Why do long-time fans still have mixed reactions to Nick's TMNT?

[The Sewer Lord]

Originally Posted by Metalwolf

That's mine as well. I think it's to shill toys, and this minimal plot stuff and random filler episodes is getting on my nerves. They can use plot and character development to introduce new characters for the toys, instead of just dropping in a ton of no-name or lame 'filler' mutants, which I bet most of these 'toys' will prove to be.

Yeah. It's pretty much "quantity over quality".

Molecular Centrifuge. Donnie can do things with it that he couldn't have done previously (like making the 'acne' antidote' and theoretically making retro-mutagen.) It's another big item to have, but I'm betting it will just become some glorified paperweight and forgotten about.

Well technically, Mikey poured a failed batch of retro-mutagen on himself, so the cure was a "retro-retro-mutagen". If that makes any sense.

Originally Posted by beavercartoon

They already forgot about the centrifuge. Donnie found one in Parasitica (where Mikey could follow advice and use it to save the day), but then they turtles needed to get another one in Mikey Gets Shell Acne (and Mikey can't tell this centrifuge apart from a beaker, or a microscope, or the same beaker...)

Mikey's getting dumber with each new ep.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I think Ciro wants all the episodes to be one-shots to prevent boring the kids with plot continuity or something like that.... But dude... you can't have it both ways. Either make it an ongoing story with multi-part arcs or make it episodic. Doesn't work as well when you try to do both.

The OT handled that pretty well. It had a specific type of arcs, you know. Like Shredder searching for a power source for the Technodrome.