"Fast Forward" Description Released
 

The following is taken from the official site:


4Kids Entertainment issued the following press release regarding season five of the TMNT cartoon:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Fast Forward catapults Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael 99 years into the future where they emerge from the sewers and no longer have to hid. The year is 2105 and the action heroes sport a whole new look as they face amazing adventures and square off against foes in an exciting world of cutting-edge technology.

4Kids Entertainment will support the series with an extensive licensing and marketing campaign to launch in July 2006 with a new toy line, featuring a full spectrum of toys including action figures and role playing products from master toy licensee Playmates Toys.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Fast Forward promises more fun and exciting journeys from our favorite ninja characters," said Alfred R. Kahn, Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. "The evolution of the Turtles moving out of the sewers and living among humans is a story arc that provides the right combination of intrigue and comedic material to capture a wider television audience and extend the brand. We believe our fresh approach to this successful series will continue to entertain the legions of Turtles fans as well as appeal to new viewers of 4Kids TV."

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Aw man...

Wait... are they sent 99 years in the future via time travel or are they simply just 99 years older?? :-?

I hope they are not 99 years older I mean they wont be as athletic...

I guess the story would be like in vol 4 of the current comic , after the utroms came to earth or something like that....

I honestly don't know what to think of it just yet....

That's a good sign, I think, that this is just an arc, or maybe a season, and not a totally new direction for the whole series.

Lol, I Doubt They'll Be 99 Years Old.

Yeah, I Dont Know What To Think. It Seems Pretty Drastic. I Wonder If This Was Lairds Idea. This Will Also Mean A Whole New Cast Of Bad Guys.

Hmmm, Turtles And Time Travel....i Dont Know. I'm Not A Huge Time Travel To The Future Fan.

Hey, The Turtles Never Fail. All I Need To Know Is That Laird Is Still Involved. I'm Pretty Sure They'll Satisfy.

So looks like this will be somewhat based on Volume 4 of the comics. I wonder if the Styracticons(I hope I spelled that right), will appear.

And do you guys think Bishop will still be around. That guy might be imortal or something.

Wow, I actually think that this sounds really cool. I know everyone is going to bitch and moan about this, but if it does badly, then they will certainly change it back. They are going to change it back anyways for season six it seems, because they said that it is a story arc. The fact that they are taking an entire season to tell one story arc (with smaller arcs inside of it I imagine) is the main reason why I think that this will be pretty cool. This story will be very extensive, and hopefully very detailed as well, because they have so much time and space to tell it in. Also, it says the turtles will be getting new costumes or something of the like. While this could be pretty potentially crappy, it could also be pretty kickass. Also, a completely new set of characters, and villians, which should be pretty cool. I am very interested in this, and I can't wait to see how it turns out.

volume 4 here we come....I'm betting this is when we will see the new mutated donatello also...
-Putrescent

BUT....The change takes place in season 4. They mentioned it in the goofy Season 4 preview song.

If it's being set 99 years into the future, Any chance we'll see future decendants of April and Casey? Since on the series, They were becoming somewhat of an item, So it would make sense if the decendants are decendants of there own children. Which I would assume would have the last name Jones.

So are the teen turtles sent into the future or do we simply get a glimpse of the future turtles? The former could be cool, the latter sounds kind of lame. Would be weird to just switch the focus to a whole different set of turtles.

Either way, assuming this is just a temporary thing, it could be very interesting.

Yep! They team up with Casey and April's great-grandson. His name is Cody Jones.

And how do you know this?, Was this ever in the comics?

Fast Foward was announced several months ago on the official site with a list of the action figures coming out with the line (the Dark turtles and Future Turtles). In the description of Fast Forward it mentions they team up with Casey and April's great grandson, Cody Jones.

This is from the official TMNT site:

TMNT: "Fast Forward" - The Turtles are accidentally thrust 99 years into the future where Manhattan Island is a settling point for numerous alien species from all over the galaxy. When the TMNT find themselves thrust into a "dark" future, they must team up with Cody Jones, descendant of the Turtles’ former ally.

Fall action figure releases:

Future Mike, Raph, Leo, Don and Splinter
Dark Mike, Raph, Leo and Don
Serling

I have no idea who Serling is. Perhaps he's somebody they meet in the future?

And supposadly there's also an article from Peter Laird somewhere which states that the turtles will also be training some kids.

Oh crud... Flippin bull crud... this doesn't sound good at all. They're doing an entire revamp of the series, by the sounds of it -- and it seems like the motives are: Laird wants more sci-fi, we need cooler toys, and we need a "new audience." *blinks* What audience has the series not been reaching? Sub-10 year olds, that's who. Money. They just want to make more money. And Larid wants to get out his nano-bot alien ya-yas.

The show is probably too serious, to dark, too violent for little ones. It's always been kind of in-between -- not mature enough for every adult to enjoy, not dumb enough for 7 year olds to drool in front of. I had always hoped the series would grow more mature over the seasons, not less. If the humor was bad, it's because jokes were corny. They could make the jokes a little smarter, not dumber. Just don't fix what ain't broke.:x

But... I guess that's the world of children's entertainment. Look at Loonatics Unleashed for your example of bastardization of a classic franchise.

Maybe they know what they're doing. Maybe this won't be so bad.

I'll keep telling myself that until I see the new season...

I totally agree with you Fledermaus ... I guess we don't have anything left bt to try and convince ourselves that maybe change is good.....

but I really hope it is only for a few Eps....

That makes the target auidence Teenagers and that's exactly who watches it. Atleast in my area, kids only seem to play with the toys. But I don't go to middle school so I don't know what they do, think, or like. I do however have a little cousin but he's a horrible example of how kids act. He's afraid to watch things with any violence in them -_- But he will play with the toys.

I looked forward to this, But I wonder if this is going to happen right after this week's episode, Any chance of this happening the following week? :)

"and square off against foes in an exciting world of cutting-edge technology."

Anybody think the technodrome will make an appearance with that utrom Krang leading the charge? or maybe bishop . . .

either way if they are doing something this drastic to the series, why not throw in the technodrome too.