mwood919

I think April O'Neil was (originally, anyway) a great character to have in a comic book story as weird as the TMNT one. She's ambitious, driven, intrepid and cunning. And the Turtles never sexualized her as many other comic characters might have done with such a figure.

Was there a conscious effort to make a female character that was basically a 5th (but human) Turtle? One to which women and young girls could relate and admire?

Yes, I cringed at that moment. Totally inappropriate. The rest of his comments and goofy flirting with April seemed ok because Mikey has always had a crush on April, which I don't consider "sexualizing"... he's just smitten and kinda "in love" with a pretty lady. And he's being goofy to get her attention... he's done this in the other movies and occasionally in other iterations, too, but... yeah, the comment about "I can feel my shell tightening" - that was just gross and uncalled-for.

That first TMNT game for NES is still the craziest and hardest game... EVER!

Hey Kev!

Have you ever conceived of what the Turtles would be like after their teenage years? Perhaps after Splinter has passed away? Maybe in their 30s (if mutant turtles live that long)... if being "super heroes" just wasn't a possibility for them because of their age, how would they continue to fight crime and protect NYC? (This was probably covered in a comic somewhere that I have yet to read, but... thought I'd ask you directly.)

Did anyone ever go check out the "East" warehouse over at "Laird/man Island"?