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TMNT 2003 & 2012 head-to-head
Apr. 30th, 2015 05:17 pmIt's been a while since I've paid any attention to TMNT 2012. The last I heard of it was that Karai got mutated into a snake with snake hands, and that was so lolwtf-worthy that I just ignored the show altogether. But recently I Wiki'ed what's been going on with that show out of curiosity.
Interestingly, it seems that the show has taken more cues from TMNT 2003 over time. For example, the part of "The Invasion" in which Leo gets brutally beat up by Shredder and then thrown through a window into April's apartment was almost identical to 2003's "The Shredder Strikes Back." The turtles resting up in Northampton totally came from the 2003 series/Mirage comics. Also, 2012 recently introduced Hun (although he looks quite different from his original form—I think racebending him was a good idea, as long as there's nothing stereotypical about it).
I still think 2003 is leagues better, though. It pains me to say this, but even the 2014 Bayturtles movie did an overall better job with the turtles' personalities than the 2012 cartoon (the only glaring problem being movie!Mikey's disgusting sexism. Poor Mikey; what have they done to him?). I still dislike 2012!Donnie whereas I adore 2003!Donnie. 2003!Mikey is hilarious and awesome and 2012!Mikey is annoyingly immature. And all of the 2012 turtles still seem way too callous and mean at times.
I've already done a "head-to-head" before with 2003 "Things Change" vs. 2012 "Rise of the Turtles" and 2003 "Meet Casey Jones" vs. 2012 "Turtle Temper," and kind of compared 2003's "What a Croc" to 2012's "The Pulverizer Returns," but there are a few more 2012 episodes I wanted to compare.
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Interestingly, it seems that the show has taken more cues from TMNT 2003 over time. For example, the part of "The Invasion" in which Leo gets brutally beat up by Shredder and then thrown through a window into April's apartment was almost identical to 2003's "The Shredder Strikes Back." The turtles resting up in Northampton totally came from the 2003 series/Mirage comics. Also, 2012 recently introduced Hun (although he looks quite different from his original form—I think racebending him was a good idea, as long as there's nothing stereotypical about it).
I still think 2003 is leagues better, though. It pains me to say this, but even the 2014 Bayturtles movie did an overall better job with the turtles' personalities than the 2012 cartoon (the only glaring problem being movie!Mikey's disgusting sexism. Poor Mikey; what have they done to him?). I still dislike 2012!Donnie whereas I adore 2003!Donnie. 2003!Mikey is hilarious and awesome and 2012!Mikey is annoyingly immature. And all of the 2012 turtles still seem way too callous and mean at times.
I've already done a "head-to-head" before with 2003 "Things Change" vs. 2012 "Rise of the Turtles" and 2003 "Meet Casey Jones" vs. 2012 "Turtle Temper," and kind of compared 2003's "What a Croc" to 2012's "The Pulverizer Returns," but there are a few more 2012 episodes I wanted to compare.
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