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Not really, cartoon with vast story arcs are almost the norm nowadays.
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The early/mid 2000's however were a great time for cartoons with story arcs. Justice League/Unlimited, Teen Titans 2003, X-men Evolution, Spectacular Spiderman, Avengers: EMH, Avatar, Legend of Korra, Young Justice, TMNT 2k3, etc. The last couple of years however have been pretty terrible for action cartoons, outside of the Star Wars CG shows airing. |
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04-18-2017, 10:46 PM | #64 |
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In other words... cheap-to-make flamination shows that have nothing to do with something like Nick TMNT at all. i.e., not shows built around toys.
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04-18-2017, 10:50 PM | #65 |
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None of the shows I mentioned with the exception of Southpark are cheap to make also I really don't see why it would be hard to make story arcs for a show thats built around toys
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Edit: I should point out that Nick TMNT is most likely fairly cheap as well. The most expensive part about CGI shows is making the models and sets but once you have them, you can pretty much just manipulate digital puppets however you want, no need to redraw several frames manually since the computer just does that for you. It's why seasons 1 and 2 were almost exclusively set in the same handful of locations or why there has been so many episodes featuring the previously established characters in dreams/hallucinations.
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04-19-2017, 11:33 AM | #68 | |
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Most of the new mutant characters Nick created didn't become popular. Snakeweed, Spiderbitez, Cockroach Terminator, Justin (that squid thing), Squirrelnoids, The Creep, Kirby-bat, the mutant car, the giant bird, Dream Beavers, etc. were all just one and done monster mutants. I did like Snakeweed myself, but I don't think he ever took off popularity wise. Most of the popular characters in Nick, again besides Tiger Claw/Fishface, were just the reimaginings of old characters. I think the Rockwell monkey is the only other one that really stands out, because a psychic monkey is cool. |
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I like that they brought Mona Lisa on the show for a couple of episodes, Even though its not quite the version I'm used to knowing.
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04-19-2017, 03:40 PM | #70 |
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You'll never see the original version again, even if another series uses her and she's a mutant again. Fred Wolf versions of the characters can never be duplicated in any other series. That's why every version of Bebop/Rocksteady have been different, same for anyone else.
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I wonder what the next Bebop and Rocksteady origin story will be? I can't wait.
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04-19-2017, 04:55 PM | #73 |
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What I'm curious about is what IDW is doing with Jagwar, Who was male in the Archie comics, and is gonna be female in the IDW comics.
IDW recently brought back Dreadmon in an issue of TMNT Universe. This being the final season, the Nickelodeon series had some miss opportunities by not bringing in characters like Dreadmon or Jagwar into the show. Then again, we don't know the full extend of what this final season will bring, so here's hoping. |
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I admit, I'm bias about Bebop/Rocksteady's origins. Remember early on when people actually thought two of those random Purple Dragon guys would become Bebop and Rocksteady?
Well, isn't that the point? Tiger Claw and Fishface were major characters. The others were one-off side mutants for filler episodes. I thought this was common sense? Of course Shredder's henchmen who are in the most episodes and get the most screentime would stand out more. |
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04-20-2017, 12:20 PM | #80 |
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I have no problem with one off mutants.
The Old Show had them all the time. What I DO have a problem with, is this show trying to make it seem grand and epic. You can't have one off mutants, and then bring them back randomly as you remember them and expect viewers to care. it doesn't work like that. And that is most obvious with Fish Face. He was pretty darn cool in his human form. he got less cool as he got mutated, because the turtles usually don't have many water adventures to use him in. and the writer apparently noticed that. that's why he started appearing less and less. add to that, bradford having a more noticeably famous voice actor, and i guess he got priority for guest appearances.. |
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