Would you want a serious Shredder to have some comedic and mundane moments

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

That seemed more a problem of character background and motivation than anything else. Ch'rell just... wants to destroy the universe? Or rule it? Or something? Why? For what purpose? Just because he's "EEEEVIL"? It's meaningless and dumb.

Precisely.

The problem is, I think, is that none out of TMNT incarnations specifically made any exploration of Shredder character. I haven't read IDW stuff, so maybe they had something like this, but from what I have heard here he is just a dude who want to conquer anything.

As a result the most explored Shredder is the one from OT, just because there was so much of him in the series.

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

Someone considered a retelling where Ch'rell was a rebel leader and it's way more interesting than anything given in the actual show.

There was that conflict with Slashuur from Battlenexus 2. But it was never expanded and it seems it's not canon to the series anyway.

Originally Posted by d_osborn

This is pretty much my ideal cinematic Shredder interpretation. Essentially a Yakuza mob boss. Maybe he even has a known love for tradition and history, hence the armor.

I would be very interested in that approach to the shred-head.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

But as to humor? I would imagine. From what we got in #1 and his monologueing in #21, though, I'd suspect he'd have a very dry humor, and super sparing. And if he were to make any actual jokes, it'd be pretty dark humor.

Fine by me.