The use of modern technology to appeal to today's kids in the show - Page 2

shinefra · 10-22-2012, 11:33 AM

I remember how the Turtles used the internet in the red sky episodes like it was the best thing in the world, just to remind you that they where modern dudes.

*BubblyShell22* · 10-22-2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Are you braindead? Or did this topic completely fly over your head? I said I was noticing how modern technology was being used in 3 episodes in a row as the main plot point, not simply that they were just there.

That wasn't the issue, dude. The issue was that you said that TMNT is strictly an 80's property meaning that anything they do now doesn't count and that you think it's odd that they're using modern technology. That's what confused me, okay?

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Originally Posted by Jephael

Could you imagine CyberCubed traveling back in time? God knows what damage he'd do!!!

Yes, I agree, Jeph. I'm sure he'd really screw things up.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-22-2012, 08:27 PM

Let's not be so hard on Cybercubed. This thread does have some sense to it. I think he's talking about how the episodes seem to kinda revolve around the new technology. I can kinda forgive the one about the i-phone cause it would take an episode to have them try to get back video some random dude shot of them... but then we have Mikey meeting friends using the internet and a facebook wannabe... and then the last episode was basically all because Don made an i-pod. It does seem a little in-your-face, and not subtle like say... April casually listening to her i-phone in the background or whatever.

I know the old show did have the technology of the time.. but the turtles would just return a video they rented before going into the main plot... there were no episodes about Shredder and Krang making a VCR episode and having the whole thing revolve around the state-of-the-art better-than-beta VCR.

These are minor example and easy to dismiss... but if the next episode happens to be all about 'April gets the Turtles a new HD TV' then I'd say they are blatantly advertising the new tech to kids who should already know about it.

Vivi · 10-22-2012, 08:35 PM

I kind of like it when they come up with technology a bit more advanced/different than the current trends - I think it dates better and looks cooler. Eg. Old nokia phones would look a little silly now, but the shell cell (as over the top as it is) is still a great design.

**Jester** · 10-22-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I know the old show did have the technology of the time.. but the turtles would just return a video they rented before going into the main plot... there were no episodes about Shredder and Krang making a VCR episode and having the whole thing revolve around the state-of-the-art better-than-beta VCR.

True to a point. Remember Frip the Polarisoid's camera and the fight for the tape that ensued?

*Coola Yagami* · 10-22-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

True to a point. Remember Frip the Polarisoid's camera and the fight for the tape that ensued?

Sorta... but since April herself uses a videocamera every episode, Frip having one doesn't really stand out.

*Jephael* · 10-23-2012, 07:23 AM

Yea but hers didn't pull objects into it.

*Coola Yagami* · 10-23-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Jephael

Yea but hers didn't pull objects into it.

true... but still... it's hard to glorify a videocamera when April used one every episode. The new show kinda/sorta felt like 'hey look!!! an i-pod!! let's make an entire episode about it!! see, we're modern!!!'

Of course from another point of view... the Turtles are new to to the world soooo it would make sense that they would be impressed by an i-pod similar to how the Red Sky eps made the internet a big deal.

I guess my point is, as long they don't follow the trend and make each episode about the Turtles discovering HD tv, a touchscreen i-phone, some version of the X-Box Kinetic, etc etc etc, it should be fine.

shinefra · 10-23-2012, 12:07 PM

I don't know about you guys but every time Mikey said "The Stockman pod I was about to lol"

1984TMNT · 10-23-2012, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Agreed but it feels strange. I'm used to seeing the Turtles say they're going out to the video rental store to rent some VHS tapes. Now the video rental stores don't exist!

I wouldn't be surprised if an episode shows the Turtles swinging around Wii-remotes at some point.

No offense, but this seems like a bit of a ridiculous thread.....why WOULDN'T this show depict the TMNT using modern technology? It's supposed to take place now, not in the 80's. I really don't see any sort of valid debate or reason to discuss further....?

1984TMNT · 10-23-2012, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Are you braindead? Or did this topic completely fly over your head? I said I was noticing how modern technology was being used in 3 episodes in a row as the main plot point, not simply that they were just there.

Really? I don't really read it that way when looking at your OP. It certainly seems as if your main point is how you wish modern tech wasn't in this version of TMNT because those things didn't exist in the OT. Take a look at your OP again:

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Has anyone else noticed this? In episode 3 we see an iphone, then in the next ep we see a Facebook-like site, then we an ipod used in the main plot.

An iphone/smartphone, Facebook, and ipods are all things that didn't exist when TMNT debuted in the 80's. This is all modern technology that kids watching the Nick show obviously use.

Instead of Mikey carrying his big boom box like in, "Shredder Radio," he's instead carrying an ipod. At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if the Turtles somehow get April to bring them an HD TV and some blu-rays instead of having a VCR player like the old show.

As I stated before, this seems a bit ridiculous.

*Zulithe* · 10-23-2012, 03:59 PM

Kids are using tech more than ever, it would be strange if they completely ignored all these details about the world we live in. It helps them feel more real and relatable, too. The turtles, being both teenagers as well as more-or-less outcasts who have no choice but to live in the sewer and outside of the surface world (and thus, fascinated by it) would of course be very curious about all this stuff and want to use it, wouldn't you?

zodiac brave · 10-23-2012, 10:24 PM

so, if the episode had "revolved" around a discman, or even a walkman, instead of an mp3 player (which mikey used in the 2k3 series, as they were just as current at that time as they are now), we wouldnt have threads right now that would complain about how "unrealistic" it is that they didn't use an mp3 player instead?

snak · 10-24-2012, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by zodiac brave

so, if the episode had "revolved" around a discman, or even a walkman, instead of an mp3 player (which mikey used in the 2k3 series, as they were just as current at that time as they are now), we wouldnt have threads right now that would complain about how "unrealistic" it is that they didn't use an mp3 player instead?

We would almost certainly have a thread praising that the new series was sticking with retro tech because it's more natural

zodiac brave · 10-24-2012, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by snak

We would almost certainly have a thread praising that the new series was sticking with retro tech because it's more natural

indubitabley.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 10-25-2012, 06:52 AM

Because the new show is set in the 2010's, not the late 1980's-early 1990's.

*chrisdude* · 10-25-2012, 05:17 PM

It just occurred to me that I have no idea how old the people on this forum are

*Coola Yagami* · 10-27-2012, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by zodiac brave

so, if the episode had "revolved" around a discman, or even a walkman, instead of an mp3 player (which mikey used in the 2k3 series, as they were just as current at that time as they are now), we wouldnt have threads right now that would complain about how "unrealistic" it is that they didn't use an mp3 player instead?

Somewhere along the way, Cybercubed missed the original point of his message here. But yeah, Mikey did use an mp3 player in the 2K3 series, but just casually and whatnot. The entire episode wasn't about a killer MP3 player flying around shooting lasers and whatnot.

zodiac brave · 10-27-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Somewhere along the way, Cybercubed missed the original point of his message here. But yeah, Mikey did use an mp3 player in the 2K3 series, but just casually and whatnot. The entire episode wasn't about a killer MP3 player flying around shooting lasers and whatnot.

well, neither was this episode. the t-pod started as an mp3 player, but essentially, the story was about alien tech that can evolve and weaponize that falls into the wrong hands. does it really matter that it started out as an MP3 player? it could have just as easily been anything else (a phone, a handheld video game system, a tablet...). its context in the episode was simply as a catalyst for the suped-up stockman-pod armor. by the time it became a threat, it wasn't an mp3 player anymore. it was just a plot device.

meh. either way, there'd be people complaining whether it was new or old technology, cuz this is the internet. not that i think cybercubed was complaining. as he stated more than once, he was simply stating that he noticed there was modern stuff and that to him it felt strange.

k_lala · 10-27-2012, 02:54 PM

I dont see how its strange at all. Agreed some, actually everyone is just getting old.

10-22-2012, 08:27 PM	#23
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,701	Let's not be so hard on Cybercubed. This thread does have some sense to it. I think he's talking about how the episodes seem to kinda revolve around the new technology. I can kinda forgive the one about the i-phone cause it would take an episode to have them try to get back video some random dude shot of them... but then we have Mikey meeting friends using the internet and a facebook wannabe... and then the last episode was basically all because Don made an i-pod. It does seem a little in-your-face, and not subtle like say... April casually listening to her i-phone in the background or whatever. I know the old show did have the technology of the time.. but the turtles would just return a video they rented before going into the main plot... there were no episodes about Shredder and Krang making a VCR episode and having the whole thing revolve around the state-of-the-art better-than-beta VCR. These are minor example and easy to dismiss... but if the next episode happens to be all about 'April gets the Turtles a new HD TV' then I'd say they are blatantly advertising the new tech to kids who should already know about it. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

10-23-2012, 07:23 AM	#27
Jephael That whack job behind you Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Carlisle, Pennsylvania Posts: 8,143	Yea but hers didn't pull objects into it. __________________ "I like it. Simple, but effective!" Raphael; The Mean Machines - 1988

10-23-2012, 10:24 PM	#33
zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	so, if the episode had "revolved" around a discman, or even a walkman, instead of an mp3 player (which mikey used in the 2k3 series, as they were just as current at that time as they are now), we wouldnt have threads right now that would complain about how "unrealistic" it is that they didn't use an mp3 player instead? __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

10-25-2012, 06:52 AM	#36
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,480	1980's Because the new show is set in the 2010's, not the late 1980's-early 1990's.

10-25-2012, 05:17 PM	#37
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10-22-2012, 11:33 AM	#21
shinefra Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: México Posts: 273	I remember how the Turtles used the internet in the red sky episodes like it was the best thing in the world, just to remind you that they where modern dudes.

10-22-2012, 08:35 PM	#24
Vivi Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ninja HQ, Moon Posts: 1,076	I kind of like it when they come up with technology a bit more advanced/different than the current trends - I think it dates better and looks cooler. Eg. Old nokia phones would look a little silly now, but the shell cell (as over the top as it is) is still a great design.

10-23-2012, 12:07 PM	#29
shinefra Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: México Posts: 273	I don't know about you guys but every time Mikey said "The Stockman pod I was about to lol"

10-23-2012, 03:59 PM	#32
Zulithe Ninjutsu Master Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 6,418	Kids are using tech more than ever, it would be strange if they completely ignored all these details about the world we live in. It helps them feel more real and relatable, too. The turtles, being both teenagers as well as more-or-less outcasts who have no choice but to live in the sewer and outside of the surface world (and thus, fascinated by it) would of course be very curious about all this stuff and want to use it, wouldn't you?

10-27-2012, 02:54 PM	#40
k_lala Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 413	I dont see how its strange at all. Agreed some, actually everyone is just getting old.