anyone else loving how realistic this Donnie interacts with technology?

demoman · 11-19-2012, 05:18 PM

Anyone else loving how realistic the nickelodeon Donnie interacts with technology, as if he's just a guy in a basement with internet access?

yet another massive thumbs up for this version of the turtles. cred to ciro neril?

examples:

- being massively confused by alien computer interface

- making low-tech stuff like ninja claws and flash powder eggs

- metalhead looking kind of hacked together

- laptop made from exposed, scrap parts

- NOT making ultratech bulls*t like hovercrafts and time machines (ala 4kids)

*Cure* · 11-19-2012, 05:21 PM

The fact he made Metalhead at all kind of negates your point.

demoman · 11-19-2012, 05:23 PM

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The fact he made Metalhead at all kind of negates your point.

at least they showed that he had to take a kraang bot first, and that it breaks when a crap little antenna snaps off.

also, all the other low-tech examples remain.

BlueLightning · 11-19-2012, 05:36 PM

Sorry but, when does 2k3 Donnie built a time machine?

EDIT: Fast Forward, I'm sorry. Continue.

DOUBLE EDIT: Checked, and it was Cody who built the Time Window and Donnie helped to repair it with future technology.

*chrisdude* · 11-19-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueLightning

Sorry but, when does 2k3 Donnie built a time machine?

EDIT: Fast Forward, I'm sorry. Continue.

I'm sorry.
But I laughed pretty hard.
It shouldn't be funny. It's the way you corrected it.

*Candy Kappa* · 11-20-2012, 12:50 AM

The Tpod is very low tech indeed

*Luzmagica* · 11-20-2012, 12:54 AM

^I love

also the T-phone!!!!!!

*pannoni1* · 11-20-2012, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Luzmagica

^I love

also the T-phone!!!!!!

In 1987, the Turtle Comm was quite futuristic; nowadays, its a pretty typical invention for the time. I also like how Don doesn't break everything he makes like in the OT, and in New Friend, Old Enemy, seemed to understand well how to use the Facebook spoof.

*Coola Yagami* · 11-20-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by pannoni1

In 1987, the Turtle Comm was quite futuristic; nowadays, its a pretty typical invention for the time. I also like how Don doesn't break everything he makes like in the OT, and in New Friend, Old Enemy, seemed to understand well how to use the Facebook spoof.

So nowadays we have portable devices with little screens that show who we're talking to? Did the latest i-phone include a mini-skype I didn't heard about?

BlueLightning · 11-20-2012, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisdude

I'm sorry.
But I laughed pretty hard.
It shouldn't be funny. It's the way you corrected it.

Haha!

TurtleMaster4 · 11-20-2012, 12:53 PM

Yea, I like the Idea of him notknowing everything. Makes him a bit more relateable!

*Candy Kappa* · 11-20-2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

So nowadays we have portable devices with little screens that show who we're talking to? Did the latest i-phone include a mini-skype I didn't heard about?

we could have, if screen phones got popular.

*Andrew NDB* · 11-20-2012, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

The fact he made Metalhead at all kind of negates your point.

Yeah, this pretty much invalidates this whole thread.

Toby Barrett · 11-20-2012, 01:25 PM

I preferred the way the original film did it, where Donnie was more of a grease monkey mechanic.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 11-20-2012, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by demoman

- NOT making ultratech bulls*t like hovercrafts and time machines (ala 4kids)

He never made a time machine. And the HoverShell was built with help from a stolen Utrom vehicle. Actually, Donny's tech for the most part was pretty down to earth.

zodiac brave · 11-20-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

So nowadays we have portable devices with little screens that show who we're talking to?

yep. i've used skype on a cell phone. full face to face n everything.

*Cure* · 11-20-2012, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

So nowadays we have portable devices with little screens that show who we're talking to? Did the latest i-phone include a mini-skype I didn't heard about?

...where have you been?

zodiac brave · 11-20-2012, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Cure

The fact he made Metalhead at all kind of negates your point.

i dunno...people tend to take all the stuff bruce wayne/batman and lucius fox did in the dark knight (and arguably the whole dark knight trilogy) as fairly realistic, when it's actually totally not.

its in the execution for me. yes, he built a robot he could control with an nes, but the way it was written relative to the reality/fantasy context of the nick tmnt universe, it WAS pretty realistic.

he's a teenager who created his own i-pod and i-phone, not, as others have mentioned, a million crazy futuristic totally impossible inventions.

plus, he uses pretty "realistic" techno-babble.

Lampy · 11-21-2012, 12:13 AM

does anyone find it weird though that he knows how to make all this crap and knows all this tech jargon but didn't know what a pizza was?
oh and i don't think realistic would be the best word to describe his handle on tech. the ninja claws and egg shell smoke bombs... yes. but i find it hard to think that donnie (who has been underground with no previous exposure to alien tech, reading only the few books he has in the lair and maybe some shows on tv) is able to create a working android from a damaged kraang exosuit. reverse engineering would be nearly impossible. and the tpod too. how did he know how to hack into a satellite for songs. the dude has been sheltered for nearly his whole life.

Bjarni · 11-27-2012, 10:26 PM

I also like the IDW Donnie who seems similar when he creates machines.

Donnie is always god-tier when it comes to "doing machines" but I think they are at least taking a fake and fictional realistic approach to it all as well as showcasing the limited amount of technology he actually has at his bay.

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demoman Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 25	anyone else loving how realistic this Donnie interacts with technology? Anyone else loving how realistic the nickelodeon Donnie interacts with technology, as if he's just a guy in a basement with internet access? yet another massive thumbs up for this version of the turtles. cred to ciro neril? examples: - being massively confused by alien computer interface - making low-tech stuff like ninja claws and flash powder eggs - metalhead looking kind of hacked together - laptop made from exposed, scrap parts - NOT making ultratech bullst like hovercrafts and time machines (ala 4kids) Last edited by demoman; 11-19-2012 at 05:46 PM.*

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Toby Barrett Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 946	I preferred the way the original film did it, where Donnie was more of a grease monkey mechanic.

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Lampy Stone Warrior Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 748	does anyone find it weird though that he knows how to make all this crap and knows all this tech jargon but didn't know what a pizza was? oh and i don't think realistic would be the best word to describe his handle on tech. the ninja claws and egg shell smoke bombs... yes. but i find it hard to think that donnie (who has been underground with no previous exposure to alien tech, reading only the few books he has in the lair and maybe some shows on tv) is able to create a working android from a damaged kraang exosuit. reverse engineering would be nearly impossible. and the tpod too. how did he know how to hack into a satellite for songs. the dude has been sheltered for nearly his whole life.

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Bjarni Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Iceland Posts: 285	I also like the IDW Donnie who seems similar when he creates machines. Donnie is always god-tier when it comes to "doing machines" but I think they are at least taking a fake and fictional realistic approach to it all as well as showcasing the limited amount of technology he actually has at his bay. __________________ My YouTube account