02-27-2017, 05:03 PM | #241 |
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Because it's the last season. Not one of many.
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02-27-2017, 05:33 PM | #242 |
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02-27-2017, 05:36 PM | #243 |
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02-28-2017, 04:50 PM | #244 |
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Another thing I took away from this series is that its really inconsistent on the topic of revenge.
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The case with the turtles finally taking out Shredder struck me as being a last resort since they were obviously planning on demutating him. It also felt like a last resort since, at this point, he was much too dangerous in his current form since he had a serious vendetta. It’s like their hands were forced and tied. Splinter came to Leonardo and let him know that Shredder was still alive. It’s like Mikey said, he could go after April’s father or Casey’s family (found it weird this was mentioned…foreshadowing maybe?), not to mention her, who was still in the hospital and wouldn’t have a chance of defending herself. Revenge was definitely more than likely sprinkled in there, but it still felt more like the Turtles were doing this to protect not only themselves, but those around them and those associated with them. It wasn’t for revenge alone…so yeah, this is why I didn’t feel that this message was ambiguous. Also, if it was solely for revenge, I don’t think they would’ve had Leo trying to get through to him regarding fate and stuff. |
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02-28-2017, 06:11 PM | #246 |
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I trust Ciro will wrap up nearly all the major plotlines of the show by the end of Season 5.
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02-28-2017, 08:33 PM | #247 | |
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Stop with the 'this thread must be locked' nonsense. Based on that logic all threads here should be locked after a few weeks except for possibly the introduction thread. But you might want that one locked too. Back on topic- the reintroduction to a human Shredder that was still bad ass and very dangerous. For some reason many fans (or at least on this forum) thought that you just couldn't have a human Shredder without him being the goofball from the old series, that he couldn't pose a real threat, or that he had to be something other than human to keep that Mirage inspired decapitation scene because they would never do that with a human Shredder. Well... now we got to see a bad ass and dangerous Shredder that is still human, without the need of making him a robot suit or a demon or whatever, and they even kept the decapitation scene. Hopefully later series will keep him as a human.
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You know I never really understood why Splinter thought leaving Shredder with his empire and resources alone was a good idea, by the time season 3 hit Splinter knew Shredder allied with the Krang(and helped turned New York into a quarantine zone), tried to create a mutant army, and turned his 16 year old daughter into a tykebomb. I really don't see how Splinter would have thought Saki would turnover a new leaf and stop his vendetta. Quote:
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03-01-2017, 01:17 AM | #249 |
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It seems the gang is always content to just relax until whenever the Shredder does something instead of seeking him out to end it. The 80s cartoon did this a lot when they could have just gone to the technodrome one day and damage it for good. This show also has splinter train the turtles to be ready for next time, instead of making some kind of plan to take him down before there even is a next time.
But then again, most cartoons do that. Even though they know full well where the technodrome, snake mountain or the Legion of Doom is, the good guys never straight up go there and take the bad guys down once and for all. They'd rather just relax and wait until the bad guy strikes first with their evil plot of the week. The IDW comics are the only ones I seen so far where they were making plans to stop shredder (and krang) once and for all, instead of sitting around waiting for the bad guys to do something first.
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Karma is a huge concept in some Asian philosophy. So even though Shredder has no redeemable qualities the Turtles don't kill Shredder because they want him to be able to die with some honor as a warrior. Such as in the first mirage comic, the turtles defeat the Shredder to die with some honor by comitting seppuku. Shredder however chooses death without honor by pulling out a grenade.
If you actually look up Japanese Buddhist views of the afterlife it is like Dantes Inferno on steroids. And depending on the evil one has done the worst off they are. For example in shows like dragon ball z and yu yu hakusho, where the dead character meets King Enma. King Enma is the 5th judge of the underworld. The journey through the underworld is a less then pleasant one and it lasts for seven days. And following that journey you are judged and tried by several gods and demons before you are deamed worthy of entering heaven or sentanced to jigoku Last edited by victory_angel; 03-01-2017 at 09:04 AM. |
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This show has been a great rendition of TMNT.
That being said, who better to hand the reigns to but to Genndy Tartakovsky? Yes, the man behind Samurai Jack. He is returning to that show for one last season, but I really think Nickelodeon should reach out to him. |
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03-01-2017, 12:01 PM | #254 |
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In a way it was kind of refreshing to have a series with tons of mutants, since both 2k3 and Mirage before this in the early 2000's barely had any mutants, and we got to see a lot of the old Fred Wolf and Playmates mutants reimagined.
Contrary to popular belief, prior to IDW and Nick, only the Archie series had tons of mutants constantly introduced. The original cartoon was very picky when they introduced new mutants, it was only once in a blue moon and then they rarely appeared. |
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It's been a while since anything's been posted, but now that season 5's almost halfway done, I figured now would be a good time to revive this.
There's one thing I personally do not want to return as a takeaway: the romance, at least poorly written romance. I have no problem with Casey and April, but most of the other relationships are just irritating. The only Turtle relationship I liked was Karai and Leo due to their banter and subtle hinting (until Broken Foot, that is). All the others leave a lot to be desired personally.
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06-30-2017, 11:13 PM | #257 |
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It's always kinda tough to do romance right in a show that is mostly action oriented and mostly aimed at kids. Plus the show doesn't have enough female characters to go around, and whenever a new one is introduced they're always used a love interest. I don't think the series has a regular girl without one of the turtles swooning over them, with the exception of Irma, if that counts considering what she turns out to be. April, Karai, Renet, Mona Lisa, Shinigami, all either love interests of the turtles (Mikey) swoon over them. Did anyone oogle over Ninjara or was she finally the exception to the rule?
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07-01-2017, 03:10 AM | #259 |
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After so many years i killed Splinter! That the most important thing for this series. Now i will be killing him again and again on all the future series!! MUHAHAHHAHAHAAH
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If poorly written, however, I do not enjoy it. In this series, they had some moments (Power Inside Her is the best example with Casey's facial reactions), but otherwise, nothing here. Same goes with the other relationships; they may be fine on paper, but not in execution.
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