New previews

[Anarchistguy]

Check out this week's preview!!

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/sneakpeek.html

It's not really a preview but it's still cool

[MzTheInsomniac]

ok, whats new?

[Shellfox]

I like Don, but the others, I need time to get use to

[Anarchistguy]

TMNT in color!

[MzTheInsomniac]

are you talking about the fox box page?

[Anarchistguy]

Nope! On the official site

[Karpo_007]

Really nice! Altough Mike looks too crazy, others are great.

[Anarchistguy]

I just LOOOOVE the detail on the characters!!

[Tokka-B]

Wow, that is pretty nice, I thought they were going to go completely new, thank god they didn't... Don and Leo's headband look almost the same, that might be a problem.......And why is Mike like dark blue/green?

[Karpo_007]

I wished that they all would wear red bandana, but I guess that isn't going to happen. Laird himself has said that he likes the multi colored ones, and of course it makes it easier to tell them apart.

[MzTheInsomniac]

yea but at least the arm and knee bands are brown

[Mondo_Gecko]

I don't like that to much i like it when all the bands where there own colour.

[Greed]

Me likey new pictures notice that Leo dosen't have the cross over on his belt

[Mike]

Hhhmmm...I doubt those are actual cells, they're probably colored concept sketches.

[Aztec General]

Why do they all have different colored skin? Aren't they supposed to be brothers?

[Karpo_007]

It's based on Mirage so they should be brothers. Well those aren't actualy cells so the color may differ. From thos only Leo and Raph seem to have same colored skin.

[Apple Cat]

---delete this

[Greed]

differnt baby daddies :D maybe just a thought

[Tokka-B]

Yea, and then they wouldn't be brothers!

[Greed]

no then they would be half brothers because they would still have the same mom

[Tokka-B]

Ok, let me tell you this. Turtles don't reproduce with a turtle and lay only one egg, and then find someone else, it isn't there nature and it is absolutely retarded. Also, like I said before then they won't be brothers, they would be half-brothers...

[Greed]

it was a joke god

[Tokka-B]

I'm not your God.....

And I like going off on tangents, that's just me, so get used to it. :P

[Greed]

I meant God as in god, whats the hold up and don't repeat your self people mite start to talk

[Tokka-B]

Cool down bro, I was only kidding... :o

[Greed]

last part I wasn't

[Greed]

or was I mohahahahaahah

[Tokka-B]

Ok, now I am utterly confused... :-?

[Greed]

good then my job is done for now

[Jephael]

I wished that they all would wear red bandana, but I guess that isn't going to happen.

That would be just plain weird. I like em with different colors anyway, because each color tends to show off their individual personalities.

[Karpo_007]

The reason they used the multi color ones because it makes it easier to tell them apart. Originally TMNT's bandanas are all red, but I guess that can only work in a comic.

As for the brother thing, Im not sure if they are Biologicaly brother in Mirage, but they are Brothers. The old cartoon didn have that, the TMNT were always talked as friends. Also splinter never alled the sons, only turtles, pupils or students. Well the original cartoon's plot wasn't that deep anyway.

[Aztec General]

I wished that they all would wear red bandana, but I guess that isn't going to happen. Laird himself has said that he likes the multi colored ones, and of course it makes it easier to tell them apart.

I've actually grown quite fond of the multi-colored bandanas. I'm glad to see the tie in the back long though.

[Karpo_007]

Yeah the looks is ok. Atleast the elbow and knee pads are brown.

[Mondo_Gecko]

They were brothers in the cartoon and Splinter did call the my sons sometimes

[heretic888]

some clarifications....

The turtles' different skin colors is based on the colors on the original toy lines. If you recall correctly, the old playmates tmnt had those exact skin colors. Mike is dark green, Raph is light green, and Don and Leo are different shades of brown-green.

The turtles to my knowledge were 'brothers' in the mirage line, but this was never known if it was biological or metaphorical.

The turtles were never called 'brothers' in the cartoon (although they were quite often in Archie) and Splinter rarely called them 'sons' (although he did often in Archie).

The reason they could get away with having only red bandanas in the comic was they were in black and white (most of the time). This wouldnt work in a cartoon however.

Mike does indeed look a lil too crazy.

[Jephael]

It's basically the Huey-Dewey-Louie effect. If anyone recalls the older cartoons where all three of Donald Duck's nephews wore red, it was impossible to tell them apart. Then they decided to give each one a seperate color. Huey stayed red while Dewey wore blue and Louie was green.

[MzTheInsomniac]

well said

[Shellfox]

Just a thought, since they don't have initials on their belts anymore (thank you whoever) Maybe the guy'll change the masks/weapons at times to confuse their oponents if they need suprise. I mean they all pretty much seem the same (provided they are all the same color in the show) it would prove a asset in a fight since the opponets would identify their unique style/personnality with the color mask and if its changed(and since they can use each others weapons with a great amount of skill) it would provide an added elemit of suprise.

Lost my train of thought

Well if one was hurt in a fight, lets say Mike for argument sake and Shredder has/wants to fight for some unknown reason, one of the others could just slip on the mask and 'chucks and fight him and he wouldn't know for a few seconds giving his brothers enough time to escape with the injured Leo

[Karpo_007]

They were brothers in the cartoon and Splinter did call the my sons sometimes

Heretic prety much said it, but No the TMNT are not brothers in the cartoon. And splinter never calls them sons. Atleast in the first 170 episodes. They never call each other brothers only friends. They were brothers in Mirage and If I remmber right, in archie too.

[Deepflame]

The word 'brother' doesn't necessary mean biological brothers (or anything else, adoption).
Remembering the turtles to be the only ones of their kind, woudn't 'brother' be a quite fitting word. If nothing else, It could perhaps enhance the felling that they atleast have, so to speak, a family.
But I'm sure we have all spent a thought about this.

[Karpo_007]

Yeah it is never said that it is biological, but In Mirage they are a Family. In the cartoon it's more like a master student relationship. Well it doesn't have continyity or deep plots so it doesn't really matter.

[Shellfox]

Short of Don doing a DNA on all of them test I dought we'll ever know if any of them are really related by blood

[Karpo_007]

Well that's not important. If you think realisticly they brobably aren't blood related.

[HorseTechie]

*has a bad flashback from TNM* I remember Leo telling Venus they really weren't related by blood... like another one of Saban's lame pick-up line for Venus or something. Bleh.... that line sure did get a number of us fans in a tissy back then too.

But since all that is null now *phew*... I agree in thinking the TMNT as brothers, be it by blood or ninja clan association.

I also think they made the Turtles different colors for the cartoons, cause I remember reading in an interview someone here did with 4Kids, that the TMNT would not wear their masks/weapons when not in Battle Mode.

[Greed]

Yeah masks, belts, and pads are so restricting

[MzTheInsomniac]

plus why wear them when you dont need to

[Greed]

They could still where there belts though

[MzTheInsomniac]

they wont even look like ninjas without all that on

[Greed]

Most ninjas don't always look like ninjas all the freakin time

[Jephael]

That's kinda what they did in the comics; even the Archie series had them strutting around without their uniforms on.

[MzTheInsomniac]

i think it is kind of humorous how the tmnt look without everything on

[Jephael]

Once I let some classmates look at an issue of TMNT Adventures and they were actually shocked to see the turtles naked. Of coarse I said something along the lines of "So? They're always naked; they just happen to be out of uniform!"

[Greed]

From naked to more naked didn't think there was a way until I read one of the Archie Comics

[MzTheInsomniac]

i ike how they do that naked in a trench coat thing in archie issue one

[Greed]

Nothing like turtles running around like flashers

[Karpo_007]

One cool thing from mirage has stayed. The TMNT have pupils when not wearing the masks.

[Jephael]

Yeah, but sometimes they'll show the turtles' pupils in close ups mask or no mask. Infact, Peter Laird seems to be inking the pupils in alot more often than he used to.

[Shellfox]

That's kinda what they did in the comics; even the Archie series had them strutting around without their uniforms on.
Only time I rember them naked was when they were in the hot tub. The rest of the time they at least had some form of clothing with their color on it, even if it was just a head band.

They at least need to wear the colors some how I mean if they do all have the same skin tone and are totally naked and don't talk none of us will know who they are

[Greed]

I always thought there should be something a little bit more than the color masks and pads to tell them apart like in the movies they had spots on there skin but they were all differnt or differnt skin color like the toys or that new sample picture

[Shellfox]

I always thought giving them diffrent jackets was a good idea, like the future TMNT in Archie, still naked just jiving them diffrent out word clothing that matches their pesonality, Though Raph does look good in a baseball hat

[MzTheInsomniac]

sometimes it bothers me when the red and orange look like the same color

[Greed]

same with Red & Orange

[MzTheInsomniac]

lol i think i jus said that

[Greed]

oops I meant blue & purple

[MzTheInsomniac]

lol

[Greed]

Do not laugh at me I used to be like you

[Greed]

Able to read

[MzTheInsomniac]

that just makes me want to laugh even more j/k :)

[Greed]

How dare you make fun of illiterate I mean really don't got to be a jerk about it

[MzTheInsomniac]

your not serious are you, cuz i'm just kidding jeez :P

[Mike]

You two go way off topic. Oh well, I am too. I really like the new looks, I'm so happy there are no colored pads or letters on 'em, and the different shades of green was a nice touch.

[MzTheInsomniac]

i have a habit of going off topic

[Greed]

There is nothing wrong with that if you eventually get back on topic

[Kali]

I love the new looks and colors. And I love the fact that they won't be wearing their gear all the ime.

[Karpo_007]

Yeah and they will have pupils when not wearing masks. It's all good.

[Nturtle]

I like the turles although the consistent colors may have been better

[Kali]

The problem with having them all different colors is that the risk of color errors goes up. But as I understand it, now a days they actually have colors listed as "Donatello skin" and "Donatello skin shadow". And there are less animation errors like that now, as opposed to when the old show was on.

[MzTheInsomniac]

those errors are funny to watch

[Karpo_007]

The old show is a classic for those.

[MzTheInsomniac]

www.ninjaturtlesnetwork.com has a whole list of them

[Anarchistguy]

He forgot quite a bunch!!

[Kali]

Remind him of some, he's always asking for more.

[Nturtle]

The problem with having them all different colors is that the risk of color errors goes up. But as I understand it, now a days they actually have colors listed as "Donatello skin" and "Donatello skin shadow". And there are less animation errors like that now, as opposed to when the old show was on.

:lol: with computers now coloring and shading cartoons is thousands of ways ahead of cartoons in the old days. but those errors gave it personnality!!! :P

[Greed]

One of the few times human errors are ok

[Karpo_007]

Yeah the show is famous from it's mistakes. And I bet it improved kids Color vision. :wink: