Official Episode Discussion S5 Ep 04: End Times

[Vegita-San]

Originally Posted by Toadtrooper

It feels like Tales is going to just be Ciro's fangirl scrapbook of season ideas being cut down into a few episodes apiece. Not to tell a good story, but to get them onto his resume before production shuts down.

Kavaxas would have been a great season-long story arc. But as five episodes, it's too rushed, too overstuffed, too exposition-dependent, and doesn't add anything significant to the show's lore. Having Hamill voice Kavaxas is the only interesting thing about him, other than perhaps the Hothead toy design cameo.

Ciro shouldn't be patting himself on the back. He took what should be a vibrant, lasting intellectual property and made it tedious AF. Has he ever tried rewatching his own show? Might be the wake-up call he needs.

Doubtful. have you ever seen how people interact with him? it's like they are afraid to tell him an idea is bad, they have to constantly praise him in person. He gives me the impression of someone wound up so tight that he's one step away from having an outburst at a convention. or throwing stuff at santa on an ice hockey rink.


I will say I DID find Kavaxas interesting, but yeah, he should have been a longer season long villain. not for 4 episodes. Maybe they could have had shredder send him up from hell to replace him or something. Instead, we got a shredder that did nothing, had a complete out of character turn around to 'save the day', and an episode that felt like it was half an idea stretched out into 4 shows.


As for Shingami, not only is it one of the oddest character introductions that came out of nowhere in tmnt history, it's also one of the most useless. so, she's got what appears to be a little magic and looks like a goth character. what other purpose does she have? not a warrior.. isn't strong enough to defeat any enemies. other than a cool voice and interesting, if basic, look, rather useless..