I already gone over Turtle Temper, but what about this episode? Mikey tries to make human friends off the internet, and friends somebody called 'Chris Bradford'. He constantly talks about him, annoying his brothers in the process. And of course, he annoys Chris Bradford. But since he works for the Shredder, Chris tries to get info off Mikey. At first it feels like a bit of a Spongebob-Plankton thing, with Plankton trying to get info off Spongebob, but Spongebob obliviously thwarts every attempt. There's also the lesson Splinter teaches Leo, which feels a bit shoehorned in. He pretty much tells him it's not about fairness, it's about victory. This IS a good lesson, but should it really be Splinter to say that? He often talks about honor in other versions, so when I saw this episode it felt weird.
Anyway, when Chris, and another guy named Xever kidnap Mikey, they plan on using it as bait. Splinter, Leo, Raph, and Don find out Chris works for Shredder, and go out to save him. Chris, Xever, and several foot ninjas tail them to the sewers. And my favorite part of the episode comes here. The turtles take down each foot ninja through the shadowws style, with great atmosphere to it, before the confrontation with Chris and Xever. It's a solid fight with a lot of good back and forth, the action music fits the tone as well, making the fight feel exciting. The way they beat them also shown some nice strategy.
This was a good episode. The humor was actually pretty decent, the wild takes didn't show up as much, and it actually gives some good Character Development for both Leonardo as a leader, and Raphael being a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, even though they weren't the centric characters. And this episode actually makes the flanderized Mikey entertaining, rather than just being a one-note idiot. But there's nothing to special about it, and the plot was very predictable. But I feel like this episode is giving the series hope, and mannages to get me interested again in this new adaption.
New Friend Old Enemy
I already gone over Turtle Temper, but what about this episode? Mikey tries to make human friends off the internet, and friends somebody called 'Chris Bradford'. He constantly talks about him, annoying his brothers in the process. And of course, he annoys Chris Bradford. But since he works for the Shredder, Chris tries to get info off Mikey. At first it feels like a bit of a Spongebob-Plankton thing, with Plankton trying to get info off Spongebob, but Spongebob obliviously thwarts every attempt. There's also the lesson Splinter teaches Leo, which feels a bit shoehorned in. He pretty much tells him it's not about fairness, it's about victory. This IS a good lesson, but should it really be Splinter to say that? He often talks about honor in other versions, so when I saw this episode it felt weird.
Anyway, when Chris, and another guy named Xever kidnap Mikey, they plan on using it as bait. Splinter, Leo, Raph, and Don find out Chris works for Shredder, and go out to save him. Chris, Xever, and several foot ninjas tail them to the sewers. And my favorite part of the episode comes here. The turtles take down each foot ninja through the shadowws style, with great atmosphere to it, before the confrontation with Chris and Xever. It's a solid fight with a lot of good back and forth, the action music fits the tone as well, making the fight feel exciting. The way they beat them also shown some nice strategy.
This was a good episode. The humor was actually pretty decent, the wild takes didn't show up as much, and it actually gives some good Character Development for both Leonardo as a leader, and Raphael being a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, even though they weren't the centric characters. And this episode actually makes the flanderized Mikey entertaining, rather than just being a one-note idiot. But there's nothing to special about it, and the plot was very predictable. But I feel like this episode is giving the series hope, and mannages to get me interested again in this new adaption.
Characters: B
Story: C
Writing: A-
Delivery: A
Overall: B+