Old toon Maturity Scale

~~AquaParade~~ · 06-23-2007, 01:30 PM

All right, most of us know of the very strong decrease in action-oritented episodes and maturity in the drop from the first to second season, but throughout the series, how would you say that level of maturity and action evolved...or devolved? How would you compare the level of maturity from the second season to the third, and so on?

*ToTheNines* · 06-23-2007, 04:38 PM

The marturity level didn't decrease very much at all between season 1 and 2, but the action was cut back on severly. To sum things up, it got less serious with each season (yet, 3 was better than 2) until 7, then came Red Sky.

*Coola Yagami* · 06-23-2007, 09:59 PM

Y'know... Red Sky didn't seem all that action-oriented after I saw a few eps.

Yeah, the colors were darker, the turtles looked meaner, less pizza jokes and surfer lingo, they had the whole plot with humanity hating the turtles again and actually blowing up the Channel 6 building and stuff.... but then what?

They didn't have much action, again, no real fighting. They were still just tying up the bad guys or cutting something so a big curtain can fall on them and the like. Mike didn't get his nunchucks back. They still fought extremely cartoony and stupid looking monsters and fought hokey looking villians like the Blobfather and stuff like these wacky nanomachines that somehow build entire pieces of sophisticated equipment in the blink of an eye and other cartoony garbage. I mean, even in the big final fight against Dregg, it's not like they were actually trading blows with the guy.

It's just.. I dunno... it might have been a lil more serious in tone, and yeah, the stories were more connected now.. but still... it didn't feel much different from the CBS episodes.

*Coola Yagami* · 07-01-2007, 08:35 PM

uh.. any thoughts? i thought for sure that would provoke some commentary...

*oldmanwinters* · 07-01-2007, 10:42 PM

"Tomorrow we're going to find the Shredder...
and finish him!"

Heh, we didn't see that kind of spirit past the pilot episodes. I think Leonardo decided to lighten up once he realized that without Shredder and Krang he wouldn't have much of a job. Dregg? Yeah, point taken.

06-23-2007, 01:30 PM	#1
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	Old toon Maturity Scale All right, most of us know of the very strong decrease in action-oritented episodes and maturity in the drop from the first to second season, but throughout the series, how would you say that level of maturity and action evolved...or devolved? How would you compare the level of maturity from the second season to the third, and so on?

06-23-2007, 04:38 PM	#2
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,135	The marturity level didn't decrease very much at all between season 1 and 2, but the action was cut back on severly. To sum things up, it got less serious with each season (yet, 3 was better than 2) until 7, then came Red Sky.

06-23-2007, 09:59 PM	#3
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,662	Y'know... Red Sky didn't seem all that action-oriented after I saw a few eps. Yeah, the colors were darker, the turtles looked meaner, less pizza jokes and surfer lingo, they had the whole plot with humanity hating the turtles again and actually blowing up the Channel 6 building and stuff.... but then what? They didn't have much action, again, no real fighting. They were still just tying up the bad guys or cutting something so a big curtain can fall on them and the like. Mike didn't get his nunchucks back. They still fought extremely cartoony and stupid looking monsters and fought hokey looking villians like the Blobfather and stuff like these wacky nanomachines that somehow build entire pieces of sophisticated equipment in the blink of an eye and other cartoony garbage. I mean, even in the big final fight against Dregg, it's not like they were actually trading blows with the guy. It's just.. I dunno... it might have been a lil more serious in tone, and yeah, the stories were more connected now.. but still... it didn't feel much different from the CBS episodes.

07-01-2007, 08:35 PM	#4
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,662	uh.. any thoughts? i thought for sure that would provoke some commentary...

07-01-2007, 10:42 PM	#5
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,463	"Tomorrow we're going to find the Shredder... and finish him!" Heh, we didn't see that kind of spirit past the pilot episodes. I think Leonardo decided to lighten up once he realized that without Shredder and Krang he wouldn't have much of a job. Dregg? Yeah, point taken.