>finally get a kino TMNT game

>finally get a kino TMNT game
>they use the fat frick turtles from 1987 instead of the kino, true to the source material, muscular turtles of 03
When will we our time 03 bros? When?!

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >03gays
    >thinking anyone cares about them
    Loving every laugh

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I just want a Turtles Dimensions game where you play one 87 Turtle, a 03 Turtle, a 2012 Turtle and a Rise Turtle.
    Probably with Mirage, IDW, first LA trilogy and Bay DLCs.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I was with you until Rise. Replace Rise with Mirage or IDW and I'm back in.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Rise has easily the best movement potential of any TMNT incarnation, they were practically handcrafted for video games.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Using Mirage Raph would be perfect though.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I agree the 80s cartoon is way too overdone in terms of games and merch, but I don't see why 2003 should get special treatment above any other incarnation just because (you) like it more

        let me guess, you're like those fans who boycotted the new lego star wars games because the sequel trilogy was included in them

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          2003 doesn’t have to get special treatment. But the reality is that it’s closer to the original mirage comics and overall just a more enjoyable direction for the series, but future iterations take more from the 87 series than mirage/03 because 80s babies are all pathetic coonsomers and made 87 the most popular show of the bunch

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm all over this, but the bigger question would be:

      Would you be able to mix and match eras or are we gonna play a set of Turtles from each era on a grand quest to rescue their bros? And if it's the latter, who would it be?

      I'd figure gameplay wise, each era would be different in how they function:

      > 87 Turtles would be the most simplest to use and hits like a truck to make up for their lack of depth

      >03 Turtles would be tanky & play more like SOR4 characters with an emphasis on spacing & wall combos. Slowest Turtles though

      > 13 Turtles would be tricky because they would have access to utility gadgets like smoke bombs that grant them counters and more movement options like double jumps. but they have shit damage.

      > Rise Turtles would be the techncial wildcards because every Turtle plays differently and you need to understand their mechanics to be good.

      DLC includes Mirage, Movie. Imagi & Bay Turtles + Usagi Yojimbo pack ft every version of Usagi

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Also multiple paths for the campaigns/arcade modes IE at one point you can choose between going to
        >A Mutagen Man stage
        >2K3 Area 51 with Agent Bishop as the boss
        >2K12 Central Park with Snakeweed as the boss.
        >Something Rise-related

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I just want a Turtles Dimensions game where you play one 87 Turtle, a 03 Turtle, a 2012 Turtle and a Rise Turtle.
        Probably with Mirage, IDW, first LA trilogy and Bay DLCs.

        Let's wait for Traveller's Tales/TT Games to do something with LEGOs.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >DLC includes Mirage, Movie. Imagi & Bay Turtles + Usagi Yojimbo pack ft every version of Usagi
        Now that sounds like something I might actually pay for.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      There is a mobile phone game that does that.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Isn't one based on 2K12 and the other based on 1987?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Probably with Mirage, IDW, first LA trilogy and Bay DLCs
      You know there was a time you didn't need to buy DLC to get characters. You just had to unlock them by earning in game achievements. Frick you idiots that just accept DLC as the norm now.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The world is the way it is, sadly.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Call it an expansion pack if it helps

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >true to the source material
    >03
    l
    e
    l

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You heard me right

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        '03 isnt source material. It's an adaptation of the source material

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Anon said it was more true to the source material than 87, you illiterate frick.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >calls someone illiterate
            >uses the phrase "more true"
            Absolute adjectives are not gradable, thus can't have comparative and superlative degrees. Its either true or it's not.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >"more true"
              Nope.
              >"more true to the source"
              Which is grammatically acceptable, as more is describing proximity of accuracy towards the source rather than being more or less true. Same thing as "more true to life." Nice try, b***h.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    That's a shit take but I will concede that unlockable skins from different eras would be a great addition to the game. Even the SNES port of Turtles In Time had original colours and comic colour skins.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Those arent much Mirage comic accurate palettes, but more like Playmate action figute color palettes.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I think it's clear that the 1987 Turtles are generally synonymous for good games.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I just want a stylized black and white Mirage influenced beat em up with flashy red blood.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Apparently the 2K3 show won an online poll for most prefered show over 2K12. Also that 2K3 is actually fully viewable on places like Youtube Paramount Plus (Leo's 2K3 design even appeared on one of the Service's ads.) while 1987 is apparently in legal limbo.
    TMNT is such a disorganized franchise.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It doesn't really need to be organized because it was always a kitchen sink sort of affair.

      https://i.imgur.com/ON34wHI.png

      I just want a stylized black and white Mirage influenced beat em up with flashy red blood.

      I like B&W for comics but most games I've seen that try to use it are kind of a strain on the eyes.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >It doesn't really need to be organized because it was always a kitchen sink sort of affair.
        The real issue with the IP at the moment is that there's no show or movie right now to make toyetic merchandise for because of Rise bombing with most of the stuff being nostalgia for a show people can't even watch except for rips or out of production DVDs (Notice how hilariously out of place the 1987 material looked in Nickelodeon All Star Brawl)
        There should've been a hiatus for the franchise before coming back like when Mirage owned it but Nick is desperate to make it evergreen.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >online poll

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >while 1987 is apparently in legal limbo.

      I still think Viacom brought the series thinking they owned the 80s show only to realize they didn't.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I thought Laird sold it.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Laird sold it but never owned the rights to the 87 show in the first place. Fred wolf will sit on those copyrights for ever, and its the only thing keeping them in business in all likelihood. Like Harmony Gold and Macross.
          In fact Fred Wolf tried to sue Eastman and Laird claiming stuff like the turtles being in sewers or April in a jumpsuit came from the show.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Like Harmony Gold and Macross.
            Macross is just as iconic as Gundam in Japan

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Japan didn't jam Macross, Southern Cross and Mospeda all into the same continuity.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      2k12 started out good then shot the bed hard, only unlike 2k3 which was cancelled shortly after it shit the bed 2k12 went on for another 5 seasons. I used to like 2k12 but in hindsight it wasn’t that great. Ugly animation, tries to be serious but just ends up with monster of the week plot lines to sell toys. At least rise had flashy animation and the monster of the week premise was more tolerable since it was comedy focused.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    87chads stay winning.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >/vr/

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It looks fine, stop nitpicking when we got an actually decent game for once.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      They literally pozzed the game by making April on par with the Turtles. It's woke propaganda shit

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Anon's got a good point: TMNT is beloved for its realism and internal consistency.

        Is it really true to the original if something unrealistic happened just because it would be more fun?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The only "pozzed" thing they did to April was refuse to give her her glock.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          TMNT takes place in New York City, not a Texas elementary school.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You haven't heard the news?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >wtf my fellow based urbanites would never have guns!
            lmao, zoomers just don't know

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Archie's TMNT did it first, and that April was literally the same one from the '87 cartoon.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        April's been busted in TMNT games before

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        What? It’s a video game, of course all the playable characters will be on par.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >stop nitpicking when we got an actually decent game for once.
      OP isn't nitpicking the impeccable quality of the game, OP is b***hing because he's an insufferable '03 gay and Dotemu didn't what he wanted.

      TMNT takes place in New York City, not a Texas elementary school.

      >TMNT takes place in New York City, not a Texas elementary school.
      The year of 1989, anon. You mean to say San Diego elementary school...

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >The year of 1989
        Does anyone else here actually remember '89? Those were some good days to be into comics and TMNT. I wasnt a fan of the cartoon, but there were some killer RPG books that came out and the pinnacle of the Mirage run with Return to New York.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Vaguely. I was big into the cartoon and toys. I probably don't remember much of the original 87 cartoon though.
          A couple memories still stick out though. Like the episode where Leonardo and the ninja chick whose name escapes me were peeling onions to try and find a giant pearl.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Obviously you have to wait 20-30 years until people that grew up with '03 are boomers looking for a nostalgic trip. But what was the best game based on the '03 show that will be used as a template?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >But what was the best game based on the '03 show that will be used as a template?
      Either the first console game, or the first two handhelds, which were done in the style of the old beat-em-ups. Very likely some Konami employees who worked on the 90's games also worked on those.

      Funfact, this game was actually done by the head devs of the GBA 2007 movie game.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Either the first console game
        Sure if you can stomach the early 00's models that don't animate (think voice lines with no mouth movement) and gameplay where the damage scaling makes even minor enemies tedious. But the bigger problem with the PS2 game where they gave the characters voice lines for attacks. Which sounds good on paper sure, have Donatello finish a combo going "Anyone up for stickball?!"
        Except it's for *every* attack. So Donatello ends up going "Anyone anyon any anyone for stick anyone for stickball?!"
        CONSTANTLY to the point of cutting himself off to say it. Makes the game annoying as hell to actually listen to.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Well yes but I mean more in terms of the gameplay. Obviously a modern version based off it wouldn't have those exact faults. And would probably have 4 player support like the later two games as well.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >and gameplay where the damage scaling makes even minor enemies tedious

          Doesn't that mean youhave to playmore aggresively and have more opportunities to keep combo numbers rising.

          Bro, abusing Foot Soldiers with Mikey's multi hit jump kick was the most fun in a TMNT game I had until Shredder's Revenge

          Also multiple paths for the campaigns/arcade modes IE at one point you can choose between going to
          >A Mutagen Man stage
          >2K3 Area 51 with Agent Bishop as the boss
          >2K12 Central Park with Snakeweed as the boss.
          >Something Rise-related

          Lets add in a survival/rougelite mode like SOR4 where you mix and match paths and I'm sold

          >Something Rise-related
          Probably The Yokai Underground Battle Nexus, Meatsweets Meat Locker, Todd's Puppy Rescue in the Woods, or that weird FNAF praody joint

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Doesn't that mean youhave to playmore aggresively and have more opportunities to keep combo numbers rising.
            It doesn't mean you have to play more aggressively, just that you have to play more. The combos keep going past the point that they feel good.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That's the problem. There wasn't one. TMNT 2K3 got several games but the best they managed to be was moderately okay shovelware. There's no popular standout like Turtles in Time or absurdly meme difficulty like the NES game. They're just kinda there.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >until people who were as young as 5 in '03 are boomers

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >around 20 years between the 80s turtles and '03
        >being confused by simple math

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Stay mad, 03gays.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The 03 ones have the least interesting designs and turned me off from the franchise until watched the 80s series

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Its funny, as someone who was around in the 90s(but not old enough for the heyday of Turtlemania in 88-92), part of the reason I was so hyped up for the 03 show is that it felt like all the turtle merchandise I wanted the old show to be like. I liked the first movie, the 16 bit games, the toys which got more extreme around this time, and a few issues of the Archie comics here and there. I wanted the show to be more like X-men or Batman, and even though the show kinda did later on I only had VHS tapes of the earlier episodes to watch.

      I just wish we could get strong, badass looking turtles like this again. I thought the Batman/TMNT designs were fairly decent at least.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    You know, it's funny.

    The 1987 cartoon is absolute garbage, even the first "good" season is really just "good" by comparison to how much trashier the remaining 188 episodes are. There are animation errors that no respectable studio would ever let slide and there isn't a single good script in the entire show. Yet it was a massive success to the point where still see people be in denial of how bad it really is, hence this game and the people who somehow pretend that saying "the video game tie-ins were good, that makes the show itself good".

    I mean granted, it's not like the 1987 cartoon is the thing actively recruiting new fans to the franchise and the generation who grew up on it are already like 40-45 on average, it just isn't good or accessible enough leave the same impression on modern children. In 10-15 years or so, the people who defend it will mostly have dried up.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      https://desuarchive.org/co/search/image/2xgABEiM7YvAWvYKrVpMmw/
      Even only taking into account the posts with the exact same filename, you've been a very consistent anon. See you in the next TMNT thread.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      (YOU) (YOU) i see (YOU) hatin' we laughin' i see (YOU) everywhere (YOU) shitpostin' the same gif.
      (YOU) are not anonymous (YOU) colossal gay.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >You said the same thing more than once so that means you are wrong!

        Boy, that's a new one. I know the 1987 is impossible defend on it's own, making fallacies necessary to achieve that goal. Never really heard of a "repetition is grounds for dismissal" fallacy before though, I may need to look into in it because I don't think I've ever seen it before, guess I always figured it would be too stupid to be mistaken for a functional argument but here we are...

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I understand the need to make a point and wanting everyone to acknowledge it but when you keep doing it over and over and over and over again for months then you're just being a nuisance. At this point you're just making your stance look worse. People will find the animation errors endearing and like it to spite you because anons can be contrarian. You're going to be the annoying anon in these threads that people will either anticipate, ridicule on sight, or just flat out ignore.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >People will find the animation errors endearing

            Funny, I think I posted that gif originally on /toy/ and that guy ran with it. And I like the 80's cartoon decently enough, actually been rewatching it lately. I wouldn't say the errors are endearing, though.

            For what its worth, I posted that in regards to an anon on /toy/ saying the 80's cartoon had better animation than cartoons 20 years newer-to explain to him that he's confusing aesthetics with actual animation.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >I wouldn't say the errors are endearing, though.
              QUALITY is one of the oldest kinds of amusement to be had on Cinemaphile.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Would tiny Deejay be a buff or a nerf?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                There's a reason Oddjob is banned in Goldeneye.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Yes, I know there idiots in denial about the quality of the show but I don't I really care if they're annoyed. It's like being called irritating by a delusional acidhead for pointing out they've rotted away their brain beyond help, who cares if idiots blinded by nostalgia hates you?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That was a typical thing in the 80s. Specially for productions which outsourced to both Japanese and Korean studios. Jem also had some shit tier animated eps and coincidentally they were the ones animated by koreans.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >03 turtles
    From the most forgettable show?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >From the most forgettable show?
      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >From the most forgettable show?
      Given that the fans of the 1987 cartoon act as if their show was something completely different from what it actually was, I'd say the 1987 cartoon is ironically very forgettable. I mean, if you have to be in denial of what it actually was to enjoy it, how can you really say you remember it?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        https://i.imgur.com/4qFqNKK.gif

        You know, it's funny.

        The 1987 cartoon is absolute garbage, even the first "good" season is really just "good" by comparison to how much trashier the remaining 188 episodes are. There are animation errors that no respectable studio would ever let slide and there isn't a single good script in the entire show. Yet it was a massive success to the point where still see people be in denial of how bad it really is, hence this game and the people who somehow pretend that saying "the video game tie-ins were good, that makes the show itself good".

        I mean granted, it's not like the 1987 cartoon is the thing actively recruiting new fans to the franchise and the generation who grew up on it are already like 40-45 on average, it just isn't good or accessible enough leave the same impression on modern children. In 10-15 years or so, the people who defend it will mostly have dried up.

        The absolute cope of zoomers lmao

        https://i.imgur.com/0S0n9gQ.png

        https://desuarchive.org/co/search/image/2xgABEiM7YvAWvYKrVpMmw/
        Even only taking into account the posts with the exact same filename, you've been a very consistent anon. See you in the next TMNT thread.

        And look how long he's been at it!

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Judging the quality of '80s TMNT is one thing. But calling it forgettable is laughable.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Tell me, how easy was it to remember the plots of the episodes before you tried to rewatch them in adulthood?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Expecting kids below 10 to remember whole plots
            If you just asked for memorable moments you'd be more credible

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              So are you telling me you couldn't remember the plots of Lion King, Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Land Before Time, American Tail, Shrek or any other thing from your childhood?

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Judging the quality of '80s TMNT is one thing. But calling it forgettable is laughable.
          You're fooling yourself.

          The first 5 are the only episodes in the series. There's a reason everyone playing the new game are hollering in unison "Who the frick is Rasputin"

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Probably because most of those only show up, at most, twice? Rat King and Leatherhead, people remember instantly.
            >The first 5 are the only episodes in the series
            If that were true, people would've also instantly recognized the Neutrinos and Traag.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              >Rat King and Leatherhead
              Which, ironically, are just about the only characters outside of the main cast that were lifted from the comics that the show used and are in almost everything else.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                What about the Triceratons and Baxter?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Baxter was almost a completely different character in the cartoon, and I don't even know how the Triceratons got introduced.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I forgot about Baxter and Slash too. No one recognized Zorax.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Slash was in the comics?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No, he appears in everything but the Mirage comics. He's more well-known in the toys and Konami's games, that's why you get people asking why isn't he blue?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Oh, and how could I also forget Metalhead? So that makes 5 bosses aside from Bebop, Rocksteady, Shredder and Kraang that has any lasting impression on the normalgay sphere.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Too be fair Metalhead or at least a nod to him was "kinda" in the 2003 game and Leatherhead's debut episode in the show.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                None of the individual Triceratons from the comics were used and Baxter is so different he pretty much only shares the name and the MOUSERs with the original character. But yes, you are technically correct.

                Slash was in the comics?

                No, he isn't.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              https://i.imgur.com/7zUa5qc.png

              Which sadly seems to be true based on how that era influenced the rest of the franchise. A character who had a toy but never showed up in the cartoon is more likely to be in other iterations than a character that was actually created for the show but never had a toy.

              Pic very related.

              Because the show OCs weren't toyetic at all for the most part. Or they focused on stupid shit instead of the stuff kids wanted. No one liked the frickign neutrinos.
              Show writers seemed to get really high off success at a certainpoint as they just stopped trying to adapt anything from the comics or toylines by the end. Unfortunately none of these characters were memorable designs. All the red skies villains look like scraps from failed toyline cartoons.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                I had the blue Neutrino toy

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                >a character that was actually created for the show but never had a toy
                like Irma? What you probably meant to post was
                >A character who had a toy but never showed up in the 87 cartoon is more likely to be in the 2003 cartoon than a character that was actually created for the 87 show but never had a toy

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                meant for

                https://i.imgur.com/7zUa5qc.png

                Which sadly seems to be true based on how that era influenced the rest of the franchise. A character who had a toy but never showed up in the cartoon is more likely to be in other iterations than a character that was actually created for the show but never had a toy.

                Pic very related.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                No, Irma did have toys, so it still applies.

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                Damn, Irma. Where do you work out?

              • 2 years ago
                Anonymous

                The company gym. She's from the era where business had that kinda stuff.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      If it was so forgettable it wouldn't be available on places like Youtube or Paramount+.
      I REALLY hope at the very least we get figures of the 2K3 Turtles next year for the show's 20th anniversary.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >If it was so forgettable it wouldn't be available on places like Youtube
        That's the biggest metric to suggest no one gives a shit. If it was actually a big deal than the legal for the rights would be locking that shit down. Instead it just slipped through the cracks.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          You mean like how the 1987 cartoon is also completely uploaded to Youtube without anyone giving a shit? Except that one isn't even on a conventional streaming service, meaning there is even less official distribution than the 2003 show?

          Wouldn't that logic mean fewer people give a shit about the 1987 cartoon than the 2003 cartoon?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Viacom doesn't make any money from a bunch of people uploading a show they regret not having the airing rights to as opposed to the others.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              And that prevents the people from owning the show to take it down how exactly?

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    03 is overrated shit

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      And 1987 and 2K12 aren't?

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is the TMNT fanbase one of the most dysfunctional ones on the planet?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      lol no. It's not even the top 10.
      If you think this is bad try spending time around Transformers fans. Or Harry Potter. Or any popular anime.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Pretty sure despite personal canon preferences, the whole fanbase agrees that the 1990 movie is the greatest piece of Turtles media in the whole franchise.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Stay mad 03gay

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Why isn't anyone talking about Casey Jones?
    Are you all a bunch of LAAAAAAAWBREEEEEAKERS?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Awesome in the first movie
      >Gets replaced in the second movie by some homosexual pizzaboy
      >Comes back for the third but does nothing
      >Reduced to a Dirty Harry parody in the cartoon
      Casey had it rough in the 90s.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        87 Toon Casey was awesome, his only flaw is they used him too little.
        I wonder why Renet and Savanti Romero never showed up in the Fred Wolf series, they were just the correct kind of goofy for it, and that series never shrank away from time travel plots.
        They'd have been naturals.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >I wonder why Renet and Savanti Romero never showed up in the Fred Wolf series, they were just the correct kind of goofy for it, and that series never shrank away from time travel plots.

          Probably because David Wise ran so much of the show and by his own admission he thought the comics weren't too good and too nonsensical.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >Wise of all people complaining about others' plots being nonsensical

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            He clearly didn't think that when he made the Turtloids.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I bet 1987 boomers don't even know that the franchise started as a comic series.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >the franchise started as a Frank Miller parody comic.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        More like a parody of Frank Miller and how ridiculous comic used to be IE the Ultroms, the Triceratons, Fugitoid etc.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think they know better than most that it started as a huge goof on Frank Miller Dardevil and Marvel in general which is why the 03 guys going "no it's supposed to be dark and serious" is a hilarious missing of the point. TMNT was conceived as a way to MOCK that shit.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        The Mirage comics were a parody for one issue,even as early as issue 2 it starts being played more straight. There's more fun and light hearted issues in the run, but by Eastman and Laird's return towards the end of volume 1, there's a conscious effort to go against the 80's toon turtle tone.
        03 also isn't as dark and serious as people make it out to be, they still make jokes and have humor. It doesn't get as dark as the Mirage comics could get.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Eastman and Laird were about ready to drop out of making comics by the time they came back. "City at War" was made so they could end their original story on their terms and never look back.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            But they didn't, at least Laird didn't. Bodycount is over-the-top silly but also the most edgy the series ever got. Laird spent most of his last 10 years owning the franchise doing volume 4 and petitioning around for another TMNT adaptation similar in tone to the comics and the 1990 movie.
            TMNT was a parody for two sketches and a first issue but by the time 03 was made it wasn't anymore. Its disingenuous to say it missed the point when they were trying to follow what the series had become by then.

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              Obviously, after the franchise went out of control and culminated in the abortion that was The Next Mutation, they would feel the need to take up the reins again to avoid a repeat.

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >One guy managed to kill TMNT 03's rep on Cinemaphile by being whiny and begging in drawthreads
    >People keep countering that 26 episodes out of a 150+ episode series were bad

    It sucks, bros.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I definitely don't like '03 April as much as I used to

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Tastelet. Her pale skin and birthing hips make me hhnnnnnggggg.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          It’s sad but if 03 April was like a one-off character design on Ben10 or Teen Titans she’d get way more love and art. But because she’s an April, she gets compared to all of them

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I definitely don't like '03 April as much as I used to

      Are you having fun talking to yourself?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        lol

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          So you know how to turn off the wi-fi on your phone, good for you.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >drawthreads
      Uh, no. Those threads are dumpster fire, the people there will pretty much look for any request they can accuse of being "low effort" or "spam" so they can make their own requests more likely to get a delivery. It doesn't work but they will never stop doing that.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The funniest part of the 03gay tantrums is that even if another series does supplant 87 as the face of the franchise it's not gonna be them, it's gonna be 2012.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      2012 nostalgia-wank isn't everywhere. Likely due to the show's constant Fred Wolf-wanking.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        True, but Nickeloden a vested interest in pushing that version. Theme parks and parade floats use 2012. They skipped 03 in terms of merchandising.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Well, yeah because the 2003 show was over by the time they got to make the 2012 show and it was the first one made by them as well as the ongoing version when they made the parade floats. Of course they were going to use that one as a basis, the most recognizable it is the more marketable it is.

          The problem is that they were fine with just letting the show just die on Nicktoons like so many other shows, not to mention how quick they were to launch a reboot (which technically hasn't ended yet by the way, albeit it's only ongoing in the least meaningful way) and how they already planning for another reboot on Paramount+. If the parade floats and whatnot are still in use, it's probably just to make the most of what they have, they clearly aren't planning on making a continuation of that show.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I'm not so sure a show that has been off the air for five years and got replaced by a reboot less than a year later is going to do that. We already know there is another reboot set for Paramount+ like next year, odds are that Paramount will just keep trying to make new shows until it becomes hard to tell how many there has been.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >make new shows until it becomes hard to tell how many there has been.
        Till noone knows what is canon anymore and people loose any interest.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          TMNT works like Power rangers where you just have to impress a new audience of kids who have never seen it before, more than jaded adults.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Hasn't stopped Transformers

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Shit, you're right
      Viacom ignoring 2k3 while promoting 87 all the time because of rights and shit will definitely have an effect

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        They already have to worry about when the younger generation try to watch 1987 but can't find proper places except rips on Youtube as opposed to the others that are actually on official streaming services.
        Viacom really should've thought this out.

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Most 80s era kids cared more about the toys than the cartoon

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Which sadly seems to be true based on how that era influenced the rest of the franchise. A character who had a toy but never showed up in the cartoon is more likely to be in other iterations than a character that was actually created for the show but never had a toy.

      Pic very related.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I had that yellow sumo guy and was surprised when one episode actually had him in it for like an minute

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Mona Lisa was dropped after her one shot episode because of Lair and Eastman and yet.....

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Isn't there an obvious indent on her back where she used to have a shell because they wanted to make her a girl turtle but Laird was like "never."

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I think the rule was that the Turtles are supposed to be the only ones of their kind. Eastman and Laird refused to let the Turtloids episodes of the '87 cartoon be rereleased on DVD for years because of this.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          She's no Venus

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Funny that she and Dirk Savage are going to have Neca figures when they're not listed initially in the line-up.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Why did Mona Lisa became a fan favorite?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              There's almost no females in TMNT beyond April, and even fewer female mutants. Coomers take what they can get.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >No my Turtles aren't MUSCULAR enough
    This is incredible levels of autism

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Haha

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    03 gays are so pathetic that they had to make this garb***h to make themselves look "cool"

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      It captured beautifully my feelings towards 87 turtles. Based movie.

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The reason why the Turtles were given actual eyes in the 1987 cartoon was to make them look cuter.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Ironic given how the toys had a more intimidating pupil-less Mirage-esque appearance. Same thing with the other characters looking more detailed and over-the-top than their show counterparts.

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Because the 03 fans didn't make tmnt popular and sustainable it was the 87 fans. So frick off.

  28. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    As someone who played the coin op as a kid and then discovered MAME as a grown up...

    Why should I feel this is anything other than a lazy port or cash grab?

    Although anyone who is unaware of MAME and into fun games should use Google.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Why should I feel this is anything other than a lazy port or cash grab?

      Because it's a completely different game, a love letter to the old games, but it doesn't play like exactly like them. there's a ton more movement and control options. Its honestly gonna be hard to go back to the old ones after this. Also 6 player support is really nice.

  29. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Stay in the fricking line 03keks. We are still waiting for our game

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Does anyone actually like next mutation for anything beyond titty turtle?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I honestly didn't think it was THAT bad. And I like things like Bonesteel played by Scott McNeil. The show is a big shitpost like Beetleborgs and I respect that in a way.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I liked that they tried to change to villians with the Komodo clan and dragons!

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      What a fever dream but I appreciate it for existing.

  30. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    1987 > 2012 > Movie1 > Movie2 > 2003 > Movie3

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That’s a hot take.

  31. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    2012 April has a great ass

  32. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Got to be honest anyone else hate TMNT 2k3? I hate how stiff the animation and action is. I hate the obvious attempt at being grim and gritty but not really allowed to go all the way and ironically Batman Beyond was much more grittier than this cartoon. Hated Karai and how she got an undeserved happy ending despite her life of crime. Didn't mind Utrom Shredder too much, but he was one note and uninteresting. Really didn't like the multiple Shredder imitators. Hun was shit. Hated how they never got rid of him.

    Think the only good thing it did for the franchise is introduce Bishop.

  33. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    When is Laird going to die already? We all know he's NEVER finishing the final issues of the first comic that he promised he would finish.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Why do you want him to die anon?

  34. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    80s gays don’t want a game with his mad lad as a even villain

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      [Laughs in arcade]

  35. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Answer me this:
    Pupils or no pupils?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      No pupils when going badass mode

  36. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it would be dumb as frick for them to not release all the different designs as DLC costumes

  37. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Is it really 80s Turtles if Shredder is threatening?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      80s Shredder was a goofball but he was still kicking ass when he needed to.

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