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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mad Mac" data-source="post: 2067898" data-attributes="member: 27873">Wasn't planning on playing the TMNT guru, but...  I'm actually not that familiar with the comic, I just remember how dark and violent it was. I stopped reading it out of protest at the point where they had some guys with machine guys up and gun down 8 of the turtles mutant buddies in a single panel, including a couple of my favorites. Just reeked of desperation, I thought.  Anyway, the Shredder/Krang thing. Not my favorite plot twist, but I'll give them props for having the guts to do it. Basically, in the new show, Shredder was an Utron (A race of aliens like Krang, rather than him losing his body) super-criminal who wrecked the shapeship that was transporting him for confinement, into the middle of feudal Japan. Eventually, he set up a criminal ninja empire, pretending to be a never ending succession of "Shredders" for generations.  Unlike Krang, he's not an inventor or techno-geek, relying entirely on mercenary scientists and stolen alien tech. He's also a very, very, evil guy, who does a lot of really nasty stuff over the course of the show. Still, he'd be more appealing if he was human...  Speaking of drastically altered characters, Baxter Stockman is Shredders treacherous scientist lacky, who Shredder "punishes" for every failure...he lost a hand, an eye, his legs...the idiot just keeps re-building himself and coming back. I'm not sure what's left of him at this point--1 or 2 internal organs at best.  This thread is reminding me of a lot of old cartoons I'd forgotton about though. "Denver the Last Dinosaur", yeesh.</blockquote>

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