The costume designer is credited to Joyce Schure with specialty costumes by Laure Jean Shannon, together I think they did an effective job of translating the suit from the comics and making it fit the overall design language of the show. The mask isn’t as bulky as I thought it would be, which is another real issue of how to make it proportional to Walters body. The hood itself is always going to be a problem much like the Iron Man helmet in live action you can’t really tweak it to emote, it just stares back at you dead eyed. Previous marketing material had been limited to production stills and a few brief shots from trailers which are never good indicators of how something will look in motion. The costume itself works well in live action. With Curran Walters donning the Red Hood his popularity will surely receive another boost. While Jason Todd might not be as mainstream popular as Harley Quinn, his property appreciates a similar albeit cult status due. In 2010 the storyline was adapted into a popular direct to video animated featured directed by Brandon Vietti from a screenplay by Winick exposing the character to a new audience. Todd’s return arc the 2004-2006 ‘Under the Red Hood’ written by Judd Winick with art by Doug Mahnke became a new classic in the “Batman” canon. The comic book readers were clearly familiar with Jason Todd’s new nom de plume given the characters, surprisingly, resilient presence despite a solid half decade under the pen of one of the worst writers of the past three decades. Who was under the Red Hood was likely never in doubt for audiences. “Red Hood” continues to show the writers room is willing to speed up the timetable of certain reveals in ways that also alter the source text they are riffing from.

In the previous review I mentioned how producers these days only real play they have with audiences is ‘when’ they structure a specific plot beat not if it happens. With the Titans arriving in Gotham, they quickly learn the City will never let them sleep as Dick works on figuring out that “better Batman” thing. The second episode of Titans season 3 starts with an homage to ‘Under the Red Hood’ and ends up going its own direction. It’s more like a helmet than a hood, but talking about the man under the hood sounds cooler.

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