Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-34129530-20140923205051/@comment-25188556-20141109065200

Gilgameshkun wrote: The 2012 series seems to be shrugging when it comes to time, which is a shame since the Mirage series was so good at marking the passage of time and the impermanence of all things. They really should have let the characters age, just as their audience is aging; but I suppose that's harder to make the target audience really appreciate that when the viewers expected to ask their parents to buy them the merchandise are half the turtles' age.

(I think it was always a mistake to try to kiddify the franchise as they started doing in 1987 just so they could market and sell profitable toys in the name of capitalism. TMNT was...never really for little kids. And many of the elements that appealed uniquely to adults are consistently watered down or lost in the attempt. Also, adults were made to feel awkward for liking what people started to consider a "little kid" franchise that never really was one, even as they continued to read the Mirage books. All in all, TMNT is too adult for the kids, and yet made to seem too kiddie for the adults. But rambling in parentheses can be bad, so I digress. XD)

Though, who knows&mdash;perhaps the writers goofed and Mikey is seventeen. Eh, for now I'm either gonna stick with an error, or what my dad once told me: "How has Bart Simpson stayed eight years old for twenty years? Because it's a cartoon."

Anyway, here's something I see on Monster high forums all the time about movie continuity: The target audience may be young, but they aren't idiots. Some kids will notice such an error.

Heck, I see that kind of stuff in my five year old sister (although it may be the result of me ranting about cartoons to her. XD). But, then again, it has to appeal to as many kids as possible, so marketing kinda holds that back.

Far as that little bit of irony, you'd think most people won't be afraid to admit to like kids stuff. You'd think that all these franchises promoting uniqueness and stuff, someone would think "Oh hey, that guy isn't afraid to like _____. Maybe I should go for it too..." Although, let's face it, when you look at TMNT, unless you really know the whole background, what do you see? Well, I personally see franchise that's appropriate for everyone (at least until you shed some light on its background. Even then, I see what it is now: Something that's marketed to children, but everyone can enjoy). Heh, I'm like the brony of TMNT now that I think about it. A high school girl who fan-girls a lot.