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A large part of what makes it great is that it is a product of its time, the late 80's/early 90's. & it was further made all the more era-specific when you consider that the majority of its content is paying homage to the 60's sci-fi & 70's kung-fu films its most infamous writer, David Wise, grew up with. The plots were often directly ripped from that kind of media, Twilight Zone, Godzilla, etc. The humor, too, was dated even then, being in tone with clever, sarcastic "funny paper" strips & the like. All of that would be lost in a modern continuation, in favor of shallow, self referential material, 80's homages, & zoomer humor. You'd end up with something that feels more like a halfway point between 2012 & Rise.
Some of the character designs would differ because of iffy likeness-rights issues (note that the '87 TMNT are always depicted as being "style guide" rather than "Fred Wolf"), others would be altered deliberately due to modern socio-political sensibilities. Certain iconic voice actors may be replaced with similar sensitivities kept in mind. Others, like James Avery, have passed on, as have at least two key writers of the series, who knew its voice better than anyone else.
It just plain shouldn't happen. Which, of course, means it will. & everyone will love it, because they don't remember a f*cking thing about the old cartoon anyway & merely want their manbaby ideals catered to by Corporation.
If anything, it could possibly work as a tone-light comic book. But even then, eh. You'd need an absolutely perfect team of artist & writer, which would be hard to find these days. It wouldn't have a reader base, anyway. Those who scream about wanting this back on social media posts don't seem to even read comics, or watch cartoons.
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