Your excitement level after seeing the trailer?
 

Here's the trailer:

I can't say I'm excited, but I'm interested to see how it turns out. I dunno, it's hard to grasp what the show will actually be like from a 30 second trailer.

I feel as if this thread is a bit redundant but I'm going to say 2 or 1, the animation does not look good

oh boy oh wow

I really like! ^_^ I was kinda wary about the animation at first, but after looking at it a few more times It kinda reminds me of Ducktales and Motorcity~

I really like the colors! so nice~

Still 0. But not "TMNT is dead!" It's just another TMNT show for little kids, why would I be stoked?

I have a question for the fans that watched the 80's version.

People say this show looks silly...but wasn't the 80's super duper silly too?
granted I only watched like 3 episodes of the 80's tmnt....so maybe I'm completely wrong....

I won't do 0, because obviously TMNT isn't dead. We should be so lucky. :trazz:

At least some of you will enjoy it, though. But I'm out. No Ninja Turtles Go for me.

Of course this show is silly like the 80s toon, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

My hype level is off the charts, cowabunga!

Yes, from the vantage point of looking back as adults, sure it is. It however had the advantage, unlike today's cartoons, of the fact that there was no huge adult fanbase yet. Sure, there were adult fans of the original comic, who may well have felt like we do now, but you figure the comic was still a smaller niche thing and the vast majority of fans in the 80s were kids. Didn't matter to most of us back then that it was silly, many 80s cartoons look that way now; TMNT is far from alone. But 21st century versions have a different kind of audience and expectations to try to live up to. What happens when you decide to pick up a long running beloved franchise...

I'm really torn. It's between 2, 3, or 4 but I HATE giving it only a two. The trailer looks okay to me. Not great, but okay. I'm still looking forward to the series to see how all this plays out.

5/5
I need this show in my life more than I'm proud to admit.

The colors, the action, the humor, and the new origins story has me already wanting more.

I hope it grows on everyone eventually.

It's hard being in the possitive minority. But at least I'll be enjoying a new Tmnt show.

The new tmnt show is trending worldwide on tumblr. People are getting the buzz. :D

Yes, but it didn't seem silly at all when we were 5. Which is really the point.

I'm not thinking TMNT is dead, not sure where to rate it, as I said on the other excitement thread, given the type of toon I think it's meant to be it will just be one that I watch with my children, though this one has more interest with it being TMNT but that's about it.

Response on the net seems to be a complete turn around from the art release.

More or less the same.

The only difference is that I now know it looks OK, nothing really dissapointed or pissed me off about the trailer. Not that I had any expectations to begin with. I'm going to watch the first few episodes to see if I like, if I do I'll continue, if I don't I won't.

From the looks of it, this show seems to go for the same tone as the 2012 show. If you liked that, then I suspect your only reason to "hate" this are superficial. Concept is a little different but there's not much difference from how the 2012 show was first advertised. Remember the early trailer for that show?



In the end, there's no need to watch this show just to get a Turtles fix. IDW started publish TMNT comics a year before the first Nickelodeon TMNT show, they'll probably still publish by the time the third rolls in. I liked those comics better than the 2012 show, I'll probably like them better than this one, I'll probably like them better than the next one.

Which is why we have 35 year old toddlers defending it whenever someone dares to imply it was bad...

Or 35 year old toddlers trashing it, on a site dedicated to it :).

I'm 100% with you here. Where us Rise of the TMNT supporters lack in number we make up in strength.

This won't fill my 2012 gap. As for toddlers, aren't we all on this site? Granted not all like the toons but a lot like one or more of them.

Eh, I'd "dedicated" is too strong of a word. More like "initially conceived to be about it". It's not exactly easy for a show like that to keep the interests of adults, especially when it got canned 22 years ago, which is why the vast majortiy of discussions around here isn't really about it anymore.

When I say "35 year toddlers", I mean behaving like a toddler. Irrational arguments, willful ignorance, patheologiacal denial of facts, trying to claim flaws aren't flaws because they're expected, equating entertainment with personal self worth, getting into fights over others peoples negative opinions, claiming victimhood, making up strawmen, pretending people expressed opinions they didn't to discredit them, bragging about pirating movies as if it's some clever way to watch a movie without spending money on it, slander people on other sites to make yourself seem more rational in comparison, acting as if you're always right even if there's evidence against it, etc.

You know, toddlerish behaviour, extreme immaturity. What is known as autism in internet slang.

Ah, my bad, that's different. I've not been in too many threads with a lot of that.

I'm derailing here so will wrap it up. I suppose it can work either way, you could have those who will get angry and attacking if someone doesn't like some part of what they like and on the other end those who pass the point of criticism and repeatedly troll because they can't let others like something. Luckily we get a lot of middle ground too :)

I'm sure the mods can confirm or deny this theory. I'd hate to have to accuse you of 'autism' ;o). despite the fact that every modern iteration gets compared to the original after 30 years....:).

Maybe the reason no one talks about it much anymore, is because we've pretty much talked about everything associated with it by now to death. all that's left is 'get a life' territory talk.

But I find it's mostly fans of the newer stuff, or original Mirage fans that like to trash the 80s show. and like it or not...that show did save some people's lives...because it helped cheer them up during a bad childhood, or helped them recover during a disease... you don't hear stories like that about the more modern series..

I wouldn't be surprised if it happened often with the 4 Kids series too. It was more character-based, allowing viewers to relate more to the characters.

I'm not sure with the Nickelodeon series, but most who watched it as children are still children or early teenagers.

I'm sure many shows from old until new have offered escapism of varying levels.

"Trashing" seems a little harsh as well, the flaws of the show are fairly evident. You can still make an argument for why it's bad without "trashing it". Here's a few:

• The animation cut too many corners.
• The writing is full of plotholes.
• Episodes are too formulaic.
• It's a poor adaptation.

None of these are really unfair because you can still argue such points without nitpicking.

As for the stories you mentioned, it's not that I don't believe they're true, I don't think it's a valid argument in regards to the quality. They're just an appeal to emotion. It's like yeah, cool that you had some fun watching it as a kid, it doesn't really change that it's full of bad writing and production errors.

no one is saying that it doesn't have issues. even people who like it can agree it's far from perfect.

It's just the internet tone of how some people describe those issues, or dismiss other ones that makes it feel like 'trashing'...

All those angry people keep forgetting the show is not for them. Who cares. The next generation of kids will think it's awesome.

I gave it a 2. Not really sure how I feel about it other than not liking the designs or cheap-looking animation. The voices are okay, I kind of like them- but just not sure that is enough to save this from the trash bin.

Put the non-action animation on the same level as the action animation, and I'd feel better.

Because I was pretty impressed with how intense what they showed of combat scenes were, more than I was with its predecessor.


I am pretty curious to why one episode is taking place in an arcade. That itself looks interesting.

So I gave it a 2. It just needs some edges sandpapered.

At first. Then the homages and crossovers begin. Later the darker, more 'serious' tone.

This seems to be a thing with all TMNT shows as time goes on. This new show already looks like it has the potential to become dark, especially as we know almost nothing about this new villain and why he is compelled to create mutants.

I'm looking forward to it. It looks colorful, fun, and different. I'm happy Leo doesn't start as leader, I'm happy we're gettign a new main villain, I'm happy they are going through their young training period with different weapons, learning to be versatile weapon-wise, I'm happy we have a different April, and I'm happy we have new villains front and center in season one, instead of Shredder, Krang, Baxter stockman, and Rat King immediately regurgitated for the millionth time

I just don't see this being something that I'm gonna get into. But I do hope the kids enjoy it. Good to keep the franchise alive and relevant.

My seniments exactly!
If Shredder was unveiled from day 1... How can I take him seriously if he goes 5-6 seasons without defeating the Turtles? Or the other way around too?
IMO he got stale in 2012. Until he killed Splinter twice. But then he mutated... Got revived.... And I felt they dragged him for way too long.

I'm also happy with all the little changes. Can't wait to see how these Turtles develop into full fledged heroes.

Didn’t realize there was a trailer.

I’m more excited now. It seems like what I was hoping for. I love the colorful art and tone of the action. Soooooo glad it’s not TMNTGo! but that was debunked with the art reveal and toys.

I really enjoyed the 2012 series but I’m a bit more excited for this because it feels somewhat new. At least different enough to be it’s own version.

Voice acting - great
Colors - great
Character designs - not great
Supporting Characters - bleh
Nonsense in the background - too much

Leonardo is Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender now? :lol:

What do you mean? How is he like Sokka?

His line sounds exactly like a Sokka quote.

"And who doesn't love my one liners, they FIRE up the team, right guys?"

To which said team just looks at him straight faced without an ounce of agreement.

Yet what does goofy, cheesy one liner Sokka develop into by the end of that series? A team leader with a mind for strategy and combat tactics.

You're right. Anyone who's outright angry has probably lost sight that this isn't for them. Two caveats though:

- There's definitely a difference between those who are angry and those who know it's not for them, but still want to critique what they think is a poor representation of the franchise. Obviously, you realize this.

- I think when you have adult fans getting angry at a children cartoon, you're seeing a symptom of the root problem, which is "mature tmnt" fans being underserved.
Platinum Dunes tripped and ate ****, and while IDW has done a great job repackaging older books and putting out new ones, it's a niche market and not quite enough to satisfy longtime fans.
If adult TMNT fans had a Netflix series and a quality film to go alongside the comics, it may alleviate the issue.

Of course, you'd still have exceptions. There are always exceptions. I'm just hypothesizing here.

Looks terrible in my opinion. Bring back the 2012 series