Shredder is cool. No denying the soundtrack kicks ass. "t-u-r-t-l-e POWER!"


One of the lesss dated family films, despite the bill and ted phrases and "look", which is surprisenly dark.
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Such Ninja films call to my mind crap.

2the9s said:

FOOL!!!

amorbolla said:

2the9s said:

This is the best ninja anything period. Rapheal was not the leader of the group.

i was depressed by mainstream pop culture in the early '90s. i honestly couldn't tell you what i considered entertaining at the time. i liked the madonna sex book, i remember that. i was happy that deee-lite was still together back then.

2the9s said:

thesixofit said:

Okay, null of that signifys (sp?) nought to 9s!

Anxiety said:

Electronic music was in its prime! New genres popping up all over the place and most of them were pretty damn interesting...

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retina said:

i'm thinking more about gumbi hair and people dancing around in oversized t-shirts and stirrup pants.

Anxiety said:

Yep, trance/rave culture sure had its own fashion. The drum ´n bass crowd was more subdued, usually dressed in black and slowly nodding to the rhythms. Either way it was a fantastic variety of genres emerging back then. The first genuinely new styles of music since punk rock and synth.

2the9s said:

Dont worry, nothing to bother with. Just saying that dispite the rap song "turtle power" stating raphael was the leader of the group, I don't think he was?
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retina said:

TMPletz said:

(Why, oh why did I know that guy's name is Yanni. )

No rule without exception, okay?

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retina said:

At one point, I had all 3 movies on VHS.

I now have the first one on DVD. Dunno if I'll ever get the second one, but I want the third one.

Nikster said:

They made three of them???

TMPletz said:

The second one sucked (it had Vanilla Ice in it, 'nuff said) but the third was better, in fact I'd have to say it was my fav of the 3.

I'm embarrassed, because this thread was obviously started tongue-in-cheek. But I actually felt rather strongly about these movies. They SUCKED!!

I was a TMNT fan way back in the early 80s, when their original creators, Eastman and Laird, were young unknowns, printing the independent comics in black & white maybe twice a year (three times if they could scrape together the money and time) at their own expense. THIS was art, man! THIS was grass roots innovation!

The original comics were great, and I still have many. Good stories, good art and a raw, realistic appeal -- characters used 4-letter words, the martial arts techniques and jargon were well-researched, and the fights often led to bloodshed and death. The Hollywood crap that we saw in the movies was a MASSIVE bastardization of the original works!!

And Leonardo, the one with the twin katanas, was the leader; not Raphael, with the sais.


















... Despite this post, can I still be considered cool around here? I'll pay a fine, if necessary.

I agree, the comics WERE better (I have the First graphic novels). But as far as kiddie movies go, the TMNT films were pretty good (the first and 3rd, anyway).

And I shall say it now, the April in the first movie was HOT!!!

Nikster said:

I remember the comics being much better too.

Plus, when I found out Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boy fuckhead) was in one of the suits it lost something for me.

Oh and by the way...hi Nik.



(The arcade game was much much better than the movie by the way.)

THE MOVIES WERE GOOD, DAMMIT

Well, not the second one, BUT STILL



Hi subbie.

I used to play the arcade game all the time, and I have it on MAME. It rocks

Nikster said:

Vanilla Ice was in the second one, wasn't he?

Hi.

Nikster said:

When I was growing up I'd go to my Dad's warehouse since he's in the arcade business (yep, still is) and I'd play all the games in his warehouse on free play.

I remember playing that game fondly.

Nikster said:

Well, I actually thought Elias Koteas (Casey Jones) was kinda yummy.

Always loved the turtles. The second turtles film was the bomb tho.

subhuman09a said:

Yes. He was.

Go ninja go ninja go!

subhuman09a said:

Little corection: Kevin was not in any of the movies, he was a Turtle at Disneyworld. No need to hate on the TMNT movies because of that.