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Ayvah says...

6 years ago

It's just hard to tell if the creators of this show have ever seen a TMNT TV show or movie before. Every single character presented in this new show are so different from their previous characterisations that it makes you wonder why they choose to call it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (In this version, everyone is characterised as an over-eager, snarking buffoon.)

If you can forget that these are supposed to be the ninja turtles, then maybe you'll be able to find something to like about it.

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Reply by karbonkelchan

6 years ago

@ayvah to be fair, a lot of the comics have different portrayals of the characters too. Don't forget that the original cartoon didn't portray the characters like their initial comic portrayal either.<br /> <br /> The current fault of this show is the writing of the actual jokes, because visually it's stunning, art and animation-wise. The characters feel more like kids than teenagers, but hey, maybe they only just hit puberty, who knows.

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unwittinglyrad says...

6 years ago

I'm trying to get into this, I really am.. but I'm struggling and I don't think I'll make it till the end. The Nickelodeon series was significantly better and far more enjoyable, even for an adult demographic. I get this series is trying something different, but in all honesty it's falling flat. Everything is just so... upside down. It's 100% geared towards the child demographic this time around with the bright colours, animation style and sounds, almost as if it's something parents put on to capture the attention of their kids for 20-30 minutes.

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JC230 says...

2 years ago

This has to be my platonic ideal of the Turtles. It goes back to their fun roots (in animation, at least) with snappy writing and humor that's both outrageous and tongue in cheek. But it enhances that with gorgeous animation and fight scenes that are in the running for the best of western cartoons, rivaled only by the likes of Samurai Jack. It's unabashed fun, with earnestness and heart bursting in every frame, but as the finale episodes show, when they focus on plot and emotion they shine too. This show got a lot of flack for being so unabashedly different from its predecessors, but that daring makes it shine all the brighter. Now it's the one casting a shadow for whatever's next.

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