LOL, my salt is showing on Facebook. But people are already whining and tantruming about the 2018 series, so *blows raspberry*
A guy on Facebook said this:
“Just to clarify before people freak out and start going crazy: 1. The TMNT series that is on Nick right now is ENDING after Season 5 episode 20. It’s NOT being cancelled. 2. One of the character designers for Samurai Jack will be working on the brand new 2018 series. 3. As of right now the new series is planned for a Fall 2018 release with 26 Eps already planned .4. The new series will NOT be a continuation of the series that’s on right now.”
Predictably, people were like: “Fuck that, 2012 is the best” “Nope, it’ll be stupid like Teen Titans Go, I’ll hate it.” “I hate how Samurai Jack looks, I hope it’s not like that.” “I’m not gonna watch because 2012 is the one and only.”
Aaannd then there’s me:
“I have been stressing this everywhere. No, there is no news on voice actors. They will probably employ new ones. The series is on its own, and when they say “light-hearted” and “with more humor” they may possibly imply that there will be silly jokes and not necessarily total Kiddie Appeal the way the 1987 Fred Wolf series went.
(Fun fact: In 1999, I spoke to the head writer of the 1987 show, David Wise, who was the one who changed Michelangelo into the stereotypical surfer dude who craved weird pizza toppings and acted immature and less intelligent. Originally, in the Mirage comics, Mikey was street-smart, clever, empathic, witty and very insightful. He loved having fun, he was a wild card, he was an eternal optimist, and he was almost as wordy as Donatello. He was a little bit self-centered, but he was the heart of the group and took his duties seriously. David turned him into the “stupid” stereotype who was almost painful to watch. I had to have Words with him. Not like it mattered. There’s a great example of changing a character in a franchise. I’ll never know why Peter Laid approved.)
But the moral of the story is that we don’t know how it will turn out and we should probably not speculate too much until we get more information. It might be as good as 2012 in its own way. It might be a clone of “Teen Titans Go” and be terrible. However, since one of the producers had worked on the Nick show, we will probably see our favorite characters still being themselves. Please don’t groan and moan just yet, save it for when we have more details. Remember, you don’t have to watch, and if you do watch, you could create a blog where you can rant and yell and complain, like many do.
Maybe it is because I’m in my late 30s and my birthday is next month which means I’m close to 29 years in the fandom. But have seen every iteration, every remake, every version. The only one I refuse to speak of is “Next Mutation” which never should have existed. But I really adore 2012 and IDW, I personally feel they are the best portrayals. Many might disagree and cite 2003 (it’s awesome, but poor Mikey wound up an egotistical butt monkey and it hurt me). But 2018 is very unknown, so we can’t argue about it.”
Don’t make me pull out receipts from conversations with people behind the scenes of Mirage, Nick 2012, Archie, and IDW (I have friends in weird places, it’s weeiird). I don’t wanna snap at teenagers and people in their early twenties whose prefrontal cortexes are still developing. Look, you can say what you want, but when producers, writers, and even the creators are like, “No, actually we never did it the way you insist, but hey, it's been a long time and everything is open to suggestion, I won’t stop you” it’s a good idea to sit down and start writing headcanons. This is what AU fanfiction is for, guys!