Doom Patrolis a troll of a TV show.
Why, you ask?
In fact, it starts doing this from the moment it begins.
Credit: Bob Mahoney/Warner Bros.
Honestly, I love the wayDoom Patrolstarts because it doesnt waste any time in establishing that this is notTitans.
So, lets run down the shows super-zeroes.
Cliff Steele/Robotman (Brendan Fraser)
Frasers Cliff Steele is our entryway intoDoom Patrol.
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Little does he know, though, that his wife is sleeping with someone on his pit team.
In fact, he finds that out in the middle of a race and ends up crashing.
Unfortunately, the script doesnt do anything to subvert this trope either.
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Although we do find out that Cliffs daughter is still alive.
Of course, tragedy befell him when he took a superpowered rocket out for a test flight.
The ensuing crash left him burned beyond repair.
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Oh, and theres also some energy being living inside of him.
So now he lives life covered in bandages like a mummy.
The pilot implies that the shame he felt about that has stayed with him to the present.
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The truth is Larry Trainor had felt like a monster long before he ever was one, Nobody says.
Rita Farr/Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby)
Rita is a former 50s movie pictures star who was obsessed with appearances.
When she emerged, shed lost control of her body, which started to melt and lose its shape.
Guerrero is bloody fantastic in the role!
Dr. Caulder decides to go on a trip to tend to other mysterious occurrences in the world.
Of course, the moment he leaves, Jane suggests they all take a trip into town.
Thankfully, Robotman is able to stop her, but the damage has been done by that point.
Feeling guilty, the rest of the team eventually join him.
In other words, things just got weird.
Overall, I really enjoyed the series premiere ofDoom Patrol.
