TMNT Season 2 Official Info Thread

MST3KFan · 07-27-2014, 07:43 AM

I think people need to realize...this show is for KIDS. Unless their parents are hardcore TMNT fans and have shown their kids all their toys and the old cartoons, they won't know who Muckman, Mutagen Man, Mondo Gecko, Rocksteady and Bebop, or ANY of the OT characters that appear in the Nick toon are.

People need to realize while this is a NEW TMNT cartoon, the people that work on it, particularly Ciro, are obviously fans of the OT and use it as influence along with the Mirage comics. The same can be said of the IDW comics. The kids that grew up with the original TMNT cartoon are now grown up and working on TMNT themselves and want to come with new interpretations of characters they remember liking as well as making new characters alongside them.

They're doing their own takes on things, their own spin on characters, everything. Fans complain if they use new characters, change an existing character, or use a character from the OT. It seems nothing ever satisfies them.

It all again comes down to, this is a cartoon for kids, to sell toys, to sell video games, to sell MERCHANDISE. Not to appease full grown adults. They have given adult fans nods in everything from the Retro Turtle toys, to the clothing and other various merchandise. The reintroduced characters from the OT in the Nick toon can even be considered nods to the adult fans, though it seems it has had the opposite effect in that people are complaining about such things.

I dunno. Just my thoughts on things. I personally don't mind seeing new incarnations of characters in the Nick show. Much like the IDW comics, I find it interesting to see what other peoples' takes are of characters I remember from the OT and stuff. The show itself is still good, and the OT characters tend to be minor in appearance, so it doesn't detract anything that is going on the show otherwise.

Also, in closing...that new Turtle Van. *squeeee* Love it.

07-27-2014, 07:43 AM	#11
MST3KFan Hench Mutant Join Date: May 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 485	I think people need to realize...this show is for KIDS. Unless their parents are hardcore TMNT fans and have shown their kids all their toys and the old cartoons, they won't know who Muckman, Mutagen Man, Mondo Gecko, Rocksteady and Bebop, or ANY of the OT characters that appear in the Nick toon are. People need to realize while this is a NEW TMNT cartoon, the people that work on it, particularly Ciro, are obviously fans of the OT and use it as influence along with the Mirage comics. The same can be said of the IDW comics. The kids that grew up with the original TMNT cartoon are now grown up and working on TMNT themselves and want to come with new interpretations of characters they remember liking as well as making new characters alongside them. They're doing their own takes on things, their own spin on characters, everything. Fans complain if they use new characters, change an existing character, or use a character from the OT. It seems nothing ever satisfies them. It all again comes down to, this is a cartoon for kids, to sell toys, to sell video games, to sell MERCHANDISE. Not to appease full grown adults. They have given adult fans nods in everything from the Retro Turtle toys, to the clothing and other various merchandise. The reintroduced characters from the OT in the Nick toon can even be considered nods to the adult fans, though it seems it has had the opposite effect in that people are complaining about such things. I dunno. Just my thoughts on things. I personally don't mind seeing new incarnations of characters in the Nick show. Much like the IDW comics, I find it interesting to see what other peoples' takes are of characters I remember from the OT and stuff. The show itself is still good, and the OT characters tend to be minor in appearance, so it doesn't detract anything that is going on the show otherwise. Also, in closing...that new Turtle Van. squeeee Love it.