[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by Paxtin

From what we've seen so far, it seems "Krang" is both the name of their race as well the Krang themselves, as they all seem to refer to each other individually as "Krang."

I know this probably wont be the case, but it'd be cool if somewhere down the line they reveal that the Krang aren't a race of aliens but rather all clones of the "real" Krang who made them all as a personal army to conquer planets...Probably not ever gonna happen. But it'd be cool if it did.

I could dig that! I could really get behind that, bigtime! Me Likey!
With the "real" Kraang actually being Utron?

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On another note, I actually like that these turtles actually behave more like teenagers than the original cartoon I grew up with. Mikey even more so than his over the top Cowabunga dudes 80's counterpart. He's such a little brother in this show that its humorous to me because my little brother acted almost exactly like he does...and it was infuriating, lol.

Also, so The Krang is apparently plural in this series so far?

Yes, and it's actually spelled with two As now. The Kraang.

And I agree, definately like that they act like teenagers. And not just teenagers, but younger ones. The original cartoon, the turtles were almost extreme caricatures of teenagers.
Here, Leonardo understands the weight on his shoulders, and tries to be responcible. Raph is headstrong and confrontational, but not truely "angry." Mike as you pointed out is like the goofy kid brother (In fact, he reminds me of Aang, if Aang didn't have the weight and future of the entire world on his shoulders, and feeling like the whole war is his fault, and his fault alone). And Don, is... well... the AV geek.

And the feeling of family is strong, too. They feel like they all grew up together, and that they are actually brothers. They don't always get along, they're perfectly willing to turn on one another as soon as the right prank comes along. But you also feel like they love each other as a family does. Other versions I've watched or read never captured that. Not the original cartoon, the previous cartoon, or the Archie TMNT Adventures comics. Movies came close, but never quite hit it.
Splinter isn't just their teacher, he raised them. He loves them as his own children. And that feels true here, too.
Oh! There was one exception! The TMNT animated movie, I think hit that feeling of them being a true family pretty well.