So...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The new one on Nick. It looked stupid, sounded even more stupid (rap theme song? Really?), but I watched it anyway. Did I like what I saw? Short answer: Yes. It has my interest. Long answer? Well, I've composed a list of likes, neutrals, and dislikes about the show. It contains spoilers, so you have been warned.
Likes[spoiler]- I like the new hobo-style costumes -- especially the leg pieces.
- Donnie is a geek.
Mikey is a dork. X3
- Rob Paulsen as Donatello? That's kind of cool.
- The random comic-style scenes are kind of interesting.
- Leo likes
Star Trek "Space Heroes"? That's an interesting trait.
- Sickle! Mikey has a chain-sickle!! O_O
- Kilroy!
- The turtles' naivety on the surface is pretty funny.
- The turtles have very unique designs and distinct eye colors. That's kind of neat.
- I'm glad they kept the Leo/Raph rivalry.
- Okay, I admit the jokes are funny. Heh heh.
- Is that a
Scramble machine?
- ... Raph has a pet turtle? Ha ha hah! That is so awesome!
- Ooh. They kept the Oroko Saki/Splinter rivalry. Neat! Too bad Splinter lost everything in that fight...
- April is
really cute. X3[/spoiler]
Neutrals[spoiler]- So, when the turtles get serious, their eyes disappear? Okay...
- Oh god. Are they going to show this stupid "I'm a turtle and here's my weapon" montage before the turtles go topside? Or just whenver they need filler?
- April is a little girl? And Donnie has a crush on her?
Donnie has a crush on her? Not sure what to make of it. Can't figure if this is good or bad.
- The turtles are really, really bad at fighting as a team... No team coordination whatsoever.
- Utroms? Already? o_o
- ... "Boo-yah-kah-sha"? Whatever happened to "cowabunga"? Too "old school" for this series?
- Donnie has a pencil neck.
- Oh, would you look at that. Spike mutated into some kind of plant-mantis thing. Does that mean he was a flourist of some kind? Or did they completely ditch the "last thing you touched" mutation thing?[/spoiler]
Dislikes[spoiler]- Raphael isn't hard-ass enough.
- Splinter is ugly as sin.
- Leo isn't much of a leader at this point...
- Too much [tornado fang]ing anime influence. Sweatdrops, emotes, [parasitic bomb] like that. It
does not work with 3D animation.
- That theme song? No, no, and no. Also, no.
- So... the mutagen was just found in an alley? And everyone just mutated instantly?
Really?- The... "Krang"? God damn it. Seriously? Utroms.
Utroms!
- The "Krangs" certainly are... lacking in emotion. The Utrom from the last series were much more interesting. These guys are just annoying.
- I think the turtles overreacted to Raph yanking that robot's arm off and locking the doors with it. It's just a robot, after all.[/spoiler]
As I said, I expected... well... a train wreck. But it turned out to be loads of fun! Some things need a little work here and there, and there's of course a few things I don't like, but all and all, I think it was a fun thing to watch and I look forward to more episodes.