Are we all in agreement that the live action movies are a different timeline than the cartoons?
I don’t consider the ones made a few years ago as cannon. As far as I’m concerned, those took place in an alternate, unrelated universe.I thought the O.G. Henson one at least was accurate in showing the backstory but I haven't watched one since Vanilla Ice's last ditch effort.
'Hey, there's a bunch of huge mutant animals fighting in the middle of my show. Should we panic or come up with a new song for them to perform a synchronized dance to?'
I think the first one had the potential based on its audience. Secret of the Ooze got pretty exaggerated comedy though.I really wish they would have made the lice action ones from the 90s as darks as they were originally supposed to be. Could you imagine Christopher Nolan with these movies?!
Wasn’t in Secret of the Ooze? Or was that just a bastardization of him?Donatello is the best turtle, and it isn't even close. (Oddly, NOT even close to the best artist of the namesakes.)
Krang didn't even make an appearance in the live-action movies (apparently, according to Google, until the second of the Megan Fox jigglefests). How could they be in the same universe? Apparently same with Bebop and Rocksteady. Those three characters couldn't have gone unnoticed - they were major allies of Shredder in the cartoons. Has to be a different universe.
Wasn’t in Secret of the Ooze? Or was that just a bastardization of him?
I'm not a massive fan (other than the classic arcade/nes/snes/genesis video games which I am a huge fan of) but I did a little work on these crazy deluxe 24" statues based on the Out of the Shadows movie:
Those are quite cool. Everything Sideshow/Hot Toys does is.
Their office is near mine and about 3-4 times a year we do some work with them.
If you told me I could spend an hour in their office, or an hour at Star Wars Galaxy's edge with no lines/crowds...it'd be a touch choice. You especially would love one room where they have 9 exact replica full size Iron Man suits. It's really unbelievable.
"Forgiveness is Divine, but never pay full price for late pizza." - my wife gets sick of me saying this every time we order pizza.
The original TMNT movie is amazing, and I watched it with my 9 year old recently, and it has aged incredibly well.
This is great read if you have time:
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
Raphael is the best. Nothing gets done without him.
I think the first one had the potential based on its audience. Secret of the Ooze got pretty exaggerated comedy though.
Looking back the 1990 movie is so far and away the best one. I've never heard anyone argue otherwise. I'm pretty sure the combat and story were stripped down and made more "kid friendly" for the 2nd due to concerned parents complaining about the 1st.
As a kid I loved TMNT 2. It was the only one available to rent at the Casey's in town, but if given the option I probably would have gone for 2 more often than 1. It's obvious that the 2nd one was targeted more at kids than the 1st.
And since the TMNT cartoons and movies came to existence primarily to sell toys it makes sense that this happened (no matter how unfortunate and unromantic it is to think about).