A Look Back At The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie From 1990
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I just got all caught up with the animated series on Nick and there are some great nostalgic moments on a few of the episodes. In one of the episodes they introduce Mondo Gecko -- who was a character in the OG cartoon -- and he's voiced by the OG movie's Michelangelo; Robbie Rist. They also use Mondo to reintroduce the super popular "Cowabunga!" phrase and Mikey has now been using it interchangeably with "Booyakasha!"
They also had a great time travel episode that focused on Splinter and Shredder, when they were Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki, and the origin of their rivalry culminating in the death of Yoshi's love; Tang Shen.
The writers at Nick are doing a great job and I suggest all my fellow Turtle Heads check out the show if you haven't already. Great fight scenes, a lot of comedy, and a perfect blend of being true to the source material and introducing new stuff organically -- as opposed to it being contrived.
They also had a great time travel episode that focused on Splinter and Shredder, when they were Hamato Yoshi and Oroku Saki, and the origin of their rivalry culminating in the death of Yoshi's love; Tang Shen.
The writers at Nick are doing a great job and I suggest all my fellow Turtle Heads check out the show if you haven't already. Great fight scenes, a lot of comedy, and a perfect blend of being true to the source material and introducing new stuff organically -- as opposed to it being contrived.
vagrant-718
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Like Water;8335768 said:
The show can be good when it want to be. I just feel they do too many "mutant of the week" type episodes
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vagrant-718;8335801 said:
I can agree with you to an extent. I'm much more of a fan of the show when a theme spans over a couple episodes as well, but I probably don't mind the "Mutant of The Week" style episodes as much.
Feels like the show may be around for a while, so it seems like the writers are taking their time with introducing source material story arcs.
Like Water;8335768 said:
I've been watching and enjoying the show from the beginning.
My favorite Turtles universe is the one from the current ongoing IDW comic book though. That's the best version of the Turtles story ever. Like the Nick show it tries it's best to combine elements of ALL Turtles media into one thing. So you get to see Fred Wolf show characters but with the more rawer sensibilities of the original comic books but enough balance with humor and heart like the first movie to make it all work cohesively.
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bossdon201
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I remember bringing the vhs tape to school for movie day in 6th grade. Shit was GOAT. Niggas respected it and the hoes loved it
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Broddie;8335991 said:
Good shit. I'll check it out then.
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The new movie should've went the utrom/krang route.
If they were gonna make shredder a huge lifeless character they should've just went all in and made him an alien in a robots body that you don't find out till the end credits.
Hamoto Yoshi didn't exist and they took away the fued splinter had with shredder which is,an important element.... Also took away the ties to japan
If they were gonna make shredder a huge lifeless character they should've just went all in and made him an alien in a robots body that you don't find out till the end credits.
Hamoto Yoshi didn't exist and they took away the fued splinter had with shredder which is,an important element.... Also took away the ties to japan
BangEm_Bart
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Thanks for putting me onto the Nickelodeon version of turtles. This makes me hate Michael Bay's version even more. I love this show. Pure nostalgia and they actually kill with their weapons.
charles2;8324783 said:So this
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I don't care if it's CGI, if it looks better it looks better.
And y'all got to admit that each turtle looking different is better than them looking exactly alike.
bruh...i'm with you..the original is goat
but i had no problem with the new TMNT movie at all, and new shredder was dope to me.
i dont play attention to these niggas on here dissing the new TMNT movie. But the orig. is goat.
BangEm_Bart
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Watch the Nickelodeon cartoon and you'll see the difference and why the movie made no sense. Or watch the original cartoon from the early 90's. They fucked the story all the way up and now when they introduce new characters it will make no sense. Them turtles are too fucking big with super strength. They were never ever like that.
vagrant-718
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Episode in Nick Toons where they fought shredder the first time was GOAT
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Dave2one6;8337701 said:
Would you like a list?
1. The Turtles are supposed to be ninjas. Ninjas are sleek and stealthy. Shaq can't be a ninja because he's a behemoth. The Turtles are damn near as big as Shaq. Ie. The Turtles aren't believable ninjas.
2. Not only are they big, but they just looked ridiculous. Michelangelo was over accessorized, Raphael looked like he could take down an entire offensive line, and Donatello was running around wit fucking Johnny 5 on his back.
3. Speaking of Donny, anyone else notice he only had like two scenes in the entire movie?
4. The Turtles just looked like Goombas with masks.
5. Meagan Fox is a fuckin terrible actress.
6. They spent way too much time focusing on April and her cameraman's wack relationship.
7. They whitewashed the fuck outta the movie and removed almost all of its ties to Japan.
8. I know this is a movie about mutant turtles, but Master Splinter learned ninjutsu from a book. Smh. A fuckin book, son. Word?
9. Shredder looks like the lost love child of Megatron and a can opener.
10. It's a disgrace to the Turtles franchise.
And those are 10 reasons why this movie needs to be burned right along with Michael Bay.
