Watching through the OT completely for the first time

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I condensed all my posts in this thread so it's easier to read here, it's like a long review of each season.



I made a similar thread last year for the 2k3 show. Now I've already watched all of the OT up to S4, after that, i've watched almost nothing, just a few episodes here and there. As a kid I definitely remember watching the TMNT but not that much or as much as other cartoons, I'm guessing they aired at times I wasn't able to watch or maybe I was just too young to remember plots because I have next to no recollection of watching the show as a kid besides the two VHS tapes I had of them. Obviously I watched them enough times since all the voices and songs are instantly recognizable but yeah, it wasn't until the DVDs started coming out that I really got to watch the OT, but I ended up having other expenses and Lionsgate BS release schedule got me to stop buying the dvds after a while, but now I'm going to make a full run of the show. Since it's not clear when Turtles Forever takes place in the OT I'll just watch it towards the end.

Basically in this thread I will post general comments on seasons/episodes, and continuity. I'll be trying to watch about 5 episodes per day but we'll see how that goes. I watched Season 1 again today, there is stuff I've mentioned before like what happened to the other mutant gang members but I also wonder how exactly Shredder met Krang what happened to the foot clan and why did he decide to follow Hamato to NY, heck Splinter makes a reference that he thought Shredder wasn't alive anymore, maybe there was some type of battle between Shredder and Hamato before he went to NY, Shredder appeared to die so Hamato was still shunned by the foot clan, therefore Shredder has no foot soldiers in the OT since they're all in Japan thinking Hamato killed Oroku Saki, just a weird theory I came up to today.. The humor is so abstract, I love it, too bad later seasons don't carry the same humor. I also feel bad for Baxter Stockman, why was he sent to jail, he wasn't really a bad guy at all here just threatened by the Shredder to do his evil stuff, heck he wasn't even aware of everything he was doing he even comments that Shredder must really hate rats. I also really liked how much they fight foot soldiers, they never really use them after this season.

Edit: I'll also try to be watching the episodes in the best order, I'll be using this thread for placement for the first seasons and will be adding to it.