Anyone else been ROYALLY disappointed with Season 4 thus far?
 

I can't stand Season 4. The space-arc has been nothing but filler, there's been no character progression, and most of the characters seem so damn annoying. None of the Turtles seem remotely sad about Splinter being gone unless it's directly brought up. There's just so many disappointments due to missed opportunities for arcs.

Also, Casey is the most godawful thing to ever happen to this show.

I have been royally disappointed since season 1

I've been disappointed since season 3...

There is no reason for them to be too sad. The turtles have gone back in time to prevent the horror from happening. They still miss him though.

This thread should be locked, do you guys never get bored of complaining over and over?

No I think this season has been awesome.

I lowered my expectations after season 2. Season 1 is a work of art and a totally different show. Theres ocassionally cool moments but they seem awkward with total tone shifts in the show. It has an identity crisis imo

I wouldn't say "royally" by any means because I've really liked a lot of it. But it is my least favorite season thus far, & at the very least, Mona Lisa & all these new forced catch phrases (That's so metal! I'm awesome! etc) haven't sat well with me at all. I think they've made some excellent choices with respect to new characters (Wyrm & Bellybomb for example, wonderful surprises, done well with great designs), some of the themes have been very interesting, Fugitoid is a great addition, but the overall tone keeps throwing me off. It changes so sporadically. Given the intensity of their present circumstances, it's a bit too wild & free, I feel. Taking Casey down a notch & having had simply one Mona appearance would have helped a lot.

You sure don't.

I have been loving the season so far. Season 1 is the weakest one for me.

I'm not disappointed with the season. It does have issues that I'm not fond of, but the animation has been spectacular, the music has been very good and most of the characterizations have been fine if not good (especially among the main cast)

I will say I'm disappointed with the villains - none of them have come close to Shredder or the Foot for me at least.

I also find myself increasingly thinking that Casey should have been left behind somehow when the Earth blew up (which I know sounds harsh - but he would at least have gone out a hero). It feels a lot like the writers dont know what to do with him because he isn't needed as the 'human connection' (April) or the lone wolf (Raph), or the mechanic (Don). In every way he's kinda 'surplus to requirements' and its starting to show.

My only major gripe - as always - is that the plots are too compressed and too much is compromised to squeeze everything into the shows timeframe.

You've lost your mind.

Not royally, no. It hasn't been the best so far, but it's not enough of a drop for me to be disappointed.

I like it more than the last season where they wasted too much time on the farm with a bunch of B-Movie Horror plots. I mean it was okay in small doses, but it felt like they just wanted a bunch of those for a Halloween DVD to sell.

I bet when Season 5 begins and the Turtles go on what seems to be an Asia and European tour you guys will complain again. We already know Dracula is appearing next season, so I bet you guys won't like that either.

Dracula in Ninja Turtles? That only belongs in one of those weird one-off Mirage stories nobody remembers...

Complaining about a Dracula episode seems perfectly logical to me.

Wasn't that the lost season of FW TMNT? I really need to watch those eps.

Vampires have appeared in the Mirage comics so I don't see the difference.

Unless it's the counting vampire from Sesame Street, I refuse to be content.

Disappointed? No not as much as I was season 3 I cherry picked season 3 a lot While I binge watch the first two seasons. Part of the problem was that season 3 wrapped its plots too quickly or not at all which is starting to become a problem in season 4 but its kept a good balance (so far). Casey is starting to bug me and wish he was used sparingly like in the OT, Mirage and 2K3 I always get excited to see him in those versions. He was obnoxious in those versions as well but he wasn't around that often to where I could get tired of him. I've spoken on Mikey in this show in general so I'm not touching this one.

My brothers biggest complaint is Raph this season or in general Nick Raph. He's his favorite Turtle but he's said several times that this version of the character seems more whiny than most Raphael's and after last Sunday I'm starting to agree.