Nickelodeon: "they want to focus on the '80s toon Turtles" - Page 12

Dragon Turtle · 10-24-2009, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I would be shocked if they acknowledged it. The core audience of 2k3 has already grown out of their target demographic... their only concern is to nab the next batch of little tykes the best way the beancounters have decided: to replicate the focal point of the original 80s craze, the original camp cartoon.

The 2k3 cartoon is still on the air and is the version most familiar with kids right now, there will not be a six year blackout between cartoons like the OT and 2k3.

And as of now, the only TMNT cartoon that Nick has the rights to is the new toon, and after paying 60 million for the property, they will probably throw the cartoon into heavy rotation with their other cartoons, like Spongebob and Fairly Oddparents. Just because they say they will "focus on the 80s toon turtles" doesn't mean they won't use characters/storys from other parts of TMNT, why wouldn't they? Kids don't care about the integrity of the individual turtleverses, and certainly not the suits that now run TMNT.

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Originally Posted by Peanut

Since we're never going to get that 11-minute, Adult Swim, mature, comic-based TMNT show we'd all love to see, I'd rather see the OT style make a return. We've had the angsty little sh*ts since 2003, let's do something different.

I would like to see something completely different as well, but the OT style isn't it.

*sdp* · 10-24-2009, 09:59 PM

The new show isn't due until 2012, we're going to wait for a long time before we hear anything.

Ra · 10-24-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

I would like to see something completely different as well, but the OT style isn't it.

TMNT Sock Puppets?

Completely different and unique! An instant seller!

*CyberCubed* · 10-24-2009, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

The new show isn't due until 2012, we're going to wait for a long time before we hear anything.

But...2009 is pretty much over.

Its only a 3 year wait. And we'll likely see some previews of the new show before it airs.

Dragon Turtle · 10-24-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ra

TMNT Sock Puppets?

Completely different and unique! An instant seller!

I prefer Claymation, bring on the Wallace & Gromit crossover! Woo!

Their time has come!

Peanut · 10-24-2009, 10:14 PM

Those look like the California Raisins. Why do they look like the California Raisins!?

*Ninjinister* · 10-24-2009, 10:16 PM

'Cause Will Vinton made 'em, and Vinton made the Raisins claymations.

*gobo* · 10-24-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

And we'll likely see some previews of the new show before it airs.

Does Nick do that kinda stuff?

Peanut · 10-24-2009, 10:17 PM

Awesome! I loved the California Raisins. I'm all for the claymation toooooo!

Dragon Turtle · 10-24-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

'Cause Will Vinton made 'em, and Vinton made the Raisins claymations.

Yeah, they were done for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pizza Crunchabungas commercial:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/3995330732/

Forget Pixar, this is what I'm talkin about!

Ra · 10-24-2009, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

I prefer Claymation, bring on the Wallace & Gromit crossover! Woo!

Their time has come!

...I want this to be a show.

Now.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-24-2009, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp

The new show isn't due until 2012, we're going to wait for a long time before we hear anything.

Which is really my point. That's nine years from the start of 2k3... even if a 10 year old started off watching 2k3, they'd be 19 by the time the Nickelodeon thing rolls around. 19 year olds aren't even on the radar when network$ plan their toons.

If anything ends up in there from the 2k3 cartoon, it'll be cherry picked but I can absolutely, positively promise you it will be a complete reboot. It'll either 1) Be a completely new universe that mostly just resembles the Fred Wolf cartoon, or 2) Be ambiguously a continuation of the Fred Wolf cartoon universe. I'm honestly not sure which way I think it will lean. I think the former, but I have nothing to base it on.

Dragon Turtle · 10-25-2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Which is really my point. That's nine years from the start of 2k3... even if a 10 year old started off watching 2k3, they'd be 19 by the time the Nickelodeon thing rolls around. 19 year olds aren't even on the radar when network$ plan their toons.

I'm pretty sure there were 10 year olds watching the ninja turtles after the year 2003 and even 10 year olds watching them now.

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If anything ends up in there from the 2k3 cartoon, it'll be cherry picked but I can absolutely, positively promise you it will be a complete reboot.

I automatically assumed everything would be a reboot, as a new animated turtle universe.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-25-2009, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

I'm pretty sure there were 10 year olds watching the ninja turtles after the year 2003 and even 10 year olds watching them now.

Obviously not enough to sustain the show.

*gobo* · 10-25-2009, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

I automatically assumed everything would be a reboot, as a new animated turtle universe.

Chances are slim and none that it'll be anything but that. Making it a continuation of anything would put too much pressure on the writers to familliarize themselves with a continuity so as not to contradict it. An hommage like Superman Returns or even TMNT? I could see that, but wouldn't count on it.

Dragon Turtle · 10-25-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Obviously not enough to sustain the show.

It lasted seven seasons with over 150 episodes, first CyberCubed now you, yeesh.

*Bry* · 10-25-2009, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

It lasted seven seasons with over 150 episodes, first CyberCubed now you, yeesh.

Yeah, agreed on that. It may not have been the phenomenon that the old cartoon was, but it definitely had a good run.

*XERO* · 10-25-2009, 01:46 AM

I think by today's standards, the New Toon dominated. 7 years is a long time, especially when you remember the first episode by a huge margin.

*Andrew NDB* · 10-25-2009, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Turtle

It lasted seven seasons with over 150 episodes, first CyberCubed now you, yeesh.

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Originally Posted by Bry

Yeah, agreed on that. It may not have been the phenomenon that the old cartoon was, but it definitely had a good run.

My only point is that however successful it may have been to start with, the run tapered off. The interest waned, the ratings dropped and it was cancelled. Folks outgrew it, same as they did the original cartoon.

It's not rocket science, folks.

*XERO* · 10-25-2009, 02:20 AM

It's not even science. Nor religion or language.

It's just entertainment.

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