Anyone else not okay with the turtles able to pull their heads into their shells ?

Splinter the boss · 07-16-2015, 09:45 PM

I hate when the turtles do that. It is just annoying and disturbing. So I made this thread to see if anyone else felt that way.

*pennydreadful* · 07-16-2015, 09:49 PM

If it didn't bother me in the 1990 movie, it certainly isn't going to bother me in the Nick show.

Yeah, it's kinda silly but the whole concept of mutated ninja turtles is to begin with - you've gotta roll with it.

*Ninturtle* · 07-16-2015, 09:59 PM

It doesn't bother me because real turtles do that too

*ToTheNines* · 07-16-2015, 10:05 PM

It's hilarious and certainly not exclusive to this iteration.

*Powder* · 07-16-2015, 10:06 PM

Hell no, it doesn't bother me. Why would it? & why now, of all times, rather than 25 years ago? Why is it annoying or disturbing? Real turtles do it, & so too have the TMNT, forever.

*CyberCubed* · 07-16-2015, 10:16 PM

I feel like I'm missing something here, don't real Turtles do this? Haven't the Turtles always done this?

*Cure* · 07-16-2015, 10:33 PM

Yeah, I'm with everyone else. Doesn't bother me.

*IndigoErth* · 07-16-2015, 10:44 PM

Not so much that it is done, that's fine, but how it's executed with this animation/models that kinda bugs me.

Similarly and even more-so if they pull any limbs in. Just wtf. It's not just pulling their head and limbs in close to their body...it's, hey, my shoulders/chest cavity just entirely swallowed my head and my human-proportioned limbs just sucked into my abdomen.

Have them do that and get an x-ray, seriously... Someone needs to fan art that or something. lol

*plastroncafe* · 07-16-2015, 11:10 PM

#NotAllturtles

MisfitKraang · 07-17-2015, 12:30 AM

Why would something Turtles actually do bother me?!?!

*snake* · 07-17-2015, 01:46 AM

Nah. I think it's funny and like others pointed out, turtles actually do it.

*Metalwolf* · 07-17-2015, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Not so much that it is done, that's fine, but how it's executed with this animation/models that kinda bugs me.

Similarly and even more-so if they pull any limbs in. Just wtf. It's not just pulling their head and limbs in close to their body...it's, hey, my shoulders/chest cavity just entirely swallowed my head and my human-proportioned limbs just sucked into my abdomen.

http://i.imgur.com/ieI0meA.gif

Have them do that and get an x-ray, seriously... Someone needs to fan art that or something. lol

Is it wrong for me to have found this funny?

But yeah, it looks a tad freaky with these models. Their head's pulled in, it leaves just a bare patch of smooth skin where the neck and head should be. Whole arms and legs? Another round flat patch of skin, as if the arm or leg never existed.

*Kendamu* · 07-17-2015, 02:23 AM

I think it's funny! Also, it looks hilarious the way it's all cartoony. In a cartoon. On Nickelodeon.

Ravenshell · 07-17-2015, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kendamu

I think it's funny! Also, it looks hilarious the way it's all cartoony. In a cartoon. On Nickelodeon.

Gotta give kudo to this post. *l*

While I agree that sometimes it just looks odd when they pull various limbs or their head into their shells, sometimes it's better to go for the comedic value rather than holding to actual limits of physicality.

I do like it when they use some of their more animalistic traits to their benefit... like Splinter using his tail to smack them on occasion. Husband and I are watching 2k3 together in the evenings (and mocking them), and he recently cried out, "You have a SHELL! F'king act like it! 'Duhr, what's this thing on my back?'" (I think they were having arrows shot at them at this point... something a carapace would easily block.)

Splinter the boss · 07-17-2015, 06:37 AM

Alright, I see quite a few people are ok with it. That's good to know. But for me, not in a billion years will I like it.

*oldmanwinters* · 07-17-2015, 06:47 AM

Splinter the boss · 07-17-2015, 07:01 AM

Wow, they even make ninja turtles toys like that. I didn't know that. Thank you for the information oldmanwinters.

ShelleyQuick · 07-17-2015, 08:43 AM

Naahh, doesn't bother me at all. As a matter of fact I actually love when they do things like that. It's adorable and most turtles actually do that anyway. I really love it when they rely on their turtle instincts like when they're swimming, retreating and I've seen the Nick turtles flutter.

Splinter the boss · 07-17-2015, 09:10 AM

Do the the 2003 turtles do that ?

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 07-17-2015, 09:53 AM

Thinking about it, I don't remember the following iterations ever doing the shell-tuck:

4Kids (2003) Cartoon
IDW Comics
Mirage/Image Comics

Unless I'm wrong here, which is entirely possible, it seems that the Mirage canon never did this, but the Fred Wolf cartoon started it. The shell-tuck makes perfect sense (they are Turtles after all) and so it caught on with all other major non-Mirage based TMNT iterations.

And yes, the argument can be made that IDW shouldn't be labeled as Mirage-based; considering though that the tone of the comic is much more serious than any of the cartoons have been, I think the label is acceptable for at least this example.

07-16-2015, 09:45 PM	#1
Splinter the boss Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: USA Posts: 938	Anyone else not okay with the turtles able to pull their heads into their shells ? I hate when the turtles do that. It is just annoying and disturbing. So I made this thread to see if anyone else felt that way.

07-16-2015, 09:49 PM	#2
pennydreadful trash Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Australia Posts: 4,546	If it didn't bother me in the 1990 movie, it certainly isn't going to bother me in the Nick show. Yeah, it's kinda silly but the whole concept of mutated ninja turtles is to begin with - you've gotta roll with it. __________________ Creator of the Technodrome After Dark Discussion Group. PM for an invite (must be over 18 - no exceptions).

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Cure Y'all need Jesus Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,938	Yeah, I'm with everyone else. Doesn't bother me. __________________

07-17-2015, 12:30 AM	#10
MisfitKraang Foot Soldier Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Texas Posts: 221	Why would something Turtles actually do bother me?!?! __________________ See You Space Cowboy

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07-16-2015, 09:59 PM	#3
Ninturtle Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2014 Location: Earth Posts: 1,534	It doesn't bother me because real turtles do that too

07-16-2015, 10:05 PM	#4
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,365	It's hilarious and certainly not exclusive to this iteration.

07-16-2015, 10:06 PM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Hell no, it doesn't bother me. Why would it? & why now, of all times, rather than 25 years ago? Why is it annoying or disturbing? Real turtles do it, & so too have the TMNT, forever.

07-16-2015, 10:16 PM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	I feel like I'm missing something here, don't real Turtles do this? Haven't the Turtles always done this?

07-16-2015, 10:44 PM	#8
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	Not so much that it is done, that's fine, but how it's executed with this animation/models that kinda bugs me. Similarly and even more-so if they pull any limbs in. Just wtf. It's not just pulling their head and limbs in close to their body...it's, hey, my shoulders/chest cavity just entirely swallowed my head and my human-proportioned limbs just sucked into my abdomen. Have them do that and get an x-ray, seriously... Someone needs to fan art that or something. lol

07-17-2015, 01:46 AM	#11
snake Disgusting Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Outer Heaven Posts: 12,231	Nah. I think it's funny and like others pointed out, turtles actually do it.

07-17-2015, 02:23 AM	#13
Kendamu Sewerhead Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 2,890	I think it's funny! Also, it looks hilarious the way it's all cartoony. In a cartoon. On Nickelodeon.

07-17-2015, 06:37 AM	#15
Splinter the boss Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: USA Posts: 938	Alright, I see quite a few people are ok with it. That's good to know. But for me, not in a billion years will I like it.

07-17-2015, 07:01 AM	#17
Splinter the boss Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: USA Posts: 938	Wow, they even make ninja turtles toys like that. I didn't know that. Thank you for the information oldmanwinters.

07-17-2015, 08:43 AM	#18
ShelleyQuick Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Spring Hill, Florida Posts: 134	Naahh, doesn't bother me at all. As a matter of fact I actually love when they do things like that. It's adorable and most turtles actually do that anyway. I really love it when they rely on their turtle instincts like when they're swimming, retreating and I've seen the Nick turtles flutter. __________________ Just a small town girl in a great big world.

07-17-2015, 09:10 AM	#19
Splinter the boss Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: USA Posts: 938	Do the the 2003 turtles do that ?

07-17-2015, 09:53 AM	#20
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy Annalist Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 16,435	Thinking about it, I don't remember the following iterations ever doing the shell-tuck: 4Kids (2003) Cartoon IDW Comics Mirage/Image Comics Unless I'm wrong here, which is entirely possible, it seems that the Mirage canon never did this, but the Fred Wolf cartoon started it. The shell-tuck makes perfect sense (they are Turtles after all) and so it caught on with all other major non-Mirage based TMNT iterations. And yes, the argument can be made that IDW shouldn't be labeled as Mirage-based; considering though that the tone of the comic is much more serious than any of the cartoons have been, I think the label is acceptable for at least this example. __________________ *ALL THEIR DAYS ARE NUMBERED*