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View Poll Results: Was making them Teenagers a good idea? | |||
Yes | 23 | 51.11% | |
No | 22 | 48.89% | |
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03-23-2019, 05:10 PM | #61 |
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Captain Planet
Captain Planet had a similair episode, The Littlest Planeteer with a young boy following the teenagers on their adventures.
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06-30-2019, 09:28 PM | #62 | |
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07-14-2019, 07:14 PM | #63 |
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Honestly have no problem with April and Casey being teenagers. I mean it changes absolutely nothing. Adult/ Kid. They are still useless by the end game no matter what. But they have being human and "almost adult" going for them which is really all they both need. That's enough for them to be useful allies in the early game.
The only problem I see with them being teenagers is they have parents. And you have to be a bit clever with how you deal with parents. I don't like it when they are ignored completely. So really in my opinion the age of April and Casey will depend on things like "themes" and how either being an adult or a teenager would help tell that theme or story better. Last edited by Dejablue; 07-14-2019 at 07:20 PM. |
07-28-2019, 03:27 PM | #64 | |
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07-31-2019, 07:56 PM | #65 |
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True she had all of those cool powers but forcefully limited in her ability to use them because she wasn't a main character. So in a way she was made to be useless so the Turtles could have something to do.
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10-10-2019, 12:50 PM | #66 |
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Looking back, with the way they "Feature" April, I think it would of been for the best for them to have made April a adult.
I mean who watch say the Manhattan Project and not find it kinda of awkward consider April's age with that creepy warm rubbing April's butt in a close up shot? Had April been 18-20ish, the scene would not of been so well awkward. But they did make there own been with scenes like this in regards to April. https://imgur.com/4zc2TXM |
10-10-2019, 01:23 PM | #67 |
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10-22-2019, 11:42 PM | #68 |
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I think there are pros and cons to having April and Casey as peers or as adults to the Turtles. I've seen stuff I've liked about both takes. IMHO, I don't think everything about the rejigging in the 2012 show landed, but I think it worked for that version.
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10-23-2019, 12:20 AM | #69 |
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I think it was a good experiment... however I question the reasons behind it. As in, it seems like it was just done so Donatello can have sexual tension with a human.
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10-23-2019, 01:11 AM | #70 | |
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Maybe they thought kids would prefer older kids to adults? (seen as they have done it again) I dunno. I guess it never came up in any show Q&A's? |
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10-23-2019, 01:29 AM | #71 |
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That's what I was hoping, too... except that went out the window a bit with the anime stuff with Don's heart beating out of his chest and such, pining over her.
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Its never been odd for turtles to interact with an adult April in the past, but thats because no turtle incarnation before the Nick toon really had them acting like typical American human teenagers.
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10-23-2019, 02:59 AM | #73 | |
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10-23-2019, 03:08 AM | #74 | |
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Also, when you think about it, Nick Splinter definetly seems younger than his other incarnations too when it comes to his stature and mannerisms.
So it wasn't only April, Casey and Karai who were made younger in response to the turtles acting like human teenagers, but Splinter too.
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10-23-2019, 03:34 AM | #75 | |
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Edit: So far as the teen aspect, though the turtles were more teen-like here (especially when starting out) they still have different lives to a regular teen obviously given what they do (as well as being different). To be fair Casey and April's lives were not that of regular teens as the show progressed and I can't imagine Karai got to be a regular child much past being toddler. Last edited by newfan; 10-23-2019 at 10:01 AM. |
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10-23-2019, 09:52 AM | #76 |
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It's far more strange that they would act like typical American human teenagers than were they not to.
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10-23-2019, 10:48 AM | #77 |
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Yeah, really. I'll never understand how that one just zips right past most people.
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10-23-2019, 10:53 AM | #78 | |
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Answer: because they wouldn't, because they're pretty f***ing far from that. Even if you remove them being trained from the time of their mutation to one day kill a man from the equation (you know, from the source material), you still end up with 4 brothers being raised in complete isolation from society in a sewer being taught not much more than martial arts for 15 years or so.
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10-23-2019, 11:10 AM | #79 |
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I think most fans are secretly more interested in seeing themselves in the characters than they are with any kind of narrative consistency.
Consider how many people declare their favorite Turtle as "the one who's just like me!" and it becomes pretty clear. They'd rather see them behave how they WANT them to act, moreso than how they actually would. Lots of projection and such going on. Kinda silly. Also, "But they watch TV!" is the standard catch-all defense when trying to explain why they'd act like human beings despite being Not That.
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10-23-2019, 12:24 PM | #80 |
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While I am not saying that they should act like human teenagers, the word Teenage in the title does end up creating expectations in people, especially when their first exposure to turtles involves pizza and cowabunga.
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