The PPG do feel like they'd fit right in with the Titans or some similar team.
They do and it's nice, in theory, to have characters from my childhood go down in history and be remembered in the way we still remember characters like the DC characters, except they're ruining them in the process.
What's interesting though is CN itself already teased the idea of a DC style "shared universe" for some of their shows, there are references in Samurai Jack that seem to imply that it's the same universe as PPG and while as far as I know there was never any direct references it isn't hard to imagine Dexter's Lab is part of the same universe as PPG or Samurai Jack as well.
In fact Dexter's Lab itself was it's own little shared universe with other characters outside of the main cast who would be featured in short segments and crossed over with the main cast as well.
What's also interesting is Adult Swim already had an "adult" continuation of Samurai Jack, I expected more to follow, but instead we're getting something like this PPG reboot on an entirely different network.
And hey, while I continue to be a huge nerd, Adult Swim even had a shared universe as well with Williams Street shows, like Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Perfect Hair Forever were all the same universe (or I think that was implied to be the case), which is where things get weird because Space Ghost is a Hanna Barbera character, so how does it relate to HB itself or other HB spoofs like Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law or Sealab 2021? Not to mention Space Ghost Coast to Coast featuring appearances from real people, are they implying these are versions of themselves from the "Williams Street universe"?
This is where things go off the rails lol.
There isn't a chance in hell Monk would be allowed to exist in this day and age. A man with virtually every phobia in the book being played for comedy? EXPLOITATION!
That said, the 'pandemic reunion' special short was fucking amazing. Tony's still got it.
I've always liked Tony Shalhoub so Monk is definitely something I should watch one day.
Diablo Cody being involved is an odd choice. She's done some nice movies like Young Adult and United States of Tara was interesting. But it looks like no one involved has experience with straight comedies so they're going for more Juno tier humor than anything else.
So that's fucked up
She's also an odd choice because I assume she isn't old enough to have really grown up with PPG, it'd be like hiring me to write an adaption of Ben 10 or something, yeah I've heard of it, but can't say I'm really very familiar with it.
