TMNTU #7 preview & discussion
 

Preview here.

Looks like it might lead to a Metalhead out of control story, similar to the original cartoon and Nick cartoon ep about it. I wonder if it will develop its own A.I.

Well this isn't going where I thought it would. I was sure it would open with Harold reluctantly allowing Donnie back into his life to work together on fixing Metalhead.

Still, I'm holding out that Harold and Libby show up in this two-parter!

I LOVE Adam Gorham's stuff!! His layouts are so smooth and his Turtles look super.

With the pose Raph makes as he kicks open the door, I can at last make a "SPLINTER, HOLY F***!" gag.

I'm hoping this would end with Donatello coming around to asking the Utroms to teach him some stuff. They'd probably be better mentors for him than Harold any day, and he'd at least be on good terms with Ma'riell for the time being.

Finally seems like we're getting more insight to Dons feelings towards his time in Metalhead. Vengeance was good, but kinda cramped, it didn't allow us to see more of the whole Don/Metalhead thing, so I'm glad we're getting this mini arc to add to that.

The artwork made me think 90s films especially the panel of Donatello.

that art by Adam Gorham!!!!! @u@


i just wast to eat it RIGHT up!!!!!! :D

this was one of the best issues of TMNT:U yet!!!

the idea that part of Donatello's memories and soul were still trapped within the machine, or was it just data?
it's a real mind bender!

i think the subjects of phantom pains and PTSD were some of the most powerful!

seeing Robo-Don keep getting stuck in reliving that horrific moment . . .

this comic really struck a nerve! . . . but in a good way.

Love the art. And poor Metalhead with his PTSD...

The slow pace and introspective writing of this issue, its philosophical POV... I loved it. I really, REALLY loved it. Can't wait for next month.

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But this backup is killing me. Blah blah blah blah blah.

Do androids dream of Electric sheep? Donatello addition:D

You know, I really don't have any good idea how this two-part arc might end. I love this.

Unpredictability is good.

Don't read it. Its rare that backups interest me and just as rare I read it.

PDSD on a robot? Interesting especially since it was not traditional war to trigger it.

PTSD can be caused by any number of traumatic experiences, not just military conflict.

Like, say...blowing up.

Poor rhino, will Metal-Don ever get over his anti-rhinotism?

Gotta say, I was underwhelmed with the issue and not too interested in this particular arc... Right up until Metal-Don killed the rhino (and only scorched Donnie's plastron? huh?) with the laser. Hot damn, talk about a one-two punch of gnarly, right in the same month that #67 came out! :o

That is what I was saying. Its just associated with war experiences not explored beyond that.

I don't particularly find the Angel/Alopex dynamic all that interesting, but it will be nice to see them go on another solo mission together.

Wrong thread. But I also agree with you. :tsmile:

Oops, I thought this was the other thread.

not me! i'm absolutely loving this back up!

anything to do with Samurai or Ninja i'm ALL over it like a bum on a baloney sandwich!! :D


plus it's really making feel even more for Jennika to see what a troubled past she's lived.
it's no wonder she fell in with the Foot Clan while they were under Shredder's rule.

Not me, man. Nothing but blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

If you want me to care about Jennika, THIS is not the way to do it.

Now that I read this it's really enjoyable, especially for sci-fi fans who are used to robots thinking they can be like sentient creatures like Data in Star Trek, etc. I really enjoyed the slow pace at the beginning too.

More and more the whole Don/Metalhead story really reminds me of cyborg Don from the Image series. He literally went through the same thing there with the A.I. CPU trying to take over his body at the end and erase the "real" Don.

I'm glad some of the Image series legacy lives on.

Same here, man. Image TMNT is my jam.

Even though it's probably a coincidence, both cyborg Don and Splinter taking over the Foot Clan reminds me of how Raph became Shredder and led the Foot for a while in the Image series too.

Good issue. I was kinda hoping they wouldn't go with the whole remants-of-mind-in robot route, as I don't find it as interesting as when a robot has it's own personality, but they managed to pull it off pretty well. Shame this arc is so short, I'd like to see this extended just a little more.

I'm glad that I'm not the only one who hasn't been enjoying the Jenny back-up. It's a shame, because that's a character that really needs to be expanded upon if she's gonna get much more time in the spotlight. But the way her backstory has been presented is kinda boring, relying almost entirely on just images to tell her tale. The whole Ninja/Samurai thing is interesting, but after a while it gets boring. :ohwell:

Jenny has been the least character I've been interested in since issue #51. He role could have easily been handled by Karai instead of creating a new character for it.

I'm loving the whole Image vibe as well. Glad their taking some basic things from Image and adding their own spin to it. Would love to see Komodo make an appearance, as well as Pimiko and Lady Shredder (if only). Though Splinter tuning into a bat is likely not to happen..... :lol:

Y'know what was a GOOD ninja/samurai tale? "Secret History of the Foot Clan". Or "Turtles in Time #2." Because stuff HAPPENED in those stories; it wasn't just "some guy prints out his essay on the history of ninjitsu and then accidentally copies and pastes it into a Ninja Turtles comic."

I'm gonna be painfully honest; I haven't had apathy like this towards a TMNT comic since "Casey & April." Stuff needs to HAPPEN.

Oh, and I'd have loved to see Pimiko reimaged to fill Jennika's slot. Oh well.

I did think Jennika would get a bit more interesting after she killed Dun, but nah, after that she's still just the same as she was.

perhaps a little bit too much Ghost in the Shell for me recently, but this issue really hit me good. Sometimes it's just great to be reminded what makes TMNT just a great series in general.

Oh my god, I loved this issue! Gorham's art was like this awesome blend of the 1990 movie and Cory Smith. And you can tell Ferrier knows the IDW universe very well.

I was enjoying Don and Metal-Don interacting so much and dreading his inevitable spazzing out. Can't wait to read part 2.

Also loving how much of Universe that Pattison is coloring. Not that I don't enjoy a variety of talent, but she makes these issues feel right at home.

If I were to try to get Peter Laird to start reading the IDW series, this is the first issue I'd show him: introspective, heavy on the sci-fi, and highlighting his favorite turtle... Though as soon as he saw Rocksteady name-dropped I think he'd call it quits :tlol:

This issue struck me as an intriguing (yet eerie) callback to issue 20, where Fugitoid and Donatello had a brainiac discussion about the science of teleportation.
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The theory is that every time a consciousness is transferred from one place to another, the "original" entity is destroyed and the only the new "copy" remains. The essence of one's "soul," however, is a far more complicated matter. It seems the science of soul is finally catching up with poor Donatello, who has been copy/pasted one too many times! Curiouser and curiouser...

I remember that moment as a defining one for me in the IDW series, kicking up their make-you-think factor to prove they weren't just another ninja-action cash cow reboot. So awesome to see the threads of Don & Fugitoid's discussion come to the foreground nearly 4 years later!

So much of this reminded me of Tales #54, "Mere Appendix", where Honeycutt has a crisis of existence, as such.

I wonder where Metalhead will go from here. Assuming he's not destroyed or shut-down in the next issue, will he just go off on his own and become a recurring character? Definitely don't see him staying at the lair now.

He gets a wig.
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I can see him achieving wild card status, just out there own his own, sometimes a help and sometimes a hindrance