5 years after Viacom buys the turtles, thoughts? - Page 5

*neatoman* · 04-16-2015, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Prowler

Oh

I believe Fatal Fury was in the SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 for the WII and other consoles. At least I remember playing a game with the Bogards on it and they're originally from Fatal Fury. King of Fighters basically mixes the characters from ever SNK franchise.

Yes that is true. You know it's funny, despite KOF having been intended as a mere crossover it's far more successful than the other SNK franchises.

Wanna know another thing? King of Fighters has a seperate continuity from Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, why is that necessary? Because Art of Fighting ended turning out to be a prequel to Fatal Fury set in the 70's, they were already in continuity but the only for KOF to be part of the same timeline is the AoF characters were 20 years older than the Fatal Fury characters!

It's as if someone decided to make a non-canon show featuring both The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra characters, without any explaination for why the Last Airbender characters are not older and then that show lasted 20 seasons, basically subplanting the old canon. It's hilarious when you think about it!

LincolnHawk · 04-16-2015, 03:22 PM

hot doo doo on the street

LincolnHawk · 04-16-2015, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

I like everything so far - the 2014 movie, 2k12 series, IDW comics, Out of the Shadows, toys etc. Praise and thanks to God for all these gifts.

Best things in my mind right now: Donnie's "death" in IDW (rep boost for Bebop & Rocksteady, oh yeah!), creepy-horror elements in 2k12 (some examples: Season 2 Squirrelanoids & Season 3 Within the Woods), Megan Fox as the perfect April O' Neil, 2k12 Revoltech figures, 2k14 accurate 1/6 scale movie figures.

I hope you are being sarcastic

NYShell · 04-16-2015, 04:51 PM

Still wish Mirage owned it. The current show is ehh. The current movie is ehh, but fun. Doesn't feel the same anymore after the Nick buy out.

*Xav* · 04-16-2015, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656

Nah, if people have taste they'll go back to older things without having new product product thrown at them constantly. There are brand new fans of He-Man, Dick Tracy, Thundercats, Speed Racer and Voltron every day, and those things haven't been "relevant" in ages. But people go back and rediscover them every day. You don't need to constantly pump out new plastic to create a new audience for something. All of those things, like TMNT, were only a "fad" or a big deal for a few peak years, and yet, they've stayed moderately popular enough for decades, despite not being aggressively marketed or revived every few years. People just have a natural nostalgic curiosity. Even stuff that isn't being recycled never really "goes away", as long as it was popular enough at one point.

But He-Man, Thundercats, Speed Racer and Voltron have all had cartoons/comics/video games released in the last frew years.

*Jephael* · 04-16-2015, 07:10 PM

When was the last time we saw a Dick Tracy remake?

*Shark_Blade* · 04-16-2015, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LincolnHawk

I hope you are being sarcastic

Why would I be?

~~Leo656~~ · 04-16-2015, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Xav

But He-Man, Thundercats, Speed Racer and Voltron have all had cartoons/comics/video games released in the last frew years.

Not so anybody'd really notice it though.

That's the thing, they pop up every now and again for a little while, they go away for a long time, and they come back. People keep going back to them even if they don't have a constant "push" in the form of TV and movies, etc.

That's kind of exactly the point I was making. That you don't need to constantly stuff it in people's faces to get a "new generation" involved with it. That new generation of fans is always going to create itself, even with minimal outside help.

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Originally Posted by Jephael

When was the last time we saw a Dick Tracy remake?

Too goddamn long ago, if you ask me. Y'know, if they remade L.A. Noire with the Dick Tracy license, I would play it every day forever, even if it was the exact same game.

*Shark_Blade* · 04-16-2015, 08:50 PM

Found there was a Dick Tracy remake in 2012 albeit it's a piss poor ripoff..

John Pannozzi · 04-16-2015, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Jephael

When was the last time we saw a Dick Tracy remake?

Well, the comic strip is still around.

*CyberCubed* · 04-16-2015, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NYShell

Still wish Mirage owned it. The current show is ehh. The current movie is ehh, but fun. Doesn't feel the same anymore after the Nick buy out.

But the point is if Mirage still owned it we wouldn't be getting anything right now. Peter Laird can't even bother to finish Volume 4. And the 4kids series concluded.

We were literally dead in the water with Mirage.

*Shark_Blade* · 04-17-2015, 01:01 AM

That's why the Nick/Viacom sale was a blessing. Abundance of OT elements in Nick, IDW and even the 2k14 movie.

Tbh I don't even know much of the OT characters; I find it satisfying to read their past histories and look up their episodes.

*Jephael* · 04-17-2015, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

That's why the Nick/Viacom sale was a blessing. Abundance of OT elements in Nick, IDW and even the 2k14 movie.

Tbh I don't even know much of the OT characters; I find it satisfying to read their past histories and look up their episodes.

I'm kinda that way with Next Mutation. Never got into that show, but at the same time it had a really impressive rogues gallery from what I understand.

LincolnHawk · 04-22-2015, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Why would I be?

cause she was god awful in the movie

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 05-11-2015, 07:30 AM

If the 2009 purchase hadn't happen, we would probably right now experience the same lack as during the late 1990s. Or remember?

*1987 cartoon: cancelled November 1996
*Archie: cancelled March 1996
*Next Mutation: cancelled March 1998
*Mirage-Image comics: cancelled October 1999

then it slowly came back:
*Mirage Comics: returned December 2001, Tales of the TMNT soon restarted
*2003 cartoon: start February 2003
*Dreamwave Comics: start 2003 (OK, didn't last long)
*2007 film

then came:
*2003 cartoon: cancelled February 2009
*Mirage Comics-Tales of the TMNT: less and less issues published

then we would probably have some lacking years again, but instead it was all purchased and we got:

*IDW comics: started August 2011
*2012 cartoon: started september 2012
*2014 film, 2016 film

But I think many people rahter want the franchise to die out instead of getting exposed to commercialism over and over again.

slashpieturtlemix · 05-11-2015, 10:06 AM

As a HUGE tmnt fan I am pleased with everything the franchise is doing. I saw the show, read the comics and seen the movie and I saw no real reason to complain about any of them.

The show feels safe to me too but the plot does move. The animation industry in the US got torn inside out and this is what is left. The story moves along and it has decent plots. I don't like their deviation from the plot every five or six episodes but they are trying to appease to fans with extra mutants, mutanimals, etc. Our fans are just hilariously picky and complain about everything.

The movie was good to me. They were some moments that I was just dumb struck (how Splinter learned ninjitsu through a shaddy martial arts book) but besides the designs, I actually liked it. I have been a bay hater since I started collecting transformers and I think he did a very nice job on this. Everything from what I saw actually made sense. Plus the writer was obviously a fan because he tossed in some awesome tmnt jokes for us (like the tcri container, the joke about it being from space, etc).

The comic is my favorite at the moment. I haven't been able to get all of them yet but the IDW series is amazing. They have impressed me every step of the way since they did the krang wars. Plus making the Neutrinos awesome is a serious plus in my book! Commandos > surfer dorks.

My main gripe with this franchise is that people complain way to much lol luckily I have seen worse in the Transformers community. Those dudes just need to get another hobby if they hate people so much lol

*Powder* · 05-11-2015, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by slashpieturtlemix

Plus the writer was obviously a fan because he tossed in some awesome tmnt jokes for us (like the tcri container, the joke about it being from space, etc).l

slashpieturtlemix · 05-11-2015, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

http://i62.tinypic.com/1043ue0.gif

lol looks like a seizure moment!

*Powder* · 05-11-2015, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by slashpieturtlemix

lol looks like a seizure moment!

slashpieturtlemix · 05-11-2015, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

http://i58.tinypic.com/vsma21.gif

The giff looks like a seizure that you posted. That's what I was referring to.

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05-11-2015, 10:06 AM	#96
slashpieturtlemix Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2013 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 1,259	As a HUGE tmnt fan I am pleased with everything the franchise is doing. I saw the show, read the comics and seen the movie and I saw no real reason to complain about any of them. The show feels safe to me too but the plot does move. The animation industry in the US got torn inside out and this is what is left. The story moves along and it has decent plots. I don't like their deviation from the plot every five or six episodes but they are trying to appease to fans with extra mutants, mutanimals, etc. Our fans are just hilariously picky and complain about everything. The movie was good to me. They were some moments that I was just dumb struck (how Splinter learned ninjitsu through a shaddy martial arts book) but besides the designs, I actually liked it. I have been a bay hater since I started collecting transformers and I think he did a very nice job on this. Everything from what I saw actually made sense. Plus the writer was obviously a fan because he tossed in some awesome tmnt jokes for us (like the tcri container, the joke about it being from space, etc). The comic is my favorite at the moment. I haven't been able to get all of them yet but the IDW series is amazing. They have impressed me every step of the way since they did the krang wars. Plus making the Neutrinos awesome is a serious plus in my book! Commandos > surfer dorks. My main gripe with this franchise is that people complain way to much lol luckily I have seen worse in the Transformers community. Those dudes just need to get another hobby if they hate people so much lol __________________ Owner of Hkohles1gaming, kohlesgoods, and hkohles1. https://www.youtube.com/user/hkohles1 https://www.ebay.com/usr/kohlesgoods https://www.facebook.com/hkohles1gaming

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Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	Found there was a Dick Tracy remake in 2012 albeit it's a piss poor ripoff..

04-17-2015, 01:01 AM	#92
Shark_Blade Emperor Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 7,909	That's why the Nick/Viacom sale was a blessing. Abundance of OT elements in Nick, IDW and even the 2k14 movie. Tbh I don't even know much of the OT characters; I find it satisfying to read their past histories and look up their episodes.

05-11-2015, 07:30 AM	#95
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,480	If the 2009 purchase hadn't happen, we would probably right now experience the same lack as during the late 1990s. Or remember? 1987 cartoon: cancelled November 1996 Archie: cancelled March 1996 Next Mutation: cancelled March 1998 Mirage-Image comics: cancelled October 1999 then it slowly came back: Mirage Comics: returned December 2001, Tales of the TMNT soon restarted 2003 cartoon: start February 2003 Dreamwave Comics: start 2003 (OK, didn't last long) 2007 film then came: 2003 cartoon: cancelled February 2009 Mirage Comics-Tales of the TMNT: less and less issues published then we would probably have some lacking years again, but instead it was all purchased and we got: IDW comics: started August 2011 2012 cartoon: started september 2012 *2014 film, 2016 film But I think many people rahter want the franchise to die out instead of getting exposed to commercialism over and over again.