If TMNT ends this year...

If TMNT:BTTS did end after this season, I would not be in favor of another TMNT cartoon beginning any time in the near future. The 2003 TMNT cartoon started less than 10 years after the original TMNT cartoon ended. And that was ok because the world was ready for a TMNT cartoon that did justice to the characters. The TMNT franchise was in need of a darker version that more closely followed it's comic origins. Another TMNT cartoon created immediately after this one ends would be created for one reason, and one reason only, profit.

Also, I really wouldn't be all that bothered by this show coming to an end after this season. Seasons 5,6,and 7 have all been steps down from each previous season. The show felt like it was at it's absolute best during seasons 3 and 4. Season 5 was just about a 1/2 step down from those seasons. Season 6 (the Fast Forward season) was a major step down. And season 7 (the BTTS season) feels like an even further step down. So while I felt like the end of season 5 would've been the perfect place for the show to end. I'd be ok with this show being put out of its misery after this season.
 
ughh, I would rather they let the franchise take a break from TV for about 10 to 15 years. a reboot would be unnecessary so soon because the 2k3 show explained the characters perfectly. the best thing they could do would be to make a series of DTV's along the lines of what DC and Marvel are doing. that way they can have complete control and keep anything resembling FF out of it.
 
Who knows, they may still be around, only time will tell. The cancelling of the Fox Saturday morning cartoons sure didn't put everyone in high hopes....
 
The way it sounds to me, it sounds like production is on hiatus at the moment. No news from the higher-ups that it's getting a new season, but no news that it'll NEVER get a new season.

I still say that they'll probably wait for the sales reports of the DTV and the 25th anniversary merchandise to come in. Obviously, that means that if we get another season (which I hope they do, if only to wrap up the DOZENS of loose ends that Back to the Sewers alone will likely leave unfinished), it won't air until 2010.

We'll just have to wait and see.
 
Well if they close out the series and then return a few years later, why not reboot it from the start. A kid who was say 6 in 2003 will be 16 in 2013, so now the show will be marketed to a new generation of 6 year olds. It doesn't really make sense to dig out this show that has all that continuity that a kid wont possibly be able to follow and really, I think this show has shown for a few years now that there isn't anywhere else for this version to go. They've told all these stories and it looks like they're tapped out and have been for awhile.
 
Yeah, but it really depends on how long they let it rest before trying to do it again. 4kids official website has, as far as I know, episodes from all 7 seasons officially streamed on their website, so kids who never saw the show can catch up on it that way.

There are still plenty of untold stories from the comics that could be adapted into episodes, I realize a lot of it probably won't be, but the writers should never be at a loss for new material since there is 25 years worth of TMNT comic stories.

In any case, if the show does end I still hope that if its re-launched some years later they try to tie it into this one, rather than another re-boot. I get tired of sitting through re-treads with all the other superhero shows.
 
What a third TMNT series would look like would probably depend on any future TMNT movies. I mean if there's a movie or two a few years from now that's a success, they'd probably opt to tie a new series into that instead. I really doubt they'd go back to the 2K3 continuity years after ending it. I mean like after two or three years maybe, but if we're talking six or seven years after the end of the 2K3 series I really doubt it.

But you're right, the last thing we need is more retreads. If they tied it into a future movie it could work because then the character introductions and such would be out of the way.

A series without the Shredder would be a start but that would be a hard sell among a lot of fans. I don't know what they'd do without being either too gimmicky or too much like the either of the other two TMNT series, but so long as it's something different from what we've already seen I'm fine.
 
Funny thing is, the 4th TMNT movie came out something like 14 years after the third movie back in 1993, and it had some sort of loose continuity rather than starting over as a reboot.

The movie starts with the Shredder already defeated, and treats you as if you already know the Turtles, April and Casey. If a new movie can come out 14 years later and have a loose continuity with the original movies, a 3-4 year break between TMNT cartoons wouldn't be so bad picking up where it left off.

I dunno, this is all assuming 4kids holds onto the license or whatever, or if Mirage doesn't partner with some new company years down the road. Who knows, really.
 
I am thinking a 7-10 year hiatus would work best, that way it's long enough that children who are recently born will fall into it and those who enjoyed the turtles can grow to miss them and it would be a welcome return.
 
I don't see the problem with rebooting the series. I could see them going back to the 2k3 series if they stop for a couple of years, maybe four tops, but if they don't come back after a decade or two, then I wouldn't see the point in starting up the series again. The main reason why superhero series, such as Batman, get rebooted after a few years, aside from the obvious money factor, is to attract the new generations of kids. They won't really care about the opinions of older fans since they're not in the target audience.

It's the same with the current series right now. They aren't targeting people around our age and the people in charge probably couldn't care less how we feel about the show since we're not in their target audience. I doubt that 4Kids and everyone else involved in the 2k3 ever considered the fans of the 80s series. If the franchise is profitable for another new series in a few years, which is quite possible, then they still won't care about the fans of either series feels about the new one. They'll only care about those who are in their age range. That's the case with pretty much every show.

While I can understand why you may not want to watch another rebooted series, I don't think that anyone is going to force you to do so. I also don't see the need to compare and contrast two different series of the same franchise, such as your example of B:TAS and The Batman, when they're already too different from each other, outside of their main characters. Besides that, I usually try to judge a show on its own merits, rather than constantly comparing it to something else.
 
Now that I think of it, Biker Mice from Mars was rebooted 15 years later in the same continuity and even with the same voice actors, so a TMNT reboot in a few years isn't totally out of the question. Though personally I'd rather see the franchise start fresh.
 
I think maintaining continuity could work if they have a new direction for the franchise.

The original TMNT cartoon ended in 1996, and the new series started in 2003. There was a 7 year gap between both TMNT cartoons, so of course a reboot was needed in addition to the fact that the goal of this series was to be more like the comics.

The problem is what can another TMNT show do besides be a re-tread? The good thing about the two cartoons now is that they're so different from each other since the 80's show was barely based on the comics at all, so you can watch both series without feeling like you're watching the same thing twice.

And as I said above, the 4th TMNT movie came out like 12 years after the 3rd movie back in 1993, and it maintained a loose continuity with Shredder defeated and the movie treating the audience as if they already know the Turtles, April and Casey.
 
TMNT was not a continuation of the last 3 Ninja Turtles live action movies, at least I don't consider it to be. The Turtles already knowing April and Casey could be applied to any TMNT continuity. One could just as easily say that TMNT was a continuation of the 2K3 4KidsTV cartoon.
 
There were references to the first 3 live-action films, but only the hardcore TMNT fanbase picked up on them. At the end of the movie when Raph gives up the Nightwatcher helmet, we see Shredder's helmet from Movie 1, the broken TCRI canister from Movie 2, and the Time Scepter from Movie 3.

Likewise Karai meets the Turtles for the first time in the movie, and in the 2k3 series she meets them there, so the movie fits more in line with the old films.
 
Yeah, that's pretty loose continuity though. Those seem to be more along the line of Easter Eggs, really. The movie's pretty standalone.

Just so long as a new series skipped past boring character reintroductions and don't adapt comic stories that have already been adapted, then I'm all for it whether it be in 2K3 continuity or not.
 
I think that you're reading too much into things. Those seemed more like Easter Eggs than official references to me, but really, that's a matter of interpretation. Every franchise doesn't have to be connected in order for me to enjoy them, but if you want to connect all the TMNT franchises, that's OK with me.
 
The movie still started off with the Shredder already defeated, and April/Casey knowing the Turtles.

If it was meant to be a re-boot, we would have seen Shredder fight the Turtles for the first time, the first meeting of April/Casey, etc.

I think the reason the new movie didn't do that stuff is because they didn't want to cover old ground again that was already done in previous films.
 
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