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Old 08-19-2019, 12:40 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB View Post
A lack of cell phones and a presence of radios and cassette tapes doesn't add a thing to something like TMNT. It just reminds it's fans of their childhoods... nostalgia for the sake of nostalgia, nothing more.
I have a complete different view on it. Mid-80s NYC had a much different feel than modern NYC-- seedy, dirty, dangerous. It lends itself better to a "more serious" TMNT adaptation, imo.

Modern NYC a'la Netflix Daredevil does a good job of inserting the older feel, too. Both could work, it just depends on the creativity (or lack thereof?) with the storytellers.
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