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Wow I adored this first episode and if they keep it up this will be my favorite TMNT cartoon of all time
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Join Date: Jun 2014
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Just saw the first on tv. (Maybe I'll look to see if those other eps are still online...)
It's okay so far I suppose, at least in an empty calorie sugar high, turn off your brain and just stare at a flashy cartoon kind of way. Not what I tend to like in a cartoon, esp TMNT, and may get tired of that. Visually it's kinda pretty, sans iffy Turtle designs, though paired with the hyperness feels like a possible headache trigger on bad day. The part of my mind that demands at least some depth and logic is protesting the fact that we just go and... FIND magic weapons. Seriously? (Just...please tell me down the line there will be some "mystic" being who predicted all this and actually left the weapons there for them to find.) And that April is the one who is all "lets do this!" when the Turtles are still sitting there. (And oh, yay, no meeting ep.) The cat thing is... interesting. If slightly annoying. Though I guess we're calling it a dog...thing? At least at this point in time. Despite the fact that it clearly purrs and seems more of a mix of a cat, a squirrel, and...a macaque monkey? I'd have preferred it speaking vs the monkey sounds. (Just why with the monkey sounds... I'd like the character better if that sound effect was dropped.) As for the Turtles themselves... Raph and Mikey, neutral; not hating nor am I impressed. Leo would be a bit better character if/when he drops the one liners. After this ep, still think Donnie might be one of the better ones here. At least his humor actually comes across sounding a tiny bit genuine, so far, and his lines don't sound quite as forced as Leo and Raph's do. Just me or did the baseball bat look more like a club...? Did I miss where she got it or did she just randomly have it? And, uh yay, magic M doorways...? Oh no, the compass thingy broke, but well, I mean Donnie might be able to fix, no? At least finally when it's important. And dammit, I was hoping Leo's sword power would actually be necessary and vital to the tream and related to something more than just being a fight maneuver. Splinter... an early death would be okay. Looks like he'll give himself a stroke anyhow. These Turtles apparently don't even need him, despite Leo being surprised that the others had been training without him. (And they just let you have a deadly weapon sans training why exactly?) Wish I had more positive to say, but at least only as far in as the first I'm under-impressed. Wish there was more that stuck out and left me with something I felt like I wanted to see what happens next. Hoping it will get better and something will grab me about it. Well this is really insulting. After it had taken Comcast/Xfinity quite awhile to finally be added as a provider on Nick.com, apparently early this year it was removed yet again! Nice. Real nice. Last edited by IndigoErth; 07-20-2018 at 09:16 PM. |
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07-20-2018, 09:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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I thought it was interesting that there's no origin and the turtles aren't trained. Splinter's just a lazy rat who likes watching anime and falls asleep waisted away on um "milk and cookies". They say Leo's not the leader but he does seem to take on the leadership role more than Raph at times.
Rob Paulsen's foot mystic voice sounds like Raphael with a cold. 
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07-20-2018, 10:20 PM
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Pros.
1. Beautiful colourful animation. I think I figured out the art style. It’s similar to Disney shorts style. It’s wacky, it’s outrageous and just a lot more freedom to play with. And it’s reality doesn’t necessarily lean on the realistic side so much (aka like when they splashed into the pool every single drop of water went out of it). 2. On to the turtles themselves. a. Raph - Gone was his negative angsty drama-queen trait, screaming and yelling and beating up his brothers. He’s now a loveable giant with a gentle heart, who has a soft spot for cute animals. Plus he’s now the leader, I’m pretty amused how his brothers are now looking at him to call the shots. Impressive! I like this change. I hope they’ll maintain it like this for the whole series. In this world, Raph leads. b. Leo is pretty laid back this time. He’s not stressed, uptight or get into argument with Raph (for now?). It doesn’t seem like he’s training rigorously too or being highly disciplined at all. He’s wacky and awkward. I like that he’s allowed this kind of freedom away from the burden of leadership he’s shouldering in every other series. It’s different and I like it very much. c. Don is still Donnie. I like that he has his own weapon, not relying on the magical weapon at all. d. Mikey. Thank God they did away from making him the cliche annoying & retarded one in the group. He’s actually loveable in this series and not obnoxious. e. Splinter. Lol I can see why some people may get upset being portrayed as a sleazy couch potato. But I’d say don’t judge a book by its cover. After all, Splinter did train the boys as ninjas, so he’s pretty powerful behind that facade. f. April is .... rabid? Lol. She’s fine and get along with the boys. Doesn’t seem to have occasional menstruation problem/crazy hatred/cold treatment for them like 2012 April. Cons. 1. The villains are kinda dull to me. Bugs? Yawn. 2. Some jokes are off but it’s early yet. Overall I like it very much. Quote:
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07-20-2018, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Indiana
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How are people able to watch the other episodes? My cable provider isn't on that list. Please help???
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07-20-2018, 11:44 PM
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Team Blue Boy
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: U.S., East Coast
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Same issue, thanks to Xfinity no longer being an option.
 Tried this VPN thing and found one that works with my OS... but either I'm doing it wrong or it just doesn't work because I can't find a provider listed that would skip the provider login like Xfinity used to.  (Really, is there a certain one people are using?)
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07-20-2018, 11:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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I laughed, a lot. That's a good thing, in general. However, a lot of the time it felt like it was focusing so hard on being funny that it lacked in other areas.
For example, Splinter seems lame. Make no mistake; I don't like it when Splinter is made out to be flawless, and I actually like him funny, but I still feel Splinter's humor should come from him having a sharp mind that's good at making a joke. But here Splinter IS the joke. I don't expect him to be a lazy couch potato all the time, but is that really the introduction we get? Also, does April just have a delusion of being a dog? Is there a reason her reaction to danger is trying and failing to maul her opponents with her teeth, when so many more effective ways of fighting should be apparent? I'm all for comedy, but getting it from this characterization makes no sense. It's not stereotypical, it's not humanly dumb; it's just plain random, and why, of all people, is their human friend doing that outlandish stuff? Let's talk about the action, in general, which for a show this heavy on it is also talk about animation. This show reminds me of Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt, or more recently, OK K.O.!: Let's be Heroes. Characters change shape in motion, constantly, and I'm not sure I like that style. I think the problem I have with this is that characters who look made of rubber don't sell action as well as more solid ones; when they attack they don't seem powerful, and when they get attacked it doesn't seem like it hurts. Then there's the pacing: I don't want to seem disrespectful to people who obviously work hard to animate all this, and I don't know how common this opinion is, but to me, action that happens too quickly might as well not be happening at all. It's just a bunch of fluctuating color and patterns almost too hard to follow, and while I'm not saying it gives me seizures, the characters might as well be dancing at a disco rather than fighting. Stuff like this really makes me appreciate what 3d models and freeze-frame fighting did for this franchise. Last edited by Konchadunga; 07-20-2018 at 11:54 PM. |
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07-20-2018, 11:46 PM
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I was SO glad it was on the list for a majority of 2012's run, at least.Considering Comcast/Xfinity had the episode early yesterday morning, I would have hoped they would also have the other episodes on ON Demand. Nope! Grrrrr! 
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Now... I dunno what this is about. I found complaints from people from Jan/Feb of this year which must be around the time it was removed again.  Ridiculous since they're one of the biggest ones in the country. Customers have to be punished because two companies can't get along and work things out, or whatever the issue is...Quote:
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07-21-2018, 12:42 AM
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Warning. Warning. Warning. Long drooling review ahead. Read with Caution.
Yay. I wanna drop my two cents. To reference a random 4 chan post that almost mirrors my feelings up to this point, after watching 5 episodes thus far: Quote:
Guess I’ll start with the characters. Be warned I’m a buzzing wasp hive of negativity. It feels too much to me that the turtles are all the same character. The biggest problem is literally everyone is the comic relief. It smacks of not trusting kids to watch the show unless it’s hyper super fun times all the time. Of course I have no way of proving this since this was not the case in the 2k12 show but Rise is supposedly meant for an even younger audience? From the turtles, Donatello is easily the strongest. His dry laconic style of humor is pretty funny, every time he says something I feel a little better about this schizophrenic fever dream. I have problems with his tech but I know it is the way it is because ‘toys’. I honestly thought his bo staff was the magic weapon due to how insanely and impossibly versatile it is but no. I guess this Donnie is hot on the trail of PD Donatello in being able to create things that break the suspension of disbelief. Second best turtle is the no longer “ichiban turtle”, Leonardo. He feels a bit like 87 Raphael, spilling quips and one liners everywhere he goes. Not as funny as Donatello but I enjoy his banter. Strange to me (but I know not to some of you), he is already showing leadership qualities. He’s like the back up leader who is actually better at leading than the actual leader…but also the comic relief. I don’t like this. Why do I not like this? Because it rests a poor light on Raphael who is supposed to be the leader, a concept I am totally onboard with but I guess the writers weren’t confident in, so most likely Leo is going to get his traditional role back…yawn. So anyway, Raphael is where my feelings on the turtles begin to dip. Like I said before, I like them all but thats mostly because I’m a fan of this franchise, my brain is wired to like the turtles. THIS is why its bad that all of the turtles are “the funny guy”. Not enough diversity in their personalities, not enough individuality for any real interesting back and forth to happen. Raphael is dense, he is the “stupid” one…and that’s all I can say about him. His personality is overshadowed by Donatello and Leonardo, and even though the series has JUST STARTED he already comes off as incapable of doing his job. It almost feels like Leo is letting him stumble with the position of Leader because he is too lazy to do it himself. I want Raphael to be competent. At the same time competency doesn’t matter in a show where characters don’t care about anything happening around them. *shurgs*. Michelangelo. Poor guy. I can’t get a single reading off of him…because Leo stole all of his traditional character traits. I mean he’s still a fun loving guy but like I said they’re ALL the fun loving guy. They are all ‘Mikey’ so the real Mikey is drowned out. Same type of character 3 to 4 times over, someone is getting left in the dust and I believe that its Mikey who suffers this fate. At least with Raphael’s stupidity you can laugh at how bad of a leader he is. Mikey on the other hand…well…he…well he uhm…he likes to draw. I guess? Up next we got our homegurl April. Sassy, okay, I’m even okay with agile and light on her feet. But already battle ready and confident to jump first? Um, sweetheart how old are you and wtf have you been doing? You’re old enough to be looking for work so I assume you are in pursuit of a normal life,and I’m sure you’re not a vigilante drop out from society like Casey Jones. How are you already this good? My problem with April isn’t that she can fight…it’s just that…she can already fight. I know a lot of people don’t like 2k12 April but I can give that version some credit where it is due, she worked hard to become a kunoichi, it didn’t happen over night, basically she was initiated into ninja-hood (or whatever you’d call it) right at the tail end of the series and I liked that progression. I don’t like how battle ready this April is, if they can explain this then fine I guess. I’d be perfectly happy to know if she was into parkour or whatever to explain her agility. But already being able to step up to the plate with the turtles? It’s the kind of thing that requires explaining. So far April feels pointless but this is a big “so far” with big quotation marks. She might have a purpose later on but right now she IS the token both in gender and race in this show, she isn’t really needed for anything thats going on, and she is, yet again, more comic relief. I spoke to a friend of mine and he says the most perfect thing ever about the characterization flaws. “Nobody is a straight man”. The person who is kinda dull and normal for these jokes to bounce off of. Master Splinter….*stares into the dark abyss of disappointment* I honestly don’t know what to say, not enough screen time. But already I can tell I don’t like what I have seen, my first impression with him is dreadful. I figure he’s going to be like Yoda when he fights. Ok so onto the story, so the turtles are faffing about until they rescue a pokemon, April falls down a hole, and they all end up in a magic city…and its so underwhelming that it hurts. They’re just THERE. And that’s it. No discovery phase, no investigation phase, barely even a “wow cool” phase. They fall in, April is okay despite having gone down the portal right next to enemies. She already knows where they are and already knows where the glowy weapons are. It all happens so fast that I thought my video glitched and skipped some scenes. I swear if you turn away for 9 seconds and look back you will lose track of what’s going on. Disappointing first impression. If there was one thing I was really looking forward to it was this magic underground city. Then they just fart past it like it’s not important at all. Gee thanks. Then we meet JOHN CENAAAAA- I mean Baron Draxum or whatever. He’s pretty cool. I like how he wants the turtles for himself because he sees potential in them, and he drops the only interesting story hint, that he or someone of his ilk might be responsible for the turtles’ existence. “All those years ago” could mean 15 years…or it could mean hundreds of thousands of years. Maybe these turtles are from an ancient past? That’s me fantasizing about possibilities. Warren Stone: He reminds me of Plankton so he’s kind of fun. Hyptnopotamus: So far the only bad guy with a cool name, otherwise I don’t remember jack crap about him. Well one thing, its weird that he’s a human who turned into a hippo but he’s going on about finding a mate, a female hippo, like its something he’s been struggling to do for a long time. Eh? The Origami Ninjas : Well I did like the anime Read or Die where the heroine fights with paper. So maybe I’ll like these guys. Um…I dunno what else to really talk about. I know comedy is subjective but to me the jokes are hit or miss, with most of the hits coming from Donatello. I don’t like that the show is so comedy heavy but the animation is slick. I’d argue the fight scenes is the one thing this show does very well, excels at even. The turtles need more diversity to their personality as I think they suffer trying to be “funny” all the time. April is a painfully obvious token, and Splinter….I don’t know. I just don’t know. My face after watching this show: 
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07-21-2018, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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for the moment I am really torn a lot of things I liked and a lot I didn't. first things I liked I am liking all of the turtles so far. I absolutely love the weapons especially mike's. and I loved the mystical villains and setting I love all of that so much.
now things I didn't like. April seems different just to be different and I don't really like her character at all. I hate splinter so far. and at the moment my love for the mystical setting is fighting a gruesome war with my hatred of the complete nonseriousness of the show and I am not sure which side is going to win out. |
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07-21-2018, 01:17 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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I’ve only seen episode 1 (weird that apparently Xfinity isn’t working on Nick.com anymore) but I absolutely hate Splinter lol. So gross and unlikeable. However, I assume that there’s some sort of end game with him so I guess I’ll just wait it out to see. The turtles play off each other well which is good/important though.
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07-21-2018, 01:30 AM
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07-21-2018, 02:01 AM
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I absolutely LOVED this. The bright, colorful stylized fast paced action while always being “on” even when there’s no fighting is just a joy to watch. You’d think it’d be sensory overload but it’s not at all.
The humor was good and thankfully not done to be random or meme-y. I liked Splinter being goofy. I’m sure will be more serious when he needs to be. It maintains its storyline in the middle of everything well. It’s all so much fun. I’m glad there’s no “downtime”. Everything just makes it such a unique version of TMNT. I hope it lasts multiple seasons. (I too think Leo was just joking about no training).
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07-21-2018, 02:21 AM
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WHAT A DISAPOITMENT. It was the first episode of a series where i wasnt there. In all previous series i appear from first episode but this time i wasnt there! GRRRR! It is just the turtles and April fighting some stupid mutants.
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07-21-2018, 03:29 AM
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I think April O'Neil knowing the Ninja Turtles from the beginning works, but please give us flashback scenes with the backstory how they met early.
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07-21-2018, 05:51 AM
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 My emotions are strong. I'm just not sure which side of the fence they land me on.
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