So I wanted to do another take on something with TMNT! I had so much love with the previous one, so I wanted to say Thank You!
Now on to what I want to talk about his the concept of a “Teenager”. Mind you I am a HUGE NERD & FAN! Of TMNT always have been and forever will be.
Although I do have my constructive criticism here and there. Because I watched all of them from the old comics, to the first series and movie. All the way to basically… Now lol
As everyone know the lovely TMNT had another movie called, “Mutant Mayhem.” I will say it’s cute and all and them trying to do something different. I’m not going to over hype it, it was nice. It wasn’t like bad.
But the main thing I didn’t like(mind you it’s just an opinion lol), is them saying there finally TEENAGERS! Like they look,act, and voice by actual teenagers.
Now being voiced by real teenagers is cool and a nice difference. But look and act like teenagers, from all the ones I watch they ALWAYS act like teenagers when they aren’t in fight mode.
Lol here me out Most teenagers look different and act different in there own ways. Through my time when I use to be in Highschool, when I use to be a Teenager. I seen some teenagers that look like adults! Like some of them I couldn’t believe was in my school and mistook them as someone that wasn’t a student. There are also some that look like little kids that are high schoolers and act like kids. So looking and acting like a teenager is relative.
Me saying that is taking into the account of when people were talking about the design of the 2014 & 2016 TMNT film
Mind you to me teenage age begins from 13-20 at the least 13 more so leaving out of your middle schooler phase into a Highschooler.
TMNT 2014-2016 - They gave me the age of 18-19 yrs. old based on there look and behavior. Especially Mikey, but they are still categorized as a Teenager. With sometimes Teenage behavior like all of them show at time.
TMNT 2003 - They gave me 16 or 17 year old vibes they were jokable and played a lot. Even certain serious times depending on how serious. But still Teenagers.
TMNT 2018-2019 - They gave me 14-15 year old vibes. They play around and immature a lot of times even during majority of serious moments.
TMNT MUTANT MAYHEM - They gave me 13 year old vibes. Turtles slowly or just started to enter there teenage year and trying to come out of that middle schooler energy type phase.
All in all they were STILL TEENAGERS! This isn’t the first movie where they are and act like teenagers. They always do at certain time, but as you grow older and at the stage of leaving from those teenage tendencies. You act a bit more mature.
Now I didn’t age range all of them, that’s because these were the best examples to really gauge there characters. Because these were really good, different, unique adaptations. The ones I didn’t mention were similar to the ones above as well.
Now again this is just my opinion, and I don’t be bias for a specific TMNT. But a fair analysis over all of them, I won’t say what TMNT adaptation is better. I do enjoy the 2003 but I love all of them as I watched all of them across, and one may have something another is lacking and so on. So it’s hard to say what is better, each one has it’s own flavor and spice. That one person may like it and another may not, and that’s completely fine.
I just don’t like when people say this recent movie, this is the first time they’re teenagers. Probably the first time voiced by teenagers(Kudos with that). But this is not the first they act like one.
Because they act like teenagers in each adaptation, just possibly a different teenager age range or just another kind of teenager.
I love TMNT, and always will. Every TMNT is great to me in it’s own way, and any and everyone is free to agree or disagree. :>
