noitsnot
Since: May, 2010
10/27/2012 00:00:00
It seems like you have high expectations for this show. While I did find this episode underwhelming, I don't see any reason to give up.
Awesomekid42
Since: Jul, 2012
10/27/2012 00:00:00
It's ninja turtles. Of course I have high expectations. Anyway, if the next few episodes are as bad as this, I'll give up on it. But I currently still plan on watching it.
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Metalhead
You know, when I found out about this episode, I was interested. The idea of Donatello feeling that he can't keep up often crossed my mind, and the whole useless weapon reminded me of an episode in Yin Yang Yo, where Yang hated his bamboo sword, but learns to have faith in it when the villans of the episode appear. I thought 'this episode seems to have potential.' Then I watched it. It blew.
First, there was something that worried me when I saw the released info on the upcoming episode. Don would use a robot to do the battling for him. I was praying that it wouldn't become predictable. I hoped that it wouldn't simply be 'robot goes berserk, Don comes to save the day making the other turtles look uselss' type of thing. But I was right. That is exactly what happened. Don's robot, metal head, get's controlled by the Krang, Don saves the day, and Leo Mikey, and Raph just battle off the Krang droids which isn't even shown. And Don defeats Metal head by tricking it into blasting a pillar, and it falls on it. Any turtle could have done that. Couldn't the writers just have Don identify Metalheads weakpoint, which the others wouldn't be able to do?
Second, the execution. Don's reasoning for building the robot seemed so stupid. As I said before, it could have been interesting if he decided to build it since he felt like he couldn't catch up to his brothers. But the way he acts it seems like his reasoning is 'Being a ninja's hard. I'm going to make something to do everything for me, while my brothers risk their lives saving the city from aliens.' The jokes are bland, and the other three do NOTHING for the plot. In Mikey's episode at least Raphael and Leonardo get some Character Development. And in Turtle Temper (the episode I despise to no end) and the Baxter Stockman episode at least Leonardo works on being a leader. But they do nothing here. I do like this episode a bit more than Turtle Temper since the characters don't seem like idiots. But overall, this episode sucks.
Characters: C
Story: D-
Writing: C-
Delivery: D+
Overall: D
This episode was a huge dissapointment, and I hope the next episode in the series will make up for it. If not, I'm probably giving up on the new adaption all together.