Nickelodeon: "they want to focus on the '80s toon Turtles"

[Dragon Turtle]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I would be shocked if they acknowledged it. The core audience of 2k3 has already grown out of their target demographic... their only concern is to nab the next batch of little tykes the best way the beancounters have decided: to replicate the focal point of the original 80s craze, the original camp cartoon.

The 2k3 cartoon is still on the air and is the version most familiar with kids right now, there will not be a six year blackout between cartoons like the OT and 2k3.

And as of now, the only TMNT cartoon that Nick has the rights to is the new toon, and after paying 60 million for the property, they will probably throw the cartoon into heavy rotation with their other cartoons, like Spongebob and Fairly Oddparents. Just because they say they will "focus on the 80s toon turtles" doesn't mean they won't use characters/storys from other parts of TMNT, why wouldn't they? Kids don't care about the integrity of the individual turtleverses, and certainly not the suits that now run TMNT.

Originally Posted by Peanut

Since we're never going to get that 11-minute, Adult Swim, mature, comic-based TMNT show we'd all love to see, I'd rather see the OT style make a return. We've had the angsty little sh*ts since 2003, let's do something different.

I would like to see something completely different as well, but the OT style isn't it.