Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20160509012936/@comment-995426-20160509031954

Julian14bernardino:

Yes, the first version of City at War was a comics series. Very dark, very moody, very contemplative, and also very violent, and at times disturbing (with stuff like cannibalism). The turtles, Karai, Splinter, April and Casey each deal with great crises in their lives, and for better or for worse end up making permanent changes to their lives. It also marks the point when the turtles can no longer really be called teenagers, and instead have become adults. It's really considered one of the absolute best TMNT stories ever done, which means that all future adaptations are necessarily judged by the high standards of the original.

If they're honestly going to try to cram such a formula into 21 to 22 minutes, it sounds like they're not remotely taking it seriously. The 2003 TV series adapted its version of City at War in...what was it? Three episodes? It's a critical juncture in all the characters' lives&mdash;none of the characters involved should be able to just waltz right through it and return to some status quo, because the status quo can never quite be the same again.