User blog:Lord Caesar/2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: What I think

Since I've been adding the TMNT to my Primevalverse as somewhat of a crossover, I thought it would be nice to share my opinion on the Nickelodeon TMNT tv series, like I did with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

I hate the show. Like with Ultimate Spider-Man, it doesn't feel as good as some of the other incarnations of the Turtles. The concept of the show is too kiddish for me. Since the day TMNT was bought by Nickelodeon, I never looked forward to what they had in store these days, even in the comics. The way the company revamped the characters was mostly just stupid to me; Donatello for a primary example was made to look and act more nerdy, and making Splinter originally a human before his mutation, these weren't very great ideas if you ask me. And the way they renamed the Utroms as "the Kraang" and made them an evil race was also terrible, I would've preferred them to be good guys, because who could hate a bunch of harmless small alien squid controlling robotic exo-suits. Basically the show was probably made to look more like the 1980's cartoon.

One thing I liked about the show, though, was Raphael having a non-mutated pet turtle whom he can talk to, like how Mikey originally had a cute pet cat in the comics.

If I had to choose which TMNT cartoon I like the best, I would choose the 2003 series, because I remember watching it as a kid and it follows more directly to the original comics made by Mirage, the original creators of the TMNT. It has more loveable and rock hard characters and extraordinary settings, including in one of the seasons where the turtles travel to th future. One thing I hated, though, was that the Shredder in the cartoon was actually an Utrom who stole the identity of the original Shredder, which was a big controversy at the time. It was still a good show with great story lines.

If you don't know much about the TMT, or just don't what I'm even known what I'm talking about, don't comment. But otherwise, comment on what you think and say if you agree or not. I would love to hear your opinions!