam

Enjoyed with my son who loves the Teen Titans. They added some extra comedy interjecting relatable commentary on already ridiculous moments of the 90s film. Basically a teen titan riff of it.

A very dragging re-frying of that very dated Space Jam movie from my early teenage years, with small icons of the Titans providing side commentary, never as fun or engaging as MST3K or the likes, never. Bummed out. I really wish the Space Jam to go away from it, but you have 1 hour 15 minutes of it...

So we let our son choose a Dvd to watch at home and he chose this. We've seen Teen Titans before and the 'Go to the Movies' movie is great fun. We assumed more of the same.

However to charge 6 quid for this rubbish is bordering on unethical. It is literally Space Jam the movie (which we already own) with the Teen Titans popping up to comment occasionally. There is almost nothing new here and the title and packaging is very misleading.

Warner Bros have a terrible habit currently of mixing franchises together to sell something 'new' in lieu of actually having a script. Space Jam 2 was like this and so was Scoob!

If I could demand my money back I would. Total garbage- at least if someone reads this review and doesn't buy it some good would have come from our experience!

Clearly an attempt to bring a new generation into the Space Jam world, but they cheaped out.

There was a way to do this, and have it be fun and clever, like Mystery Science Theatre 3000. But clearly there wasn't the time or inclination to do it.

You will likely end up being either Frustrated by the lack of Teen Titans and new story, or be frustrated by the flow of Space Jam being interrupted.

The Titans are enjoying a summer day of sunbathing when an alien craft appears. The aliens reveal themselves to be the Nerdlucks, which Cyborg recognizes, but the others do not. Thankfully, Pound has a copy on VHS when Starfire wishes to see the film after Cyborg explains it to Raven and Beast Boy, Cyborg invites them in for a screen, despite Robin's protests due to the Nerdlucks being aliens (and movies have made him into a xenophobe that believes all aliens are evil, despite the fact Starfire is an alien herself).

So, technically, this TV movie serves as a sort of spoof of shows like Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax, as the Titans watch the first Space Jam film and give their comments and even have some shennanigans with the Nerdlucks (which includes allowing the group to steal their superpowers). For the movie being viewed, we get an edited version to fit the length of the special, with edits to include commentary from the Titans, as well as to cut or change some elements of certain scenes (which mainly cutting the intro and changing the music to some scenes, possibly due to the use of music that Warner Bros. Possibly no longer has the legal rights to use, and also one of the songs is from R. Kelly, who has since fallen from grace, and even going as far as to censor the use of firearms, which mirrors the controversy the HBO Max-exclusive Looney Tunes cartoons faced for banning them, although they didn't bother to censor the scenes of Swackhammer smoking his cigars, possibly because Cartoon Network allowed it since he was the main villain of the movie).

While it gets a two star for the fun facts, it does run afoul for being in the usual humor Teen Titans Go! Has become infamous for. During the film, Beast Boy has a counter that goes up when the movie gets a shot of a character's rear end (which sounds pretty juvenile, as not everyone, including the target audience of kids, cares for such things) as well as the many jokes aimed at Robin, which sound mean spirited as they're making fun of things from past episodes (like having no powers, baby hands, etc) while the others are stupid enough to let them steal their powers, transforming them into. But at the end of this day, this TV movie was made for one reason and one reason only: to get kids hyped to see Space Jam: A New Legacy, a sequel that ditches the aliens in favor of being set in cyberspace to milk money off being one huge shameless crossover with almost every property under Warner Bros.'s ownership. Only watch if you don't have the Space Jam on DVD or are a TTG fan.