There’s something so wonderfully… sincere and we’re breaking new ground about Doom Patrol that would border on cliche and parody if attempted today.
I guess I’m kinder to DOOM PATROL than Jeff, since I was charmed to see the Dream Machine show up in it after reading about them in what I’m guessing was a RE/SEARCH book back in my college days.
That said, he’s right in that the flavor of it is very much a thing of its time. Also, I’m guessing even the Doom Patrol are being considered for franchise enshrinement and the holders wouldn’t allow such risks to be taken with them. Remember, in the early nineties, there weren’t any comic shows, comics movies had come and gone, the frisson from CRISIS and other event-jiggering had burned out, and all that was left was staid plodding forward or reckless attempts at updating/reinventing.
Jeff? Oh God, we’ve apparently reached similar cynicism!