[Mr. Marshmallow]

I actually don't follow comic books that well outside of Spider Man and Batman, and I don't own any of their issues (except one) I just know about their histories through internet web sites, Wikipedia, and comic book encyclopedias I buy and/or get as gifts. The changes don't really affect me because I don't know what's being changed.

Even after finding out what has been changed, I find it still doesn't bother me. But I know enough about Shredder to know he is NOT an alien, that changes his existence entirely. He can be as ruthless and menacing as the human Shredder, but the fact is, I still find him being an alien a perversion of the character because no matter how cool he looks, he's still.....a fake.

That's essentially the problem. He is not real, he is a costume, a persona, a shell, his TRUE form is not the Shredder, the Shredder is merely a toy he is controlling. That's what bugs me. I have always liked human villains who have no powers because they prove they can hold their own against heroes with super powers. Like Lex Luthor, Syndrome, The Riddler, Slade, Kingpin.

All of them are completely human and have no "super powers" or any kind of unnatural ability. The fact Shredder is revealed to be an alien in the show not only discredits his identity status, but also his "power status". If he was a robot suit, he could have been capable of much stronger and more powerful feats then what he did on the show.

Something that advanced surely could be capable of much more destructive capabilities and prove more useful to the whole alien/robot suit thing. However, don't bother saying it was the "element of surprise" or "keep them fooled into thinking he's human" because that to me makes no sense. If this Shredder really wanted them dead, he wouldn't bother half assing his skills.

He would use all his abilities to kill them and if that alien can produce a toy sophisticated enough to walk, talk, and fight like a human, it can certainly go the extra mile and do a bit more. As for the Doom Patrol, they could have been on for 2 hours in an episode and I still wouldn't have liked them.

A good enough character can hold his/her own and prove to be interesting even in a few minutes, sometimes without even saying a word. The Doom Patrol seem to be uninteresting people to me, hell, Beast Boy didn't even seem to get along with them that well and he used to work with them.

It's the same with characters like Killer Moth. While his "The Batman" image was more accurate to the comics (again DC encyclopedia), the Teen Titans version to me seemed more interesting even though he was totally different from his comic book counterpart. He was more lethal, evil, dangerous, and formidable.

I never knew a thing about him when I first laid eyes on him, whether he was a comic book creation or just a made up bad guy like Billy Numerous was. But the fact is I enjoyed him none the less, I was entertained by him and I enjoyed him. Didn't matter how accurate or inaccurate he was.

At the end of the day, no matter what source material anything comes from be it a book, a video game, an anime, a cartoon, or a TV series, if I am entertained then accuracy will always take a back seat in my book. If some things are accurate and do tie in, that's great, more power to them, but not being accurate will not make me angry or make me verbally crucify the creators for not doing this the "right way".