TMNT in TV Guide!

[Roseangelo]

Hey, go out and buy the new TV Guide with Spongebob on the cover and find this inside:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Those Renaissance amphibians - Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Donatello - are back.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which ruled the Saturday-morning airwaves a decade ago, is returning with a slightly harder shell.

The basic premise of the show is unchanged: four very large, very nimble martial-arts warriors live in the sewer system beneath the city. They answer to their sensei, as wise old rat named Splinter. And their arch-enemy is the evil ninja master Shredder.

But TMNT has dropped its old motto: Heroes on the half shell. And the boys are no longer quite as addicted to pizza. The biggest change, though, is a concerted focus on suspense and action. It's like the old show on steroids: gaining muscle mass and losing its sense of humor. The banter between the four isn't as chippy or funny as it used to be. Instead, the cartoon's tint is darker, the villains scarier, and the hardware more impressive. There's no question this is a more exciting series, but I still miss the goofy original. Action heroes are a dime a dozen. But jolly greensters are hard to find.

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Overall not a bad writeup .. although it's too bad this guy is missing all of the great humor.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Someone should tell him about the original comics.

[Karpo_007]

I think that was a good description of the new show.

[SavantiRomero]

Any pictures in it?

[beaker]

Why the feck is Spongebob on the cover, and not the TMNT? gah!

[Barkworm]

Because Spongebob is currently the most popular cartoon on air?

[Kali]

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll see the TMNT on TV Covers at some point. Anyway, yeah, I read the article, not a bad writeup, even if the author is a touch biased, At least he says it's his opinion that he prefers the old TMNT, and doesn't write it up as "fact".

[Shellfox]

Why the feck is Spongebob on the cover, and not the TMNT? gah!
really, he's barly in the Guide, he has total maybe 2 line out side the normal show listings

[HorseTechie]

Someone should tell him about the original comics.
Or that he's not really a TMNT fan to get much of the hunmor they have in the new show. Still cool they did a feature on it.

[Kameko]

Those Renaissance amphibians - Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Donatello - are back. :tsweatdr: :tgrumble: I want to know what it's going to take to convince people that turtles ARE NOT AMPHIBIANS!!! ARGH! :dead:





....Um, heh, I'm okay now, really..... :tanime:

[The Defibrillator]

:roll: :roll: whoa, nelly! calm down there, kameko! simmer!

yeah, that bugs me too

[Mondo_Gecko]

I'm a big TMNT fan too and i don't think theres humor in this new series either. Or i just don't find it funny.

It must be because i'm a big fan of the old cartoon which i grew up with.

[Leo656]

I grew up with it too, and loved it when I was a kid, but as a show the new one is better in almost every way. I actually think it's a lot funnier, as in you wouldn't have to be a kid to get the jokes.

That and we don't hear "cowabunga" or "pizza time!" every five seconds.

But then again, my sense of humor is more along the lines of "Clerks" than "American Pie", so maybe I just prefer a more "mature" sense of comedy rather than "cheap heat".

Just a matter of preference, I suppose.

[cqb101]

I grew up with it too, and loved it when I was a kid, but as a show the new one is better in almost every way. I actually think it's a lot funnier, as in you wouldn't have to be a kid to get the jokes.

That and we don't hear "cowabunga" or "pizza time!" every five seconds.

But then again, my sense of humor is more along the lines of "Clerks" than "American Pie", so maybe I just prefer a more "mature" sense of comedy rather than "cheap heat".

Just a matter of preference, I suppose.


Ya I totallly agree with you.....

[Aztec General]

I think the humor in the new show is far funnier than the old. The humor in the new show is actually quite intelligent, unlike the old show which was slapstick.

But I agree with Tetsu, someone should tell this guy about the Mirage Comics.

[Mars-Chan]

Simmah Down Nah, Kameko! Simmah...down...nah! SIMMAHDOWNNAH!!! :lol:
Really. What are people thinking when they say that!? They don't look like anphibians to meeeee.......... :wink:

[HorseTechie]

*lol* Sound's like Raph in last weeks ep. He was complaining how the PD gang never called them Turtles either.

[Karpo_007]

I grew up with it too, and loved it when I was a kid, but as a show the new one is better in almost every way. I actually think it's a lot funnier, as in you wouldn't have to be a kid to get the jokes.

That and we don't hear "cowabunga" or "pizza time!" every five seconds.

But then again, my sense of humor is more along the lines of "Clerks" than "American Pie", so maybe I just prefer a more "mature" sense of comedy rather than "cheap heat".

Just a matter of preference, I suppose.

I agree with you fully.

[MzTheInsomniac]

I'm a big TMNT fan too and i don't think theres humor in this new series either. Or i just don't find it funny.

It must be because i'm a big fan of the old cartoon which i grew up with.

i disagree with you fully

[cqb101]

I'm a big TMNT fan too and i don't think theres humor in this new series either. Or i just don't find it funny.

It must be because i'm a big fan of the old cartoon which i grew up with.


I'm a fan of the old cartoon and I also grew up with it and I still think this oneis funnier and the comedy is more mature and not directed at 3 year olds......

[Raven]

SPONAGE BOB MUST DIE!!!!!!!!!!


(throws a dart at the TV)

[Jephael]

Dude, don't diss Spongebob! He's the man!

[ironhelix]

Spongebob has a sister. Her name is Lucy Loosepants.

[ironhelix]

SPONAGE BOB MUST DIE!!!!!!!!!!


(throws a dart at the TV)

I think the only way to kill him would be to make sure he doesn't have access to any sort of water supply.

[Deathknight]

The thing I don't understand is what is so funny about Spongebob.... I've watched it before and I don't think it's funny at all. Can someone clue me in here?

[Leo656]

I don't get it either. Personally I'm of the opinion that it's only funny if the person watching it is stoned. Otherwise, I don't see what there is to laugh at.

[ironhelix]

I don't get it either. Personally I'm of the opinion that it's only funny if the person watching it is stoned. Otherwise, I don't see what there is to laugh at.

So how many little kids do you know that get high? :P

[Shellfox]

I watch it, and while I enjoy it at times (any with merrmaid man) I don't understand why its so popular. Ren and Stimpy would beat him to a bloody plup

[Kali]

I've watched my siblings watch SpongeBob, and while it's not something I'd watch regularly, it does have a type of stupid, obscure humor that you just can't believe you're laughing at.

But I totally agree that I enjoy the humor of the new show more than the old show. Still like the old show, it still makes me laugh, or rather, giggle. But the new show holds me on so many different levels, not just with the humor. See, I get bored rather easily, so if the show was "all humor" or "all action" I'd get very bored, it's repetitive. Variety is the spice of life, people! And come on, in the old show, Raph never would have admited he's seen a naked guy. :lol:

Not saying you have to like the new show better than the old one, but I do.

BTW, I also get all up in arms whenever someone calls them amphibians (except when they do it on purpose, like how in the show they keep calling them frogs and such, as a gag.) Course, it doesn't help that both Raph and Baxter have used the term "amphibious" to describe the turtles, which could be rather confusing.

[Donatello]

Someone should tell him about the original comics.

they should, but we still have people here who know about the true tmnt and still are resitant to accept this new show

and to be honest, i think this show is funnier

[Barkworm]

I love the jokes about comics and TV-shows they make. I always have this "Hey, I got that one!"-feeling.

[ironhelix]

The thing I don't understand is what is so funny about Spongebob.... I've watched it before and I don't think it's funny at all. Can someone clue me in here?

Sploogebob Wetpants

[Stefano]

I'm a big TMNT fan too and i don't think theres humor in this new series either. Or i just don't find it funny.

It must be because i'm a big fan of the old cartoon which i grew up with. sure the old show was funny. Back then. I was just watching some. I love them but the humar is old and for kids. In this forum people bitch and moan about nano. Almost all the old show was like nano. I think this new show is funnier. To a 16 year old it gets old hearing about marshmello pizza 15 times. Iv honestly tried marshmello pizza its not that good. Dont get me wron i love the old show, but the new show is for older people and have the comedy for old people

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

I happen to like Marshmallow pizza. :)
But I agree with the rest of what you said.

[Sparvid]

I'm a big TMNT fan too and i don't think theres humor in this new series either. Or i just don't find it funny.

It must be because i'm a big fan of the old cartoon which i grew up with. sure the old show was funny. Back then. I was just watching some. I love them but the humar is old and for kids. In this forum people bitch and moan about nano. Almost all the old show was like nano. I think this new show is funnier. To a 16 year old it gets old hearing about marshmello pizza 15 times. Iv honestly tried marshmello pizza its not that good. Dont get me wron i love the old show, but the new show is for older people and have the comedy for old peopleWhy is that? I know that I like the humor in the new show, but I don't quite understand why today's kids wouldn't do that too...