Does the Fred Wolf show get unfairly blamed?

[Mewzard]

Originally Posted by TurtleGuy

Let's not generalize. It's just going to piss people off.

I'm well aware that the show is flawed. The writing can be hokey at times, and the lack of violence is annoying, but IMO the clever humor makes up for it.

Then again, it's probably also because I'm still not all that interested in the Mirage universe aside from the first movie and the 2k3 series.

Well, for the longest time (about two decades), the first movie was my Gold Standard of TMNT.

That only changed when I started reading the Mirage Comic. I saw so many of the elements I loved from the first movie that most incarnations seemed to ignore.

There's something about the way the story goes, the way the book feels, the style it has, all combined together that just work for me more than any other incarnation of the Turtles (at least, of my experience with Eastman and Laird's volume one issues).

I...I feel like I've seen some of the Fred Wolf Cartoon when I was very little (my older sister was a fan at the time), but honestly, my oldest memory of the franchise was the first movie (which came out when I was like two years old).

I really should go back and give it some more time.

My preference may be Mirage's more serious take, but I'm also a goofy bastard who enjoys silly comedies, and I was able to enjoy what I've read of Archie and IDW as well, so I suppose my tastes are open enough to give it a shot (I'm just committed financially at the moment, so it'll have to wait, lol).

There's nothing wrong with multiple takes on the franchise. I'd just love to see Mirage's take get more love. The first movie showed you could really do it justice on screen. Maybe it should get a nice black and white animated release, aim for the teen crowd/PG-13 (I don't think it's violent enough to warrant an R).