Just saw “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)”

The one-liner shout outs, reasonably impressive CGI, and fun actions scenes cannot cover the fact that this latest revision of the well establish franchise is excruciating for childhood fans like me.

Virtually all the characters’ personalities and back stories have been altered if not completely changed. Splinter and Shredder no longer have an intertwined past anymore. April O’Neil is completely obnoxious and uninteresting but unfortunately it's only partially Megan Fox’s fault. And of all the other characters they brought back they have Will Arnett playing Vernon Fenwick, April’s Channel 6 camera man/rival from the 1987 cartoon series, and Whoopi Goldberg as a gender/racial swapped cameo of Burne Thomson, April’s Channel 6 boss from the 1987 cartoon series. What? They couldn't bring back Irma while they were at it?

-Sigh- My childhood just took another fatal blow.