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*Cipher* · 09-01-2009, 05:31 PM

Ug, this has come up before, especially with Tristan's issues. I know he's said he likes placing the Turtles in whenever "now" is, not tying them down to any specific era.

I'd be cool with that, if it weren't for the fact that the series already has some very distinct time markers. The Turtles kill Shredder in 1984, Utroms reveal themselves in 2002, etc. It's about the Turtles' lives beginning in 1984 and following them through all the way through to old age, and that should be respected.

Not like there aren't already some glaring errors with this. "City at War" is a prime example. According to the story, and comments from Eastman and Laird, it takes place no more than two years after Shredder's first death, and the events of the story itself take several months. That places its conclusion at...what, 1987 at the very latest? But it contains allusions to the Gulf War all over the place. Oops.

So, yeah, not perfect. But if I have to nitpick I'd still like to see cell phones and modern pop-culture references stay out of stories set over a decade ago.

Or...Utroms did it. I guess that's cool too.

09-01-2009, 05:31 PM	#58
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	Ug, this has come up before, especially with Tristan's issues. I know he's said he likes placing the Turtles in whenever "now" is, not tying them down to any specific era. I'd be cool with that, if it weren't for the fact that the series already has some very distinct time markers. The Turtles kill Shredder in 1984, Utroms reveal themselves in 2002, etc. It's about the Turtles' lives beginning in 1984 and following them through all the way through to old age, and that should be respected. Not like there aren't already some glaring errors with this. "City at War" is a prime example. According to the story, and comments from Eastman and Laird, it takes place no more than two years after Shredder's first death, and the events of the story itself take several months. That places its conclusion at...what, 1987 at the very latest? But it contains allusions to the Gulf War all over the place. Oops. So, yeah, not perfect. But if I have to nitpick I'd still like to see cell phones and modern pop-culture references stay out of stories set over a decade ago. Or...Utroms did it. I guess that's cool too.