Old Series Was Better

[Nate6422]

I watched the new series and I was disappointed and happy at the same time. I was glad to see Ninja Turtles back on air. However, The new Ninja Turtle series is an excellent series by today's low standards and is truly good for a cartoon in any time, but the fact is the old series was better. Although many people are fans of the comic here which is popular the Ninja Turtles mass popularity and the reason I even knew about them was the cartoon. The problem with the new series is they have made the mistake of using the comics and saying that is what Ninja Turtles is. The fact is the Ninja Turtles most people love and enjoy aren't the ones from the comics, but rather the old cartoon show.


The first problem I would like to point out is the animation. It is very good by today's standards but compare it to the old series and you will see it is no where near as detailed. The fact is the new animation is popular because it is cheaper to make. Each scene is much less detailed which takes less time to draw and less time to color. It is still good compared to many other shows, but it isn't as good as the old series.

The next problem is the fact that the series have taken such a serious approach. I read up it was because it is believed kids want more serious characters now a days. I have no idea who thought that up, because in case no one has noticed the popular cartoons of late have some of the least serious characters ever. I mean how serious looking or acting our Pokemon? And Kirby is supposedly doing quite well and I don't find much serious about a pink puffball. The thing that made the first series the huge success it was was that it was not so serious. Instead it was always funny and packed with action. In the new series the turtles are still funny, but Shredder doesn't seem to be. It was always funny to see him being bossed around by Krang and to have him pick on Bebop and Rocksteady. Now, only half of the fun is there in the new series.

Finally the last major problem is the change. Change isnt' always better. I mean remember the Spider-Man storyline where Ben Reilly turned up to be the real Spider-man and no one liked it. That wasn't even near as big a deal as what they have done with the new Ninja Turtle series, getting rid of like half the characters people have enjoyed in the past and drastically changing the other half. I mean, the fact that the turtles were fighting an alien invasion made the other series exciting. Now they are just fighting evil robbers and ninjas.

That is the main problems with the new series. Just to make sure I don't sound too negative I want to say once again that the new series is the best cartoon series I have seen in a while so far, but the fact is it falls short of the old series and I see no reason to fool with something that isn't broken. I mean even when the old Ninja Turtles went off air on CBS and CBS switched to educational programming they were still getting excellent ratings. It showed that the Turtles had staying power. They weren't some two bit fad like Pokemon. They were popular all the way through. Now, the new series is a risk. My theory is the real villian is Fox though. They are just cheap. They complain about how kids don't watch cartoons as much anymore and then you look and see what there is and it is just no wonder. Even kids can see most of what is on today is junk. Fox wouldn't keep the live action Ninja Turtle series because it costed too much even though it got good ratings. It is only logical to assume that Fox is just as cheap today and that each Ninja Turtle episode also doesn't have the budget it deserves. Anyway, just one more time I want to say the series is still great, just far from being equivalent to the old series. I will be watching it next Saturday and I can only hope that in the next season Krang, Rocksteady, and Bebop show up.

Thanks for reading,

Nate