Thoughts on Season 5 (Ninja Tribunal) and Fast Forward (SPOILERS)

[Oroku Saki]

Ninja Tribunal (Season 5)

I purchased Season 5 fairly cheap online (about $20 US including shipping), when it finally arrived I watched all of the episodes over a 2 day span. I wasn't that impressed.

Here is what I liked;

1) Baxter Stockmans Holographic body

2) Agent Bishop (as always)

3) The "original" Shredder being a human, and not an Utrom (although they did combine him with a demon very quickly, which is just as bad as the Utrom concept in my opinion).

Here is what I didn't like;

1) The Turtles turning into dragons...........this was really stupid/the worst part of the season. Dragons are NOT cool, neither is the concept. Oddly enough this made me feel like I was watching a childrens cartoon (I know it is generally meant for kids, but up until this point it hasn't felt that way)

2) The acolytes/avatars and the Ninja Tribunal coming back in the final two episodes after being killed off earlier in the season........why can't they just leave characters dead!

3) Master Yoshi killing Demon Shredder

4) Over emphasis on "magic"


Fast Forward (season 6)

Once I finished season 5, I finally opened my season 6 future shelshock dvd and viewed the first two episodes (I had held off on seeing this series in case it continued from season 5).

So far, I DO not like the animation change. The first thing I noticed is how Splinter now looks like a character from that older anime Medabots. I did like the content of the episodes though (in the two I have seen so far). I also find the serling character entertaining. I will have to watch the remaining 11 episodes before I can give you a more detailed opinion.