Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31255465-20170923034221/@comment-33378883-20180210184913

Let's hope the new guys do better than Nieli...and that the Turtles can get a restraining order against him.

I actually enjoyed most of what Nieli did for this show, and look forward to future re-watches of the canon episodes;  sadly, this may now be forever overshadowed by his lame attempt to end this show with the Polished Turd of Nihilism.

But, I strongly agree with you on the restraining order ;)

'It's nothing but an hour-long turd of depression. '

I absolutely love this description. Even if you ignore the nihilism, the disposal of the main female characters, and the jaw-droppingly massive plot abyss, you still have a weak story. It was indeed a turd. There were a couple good moments, but not nearly enough to salvage it. The animation was good, with the exception of some mind-numbingly bad character designs.

'''EVERYBODY BUT DONNIE BECAME UGLY! RAPH, MIKEY, LEO, AND THAT WEIRD MEERKAT GIRL! '''

Meh. I'm just glad it's not canon :)   Seriously, these versions of the turtles didn't even act like the canon versions.   You're the first person I've seen who has referred to Mira as ugly, lol.   I didn't much care for her design, and I thought her charcter was pretty bland and forgettable, to be honest.  We could have a whole philosophical discussion over whether that robot is truly Donatell or not.

As for the turtles becoming ugly, I suspect that Ciro was jealous of all the Turtles' fangirls, so he tried to disfigure them (just joking!). Actually Raph just likes to make some very strange fanart to accompany his fanfic :P

They still look adorable in the canon timeline/reality, at least for now (they do lead dangerous lives after all;  they could always be injured and/or scarred in a bad fight).