This is the first mutation of the TMNY that my 4 yr old doesn't like. And she's right.
The animation is incredibly distracting to watch, but the writing/acting is the really problem. Every line and every character is trying to be the funny one. Mike, Don, Leo, and splinter are all trying to be the dumb funny one. So there is no one for them to play off of. The result is dialogue that sounds like an endless series of one liners rather than characters that actually talk to each other. The character variety that creates interpersonal dynamics is what makes the show in all previous iterations... or as my 4 yr old put it "why is everyone always talking so loud?"
The animation is incredibly distracting to watch, but the writing/acting is the really problem. Every line and every character is trying to be the funny one. Mike, Don, Leo, and splinter are all trying to be the dumb funny one. So there is no one for them to play off of. The result is dialogue that sounds like an endless series of one liners rather than characters that actually talk to each other. The character variety that creates interpersonal dynamics is what makes the show in all previous iterations... or as my 4 yr old put it "why is everyone always talking so loud?"