Discussion: Half-Shelled Heroes: Blast to the Past

[neatoman]

On the topic of Jurassic Park, I found fan art depicting what the dinosaurs would really have looked like.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Get it? Because there wouldn't be enough useful DNA left, the dinosaurs would pretty much be frogs.

[DrSpengler]

Went ahead and reviewed the special over at AIPT.

Wasn't sure if it had aired on TV yet (I don't have cable), so I tried to keep my review mostly spoiler free.

That said, I liked it for what it was. Wouldn't mind seeing a full-blown series with this kind of animation. If anything, it would be a nice measure to fill the gaps whenever the CG series goes on an extended hiatus every couple episodes.

[Teddy]

Sweet! It's up on YouTube now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n09ryi5u6JY

That was super cute, and I LOVE that they brought in the dinosaurs from the original toy line. I still have Leo's triceratops!

[playmate]

Booyakasha!

May a 'dromer who has seen this (and stayed 'til the end of the credits) please confirm if the voice cast is 100% identical to the main nick series? Thanks in advance

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by playmate

Booyakasha!

May a 'dromer who has seen this (and stayed 'til the end of the credits) please confirm if the voice cast is 100% identical to the main nick series? Thanks in advance

What are you talking about? It's clearly the same actors, why would they get other people?

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by the_soub

Also, in the book the "raptors" are actually Deinonychus or possibly Utahraptors.

Yeah, real Velociraptor was a whole lot shorter then depicted in the movies. 50cm tall (1.6ft for you Imperial lovers)

[Ninturtle]

Originally Posted by neatoman

On the topic of Jurassic Park, I found fan art depicting what the dinosaurs would really have looked like.

Spoiler:

http://orig00.deviantart.net/bc45/f/...ul-d88kwb5.jpg

Spoiler:

Get it? Because there wouldn't be enough useful DNA left, the dinosaurs would pretty much be frogs.

I'm pretty sure there isn't any Dinosaur DNA around because DNA only last 5 million years and the last non avian dinosaur died 65 million years ago. And frogs aren't even related to dinosaurs so it was a dumb choice for the film.

[victory_angel]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

What are you talking about? It's clearly the same actors, why would they get other people?

It's because the characters are child like in appearance, it's easy to assume they would have child actors play them. Particularly since this series has been nicknamed "Turtle Babys"

[kolaida]

Sequel please!!! That was so cute and adorable and I lol'd so many times. Ahh, and ICK!!! More! I would love to see that sequel.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Ninturtle

I'm pretty sure there isn't any Dinosaur DNA around because DNA only last 5 million years and the last non avian dinosaur died 65 million years ago. And frogs aren't even related to dinosaurs so it was a dumb choice for the film.

Of course there isn't any Dino DNA left, the picture is just a joke. And yes, frogs wasn't a good choice, birds or crocodiles would have worked better.

I think the best way to engineer something similar to a dinosaur is to mess around with the genome of a bird, see what mutations it would take to make it grow teeth and a tail.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by neatoman

I think the best way to engineer something similar to a dinosaur is to mess around with the genome of a bird, see what mutations it would take to make it grow teeth and a tail.

Already been done. There's been conducted experiments on Chicken embryos where Bhart-Anjan Bhullar and his colleagues have managed to alter the embryo to develop a more alligator-like mouth.

And we've found color pigments in Dino fuzz, full on feathers with intact soft-tissue, soft tissue intact inside T Rex bones and blood vessels.

chicken embryos do have a tail that shirks down during development to full chicks, and with some tweaking we can make chickens grow teeth. So we can reverse engineer the Chicken to develop into a Dinosaur like creature, but clone an actual Velociraptor mongoliensis might be a bit too ambitious.

So creating the exact same creature from millions of years, maybe not. But make something close that you can sell as a pet, it's sure money.

[evan2000]

I just created some gifs for this ep in the gifs thread, but knowing there are people who haven't watch it, I guess I should wait till the ep airs on TV before making more gifs, especially those more spoilery ones

[SKX31]

Originally Posted by Ursalink

Spoiler:

I mean, I really want to see what the shell happens after the Turtles returned to a potential future where Shredder took over New York (and possibly the world), replaced the Liberty Lady with a statue of himself and who knows what else. I suppose this is a future where the Turtles didn't return to their proper time, and without them, Shredder conquered the world and stuff. Just take a look at his statue, he's triumphant over the Turtles' weapons, as if he defeated them or something. Since they disappeared, I guess he simply took credit of their defeat.

Spoiler:

I'm getting the impression that the future will be essentially a Shredderville / SainW mashup. It won't go full grimdark because of the series - but the characteristic red eyes and a massive propaganda machine are already there, so it'll be more SainW than Shredderville.

Also, this Shredder is a little more lenient than Ch'rell on the sleep schedule.

[Mona_Lisa]

I thought this show was pretty awesome, I had thought it would be some lame Nick jr kind of thing....

As a Raph fan, I thought they did an awesome job with him. Best I have seem in a while. Then he got all soft and doctored the pterodactyl , How sweet!

I have to admit though, You guys getting all caught up in your evolutionary theory's like they are honest to goodness facts crack me up.... I Was really wanting people to show up after Donnie said there were no humans back then, But ya'll would have totally flipped your "shells".
To be fair though, I'm just as bad.... I wanted people to show up because I am of the creationist persuasion.

Scientific or not it was great, I hope to see more.

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

There was a big multicolored piece of cloth they grabbed from somewhere.

Now how that got there... *throws up hands*

There you have it, evidence of prehistoric humans living among humans *Bows* Yes, I know I'm being silly.

[miru]

Originally Posted by neatoman

On the topic of Jurassic Park, I found fan art depicting what the dinosaurs would really have looked like.

Spoiler:

http://orig00.deviantart.net/bc45/f/...ul-d88kwb5.jpg

Spoiler:

Get it? Because there wouldn't be enough useful DNA left, the dinosaurs would pretty much be frogs.

Hi-ho, Kermit the Indominous Rex here, and this is a Jurrasic World News Flash.

[Vicky82]

This is what Peter Di Cicco said where it fits in continuity.

anonymous asked:

Hi, if you can answer I wonder if Half Shell Heroes special is supposed to fit in with the regular continuity?

Peter Di Cicco

This is one of those “depends on your point of view” things, but Half Shell Heroes isn’t intended to fit into what you might consider the “regular continuity.” It’s still all the same characters, but slightly different at the same time. Still, I’m sure if you wanted to, you might be able to find a place it could fit.

[Rukitron]

Spoiler:

It was okay for the most part, but didn't like the to be continued ending, which I guess this will imply a future line of them with future gear (maybe an LOL Fast Forward homage costumes?).

[victory_angel]

Bumping this thread up for the Showing of this special tomorrow.

[TigerClaw]

Its playing right now.

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Mona_Lisa

I have to admit though, You guys getting all caught up in your evolutionary theory's like they are honest to goodness facts crack me up....

...

You do know what a Theory is, right?