You know what's actually so tragic?
The fact that we can't watch/read every iteration as if we haven't watched any other.
I wanna be able to watch/read any and every iteration in three ways:
1. The way I watch most of them right now.
I already know what happens, know even theories about stuff, know the premise and ending and the narrative. And now, that I know all that, I can watch it, and see everything and so much more. Sublte forshadowing I had yet to notice, small details that fed into the narrative, small moments that showed why a character later acted the way they did, or even things i did notice, but didn't quite understand or thought it was random, only to now see that it wasn't.
2. Watching a series for the first time, but knowing the tmnt. (Like I already watched rise and 2012 but not yet 87, but now I'll give it a shot)
I love that so much. Do you know how crazy I would have went if I had watched 2012, saw April standing at her locker and suddenly, she fell. A black something right next to her head, someone skated and they carried a hockey stick and that black thing was a puck. I would have gone sooooo crazy the second I realized we're getting introduced to Casey fucking Jones! (Rise was my first iteration, but even though it even has two casey's I didn't really associate either of them with Hockey, and I didn't love them too much immediately (now I love them more))
You know how much I did go crazy when I was watching the 1990 movie and I realized Casey Jones was about to burst into April's apartment and kick some ninja ass? I jumped up onto the couch because holy shit!!! Just like in 03! Or how amazed I was as Donnie and Casey were insulting each other ABC stile? Just like in 12's Demon Racer!!!!!!! I loved that!! I don't thik I would have enjoyed that movie half as much as I did, if it was the first time I interacted with tmnt.
3. I wanna watch it like I don't know anything about tmnt
I wanna be there and think 'hm, these humans are acting weird' and then later 'holy shit, what the heck are those things???? Excuse me aliens, in human desguises?????!!!!'
I wanna just casually watch and then- holy shit a dinosaur???????
Don't get me wrong, I do love seing humans and being like 'Ah! Thos mfs are krang/utroms, aren't they? You can't fool me'
I want to be like: Holy shit the triceratons are here! And they look fucking terrifying in this iteration!
Point is, I want to be able to watch every iteration in all of those three ways. And it is horrible that I can't.
I often hear/read about people wanting to watch a series or read a book for the first time again. but I also want to be able to see something like I have been living behind the moon. Just as well as I want to be able to see it like I know everything besides the series.
(I'm also very much looking forward to rewatching the series after I forgot most of it years from now, but that will take a while)
