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Kibayasu posted:It's a shame you missed 11 of the 14 episodes of the second season. He isn't that wrong though. Outside of a handful of fights, most of them were reduced to 'see who can bend bigger things'.
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Dark_Tzitzimine posted:He isn't that wrong though. Outside of a handful of fights, most of them were reduced to 'see who can bend bigger things'. No, pretty much all of the action scenes in Korra weren't that at all. Only occasionally do you get a well choreographed fight scene (like some of this past episode) in TMNT. Most of the time its the turtles dodging laser blasts by running at an angle/really fast and dispatching robots in a single attack, or a few dodges followed by a stylized reaction shot (or whatever you would call those), or a quick dispatching of a low level mook. I'm not really criticizing it, the style works and TMNT makes it work well, and the times you get a properly choreographed scene is great. But Korra (and Last Airbender before it) is filled with incredibly framed, free flowing fight sequences, with tight shots, wide shots, panning shots, impacts, recoveries, and so on. Also I'm pretty sure Bolin cried more than Korra and Mako  And since this is the internet and I just spent most of a post criticizing a show in the thread dedicated to it: I like the new TMNT a lot.
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Kibayasu posted:No, pretty much all of the action scenes in Korra weren't that at all. Only occasionally do you get a well choreographed fight scene (like some of this past episode) in TMNT. Most of the time its the turtles dodging laser blasts by running at an angle/really fast and dispatching robots in a single attack, or a few dodges followed by a stylized reaction shot (or whatever you would call those), or a quick dispatching of a low level mook. I'm not really criticizing it, the style works and TMNT makes it work well, and the times you get a properly choreographed scene is great. Yeah, this mades a lot of sense since they're ninjas. They're trained to dispatch their enemies on the quickest way possible. In any case truth is, I was very dissapointed with Korra's second season so my judgment is biased 
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Nov 27, 2013 04:52
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This was posted on the Turtles Facebook page: Looks great, love they kept the original color scheme.
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Nov 27, 2013 23:23
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I love the big, bulky look. Quite the contrast to the rest of the turtles.
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Nov 28, 2013 02:50
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Is Slash confirmed to be a villain? Seems rather strange that Raph's friendly little turtle would turn evil after his mutation. Also, I quite like that the new Chrome Dome's appearance is clearly based on the Elite Foot ninjas that appeared during "City at War." hypersleep fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Nov 28, 2013 |
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hypersleep posted:Is Slash confirmed to be a villain? Seems rather strange that Raph's friendly little turtle would turn evil after his mutation. Maybe he loses his little palm tree again.
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Nov 28, 2013 08:31
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Hey guys just a reminder IDW's Turtle comic has just wrapped up its City Fall storyline and it was awesome. Highly recommended series.
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Nov 28, 2013 10:42
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Guacala posted:This was posted on the Turtles Facebook page: Voiced by Corey Feldman too. So we get an awesome Goonies reunion on top of everything. hypersleep posted:Is Slash confirmed to be a villain? Seems rather strange that Raph's friendly little turtle would turn evil after his mutation. Hasn't Slash always been more of an anti-hero than anything?
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El Tortuga posted:Hasn't Slash always been more of an anti-hero than anything? There's also this preview of Saturday's episode.
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hypersleep posted:Is Slash confirmed to be a villain? Seems rather strange that Raph's friendly little turtle would turn evil after his mutation. I immediately recognized Chrome Dome was a modification of Chris Bradfords original Ninja model.
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Neon Knight posted:I immediately recognized Chrome Dome was a modification of Chris Bradfords original Ninja model. Now that I look at it again, you're right, Bradford's old ninja outfit is very similar too. The elites wore a kind of kasa hat, which is the one thing Chrome Dome is missing.  
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El Tortuga posted:Voiced by Corey Feldman too. So we get an awesome Goonies reunion on top of everything. Was he in anything except the 80s show? In that one he was just kind of hosed over by everyone including the turtles. Guacala posted:There's also this preview of Saturday's episode. So now it's looking like [spoiler] he always listens to Ralph complain about the rest of the team so he's going to attack them, or he's maybe jealous of their brotherly bond.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Was he in anything except the 80s show? In that one he was just kind of hosed over by everyone including the turtles. He's in the Archie and IDW comics. That's actually where I'm most familiar with him. I didn't even know he was in the 80's show. But yeah, in those he's always a bad guy who eventually starts helping the Turtles.
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I'm a brainless jackass, but that episode was kind of brutal even by my standards. Did anyone else think that?
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afterhours posted:I'm a brainless jackass, but that episode was kind of brutal even by my standards. Did anyone else think that? Yeah, you never see them actually hurt and stuff. They put bruises on Donny and Mike! I'm curious to see if they keep Donny's arm in a sling for next week. I haven't gotten a chance to check in and say how eaten up I am with this show! I was ate up with turtles in 1990, in kindergarten. I overheard some kids talking about it, so I decided to check it out, and now I'm hooked. I thought it was super neat that we got to see turtles without their mask this episode. I figured they'd take their masks off at some point. They spent so much time making each turtle look different, it would be kind of a waste if they kept their masks on for the entire run of the series.
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This is one I think they did better before. I wasn't really a fan of how he started plotting basically right away. It would have been nice for a little buildup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWCDSIsU0mw 80s Slash actually had a pretty tragic back story.
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Watching Slash waste the turtles gave me flashbacks of the SNES game.
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Wasn't too impressed with Slash being auto-evil. His motivation for hating the others felt forced by being so quick, not to mention how fast he turns on Raph. So far the mutagen seems to turn everything it mutates evil, so why not Splinter or any of the turtles? Also, April's dad turns into a nearly mindless bat-thing incapable of even basic speech, but Slash immediately speaks English perfectly? I know, I know, it's a kids cartoon, but there's absolutely no consistency to how the mutagen works. It's the one major flaw in this show. Speaking of mutagen, the canister that mutates Slash breaks from falling onto the ground, yet the canister they chase after later gets knocked around the street repeatedly without so much as a crack. Lazy writing in this episode, unfortunately. Ah well. Can't win every time, I guess.
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Yeah the writing was pretty lazy. Probably the only episode that disappointed me a bit. And now Ralph doesn't have his pet tortoise to talk to anymore  But at the very least it was understandable and future encounters with slash will be cool. I actually like mutagen being inconsistent and unpredictable. It makes it creepier and more alien. Mutations already violate the most basic laws of physics anyway, so might as well make it fully magic and get the most mileage from it possible.
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I don't think it's that Slash was "turned" evil after he mutated. He spent his whole life living with Raph, listening to him go on and on about how terrible the others were and how much better off he'd be without them. Slash's attitude was cultivated over years, and the whole point of the episode was pitting raph against a reflection of himself that he created.
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Recycle Bin posted:I don't think it's that Slash was "turned" evil after he mutated. He spent his whole life living with Raph, listening to him go on and on about how terrible the others were and how much better off he'd be without them. Slash's attitude was cultivated over years, and the whole point of the episode was pitting raph against a reflection of himself that he created. That makes sense, but honestly, I'm getting disappointed that there are literally no "good" mutants other than Splinter and the turtles. (There was Leatherhead, but even he was pretty crazy and violent.)
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Who voiced Slash anyway? I'm sure I heard him before but I couldn't place it.
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Glaucus atlanticus posted:That makes sense, but honestly, I'm getting disappointed that there are literally no "good" mutants other than Splinter and the turtles. (There was Leatherhead, but even he was pretty crazy and violent.) It's been a tad bit annoying me for a while and I now that you say this I think it'd have been more interesting for April's dad to become a sane, good mutant but one who had issues using his power because he's so unused to fighting or the idea of doing so, as well as showing more of the actual shittiness of living with his situation and how it affects April.
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Glaucus atlanticus posted:That makes sense, but honestly, I'm getting disappointed that there are literally no "good" mutants other than Splinter and the turtles. (There was Leatherhead, but even he was pretty crazy and violent.) Pigeon Man. Dude just wanted to deliver information and eat some sour dough.
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MrJacobs posted:Pigeon Man. Dude just wanted to deliver information and eat some sour dough. That monkey scientist was pretty good too. You know, apart from being driven insane.
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Dr_Amazing posted:Who voiced Slash anyway? I'm sure I heard him before but I couldn't place it. Corey Feldman.
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Amusing to see them pull the "pet watches ninja, becomes ninja badass" from the comic / movie.
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Glaucus atlanticus posted:That makes sense, but honestly, I'm getting disappointed that there are literally no "good" mutants other than Splinter and the turtles. (There was Leatherhead, but even he was pretty crazy and violent.) To be fair, Leatherhead was abused since the beginning for the Kraang so I can overlook his issues.
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kefkafloyd posted:Corey Feldman. It's worth noting that Feldman previously voiced Donatello in the first and third live action TMNT movies.
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hypersleep posted:It's worth noting that Feldman previously voiced Donatello in the first and third live action TMNT movies. And he was in The Goonies with Sean Astin (Ralph), making it a very cool reunion.
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After Mutagen Man, I am eager to see just how disturbing they can make Muckman and Joe Eyeball.
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tsob posted:It's been a tad bit annoying me for a while and I now that you say this I think it'd have been more interesting for April's dad to become a sane, good mutant but one who had issues using his power because he's so unused to fighting or the idea of doing so, as well as showing more of the actual shittiness of living with his situation and how it affects April. I would have liked for this to have happened as well. April still could have been insanely pissed off for having the turtles turn her father into a disgusting bat-monster if he wasn't driven crazy as well. Actually, I think it might be worse to have to interact with your loving, supportive father while he's a disgusting, malformed mutant. MrJacobs posted:Pigeon Man. Dude just wanted to deliver information and eat some sour dough. I am deliberately trying to block all memories of that creepy bastard from my brain.
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Recycle Bin posted:I don't think it's that Slash was "turned" evil after he mutated. He spent his whole life living with Raph, listening to him go on and on about how terrible the others were and how much better off he'd be without them. Slash's attitude was cultivated over years, and the whole point of the episode was pitting raph against a reflection of himself that he created. That makes me feel so horrible for Slash. He wishes his whole life to help his "father" in some way. He constantly hears his dad talk about how good Spike is and how stupid/useless the others are. Now that he is finally able to help his father, Raph turns a complete 180 and sides against him in favor of those he always complained about. Slash only wanted to help his dad. Twenty years ago my brother and I got a pet turtle. We wanted to name it after Bebop's pet turtle, but we couldn't remember his name so we called him Spike instead.
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Why did they bother with the Spike/Slash switch anyway? It does kind if hi-light this weird trend of animals being fully aware of everything but unable to express it. Like if you remembered everything that you saw as a baby. Looking back at Slash's design made me realize that he resembles Tokka from the second movie and a few episodes ago Mikey called dog pounds double mutation "Razar" so it looks like we may be seeing a team up.
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I understand the theme behind Slash's rage mutation: Raphael having to deal with the consequences of his unchecked anger. But I don't agree with it. Especially in a tv show for kids. A teenager venting to their pet about all their stupid angst isn't abnormal, it's probably healthy. It'd be one thing if he was abusing his pet, but he's just blowing off steam. Also, I don't think they've correctly portrayed Raphael's anger issues to earn this kind of storyline. Raph has always been an angry fellow, but he's within the bounds of a normal angry kid. He's never been out of control enraged and his anger has never endangered himself or anyone beyond normal teenage dumbassery. It's on the same level as Donatello's obsessive love, Michaelangelo's callousness, and Leonardo's bullheadedness. If they had done a lead up showing Raph's anger issues becoming more and more destructive and more and more isolating, then I think this plot about his anger ultimately loosing him his best friend/hug box would be more understandable. As it is, I keep thinking about it, and feeling that it was overly violent for a kids show and that the message it sent is kind of confusing.
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So have they announced how long the show is on hiatus for? Or is just a one week break for some random reason?
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Daaaang, okay, so, who wants spoilers? According to this page, there's a new baddie coming called April Derp. I bet that name will change. Wasn't April immune to Krang water, though? Maybe she'll just be a clone. I have trouble getting the pictures to load on that page, so if you can tolerate tumblr, you can also see the picture here.
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There's no way "Derp" can be in the name. The poo poo-storm that kicked up when My Little Pony did should be a warning.
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