Goodness gracious, did this series have so much unused potential. The first few episodes did have a reasonably compelling story arc, regarding a dragon who's escaped from the dream world with plans of conquest. In these early episodes, Venus De Milo isn't nearly as much a plot device with no character or uninteresting as she is in the rest of the episodes.
A Dragon escaping a dream world may sound illogical, but if they could do something as illogical as battle ninjas who created mutant animal hybrids and also battle aliens from another dimension in their past shows, they can surely be allowed to do THIS.
The stories after the first story arc didn't focus on the dragons from the dream world at all, focusing on things that were illogical even for the ninja turtles! A talking albino ape who's a billionaire mob boss, no questions asked as to how such an ape can talk as he's not even a mutant. Shredder temporarily living with the turtles, which makes no sense because he died in the first episode of the show, so that's a major plot hole! A random hunter trying to hunt the turtles, even dressing up as a poodle at a costume party in their sewers to do so. And once they get back on the subject of the Dragons for an episode or maybe even 2, they don't focus on their threat as much as one insignificant and boring character among them. Such wasted potential.
If you decide to ever watch this series, only watch East Meets West. I'm warning you, your eyes will bleed mutagen if you watch the rest!
A Dragon escaping a dream world may sound illogical, but if they could do something as illogical as battle ninjas who created mutant animal hybrids and also battle aliens from another dimension in their past shows, they can surely be allowed to do THIS.
The stories after the first story arc didn't focus on the dragons from the dream world at all, focusing on things that were illogical even for the ninja turtles! A talking albino ape who's a billionaire mob boss, no questions asked as to how such an ape can talk as he's not even a mutant. Shredder temporarily living with the turtles, which makes no sense because he died in the first episode of the show, so that's a major plot hole! A random hunter trying to hunt the turtles, even dressing up as a poodle at a costume party in their sewers to do so. And once they get back on the subject of the Dragons for an episode or maybe even 2, they don't focus on their threat as much as one insignificant and boring character among them. Such wasted potential.
If you decide to ever watch this series, only watch East Meets West. I'm warning you, your eyes will bleed mutagen if you watch the rest!