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View Poll Results: Which name going forward do you prefer? | |||
TMNT III | 12 | 70.59% | |
TMNT III Turtles in Time | 5 | 29.41% | |
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03-18-2019, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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TMNT III: Turtles in Time or no Subtitle?
TMNT III didn't have a subtitle but apparently many people referred to it as Turtles in Time back in the day, I personally never heard it referred to it like that until I heard about it on the internet that some people did. The subtitle became somewhat official when a re-release of the dvds/BRs included the subttitle but it still hasn't been consistently used.
I don't like the retcon of adding a subtitle but it does relate to the plot and makes it stand out more but the thought of it sharing the same title as the awesome Turtles in Time TMNT video game also doesn't make me want to relate that unrelated movie with the original concept of TiT. |
03-18-2019, 11:44 AM | #2 |
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There's a word for people that did that.
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03-18-2019, 11:49 AM | #3 |
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Does anyone care enough about this catpiss stain of a movie to wonder if the title could have been better?
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03-18-2019, 11:56 AM | #4 |
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Give my poll a chance guys, If we're not going to overthinking it then who will? And plenty of OCD people aren't getting hours of sleep at night thinking why it has become sort of an official subtitle out of nowhere. It's our duty as a fandom since @TMNT tweeted the Turtles in Time subtitle.
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03-18-2019, 12:26 PM | #5 |
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I noticed this recently when I got one of the DVD re-releases. They also used different cover art, with the turtles purposely further in the background. Probably to hide their cheap costumes. It's a bit weird to change the title of a flick that's already been out for years, but I prefer it. Firstly, for the sake of consistency, because the sequel had a subtitle. Plus I think it sounds cooler and adds a little more flavour. But no matter how much they dress up TMNT 3, it's still a crappy movie!
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03-18-2019, 12:49 PM | #6 | |
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I just am used to calling it turtles 3, so I don't care too much about adding the subtitles.
It would be kind of like removing "Secret of the Ooze" from the prequel, and just calling it Turtles 2.
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03-18-2019, 01:36 PM | #7 |
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I used to call it Turtles in Time because it was used in the dvd trilogy set I have.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Teenage-Mut.../dp/B00DVNXW9O However, nowadays, I just call it TMNT 3, as the subtitle makes little sense (the turtles don’t time hop in the film).
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03-18-2019, 02:01 PM | #8 |
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It's Turtles 3, but it should really just be called a piece of sh*t.
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03-18-2019, 02:37 PM | #9 |
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It was marketed as The Turtles are Back: in Time
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03-18-2019, 09:23 PM | #10 |
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Yes, the poster did say the turtles are back...in time. For that reason I have no trouble believing it was called Turtles in Time unofficially going all the way back.
That said I prefer not to call it Turtles in Time, for the sake of avoiding confusion with the game. |
03-18-2019, 09:27 PM | #11 |
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That was the tagline on the poster. TMNT III had no additional title.
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03-18-2019, 09:35 PM | #12 | |
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It wouldn't be the first time a game and a movie share a subtitle and are completely unrelated |
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03-19-2019, 02:09 AM | #13 |
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03-19-2019, 09:19 PM | #14 | |
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I don't recall the "Turtles in Time" moniker ever being associated with the film until the film started getting re-released on DVD during the mid-2000s. I have the original DVD release, but I don't think that had the additional title anywhere on the disc. Some of the more recent cases started doing that, and it was dumb.
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03-20-2019, 11:24 AM | #15 | |
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03-20-2019, 01:52 PM | #16 | |
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As bad as the third-movie heads look, I think the actual film made strategic use of the shogun costumes to obscure them for a good chunk of the movie.
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03-21-2019, 09:07 AM | #18 |
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'Turtles in Time' sounds like something kids called the film around school because they got it mixed up with the Snes game. It was always called TMNT III and should always be called that. Not sure how the Snes subtitle for the third movie even makes sense considering it's never called that on screen.
Now I better argument would be what to call the third Highlander movie: The Final Dimension (boo!) or The Sorcerer (the correct title that makes sense). |
03-21-2019, 09:47 AM | #19 | |
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03-21-2019, 01:22 PM | #20 | |
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That being said, I cannot hate TMNT III now that the Bay Turtle films exist. Not that I ever hated TMNT III in the first place despite it being a bad movie, but at least I feel like it had good intentions. Bay films however... I'm still convinced someone had it for Turtle fans or held a grudge against the property and wanted to make it the possibly worst thing ever. And it could have been even worst since Shredder was originally supposed ot be White and the Turtles aliens. It was still garbage, but to think it could have been EVEN WORSE really says something about it. TMNT III was bad, but rather harmless in the grand scheme of things. I don't think people behind it meant any harm with it. |
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