Put it this way, if TMNT1 is a 10/10, then TMNT3 is an 8 and TMNT2 is a 7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Turns 30 Today
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I was 4 when this came out and holy shit when my mom surprised me by taking me to the mall and we inched closer and closer to the theater I fucking lost it.
I remember clipping news articles and writing reports about the costumes (or at least to the extent a second grader writes reports). I listened to the soundtrack back and forth on cassette over and over. The comic adaptation? re-released original? blew my mind. Every scene of this movie is going to be stuck in my head forever. Strangely enough though I don't actually have any memory of seeing it in theaters even though I know I did.
My daughter is a year or so younger now than I was then. I wonder if she will have similar memories in 30 years of something like Frozen 2.
My daughter is a year or so younger now than I was then. I wonder if she will have similar memories in 30 years of something like Frozen 2.
I constantly called the local Top 40 radio station and asked them to play this when it came out.
I had the TMNT3 soundtrack on cassette because of Tarzan Boy and Technotronic
It is a better kids movie..more funny less scary more colorful
But the first one is a better movie overall
TMNT deserves a 4K remaster. Shout has done a great job with other older low budget films (like The Wizard), why not TMNT?
Given the indie nature of its production (the film is ultra grainy) I'm sure there's only so much they can do, but dammit, I still want it to happen.
Given the indie nature of its production (the film is ultra grainy) I'm sure there's only so much they can do, but dammit, I still want it to happen.
No, TMNT2 is definitely a bad film and TMNT 3 is worse.
i'm sorry. Believe me, as a kid born in 85 who loved the Turtles it pains me to say it but come on, those sequels are tiresome.
The only thing I like about Ooze is "They're babies!!" and honestly the movie shouldn't even have that line because WHY AREN'T THEY BEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY??
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It's still acceptable, they still make PG movies with "damn" and "hell."
What's wild is movies like Spaceballs which was rated PG in 1987, three years after the advent of the PG-13 rating, and has "shit" and "fuck" in it.
like, 88's Beetlejuice is also PG and also has "shit" and "fuck" and it has morbid imagery that was legit scary as a kid. I have no idea what their criteria was for PG-13 back then.
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Agree with the ordering, not the ratings. 2 and 3 are bad movies. 3 is saved by camp but its so hard watching 2 straight through.
My mom almost jumped out of her chair. Wouldn't shut up about it for two weeks.
The most interesting thing about this film for me is the shift in how I watch it now. When I was a kid, I couldn't wait for the farm to be over, now it's the best part of the film for me.
This was the ONE THING the Bay sequel got right. They nailed Bebop and Rocksteady. The 1990 film is best seen as an adaptation of the comics, the Bay film as an adaptation of the cartoon.
Oh snap
This seems like it will be fun
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Did anyone check this out? Was it interesting at all?
That sucks. It would've been a better movie if they did include them. This thread brings back so many memories. I desperately want to play the arcade game again.
Damn we are old.
I remember doing this.
It was incredibly hype when they actually did it.
Okay, I googled and Bebop and Rocksteady were not in the film because the creators were against it.
Yeah, I loved the hell out of this when I was a kid. Still do. Might watch it this week sometime, I think it's on one of the streaming services.
And yeah, as someone else mentioned up above, this was a different Shredder than we'd gotten used to seeing on the cartoons (I assume more in line with the original comics, which I've never read). It was messed up when the turtles finally fought him and proceeded to get their asses whooped.
And yeah, as someone else mentioned up above, this was a different Shredder than we'd gotten used to seeing on the cartoons (I assume more in line with the original comics, which I've never read). It was messed up when the turtles finally fought him and proceeded to get their asses whooped.
How involved were Eastman and Liard in the film adaptations?
it seems weird to me to be against BB&RS but still be cool with using clear analogs.
The first movie is basically straight out of the comics. Maybe they just didn't like the tone of the second film, which was clearly toned down to not be as violent or serious.
Movie is still awesome even now. Best adaptation of the Turtles.
Campfire scene still makes me tear up.
Campfire scene still makes me tear up.
My parents didn't care one bit. They sat through watching Transformers the Movie with me where Bumblebee said "oh shit, what are we gonna do now?!"
I'll be 30 in a few days myself. This is easily in my top 3 movies of all time, maybe number 1 depending on the day you ask.
I was turtle crazy as a kid, though growing up in Ireland we got the censored UK version with no nunchuks (except in the games, nunchukphobia was film and tv only I guess).
The fuss over Raphael saying damn is still kind of unbelievable to me though, I don't think any other country in the world really considers that swearing
I was turtle crazy as a kid, though growing up in Ireland we got the censored UK version with no nunchuks (except in the games, nunchukphobia was film and tv only I guess).
The fuss over Raphael saying damn is still kind of unbelievable to me though, I don't think any other country in the world really considers that swearing
There's a pretty cool oral history that just went up on The Ringer.
www.theringer.com
Green Screen: The Oral History of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
No one believed in a movie about four overgrown turtles who are trained in martial arts and named after Italian artists. Then it made more than $200 million, and launched a nationwide phenomenon.
www.theringer.com
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Thanks for that. Some nice little snippets in there.There's a pretty cool oral history that just went up on The Ringer.
Green Screen: The Oral History of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
No one believed in a movie about four overgrown turtles who are trained in martial arts and named after Italian artists. Then it made more than $200 million, and launched a nationwide phenomenon.
Hoag: I was doing pre-production on Ninja Turtles while I was wrapping up Cadillac Man with Robin Williams. I'd literally zip out of there every Friday then zip back Sunday night and shoot, and it was funny because it was Robin who asked me, "Where are you going? You are out of here." And I said, "I'm shooting another movie." And he said, "Well, what's the title of the movie?" Now, I didn't know there was a cartoon. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never heard of Ninja Turtles beforehand. And so when he asked me, I was embarrassed. And I think I mumbled it a little bit. I was like, "Yeah, it's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles." And he went, "What?" He lost his mind. Because he had the first comic book. He was a fan. And he said, "Are you playing April?" He was so excited. From then on I was like, "I'm in a movie called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
Yep I was 10 and it was mind blowing. Shredder's introduction scared the holy piss out of me.
probably brought up already in the thread but the movie was made when they hardly knew fuck all about the cartoon (much less TMNT would become a worldwide sensation)
TMNT 1990 is essentially a weird little indie movie that found itself in the right place at the right time
Just rewatched ... some fight coreography aside it holds up pretty well
...except the "claustrophobic" joke.
That makes zero sense
Robin keep on being awesome even after so many years ='D
...except the "claustrophobic" joke.
That makes zero sense
Robin keep on being awesome even after so many years ='D
It sounds that he is calling him an homosexual by casey's answer and that makes zero sense the words don't even look a like
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It's him thinking Donatello is calling him gay. It sticks out, but far from the worst offender in dated humor.