The criticims of the OT you often hear

[CyberCubed]

I hear this a lot, but I am not sure what its referring to.

If you mean:

- The lack of continuing storylines....well most kids shows back then were episodic. Even Batman: TAS can be watched out of order besides the villains debut episodes. In fact most of us never even watched Batman in proper order when it was airing. Same for TMNT.

- The lack of continuity...this I cannot agree with. If you watched the OT season by season you would know there actually is a sense of continuity going on throughout the whole series. Past characters and events are often brought up, old characters come back, and the Technodrome's location is always explained season by season.

- The lack of strong writing, this depends on what type of show you're expecting. The OT was designed to be a comedy series taking 50's sci-fi stories and making them for kids. I find most episodes of the OT enjoyable because of this reason...whatever wacky plot would come up in each new ep was something usually fun to watch.

- The lack of action...there is plenty of action in the OT. No, there weren't huge fight scenes that take up 10 minutes of an episode like modern cartoons, but even when there was no fighting there was action via explosions, guns, jumping through exploding buildings, and the like.

- The repetitive nature of the show. Again...this is no different than most shows of the era. The good guys always win, the bad guys are left vowing to do better next time. It isn't the fact that Shredder/Krang lost in every episode, its HOW we get to that point.



I'd go as far as say the OT was a social commentary and even a parordy of 80's superhero shows at the time with dry humor and a main cast that talked back to each other often.

I think it says quite a bit that adults who rediscover the show through DVDs like it more than they ever expected themselves to.