Jason Biggs recast as Leonardo. Seth Green to replace him

[plastroncafe]

In his defense, Sea World is pretty effing horrifying.
Animals as intelligent as Orca really shouldn't be enclosed and on display like that.

But that's neither here nor there.

[blue_angel99]

So will his Seaworld rant cost him his role as Leo?

I won't lose any sleep.

[JTH]

I saw the credits for the new episode and Dominic's role is in the secondary list of characters and isn't listed alongside Rob, Greg, and Sean.

Needless to say personally if it was official, they would have put his name with the rest of the main voice actors to give him recognition. They didn't list him as a main actor, so I'm going to believe that he's still not and this was a one off thing.

Being this episode was SO filler, I wouldn't say Biggs was held with a gun to his head and made to show up.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Your mileage may vary, but I'm not really happy with the direction the show has taken this season. I find the episodes to be inconsistent both story-wise and in terms of characterization. Established characters are left underutilized and undeveloped in favor of introducing new ones. Which I'm sure is great for toy sales, but doesn't make for compelling entertainment.

This cartoon was so solid, and now it's less so.
It's disheartening
This isn't entirely true. Sure he doesn't go to as many cons, but he's appeared at the last to SDCCs for signings and panels.

The only underused characters are the mutants of the week and they're underused for a reason. The entire main cast and major villains got plenty of focus.

[BabyTurtles]

I didn't even notice the change.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I didn't even notice the change.

Honestly if no one said anything I might not have noticed either. Only one of his lines sounded off.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The only underused characters are the mutants of the week and they're underused for a reason. The entire main cast and major villains got plenty of focus.

Congratulations, your mileage varies.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Congratulations, your mileage varies.

It's not mileage, it's the fact that characters are developed on the same as season 1 was, it's just now the characters aren't new anymore and we're used to the quirks and antics of the characters whereas in season 1 we were seeing it for the first time.

I also fully expect the Karai/Miwa plot to be resolved at the seasons end as well as the Kraang to retreat to Dimension X.

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's not mileage, it's the fact that characters are developed on the same as season 1 was, it's just now the characters aren't new anymore and we're used to the quirks and antics of the characters whereas in season 1 we were seeing it for the first time..

That's not a fact, it's your opinion. Hence the "your mileage may vary" remark.
In short: I disagree with you.

If you like this season, congratulations! You like a thing!
This season isn't living up to my expectations. That doesn't make my opinion wrong.

[CyberCubed]

I bet it's entirely due to the way April is handled. Isn't it?

[plastroncafe]

Because you clearly didn't read it the first time:

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

...I'm not really happy with the direction the show has taken this season. I find the episodes to be inconsistent both story-wise and in terms of characterization. Established characters are left underutilized and undeveloped in favor of introducing new ones. Which I'm sure is great for toy sales, but doesn't make for compelling entertainment.

This cartoon was so solid, and now it's less so.
It's disheartening.

[CyberCubed]

So according to some new tweets it seems Leonardo might be replaced permanently.

I wonder why they decided to fire Jason Biggs?

[TurtleTitan97]

Major bummer. I actually thought he was a pretty great Leonardo. Oh well.

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Major bummer. I actually thought he was a pretty great Leonardo. Oh well.

I liked him as Leo too......sucks...but at least the new voice actor doesn't sound too different.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I liked him as Leo too......sucks...but at least the new voice actor doesn't sound too different.

That's true. I actually didn't notice it while watching Pizza Face.

[plastroncafe]

Credit where credit is due, the replacement is quite good.

Any sources for this Twitter kerfluffle? Because I'm not seeing it.

[JH24]

Originally Posted by BabyTurtles

I liked him as Leo too......sucks...but at least the new voice actor doesn't sound too different.

Yeah, I loved Jason as Leo, he did a great job with Leo's character and how he combined his role as a leader with his more goofy/playful side, he had a great vocal range as well, being able to portray his character in different ways.

But I'm certainly glad Dominic is doing a good job from what we've heard.

He definitely has Jason's way of speaking right, some lines were a little too soft but when he gets more into his role it should be fine. His voice is a little bit rougher (for lack of a better word) but I'm sure we can get used to it.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Hmm, I thought he was replaced because he was busy. Dominic posted on Twitter yesterday, and I have the feeling he may be a temp.

[TheJ-manTurtleMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

Your mileage may vary, but I'm not really happy with the direction the show has taken this season. I find the episodes to be inconsistent both story-wise and in terms of characterization. Established characters are left underutilized and undeveloped in favor of introducing new ones. Which I'm sure is great for toy sales, but doesn't make for compelling entertainment. .

You know as much as I love this show I do have to agree with this, it is a little disappointing how they handle they main, most engaging storylines and characters. I hate how they use Mikey and how they flip flop between filler episode, karai episode, kraang episode, filler, filler, kraang, etc...

Although my mileage varies in that in doesn't lower my love of the show any, just makes me a tad disappointed. I think perhaps some of us are still used to the structure of the 2k3 show, which is what I would prefer.

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

So according to some new tweets it seems Leonardo might be replaced permanently.

I wonder why they decided to fire Jason Biggs?

Tweets from who?