Talk:The Big Blow-Out!/@comment-4783859-20171115205000/@comment-33378883-20171117010249

''Warning:  I just finished a major exam and am in a rather snarky mood right now. My filter is currently inactive.''

'''I call it a bold move to to create a contrast to the overall feeling of the show, leaving the viewer stunned. '''

How on Earth is that bold? It was lazy writing, nothing more, and it utterly failed to fit into the context of the series. Utterly and completely failed. The only thing that stunned me was the quality of the storytelling, or should I say, the lack thererof :  akin to what I would expect from a brain-dead Chihuahua.

Re: Renet

You might want to watch Turtles in Time and Tale of the Yokai again. Without Renet, the Turtles would not have been present to save Splinter in Japan. Which would mean there would be no TMNT. Renet sought out the Turtles in the first place specifically because they were the "Turtle Warriors of Legend". So you would need the the Turtles to become these warriors of legend in order for this timeline to not completely fall apart. And yes, she was talking about these specific turtles (not some other incarnation of the turtles). Both Savanti Romero and Lord Simultaneous recognized them. These. Specific. Turtles. Renet's future (or rather, her present)  is simply not possible in the MA timeline. Some fans have argued that the turtles could still become heroes of legend despite MA. Logic says otherwise. It could not happen before the bomb, because so few people were even aware of the existence of the TMNT, and all of their accomplishments (which would have been nullified by the destruction of humanity and civilization itself). Can't happen after the bomb because the world is a post-apocalyptic wasteland. There is no  world left for them to save.

'''Re:  Female characters. '''

Ummmm......no room for them? ........April and Karai were both major characters with important story arcs in this series. These young women were essentially part of the Hamato clan. They were both very important people in the Turtles' lives, especially for Donnie and Leo, respectively. Women aren't disposable.

I actually like the fact that it really is about the 4 turtles 

Which leads us to another problem. Most of the arc wasn't about all  4 turtles. Leo was absent for the vast majority of the arc;  and don't get me started on the absolutely abysmal treatment of this amazing character. For God's sake! Even Mikey was missing for the entire first episode. What a painfully,  no,  agonizingly pitiful attempt at a series finale. A major waste of  talent (from both the animators and the voice actors). Epic fail, Ciro Nieli. Epic fail.