| nathanbofficial |
08-04-2014 05:43 PM |
First time watching this... (also my first post)
First of all...I'm in love with this forum! It's amazing and this is my first post, so hey :)
What can I say? A turtle sceptic is what I was. I really didn't think this show would do it for me at all. How wrong was I? Granted, I'm only 4 episodes in, but that's enough for me to declare myself an official 'fan' of TMNT 2012.
Let me start of by saying I'm 22 years old and I have always loved the Turtles as a franchise. Granted, some stuff to come out over the years has been pretty awful but some has been pretty decent. It was the 90s movies that got me hooked on Turtles. I remember being a kid and being obsessed with the first movie, especially The Shredder (villains are my thing lol). So that was how I discovered the (debateable) most famous and successful cartoon of the Turtles and that was the 1987 one. Now by the time I'd finished most of the series I was beyond addicted to the turtles and often went searching with my parents for toys and playsets in stores and markets and even on ebay from time-to-time. I was like every kid back then that came across the turtles, there was just something about them that appealed to me. As I grew older I'm sad to admit my relationship with the show started to become less and less. I tried watching 2003 series but I really just couldn't get into it at all. The writing and the production was good, but as I've said above ^^ the Shredder is my favourite character and the '03 cartoon destroyed him in my opinion. I couldn't take this robot-type Shredder seriously and that's why I didn't keep up with it. Now I know most people must think 'if you loved the Shredder, why didn't you hate the '87 version?'. The answer is probably nostalgia purposes. Anyway, it was only recently that I watched the new Michael Bay Turtles trailer and found myself saying 'Oh no!' Because it really does look awful, no disrespect to the fans of it, I just think hollywood has lost the whole 'point' of the turtles, that's not saying I won't give it a go, but CGI turtles, maximum action and...a robot Shredder aren't something I'm particularly interested in. As I said, I will give it a go, but I can already tell it's going to be struggle. Watching the trailer re-kindled many thoughts about my childhood. I began watching clips of the original 87 cartoon on youtube and thought about how amazing it was to collect to the toys back when I was a kid. I already have the 3 90s movies on blu ray because they're movies I've never strayed away from, the first is in my top 10 favourite movies of all time. I decided to purchase the entire boxset from the USA of the 87 cartoon and I've sat down and watched every episode.
Now I'm not here to review the 87 cartoon. But...let's just say there's a small part of me now as an adult that's saying 'god, it's amazing but it's so cheesy' at the same time. I'll never fall out of love with it, but it's the truth. It's not just the cheese fest, it's the lack of character development really. Every episode consists of the same thing over and over again.
Anyway, enough of that, I read loads of reviews about the 2012 cartoon, many saying it was the 'correct' version of Turtles, many adults too saying they were hooked etc etc. I googled pictures and the animation just put me off straight away. So I kept pushing it out of my mind but as I've read more (as I keep going on) people mentioned about The Shredder being human AND being the villain that you'd except from him (not to diss the '87 cartoon, but he could have been a bit more intimidating). So I ordered the series off Amazon and it arrived today. I'm 4 episodes in and I have to say even as a 22 year old male, I was hooked from the very start. It could all change as I'm only 4 episodes in, but the turtles personalities are spot on. What's more, I'm impressed with other characters too, I genuinely can believe that Splinter was as poweful as the story tells us. In previous versions it's hard to picture him as anything other than a normal man who turns into a rat. This Splinter seems fearless, knowledgable and very self-aware of the danger that can come from 'the world above'. Now I've not seen much of the Shredder, but what I have seen so far is pretty impressive. He seems menacing and he does remind me of the 1990 movie version for some reason. I've heard lots about this version, but if anyone is in my shoes and doesn't feel like this will be any good for them, please give it a go. I really can't wait to watch more and I'm beyond excited for when The Shredder reveals himself to the Turtles and to see if he and Splinter come face-to-face. Or...if he and Splinter do, I just hope it's worth it because the previous cartoon's have been a bit of a let down on that front.
So I thought I'd use this thread to post my views on different things with the series, I hope people don't mind and I'm open to discussions and stuff. I do hope someone can let me know if the series gets better or whether the quality decreases so I know what to expect for the future? :)
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