What started your love for Ninja Turtles?

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by meta ray mek

The 2k12 series.

I'd watched the OT on Saturday mornings as a kid, but to me, it was 'just another cartoon' to watch (like 'Real Ghostbusters' and such), as I was more into other shows, like X-Men and later Power Rangers; so I never really got into it that much. I do recall that Splinter was my favorite character -or at least, the one I paid more attention to, but I had a thing for rodents as a kid, hehe.

Saw the 2007 movie with my younger brother (he was into the 2k3 series for a time), as he asked me to take him (I recall it was a grey, rainy March weekday afternoon and we were part of an audience of maybe 10-15). It was interesting and I had enough basic knowledge of the series to know who was who (sort of... Casey Jones and Karai threw me for a loop), but I didn't really think too much about it.

Fast forward a few years later at this point. I'd initially watched the pilot for the 2k12 series and was unimpressed at first. When one of my other favorite shows was put on a forced hiatus, I gave TMNT a second shot a month or so later. I was hooked so bad after watching that episode, I marathoned the entire series up until that point over the weekend. Just hit all the right spots that the past stuff didn't for me, and I can't quite explain why, hehe.

Cool story. Interesting how the previous shows could not win you over but this one did. You say you can't quite explain why... I understand. I feel the 2012 show is remarkably well-made and it may end up being my favorite of all time (though it's really too early to say!), it's just interesting to me to see people who have been exposed to several versions of TMNT in the past but didn't care for it much until now. There's definitely something Nick is doing very, very right.

[meta ray mek]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

Cool story. Interesting how the previous shows could not win you over but this one did. You say you can't quite explain why... I understand. I feel the 2012 show is remarkably well-made and it may end up being my favorite of all time (though it's really too early to say!), it's just interesting to me to see people who have been exposed to several versions of TMNT in the past but didn't care for it much until now. There's definitely something Nick is doing very, very right.

Yeah, it is interesting it took a couple of tries (and close to 20 years) before I finally got an invested interest in TMNT. I'm not sure if it's because of my tastes changing as I've gotten older or what.

I do have some vague ideas of why the Nick 2k12 series connected with me the most (characterizations, the emphasis on family, some genuinely funny scenes, and some great 'edge of seat' moments), but it's hard to pin point which one hooked me exactly, especially since 'Never Say Xever' -the first episode I watched in full- was sort of a 'filler' episode and it focused more on Leo (who's not really high on my list of favorites, but I don't dislike him either; if that makes sense). idek.

[DonatelloNinja82]

Originally Posted by Swedenfan 1982

I know you've said before you don't know where your stories are now, but do you recall how did you write them? Like some kind of comics.

No, I wrote them like books, with paragraphs and dialogue....like a normal fan fiction.

[NameGoesHere1066]

I got into it mostly because of my older brother who was a die hard turtles fan. He is the only one in the "real" world that I talk to about my turtle love. We even begged our mom to get us some baby turtles for pets but she said they were filthy and she said we couldn't afford them.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by DonatelloNinja82

No, I wrote them like books, with paragraphs and dialogue....like a normal fan fiction.

Did someone read tnem? How old were you? If you find them some day, I hope you can scan them (or hopefully write them on the Internet instead) and publish them.

Do you recall any plots?