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Old 03-06-2016, 03:59 PM   #21
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I'd like to see EITHER:

Lots more character development

Closure of old plot holes such as Karai, Mutagen Man, mutations

Have the one-shot characters start a city at war of sorts (TMNT and mutanimals vs kraang vs foot vs other mutants)

Stop the "half season focused on large plots, mid season finale begin main season plot until season finale" formula
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Old 03-06-2016, 04:08 PM   #22
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Less Kraang. As in not making everything involve the Kraang.

April O'neil? Was half-Kraang all along.

April's "mother"? Kraang experiment all along.

Irma? Kraang all along.

Human evolution? Kraang all along.

Every conspiracy ever? Kraang all along.

You see where I'm getting at this? Pretty much almost everything that happened? The Kraang was most likely behind it.
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Old 03-06-2016, 06:31 PM   #23
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Stop the "half season focused on large plots, mid season finale begin main season plot until season finale" formula
Nothing really comes to mind for me so I'll go with this.
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Old 03-06-2016, 07:36 PM   #24
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Probably this.

If not, I'd have preferred it if "Karai" had been named Pimiko, or just been Miwa, or any other random Japanese name. Making her Karai in name only bars them from utilizing a more Mirage-esque Karai, which is a shame considering the crew is comprised of plenty of Mirage fans and that's the best version of the character.

Then again it might be for the best. It might be tough for a kids show to adapt City at War without butchering it.
That's also something I would've preferred in retrospect. Have Pimiko/Miwa and Karai as separate characters and keep the 'Pimiko/Miwa being Splinter's daughter but raised by Shredder' angle whereas Karai could be more like her Mirage incarnation by having her around Shredder's age, not be related to Shredder in any way, head of the Japanese branch of the Foot clan when Saki moves to New York upon learning Yoshi is alive, and for her to plan on overthrowing Saki because she's fed up with his dishonorable leadership and wasting of resources for his petty revenge. Perhaps you could work it in a way that's similar to City of War, like say whenever they actually defeat Shredder for good, city goes to hell, and Karai sees this as her opportunity to obtain dominance, they team up, they succeed, Karai claims the Foot won't go after them, but still underlie she might go back on her word one day if it suits her.

But nah, let's just name her Karai anyway since we have a evil lady ninja Leo has the hots for and that kinda-sorta happened in 2k3 amirte. Who would want a competent, non-mutant female villain who, underneath her supposed good ethics and honorable demeanor, isn't above being a manipulative, scheming opportunist to achieve her goals? Who WOULD want that? ;P

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Old 03-06-2016, 08:06 PM   #25
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Yeah, truly a bummer.
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Old 03-06-2016, 09:01 PM   #26
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Uhh... dunno what you're on about, but if they wanna use someone like Mirage Karai there's literally nothing stopping them. All they have to do is call her something different... Lotus Blossom or Muchiko or Tatsumakisenpuukyaku or pretty much anything.

I feel like you're putting too much importance on names. What's in a name? A character by any other name would serve the same purpose.
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Old 03-06-2016, 09:05 PM   #27
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That's dumb.
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Old 03-06-2016, 09:22 PM   #28
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Realizing I'm not the target demographic for this show, the only thing I'd like to see is Donnie's creeping tendencies put an end to.

And maybe they are by this point, I'm more than a few episodes behind, but that's the most irksome thing about the show for me.
This.
Also less Mutants and more human characters. I was saddened by Irma being a Gilbert Gotfried voiced Kraang
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Old 03-06-2016, 09:44 PM   #29
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I'd add more ass-shots.
Um, they're all underage man...
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Old 03-06-2016, 09:59 PM   #30
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^^ But they are cartoons so it makes it less creepy. Or more creepy. I dunno anymore
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Old 03-06-2016, 10:00 PM   #31
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Um, they're all underage man...
So's he. Or well, they're not in his country. Either way, he's one of the few around here who can get away with that.
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Old 03-06-2016, 11:59 PM   #32
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While I'll admit there are a couple aspects that don't entirely sit right with me, I gotta say I like it the way it is. I would like to see them tone down Raphael's moodiness though. I can only take so much of his whiny "I hate everything!" act. I am happy with how they've been treating Michelangelo this current season. He's definitely grown a lot over the last year or so, especially during the farmhouse arc.
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Old 03-07-2016, 06:32 AM   #33
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I can't think of anything I would change currently.
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Old 03-07-2016, 10:32 AM   #34
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Extend the length of every episode by 10mins and encourage more links between episodes for developing character interactions, background detail, secondary plot arcs, etc.

Basically give the writers more room to breath and not have to rush (or cram in) the ideas they have in each episode.
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Old 03-07-2016, 03:44 PM   #35
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Overall: Let's have less new mutants and better characterization of the ones we do have.

For a part of the story: I'd have the Kraang's boast of having created humanity shown to be a lie. The Kraang might have done many things, but once KP bragged about that, I got the feeling that the writing was in the process of jumping the shark. If it takes you millions of years to create one species just to invade a place, and yet you can't simply cook up a genome from scratch in a merest fraction of the time with all of that ultra-advanced technology of yours, then God help you as invaders.
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Old 03-08-2016, 09:38 PM   #36
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i'd like it very much if they'd do away with Apritello!

it was funny at first but now it's overstayed it's welcome.
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Old 03-10-2016, 12:45 AM   #37
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i'd like it very much if they'd do away with Apritello!

it was funny at first but now it's overstayed it's welcome.
They haven't really done much of that in the current season, save for that initial scene in the season premiere where Don and April were hanging out on that alien planet together and looking at those crystals.
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Old 03-10-2016, 06:58 AM   #38
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i'd like it very much if they'd do away with Apritello!

it was funny at first but now it's overstayed it's welcome.
You mean the thing that hasn't had a lot of focus outside of season 1 (mostly) and some of 2, unless it was actually plot related? I kinda don't have a problem with it since it's not as "in your face" like in season 1. It popping up every once in a while is cool with me, just as long as it's maybe a scene or something, like the season 4 premiere. Not much there and I don't mind it that way.
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Old 03-10-2016, 07:36 AM   #39
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yeah, this scene wasn't creepy at all



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(then proceeds to puke in said bucket)
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Old 03-10-2016, 08:39 AM   #40
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yeah, this scene wasn't creepy at all

http://36.media.tumblr.com/89a37fc39...ut2ko1_500.jpg

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(then proceeds to puke in said bucket)
Nice ass-shot.
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