If there is something that you can tell about Rise of the TMNT right from the get-go, without getting into the details, is the lack of tone with the episodes and their stories.
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There is no Shredder and the Foot Soldiers are pretty crappy. In doing so, the Turtles run into the Foot Clan and their mystic ability to create origami warriors.
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Longing for the excitements of hero life, Leo talks the team into tracking down the paper thief duo currently stalking the city. The brothers refuse and fight their way out of Draxum’s lair and save the cat-like alien. Baron Draxum sees the brothers as the pinnacle of mutation and tries to capture them and turn the TMNT to his side to become his minions. This leads the brother, and April, to have their first encounter with Baron Draxum who is making mutants with the help of his Oozesquitos. The Turtles discover for the first time that they are not the weirdest things in New York when they encounter two villains from the Hidden City pursuing a teleporting cat-like alien. Here’s a brief breakdown of each episode so you get an idea of what is in store for us come September. Thankfully, as a special surprise after the SDCC Rise of the TMNT panel, Nickelodeon announced that it was going to put up a sneak peek of the show, which contained the whole first episode along with segments of 3 other episodes which are split into A and B parts (Episode 2 only has Part A, Episode 3 has A & B, Episode 4 has A) so fans could get an idea of what is in store for them when the show actually debuts properly on Nickelodeon in September 2018. Much like when I wrote an opinion piece about how badly Ghostbusters was going to suck and then followed it up with a review of the film, I’m going to finish up covering Rise of the TMNT by looking at some of the many, many issues of the new cartoon series. Everything from the first image of the show, to the trailer and even the toys I have covered and spit upon along the way. I’m not going to sugar cost this at all… I have HATED the idea of Rise of the TMNT from the very moment it was announced. I was wondering how Nickelodeon, the owners of the brand after buying it out completely from Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird, the creators of the franchise. Coming off the back of the very successful reboot that ran from 2012 to 2017, which featured probably one of the best versions of the brothers to date blending in elements from every piece of TMNT media out there, from the original Mirage comic books, the 1989 cartoon, the more recent IDW comic books, the movies and everything in between… All done with a sense of pride and reverence for the media that came before it. So when Rise of the TMNT was announced, you bet your ass I was going to cover this closely.
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I think the only piece of TMNT related content I didn’t do personally on this site was the review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, which was done by fellow TMNT fanboy Keith Mitchell. I did a top 10 list of the toys I never had as a kid, one of my favorite nostalgic articles I also ranked the movies from worst to best as I led a charge for more TMNT content before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows arrived in cinemas and I reviewed it. A lot of early content I did on this site was TMNT related. Like I said, I’ve been through a lot as a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Hell, the reason I can read is because, at the age of 6, my mother bought me a copy of Issue 25 of the Adventures of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Archie comics, a comic book that I still have in my collection to this day! To be honest, I owe a lot to this franchise for shaping me into the person I am today thanks to the long history I have with the original 1989 cartoon series and the lessons it contained. I had the toys, I watched the shows, the movies, and played the video games. During my formative years, I lived for the four brothers in green. I have been through a lot as a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.