Do you think they will do a dreaded clip-show? - Page 2

*Mr._Mutant_Man* · 03-02-2012, 11:52 PM

I decided to watch Blast from the Past after seeing this thread.

Leonardo's narration is almost word for word what was said in the pilot episode. They couldn't change it up a little?

As a kid I always wondered what happened to the other punks in Bebop and Rocksteady's gang, like the dude with the mohawk.

Killer Moth · 03-03-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr._Mutant_Man

I decided to watch Blast from the Past after seeing this thread.

Leonardo's narration is almost word for word what was said in the pilot episode. They couldn't change it up a little?

As a kid I always wondered what happened to the other punks in Bebop and Rocksteady's gang, like the dude with the mohawk.

"Blast from the Past," I'm more forgiving, because there was an actual plot, even if poorly done. ("Raph is in danger, so why is Mike wasting time to talk about Krang?") Whereas, "Reflections" is full-on recapping, albeit with some nice banter. The ending is well worth it, when compared to the format.

Yeah, I wondered about the other punks, too, especially as the mohawk guy had a good lizard mutant design. Why couldn't we have seen more of them? Strange how we never saw them again after "Splintered." (I'm not counting Turtles Forever, though, it was nice to see the original punks there.)

I don't mind clip shows if done right, yet both TMNT animated series haven't been too good at them, frankly. Maybe it's a tradition?

FearlessLeader · 03-04-2012, 09:07 PM

I think the only thing that baffled me about "Reflections" (which I actually do enjoy ) is that like a quarter of the recapped information (all the Shredder and Utrom origin stuff) happened like an episode or two before "Reflections".

I am not completely against a recap episode in the entire span of a series and heck it was still better then either of the Garbageman episodes, but it seems to me they would have done better placing it in a different portion of the season so that you were getting recapped a lot of the stuff you watched like the week before *laughs*

03-04-2012, 09:07 PM	#23
FearlessLeader Mad Scientist Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Watching Space Heroes Posts: 1,048	I think the only thing that baffled me about "Reflections" (which I actually do enjoy ) is that like a quarter of the recapped information (all the Shredder and Utrom origin stuff) happened like an episode or two before "Reflections". I am not completely against a recap episode in the entire span of a series and heck it was still better then either of the Garbageman episodes, but it seems to me they would have done better placing it in a different portion of the season so that you were getting recapped a lot of the stuff you watched like the week before laughs __________________ Artwork by Jim Lawson

03-02-2012, 11:52 PM	#21
Mr._Mutant_Man Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,340	I decided to watch Blast from the Past after seeing this thread. Leonardo's narration is almost word for word what was said in the pilot episode. They couldn't change it up a little? As a kid I always wondered what happened to the other punks in Bebop and Rocksteady's gang, like the dude with the mohawk.