#tcri vs epf

[galactickit]

"Smoke and Mirrors"

Leo when he's a bit older and a bit more powerful. It's not a great descriptor of what this move entails, but that'll come later >:3

Also I'm gonna try and be more active here now that Elon is apparently just feeding every post into his new AI. Uh, my art ain't goin' in there MuskMan. Ick.

[vicky82gargoylesfan]

My Thoughts On The Crossover Arc

I thought it was best to do all 3 episodes for this and I will do the same for the Monster Arc, which I will probably do at the weekend.

I really enjoyed this episode, I laughed a lot but it was sad as this is the final time we see everyone in the present because the last story will take place 50 years later, so everyone will either be old or dead.

It was a lighthearted, fun story, hardly any dark moments, it had a lot of characters in it and it has the ICK music video at the end, so I can understand why Nickelodeon want to air this as the season final because they want it to end on a happy note for the kids. But us adults know that season final is the future arc and I expect that it will have a lot of dark and sad moments but I still hope it ends on a bit of a happy note.

I loved the little tribute to James Avery when Bebop showed the Villains Union card.

Spoilers

Part 1

Keven Michael Richardson did an awesome job as 80s Shredder.

It was awesome to see 80s Bebop and Rocksteady at the start but was a shame they didn't get more screen time, I would of loved to see Nick Bebop and  Rocksteady meet them.

Awww ICK and Chompy are playing that card game.

Bebop and Rocksteady meeting Shredder and Krang in Coffee Shop was funny because they were sitting there with other people and Krang was sitting in a baby's seat.

I thought Rocksteady's resume was a bit controversial because it mentioned some of the wars on there, the 2 Iraq wars, Yugoslavia war ect.

Lol at Bebops head-shots

Leo in a trench coat at a store was pretty cool, it was also a reference to the 80s show as the 80s turtles wore trench coat a lot.

Lol Shredder and Krang don't know what Wifi is.

Lol at Leonardo trying to be stealthy

The Bebop and Rocksteady vs the 80s turtles fight was good, but it was hard to see the 80s turtles getting some big hits.

Lol at Raphael 4th wall break but he should be told that characters do die in kids shows.

As Mikey got that communication device to talk to Renet (seen in Worlds Collide), I think he did go on time travel adventure and kissed Renet. It's a shame we didn't see it but I think it would be a great fanfic story/art.

I was surprised that the Turtles didn't recognise the technodrome because it appeared in trans dimensional Turtles. But then I realised they never saw the outside of it, only seen inside it.

Lol at Bebops gun set on bubbles.

Part 2

It's a shame that Casey, Karai and Shinigami were only in one episode, I hope we get to see them in the future arc.

Ouch! Donnie had to shock himself and his brothers to get out of the slime stuff.

Loved the little teamwork with Mikey and Raph by jumping on Donnie to take Krang down.

Lol at April, Casey and Karai (later on in the episode) reactions to the 80s turtles.

The Turtles training the 80s turtles was funny.

Great to see the 80s foot soldiers back.

Lol at Leo giving the 80s turtles high fives and saying they were great but then whispered to the others that they were terrible.

Lol at the 80s turtles reactions towards ICK and Chompy.

Lol at Leonardo mentioning about being turned in ballons. It was a reference to the 80s episode Michelangelo's Birthday.

Yikes! Looks like some EPF soldiers fell to there death.

Yikes! the EPF had some sick traps, especially the last one.

The fight was great, I like that the 80s turtles stepped up there fighting.

Lol at Leonardo enjoying the violence.

Ouch! Poor Casey broke a rib.

Lol at the mistake done on purpose with the mix up between 80s Mikey and 80s Raph.

Part 3

It was a shame that only 3 of the Mutanimals appeared but I'm glad it was those 3. But sadly I think this will be last time we will see Slash and Letherhead, I can't imagine seeing them 50 years in the future because they are a lot more older.

So are the Mutanimals staying with EPF at TCRI now, they certainly got there quickly.

Love that Mikey was multitasking when he was fighting and talking on the phone to Mondo Gecko at the same time.

Love Donnie's little geek out moment when he thought of an idea.

Bebop and Rocksteady starting to realise that Krang and Shredder are no good after they said about destroying there world.

Nice to see Traag and Granitor again.

Those little rock creatures are weird.

Lol at drunk Shredder, this is the 2nd time there has been a drunk character in this show, the first being Splinter. Who's next?? Raph drunk in the future arc.

Poor April, getting shocked by Krang. it's a shame we didn't see a Apritello moment or saw Donnie's reaction, but loved seeing Mikey's Raph reaction to it.

Bebop and Rocksteady changing there minds and help save the day was awesome.

Yikes!!!!! Mikey's angry outburst and then throwing the mailbox at Traag, took me by surprise.

Loved the final take down of Shredder and Krang.

Phew! April is fine.

Awesome that Bebop and Rocksteady decide to stay on the good side now, I wonder if they will join the Mutaninals or do there own thing.

Lol at 80s Rocksteady wants to be a personal injury lawyer.

[all-things-tmnt]

Thoughts on “Tokka Vs. The World”:

Remember that one time when Raph adopted a turtle from space after its mother (Tokka) was seemingly killed and we all were like “well, at least Raph gets a happy ending?” ...Remember that one time months later when it turns out that Tokka survived and came to earth to get her baby back? We’re rolling back into things with a huge opening in our final stretch to the end of season three. When a monster from their past threatens to destroy their whole world, the turtles must team up with Chompy to save the earth from Tokka’s wrath. Will they succeed? Probably, but let’s see!  This post is so ALIVE with spoilers, so if you want to avoid them from burning you up, don’t keep reading.  If you haven’t seen this comeback episode, now would be a great time to click here and watch it!

There’s some kind of pun to be found here along the lines of, “you can take the baby turtle out of space but you can’t take the space out of the baby turtle without its mother coming to absolutely murder you...” I’m sure it’ll come to me at some point in writing this, and I’ll let you guys know when I got it.  Interesting things:       - “Hey guys, remember how we gave Raph a space pet and never did anything with him ever again? Well we should make him a major plot device for reasons.” - The TMNT Writers, probably.       - As a person who was never a fan of Chompy and/or didn’t care about his existence since he was introduced.....he is really cute.       - Also, I appreciate the Godzilla reference.      - There are many reasons Chompy shouldn’t play with Ice Cream Kitty, one being that he could literally murder the cat because HE BREATHES FIRE.       - He apparently farts fire as well.       - “Dude, you ever think about how big Chompy will get one day?” I have literally thought about that since they decided to take him Michelangelo.      - “I feel bad about Chompy’s mom.” LOL REALLY DO YOU NOW?????      - “Donnie said there’s probably nothing that could survive a super nova.” LOL REALLY NOW?????????????????      - Someone please try to explain to me how Tokka knew where Chompy was. Don’t tell me she followed his scent or whatever because there is no oxygen in space and no smell. This is going to be a filler to the highest degree, isn’t it?      - Am I the only person who still waits for the Triceraton foot to stomp down on the manhole cover in the theme song...? I swear that gave me PTSD.       - Donnie and Casey getting along is my aesthetic.       - So I guess we’re not done with this crystal business?       - THIS JUST IN: NASA AND THE EPF WORK TOGETHER.       - STAY CLASSY NEW YORK. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA. NICE.       - How on earth did Splinter instantly know that it was coming straight for Chompy? I mean come on.      - OH COME ON LEO, YOU HAVE SEEN TOKKA, YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU CAN’T JUST SPEAK TO THAT MASSIVE THING AND OFFER HER BABY BACK. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE HOW THAT CONVERSATION WOULD GO WERE IT POSSIBLE? “HEY LOL SORRY WE STOLE YOUR CHILD THANKS BYE.”      - I typed that in all CAPS because it mattered that much to me.       - You know Casey’s been poorly written for too long if even he’s surprised when he’s right.      - ALL. HAIL. BISHOP.       - Dear God I don’t even understand what this pep talk is.      - Casey being so useful in this episode and the writers are literally MOCKING HIM because he’d finally being written the way he should be. STOP. BEING. AWFUL. TO. CASEY.      - “And not semi-idiotic.” My new favorite line of the series.      - I appreciated the fun running towards TCRI montage.       - That guy was watching cat videos.       - I’m sorry but there is no way they got into that elevator like that. I don’t even understand what just happened.       - LOLOLOLOLOL @ THAT TMNT MOVIE REFERENCE!!!!!!!!!      - Casey had a weapon that could have sent those grenades back. He did not use it. Ugh.      - “We gotta get to that other ship!” There are literally 20 other ships. Which one is “that other” one?      - “Destroy what you don’t understand.” DONATELLO, YOU ARE MY HERO. I feel like that was an underlying political message.       - ALL. HAIL. BISHOP. !!!!!!!!!!!.       - “I have become ambassador to earth.” That I’m not entirely thrilled about but I mean whatever. this whole season has just screwed with logic so much.       - That awkward moment when Raph goes against Bishop and I am literally forced to side wth Bishop.       - “He’s my sidekick in my mission to cleanse the city of evil.” WHAT? WHAT????? NO. I’M NOT OKAY WITH THAT.       - Raph and Bishop’s “fight” was just added to the list of things this series didn’t need.      - Not to be a downer but those pilots just exploded.       - So after ALL THAT TALK AND ALMOST FIGHTING, Bishop just lets them go. REALLY.       - THOSE TWO SOLDIERS JUST STOOD THERE WHILE BISHOP TOOK OUT THE FIRST ONE AND THEN DID NOTHING TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST HIM.       - Casey is the best thing about this episode.       - Pretty sure Tokka just set New York City on fire.       - “YAAAAAAAS Mom YAAAAAASSSSSSS.” - Chompy, probably.       - People are definitely dying in New York City right now. Tokka and the EPF are literally killing thousands of people.       - Leo, please don’t fall back into your self-missions-of-definite-suicides again. That’s been our trope in season four and it hasn’t worked out.       - I love watching Leo fight. Even though I told him not to do this last bullet point...he’s always choreographed so well and I love itttt.      - Raph’s sense of balance is impossibly amazing.       - Donnie is the only one who’s logically looking at any of this begging for Tokka not to eat them.      - Can Tokka even understand Raph? Or hear him for the matter???      - As a person who is almost constantly way too emotionally invested in this series, I gotta say, I am not moved by this episode at all...especially this scene with Raph talking to Tokka and saying goodbye to Chompy. Sorry not sorry I guess.       - YOU’VE. GOT. TO. BE. KIDDING. ME.       - I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW WITH THIS “RESOLUTION” THAT IT’S NOT EVEN FUNNY.       - Casey can add “tasering a general” to his rap sheet.       - That was the best high three of the series.       - Tokka launching and flying away is still as stupid as it was the first time we saw it.       - Leo cheering for his brother from the sidelines gave me feels.       - Chompy will leave earth some day confirmed. Not through the duration of this series, though.  Well...I guess I have to do breakdowns? There’s really not much serious depth to this episode. Not any that affects the overall plot, anyway. But the best thing about this episode is Casey. ...I know, I thought I’d never get to say that in a review, either. But seriously! This is the first episode where I was consistently rooting for Casey the entire time. Seeing him do so many things right for once was so great. What wasn’t great was that even the writers point out the dialogue that Casey has never been this useful before. And it’s frustrating because we know Casey is capable of great things if he’s given the chance to be! From the first moment we see him when he points out he’s concerned, to the awesome ideas he has, to the fighting he does, he’s solid from start to finish in this episode and I genuinely hope this is a turning point for his character. Here’s to hoping we get more of this Casey and less of “beginning of season four Casey.” Another thing I wanted to point out that happened in this episode was Casey pointing out Mikey is his sidekick. Mikey. Not Raph. I’ve definitely complained about it before, but Casey and Raph have always had a bromance in TMNT. I haven’t seen it nearly enough in this series yet, and it’s been bothering me. When Casey first met Raph, we were instantly given the promise that they were going to be bros, and there haven’t been enough episodes showing us their friendship in depth like other incarnations have shown us. This episode feels like it teased us with the things Casey should and can be, and I hope like hell we’ll get a Raph-Casey episode soon.  Bishop just randomly popping up was great, because I’ve missed seeing him. Bishop randomly popping up as ambassador to earth was kind of weird. I mean, how could we have not gotten any forewarning about that? I would assume he’d contact the turtles about it, especially seeing as they fought together and he (along with the other Utroms) had entrusted them with the Black Hole Generator pieces. Him popping up and being so relevant kind of fit the theme of this whole episode, which was... SHOVING IRRELEVANT THINGS DOWN OUR THROATS! These are my final thoughts: this episode is basically pointless. Or at least, I feel like everything in this episode is pointless. I mean, considering I’ve been waiting so long for new episodes to come back, on top of the fact that we are literally closing in on what has promised to be an INCREDIBLE finale episode, seeing this episode that in no way enhances the plot was a bit frustrating. 2012 has done fillers before, but there’s always one or two moments in those fillers that play a huge role in the main story. This episode has nothing; it reminds us that Raph had a turtle, tries to put us through some moments that end up not mattering at all. Seriously, you expect me to believe that giant space turtle flew all the way to earth and just decided NOT to take her baby back because it seemed attached to Raph? I can’t deal. And like I said; we’re so close to the finale. I want to see us building towards that. Not wasting time on a pointless filler. I mean I didn’t hate the episode, but I hated that it gave me nothing to prepare me for the next step in our story. So honestly, I gotta give this one a 6/10, and that’s me being nice.  So now that we’ve gotten this little one-shot out of the way...The Tale of Tiger Claw is coming up next. We’re finally going to get to look at the back story of one of our biggest enemies. So that’s exciting.  But, before we’re meeting Alopex and talking TC, let’s talk about Tokka. Let me know what you guys liked and didn’t like  here. Previous review for The Power Inside Her here. All season four reviews here. All episode reviews index here. Podcast review here.

[galactickit]

Oh boy, so!!

Uncle Bishop AU currently has two working titles "TCRI vs EPF" and "Bridge the Gap" EITHER WAY. I'm starting character sheets, more for my own sake so I can keep things in order, but I shall share them with you as they happen. This is one of..... gdi fifteen character sheets I need to do.

Bridge the Gap is hopefully going to be a mix of comics and animatics telling the story that directly follows the events of my fic After the Portal Closes. Which, yaknow, if you have the spare time to read a 100k fic. Pop off. It's almost done. I have a chapter and a half left to write.