Has the "it's for kids' mentality been holding TMNT back?

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Luckyday

But there can creative ways of doing that without ever showing blood. The movie "Psycho" was able do it with out showing him stabbing the victim. I think if means having some scenes in a dark setting with little light, which brings a level of intensity or maybe you can make it like the Hunger Games in which making some of the scenes very fast pace. There are ways let Leonardo use his swords. There always has been since the dawn of time.

They just kinda choose to go with 'neither' in the cartoons.

I especially like the scenes where Leo and Raph (or all 4 turtles) are without their weapons... and seemingly defenseless.... and then the moment they get their swords and sais back.... they start kicking things.... As if they couldn't do those jumpkicks and such before. Does holding a sword somehow give your kicks more power?

But then again the notion that the turtles kinda/sorta rely on their weapons as some kind of superpower where they seem to lose the ability to fight if they lose them in some of the cartoons always bugged me. They're friggin martial arts fighters. They should be able to punch and kick their way out of things even if they are temporarily disarmed.