Carter? Dregg? What is this crap?

cartoonistaaron · 02-04-2011, 11:03 AM

So I was making dinner for me and my wife the other night and popped in the Season 1 DVD of the original 'toon. I decided I'd force myself to watch the 4 "Never Before Seen" episodes.

What the hell? Carter? Dregg? That scientist who looks just like the Mirage comic book Baxter Stockman?

What happened with these episodes? Where did the cartoon take such a weird left turn? Raph's replacement voice wasn't too bad but everything else stunk, on ice. Dregg and Mung had terrible designs, even if the guy doing Dregg's voice (Tony Jay?) was fantastic.

It felt like such an obvious "ratings are falling, shoehorn in everything you can think of" scenario. I never saw the last couple seasons of the show and didn't realize how far it had fallen. What an ignominious end to a once-great cartoon. Thank God for Turtles Forever.

Any other thoughts on the last couple seasons of the original cartoon? Am I alone in my distaste?

02-04-2011, 11:03 AM	#1
cartoonistaaron Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 737	Carter? Dregg? What is this crap? So I was making dinner for me and my wife the other night and popped in the Season 1 DVD of the original 'toon. I decided I'd force myself to watch the 4 "Never Before Seen" episodes. What the hell? Carter? Dregg? That scientist who looks just like the Mirage comic book Baxter Stockman? What happened with these episodes? Where did the cartoon take such a weird left turn? Raph's replacement voice wasn't too bad but everything else stunk, on ice. Dregg and Mung had terrible designs, even if the guy doing Dregg's voice (Tony Jay?) was fantastic. It felt like such an obvious "ratings are falling, shoehorn in everything you can think of" scenario. I never saw the last couple seasons of the show and didn't realize how far it had fallen. What an ignominious end to a once-great cartoon. Thank God for Turtles Forever. Any other thoughts on the last couple seasons of the original cartoon? Am I alone in my distaste?