New TMNT Summer Shorts Series

[DestronMirage22]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Here's the 1st Short.
https://www.facebook.com/teenagemuta...0958896609704/

Barely got around to watching this thing a few times. It was OK. Nothing to draw me in besides the animation which was at least better than 2k12's. Ended how I expected it to. I also agree the whole thing had a Fast Forward vibe.

I only hope this wasn't the best if the bunch, otherwise it's all downhill from here.

[victory_angel]

That is sort of how the Turtles would continue their legacy seeing as procreating the normal way isn't really an option. Give or take a few exceptions.

The best they can really hope for is taking on students (Such as street urchins or foster kids that fall through the system) to pass their legacy too. Kind of like how the Fast Forward episode the Future Turtle Titan was the grandson of Silver Sentry but didn't inherit his grandfather's powers, so he took up Michelangelo's legacy as the Turtle Titan as his own.

I liked the fact that Mikey was the wise master in this case. Normally you would expect it to be Leo as he is the one who is most dedicated to keeping the art of the Shinobi alive. In many cases, Leo excels in ninjitsu because he feels it's expected of him as the eldest brother and leader of the team. Both to better protect his younger brothers and to demonstrate what he feels Splinter expects.

But yet, I can also see Leo settling down and becoming more meditative in his elder years.

Raph I can see him leaving life as a ninja behind, instead becoming guardian of justice or a vigilante a la Nightwatcher

Donnie is the only one I see truly retiring from the Ninja life. That's not to say he puts up his bo staff for good. If anything he will still retain the disciplines and practices that he learned as a Ninja. But in many incarnations, it feels like he's destined to journey down a path that leads him away from his brothers.

[Redworld96]

Ok ... that final was totally unexpected (but the best part of the short for sure!) the battle was ok I guess

Spoiler:

Since Mecha Raph and Mecha Mikey talked I was saying: Why do they sound so .... womanish? And when the boys got out of the Robots I sense some Voltron Vibes, especially with the guy inside Mecha Donnie (with Cyborg of TT voice?)

[Ninjinister]

I wonder if Basque was a reference to the Bebop? The hair and the glasses, not to mention that his Turtle counterpart shared a voice with him in the original series?

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Here's the 1st Short.
https://www.facebook.com/teenagemuta...0958896609704/

That was pretty cool, and I was expecting to dislike Robo-Turtles. I got a Louise Belcher vide from the MikeyBot pilot.

[neatoman]

Well that was one of the two I thought looked acceptable from the promo...

It's barely connected to TMNT, if it wasn't for Mikey popping up at the end I'm not sure I would have ever connected it to TMNT, I would have just seen it as it's own thing with the colors/weapons being a reference. Still, for it's own thing it's not bad.

[Vegita-San]

eh, i guess that one wasn't bad.

did i hear some fast forward music in there at the end?

not sure i liked the human students...but would probably have liked new mutants even less.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Vegita-San

eh, i guess that one wasn't bad.

did i hear some fast forward music in there at the end?

not sure i liked the human students...but would probably have liked new mutants even less.

Pretty sure it's Splinter's theme from the 2003 series.



So yes, it would seem so.

[Coola Yagami]

So no comments on the Don robot dude being the same VA or at least sounding a lot like 2K3 Donnie?

[Danetello]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

So no comments on the Don robot dude being the same VA or at least sounding a lot like 2K3 Donnie?

I thought that, too, but he isn't listed in the credits, unless he was using an alias.

[Vegita-San]

does that get you passed the non union crap ola that messed up turtles forever?

[Danetello]

I really liked it, and I thought I wouldn't! I liked the animation style; I didn't mind the voices; the music was appropriate; and I liked the little nods to previous TMNT universe things, such as the mouser head on the desk in the warehouse, and the one kid looking like '87 Bebop. Also, if this is how they're planning to pitch the humour level in the new series, given their whole, "it'll be more humorous," I didn't mind it. I know we have more shorts to come, and they won't all be like this, but this one, for now at least, gives me hope!

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

So no comments on the Don robot dude being the same VA or at least sounding a lot like 2K3 Donnie?

Khary Payton, he's not the same person as Sam Riegel.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by neatoman

Khary Payton, he's not the same person as Sam Riegel.

I totally thought it was Riegel. Especially when he was in the mech.

+1 Jim Lawson Easter egg.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

The animation was cool but the short was just...ehhh.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I totally thought it was Riegel. Especially when he was in the mech.

+1 Jim Lawson Easter egg.

There's also one for Ryan Brown.

[CyberCubed]

I hope all these shorts and the 3 from last year are all collected and put on DVD at some point.

[sdp]

Loved it and would totally watch an animated show like this. Having Mikey as Splinter makes sense with the "not who you expect" trope so everything was quite nice, The mecha short always looked cool to me and it ended up being more fun than I thought it would. So in this future mutants are everywhere by now, that's interesting. I actually thought it would have nothing to do with TMNT but the end does wrap it back into TMNT.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by sdp

I actually thought it would have nothing to do with TMNT but the end does wrap it back into TMNT.

I don't know why people say this when the design of the mecha suits and weapons were all modeled after the TMNT. Before the end I thought they were in there.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I hope all these shorts and the 3 from last year are all collected and put on DVD at some point.

I second this.