Observations/questions (80s toon)

Misfit · 09-30-2003, 11:24 AM

Is it me, or is the writing from Turtle Tracks right to Shredder and Splintered REALLY sharp?

Those episodes are just so perfect, IMHO. What a great opening for ANY series! The eps introduced all the characters brilliantly, the animation was real top quality (especially the way the TMNTs are all drawn, they loo more realistic) and the script was a dead on perfect mixture of serious and witty, not over doing either.

The fighting, especially in Turtle Tracks and Enter The Shredder is the best it ever was. The villians, namely Rocksteady and BeBop actually put up a fight rather than having the turtles wipe the floor with them within the first second like later eps.

Also the first season seemed to be more geared to everyone rather than just litle kids. I was really surprised the first time I heard either Rocksteady/BeBop (can't remember which one!) called April a "bimbo" in Enter: The Shredder. I'm surprised none of the Women's Groups got hold of that. LOL. The same thing where Leo "kills" a foot member and only realises AFTER he chopped it up that it wasn't human. I'm surpsied too that got past those censors.

If you had been incharge of the 80s toon back then, and could do whatever you wanted with the show after the first season, what would it be? What sort of storylines would you have come up with? Are there any characters you would've got rid of? What sort of finale would you have given the series when it was time to pull the plug? Basically list everything you would've done/kept/changed if the series had been in your hands.

09-30-2003, 11:24 AM	#1
Misfit Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Location: UK Posts: 508	Observations/questions (80s toon) Is it me, or is the writing from Turtle Tracks right to Shredder and Splintered REALLY sharp? Those episodes are just so perfect, IMHO. What a great opening for ANY series! The eps introduced all the characters brilliantly, the animation was real top quality (especially the way the TMNTs are all drawn, they loo more realistic) and the script was a dead on perfect mixture of serious and witty, not over doing either. The fighting, especially in Turtle Tracks and Enter The Shredder is the best it ever was. The villians, namely Rocksteady and BeBop actually put up a fight rather than having the turtles wipe the floor with them within the first second like later eps. Also the first season seemed to be more geared to everyone rather than just litle kids. I was really surprised the first time I heard either Rocksteady/BeBop (can't remember which one!) called April a "bimbo" in Enter: The Shredder. I'm surprised none of the Women's Groups got hold of that. LOL. The same thing where Leo "kills" a foot member and only realises AFTER he chopped it up that it wasn't human. I'm surpsied too that got past those censors. If you had been incharge of the 80s toon back then, and could do whatever you wanted with the show after the first season, what would it be? What sort of storylines would you have come up with? Are there any characters you would've got rid of? What sort of finale would you have given the series when it was time to pull the plug? Basically list everything you would've done/kept/changed if the series had been in your hands. __________________ My LiveJournal My Fanfiction "I'm the pretty one!" - Mikey in "Meet Casey Jones".