TMNT General

[Vitor]

"When it first came out, I thought it was a piece of garbage. 25 years later, I still do." ~Steve, owner of Flea Market Comics

Anyone up for a thread about the heroes in a half shell?

 

[Hell Kaiser Andy]

I remember watching the 87' - 96' series every morning :laugh:

Good times, good times. Being scared of a cartoon :buttrock:

 

[StriderXXX]

Vanilla Ice killed the franchise...

 

[Skyknight]

The next series better have Krang in it

 

[Kamen Rider Cero-G]

The next series better have Krang in it

No

Vanilla Ice killed the franchise...

Also no

 

[Skyknight]

No

Also no

Oh I see, a MIRAGE elitist right? Frack that, Krang was king

 

[Vitor]

Oh I see, a MIRAGE elitist right? Frack that, Krang was king

Krang has as much of a right to be in the new series as the Ultroms do

 

[ryuuseipro]

"When it first came out, I thought it was a piece of garbage. 25 years later, I still do." ~Steve, owner of Flea Market Comics

Wow! Harsh quote!

IMHO, the best Ninja Turtles-anything was was Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's original run in the Mirage comics. (Even before the cartoon came out, my younger brother-in-law showed me some issues of it from his comic collection, and I was impressed! When I saw it again later on, I was even more impressed that it was based on a dark, violent indie comic!)

I also remember the many imitations that came out when it was popular in the indie comic scene! Adolescent Radioactive Black-Belt Hamsters, Pre-Teen Dirty-Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos, etc. I also read Dark Horse's Boris the Bear, in which the title character brutally slays parodies of the Turtles!

I learned that TMNT was simply Kevin Eastman's funding for his artsy-fartsy "real" ambitions (leading to his being the editor for Heavy Metal). Which is why Laird was more active with the franchise!

Now, for adaptation breakdown:

The 1987 cartoon series was good for its time. (Toei worked on some of it, especially the original opening.) Of the three movies, the first (one of the last films by Jim Henson) was easily the best, the second was okay, and the third was the weakest of the three, and killed the franchise. Saban's series didn't help any. The 4Kids series more than made up for it. I've only seen part of the Imagi film, but it was pretty good!

And then, Nickelodeon bought it...

 

[Vitor]

The 4Kids series more than made up for it.

I thought that it was okay at best and was excited for the people who found out it was closer to the comicbook then the original.

Then Turtles Forever happened.................I'd just as soon as neuter myself then have to sit through it again.

Whether or not my reasons are valid for disliking are purely questionable at this point, but I didn't like how the '87 turtles, krang, and shredder were portrayed at all

 

[ryuuseipro]

I thought that it was okay at best and was excited for the people who found out it was closer to the comicbook then the original.

Then Turtles Forever happened.................I'd just as soon as neuter myself then have to sit through it again.

I never caught Turtles Forever, thankfully. When it was advertising itself as "going back to the 80s cartoon," I totally bailed.