Did people not like the change?

[Coola Yagami]

Another thing... Red Sky was just... so-so. Didn't like the mutations and how they forced Carter into it. Maybe if he was a recurring character but not full time cast member. Don't like that all the other villains were gone. Dregg might have been more tolerable if we had a break and had Baxter, Slash and Leatherhead once in a while.

The deal was, maybe they had a limited budget or maybe they were so used to slapstick that they didn't know how to choreograph an actual fight scene... but the show could have used actual action, especially if they wanted to compete with Batman's fist fights. Even though there were less jokes and less stupid plots, the show was still full of laser guns and big cartoony goofy-ass monsters. And all Raph would do was just toss his sais. Like... that's ALL. HE. WOULD. EVER. DO.

I think if they wanted to breathe new life into it, an actual good sword fight with Shredder that would look like he actually wanted to kill them would have done wonders for the show. And you're gonna show clips of the live action movie in the theme song and still rely on half-assed fighting in the actual show? C'mon....