Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20160227224555/@comment-4872828-20160410051629

Edward18517 wrote:  My thoughts on the crossover are what I thought it'd be. A little get-together that'd be a wasted opportunity. Yeah, it was nice having the original voices, but Donatello's really doesn't fit with how it sounds in this. It is nice to see the different art styles. Unfortunately the animation in the original cartoon's universe is REALLY choppy and Krang...kinda doesn't look right. It looks like a parody of the original cartoon rather than the original cartoon. And that's not even getting into the story problems. I know it's just fanservice is all, but with how it's trying to act like the whole dimension-thingy is being sorta consistent from Turtles Forever it just falls flat on its face. Even if Krang was based off the Utroms, he is NOT one in the original. He LOST his body when he was banished. And he was a tyrant. And his Dimension X was COMPLETELY different from the new cartoon's one. I know I'm looking too far into it, but it's just basic stuff that pops into my head as I'm watching it that kinda brings the thing down. Also no Shredder.



 ...and shouldn't at least ONE of the two sets of Turtles remember each other between the Mirage and original cartoon Turtles? On the other hand, if this is their first time meeting then they should remember each other in Turtles Forever.

The animation in the '80s universe is choppy to poke fun at how bad some of the old animation was in episodes. Plus, there will never be an exact match since 2D animation is digitally created now vs. cel-based animation.

As for the inconsitencies in Krang's backstory, you don't have to take it canonical to the old series (which was somewhat loose with continuitt anyway) but just accept it for this episode.

The reason for the "no Shredder" should be fairly obvious, but in case it isn't, let me spell it out. You can't have a "nostaglia" Shredder in an episode when the voice actor who played him for a large part of the 80's series is no longer with us.

Finally, it's fairly clear that "Turtles Forever" didn't happen in this version of TMNT. Think of this episode as a replacement for that movie.