A Look Back at Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

With the movie coming out soon on Netflix. It's once again time for another look back at review. Let's begin.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was a 2D animated series based on the popular characters, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The show was also the fourth animated series based on the characters. It was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and distributed by ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was developed by Andy Suriano and Ant Ward.

The story is four mutant turtle brothers lurk in deep sewers of New York City. One day when deciding to explore the outside world, they soon discover great evils around their beloved city. Not only do the turtles have to stop these villains, but they also must learn to operate as a team while at the same time tap into their newly discovered mystic powers.

• Negatives

Two of the biggest issues and there two issues that really hurt the show, and of one of those are the characters. This is a terrible characterization of the turtles. Each and everyone of them is basically Michaelangelo. They're all the goofballs. Even supporting characters like April, acts like a goof. They even made Splinter, who's supposed to be the Turtle's wise and zen master, act almost like a goof. One of the reasons people became fans of the Ninja Turtles was, even if they had the same design, they still had their own personalities. If you wanted a more headstrong/serious one, you had Raphael. If you wanted someone intelligent, you had Donatello. And if you wanted someone who lives and dies by their ninja code, there's Leonardo. Now there's no point in having a favorite turtle, cause there the same guy.

Now the humor isn't bad. There's quite a few times I did laugh. The problem with it is there's just too much of it. While the previous shows such as the 2003 4Kids show and the 2012 Nickelodeon show, had humor in them. Those writers knew there was a time and place. Here, even when the entire world is in grave danger, THEY STILL FEEL THE ABSOLUTE NEED TO ACT LIKE MORONS! So even if there's a moment of character development, it's not gonna matter because the characters will just be right back to square one, just so the writers can put more jokes in there that have no rhyme or reason to exist.

• Mix

Now the voice actor and actress are really good. They deliver lines perfectly, and they do work off each very well. It's just a shame that they didn't get better material.

• Positives

There's only two positives I can give. One of those being the theme song. It's catchy and there's some energy to it. Two things I believe make for a great TMNT theme.

Then there's the animation. This is the one aspect of the show that really works. It's very clear there was a lot of time and effort put in the animation. It's just as energetic and fast paced as it's theme song I mentioned earlier.

While I absolutely can't stand this series, it wouldn't be fair in my eyes to give one of my lowest ratings, because there's still some things that prevent that. The theme song and animation are done perfectly, while the material isn't good the voice cast does a stellar job. I only wish we had much better characters and humor.

My final rating is Bad.

So there's a high chance the movie's gonna be like this as well. But who knows, maybe I'll get a surprise. Anyhow, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Aug 6th for my review of Bullet Train. I am so excited for that one. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.