Turtle Tuesdays by James Rolfe (AVGN)

[sdp]

James Rolfe better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd will be doing Turtle related videos every tuesday through the Summer and he'll apparently be reviewing the OT during those.
The first video is a re-make of his TMNT Generation video thats been up on his angrynintendonerd youtube channel since his start.
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/05/generation-t-m-n-t-2003/

Pretty awesome, especially since it was the TMNT NES game review that made the AVGN (and Screwattack) get noticed and a household name so the turtles definitely helped him become an internet celebrity.

[Archon_Turtle]

James Rolfe better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd will be doing Turtle related videos every tuesday through the Summer and he'll apparently be reviewing the OT during those.
The first video is a re-make of his TMNT Generation video thats been up on his angrynintendonerd youtube channel since his start.
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/05/generation-t-m-n-t-2003/

Pretty awesome, especially since it was the TMNT NES game review that made the AVGN (and Screwattack) get noticed and a household name so the turtles definitely helped him become an internet celebrity.

when it shows the guys playing with them as if they were kids, it reminds me of that school project that Spitfire did where he's on the floor playing with action figures while wearing a mask.

[TerranigmaFreak]

wow, that was incredibly funny even though I've already seen it once before. The new footage is cool. Man James was skinny back then.

[prophecy718]

^^^funny considering you have a scene from Jame's video in your sig:lol:

[TerranigmaFreak]

^^^funny considering you have a scene from Jame's video in your sig:lol:

Yup, it was made when the first cut was shown.

[Newton Gimmick]

That sink is very gross.

[Jester]

Oye for "Donatello does machines." :P

[Jephael]

That is so cool! Believe it or not I know someone who knows the Angry Video Game Nerd and I wrote a TMNT book review I was going to have him make a cameo in.

[Fugitoid Jones]

James is the man. I love that guy. Now I'll have something to look forward to on tuesdays!

I wonder if he'll do new reviews of the movies? He touched upon the first two in his video on TMNT 3, so I wonder if he'll expand on them.

[Jester]

First Turtle Tuesday video:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/12/new-movie-thoughts/
I'm kinda "meh..." about this. He wants Krang and the Technodrome in a new movie...*shrugs*

Bruce Campbell or Jeff Goldblum as Vernon?

[Vegita-San]

First Turtle Tuesday video:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/12/new-movie-thoughts/
I'm kinda "meh..." about this. He wants Krang and the Technodrome in a new movie...*shrugs*




Who doesn't?

[Revan]

I love his AVGN videos but I couldn't disagree with him more about his wishlist. Almost everything him and his friend said made me cringe.

[ToTheNines]

Yeah, pretty dumb. They keep saying they want a dark turtles movie, but you can only get so dark with such a cartoonish alien invasion story like that.

[oldmanwinters]

I am shocked that James's friend Mike admitted to going into the theatre to see the first live-action movie having never seen a trailer and assuming it was simply going to be a cartoon. I guess he missed the "Hey, Dudes, this is No Cartoon!" tagline on the threatrical poster? Dang, that's pretty embarrassing.

First Turtle Tuesday video:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/12/new-movie-thoughts/
I'm kinda "meh..." about this.

Ditto. I was hoping for something more of substance considering AVGN recently watched the whole OT series.

[TerranigmaFreak]

I'm pretty sure they weren't entirely serious. I mean, part of it is real, but part of it was just them injecting some humor into the video.

[FearlessLeader]

I was pretty ready to give all of their suggestions a chance even if I didn't agree with them until they said they didn't want Casey in the new movie.

They want the channel 6 crew but not Casey Jones??

:trolleye:

[BoggleKng]

I was pretty ready to give all of their suggestions a chance even if I didn't agree with them until they said they didn't want Casey in the new movie.

They want the channel 6 crew but not Casey Jones??

:trolleye:

No Casey??!! Entertaining video.. like old times..

[sdp]

Turtle Thursday Bonus videos, all the turtle videos James Rolfe has done in the past.

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/12/old-turtles-videos/

[John Pannozzi]

A guy I know made a rather interesting response to James and Mike's video:

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[Fugitoid Jones]

^^ "Mike Mattel" ??? It's Mike MATEI.


And I'm all for Bruce Campbell as Vernon! That would be sick!

[Revan]

A guy I know made a rather interesting response to James and Mike's video:

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He seems to have a lot of ideas. Far too many. He keeps saying, "what I would do," but if he made the movie the way he wanted to, it would be a random incoherent mess with way too much $h*t going on. The audience would be lost and the movie would drag on for 7 hours.

[Spitfire]

when it shows the guys playing with them as if they were kids, it reminds me of that school project that Spitfire did where he's on the floor playing with action figures while wearing a mask.

They wish they were that cool. :P Let's see them get their Grandmas to swear.

I didn't watch these videos yet. I got this gut feeling he would say crap I wouldn't agree with. He plays it off like he's a huge fan but I can tell he isn't. He just plays it up because it goes along with his whole retro 80's thing. I like his AVGN stuff, though lately it hasn't really been as funny as it once was.

My main issue with him doing these videos is ignorant people will think what he says is true. Any misinformation in his videos will be mistaken as fact. This is why if anyone should be doing reviews of the whole series it should be one of us, or hell all of us.

[Bjarni]

Yeah, pretty dumb. They keep saying they want a dark turtles movie, but you can only get so dark with such a cartoonish alien invasion story like that.

I am shocked that James's friend Mike admitted to going into the theatre to see the first live-action movie having never seen a trailer and assuming it was simply going to be a cartoon. I guess he missed the "Hey, Dudes, this is No Cartoon!" tagline on the threatrical poster? Dang, that's pretty embarrassing.

I was hoping for something more of substance considering AVGN recently watched the whole OT series.



They want the channel 6 crew but not Casey Jones??

:trolleye:


Totally agree. Thought this was one of the weaker videos I've seen from James and Mike. Hopefully Turtle Tuesdays will be better as it goes along. He has me hyped seeing that he's going to do videos throughout the summer.

I also hope he talks at least somewhat about the comics.

[Revan]

My main issue with him doing these videos is ignorant people will think what he says is true. Any misinformation in his videos will be mistaken as fact. This is why if anyone should be doing reviews of the whole series it should be one of us, or hell all of us.

Couldn't agree more. I hope his popularity doesn't help push his opinions. For my sake. I think I disagreed with everything he said.

[oldmanwinters]

My main issue with him doing these videos is ignorant people will think what he says is true. Any misinformation in his videos will be mistaken as fact. This is why if anyone should be doing reviews of the whole series it should be one of us, or hell all of us.

Heh, couldn't agree more:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=33328

Unfortunately, no hardcore TMNT fan (or at least none of the members of this fourm) has as much cyber-influence as the AVGN.

[Jester]

Heh, couldn't agree more:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=33328

Unfortunately, no hardcore TMNT fan (or at least none of the members of this fourm) has as much cyber-influence as the AVGN.
Any reason to pimp the commentaries, eh Adam....:P

But seriously listen to the commentaries...and if you want to HELP!!!

[Spitfire]

No offense to you guys because you put hard work into those but the sound quality on them is very poor. The content is great you just need to work on recording it with better equipment. Sounds like they were done with a web cam mic, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe a headset.

I love the idea but we fans can do better. We can get a huge web presence too, it's actually not very hard. First we wait till he posts one of these videos on Youtube then we do a response, from the real fans, about what he's said wrong. Then we build from there. We could do Turtle Thursdays or something.

People want to see content and learn stuff they never knew. We need to make videos showing the old comics, the history of the creators, stuff about the toyline. We have so much knowledge here we just need to harness it. Plenty of people have camcorders that shoot HD now and while the mic may not be the best ever it'll be better then a standard computer mic.

If we worked at it we could easily do a weekly segment. One fan a week till we cycle through. Write scripts in advance and make sure everyone has a hand in them so we get the best product.

I'm getting way off track here. If anyone is interested though shoot me a PM and maybe we can pull something together.

[oldmanwinters]

No offense to you guys because you put hard work into those but the sound quality on them is very poor. The content is great you just need to work on recording it with better equipment. Sounds like they were done with a web cam mic, correct me if I'm wrong, maybe a headset.

So true.:P You'll probably need to have the volume up high on most of them. Also, most of the early commentaries have compressed for file space concerns down to around 10 MB.

I think we've made improvement as of Planet of the Turtleoids, since Jester started recording our Skype call directly on his end. Try listening to that one (http://fancommentaries.thetechnodrome.com/files/TMNT_Fan_Commentary_-_Planet_of_the_Tutleoids.mp3) and see if it isn't any better.



I love the idea but we fans can do better. We can get a huge web presence too, it's actually not very hard. First we wait till he posts one of these videos on Youtube then we do a response, from the real fans, about what he's said wrong. Then we build from there. We could do Turtle Thursdays or something.


If you might allow me to return the constructive criticism, I'd like to point out that "response videos" to other people's media tend to end up pretty lame and consist of mostly petty nit-picks. I would rather see fans attempt to make their own positive contributions instead of telling other people "Hey, you're doin' it WRONG!" ;-)

[Icebot]

I hope he reviews the Red Sky seasons!

[Krutch]

So, there is one thing I agree with him about.

...

Raph should totally shout "F*CK!"

[Spitfire]

If you might allow me to return the constructive criticism, I'd like to point out that "response videos" to other people's media tend to end up pretty lame and consist of mostly petty nit-picks. I would rather see fans attempt to make their own positive contributions instead of telling other people "Hey, you're doin' it WRONG!" ;-)

That's true. Video responses are a good way to get noticed though. You piggy back off another video's success. If it's well made you can steal some audience members from the other video. If our job is to re-inform instead of point out how wrong the other person was we could probably raise interest. Pimp our own series. Just an idea.

[oldmanwinters]

That's true. Video responses are a good way to get noticed though. You piggy back off another video's success. If it's well made you can steal some audience members from the other video. If our job is to re-inform instead of point out how wrong the other person was we could probably raise interest. Pimp our own series. Just an idea.

It's true that it is a means to get attention, and it's pretty prevalent all across Youtube. But it just isn't my style.:tcool:

[Bjarni]

Raph should totally shout "F*CK!"

With Michael Bay producing, I can almost guarantee a "sh!t" and "bitch". That's what they said in Transformers.
And maybe a mom eats some pot brownies? and a good quality shot of chihuahuas having sex...

...I hope he has no creative input in the new film.

[Jester]

I've heard it's Bay's COMPANY and not the man himself, so yeah we should be safe.

[AT-Man]

I've heard it's Bay's COMPANY and not the man himself, so yeah we should be safe.

Thank Yog-Sothoth! We want just his money, not him :)

[Berserker]

He plays it off like he's a huge fan but I can tell he isn't. He just plays it up because it goes along with his whole retro 80's thing.


This is wrong. James has been doing TMNT stuff since 2003, including reviews for the old school movies and NES games. He's seen every single episode of the original series, he has them all on DVD and a lot on VHS, and he's reviewing the entire series for his TMNT special. He's talked a lot in the past about how TMNT influenced his childhood, and he's wanted to make this series for years now and is finally getting around to it. A poseur would have stopped at the pilot episodes.

People want to see content and learn stuff they never knew. We need to make videos showing the old comics, the history of the creators, stuff about the toyline. We have so much knowledge here we just need to harness it. Plenty of people have camcorders that shoot HD now and while the mic may not be the best ever it'll be better then a standard computer mic.

This is a good idea, but fans could have been making amazing TMNT videos since the dawn of Youtube... suddenly AVGN is making his series, and only now should the community spring to action?

[Jester]

Just because he reviewed the games and the movies, doesn't mean he knows jack about the Turtles.

I do agree that fans could make amazing videos....cause we have! It's just that now we can piggy back off of the AVGN...kinda sucks to have to do it, but non of us is as known as him. Face it, if he'd have done this and he wasn't James Rolfe, who would care?

[Koi]

With Michael Bay producing, I can almost guarantee a "sh!t" and "bitch". That's what they said in Transformers.
And maybe a mom eats some pot brownies? and a good quality shot of chihuahuas having sex...

...I hope he has no creative input in the new film.

Look at the word I underlined. Now look at what you said.

Also. I agree with every damn word James said. I wouldn't mind any of what he said.

[oldmanwinters]

Just because he reviewed the games and the movies, doesn't mean he knows jack about the Turtles.


I have no doubt the AVGN is a genuine fan of the franchise (I don't really know anything about his buddy, Mike) and that, like most of us, he owned all that TMNT stuff as a kid. The thing is that he just doesn't pay attention to every aspect of the franchise like the comic books and the more recent TV shows. For the AVGN, his TMNT fandom is mostly nostalgia, trying to remember how he felt back in the day and how cool it might be to see those memories developed for an older audience (namely, himself in his 20-to-30-something entertainment tastes).

Generally speaking, most TMNT fans tend to favor one era of the franchise and either ignore or hold bias against other incarnations. It's pretty much the same way with me and super-heroes. I loved the DC Animated Universe cartoons of the 90s-00s but don't really have much knowledge about the history of the comics, the Superfriends, etc.

[ToTheNines]

Look at the word I underlined. Now look at what you said.

Producers acutally have a lot of input in movies. Thing is, Bay is going to be credited as "Executive Producer" just because it's his company.

[Bjarni]

Look at the word I underlined. Now look at what you said..

Many producers have creative input for their films.

[Koi]

Producers acutally have a lot of input in movies. Thing is, Bay is going to be credited as "Executive Producer" just because it's his company.

Never really knew that. Always thought all they really did was dealt with only the financial business of everything. Either way I am ok. I don't really mind Bay at all.

[Powder]

OT review part one of three is now up.

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/19/tmnt-cartoon-series-review-part-1-of-3/

[Jester]

New Turtle Tuesday is live:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/19/tmnt-cartoon-series-review-part-1-of-3/

EDIT: AND beat to the punch...yeah what Powder said. :P

[Jephael]

This has to be his best video yet!

[oldmanwinters]

It's a pretty good crash-course on the Old Toon for anybody who hasn't seen it in a long time.... or ever. The video clips are all well chosen and edited.

[Bjarni]

This video was really well done. I love it when he reviews something like this.
I hope he talks more about his favorite stories (maybe in part 3?). It looks like Part 2 is going to focus more on the tropes of the show and recurring elements...

[ToTheNines]

That was great! Can't wait for more.

[AT-Man]

Haha, I loved the Laurel & Hardy reference and that Channel 6 is like a sit-com :D

[FearlessLeader]

That was entertaining and well done.

As a Leonardo fan I do get a little tired of him always being considering the boring Turtle :trazz: And the fact this guy pretty much called him useless got an eye roll out of me.

While I enjoyed this overall that part pretty much blew what little credibility the guy had left in my eyes as someone who understands this franchise at all.

[Jephael]

Much as I hate to see any of the Turtles get dissed, Mr. Rolfe is entitled to his opinion.

[FearlessLeader]

Much as I hate to see any of the Turtles get dissed, Mr. Rolfe is entitled to his opinion.

I never said he wasn't.

I would never say he couldn't say whatever he wanted about the Turtles, in the same vein I am allowed my opinion and that was all I stated.

:twink:

[Bjarni]

I wasn't happy seeing the Leo bash, but I liked the clip he included.
"Give me your knife!" that was hilarious.

[Volvagia]

Poor Leo, he's always getting the "He's boring" line.

That clip was great, he does have his moments. Lessond learned, never try to rob Leo, or any of the other turtles.

[Koi]

I have been calling Leo boring and useless for quite awhile. :3 So happy seeing another person with the same opinion.

[FearlessLeader]

I have been calling Leo boring and useless for quite awhile. :3 So happy seeing another person with the same opinion.

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I really like your avatar btw Orangey it's absolutely adorable!

[ToTheNines]

Generally speaking, I love Leonardo. But he was a chode in the OT.

[Kendamu]

That was entertaining and well done.

As a Leonardo fan I do get a little tired of him always being considering the boring Turtle :trazz: And the fact this guy pretty much called him useless got an eye roll out of me.

While I enjoyed this overall that part pretty much blew what little credibility the guy had left in my eyes as someone who understands this franchise at all.

I just think you're a hardcore Leo fan who can't deal with Leo being called out like that when, in cast interviews, it has been said that Cam Clarke is a very funny guy and it was a shame that he had to play the serious Turtle that doesn't often get to joke and is mostly limited to being like, "C'mon, Turtles! We've got to [something something something] before April/Shredder/whoever [something something somethings]!" :tlol:

EDIT: I felt like making stereotypical lines for the other guys, too.

"Hey, dudes! Before we [do something relevant to the plot] we should get a pizza!" -- Mike
"If you guys can buy me some time, I can [technobabble that conveniently resolves the plot]." -- Don
"[Breaks the fourth wall to make a sarcastic remark about the current predicament]." -- Raph

[Jester]

Ah, Goongasnootch, what would we do with out you...:lol:

[Abnormal Freak]

I have no doubt the AVGN is a genuine fan of the franchise (I don't really know anything about his buddy, Mike) and that, like most of us, he owned all that TMNT stuff as a kid. The thing is that he just doesn't pay attention to every aspect of the franchise like the comic books and the more recent TV shows. For the AVGN, his TMNT fandom is mostly nostalgia, trying to remember how he felt back in the day and how cool it might be to see those memories developed for an older audience (namely, himself in his 20-to-30-something entertainment tastes).

Generally speaking, most TMNT fans tend to favor one era of the franchise and either ignore or hold bias against other incarnations. It's pretty much the same way with me and super-heroes. I loved the DC Animated Universe cartoons of the 90s-00s but don't really have much knowledge about the history of the comics, the Superfriends, etc.

I endorse this post. :o I don't think Rolfe is trying to "play it off like he's a huge fan." He grew up with the toys, the cartoon, the video games, the movies...and that's his exposure to TMNT. I don't think anyone can say he's not a true TMNT fan simply because he hasn't delved deeper into the franchise's history. (I don't really care for the original cartoon series that much and I hate the third movie, so am I not a true fan?) He does show the First Comics Book I in the first video, so he's at least looked into that much.

I watched the first video and got maybe about halfway through before I lost interest. I personally do feel some of his and Mike's ideas are a little absurd. Bring Krang and the Technodrome but make it more adult? Doesn't really compute in my mind. :p The Ninja Turtles just aren't a subject I care much to hear James and Mike's take on, since I care the most about the Mirage comics and the first movie.

There are a few such subjects where James and Mike's scopes are kinda limited on. They're fans, but not fanatical. But I love hearing them talk about horror movies and such (even though I even disagree on some of the stuff they say there). But, whatever—my scope is limited on a number of the things I enjoy, too; and plus there's the whole "differing opinions" factor. :p

[FearlessLeader]

I just think you're a hardcore Leo fan who can't deal with Leo being called out like that when, in cast interviews, it has been said that Cam Clarke is a very funny guy and it was a shame that he had to play the serious Turtle that doesn't often get to joke and is mostly limited to being like, "C'mon, Turtles! We've got to [something something something] before April/Shredder/whoever [something something somethings]!" :tlol:

EDIT: I felt like making stereotypical lines for the other guys, too.

"Hey, dudes! Before we [do something relevant to the plot] we should get a pizza!" -- Mike
"If you guys can buy me some time, I can [technobabble that conveniently resolves the plot]." -- Don
"[Breaks the fourth wall to make a sarcastic remark about the current predicament]." -- Raph

I am a hardcore Leo fan, and I don't like seeing him called out because I respect his character so much :twink:

That said I can totally take the boring thing honestly, because I know Leo's view point of the world in any media is not everyone's cup of tea.

It was more the "useless" remark that kind of gave me a WTF type moment. I mean I have heard Leo called many things (because when your a Leo fan and someone asks you who your favorite Turtle is most of the time you are going to get a negative remark about liking him *laughs*) but I have never had anyone flat out say that Leo isn't needed.

I just don't think that's true. Leo serves a purpose within the family same as each of the other guys do and there is a void when he's not there same as each of the other guys. *shurgs*

[Kendamu]

I was more messing with you than anything.

[FearlessLeader]

I was more messing with you than anything.

I guess much like Leo I don't have a very good sense of humor :tlol:

I tend to take things to seriously :twink:

Though everything is always in good jest! I rarely get to really talk about Turtles with anyone so I always enjoy my time here! :tgrin:

[Koi]

It was more the "useless" remark that kind of gave me a WTF type moment. I mean I have heard Leo called many things (because when your a Leo fan and someone asks you who your favorite Turtle is most of the time you are going to get a negative remark about liking him *laughs*) but I have never had anyone flat out say that Leo isn't needed.

*shuts mouth* ....

[ssjup81]

That was entertaining and well done.

As a Leonardo fan I do get a little tired of him always being considering the boring Turtle :trazz: And the fact this guy pretty much called him useless got an eye roll out of me.

While I enjoyed this overall that part pretty much blew what little credibility the guy had left in my eyes as someone who understands this franchise at all.I was surprised that he called him useless, but I guess (from his pov), and I think he even said it, he felt that there shouldn't have been a leader in general. For me, I did find Leo to be a boring character, but not a useless one. I guess he was too goody-goody for me. I still like him as much as the others, just can't favor him.

Bottom line, I just can't see how anyone can say that Leo isn't needed.

[Jester]

Looks like James needs to re-watch, Take Me To Your Leader

[ssjup81]

Looks like James needs to re-watch, Take Me To Your LeaderTake Me To Your Leader was a so-so ep, imo. It was good for Leo, but bad for the other three, especially Raph, imo.

[Powder]

Take Me To Your Leader was a so-so ep, imo. It was good for Leo, but bad for the other three, especially Raph, imo.

& that is the point! He needs to re-evaluate Leo.

[Koi]

I am so glad you guys see it an opinion.

[Jester]

I am so glad you guys see it an opinion.
it's not that I disagree...that episode just shows how much they need Leo. It's kinda like Leonardo: Renaissance Turtle only in that one Leo has to face a threat without the aid of the other turtles.

[ssjup81]

& that is the point! He needs to re-evaluate Leo.Yeah, but Donny seemed off to me for that ep and Raph wasn't given a fair chance (imo). I felt that Leonardo: Renaissance Turtle was a much better Leo-focused ep since it showed just how "balanced" he was (just like for the games).

[Kendamu]

I guess much like Leo I don't have a very good sense of humor :tlol:

I tend to take things to seriously :twink:

Though everything is always in good jest! I rarely get to really talk about Turtles with anyone so I always enjoy my time here! :tgrin:
No worries!

[Vegita-San]

Mr.James :
Mirage Krang, Issue, Turtle Soup..

Your welcome :)

[Jester]

But, Vegita, that was non-canon. :D

[Jester]

New Turtle Tuesday Video:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/26/chronologically-confused-about-tmnt-dvds/


Oh, God...CyberCubed is actually the AVGN!

[Revan]

Nothing profound in this week's vid. I agree with James that it is very annoying but we already knew that. This week's video seems to be for people who are not tmnt fans since nearly all of us already know the dvds make no sense

[oldmanwinters]

New Turtle Tuesday Video:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/26/chronologically-confused-about-tmnt-dvds/


He makes some strange mistakes in his analysis, like praising the "Season 4" 2k3 DVD release for collecting all 14 episodes of the season. He didn't even mention that "Plan Six from Outer Space" was included twice on Volume 6 & Season 4 of the Old Toon releases.

Still, the Nerd has a legit beef at the mind-bogglingly odd decisions in how to release the turtles toons on DVD. And he didn't even get into the Turtles Forever fiasco. He probably could have gone on for another 10 minutes about how bad a deal that was.

Also, it looks like he's got a really clear quality copy of "Planet of the Turtleoids." I wanna know where he got that from.:shifty:

[ssjup81]

Nothing profound in this week's vid. I agree with James that it is very annoying but we already knew that. This week's video seems to be for people who are not tmnt fans since nearly all of us already know the dvds make no senseI didn't know that about the DVDs. Aside from Volume I of the original series when it first came out, I never collected anything beyond that (lost my job back then, so it was the last thing on my mind) and I don't even have Volume I anymore because I lent it out and never got it back before I could even watch much of it.

Since I'm able to now, I'm ready to go back to collecting, but I had no idea the DVD releases were so screwed or that it's rare to get some of it now.

[Bjarni]

His last two videos were really entertaining. That's what matters most to me when it comes to James. I'm not expecting him to bring out some new info on the TMNT, I just want to see him talk about the Turtles.
The fact that he talked at all about the new show was a very pleasant surprise.

[sdp]

The fandom has to do something to get the three missing episodes of the OT on DVD, and while we're at it the last two seasons on DVD. Lets not get started on the 2k3 show.


So does this mean that James did not watch the missing episodes or did he get bootleg versions of the missing episodes? Thats what I hope. He had only mentioned the OT but this video clearly proves he's collected the 2k3 show, I hope he reviews that show as well.

[Spitfire]

He makes some strange mistakes in his analysis, like praising the "Season 4" 2k3 DVD release for collecting all 14 episodes of the season.

It's knowing he's going to say misinformed crap like this that stops me from watching these videos. When I see people spreading misinformation I want to correct them, and usually not very nicely. Silly example but he's said worse. Do your research! If you're going to do a video about characters most people only have a very basic knowledge of do it right. Like I said before idiots will believe anything he says, and that's a big problem.

[ToTheNines]

I was expecting the next part of his OT review, but oh well this was good, and it got the word out about how we get the ****** end of the stick with DVD releases.

[Jester]

Part of me is surprised he didn't mention the release of Season 7...in 4 parts. Though it seems James has the collected season 7 and not the "Sliced" season 7.

[Jephael]

I'm quite disapointed with this new video. I was hoping to see him talk more about the show itself, not how it was released.

[ToTheNines]

I'm quite disapointed with this new video. I was hoping to see him talk more about the show itself, not how it was released.

I'm pretty sure this isn't Part 2 of that retrospective he's doing. Sit tight.

[Bjarni]

He plans to release a weekly Turtle video THROUGHOUT the summer. The three part review on the old toon is probably sprayed a little out.

[TerranigmaFreak]

I'm quite disapointed with this new video. I was hoping to see him talk more about the show itself, not how it was released.

It's a Chronologically Confused video, not part 2.

[Fugitoid Jones]

First of all, I know it's already been talked about, but I just wanted to say something. I believe James is a fan. Just because he doesn't post on this forum or know as much as most of us do about TMNT doesn't mean he's not a fan. People like us are super-fans, and he's a fan, which there is nothing wrong with. And could we not jump all over the guy if he gives out some incorrect info? He said there was 14 episodes in season 4, so what? Who is that going to hurt? I could understand if he said there was 7 turtles and the creators of the TMNT were Jack Kirby and Joe Shuster, but trivial things are only going to bug us and nobody else. And who knows, maybe he just got mixed up at the moment or something. No need to form a lynch mob.



Anyway, now that I've said my piece, I really dug this video, and like Bjarni said, it was a pleasant surprise to hear him talk about the 2K3 show too. I'm hoping that one of his next videos will be a more complete coverage of his action figure collection and maybe MFer Mike's collection that was briefly hinted at in another video.

[Jester]

Part 2 of the 3 part retrospective:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/03/tmnt-cartoon-series-review-part-2-of-3/

Not bad...but he of course he hears profanity where there isn't any.
His monster movie buff status rings through in his analysis. All in all a good video.

[Powder]

Hell yeah thanks for sharing, boutta watch.

[ToTheNines]

Very cool. I just wish he woulda used the clip where Mikey says "Correcto-mundo... PORKPUSS!"

That always kills me lol.

[oldmanwinters]

Part 2 of the 3 part retrospective:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/03/tmnt-cartoon-series-review-part-2-of-3/

Not bad...but he of course he hears profanity where there isn't any.
His monster movie buff status rings through in his analysis. All in all a good video.

Wow, overall a very good video by the James! He taught me more than a few things I didn't know, on account of his exhaustive knowledge of classic B-level monster movies. I do agree with Jester on the one criticism; I felt like he probably just wasted a minute or so pretending he was mishearing lines of dialogue. Even he admitted Ninja Turtles is not one of those shows that adults can really rewatch and discern suggestive double meanings. And, for the record, the expression "puss" (as in sourpuss, picklepuss, etc.) was never considered controversial in cartoons of those days (he actually kept pronouncing it like it was a different word).

[Revan]

I really enjoyed this week's video. It's always fun watching these episodes now. As a kid, I didn't catch half of the pop culture references jammed into each episode. When he touches on monster movies, it really gives a good summary of those references since I had never seen any of those movies when I first saw tmnt.

It seemed like he thought he caught an audio goof so he decided to devote a segment to it. The problem, however, is that none of the audio "profanity" he explains seems legitimate. The only one he mentions that might even be close is "pu$$Y" and even that is a stretch. It sounded more like puss.

Fun video.

[FearlessLeader]

This in my opinion was his best video so far, very informative and funny!

I loved all the monster movie references and the part with the swearing gave me a good laugh!

Looking forward to next week! :tsmile:

[sdp]

I was kind of hoping James would do a quick overview of the series like what went on in each season and so on but I guess this is interesting as well. I'm guessing we won't get the third part for another 2 weeks and next week we'll get a non-OT video like last time. I also wonder if the OT review was only 3 parts what else will he review. He never mentioned the 2k3 show but he seems to have the DVDs so I hope he'll talk about that show. Besides that he's already talked about pretty much everything of the turtles except the comics, TNM and the videogames outside of the first one. I mean he said this would continue through out the summer.

[Bjarni]

I think the best thing about the new video was seeing all the tropes mashed together. I saw a lot of scenes I haven't seen since I was a kid. I'm also happy that he talked about "Turtles, Turtles everywhere". That episode was so good that I was planning on doing my own retrospective on it. Michelangelo's comment on the music is still one of my all time favorite moments.

He also did a good retrospective on the Technodrome. I loved seeing all the different animation styles it went through in the show.

The cursing was the most James-like. The bucking one was the best one.

[Bjarni]

I was kind of hoping James would do a quick overview of the series like what went on in each season and so on
That will be part three of the Original Series.

Besides that he's already talked about pretty much everything of the turtles except the comics, TNM and the videogames outside of the first one. I mean he said this would continue through out the summer.
Episodes he could possibly have down the line:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles manga
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
The first two movies.
The Mirage comics
The Archie comics
The video games
The 4kids show
Speculations about the new show (like he did with the new movie)

But we'll just have to wait and see...

[Jester]

I'm surprised he didn't reference Gorgonzola by name....:P

[TerranigmaFreak]

I must be the only one who got a laugh out of James hearing swears in the show. Besides, some of the stuff isn't as far fetch as you think. What April said clearly hints she wants to curse.

Anyway, I think James' movie knowledge really showed people here a thing or two about TMNT. I always knew about the many cheesy movie references, but some of the direct quotes completely escaped me.

[Jester]

I must be the only one who got a laugh out of James hearing swears in the show. Besides, some of the stuff isn't as far fetch as you think. What April said clearly hints she wants to curse.
When I watched Leonardo: Renaissance Turtle April's line made me laugh. I'm sure I didn't get it at a kid. That is the only one, though, that's even remotely "adult" of those lines he mentioned.

[ssjup81]

Finally saw this. You know, I was waiting for some "real innuendos" or stuff that could've been perceived as such, like Attack of the Big Macc (I don't care what anyone says, someone knew what they were drawing and it slipped past the censors; I have the screenshots to prove it! ><).

For instance, he showed scenes from Shredderville and Turtles of the Jungle.

For Shredderville, it could sound "wrong" or misinterpreted as such after the lights went out, and Shredder is telling Donny, "Do not touch that! I forbid it!" I guess he preferred it to be April or Irma? *shot* That could so be taken out of context, especially since you don't know what Shredder's talking about until after Leo (which should've been Donny) turned the lights on. Yay for another art error. :trazz:

As for Turtles of the Jungle, the "spanking the monkey" line Donny had could be a double innuendo.

That aside, I loved this video. It was funny and I love all the references to old B-movies. I think he summed it up best. It's so corny that it's funny, especially seeing it as an adult and getting all the jokes.

[Icebot]

Awesome video! I hope he talks about the red sky seasons in his part 3 review, and how Dregg replaced Shredder as the main villain and the turtles' super mutations.

[Koi]

So is he doing the second part of the OT thingy this upcoming week?

[oldmanwinters]

So is he doing the second part of the OT thingy this upcoming week?

The 2nd part was this past Tuesday. The 3rd part is still upcoming

[Jester]

Haven't watched it...but according to the title, he's going to try Mikey pizza toppings...Gah I hope there's no anchovies and peanut butter....ewww!

[Powder]

Haha, I just watched it. Funny stuff. I posted it on David Wise's wall as I'm sure he's responsible for some of those horrid recipes.

They missed one, though. Sausage & banana from if not the first then one of the first episodes.
That's the only one I've had & let me tell you it's f*cking amazing.

[Jester]

I should do this...if I had a stronger stomach.

The missed the 1st season "weird pizzas"...

*gets to the very end* Poor Mikey...

[ToTheNines]

Wow, that was hilarious... best one yet. The send off at the end was great lol.

[The Fifth Turtle]

I love how you never know what to expect come Tuesday. Is it a review of the old toon?.................no its a rant on the DVDs. Is it a review of one of the movies?..........no its a crazy pizza party. You never know with the nerd, but it is always awesome.

[Jephael]

You forgot to post a link to the new episode. That's okay though, I can do it!

http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/10/tmnt-tuesday-pizza-tasting/

[Revan]

I never realized how many times mike put anchovies on his pizza...:ohwell: but I guess he is a turtle after all

[ssjup81]

I loved this one! They all got more guts than I do, though. I couldn't bring myself to try those wild toppings, especially anything involving fudge, but the guloush (sp?) one sounds like it would've been pretty good. Thinking about it, I wonder who came up with the pizza ideas, or if they had Townsend Coleman make up some of those toppings or just in a general sense. You know, whichever Turtle had to mention a pizza flavor, if they told them to just go crazy with it and make up whatever.

Didn't they used to record the audio before animating the episode?

[TerranigmaFreak]

So none of you guys ever thought about trying some of Mikey's recipes as a kid? Some of them sounds awesome, and I always wanted to try it out. Good to see James attempting something like this for our amusement.

[ssjup81]

So none of you guys ever thought about trying some of Mikey's recipes as a kid? Some of them sounds awesome, and I always wanted to try it out. Good to see James attempting something like this for our amusement.In all honesty, no. I never thought twice about it. Now, if I'd seen it in the store or something, I would've been all over it (maybe), like those Turtle Pies that came "straight from the sewers to you". That slogan makes it sound so unappetizing, but kids didn't care! :tlol:

[TerranigmaFreak]

I'm dead serious, but that video made me hungry.

[oldmanwinters]

Now that pizza taste test was an awesome idea for a video! You gotta admire James & crew's dedication to the cause! I know I wouldn't be eating some of those toppings.:lol:



They missed the 1st season "weird pizzas"...


Yeah, what about the plain ol' sashimi pizza and whipped cream pizza?

[ssjup81]

I think Mikey came up with those toppings while high. He had to have! :lol:

[Revan]

They seemed to like Marshmallow and pepperoni. I remember when I first saw this episode when I was a kid and thinking it sounded great.

[FearlessLeader]

Haha, I just watched it. Funny stuff. I posted it on David Wise's wall as I'm sure he's responsible for some of those horrid recipes.

They missed one, though. Sausage & banana from if not the first then one of the first episodes.
That's the only one I've had & let me tell you it's f*cking amazing.


I am adding this to my short list of ones I am willing to try after watching that video!

This was absolutely brilliant and I am kind of surprised no one has thought about doing this yet and posting it online. Confirmed by belief that anchovies are gross, though I was surprised that the fudge was so universally hated.

:tgrin:

[Jester]

Yeah, what about the plain ol' sashimi pizza and whipped cream pizza?
There was also: Pepperoni and ice cream, jelly beans and mushrooms, anchovies and peanut butter, and Powder's favorite bananas and sausage...all in the 1st episode...

[oldmanwinters]

There was also: Pepperoni and ice cream, jelly beans and mushrooms, anchovies and peanut butter, and Powder's favorite bananas and sausage...all in the 1st episode...

And the second episode where we get introduced to breakfast pizza: Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, and Choco Puffs pizzas!

[ToTheNines]

They probably tried all of them but wanted to keep the video from running too long.

[Jephael]

What I find funny about that video is that they dissed Mikey at the end of the episode yet Leo, Don and Raph were just as guilty of coming up with disgusting pizza toppings.

[Jester]

What I find funny about that video is that they dissed Mikey at the end of the episode yet Leo, Don and Raph were just as guilty of coming up with disgusting pizza toppings.
Mikey made most of the pizzas...he was the resident Chef. Speaking of chefs, I wonder if they did the Wolfgang Plink pizzas...I can't remember off hand what they were, though...

[TerranigmaFreak]

Haha, I just watched it. Funny stuff. I posted it on David Wise's wall as I'm sure he's responsible for some of those horrid recipes.


Got a link to that? I'd love to see if he has any reactions to this video.

[sdp]

The video did not need to be 12 minutes long, fun idea but it should have been 3 minutes top.

[oldmanwinters]

The video did not need to be 12 minutes long, fun idea but it should have been 3 minutes top.

Ah, it's all good. I figured if they all were willing to suffer all those bizarre pizza topping combinations, then the least we can do is sit down and watch them suffer.:lol:

[Jester]

Well crap, I just recorded 1 hour of me, and me alone, eating the ones he didn't show....



Jesting...jesting.

[oldmanwinters]

I'd be curious to know if they just ordered a whole bunch of plain pizzas and then thew the toppings on themselves or if they actually ordered some of those bizarre flavors directly from the parlor.

[Jester]

I'd be curious to know if they just ordered a whole bunch of plain pizzas and then thew the toppings on themselves or if they actually ordered some of those bizarre flavors directly from the parlor.
Looks like that's exactly what they did....decked out a bunch of basic cheese pizzas.

Though it'd be hilarious if they had a clip of James asking for one of the most bizarre. :P

[oldmanwinters]

Looks like that's exactly what they did....decked out a bunch of basic cheese pizzas.

Though it'd be hilarious if they had a clip of James asking for one of the most bizarre. :P

And have it delivered to "122 & an 8th?"

[Jester]

And have it delivered to "122 & an 8th?"
Or...the phone booth on 8th.

[ryukenden]

Most of those bizarre toppings were quite nasty and I wouldn't eat it if you paid me. I do admit some would be quite edible such as pepperoni and pickles. I did remember the ending of one episode which I think was "Turtles, Turtles Everywhere!" was when Mikey spotted some potential toppings at the recycling center. Really, Mikey? Getting toppings from the dump?!

Fortunately, the bizarre pizza toppings in Turtles Forever was limited to that one time when the OT Turtles went to that Pizza Parlor. I'm sure the 4Kids Turtles would have been grossed out.

[Leonardo87]

And have it delivered to "122 & an 8th?"

Terrific..

[oldmanwinters]

Here's Wise's take on the pizza video from his Facebook page:

So, Bryce Malek, remember when we were sitting around in my living room on Ethel Ave, and I was talking about how I needed ideas for weird pizzas for the TMNT pilot I was writing?
CUT TO: Twenty four years later....
Michelangelo’s Pizza Taste Test

I love poisoning twentysomething hipsters!

Gareth: Not all of those were mine. My usual formula was to take something that absolutely, positively did NOT below on a pizza, and put it on a pizza -- with anchovies. Anchovies are the grossest thing God ever put on this earth.

BTW, I know for a fact there was one pizza they did NOT try -- probably because it would have been impossible. In one episode I had Michelangelo serving up a pizza with anchovies and BUBBLEGUM!

Me eating pizza and the REAL Ray's, the best pizzaria in NYC, where they shot a scene from the first TMNT feature. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1669102320168&set=a.1669100920133.2089525.1015623503&type=1&theater

Thanks Bear. I guess you're right, but man, was that ever NOT the way I intended to leave my mark on the world!


"I love poisoning twentysomething hipsters!" - WIN

[Powder]

Grumble grumble, I'm the dude who shared it with him & he didn't even comment. :(

[oldmanwinters]

Grumble grumble, I'm the dude who shared it with him & he didn't even comment. :(

Yup, where's the credit for Powder, eh?:lol:

I'll bet he was just reposting it himself so everybody would know what his take on the subject was.

[TerranigmaFreak]

Here's Wise's take on the pizza video from his Facebook page:



"I love poisoning twentysomething hipsters!" - WIN

Hipster? James is more of a umm... Nerd.

[oldmanwinters]

Hipster? James is more of a umm... Nerd.

Nerds assembled in large groups = hipsters?

[sdp]

James Rolfe a hipster? Maybe thats why Nick didn't hire him :p

[ToTheNines]

James Rolfe a hipster? Maybe thats why Nick didn't hire him :p

What does that mean?

[Jephael]

Grumble grumble, I'm the dude who shared it with him & he didn't even comment. :(

Maybe you weren't the first person who sent him the link. I've never even thought about sharing any of these videos with David Wise until now.

PS. Powder if you're reading this, please message me. I haven't heard from you lately.

[Bjarni]

GI'd love to see if he has any reactions to this video.

He said "Damn, we famous!" after I posted on his wall that James Rolfe was talking about the Technodrome, which he created.

[Chaotix12345]

James concludes his TMNT retrospective with some season highlights. (http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/17/tmnt-cartoon-series-review-part-3-of-3/)

[Powder]

Neat. Ya think this ends "Turtle Tuesdays"? Hope not, I'm a huge fan of both Rolfe & the TMNT so these few weeks have been great.

[Jester]

Great...even James calls that one of Ray character Ray Fillet....IT'S NOT RAY FILLET!!!

[The Fifth Turtle]

Neat. Ya think this ends "Turtle Tuesdays"? Hope not, I'm a huge fan of both Rolfe & the TMNT so these few weeks have been great.


Powder I was hoping the same thing. Here is a direct quote from cinemassacre.

"Every Tuesday, I’ll be posting new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle related videos. At least for the rest of the summer. For now, here’s an old one from 2003, but there’s been a few revisions for 2011."

[ToTheNines]

Great video, couple of nitpicks though:

1. He never uses the black and white Mirage comics when referring to them, always the colored versions.

2. He didn't mention that after season 4, they started using the first episode of each subsequent season to serve as "season finale" to the last. Ya know, with having something big go down with the Technodrome and all.

3. He didn't showcase the OT replacement VA's from Turtles Forever. Raphael's voice actor definitely deserved some props.

[TerranigmaFreak]

He says it's all through the summer and summer hasn't even started yet. I think he'll talk about stuff like Next Mutation and more.

[oldmanwinters]

Hey, cool, that was the first time I've ever seen the TMNT bumpers from the USA Express programming block. @5:59

I think James had his expectations too high regarding "season finales." While some seasons of TMNT and other cartoons made an attempt to have a big adventure to end the year, most kid's cartoons at that time didn't really bother, especially since the episodes might just be aired out of order anyway. The whole "Season" concept wasn't quite as important back in the early 90s as it is today.

[ssjup81]

Hey, cool, that was the first time I've ever seen the TMNT bumpers from the USA Express programming block. @5:59 Wow, really? Another bumper I can remember right off had the turtles training.

[FearlessLeader]

Another great video!

I really hope this isn't the end and that he actually does separate showcases for the films, the 2k3 show and Turtles Forever, because for how much he complained about the same thing I felt like the ending to this video "was a little rushed" :twink:

[Jephael]

James definitely got one thing right: Irma's musician boyfriend was the lamest character ever on the show!!!

I really hope he goes over the NES games next. I loved Manhattan Project!

[Revan]

Great...even James calls that one of Ray character Ray Fillet....IT'S NOT RAY FILLET!!!

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

[Berserker]

He's so far shown a trend of doing one "quirky" video between show recap videos. He's been pretty creative with this so it's hard to predict, but I'm going to guess that his next video will be about bizarre TMNT oddities like the live action show, the Japanese anime, the PSA, TMNT ripoffs/references, etc.

[Lisardo]

I've seen all these. Sofar so good. I agree with another poster that he is very informative about some of the themes in the show. I already knew they watched old, cheesy sci-fis, and that the names were mocks of actual movies. Some of the quotes were mocks of movies too, like when Leo in an episode said, "I'm mad as heck and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" (don't think James mentioned that tho). What I didn't know tho is that the dvd releases were so effed, as I don't have all of them. But yeah, it definitely is like another "Chronologically Confused" type ep.

[oldmanwinters]

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

Ahem...

Here you go. (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=33079)

[Jester]

How is Fillet pronounced anyway.

I always pronounced it Fi-ley as in the food fish-fillet, but I have heard others pronounce it fil-it

Well...what Winters posted, but the CHARACTER isn't Ray Fillet. It's just some character who happens to be named Ray!

[oldmanwinters]

I couldn't believe James doesn't like Usagi Yojimbo! He just lumped him together with Mr. Ogg. Oy...:tcry:

Well...what Winters posted, but the CHARACTER isn't Ray Fillet. It's just some character who happens to be named Ray!


Back when Steve Murphy still had his TMNT blog, I remember him doing a post on how it was originally going to be Man Ray in the "Rebel Without a Fin" episode but the cartoon's creative minds wanted to make him into a bad guy. Murphy (or somebody at Mirage) protested and they changed the character to a generic fishman named "Ray."

[Jester]

Yeah, I remember that story too.

And I can't believe I forgot the Usagi and Mr. Ogg comparison...NO, JAMES! NO!

[AT-Man]

I couldn't believe James doesn't like Usagi Yojimbo! He just lumped him together with Mr. Ogg. Oy...:tcry:


I think he never bothered to watch the 2003 show, I bet he'd like Usagi in that one.

[Jester]

Actually, in one of the videos he mentions how screwed up the 4Kids DVDs were...I think he watched it too.

[ssjup81]

And I can't believe I forgot the Usagi and Mr. Ogg comparison...NO, JAMES! NO!Now this surprised me. I figured that a person like James would've liked Usagi's character and potential. Mr. Ogg was just Odd.

[FearlessLeader]

I couldn't believe James doesn't like Usagi Yojimbo! He just lumped him together with Mr. Ogg. Oy...:tcry:


Considering he also doesn't seem that fond of Leo and Usagi and Leo has similar personalities I am going to guess he just doesn't like that type of character :trazz:

*laughs*

[ssjup81]

Considering he also doesn't seem that fond of Leo and Usagi and Leo has similar personalities I am going to guess he just doesn't like that type of character :trazz:

*laughs*I'm not big on Leo, but I did find Usagi to be cool and to have him on the same level as the annoying Mr. Ogg is insulting. ><

[Fugitoid Jones]

These retrospectives are great if you're in the mood to watch something TMNT related, but don't want to start up one of the animated series or don't have the time to watch one of the movies. Perfect for a quick TMNT fix.

Great video, couple of nitpicks though:

1. He never uses the black and white Mirage comics when referring to them, always the colored versions.



Who says he doesn't own them? Maybe he only felt like scanning/filming the colored ones for some reason.

[oldmanwinters]

Who says he doesn't own them? Maybe he only felt like scanning/filming the colored ones for some reason.

It is true that colored scans look better on video than B&W.

[ToTheNines]

I'm not big on Leo, but I did find Usagi to be cool and to have him on the same level as the annoying Mr. Ogg is insulting. ><

I hate OT Leo, but love Usagi. Even if he were an annoying character, his episodes were well written, action packed, and had good animation. IDK what James is thinking on this one.

I wonder if he knows Usagi is an independent comic book character with his own long running title.

Who says he doesn't own them? Maybe he only felt like scanning/filming the colored ones for some reason.

Umm... did I say that? lol

[Bjarni]

I think he never bothered to watch the 2003 show, I bet he'd like Usagi in that one.
Actually, in one of the videos he mentions how screwed up the 4Kids DVDs were...I think he watched it too.

he's going to make videos throughout summer. May is over and he's done talking about the 80's toon. he owns the 2003 series on DVD.

there is no way he is NOT going to talk about it.

[TerranigmaFreak]

I want to see James talk about The Next Mutation first. That deserves a video whether you like it or not.

[Chaotix12345]

I hate OT Leo, but love Usagi. Even if he were an annoying character, his episodes were well written, action packed, and had good animation. IDK what James is thinking on this one.Well, he technically didn't say that he didn't like him, he just said he didn't care for him as much as other characters. I'd say he's probably either completely neutral about Usagi or he likes him, just not as much as other characters.

[Jester]

Well, he technically didn't say that he didn't like him, he just said he didn't care for him. I'd say he's probably completely neutral about Usagi.
I think the big problem is comparing Usagi to freakin' Mr. Ogg.....

[TigerClaw]

I wonder if his opinion about Usagi changed after he saw him on the new series, He was done a lot better on there.

But I do agree, He should do a review of The Next Mutation.

[Bjarni]

But I do agree, He should do a review of The Next Mutation.

I'm hoping he first reviews the Turtle Anime and then Next Mutation, just to follow the OT spin-offs in the correct order...

[Jester]

Should he re-do the Coming Out of Their Shells, and the 2 Turtle Tunes tapes?

[ssjup81]

I really do hope he does do something on The Next Mutation. My memory of that series is extremely vague. I remember liking it. I used to tape it and watch it when I got home from school. I was in high school at the time, so I never got home in time to watch it, usually and for my second year of HS, I was usually pretty busy. I remember Venus and liking her character because of the magic aspect to it. I remember there was a crossover with the Power Rangers. I remember Mikey not having nunchucks and using tonfakata. I remember Mikey hitting on Venus like he wanted a date and Raph not liking Venus. I don't remember anything pertaining to enemies, plot, how they met Venus, etc. So, if James does do something on TNM, it'd be a nice refresher for me.I hate OT Leo, but love Usagi. Even if he were an annoying character, his episodes were well written, action packed, and had good animation. IDK what James is thinking on this one.I didn't even find him [Usagi] annoying...but the fact that he put him on the same level as Mr. Ogg is just wrong to me. ><

Oh, and I had nothing against OT Leo either. I did used to like his heroic speeches and sense of honor thing, but, of course, for me, Raph and Mikey were the ones I liked (as a kid). Leo was boring to me and Donny was just there. Since going back, I like OT Donny!!

[sdp]

I reviewed TNM in a thread here (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=28452) about a year ago or so, I'll probably update it when I re-watch TNM again.

James said he'd continue through out the summer so I'm guessing he'll continue at least through all of July. I don't think he would re-touch on stuff he's already covered especially since he compiled all the links of his previous TMNT videos after his first update. He already touched upon the first two movies in the third movie review and now in the OT review so I doubt he'll cover them again. Turtles Forever was also covered for the most part in the OT review so who knows if he'll review it separately, not much else he can say about it. James only mentioned he was going to watch all of the OT, he never mentioned any other TMNT media, I doubt he'll cover the anime or TNM at least not in a full review like the OT. 2K3 there is a chance since he did show the DVDs but I'm guessing it won't be a full series review and just some of the episodes he saw? Obscure stuff like the Manga is probably not going to happen, but forgotten/rare/weird stuff like merchandise from the late 80s/early 90s is a possibility if he owns it. I'm sure he'll cover the Mirage comics though he's already kinda gone through with it a little bit in the OT review and I doubt he has a bunch of issues, I'm sure he just has a few including the color one he keeps showing when talking about the comics. Archie comics might get a small mention not a full retrospective. I'm guessing the videogames will probably get a video, he's only talked about the first one. You have to remember James loves the turtles but he isn't a hardcore fan like say most here.



What does that mean?
There was a thread a while ago about David Wise basically not being hip enough for the new show. Counting he doesn't know how to use the word hipster means Nick was probably right ;b Just a joke, don't take it too seriously.

[Powder]

I'd love to see his reaction to the Super Turtles.

[oldmanwinters]

I'd love to see his reaction to the Super Turtles.

He'd probably think it was something from the later seasons of the Fred Wolf series.:lol:

Heck, were the Cyber Samurai turtles really that much different from the Metal Mutant warriors?

EDIT: Oops, somehow I thought I was in the thread about about Peter Laird. My bad, yo.

[Jester]

I really hope he does at least one episode on NM. heck, he could just review East meets West. Then again, I did that a while ago, too.

[Kendamu]

I'd like him to do a video (or a few) about the video games. Not as AVGN, but as James.

[ssjup81]

I'd like him to do a video (or a few) about the video games. Not as AVGN, but as James.Hm, now that you've said that, I'd like him to play the SNES version of Turtles in Time and Genesis Hyperstone Heist, and point out the pros and cons of both games.

[Weapon X]

I've enjoyed all the Turtle videos so far, but I like all his stuff. I'm glad he's taking a break from AVGN to work on his other projects.

I know he's going to make a video showing Mike's TMNT action figure collection.

I wouldn't mind seeing new videos of him reviewing the movies, well maybe just the first one and SOTO. The third I don't think needs to be delved into anymore.

Like others stated maybe a look at the other Turtle games too.

[The Fifth Turtle]

I'd like him to do a video (or a few) about the video games. Not as AVGN, but as James.

Possibly a nice compare and contrast of Turtles in Time w/ the reshelled edition.

[Coola Yagami]

Am I the only one that thinks 'epic phail' when he was trying hard to find something 'wrong/dirty/perverted' about the turtles and didn't even mention the whole 'Irma, I need you' bit between Don and Irma?

[Jester]

Did he do the "Look at that stupendous dish..." bit, I forget?

[oldmanwinters]

Looks like we're gonna be treated to a little "Board James" for tomorrow's episode:
http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/23/a-note-about-board-james/

I wonder which game he'll do? Maybe all of them?

[Powder]

Hell yeah, I LOVE the Board James segments. Bringin' it back in the honor of TMNT? Rad.

[Jester]

Hell yeah, I LOVE the Board James segments. Bringin' it back in the honor of TMNT? Rad.
Don't remember many of the TMNT boardgames....but they aren't good, are they?

[Powder]

Don't remember many of the TMNT boardgames....but they aren't good, are they?

Psht, beats me. I've never actually played/owned any of them. I just like seeing James' board game reviews, haha.

[The Fifth Turtle]

You know whats bull$hit?, Board James, AVGN, Turtle Tuesdays, film location videos, interviews, movies and more. His work kicks a$$ no matter what he does.

[Chaotix12345]

Board James takes a look at some TMNT board games! (http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/24/tmnt-tuesday-board-james-tmnt/)

[ToTheNines]

That was funny. I tried to play the last one they played a few years back, but it was just a giant cluster-**** and we all ended up doing something else because I had to modify the rules due to some missing pieces and how dumb the rules are.

[oldmanwinters]

Looks like they missed out on the two most "interesting" looking games:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31877/teenage-mutant-hero-turtles-3d-spel
UK only, but it looks really cool!

And:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19357/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-tower-of-doom
I loved messing around with the Tower of Doom game, even if I played around more with the playset and figures than the actual game.

[hudemx]

Looks like they missed out on the two most "interesting" looking games:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31877/teenage-mutant-hero-turtles-3d-spel
UK only, but it looks really cool!

It wasn't UK only, it was also released in Germany and Austria with German Text ;)

And the Game is a desaster - nuff said!

[oldmanwinters]

It wasn't UK only, it was also released in Germany and Austria with German Text ;)

And the Game is a desaster - nuff said!

Interesting... it does look fun though. How does it play?

EDIT: Hmm... I'm not even sure if it was actually released in the UK judging by that picture of the box.

[Weapon X]

Pretty amusing, I like James and Mikes chemistry together. I thought it was funny that James said it was Michelangelo on the front of the tic-tac-toe game box, when his belt clearly had an "R" on it and Mike's observation of the strange pizza topping.

I had the Pizza Power game and I loved the artwork they used. I also had the "Ready for Battle" game. It had a similar concept If I remember right.

[sdp]

I had the 2k3 TMNT board game i bought on sale for like 5 bucks at a KB Toys once, it was surprisingly fun, I even made a thread about it here (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=12594). Definitely better than the three board games in this episode, in it you had to go to the Foot Building and you encountered hazards along the way, you could end up in Baxters Lab, you got bonus pizza and you needed key cards or dynamite to go inside the building and in the end you fought Shredder, you could also fight Foot/Hun/Mousers etc. fun stuff.

[oldmanwinters]

I had the 2k3 TMNT board game i bought on sale for like 5 bucks at a KB Toys once, it was surprisingly fun, I even made a thread about it here (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=12594). Definitely better than the three board games in this episode, in it you had to go to the Foot Building and you encountered hazards along the way, you could end up in Baxters Lab, you got bonus pizza and you needed key cards or dynamite to go inside the building and in the end you fought Shredder, you could also fight Foot/Hun/Mousers etc. fun stuff.

Wow, that's kinda cool. I don't think I've ever seen this. Do you have any pictures?

[ssjup81]

I must've lived under a rock. I never once noticed the board games as a kid whenever in the toy store. Anywho, aside from the first game, I'd do as Mike advised and stick to the video games.:lol:

[sdp]

Wow, that's kinda cool. I don't think I've ever seen this. Do you have any pictures?
Boardgamegeek has all you could ever want to know about the game including pictures:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9049/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-game

Don't get me wrong its not a classic board game by any means but for the 5 dollars it cost me I had plenty of fun with friends, nice 4 player board game to kill some time. I forgot to mention you roll dice to fight, so I guess it technically is a "beat em up" board game, heh, and because of it you can technically play it alone, though of course the more the merrier, and with 4 players its just fun to have everyone mess around.

[FearlessLeader]

The 2k3 show also had it's own version of Yahtzee Junior that my friends and I still play on occasion.

It's great for all my chick friends that didn't grow up with the guys, to teach them which Turtle has which color bandanna and which weapon *laughs*

[Fugitoid Jones]

I had wanted to get my hands on the Pizza Power game, but after watching this video, I may still get it just for nostalgic reasons, but I sure as hell won't play it. I hate games with overly complicated rules. Games are supposed to be fun, and consulting the rules every 3 minutes isn't fun.

[Jester]

A kid I knew had the 4Kids board game...we tried to play it and didn't get very far.

[Fugitoid Jones]

A kid I knew had the 4Kids board game...we tried to play it and didn't get very far.

I own that game too. I braught it with me to my friend's house once and we took one look at the rules and decided not to play. Never tried to play it since.

[Jephael]

There was another board game that James must've not known about. It had this big tower that you'd place these turtle shaped marbles in and they'd come out either side.

[Coola Yagami]

Man, James must have bad memory or just be blindingly trusting the serial numbers on the DVDs...

The Turtles ran on CBS Saturdays AND weekdays at the SAME TIME. Which was confusing for the fans because they now had 2 stories to follow. CBS had 2 eps, the first one dealing with Shredder and company, and the second one focusing on one of the Turtles and usually against a mad scientist or something. That's why we had so many episodes named after the Turtles in the DVDs. The first ep was Dimension X Story, I remember it clear as day.

However, weekdays would crank out a week of new episodes once every whenever... Their first ep was Plan 9 from Channel 6, and they had eps like... Rondo in New York, the Howie eps, the one about the movie monsters, etc.

So we had 2 versions happening at once... one where the Technodrome would be destroyed cause it was blasted upon and stuck on dimension x someplace (Plan 9) and one where it was specifically on an asteroid with a volcano (Dimension X Story). And even though the CBS eps changed stuff like having the Techndrome on the bottom of the ocean or in the antartic, the weekdays eps kept them on the dimension x asteroid. It was a confusing time. I favored the CBS eps more though cause they featured more of the newer toy characters like Mondo Gecko, Slash and such.

[Chaotix12345]

Since the Old Toon is famous for some of its animation mistakes, James is counting down the Top 20 Turtle Flubs! (http://cinemassacre.com/2011/05/31/tmnt-tuesday-top-20-turtle-flubs/)

[Powder]

Yo that one really had me laughing.

[sdp]

I thought he would mention April's ever changing bust size, sometimes it would seem it was huge because of the cleavage line they drew on her, however other times not only would they not draw a cleavage line but her jumpsuit was unzipped extremely low, so for there to be no cleavage line would mean that she is flat chested. Only logic I can find is that maybe they were only allowed to draw a "big" cleavage line if her jumpsuit was "zipped up" and they were able to sneak in the jumpsuit "zipped down" if they didn't draw a cleavage line? That always bothers me, not so much the inconsistency in size but how is it even possible for so much of her chest to be shown without a hint of a cleavage line. Re-reading that makes me sound perverted but it just looks anatomically wrong and this is the OT we're talking about.

Anyways, I wonder if anyone can think of an in-continuity reason for the animation mistakes like different bandannas/voices :lol: I'm still not sure how they were able to mess up the voices. Thought this episode was going to show stuff I was aware off but for the most part I wasn't aware of most of them and it was very funny indeed. I wonder if the still frames were animated wrong and there wasn't time to correct them in time so they just did it in a still shot or there was no budget to finish the episode like the final episodes of Evangelion.

And since I already went there, was anyone else bothered by the fact that in the 2k3 show it looks like you can see Aprils butt crack? I'm assuming its meant to be her "back" line, but the way its positioned and because its mostly shown when she's squatting it really does look like a butt crack, I'm guessing they noticed since it doesn't happen (as often?) in later seasons. My first reaction was how did they allow that. And definitely off topic but was it too hard to color April's midriff purple when she's wearing her labcoat? That looks so odd, it couldn't have been hard I think its done in a future episode why have her midriff exposed in a more "professional" lab environment?

[Jester]

Anyways, I wonder if anyone can think of an in-continuity reason for the animation mistakes like different bandannas/voices :lol: I'm still not sure how they were able to mess up the voices. Thought this episode was going to show stuff I was aware off but for the most part I wasn't aware of most of them and it was very funny indeed. I wonder if the still frames were animated wrong and there wasn't time to correct them in time so they just did it in a still shot or there was no budget to finish the episode like the final episodes of Evangelion.
Adam and I try in the commentaries...we attribute it to "ninja trickery." See the end of Donatello's Duplicate

[oldmanwinters]

Adam and I try in the commentaries...we tribute it to "ninja trickery." See the end of Donatello's Duplicate

Yeah, didn't we introduce that concept in our commentary on "Enter the Shredder (http://fancommentaries.thetechnodrome.com/files/TMNTCommentary2_Enter_the_Shredder.mp3)?"

EDIT: But James might be onto something about that mutagen making the turtles "highly unstable." :-P

EDIT x 2: D'oh! I can't believe that James omitted both the infamous "5 turtles" from "Turtle Tracks" and the "Greatest Mistake Ever Made" from "WereRats from Channel Six." MINI-EDIT: That skeleton man is pretty funny though.

[Jester]

Yeah, didn't we introduce that concept in our commentary on "Enter the Shredder (http://fancommentaries.thetechnodrome.com/files/TMNTCommentary2_Enter_the_Shredder.mp3)?"
Something like that...;)

[Powder]

"Greatest Mistake Ever Made" from "WereRats from Channel Six."

Whatcha talkin' about?

[oldmanwinters]

Whatcha talkin' about?

Pop it in and find out. If you need help, load up the Fan Commentary (http://fancommentaries.thetechnodrome.com/files/TMNT_Fan_Commentary_-_Wererats_from_Channel_6.mp3) at the 17 minute, 30 second mark.

It's so drawn out that many people seem to miss it for some reason. But it's the biggest animation problem I've ever seen in a Saturday morning.

[Jester]

I'd explain but it is very complicated...
I just wish I could watch James' video, but from what I hear, he must mention the 2 Turtle Vans from New York's Shiniest.

[Powder]

Pop it in and find out. If you need help, load up the Fan Commentary (http://fancommentaries.thetechnodrome.com/files/TMNT_Fan_Commentary_-_Wererats_from_Channel_6.mp3) at the 17 minute, 30 second mark.

It's so drawn out that many people seem to miss it for some reason. But it's the biggest animation problem I've ever seen in a Saturday morning.

I can't. But if you could simply explain it...

[oldmanwinters]

I can't. But if you could simply explain it...

It must be seen to be believed Powder. Mere written composition cannot do it justice.:o

[Jester]

I can't. But if you could simply explain it...
It's an almost 5 minute boo-boo. You'd seriously have to watch it.
http://stagevu.com/video/lburwkfaqhne

[oldmanwinters]

And since I already went there, was anyone else bothered by the fact that in the 2k3 show it looks like you can see Aprils butt crack? I'm assuming its meant to be her "back" line, but the way its positioned and because its mostly shown when she's squatting it really does look like a butt crack, I'm guessing they noticed since it doesn't happen (as often?) in later seasons. My first reaction was how did they allow that. And definitely off topic but was it too hard to color April's midriff purple when she's wearing her labcoat? That looks so odd, it couldn't have been hard I think its done in a future episode why have her midriff exposed in a more "professional" lab environment?

I agree.

My theory on how she got away with the midriff at Stocktronics was that the nightshift was pretty much a two person operation between April & Baxter, thus she probably was allowed to wear whatever she wanted. :ohwell:

And if we go by the Dreamwave comic adaptation, perhaps Stockman kinda liked it better that way.


I just wish I could watch James' video, but from what I hear, he must mention the 2 Turtle Vans from New York's Shiniest.

Yup, it only makes the list at #11, however.

[Jester]

Finally watched it....he did miss some of the more obvious flubs. I'll mention an episode and you tell me what he could have done: A THING ABOUT RATS!

[Katie]

I thought he would mention April's ever changing bust size, sometimes it would seem it was huge because of the cleavage line they drew on her, however other times not only would they not draw a cleavage line but her jumpsuit was unzipped extremely low, so for there to be no cleavage line would mean that she is flat chested. Only logic I can find is that maybe they were only allowed to draw a "big" cleavage line if her jumpsuit was "zipped up" and they were able to sneak in the jumpsuit "zipped down" if they didn't draw a cleavage line? That always bothers me, not so much the inconsistency in size but how is it even possible for so much of her chest to be shown without a hint of a cleavage line. Re-reading that makes me sound perverted but it just looks anatomically wrong and this is the OT we're talking about

This is not anatomically impossible. In simple terms, zipping squishes them together, unzipping does not. You have to be squished together to have a cleavage line. Unless the big boobs are fakes and don't move......real ones just don't work that way.

I can't believe I just responded to this but take it from me.....I know what I'm saying. I've been "blessed" since I was 11 or so.

[marcelangelo]

that just made me laugh, katie....;)
and I can't believe I am commenting on that here...?!?!;)

[Jester]

It's nice to know any thread can deteriorate to discussion of boobies.

[Weapon X]

I thought most of his choices were funny and that's what the video was really about.

The skeleton is pretty creepy though. :o

I actually thought there was something wrong with my DVD while watching "Turtle Terminator", when all the still shots came.

[oldmanwinters]

I actually thought there was something wrong with my DVD while watching "Turtle Terminator", when all the still shots came.

There are numerous times in the show when the animation seems to freeze up, the most notable example I can think of is in "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X," when Tragg and Granitor start shooting at the turtles/April/Neutrinos at the video arcade and we hear laser blasters without seeing anything coming out of their guns.

Not having watching the VHS tapes in years, I cannot confirm whether or not this is a problem with the DVD or (most likely) just the way it was made.

Finally watched it....he did miss some of the more obvious flubs. I'll mention an episode and you tell me what he could have done: A THING ABOUT RATS!

Oh, yes, that final little bit with everybody in the van. Ugh... shame on you, Fred Wolf Films! :-)

[sdp]

I'm going to assume that the "skeleton man" at the end is just a prop/puppet and not an actual man, kinda disappointed it was the last one since it wasn't an animation error but it was still worth a laugh, and when the still frame is paused the skeleton is indeed a bit creepy. I propose we should have one of those never works online petition to bring back skeleton man for Nick's TMNT.

Adam and I try in the commentaries...we attribute it to "ninja trickery." See the end of Donatello's Duplicate

You know, as simple as that is it works perfectly in the OT universe and from now on will be my official in-universe explanation of such animation errors. I really like it.

This is not anatomically impossible. In simple terms, zipping squishes them together, unzipping does not. You have to be squished together to have a cleavage line. Unless the big boobs are fakes and don't move......real ones just don't work that way.

I can't believe I just responded to this but take it from me.....I know what I'm saying. I've been "blessed" since I was 11 or so.


Well the ones I'm talking about usually fall very close to the TV Trope, AbsoluteCleavage (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AbsoluteCleavage). I don't have a screenshot though, but yeah its especially bad in one episode were you can see too much of her chest and just looks odd.

[Jester]

There are numerous times in the show when the animation seems to freeze up, the most notable example I can think of is in "Hot Rodding Teenagers from Dimension X," when Tragg and Granitor start shooting at the turtles/April/Neutrinos at the video arcade and we hear laser blasters without seeing anything coming out of their guns.

Not having watching the VHS tapes in years, I cannot confirm whether or not this is a problem with the DVD or (most likely) just the way it was made.
I'm pretty sure it's an across the board error, as it's in the copy of The Epic Begins I have.

[Weapon X]

I'm pretty sure it's an across the board error, as it's in the copy of The Epic Begins I have.

It is, I happened to watch the "Hot Rodding Teens" VHS recently and its there. It's forgivable though, because the following battle scene is one of the best in the series. :twink:

[Vegita-San]

It's an almost 5 minute boo-boo. You'd seriously have to watch it.
http://stagevu.com/video/lburwkfaqhne


I must have missed it..from what time frame to what time frame am I looking at?

Coming today, look for the first in a series of videos..The Master Mistakes file and voice list for the original series..

Something I started cataloging with NTN ten years ago is come to a completion..and it'll be on youtube

[oldmanwinters]

I must have missed it..from what time frame to what time frame am I looking at?


Approximately 17:30 - 22:00 in the running time. I'm surprised how many fans seem to miss this.

[Vegita-San]

Approximately 17:30 - 22:00 in the running time. I'm surprised how many fans seem to miss this.

I don't think a low animation frame rate can be considered a mistake :)

[oldmanwinters]

You know, as simple as that is it works perfectly in the OT universe and from now on will be my official in-universe explanation of such animation errors. I really like it.


Glad to see this theory might actually gain some legs! I try to be humble, but I can't help but think that the "ninja trickery" theory is a brilliant contribution to Old Toon fandom by Jester and myself.:tlol:

I don't think a low animation frame rate can be considered a mistake :)

Hmm... I guessing you haven't quite noticed it yet?

[Vegita-San]

Glad to see this theory might actually gain some legs! I try to be humble, but I can't help but think that the "ninja trickery" theory is a brilliant contribution to Old Toon fandom by Jester and myself.:tlol:



Hmm... I guessing you haven't quite noticed it yet?

Other than the usual stuff of a big black random blotch appearing, Don switching places a few times when he's not supposed to be there, and April's new A Cup, nope..

[oldmanwinters]

Don switching places a few times when he's not supposed to be there

Aw come on, Neil, a few times? :P

[sdp]

I'm normally a hater of all red bandannas but it actually felt pretty cool to see Leonardo with a red bandanna attack Shredder. Anyone else wish that 2k3 would have had an intentional animation error as a homage to the OT?

[Powder]

I'm normally a hater of all red bandannas but it actually felt pretty cool to see Leonardo with a red bandanna attack Shredder. Anyone else wish that 2k3 would have had an intentional animation error as a homage to the OT?

I'm not a hater of it, so I thought that was awesome. Gonna have to make a gif out of it for AndrewNDB. I don't wish for 2k3 to have had an intentional error, but it would've been cool if they wore all red masks to try and trick Casey or something. That woulda been a neat kickback to the comics.

[Jephael]

I liked that countdown, but I can't believe he didn't reference the mistake in "Turtle Tracks" where there were 2 Leonardos and 2 Raphaels. That was like the most famous mistake ever, and it was in the very first episode no less!

[FearlessLeader]

I'm not a hater of it, so I thought that was awesome. Gonna have to make a gif out of it for AndrewNDB. I don't wish for 2k3 to have had an intentional error, but it would've been cool if they wore all red masks to try and trick Casey or something. That woulda been a neat kickback to the comics.

They did in the episode where Splinter is telling April their back story and he's introducing each of the Turtles and they all do cool moves with there weapons, except Mike who hits himself in the head; but they are all wearing red bandannas.

[marcelangelo]

@ oldmanwinters:
I always was amazed at three scenes in 'hot rodding teenagers from dimension x':1. in that fight scene in front of the arcade the circular motion into the camera of that torpedo...man that always stuck out for me as a great piece of animation..was quite charmed when I saw those comming back in the 2k3 series 3rd season finale 'exodus' and of course again used in the great 'turtles forever'...;)
2.when general traag stes the atomic wheather maker(or what thats gadget's name was) free, it rises and rises into the sky and then it seems to stop in midair and starts sending out these waves...great!
3.lastly when leonardo destroys that thing in the end flying down with his katana striking it in two pieces and then he falls and we see the weather changing while he is falling down to earth...'long whistle' that was amazing, man...
but there were many amazing things happening visually in the first short season...;)

[marcelangelo]

I also have two different versions of the arcade shoot out, one showing the stone soldiers shooting lasers, one with a frozen image and blaster sounds running over it...
the same thing goes for the introductory scene with michelangelo, in germany where we got the censored(and therefore nunchuk-free) version they let mike interrupt and finnish splinter's sentence naming himself 'the master of the twirling pizzas' in fun...;)
I got another version that just shows him working the chucks....but in my version they are sporting their 'cartoon original' different colored bandanas and not the red ones...

[oldmanwinters]

@ oldmanwinters:
I always was amazed at three scenes in 'hot rodding teenagers from dimension x':1. in that fight scene in front of the arcade the circular motion into the camera of that torpedo...man that always stuck out for me as a great piece of animation..was quite charmed when I saw those comming back in the 2k3 series 3rd season finale 'exodus' and of course again used in the great 'turtles forever'...;)
2.when general traag stes the atomic wheather maker(or what thats gadget's name was) free, it rises and rises into the sky and then it seems to stop in midair and starts sending out these waves...great!
3.lastly when leonardo destroys that thing in the end flying down with his katana striking it in two pieces and then he falls and we see the weather changing while he is falling down to earth...'long whistle' that was amazing, man...
but there were many amazing things happening visually in the first short season...;)

Oh, yeah, I totally am with you 100%! I think Hot Roddin' Teenagers from Dimension X has the best overall animation in the 5-episode pilot season!

I also have two different versions of the arcade shoot out, one showing the stone soldiers shooting lasers, one with a frozen image and blaster sounds running over it...
the same thing goes for the introductory scene with michelangelo, in germany where we got the censored(and therefore nunchuk-free) version they let mike interrupt and finnish splinter's sentence naming himself 'the master of the twirling pizzas' in fun...;)
I got another version that just shows him working the chucks....but in my version they are sporting their 'cartoon original' different colored bandanas and not the red ones...

Interesting... what are these "versions" that you own? German video tapes?

[Jester]

When the video finally posts we're getting a double feature:
OverAnalyzers is doing episodes on Krang and how the Turtles get money. (http://cinemassacre.com/2011/06/06/double-shot-turtle-tuesday/)

[Powder]

I knew it'd only be a matter of time, I noticed right off the bat in the first ep. all the pinned up pics of Krang. Saweeeet.

[Chaotix12345]

Today, the OverAnalyzers try to crack the code of Krang. (http://cinemassacre.com/2011/06/07/overanalyzers-5-tmnt-krang/)

[Jephael]

This is like what we Dromers would probably look like if the forum were like an actual club somewhere.

[ToTheNines]

Turtle Money is up: http://cinemassacre.com/2011/06/07/overanalyzers-6-tmnt-turtle-money/


"Crack?! Where?!"

[oldmanwinters]

Turtle Money is up: http://cinemassacre.com/2011/06/07/overanalyzers-6-tmnt-turtle-money/

For one thing... the TMNT are NOT stealing cable!

Rabbit ears are clearly visible on top of their TV set!:tcool:

[Revan]

:lol: James can't keep a straight face, "Basically, Splinter sells crack to Shredder."

[ssjup81]

For one thing... the TMNT are NOT stealing cable!

Rabbit ears are clearly visible on top of their TV set!:tcool:I bet they were stealing cable when using Donny's transdimensional portal thing. Forgot the ep, but he knew that he coudn't get it to work, so they were watching movies through it instead. Yep yep, Donny was stealing them some cable. :trazz::tlol: