New appreciation for Splinter being Hamato Yoshi.

[TerranigmaFreak]

After watching the new movie and discussing it with a couple of friends, I think Splinter being Hamato Yoshi is the best way to go. I was originally iffy on going back to this origin, but when you think about it, whether it's the comic, the first movie, or the new movie, Splinter being a rat and learning ninjitsu is really stupid.

Yeah, a rat finds a book in the sewers, and with a few years (?) becomes a ninja master. Or a pre-mutated rat mimicking human movements becomes a ninja master. None of this sounds any better. I remember how weird it felt when I watched the first movie when I was 10. I wasn't familiar with the comics and I called bull on an ordinary mouse learning ninjitsu from his cage. I really couldn't get over that even in a movie about giant talking turtles that knows ninjitsu. It's mainly because in this universe pre-mutated animals are just like ordinary animals in real life.

Hamato Yoshi being Splinter just requires less mental gymnastics to accept. He's already a wise and enlightened man, who just happens to look like a mouse.