Does anyone see any of the Turtle's having a Heroic BSoD moment? - Page 2

Keroscene · 01-18-2015, 03:55 PM

I really can't see any Blue Screen of Death moments ever happening in this show. The closest we'll get to this is what we've recently seen Leo go through after the season 2 finale. And there's a good reason for that.

This is a franchise primarily aimed at children which relies on episodes being suitable for syndication in the future. That means episodes will be repeated out-of-order, which means heavily-involved character plots won't work. A quick little twinge in Leo's knee or a character having a two-minute fight with their demons is about as involved as it's going to get. Essentially, these characters need to stay more or less the same throughout the lifespan of this show. You can throw out a little bit of character development in the form of people getting "stronger" in vaguely defined ways, but that's it.

And I won't lament the lack of a BSoD moment for one minute. Real-life character development doesn't work the way it does on TV. It is confusing and contradictory and often you think that nothing's changed with you at all until you suddenly look back and realise you're totally different than you were 10 years ago. It doesn't happen with a "blue screen of death" moment. It's the culmination of the thousands of little things that happen to you day after day. For that reason, I always find it contrived when a character undergoes a dramatic change due to a one-off event. Real people are usually more resilient than that.

01-18-2015, 03:55 PM	#21
Keroscene Foot Soldier Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 122	I really can't see any Blue Screen of Death moments ever happening in this show. The closest we'll get to this is what we've recently seen Leo go through after the season 2 finale. And there's a good reason for that. This is a franchise primarily aimed at children which relies on episodes being suitable for syndication in the future. That means episodes will be repeated out-of-order, which means heavily-involved character plots won't work. A quick little twinge in Leo's knee or a character having a two-minute fight with their demons is about as involved as it's going to get. Essentially, these characters need to stay more or less the same throughout the lifespan of this show. You can throw out a little bit of character development in the form of people getting "stronger" in vaguely defined ways, but that's it. And I won't lament the lack of a BSoD moment for one minute. Real-life character development doesn't work the way it does on TV. It is confusing and contradictory and often you think that nothing's changed with you at all until you suddenly look back and realise you're totally different than you were 10 years ago. It doesn't happen with a "blue screen of death" moment. It's the culmination of the thousands of little things that happen to you day after day. For that reason, I always find it contrived when a character undergoes a dramatic change due to a one-off event. Real people are usually more resilient than that.