Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2239501-20160424224018/@comment-995426-20160515220602

I disagree. TMNT is about growing up and aging as a family, and dealing with and accepting life changes as they come. Everyone dies eventually. Besides, Splinter is still 55-58 years old and in extremely good health and physical fitness; if nothing else kills him, this version of him could live to 100.

Also, "TMNT" can stand for: The acronym still fits.
 * Twentysomething Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Thirtysomething Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * The Mutant Ninja Turtles

It's a disservive to force the characters not to age past a point. It's not just about growing up into adulthood after all&mdash;it's the entire package of life. If a story refuses to let the characters age and goes on forever like that, it might as well be cancelled at a dignified point so as not to continue on as a zombie like the 1987 TV series did.