Jennika Miniseries starts in February!

[funatic]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

That's...not even how that meme works

How about this:
via Imgflip Meme Generator

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Wouldn’t be surprised if Tommy T is a teenager, so it should be /ok zoomer.

My thoughts exactly. He can't seem to grasp the simple fact that grown-ups (like Peter Laird, for one) often have more pressing concerns - financial or otherwse - than fretting about a fictional character that happens to be female. The man deserves all the praise in the world for the ball he got rolling, but he waived the right to have any meaningful say in the matter of female Turtles long ago. And there's nothing wrong with that. Life goes on, as it must.

That's also not how the meme works. The cat isn't supposed to not care about what the woman is saying, it's supposed to be confused.

[lonewarrior20]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

My thoughts exactly. He can't seem to grasp the simple fact that grown-ups (like Peter Laird, for one) often have more pressing concerns - financial or otherwse - than fretting about a fictional character that happens to be female. The man deserves all the praise in the world for the ball he got rolling, but he waived the right to have any meaningful say in the matter of female Turtles long ago. And there's nothing wrong with that. Life goes on, as it must.

Hear, hear!

[funatic]

Originally Posted by Igglet

That's also not how the meme works. The cat isn't supposed to not care about what the woman is saying, it's supposed to be confused.

ok hooman.

[TomWaltz]

Originally Posted by funatic

How about this:
https://i.imgflip.com/3h0d2d.jpgvia Imgflip Meme Generator

HA! Love it!

Talk soon...

Tom W.

Originally Posted by funatic

ok hooman.

I have been fooled.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by Igglet

That's also not how the meme works. The cat isn't supposed to not care about what the woman is saying, it's supposed to be confused.

From what I’ve seen, the cat is usually trolling/antagonizing the hysterical woman

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

That's...not even how that meme works

I am subjugating this meme. Pray I don't subjugate it any further!

[Damo]

Oh hey, a thread about the Jennika mini. And it's several pages long! I wonder if they're discussing the positives and negatives of that backup story. I thought it had some good concepts, but man was it hurt by the framing device of Splinter talking history while at the same time splitting action between a wordless recap of her backstory and a bit about her watching the turtles fight crime.

I'll just click on this thread...

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by Damo

Oh hey, a thread about the Jennika mini. And it's several pages long! I wonder if they're discussing the positives and negatives of that backup story. I thought it had some good concepts, but man was it hurt by the framing device of Splinter talking history while at the same time splitting action between a wordless recap of her backstory and a bit about her watching the turtles fight crime.

I'll just click on this thread...

https://i.imgur.com/zGHQb4O.gif?2

A perfectly cromulent summation of events.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Could be interesting, but then again it runs dangerously close to a "Poochy" type scenario from The Simpsons, or the Scrappy Doo, of the franchise. Hopefully they can avoid those pitfalls and justify a 5th mutant turtle.

As I kid I never had too much of a problem with Scrappy Doo. I never understood the hate towards him.

Originally Posted by Allio

I mean yellow was the best choice as it matches the primary/secondary colors of the others. The only other color that could have worked was green and the turtles are already green.

Purple could have been cool.

Originally Posted by TommyT

She’s riding the wave of “feminist appeal” or dare I say femsploitation.
Will. Not. Last.

Agreed. Like a lot of stuff it's just fashionable. Gender swapping I find is a lazy gimmick as well but that's going off topic.

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

That may be. But only one of them won't shut up and stop whining that they didn't get their way because of a little thing called democracy. /OT

That actually happens on both sides.

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

To be fair, that's not what social justice stands for these days. Not for SJWs, at any rate. But enough OT, it's bad enough as it is.

I think it's sad that there isn't hardly any good social justice today. The problem with social justice is that it's been nurtured by corporations interested only in making money, not an actual social difference.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

Aaand I'm being reminded of Lara Croft again, for some reason.

Long ago original Lara Croft was an empowered female that males tended to beat to, thankfully Square Enix fixed all that by making rebooted Lara Croft a teenager who is a psychotic version of John Rambo.

Originally Posted by PApagreg

Kinda off topic but don't expect Sophie Campbell to be coming here anytime soon.

Conservatives and anti-SJWs? Erm...

Originally Posted by Igglet

ok boomer /10char

I thought Tommy was married? I keep being called a boomer when I'm clearly an older millennial. Good to check the age first instead of parroting memes.

Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

From what I’ve seen, the cat is usually trolling/antagonizing the hysterical woman

Is that Kim and Kyle Richards?

Originally Posted by vicsavage

Remember when you lot were moaning about Captain Marvel being SJW nonsense and then it made a billion dollars

I can't really point to many people who say it's a great movie. I mean The Force Awakens made a ton of money and that film was a travesty that ruined Star Wars creatively although not financially.

Originally Posted by TommyT

I think you could derive that it wasn't something people were excited to see. I think you could say that people just don't like watching unlikable actors.

The most fair reviews I've read on the movie is that it's dull.

Originally Posted by TomWaltz

Good one, TommyT... gotta give credit where credit's due.

Talk soon...

I feel as though you two are going through a divorce.

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Purple could have been cool.

Isn't that Donnie's color already?

Originally Posted by pferreira

That actually happens on both sides.

Peach mint?

Originally Posted by pferreira

Long ago original Lara Croft was an empowered female that males tended to beat to, thankfully Square Enix fixed all that by making rebooted Lara Croft a teenager who is a psychotic version of John Rambo.

When you look at the sort of character John Rambo originally was, this either becomes incredibly ironic or incredibly sad.

Originally Posted by pferreira

I feel as though you two are going through a divorce.

I really hope Tom is the one who gets to keep the comic.

[oldmanwinters]

Werid but I think there was a preview image for Jennika #2 in today's TMNT #103. I was thinking... did I miss something?

[Cloudrunner]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Werid but I think there was a preview image for Jennika #2 in today's TMNT #103. I was thinking... did I miss something?

No, you're not wrong. There's an advertisement for Jennika #2 in this comic. I'm guessing someone dropped the ball . Jennika #1 is still scheduled for this month, Jennika #2 next month.

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by TomWaltz

Hate to break it to you, but the truth is a far simpler picture than what you paint in your rants, TommyT. From issue #1, Kevin and talked about making a female turtle. Every convention/signing we've ever been to, little girls asked us why there was no girl turtle. It was important to the children and it was important to us (Kevin always felt that Venus was a missed opportunity).

Hm. I'm a female fan of TMNT myself, and it's interesting to read this. I never really thought about there being a female turtle or not growing up. I guess, for me (back in the 90s when I first watched the cartoon), April felt like she was just as much a part of the team even though she was a human.

I actually think TMNT as a franchise has had really great female characters, like Ninjara, Alopex, April (in the majority of her incarnations), Shadow, and so on. I feel that with Venus, she wasn't awful, and not the worst part of The Next Mutation to me. Venus felt awkwardly shoehorned in, despite being established since the pilot for that show. I also felt like she didn't have very good chemistry with the other turtles. In a lot of ways, those are the problems I've had with Jennika as well.

Like many others have pointed out here, it felt like the shock of her entire life changing so drastically got glossed over. I also feel like she isn't as well defined as some of the other supporting cast of the comic. I feel like Alopex was the gold star standard of how to write a new mutant character into TMNT. I'm hoping the new mini series remedies some of the complaints I and other readers have had with regards to Jennika.

[Vegita-San]

I agree.

It just feels like having a female turtle for the sake of having a female turtle.
Even if that was not your intention, that's the way it feels to a bit of the audience.

And you can't even really tell it's a female anyway..as turtles don't really have curves to begin with. so what was the point of making her one?

She was much more interesting as a human. a Foot Soldier assassin learning to see the ways of the light.

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by superstaff

Hm. I'm a female fan of TMNT myself, and it's interesting to read this. I never really thought about there being a female turtle or not growing up. I guess, for me (back in the 90s when I first watched the cartoon), April felt like she was just as much a part of the team even though she was a human.

I actually think TMNT as a franchise has had really great female characters, like Ninjara, Alopex, April (in the majority of her incarnations), Shadow, and so on. I feel that with Venus, she wasn't awful, and not the worst part of The Next Mutation to me. Venus felt awkwardly shoehorned in, despite being established since the pilot for that show. I also felt like she didn't have very good chemistry with the other turtles. In a lot of ways, those are the problems I've had with Jennika as well.

Like many others have pointed out here, it felt like the shock of her entire life changing so drastically got glossed over. I also feel like she isn't as well defined as some of the other supporting cast of the comic. I feel like Alopex was the gold star standard of how to write a new mutant character into TMNT. I'm hoping the new mini series remedies some of the complaints I and other readers have had with regards to Jennika.

I'm not going to pretend to remember her name, but I do remember that I loved the character in your avatar back in the day and I wish she could make a comeback in the IDW-verse. Been hoping for a World Tour arc for the longest time...

[superstaff]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

I'm not going to pretend to remember her name, but I do remember that I loved the character in your avatar back in the day and I wish she could make a comeback in the IDW-verse. Been hoping for a World Tour arc for the longest time...

Oh, yeah, Oyuki from the Archie TMNT comic. And yeah, would love to see a new version of her in IDW!