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04-25-2018, 12:44 AM | #1 |
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Random Thoughts: TMNT Edition
Ever have a thought, idea, or "headcanon" around TMNT that isn't worth starting up a new thread or necroposting, or just don't have anywhere else to put it?
Well, here's the place for you! And as for a thought that's been buzzing around in my head... I don't think the Utroms developed space travel and technology on their own. Because of course that's the kind of topic that would come first in this thread. Spoiler:
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04-25-2018, 09:30 AM | #2 | |
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One thing that has always bothered me about tmnt in general is how Shredder and the Foot Clan still used traditional Ninja weapons in a city where the Police Officers and such have guns.
For the turtles I can understand since they were raised in a sewer, where Splinter didn't have access to the latest technology, but Shredder clearly has power within the city and control over gangs and such, so I expected him to be more than in a state where the cops could bust him in a moment's notice if they ever suspected something about that big building in New York City. Not something that I had a problem with in the Original Cartoon, since laser guns were the norm and Bebop/Rocksteady were well armed enough to easily outmatch the police while the technodrome could destroy the entire U.S army by itself.
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05-08-2018, 10:37 AM | #3 | |
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Rayguns don't exist on Earth when the original series begins, except inside the Technodrome. But following the fights between the turtles and Shredder's and Krang's forces during seasons 1 and 2, several rayguns are broken and left on the streets of New York City. Gangsters later gets access to them (with or without Shredder's assistance) and finally even the local police begins to use them. |
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04-25-2018, 09:48 AM | #4 |
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Someone understands me... All those little random things that don't get mentioned because it's just gonna get ignored anyhow. (Where is much of the playfulness in this fandom...)
Such as, as I wondered a while ago, if the TMNT could each have a regular real world vehicle, what makes/models would appeal/suit each of them? (PD movies type cars excluded.) Spoiler:
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04-25-2018, 09:51 AM | #5 | |
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Mikey would totally be into sports cars
Until the day the comes when he crashes Splinter's personal favourite Porsche (don't ask me how he got it or drives it) and has to confess like a college student to his father.
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04-25-2018, 09:54 AM | #6 |
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04-25-2018, 09:54 AM | #7 |
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Which drinks would accurately represent the Turtles at their best?
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04-25-2018, 10:00 AM | #8 | ||
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I never saw the turtles as drinking alcohol (forgive me Mirage fans ) but I always assumed that they would down a fair amount of soda with their pizza. 6 replies in and this is already the best thread on the drome by far
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04-25-2018, 10:07 AM | #9 | |
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Would it be a root-beer float, a peach tea, or something else entirely? |
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And then no one believes him. So from that alone I'd imagine Mike wouldn't drink. Raph's a beer guy. And not good beer. The glorified water kind that Casey drinks because it's cheap. Maybe some Jack Daniels. I'd imagine Don's drink of choice has more caffeine than any beverage ought to. If Leo drinks, he drinks the good stuff.
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04-25-2018, 12:50 PM | #11 |
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I had another idea that ties into something I've said before. I jokingly said that, like her Mirage counterpart, Fred Wolf April was a magic drawing (along with Channel 6 itself).
Now, you know how how the plot usually tied into whatever the hell Channel 6 reported on? Now, if April and Channel 6 are creations of Kirby's magic crystal, why not their news stories? Imagine if, after their creation, the crystal ended up in some science fiction author's typewriter. As they are created from the same source, one is drawn to the other, which is why Channel 6 was always there. Sure would explain why there's monsters and doomsday devices everywhere. It would also explain why everything is so repetative and cliché, as the writer has very little imagination and only writes for a paycheck. |
06-29-2018, 10:05 PM | #12 |
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Speaking of diverse body types I do welcome more muscular women characters(I want to give thanks to the IDW artist who gave Karai prounounced biceps and created Natsu)
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06-30-2018, 10:53 AM | #13 |
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SJW BS and identity politics ruined Star Wars so keep that crap away from TMNT.
Again, whoever is right for the job should have the job regardless of sex. |
06-30-2018, 11:13 AM | #14 |
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Yes, I was also thinking of suggesting that although these things affect/matter to people and will come up, there should be a reasonable degree to how much of a thread is taken up with it, the threads that aren't threads geared towards it that is. So far as the comment, I appreciate where people are coming from btw, but as said by others, whoever can do a good job be they male or female.
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06-30-2018, 12:46 PM | #15 | |
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You're right. My apologies. Anyways, are we going to see the Turtles become full-blown carnivores anytime soon? I know that Rise!Donnie was confirmed to be one, but I would like for a version to explore a different path where all of the Turtles' are confirmed carnivores. |
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06-30-2018, 01:37 PM | #16 | |
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Inclusion and representation is important but to expect literally everything or even just the specific things you want to, to cater specifically to you, is a bit far-fetched. And I don't just mean that last part to refer to the former. No matter what you want out of something, even if it's... like a taller Splinter, or a more violent show, they're not going to switch gears because you want to.
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*Why does merely acknowledging that other people exist and have adventures piss off people so much? *Female and "minority" leads were cool in the EU but as soon as they come to the movies, it's "ruined"? I hate nerds so much. *Rogue One and The Last Jedi were not only the best Star Wars movies, but the only good ones ever. God, people have so much negativity for things that don't even impact them at all.
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06-30-2018, 03:12 PM | #17 |
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OMG like it or not SJW politics are clearly in the new Star Wars films you've to be blind not to see it. Also Rey is a horrible written character and it has nothing to do with the fact that she is a woman.
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06-30-2018, 03:38 PM | #18 | ||
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To each their own, I felt the exact same way about A New Hope Luke.
and I don't really think there's all that much different from the politics of the two previous trilogies to the politics of the new one. Someone should really introduce a subsection of the Star Wars fandom to transformative Works, before they blow a gasket.
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06-30-2018, 04:10 PM | #19 |
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Maybe if you don't know what an "SJW" is, you'd think that.
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06-30-2018, 05:35 PM | #20 |
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An "SJW" is defined as "an individual who promotes socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, and multiculturalism, as well as identity politics." Are you trying to tell me the new Star Wars films do none of that?
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