The trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem was released recently and despite the mostly positive responses, it has been slightly divisive. The direction of this new film has sparked several ongoing conversations and brought the heroes in a half-shell back into the wider pop culture conversation. This is definitely a new take on the familiar property and, judging by what we’ve seen, the creators are coming at it with a fresh approach. The cast of characters and the individuals providing the voices are solid talking points on their own, but what has struck several fans as odd about this laundry list of heroes and villains is the lack of the Turtles’ main antagonist — Oroku Saki, better known as the Shredder.
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Stephen Wilds 