So the user Mortu was 4kids writer Lloyd Goldfine back in 2003
 

After reading the Ultimate visual history book, Lloyd Goldfine said he came to this forum under the username, "Mortu" and here are his posts:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/member.php?u=529

Its kind of funny to read these old posts from 2003. He came online to defend the 4kids series from some negative views, same way Tom Waltz does with the IDW comics now, or Ciro and other Nick writers do with the Nick show.

Lloyd Goldfind had to respond to backlash to filler episodes and how the Foxbox aired episodes. He only made 16 posts but they're worth a read. Just goes to show you this happens with every new TMNT incarnation that comes up.

Man this really takes me back to 2003 when the 4kids show was first debuting.

Interesting.

This post I found extremely interesting, as someone who used to hear nonstop jabber about "the devilry of 4kids" back in the 2000's.

This is a really neat fact, thanks for sharing!

I'm not too surprised, people involved in such things are still people after all.

Personally if anything I'd ever have my hands in became popular I might be more likely to avoid reading too many opinions and junk and just avoid the stress of comments and expectations, but that's me.

I'd troll the hell out of my fanbase if anything I created ever became popular.

Oh CC, you've probably read that whole thing cover to cover twice already. I'm still in the process of savings up money over the course of a couple of pay checks to get mine.

Nice to see the peeps who create the show actually care what the fans think. I really enjoy when the people who make the show actually communicate with the fans too.

I love the last sentence in that post. I like the Nick show but it does seem that was a really obvious route to go down.

Ooh, I didn't know he shared that in the book. I'll have to look it up...

We shared a few PMs and Emails, especially when he wanted to see the feedback on certain episodes. He was Always very pleasant... :)

It makes me wonder how many other people on this forum are official undercover TMNT staff. I like when they make their presence known like Tom Waltz and Bobby in the IDW section.

But for all we know there are several Nick writers here reading threads like, "Is April a Mary Sue?" or, "How do you feel about the Kraang?" and are shaking their heads.

Cool, you shared feedback with him. Did anyone every mention how the cartoon series tends to focus on Leonardo too much while making his siblings inferior? I would think that would be the best feedback ever.

No need to be a D!*k about it.

Interesting! Lloyd doesn't get enough credit in the realm of Turtles creators. He did a lot of good for the show and you could tell he was 100-percent behind it.

This one I found interesting:

It starts off with what I know is one of the least favorite arguments of many members here (myself included): the "Who cares about realism? These are talking turtles!" bit. But he goes on to nuance it with one of the best reads of the Mirage-styled versions of the franchise there is. The Turtles are a "weirdness magnet," and that is part of the charm when tempered with realistic characterizations.

This guy understood the series.

Heh, I like his signature..

I'm surprised you guys didn't chase his ass out of here....

He only made 16 posts, all when the first season was airing. He probably only came here to gauge early fan reaction to the show.

That's awesome and makes me wish I had been a member back then. But I think the reason people didn't really chase him out was because they probably didn't know it was him due to the alias. He seems like a decent guy though. I really wish Ciro would post more often as he seems awesome too.

LOL, what, a whole 3 incarnations?

IDW and the movies don't count?