Do you ever think about the little kids growing up with TMNT now?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by J 1982

I think kids today aren't into a Franchise for so many years in a row now as 20 years ago. Today's Internet culture starts more trends, soon they will be gone, and replaced with another trends.

Fads existed years ago too.

[Turo602]

I'm probably one of the youngest TMNT fans on the Drome, but I was not exposed to TMNT by 4kids. Thanks to my two older brothers. I did grow up with 2k3 as my first TMNT cartoon, but I did also watch the old TMNT movies alot back then and played with some of the old Turtle Toys and also watch the same two episodes of the 80s Toon on VHS which were "Shredderville" and "Bye Bye Fly".

[Sword Slicin' Leo]

Don't get me started on kids today.... These little bad ass urchins make me sick, but it's not their fault, it's the parenting (or lack of) but anyway off topic

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Stryker

Fads existed years ago too.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by TheCure

From which decade is that "Ciga Pet"?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by TheCure

[Kendamu]

Y'know, by the time I was 7 or 8 (I'm 26 now) there were plenty of kids who thought that they were too old for cartoons and such. It's not "this newfangled technology" that's doing it. It's the same as when someone pointed out that fads existed back then, too.

If it were as easy as "this newfangled technology" we'd probably have seen more TMNT stuff available on the web.

[BoggleKng]

The kids in my life love the TMNT and they are always looking for more. old, new, they eat it up..

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Goongasnootch

Y'know, by the time I was 7 or 8 (I'm 26 now) there were plenty of kids who thought that they were too old for cartoons and such.

Nah, it wasn't until you were 12 or 13 that liking cartoons was considered childish.

7 and 8 year olds loved cartoons. Once you hit 13 though, I remember people hiding the fact that they liked cartoons.

Me? The hell with that. I watched TMNT, Batman: TAS, and whatever was on Cartoon Network at the time when I was a teenager.

I'm in my 20's now and I own several cartoon series on DVD and still follow some new ones.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Nah, it wasn't until you were 12 or 13 that liking cartoons was considered childish.

I think that belongs to the past. When the Internet beccame a part of modern life in the late 1990's, and an Internet culture was established, with and homepages. bloggs and Internet forum. This changed the view of teenagers very much, from "tough gangs hanging outside the hot dog stand with mopeds" to computer "nerds" or with different interests.

[SwordofTengu]

I didn't really grow up on a specific toon. But now, I prefer the Old Toon.

[sdp]

For me around fifth and sixth grade was when cartoons were no longer something "cool". The only cartoons we'd talk about was Dragon Ball Z and The Simpsons, besides that it was videogames. I still watched other cartoons and I'm sure they did as well though. However Pokemon started when I was in 6th grade and I was still able to like it fine however once I was in 7th grade it was something you had to hide and only talk with other fans. Of course in 7th/8th grade you kinda have to hide the fact you like anything "childish" since its the transitional time when kids want to act "mature", once I was in High School no one gave a ****.

I don't think the internet really affects kids much, I first used the internet in 96 though I didn't start really using it much until 98. The only thing the internet does is give kids more information, and even then kids are still stupid, just read youtube comments or go to other forums with mostly kids. Even in the age of the internet they spread misconceptions. The only real way the internet affects is its changed how most view their stuff. Right now we're in a transitional period between getting tv through the old ways and through the internet. But yeah I guess what I'm getting it is that its BS to say kids grow up faster now. I always hate when people grow up they seem to forget at what age they stopped being stupid kids and expect kids to be "childish" until 12.

Another thing fads still exist, you just aren't a kid anymore so its harder to know whats "in" with the kids. Hannah Montana and other shows like that are a fad right now and for boys Ben 10 and bakugan. Those two may not be in the TMNT/Pokemon level of huge fad but they are fads nonetheless though Hannah Montana probably is.

And now on topic its hard to think of what the new generation of fans, on the internet I've definitely seen a few 'old show sucks', but its a minority compared to all the "new show sucks where is krang". The new show never had a large audience even the 07 movie was marketed as the return of the turtles to prove how little of an impact TMNT 03 had. It really makes me wonder why exactly the toyline sold any.. To compare as a kid I'd watch the old batman cartoon and superfriends as well as BTAS and considered Batman TAS the real batman cartoon while the old ones just "old less interesting" versions though I'd still watch them. Its a similar comparison even if the old show had more charm and never as stupid as the old Batman shows and the new 2k3 show is not quite up to BTAS levels.

[Dragon Turtle]

Originally Posted by sdp

And now on topic its hard to think of what the new generation of fans, on the internet I've definitely seen a few 'old show sucks', but its a minority compared to all the "new show sucks where is krang". The new show never had a large audience even the 07 movie was marketed as the return of the turtles to prove how little of an impact TMNT 03 had. It really makes me wonder why exactly the toyline sold any..

It may not have had as large of an impact as the OT (hard to do given all things considered) but it was large enough to cultivate a fan following, allowing it to last on TV for seven years and convince a studio to produce a movie for it. No one can really predict which fad a generation chooses to hang onto and which they choose to let fade away.

[Kendamu]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Nah, it wasn't until you were 12 or 13 that liking cartoons was considered childish.

7 and 8 year olds loved cartoons. Once you hit 13 though, I remember people hiding the fact that they liked cartoons.

Me? The hell with that. I watched TMNT, Batman: TAS, and whatever was on Cartoon Network at the time when I was a teenager.

I'm in my 20's now and I own several cartoon series on DVD and still follow some new ones.

No, I'm sure it was 7 or 8. By the time I was 12 or 13 I had moved to a different town and I distinctly remember which city I lived in when cartoons became uncool.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by sdp

For me around fifth and sixth grade was when cartoons were no longer something "cool". The only cartoons we'd talk about was Dragon Ball Z and The Simpsons, besides that it was videogames. I still watched other cartoons and I'm sure they did as well though. However Pokemon started when I was in 6th grade and I was still able to like it fine however once I was in 7th grade it was something you had to hide and only talk with other fans. Of course in 7th/8th grade you kinda have to hide the fact you like anything "childish" since its the transitional time when kids want to act "mature", once I was in High School no one gave a ****.

I don't think the internet really affects kids much, I first used the internet in 96 though I didn't start really using it much until 98. The only thing the internet does is give kids more information, and even then kids are still stupid, just read youtube comments or go to other forums with mostly kids. Even in the age of the internet they spread misconceptions. The only real way the internet affects is its changed how most view their stuff. Right now we're in a transitional period between getting tv through the old ways and through the internet. But yeah I guess what I'm getting it is that its BS to say kids grow up faster now. I always hate when people grow up they seem to forget at what age they stopped being stupid kids and expect kids to be "childish" until 12.

Another thing fads still exist, you just aren't a kid anymore so its harder to know whats "in" with the kids. Hannah Montana and other shows like that are a fad right now and for boys Ben 10 and bakugan. Those two may not be in the TMNT/Pokemon level of huge fad but they are fads nonetheless though Hannah Montana probably is.

And now on topic its hard to think of what the new generation of fans, on the internet I've definitely seen a few 'old show sucks', but its a minority compared to all the "new show sucks where is krang". The new show never had a large audience even the 07 movie was marketed as the return of the turtles to prove how little of an impact TMNT 03 had. It really makes me wonder why exactly the toyline sold any.. To compare as a kid I'd watch the old batman cartoon and superfriends as well as BTAS and considered Batman TAS the real batman cartoon while the old ones just "old less interesting" versions though I'd still watch them. Its a similar comparison even if the old show had more charm and never as stupid as the old Batman shows and the new 2k3 show is not quite up to BTAS levels.

I recall it was at 12. But it's not like you watch cartoons in television one evening, and weak up the next morning and think "-Cartoons are no longer cool".

[METALHEAD]

Originally Posted by Powder

Christianity is it?

please dont dragg religion into this. be respectful. and parents just want to sheild him from violence. which i can understand, as there are some who are old fashion like myself. (though i'm abit open minded)

[Krutch]

Kids/Teens today are afraid to latch onto things. Almost everything "cool" only lasts months before being deemed "lame". I've seen my girlfriends younger sister go from loving Good Charlotte to hating them in two months. Same thing for Three Days Grace and Linkin Park. TV shows are the same. Loved Gossip Girl for a season then hated it before the second started. She loves Vampire Diaries but she's already starting to act funny about it when her friends are over.

I think the best chance of this new generation of kids(and the Nick gen) becoming hardcore fans are ten years down the line when they start feeling nostalgic. Then they may be curious to dive into the rich history of the turtles and fall in love.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Krutch

Kids/Teens today are afraid to latch onto things. Almost everything "cool" only lasts months before being deemed "lame". I've seen my girlfriends younger sister go from loving Good Charlotte to hating them in two months. Same thing for Three Days Grace and Linkin Park. TV shows are the same. Loved Gossip Girl for a season then hated it before the second started. She loves Vampire Diaries but she's already starting to act funny about it when her friends are over.

I think the best chance of this new generation of kids(and the Nick gen) becoming hardcore fans are ten years down the line when they start feeling nostalgic. Then they may be curious to dive into the rich history of the turtles and fall in love.

I think it's better to be into several shows instead of just one. You don't need to hate TMNT or whatecer you watched before. It's like music. Listen to whatever you want from Matz Bladhs to Metallica to get a mixed taste.

[Krutch]

I agree entirely. Thats just not the general mindset of youngsters these days. Fickle bunch they are.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by METALHEAD

please dont dragg religion into this. be respectful. and parents just want to sheild him from violence. which i can understand, as there are some who are old fashion like myself. (though i'm abit open minded)

I didnt see any disrespect. Besides 17 cmon. Thats a little strange.

I think kids today are dumb. j/k. And It never bothered me what was cool or uncool. All my friends were closet cartoon watchers anyway. haha