Hatrack River Forum: "We are not the normal slowpoke turtles!"

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Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

"However, the mutastones had another power that upgrades the Turtles even stronger!"

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

Wow. Did that suck.

Posted by sylvrdragon (Member # 3332) on :

My eyes are bleeding... and my mind is melllllllllttiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngg..-

Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :

Ah. The turtles merged into Turtle Saint. Now I understand. Everything.

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

Saint Mutation. Wow.

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

I'm morbidly curious to see what April and Splinter transform into.

Splinter becomes an exoskeleton-wearing panda with a psychic link to an alien blob. Together they fight zombies!

April, meanwhile, is an Idol Singer.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Huh, interesting. We've known about this in my anime club for a while, though most hadn't seen it, and we're watching the full episodes for a 'Bad Anime Night' next semester.

Our main series are rather better [Wink]

Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :

"Bad Anime Night" sounds fun. Sort of like MST3K. [Cool]

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

What the Saint Turtle can't even power up into his ultimate form? I gotta say the guy who drew the mestastone powered shredder clearly does not work in the same buildings as the guy who drew the unpowered version.

Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :

Yeah, this is the first semester we've done it.

We're hoping to find a copy of "Warriors of the Wind" for the finale.

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

You know, maybe this is an observation based on my ignorance of anime . . .

But from watching this, and especially watching Digimon, the Japanese superhero image seems to be concerned with the temporary transformation to a more powerful state. This is interesting when compared to the American version, where the more powerful state is always there, simply hidden under an innocuous disguise. Superman is always behind Clark Kent, but the turtles require a transformation to become Super Turtles. The state is not latent, but new; and yet it is almost always a temporary one.

Hmm. Fun.

Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :

Well, there's also usually gradual power growth, punctuated by dramatically timed jumps. Huge motif in Japan, not so much in the US. You can see why RPG video games really took off first in Japan.

Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :

Aye, makes sense.

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

"a mighty enigma is swirling about"

Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :

One of my favorite parts was "kicks go boom boom."