Thread:Gilgameshkun/@comment-16581186-20151129161318/@comment-995426-20151201003153

UltimateTitan6 said: I enjoyed it for what it was, a silly cartoon made to bring kids joy and laughter. And that's part of the problem&mdash;TMNT was never supposed to be for kids at all. Giving the green light for the 1987 TV series was mainly a relatively easy way to make a lot more revenue than just selling comics and obscure merchandise alone. But it quickly overtook the Mirage comic, and actually began to ruin TMNT's reputation among adults as "too kiddie" that grown adults didn't want to be seen liking.



2K3 was a little better than the 1987 TV series, and this time it was intentionally made with Peter Laird's direct participation for kids. But I was still never fond of it, because it dumbed down and bowdlerized Mirage plots too much, and was yet another symptom that TMNT had become seen primarily as a "kid's franchise."

2K12 was different&mdash;it started out a lot bolder and came up with some of the most unique, interesting character designs, especially characters like Raphael and Slash. (This wasn't meant to be the end of my comment. I was drafting more things to say, but I'm sleepy and I keep nodding off, so I'll get some rest.  Maybe I'll finish my comment later.)