Why Northampton has so much potential
 

Northhampton. This arc has been a mainstay in turtles incarnations over the years, and now Nick is having a crack at it, and Nicks version of the story seems like it can have a lot to offer.

Northampton was always about the turtles finding their way. With the exception of IDW, Splinter is gone and the turtles have to connect with each other. Family is the message.

Michealangelo has always been the most emotional turtle, the one who is able to unite his brothers in the worst of times. In IDW, he had that amazing campfire scene and brought everyone together.

The Nick arc, like I said, has a lot of potential. The turtles just lost their master and their home. They're all down in the dumps before Mikey comes along and helps them deal with all the problems. Leonardo should be the one who starts to reflect on his past mistakes, wondering where he should improve. Raph should work on his temper. Donnie should learn how to let go, realize that he isn't the only one in the world. They all go on vision quests, coming out stronger. As brothers and Ninja.

It looks like they are going to be making North Hampton into the Roswell of the Nick TMNT world.

With Big Foot and stuff? Seems like it.

OOOOoooohhhhhh, considering what Bishop was in the 2k3, maybe they just might make a reference of some sort to The X Files. (Damn, I loved that show!)

Spin off of Bishop hunting down paranormal creatures. Comic or show, I'd watch the hell out of it.

Geeze, why don't they do that. Just experiment with the thought of making it's own show, and then we can get cross overs!

It's odd. We've never had a turtles spin off show.

Referring to two episodes from now I assume? That's gonna be interestinnng... o.O

Agree, lots of potential there, including potential for new details.


Potential spinoffs are wise enough to know they aren't worthy.:tcool: lol

Eh, it could be just a mini series. 6-12 episodes.

Yes, them being in Northampton definitely has potential, especially since they're going to be there for thirteen episodes. It'll be nice to see how the Turtles go on their vision quests and what prompts them to do so.

How do you know they are going to be there for 13 episodes?

Pretty sure it was announced or the vision quest concept art gave it away.

Yes, and I believe the people who got the season pass on iTunes said that as well because it was mentioned in the summary for the offer.

Do you have the summary? I didn't read it.

No, I don't, but I thought it was in the Official Info Thread or something.

Agree, I love the Northampton stuff. If they're really going to be there for half a season then that's fine by me. I hope that leads to the soul-searching and character development I and others have said could be possible this season.

I see Warhorse mentioned the X-Files above. I've never really seen it but I really wanna binge it at some point. 200 episodes is a lot to get through though.

Prepare to be dispointed. The ending isn't all that great.

Yeah I heard that. But I figure that often in life the journey is far more important than the destination. Besides, after seeing the series finale of Dexter, it surely can't be as bad as that :lol:

Yeah, I want them to stay in Northampton for a bit and definitely get some development, which it sounds like there will be. Saw in the preview for the next ep that Leo still has his cane, and I love that because it shows it's going to take him some time to heal up.

Kinda like how we see Elisa hobbling around on crutches after being shot by Broadway (on accident) on Gargoyles.

I don't think the vision quests would happen the initial time they are in North Hampton.

After the first five or so maybe the Turtles would return to New York and find out what's happened to Splinter and the city since they had left. Have them face Shredder and maybe the Kraang, and while they win the battle they still realize the six of them combined or seven if you include Splinter are not enough to truly end the threat that the Kraang or Shredder bring to the city.

Forcing the Turtles to leave and have their vision quests so that they are ready to strike back and take back their home.

Somewhere around this point the Shredder gets tired of Stockman's failed attempts at creating retromutagen and learns Donnie is able to.

No, I would rather their vision quests happen while they're at the farm considering they're all still healing from their loss and such. It would give great development for them before they're motivated to go back to New York and take back their city. And it would fit since we know Leo's probably still going to go through some trauma because of the attack and possibly that could be what his vision quest is about as well.

Thirteen episodes set at the farmhouse really has me pumped for this season. If truth be told I was losing interest in the show. The crazy scheduling was making it weird to watch episodes e.g. one ep a week then a month break, etc. I was also getting bored of the constant mutations. This show will benefit massively from binge watching. The **** scheduling has probably lost the show many viewers.

Yes, I agree the scheduling has been messed up, but I hope we get quite a few episodes before another break.

Let's hope so. I really ****ing can't be bothered with two month breaks. The plus point of course is that there was zero delay between the climax to season 2 and the start of season 3.

Wait there's actually gonna be 13 episodes in Northampton?

Are you kidding me?

What could they do 13 episodes in a row?

I really like that Northampton is always a thing with the Turtles. Especially with this show. NYC was becoming...old. For me, at least. Like you said, it has potential. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that they dedicate at least one episode (it can be filler, I don't care) with everyone just reflecting and honing their skills. Something laid-back. But that's only a hope. Something like that would bore kids, so I don't see it happening.

I noticed that, as well. I'm really glad they went with that, instead of making us wait another week for it.

I consider that good news, personally.

Lots of scope for character development.

Yeah, me too. Breaks between television seasons can be irritating, albeit necessary.

I agree. It's gone from 3.5 million viewers now down to 1.4 million. That is really low. It's probably mostly due to the scheduling and lack of promotion. But, it's possible maybe people are tired of the mutants of the week too. I myself get bored with the Kraang plots. I like it much more when it deals with Shredder and the Foot.

But you aren't part of the main demographic either, so what those in our age range want isn't going to hold much weight.

Personally, the ratings probably fell for the other reasons, bad promotion and moving the show around too much...by the sounds of it or the fact that some may watch it online and that data, to my knowledge isn't counted or taken into consideration.

Yeah, they did have eps online for a bit, so that could have something to do with it, too.

Also, they could do a lot with the Turtles in Northampton, and I really hope they'll have their vision quests there and develop themselves further in their minds, bodies, and spirits.

Northampton is home to some of the best stories in the franchise.

So what are these north Hampton stories you speak of?

That long break was strictly due to the movie being released. We shouldn't see anything like that now aside from the normal breaks that all shows take around the holidays.

Yeah, but it was still a big blow that we had to wait so long. But I agree that we shouldn't get too many breaks now that season three has started.

I feel that promotion will be key to future success of Nick, and what I'd love Playmates to do is to release a Northampton playset and include add-ons such as trees and a river. Just don't forget the heritage in terms of comics; have an episode themed around creating a new series of comics, prefably a spoof (Lightning Mutant Judo Snails) to throw a bone and to create new allies and villains.

I'd love it if they showed Mikey writing stories or drawing. I'm glad they had April writing in her journal, but it would be awesome to see Mikey doing something like that, too.

I hope the writing to this arc improves over time, so far it's meh to me. Prove wrong writers, prove me wrong :lol

I think this arc defiantly has a chance to be great but..

Fair point.

Just saw a clip of one of the new episodes, and I'm in total love with Seth Green as Leo. He sounds great.

An episode like that IDW issue would be so good. Too bad they don't have a character like Woody to write back home to.