04-13-2018, 04:01 PM | #1 | |
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Did the dialogue get worse over time?
So I got the DVDs for Season 4 and marathoned through them. Here's the thing, I noticed that a lot of the dialogue didn't seem to make much sense. Seemed like the characters just said things because they would seem dramatic, but ended up feeling cliché and a little out of place.
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The point is that I didn't really notice as much awkward dialogue in the earlier seasons, which makes me wonder if it got worse with time? |
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04-13-2018, 07:01 PM | #2 | |
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I don't think the dialogue got worse, that's just how the Utroms speak, despite their English being better than the Kraang.
Do you mean the dialogue of the show's later seasons as a whole, or just the way the Utroms speak?
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All I know is I could've done without Casey & Kraang Sub-prime saying "Awesome" so much.
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04-13-2018, 08:53 PM | #4 |
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And Mikey's scream... (Collecting his screams together and putting them in an infinite audio loop could be a valid tool of torture.)
I never really paid much attention to that with the dialogue to be honest. But I can see what you're saying, that maybe some of it could have a little more substance to make it actually mean something more, rather then the writing only trying to sound cool. How so? I just figured that as alien beings not form Earth they just lump all Earthlings (mutant Turtle people, humans, and other creatures alike) together as a wider 'species' label as far as the universe is concerned. And also their source of hesitation to help the Turtles, still maybe not entirely trusting them, despite the good they've seen. They'd have surely seen plenty of good out of humans, too, but only to see people turn around and do plenty of bad, too; and the TMNT to them probably still appear quite human in many ways. |
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I wouldn't go that far but Greg Cipes can't pull off a dramatic scream to save his life... Or a funny scream... Or a scream of terror... Or even a convincing scream of any kind. |
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04-14-2018, 04:42 AM | #7 |
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I didn't have a problem with that line, though Shredder never said "I hate Mutants" I didn't think he liked them, (though I thought there was a little more respect for Tigerclaw) even if he did use them for his advantage . I think he found the turtles repulsive but can't remember exact the words he used.
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Yes.
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04-14-2018, 10:16 AM | #9 |
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Oh... Yeah, that's another good example of this.
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04-15-2018, 04:37 AM | #10 | |
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Without any real build up, that quote felt forced in a way. It's not that Leo had shown an intention of saving Shredder before. So why trying to appeal to his conscience now? Last edited by JH24; 04-15-2018 at 04:49 AM. |
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Dialogue is one of the Nick TMNT show's very strongest suits, in my opinion. Over the others.
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I wish I'd been on here a little sooner so far as talking about this show goes but I managed to catch the end at least. Last edited by newfan; 04-15-2018 at 07:56 AM. |
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04-15-2018, 06:48 AM | #13 | |
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Thanks for the insight, newfan. I just learned something new. Heh, it actually makes me want to re-watch the finale again. Last edited by JH24; 04-15-2018 at 07:11 AM. |
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04-15-2018, 06:59 AM | #14 |
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Just they way I viewed it, may not have been meant that way
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Also doesn't help that Seth Green's delivery of "How could you do that?" almost sounds deliberately tongue-in-cheek in the most climatic moment of the show. I don't blame him, though, given that kind of dialogue, it's hard for most actors to make it sound good.
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It might also be worth pointing out that the "How could you kill your brother?" line happens to be in the same exact episode as this one:
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Not depending the fish face lines pointed out above |
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