View Full Version : what do you think about Dregg?
Lanagirl
10-08-2003, 04:59 AM
I know, guys, we have already discussed that topic but...
Dregg who appeared in the last two seasons?
Why don't you like him? Why is he not popular?
I was thinking... if there were no Shredder in the show, would you like Dregg?
And who was stronger? Shredder and Krang or Dregg?
That Matt Guy
10-08-2003, 05:05 AM
He sucks. Wrong forum btw.
Lanagirl
10-08-2003, 05:27 AM
Why wrong?
What forum did I have to choose?
I thought that I had to choose general TMNT discussion
Karpo_007
10-08-2003, 06:27 AM
Ok replacement villain. I guess since they turned the show into a more serious one Shredder wasn't very believable bad guy.
Reznorite420
10-08-2003, 06:45 AM
The only thing I didn't like about Dregg was that THEY DIDN'T MAKE HIM INTO AN ACTION FIGURE!!!!!!
Peanut
10-08-2003, 08:25 AM
My thoughts on Dregg...*large farting noise*
Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-08-2003, 08:41 AM
He sucks. Wrong forum btw.
How is this topic in the wrong forum? Anyway . . .
To answer your question, Lanagirl, the reason most people around here don't care much for Lord Dregg is because he replaced Shredder and Company. For eight years, the storylines had centered around the Turtles trying to prevent Shredder and Krang from taking over the world.
In Season 9, Dregg just showed up out of nowhere while Shredder and Krang were tossed onto the collective junk heap of things that had grown stale with the show. But even Dregg himself was not so much an original character.
1. Dregg was kind of like Shredder and Krang rolled into one.
2. The Technogang and, later, the Batmen (or whatever the heck those stupid things were) were cheap ripoffs of the Foot Soldiers.
3. Dregg's assistant, Mung, was an imitation of Shredder's assistant, Baxter Stockman.
4. The Dreggnaut was like the Technodrome, only it could fly.
5. And so on, and so forth . . .
The trashing of classic characters to make way for recycled new ones is when many people think the original cartoon "jumped the shark." Meaning, the writers did it to shake up the show and boost sagging ratings. This process had already been set into motion the previous season, and it was mildly successful since Shredder and Krang were still part of the cartoon.
Dregg started off as a halfway interesting character, in that he came to Earth looking for gold. He wanted to loot the entire planet of it. But after the Turtles thwart his plans, the quest that was Shredder and Krang's -- destroy the Turtles and conquer the Earth -- becomes his. Then it's just one recycled story after the other.
Much to the show's credit (and Dregg's character), the storylines were significantly improved in Season 10, the final season. Shredder and Krang were brought back, as was Krang's android body, the Technodrome, and Dimension X. It was a nice bit of nostalgia, a sweet glimpse into the past of what the show used to be about.
In the end, Dregg was "finished off" by the Turtles. And in what can only be thought of as ironic, the Turtles accomplished this by using Krang's android body. It wasn't a great series finale for the cartoon, but it was pretty satisfying nonetheless.
"Bet that gave him a headache!" - Raphael, from "Divide and Conquer"
GK Punk
10-08-2003, 08:49 AM
(Side note: She posted this originally in General Discussion, a mod moved it to GTMNTD)
Never really cared for Dregg personally... Shredders pwnz all over Dregg.
Closet-case homo... Actually, he was obsessed with himself. That's even messed-up'er! The thing that REALLY ticked people off about him was that he was almost able to dstroy Shredder and Krang in season 10. Making Shredder and Krang seem so easily taken care of when the turtles had to struggle to get even close made me mad. He was fairly lame before that though.
U2WaTCHer
10-08-2003, 10:06 AM
haha watch the first ep with him in it it was so gay how the "Dragnot" rams into the building and the turles so happen make that jump into it lol so unbeliveable!
VaughnMichael
10-08-2003, 10:23 AM
Love anything TMNT related even dregg and mung
and I've had about enough of the damn gay bashing
your all pretty damn close minded for fans of a book about mutated animals........................................
Vaughn Michael
jeff the cheff
10-08-2003, 12:18 PM
Hmm...i dont remember dregg...whats he look like? Does anyone have a pic?
tormentedvagrant
10-08-2003, 01:20 PM
I think if dregg had been seen in the comic book he would have appealed to more hard core fans. I personaly like mung........ the nano bots were a nice touch too, but over used emensly!
MW8979
10-08-2003, 01:55 PM
As was stated before, the chief problem with Dregg is that he's really nothing original, just yet another alien trying to take over the world with his magic rays. What sets him apart (and below) from Shredder and Krang, is that he completely lacks the charisma possessed by the previous villains. He is extremely cliched and boring.
Obvously, the original villains were also predictable, but they had a few good things going for them. Number one, Shredder's master ninja skills, as well as his posturing and theatrics. His dialogue and body movements usually helped immensely when creating an atmosphere of action/threat. Number two, Krang's ingenuity to make anything out of anything, coupled with his constant "as if they were married" bantering with Shredder, made for some good comedic lines every episode. There's more to the story, but this is basically the kernel of what made the Technodrome gang so appealing.
Deathknight
10-08-2003, 02:16 PM
It would've been better if Shredder and Krang had beaten Dregg and been stuck on earth for the remainder of season 10 in the season 10 3 parter. Dregg was just a way to get rid of Shredder and Krang cause they had a reputation for being humorous. Stupid Dregg, all of your plans sucked.
Machias Banshee
10-08-2003, 03:03 PM
Hmm...i dont remember dregg...whats he look like? Does anyone have a pic?
oH, I wish Nickokapo was here...he's got a WONDERFUL Pic of Dregg... :evilgrin:
He's blue...tall...really big forehead...bad looking outfit.....ugly as sin.....looks like my grandmother...huh. :|
That Matt Guy
10-08-2003, 03:15 PM
Why wrong?
What forum did I have to choose?
I thought that I had to choose general TMNT discussion
You accidently put it in the GD instead of the GTMNTD forum. :wink:
Reznorite420
10-08-2003, 03:57 PM
Hmm...i dont remember dregg...whats he look like? Does anyone have a pic?GRRRRRRRR....you should've paid attention when Matt asked the same thing, because I had a screen cap posted in that thread...
If I'm nice later on, I might post a sceen cap again.
Machias: Can you say, "Dragg"? :lol:
Krangfan
10-08-2003, 04:06 PM
I never had the "Dregg experince"... but any bastard who takes the place of Shredder and Krang must be awful!!!
ooo kaayy, spazed out there for a second...
Love anything TMNT related even dregg and mung
and I've had about enough of the damn gay bashing
your all pretty damn close minded for fans of a book about mutated animals........................................
Vaughn Michael
:( I wasn't gay-bashing. I was simply admiting that Dregg seems to uninterested in ladies, and too interested in himself to NOT be gay. What's wrong with that? Regardless of the answer, please forgive me. :cry: I didn't mean to upset anybuddy.
Machias Banshee
10-08-2003, 05:17 PM
Machias: Can you say, "Dragg"? :lol:
Bwahahahahahaaaaa! :lol: :evilgrin: I REALLY wish we had that pic...
Anarky
10-08-2003, 05:28 PM
i really didn't care about dregg, because there were more interesting things going on with shredder and krang. what i never got is why dregg had this laser gun attached to his arms when he was able to shoot rays from his eyes.
they had to find a new home, krang somehow lost his body... what's the story behind these events anyway?.
I must say, while thinking about it, i'm a shredder and krang fan. definately.
OT: @michael138 who's that chick on the pic in your sig?
ZariusTwo
10-08-2003, 06:40 PM
Lord Dregg, like Mungg, and Carter, was an example of what happens when the producers attempt to fix something that is'nt broken
That Matt Guy
10-09-2003, 05:52 AM
OT: @michael138 who's that chick on the pic in your sig?
Michael138??? :ohwell: That would be Matthew138. And "that chick" is Xenia Seeberg.
Reznorite420
10-09-2003, 07:04 AM
@michael138You're more dyslexic than I am...
GodzFire
10-09-2003, 07:50 AM
Wasn't there a boss between Shredder/Krang and Dregg. He was in the first season or so I think of the Red Sky series and had a blue suit and a yellow face. He was in the intro for the Red Sky with Ralph knocking him into a panel.
Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan
10-09-2003, 08:19 AM
Wasn't there a boss between Shredder/Krang and Dregg. He was in the first season or so I think of the Red Sky series and had a blue suit and a yellow face. He was in the intro for the Red Sky with Ralph knocking him into a panel.
The character in question only appeared in one episode ("Get Shredder!"), but he was also mentioned in another ("Cyber-Turtles"). His original name, as he told Krang, was Drakus. Then he changed it to Berserko.
I actually liked where the writers were going with his character. It's a shame he was disposed of so quickly. The fact that he had a history with Krang, that he helped in building the Technodrome, would have opened up new doors for the show to step through. Alas, he was scrapped after just one cameo appearance.
I liked how everyone was stacked against each other in this episode:
1. Berserko vs. Krang
2. Shredder and Company vs. Turtles
3. Turtles vs. Berserko
But then I also liked how the Turtles momentarily sided with Krang to get rid of Berserko.
"I never thought I'd be glad to see your ugly, green faces."
"Well, don't break out the confetti yet."
Krang and Raphael, from "Get Shredder!"
Reznorite420
10-09-2003, 09:03 AM
About the whole Drakus/Technodrome arc:
Wasn't the Technodrome built on Earth after Krang and Shredder had met? I mean, come on, how could Krang have been given something as gigantic as that when he was banished? Even if he did have it before he was banished, I'm sure he wouldn't have gotten it afterwards.
MW8979
10-09-2003, 02:28 PM
Well, considering that the circumstances of Shredder and Krang's meeting are still a mystery, it's fair to say that Krang's acquisition of the Technodrome is also a mystery. Given all the evidence though, I think that Krang managed to smuggle that thing through a portal as part of his grand exit from Dimension X. Not only did it originally have huge destructive capacity, but also a fully functional portal to Dimension X. So it stands to reason that there is no way the banishing party would allow an exiled warlord to possess this.
Anarky
10-09-2003, 04:20 PM
@matthew: sorry, i really should drink less vodka :D. thought i knew the face. she's on Lexx!
uhm anyways: i think berserko had potential. i think some more light on krang's past would've been nice.
As for the technodrome. i think it was buitl on earth, but i'm pretty sure that krang and shredder had help from dimension X. how the dimension X people got to earth in the first place is a mystery to me.
how did carter meet up eith the turtles?
how did krang lose his body (after berserko he's only seen in his bubble walker)?
and what happened to the technodrome?
First of, I thought GodzFire was referring to Titanus who was in 3 or 4 eps of season 8. Secondly, Drakus was only said to have had a hand in DESIGNING the 'Drome, right? The interdimensional portal was only recently completed in ep4.
MW8979
10-09-2003, 04:34 PM
Actually, I don't get that either. In "Shredder triumphant!", the last thing you see is Krang riding away in a pick up truck (classic moment right there), and then in "Get Shredder!" he's suddenly in his bubble walker. No mention of what happened to his still functioning android body. Perhaps it's just a case of major script inconsistency as a result of having different writers.
GodzFire
10-09-2003, 04:38 PM
Can someone get me a picture of Titanus please? I'll know him when I see him.
I don't have a pic, but Titanus was the big, round, yellow guy who was the leader of H.A.V.O.C., the mutant community.
VaughnMichael
10-09-2003, 11:53 PM
was more of a green then he was a yellow and had some big purple spandex outfit on he was like a big walking jabba the hut lol
he was interesting though still wish the toys for these guys would have gone past the design sketches I really wanted a mung figure and the unstable turtles...
^_^
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