Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26431570-20170708024820/@comment-26431570-20170714161036

Gilgameshkun wrote: Well, I think the OP's main complaint is that the three characters Miwa, Shinigami and Splinter won't be seen anymore, especially regarding Miwa having father-daughter moments with Splinter and friend moments with Shinigami. Am I right, MiwandSplinterfan1?

I have a similar complaint, re: Pete&mdash;a cameo does not character development make, and the show seems to have crapped on Pete even more severely, especially considering IDW TMNT has its own version of Pete inspired by 2012 Pete and that version of his character is allowed to shine in lots of ways. The 2012 series showrunners seemed eager not only to be rid of Pete, but to show how much his supposed friends seem to dislike him enough that they won't talk about him anymore.

And this is a recurring problem with this show. Sometimes writers act like...they just don't care. Characters become expendable for cheap reasons, or are delegated to one-dimensional window dressing. And if they get bits and pieces of meaningful character development, you can rarely hope to see subsequent appearances follow through on this. Basically, these days, there seems to be a whole lot of apathy involved in making this show. Once they had refined the formula for continued profitability, they put it on some kind of autopilot from there and just stopped trying anymore. yup...you got it.