Should Beserko have been the main villain in the Red Sky season?

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Originally Posted by Prowler

I doubt. He was written off. However, that cop/army dude from State of Shock and Krakus from the HAVOC arc probably would have returned later if the season had been longer.


The thing is, they obviously wanted to get rid of Krang and Shredder to give the show a new direction. So adding a villain with connections to them would still remind people of Shredder and Krang, which would make Berserko feel like a watered down version of them. A guy who simply designed the technodrome would never be taken seriously as a long-term threat.

And yes, Dregg was good, especially in the last season. But then again, he came in a time where the show was more action oriented. Shredder could be badass and competent to when the writers wanted to write him that way as well. Like in season 1, 8 and occasional episodes of other seasons.

I don't know, they were building him up to be a serious villain and he had potential to be memorable as he had a decent backstory. I could see him replacing Krang and Shredder because it makes sense since he wanted revenge. Dregg just sort of popped out of nowhere so to me, it's uninteresting to see someone who has no connections or motivation for revenge to just all of a sudden replace the two main villains. At least with Beserko you can understand how he could replace them. By taking revenge, instead of Dregg just showing up on the sidelines and steal the show.

Beserko actually looked tough and was for a little bit and even remarked by Raph as calling Shredder a "pussycat" in comparison. Not to mention he had a vehicle which he claimed was much more powerful than the Technodrome. That thought alone is scary as the Technodrome by itself is already powerful.

Instead he was defeated rather easily. They could have shown more fight scenes but this wasn't really a Beserko episode anyway despite him being a main villain, as they also had to deal with Shredder and Krang, too. He shouldn't have been beaten that easily and his vehicle which he claimed was more powerful than the Technodrome, shouldn't have exploded by crashing into the river.