Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20151111163045/@comment-26062541-20160310012544

Unusual or not, you STILL have deep rooted nostalgic beliefs on what a TMNT series is, just as the 87 people do. Their version just got more popular due to it being more advertised, it didn't TRY to screw over the Mirage comics, it just happened. The writers were just trying to make a fun sillly(sometimes over commercialized) cartoon for kids, no-one was trying to screw anyone over. Some stars shine brighter than others, that's just how the world works.

Also, and I ask this seriously, did you ever like silly cartoons as a kid? If not, there's a difference in the 87 show being actually bad and you not liking it.

And for the...needlessly massive paragraph to follow, I'ma give some short points from what I skimmed:

1.I don't think Splinter was ruined as you say in season 3, just down-played. Sometimes characters get downplayed in favor of other archs.

2. Don't be one of those guys who spams "Mary Sue" analogies, as one that term has been corrupted to all let out, and two if you watched the show you could tell where they were going with her crazy powers.

3. Baxter Stockman is a silly character to begin with, he made an army of building destroying robots pretending they were made for catching mice, he SCREAMS ridiculosity.

And finally

4. 2K12 Raph is almost NOTHING like his 87 counterpart. He has more in common with his 2K3 version than him in all honesty, 87 Raph was all about breaking the fourth wall and wise-cracks, 2K12 Raph is all about angst and smashing stuff, STILL. And once again, I feel his character isn't so much ruined, just down-played. He's still angry, still somewhat feminine, still fun. Also I always thought him showing his anger less was because he was just channeling it more constructively, which works for me.