Why do long-time fans still have mixed reactions to Nick's TMNT?

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Why long-time fans still have a mixed reaction to the "NEW" TMNT cartoon on Nickelodeon.

Now I will give them credit for creating some orginal ideas and characters for this new incarnation on the turtles. As well as adding some new twists to some already established ideas and character backgrounds.

However, while there is some/alot of good ideas and twists in the show, There are some not so good ideas.

For example, and most notably, turning characters like April, Casey and Kirai into teenagers. Now one can probably understand why they did it, especially in this current time period. But any long-time fan could/can see it as a turn-off to the new show.

The reason being, is because (IMO) some long-time fans (like myself) just can't see them as teenagers. Especially now with the 2nd season and The writers having April not wanting anything to do with turtles because she's mad at them for what happen to her father. To older fans like myself, that's not April.

What I'm saying, is sure April has be mad at the turtles before, if not frustrated at them, but not to the point that she completely shuts herself off from them (until this cartoon came around and had it happen).

Now if Nick wants to go with a realistic reason for this, and say she's going through teenage girl emotions, then that would make her anger towards them, make a little more sense. But this current way? No, that doesn't really make sense.

And for what reason could they be doing This? To possibly start a love/relationship rivalry triangle between Donnie and Casey with April stuck in the middle? May seem that way. Because just recently, in this version, April has to tutor Casey to help get his grades up, so he can remain on the High School hockey team. And it's during all this, that Donnie finds out about him and in turn, Casey finds out about mutants. So yeah, I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist to figure where this maybe leading towards. (I guess Donnie vs Casey will replace Raphael vs Casey in this version)

Now, again, don't get me wrong, this incarnation has some good stuff in it, that's for damn sure. But it just that there are certain elements and characters that long-time and even new fans from the past decade (2003-2010 series) just don't agree with.

Once again, we can understand and respect why certain changes were made, it's just for some fans of the past 30 years (27 for the cartoons) it just doesn't connect well with them.

And then add in the fact that next year, along with their airing of this show, that Nickelodeon via Paramount will be releasing a live-action/CGI movie, that seems to be somewhat based off the 1989-1996 cartoon. So if you think the 30 year fans are mixed about this new cartoon, which is currently in it's second season, then just imagine the mixed reaction of the newer younger fans of the new series when this movie comes out next year.

Overall, the new TMNT show is good, it just has some things that long-time fans look at with an understanding , yet mixed reaction, that is all.