What was the point of the technodrome? - Page 3

*TheCanadiandrome* · 05-28-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by gobo

An expression of Krang's apparent golf fanaticism.

Technodrome III... Technodrome II was the mini version Shredder built in some OT ep involving Chromedome. I want to say it was "PLANET OF THE TURTLEOIDS", but I can't remember.

3 Technodromes, gotta love it!

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 05-29-2010, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gobo

I just rewatched the episode. That fortress had no name.

I would like to see it in more episodes.

Shredder_Fan · 04-21-2013, 07:51 AM

The Technodrome is the best thing EVER !
It's bad that in real life, it can not be made, If so ?......I'M IN ! LOL

*Powder* · 04-21-2013, 05:28 PM

Good job necroposting.

zodiac brave · 04-21-2013, 07:05 PM

even it never worked, it was still awesome. i'd take a non-functioning death fortress over nothing!

*pannoni1* · 04-21-2013, 08:32 PM

With nearly 1000 rooms, there's still plenty to imagine what we've never seen inside the 'drome, from other mutants, booby traps, weapons, and even living quarters. It still provided the attention that we were cutting to the bad guys, similar to how the Autobot symbol would rotate to the Decepticon symbol in the G1 Transformers cartoon. The closest the Technodrome came to crushing someone was April in "The Big Break In", which just didn't happen thanks to good old cartoon physics. When we finally see the Technodrome in the final episode destroyed, it proved that the last time the Turtles forced the Technodrome in peril was finally for real and was probably my favorite thing about the final episode. It showed that Shredder/Krang had given up. Sure, Splinter didn't return to his human form, but he still felt proud for the Turtles and they lived the rest of their live in peace as evidenced by the episode "Once Upon a Time Machine". Otherwise, the Technodrome was mostly used as a transportation base during the time it was unable to move, which was quite a challenge given its locations (hundreds of miles underground, in a remote portion of Dimension X). The bark was almost always worse than the bite, and even when it did, it was mostly just a few buildings in just a few episodes. The Turtles just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

*Donatello19* · 04-21-2013, 08:53 PM

So they could make a playset out of it?

*CyberCubed* · 04-21-2013, 08:56 PM

The Technodrome never working always made you excited when it actually DID work and they were able to use it.

Half Sh3ll Hero · 04-21-2013, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Koi

What was the point to having the shire in The Hobbit?

You just made me question life itself...

Nameless · 04-22-2013, 09:45 AM

The point of the Technodrome is to be Awesomeness Incarnate.

*TheCanadiandrome* · 04-22-2013, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The Technodrome never working always made you excited when it actually DID work and they were able to use it.

oh hell yes

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Originally Posted by nameless

The point of the Technodrome is to be Awesomeness Incarnate.

sentiments echoed

TurtleFan2012 · 04-22-2013, 06:51 PM

Wouldn't that be like asking a guy the point of customizing a white van, spray painting it green and yellow, and then slapping your name on the front?

Because it looks awsome!

1/2Shell · 04-22-2013, 07:50 PM

Would you rather Shredder and Krang live in a tepee?

*TheCanadiandrome* · 04-23-2013, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TurtleFan2012

Wouldn't that be like asking a guy the point of customizing a white van, spray painting it green and yellow, and then slapping your name on the front?

Because it looks awsome!

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Originally Posted by 1/2Shell

Would you rather Shredder and Krang live in a tepee?

Rofl! Bwahahaha

Stingray69 · 05-04-2013, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by shuriken

It was a unique and powerful weapon that was turned into a joke. It's like having a ferrari that is amazingly fast and responsive but always needs a jump start. "Oh man I will so smoke you on the race track... soooo does anyone have any jumper cables?" If the technodrome was fully operational all the time New York would have been dismantled.

So its just like a ferrari, cool as all get out when its working but broke all the time.

*Galactus* · 05-04-2013, 09:51 PM

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

*CyberCubed* · 05-04-2013, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?

The Sewer Lord · 05-04-2013, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The Big Bad

The point was to have it available for Turtles Forever. Fred Wolf was psychic that way.

LOL.

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Originally Posted by Koi

What was the point to having the shire in The Hobbit?

LOL.

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Originally Posted by Mutated Turtle

Because the Shredder and Krang needed somewhere to live.

LOL.

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Originally Posted by ToTheNines

It was tough **** in the video games.

It sure was.

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Originally Posted by Mutagen

I mentioned the artillery but forgot to add - for those unfamiliar with the classic toon, Technodrome was also indestructible just like Technodrome II in Turtles Forever it had the same kind of force field

Yeah, Krang and Shredder were just too incompetent to use it right.

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Originally Posted by Galactus

Here's something that I've long found odd...

In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth.

Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?

'Cause that way the villains would have won and the turtles would have lost. And we don't want that, don't we?

*Galactus* · 05-04-2013, 11:04 PM

Here's another one that has always bugged me.

In Season 7 we get some backstory about the Technodrome that it was built by Drakus.

Maybe it's just me but I never got an alien vibe from the Technodrome. Taking away the Foot Symbol which Saki could have added himself it always seemed to be very terran in its design, both in and out.

Did the warlords banish Krang with the Technodrome? Not only that but conveniently banish him under the streets of NY. Even without a body it didn't seem like Krang had difficulty operating the Technodrome so he could have easily built himself a body and gone home.

Up until "Get Shredder" I always assumed it was built on Earth by the Foot using stolen human tech and Krang's know-how.

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Originally Posted by The Sewer Lord

'Cause that way the villains would have won and the turtles would have lost. And we don't want that, don't we?

It didn't seem to stop the turtles any other time. They pretty much had banishing the 'drome down to a habit.

Gwydion · 05-05-2013, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Or when the Technodrome was in Dimension X, why didn't Krang just order a huge chunk of Rock Soldiers to use their ships to blast it out of the crust it was stuck in?

Actually, I just watched an episode a couple of days ago (The Dimension X Story) where Krang says something about being unable to communicate with his Rock Soldiers because none of their communications equipment was working. So at least for that episode there's a reason, lol.

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zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	even it never worked, it was still awesome. i'd take a non-functioning death fortress over nothing! __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

04-21-2013, 08:32 PM	#46
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	With nearly 1000 rooms, there's still plenty to imagine what we've never seen inside the 'drome, from other mutants, booby traps, weapons, and even living quarters. It still provided the attention that we were cutting to the bad guys, similar to how the Autobot symbol would rotate to the Decepticon symbol in the G1 Transformers cartoon. The closest the Technodrome came to crushing someone was April in "The Big Break In", which just didn't happen thanks to good old cartoon physics. When we finally see the Technodrome in the final episode destroyed, it proved that the last time the Turtles forced the Technodrome in peril was finally for real and was probably my favorite thing about the final episode. It showed that Shredder/Krang had given up. Sure, Splinter didn't return to his human form, but he still felt proud for the Turtles and they lived the rest of their live in peace as evidenced by the episode "Once Upon a Time Machine". Otherwise, the Technodrome was mostly used as a transportation base during the time it was unable to move, which was quite a challenge given its locations (hundreds of miles underground, in a remote portion of Dimension X). The bark was almost always worse than the bite, and even when it did, it was mostly just a few buildings in just a few episodes. The Turtles just happened to be at the right place at the right time. __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

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Nameless Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,042	The point of the Technodrome is to be Awesomeness Incarnate. __________________ "Close. But close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.... Knew i should have brought those grenades." My Collection:http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...09#post1103509

04-21-2013, 07:51 AM	#43
Shredder_Fan Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Technodrome (Dimension X) Posts: 172	The Technodrome is the best thing EVER ! It's bad that in real life, it can not be made, If so ?......I'M IN ! LOL

04-21-2013, 05:28 PM	#44
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,956	Good job necroposting.

04-21-2013, 08:53 PM	#47
Donatello19 Merchandise Maniac Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 5,919	So they could make a playset out of it?

04-21-2013, 08:56 PM	#48
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,888	The Technodrome never working always made you excited when it actually DID work and they were able to use it.

04-22-2013, 06:51 PM	#52
TurtleFan2012 Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 300	Wouldn't that be like asking a guy the point of customizing a white van, spray painting it green and yellow, and then slapping your name on the front? Because it looks awsome!

04-22-2013, 07:50 PM	#53
1/2Shell Random Punk Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Earth (unfortunately) Posts: 37	Would you rather Shredder and Krang live in a tepee?

05-04-2013, 09:51 PM	#56
Galactus Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,009	Here's something that I've long found odd... In the first season the Technodrome seemed to be fully powered and mobile. Why did it never occur to the Shredder to actualy use it to stomp buildings and so forth. Almost every season after recycled the theme of the Technodrome getting powered and loose from wherever it was stuck and the everyone panicking over the the destruction it would cause (or in some cases briefly causing mayhem) before finding a way to depower and strand it somewhere else. Why didn't the villains just conquer the city when it was energised and loose?