06-03-2011, 09:52 PM | #81 |
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Its rather sad, and pathetic, that some overly sensitive parents and/or 10 year old kids thought their minds were being polluted. Imagine if a gay character was introduced in the Archie series? They'd go ballistic.
I honestly don't think there are any gay characters in TMNT at all, correct me if I'm wrong? I can't think of any... |
06-03-2011, 10:03 PM | #82 |
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Dr. X was gender confused. And for some reason I could see Agent Bishop being gay.
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06-03-2011, 10:05 PM | #83 |
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I actually kind of wondered if Oyuki, that Japanese girl that wound up becoming April's assistant was a lesbian. Murphy was getting quite suggestive in the later issues of Archie.
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06-03-2011, 10:27 PM | #85 |
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06-03-2011, 11:17 PM | #86 |
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06-05-2011, 08:15 AM | #88 |
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I'm not surprised the TMNT Adventures comic received letters like that. A lot of the same people were probably making others scared of Dungeons and Dragons and later Harry Potter as well. You name something kids have liked, and there will be one of those "think of the children!" types that complains about it.
I feel kind of bad for those people. You don't have to completely believe in a philosophy or practice in order to learn something from it. They are missing out, and are making their kids miss out as well. |
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06-05-2011, 01:09 PM | #90 |
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My mom once asked me in a super-serious manner if any of the comics I was reading were "satanic" and I laughed at her. I loved that TMNTA included references to the cultures and beliefs of other people and places because growing up in a remote small-town had me surrounded by people who feared or ignored any such things.
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06-05-2011, 01:58 PM | #91 | |
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What basis/evidence for this is there?
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06-05-2011, 02:13 PM | #92 |
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Just reviewed TMNT Adventures #35 and you know what they did in that issue?
They drew Muhammed. You know? That thing you are never, ever supposed to do? I look forward to checking the letters pages in future issues to see if any Muslims were offended. Granted, the "never, ever draw Muhammed" thing seems to be a more recent hot button of the Islamic faith than it was in 1992. |
06-05-2011, 06:47 PM | #93 |
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This is just my own perspective, but Vernon seemed to have a tendency of setting off my gaydar on more than one occasion.
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06-05-2011, 06:55 PM | #94 |
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Wow, TMNT Adventures offended a lot of [Insert Religious Group Here]...
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06-05-2011, 08:44 PM | #95 |
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06-05-2011, 09:10 PM | #97 |
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It doesn’t matter what religion they practice. The TMNT are good people. So they meditate. Meditation, to me, is not really praying but just relaxing the mind, body, and soul. There is nothing Anti-Christ about that. And what is wrong with trying to show the violence and evil of the villains to kids? Parents should teach their children the difference between "good guy vs. bad guy." That way, they know better and not choose the dark side themselves. I have watched this kind of violence when I was a kid, and I know what evil is. We should show evil to some children so they know how bad it is so they don't become people like the Shredder or something.
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06-13-2011, 05:38 PM | #98 |
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I found some more letters and correlated them along with the info Jester found in those books into an article on the subject at TMNT Entity:
Christianity Vs. The Ninja Turtles (incidentally, I migrated all the letter column quotes from the #33 review to the above article) |
06-13-2011, 09:36 PM | #99 |
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Its interesting how every big kids fad gets targeted.
Remember when Pokemon came under fire by religious freaks back in 1998/1999/2000? Especially about how psychic pokemon were evil, etc. |
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