04-27-2022, 05:11 AM | #1 |
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Last Ronin ending
Can't believe there wasn't a thread. Anyway, here's what happens:
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I liked it but I'm not sure I'd call what the characters do in the epilogue the right thing. |
04-27-2022, 06:59 AM | #2 |
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The epilogue was one of the more interesting parts to me. I actually think it’s sort of poetic that a new beginning may have found it’s way in.
As for the the rest of the issue, it was okay. I think this series started stronger than it ended. Everything felt like it had to wrap up too quickly and it felt a bit messy. The layouts weren’t up to the golden standard of Return to New York. I’d say that it got the job done and did leave me excited to see what comes next. Definitely a good looking issue, but, yeah, felt a bit messy. Awesome mini-series, overall. Glad it happened. Not one of the very best tmnt comics but a great one, and the first authentic-feeling one in a long time. Thanks to the whole team. |
04-27-2022, 09:35 AM | #3 |
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Series as a whole would have benefited from fleshing Oroku Hiroto more. Also, the time between issues really took me out of my initial excitement. Overall I enjoyed it but those are my two main issues with the series as a whole
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04-27-2022, 10:02 AM | #4 |
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Agreed. And I couldn't help but wonder if they had alternate plans for Karai at one point.
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04-27-2022, 10:22 AM | #5 |
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Just finished.
I loved the line: Spoiler:
But so much of the book felt like The Dark Knight but with TMNT, down to the fight in the mud - I'm shocked we didn't see Ronin ride a horse. |
04-27-2022, 10:23 AM | #6 |
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04-27-2022, 10:29 AM | #7 |
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This seems like the water spitting moment:
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Also, are we supposed to look very far into April's "long-term exposure to mutagen"? Because it kind of reads like Spoiler:
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Spoiler:
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Basically April and Casey had been around radiated people that they essentially got a secondhand high.
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04-27-2022, 11:36 AM | #10 |
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I don't think it's ever been said in any universe that I'm aware of that the Turtles have radiation, or that the ooze is radioactive. People seem to assume that, but I've not seen anything that it is.
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04-27-2022, 11:42 AM | #11 |
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Also pretty sure that's some of the junkiest junk science that's ever been attempted even for this shoddy franchise, regardless.
But I like Andrew's "Spider-Man: Reign"-inspired theory the best so let's just assume that's what happened. After April realized she was "just" a magical sketch, and well after she went back in time and had cockroach sex in a cockroach body, let's just say she said "F*ck it" and finally decided to give in to the longstanding curiosity she absolutely always had about what a romp with a mutant turtle would be like. Why the f*ck not? "It's not inter-species, she's just a drawing!"
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04-27-2022, 11:51 AM | #13 |
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Did they just drop the "secondary mutation" thing?
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Quote:
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Both of those scenarios are infinitely more likely than me ever using Spoiler tags, or showing any respect whatsoever to the Spoiler-sensitive. That much I can say with great certainty.
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04-27-2022, 02:53 PM | #16 |
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The ongoing crew is getting ideas for Mutant Town
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04-27-2022, 03:50 PM | #17 |
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It almost seemed like it was all going to be a dream of Michelangelo by the end. Despite the "To be continued" I don't think this will get a sequel. It took way too long for this mini-series to come out. The art was really nice and the story ended as you expected it too, nothing special but it was fine. They wasted a bit too many pages with the flooding of the sewers and April/Casey being underwater though, most of it was just filler.
I'm not sure what took this series so long to come out, it all should have been done by last year as a quick mini-series. |
04-27-2022, 04:12 PM | #18 |
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There will definitely be a sequel or prequel. Possibly both. It’s too successful.
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04-27-2022, 05:16 PM | #19 | |
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Can't believe I have to deal with this bullshit and I seriously hope this is just a joke... No, I seriously do not think April and Casey got contaminated from turtle semen, I don't think that is the intention and if you seriously think that is the most plausible explanation, I'm not sure sure you understand how semen works. The mutagen is not DNA, it alters DNA but it isn't DNA itself, the Turtles themselves did not need to get covered in semen to be mutated in the first place. While I don't think there is any direct mention of the mutagen being a radioactive substance in any previous iteration (though I think 4Kids implied it and it certainly is in the upcoming Seth Rogen movie), this does not exclude it from being radioactive in this version. The mutagen being radioactive in nature being a common assumption is fair because:
... Why do I keep going out of my way to argue about this kind of thing?... Uh, what does this have to do with Mutant Town? Last Ronin is clearly part of a self-contained continuity, it has nothing to do with the IDW continuity or Mutant Town. The mutagen even seems to be operating under Mirage rules where it only makes humanoids instead of hybrids. Quote:
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04-27-2022, 06:10 PM | #20 |
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Overall a decent ending. Since ultimately does come down having to split Mikey up from the other characters to have his one-on-one. Only downside of that is that the subplot did feel kind of forced just to have the one-on-one.
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