How old were you when you saw Ninja Turtles the movie?

[JakeSully]

8 here when i saw it 4 times in theaters and loved it as i was waiting for the movie since it was announced in late 1988 in Starlog magazine and been waiting until in late 89 they showed a still picture of Leonardo as i gasp then it said coming March 1990 as i couldn't wait.

[zkarlette]

9 or 10 I'm really not sure...

[Raph's Girl]

I was 10...

[Powder]

I took my first steps as an infant just so that I could approach the TV, which had a VHS of the film playing on it. True story. The rest is history.

[Eiko]

I was 10 such a long time ago.

[Scud]

I was 11. Good times!

~S~

[MikeandRaph87]

It came out when I was just three years old.

[pannoni1]

I was 5, and got it in on VHS for Christmas 1990. It did frighten me a little bit and forced me to gravitate back to the cartoon.

[Slade]

I was 2 when it came out. I saw it when I was 5. So 93

[FoxZerro]

I had to have been four or five. I remember owning the VHS and watching it all the time. I loved it. I wasn't even aware of the second one until I had my Adenoids removed when I was six and my friend lent it to me to watch while I recovered. I still preferred the first. I think my favorite memory though was when I was seven and my mom took me out of school early to see the third movie. We had a guy from Nasa there talking to us and then I was called out for an emergency. I was all nervous then my mom was all its fine we're seeing Ninja Turtles 3

[Jephael]

I was an impressionable 9 year-old boy! Unfortunately the first time I saw the film I fell asleep during the big fight scene with Shredder. My cousin woke me up just in time to see the part where Shredder got crushed by the garbage truck.

[Bob]

The first one? I was five. I actually do remember going to watch it very well. I also remember being very disappointed that neither Krang, Bebop or Rocksteady were anywhere to be seen. But yeah, even at five, I do remember a feeling of profound disappointment. Of course, as I've gotten older, I've grown to love it. It really is an excellent film.

[gobo]

10. I was mostly a fan of the Archie comic at that point.

[Victorsaurus]

I was like 4-5 years old when I saw it.

[hitmonkey]

I was just shy of 6 when it came out, and my mom took me to see it opening day. I started out as a fan of the action figures, then the cartoon, then the Archie series, so as a little kid some stuff confused the hell out of me, mostly Splinter not actually being Hamato Yoshi. Once I got a chance to read the Mirage series when I was a bit older, the movie instantly became infinitely more enjoyable.

Also, I remember my mom whining the entire car ride home and to everyone she talked to about taking me about Raphael saying "damn" multiple times.:lol:

[TMNT_Guy]

I was 18. They had a marathon of all the Ninja Turtles movies on TV, probably because of the release of the then new TMNT movie. I didn't get to see the third movie though because it was already 11:00 and I had school the next day. From what I've read and seen of it though, I got lucky. Loved the movie then and I love it now.

My personal favorite scene is when Danny tells them he has some pizza leftover. Donatello get their first followed by Mikey and Don asks him "Question, do you like penicillin on your pizza?". Followed by the two singing that sad melody and slowy lowing it to the ground, like the Pizza was a fallen soldier. It's cheesy, but somthing about that scene makes me laugh everytime.

[Genesis]

I was two that year. I've loved the Turtles since before I can remember anything.

[prophecy718]

i was 6...seen it with my cousins who were around 11 at the time

[Drose18]

5 in 2004 it was even better then

[Weirdo-Warrior]

I was 11, I remember loving it so much, especially because it followed the story of the early Mirage comics and because Shredder was big and bad just like there.

[tmntpower1988]

I really can't remember, I didn't watch it in the cinema, think I watched it when it first came out on VHS, so it would have been whenever that was. I was born in 1988.

[Lance_Steele]

I was around 8 when I first heard of it coming out.

I found out after getting a box of that god awful cereal they had.

But for reasons unknown I didn't see the movie until I was 10 when we moved to Germany(My Parents were Military). I borrowed Parts 1 and 2 from a friend of my mom's.

[plasticturtle]

I was about 12. TMNT was the last toyline/cartoon I was really into before I gave growing up and giving up toys a shot. It didn't work out too well.
I loved the movie though and would end up seeing it four times total at the theatre and countless times on video.

[JakeSully]

I was just shy of 6 when it came out, and my mom took me to see it opening day. I started out as a fan of the action figures, then the cartoon, then the Archie series, so as a little kid some stuff confused the hell out of me, mostly Splinter not actually being Hamato Yoshi. Once I got a chance to read the Mirage series when I was a bit older, the movie instantly became infinitely more enjoyable.

Also, I remember my mom whining the entire car ride home and to everyone she talked to about taking me about Raphael saying "damn" multiple times.:lol:

Oh yes i always did thought Hamato was Splinter but then i read the Mirage comics from my city's local video stores and learned that the toon was different from the comics. I thought the film was faithful to the comics while using toon elements.

Who else was surprised when Raph cussed? i did when i saw this on the big screen but didn't bother me.

And who else was shocked/surprised when they saw pictures of this movie in a Starlog magazine including seeing the trailer to it in theaters and seeing poster ads of it in comics especially Superman comics? i did when i was 8 and couldn't wait.

[Zulithe]

I'm old! I saw it in theaters when it originally came out. I was 9-years-old.

[JakeSully]

Who knew it would be the highest grossing spring movie ever and the highest grossing independent film since Halloween? afterall the film was a crowd pleaser and made as much big money for New Line as their Elm Street franchise.

Who else remembered the teaser to it during Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3?

[Leonardo87]

I was turning 3 when I went to see it in 1990.

[KirkyMonster]

My mom took me to see the movie opening night but it had sold out so instead we watched TREMORS. The next night we went back out and saw Ninja Turtles and I remember thinking how much better then the cartoon it was. I was 5.

[Heather Breckel]

Probably about 7, as it had just come out on VHS at the time.

[Candy Kappa]

I think I was 5 or 6 when I saw the movie for the first time, also had my first taste of alcohol

[Mzx10484]

The first and second movie I saw on TV in the early 90s when I was about 8 years old, my mother recorded it on VHS because I had to go to bed :lol:

The third movie I saw in the cinema (in Germany the film was released around 1994). But a connection to the comics was missing (in my childish opinion). Missed the Foot Gang !

[Jephael]

I was turning 3 when I went to see it in 1990.

Are you serious?! I can't even remember anything that far back!

[Redrumh2o]

I was 8 and I saw it in the theater opening day with my mom and grandmother

[Godzilla]

I was 8.

I remember being completely immersed in the hype, as well as the film itself. Much like the previous year with Batman.

[BubblyShell22]

I didn't see it in theaters, but we did get it on VHS, so that was my exposure to it. I was about seven or eight when I saw it, and I loved it. Still do.

[JakeSully]

I was 8.

I remember being completely immersed in the hype, as well as the film itself. Much like the previous year with Batman.

Don't forget the same year's Dick Tracy which had big advertising

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was 9 years old.

[The Purple Dragon]

i was 6-7 years old. nr 3 i did see 6 months +.-. before it hit the cinema where i did live because i got a friend that had a father that was a sailor and he did get a copy from asia same with jurassic park

[Godzilla]

Don't forget the same year's Dick Tracy which had big advertising

Yeah, I even had the hat when I went to Disney World in FL. that year. :P

[sgtfbomb]

I was 5. I'm pretty sure I saw it in theaters. I even remember seeing the "sewer lid" poster cased up at the theater with the lights all around it. I remember seeing the sequels, as well. When I saw TMNT II, there was some promotion going on where you traded into Kool-Aid packages (or proof of purchase tabs) and got a free Michelangelo dollar bill. They did something similar with the Jetsons movie, where you turned Kool-Aid points into the theater concession, and they handed you a free Jetsons "Spaceship" toy. I can vaguely find some trace of the Jetson promotion, but I can't find any trace of TMNT II promotion. It might have been something the theater itself was giving away, and nothing related to Kool Aid points.

I remember the Dick Tracy promotions. I think it was McDonalds (?) who had collectable cups.

[HeavyMetalCarebear]

I saw it when it first came out, I was 6.

Yes, I'm 'old'.

[JakeSully]

Aren't we all HMCB? :lol:

[Bmaga123]

I was 9 years old when I saw it twice in the theaters and remember it very well :-)

[Method101]

8, I still remember, the "rich spoiled kid", yeah THAT kid in your class was throwing a bday party and his parents rented the theater for the movie and I remember the amount of fun we had, there was even a guy dressed in a TMNT costume, but sadly as I look at pics of it today, it was quite possibly the WORST TMNT outfit, EVER, awesome bday party though, arcades, pizza party, tmnt movie...priceless childhood memories

[Jeddalo]

I was 5 when I saw the movie in the theaters, I remember the theater was inside a shopping mall and in the mall section leading up to the theater they had a huge pinyata/float statue of Leonardo, it was amazing!!! when I saw TMNT 2 a year later, the same statue appeared again only this time instead of having 2 swords, 1 sword was taken away and he was holding the cannister of Ooze, I think I did see the third film there as well but i dont really remember that......seeing it was TMNT 3 it's probably best I don't :tlol:

[ctt4lfecw]

Yo HEAVYMETAL, nice avatar. And I was 4 years old when it came out in 1990.

[JakeSully]

Hey Method, was that costume really bad on that person?

[Lampy]

i was but a toddler and considered my mind blown!!! not really sure how old to be exact though.

[Teddy]

I was 9 years old when it came out in theaters. I remember going to see it with my mom and sister and was shocked when Raph yelled "DAAMMNNN!!!". LOL! :tlol:

[hudemx]

I remember it exactly :)

I was 4 or 5 years old, the ORF (an austrian TVChannel) showed the first and second Movie back to back and my father and I sat on the couch and had a blast :D

I really loved those sundays when the both of us were just chilling in the living room and enjoyed every Movie-Marathon the ORF showed back then! My fondest memory is the time when we saw all 3 Indiana Jones Movies and all 3 Star Wars Movies and we were so hyped by the action scenes (and of course by the twist ending of the Empire Strikes back) :D

[shuriken]

I was it after I watched TMNT 2 and was slightly confused as to why he came out of the landfill. My 3 year old self didn't find out until a few months later when I saw the 1st one. It blew my mind. It was awesome. I still watch it from time to time. so I was 3 although I did't really love it until I was about 10.

[Lampy]

Yes, I'm 'old'.

Aren't we all HMCB? :lol:

i believe after 2 decades on this earth... you start feeling that way. :tsmile:
i still watch this movie too... i still have the VHS and DVD and a digital copy that i ripped from the DVD into my external HD. i still have smiles watching this movie. it's not just nostalgia... it's just that badass!:D

[dkram230]

Yea I was 9. Saw it at a second run theater by my house a few weeks before the VHS release. I think I went with my dad. Got the VHS later that year and must have watched it every day that fall.

[rattrap109]

i must have been 4 or 5

[NiNi]

I believe I was about 5 or 6 years of age at the time.

I actually remember that moment quite well. :D

[BubbaShelby]

I was fifteen! :o

[Venom]

Whenever the VHS came out. I was 7 in 1990, though.

I was bad when the movie was at theaters and never got to see it, but my mom surprised me with the tape when it came out! :tgrin:

[snak]

I'm 25 and I just watched it for the first time last night. I thought it was awesome. The second one, not so much.

[shinefra]

I was 10 and loved it so much.

I still think it's the best TMNT movie to date and one of the best movies based on something popular.

[zodiac brave]

i was 6 and saw it the second day it was out. i dont remember which theater in my city it was, but i believe its actually the one i live quite near to now (seeing as i live pretty much around the corner from where i was living back then and my mom woulda taken me there). i do remember sitting there excited with my leonardo figure in hand with my very own kids "meal" pack. i had popcorn, reeses pieces and a dr pepper. i really do remember it like it wasn't over 20 years ago...

[Shogi]

I don't remember if I saw it in theatres or on VHS, but I remember reading the novelization in 5th grade so I would have been 11 or 12 when I saw it. I really should go back and give all the movies another look through I don't think I've seen part 3 since it first came out on VHS :D

[Avatar Yuffie]

Didn't see it in films. Parents didn't have money to spend it for movies back then.

Saw it formally on local TV (the one that cuts to advertisements every 30 mins to make it last for three hours :/).

[DonatelloNinja82]

Saw it when it first came out in the theaters...so 8.

[DonatelloNinja82]

I saw it when it first came out, I was 6.

Yes, I'm 'old'.

Aren't we all HMCB? :lol:


Agreed!!!!:tlol:

[Gokhan]

3going on 4

[LeoNerdo]

I was 2 years old when it hit theaters. I don't know how old I was exactly when I first saw it. I would guess around 10 or so and I remember watching it on television.

[bree23]

I got it on vhs when I was 4 and I used to watch it all the time lol. I was only 1 when it came to theatres.

[JakeSully]

Who else remembered getting it on video for christmas when it came out?

[Turns]

I got it on vhs when I was 4 and I used to watch it all the time lol. I was only 1 when it came to theatres.

Same with me, I was not even 2 yet when the movie came out in theaters so I didn't get to see it when it first came out. My parents bought me the VHS when I was 3 or 4 though. I watched that movie more times than I can count when I was a kid and I still watch in regularly (on dvd now though). This is still one of my all time favorite movies.

[Storm Eagle]

I was ten, and I was in the fifth grade. I'd see previews of it on TV, and when it came out, I heard a lot of other kids talking about it and how great the movie was. So I knew I had to see it. My mother took me to see it, as well as my cousin, who was probably twelve and in the seventh grade. On the way there, my mother told me she really didn't want to see the movie, but I'm grateful that she took me. Besides, I can think of worse things she could watch with me. At least I was never into Garbage Pail Kids. From what I read about their feature film, it's pretty sick to sit through, and my mother would have hated that. I also feel bad for any parent who had to sit through that with their kids.

I've never owned the VHS, although I did have a VHS copy of the second movie. I bought the DVD of each movie in 2003 though. Hopefully I'll be able to get their Blu-ray counterparts.

[Garfield]

I was probably 4 years old at the time, Saw it in the theatre. I remember most, my dad covering my eyes when April and Casey kissed at the end, I think.

I hated it when they did that...

Let me see the good stuff!!! :x

[plasticturtle]

Who else remembered getting it on video for christmas when it came out?

I do. I got both the VHS and the soundtrack that Christmas.

[TobeyP]

I was about 4 or 5. We rented it when it was first released.

[high3]

I took my brother to see it, I was 15 and he was 6, I was floored that it had Casey Jones in it.

[Jay $tarkiller]

I watched it with my mum on the big screen when I was 7 years old. I'll never forget that day, because there was an akward incident. Right in the middle of the movie my mum asked me to get her some extra popcorn, so I went outside to get her some and I saw the lady behind the counter was lying flat on the ground with weird foam coming out of her mouth. Me being 7years old, I ran to my mum and asked her if something could be wrong with this lady. My mum ran outside with me, and we actually saved the lady's life by calling an ambulance. She had some kinda allergic shock or something. Well the officials of the movie theater gave me the official poster and all the little pictures of the first turtle movie to reward me. I felt like a hero that day:tlol:

[Garfield]

I watched it with my mum on the big screen when I was 7 years old. I'll never forget that day, because there was an akward incident. Right in the middle of the movie my mum asked me to get her some extra popcorn, so I went outside to get her some and I saw the lady behind the counter was lying flat on the ground with weird foam coming out of her mouth. Me being 7years old, I ran to my mum and asked her if something could be wrong with this lady. My mum ran outside with me, and we actually saved the lady's life by calling an ambulance. She had some kinda allergic shock or something. Well the officials of the movie theater gave me the official poster and all the little pictures of the first turtle movie to reward me. I felt like a hero that day:tlol:

wow! what a story.

it great that she was able to be saved because of you and your mom.

[METALHEAD]

i was 5 or 6 years old. it was just myself, my mother and my brother, we went to the harlingen theater (now a club) it was at night i believe.

so as mom paid for the tickets, brother took me to look at the movie poster, then i asked what we were gonna see, he showed me the poster of the tmnt movie, 4 realistic turtle heads poking out of the sewer, i stared and thought to myself, "they're REAL?!" - as a kid i had the impression that cartoons could turn into real beings if they chose. - but again, i was a kid.

when i saw the film--well--- wow, it was dark and griddy. - i was used to dark and griddy things. mom didn't pussify me, she exposed me to rambo, bruce lee, conan the barbarian, all those action films.

but for me to hear raph say "DDDAAAAAAYYY'MMMMNNNN!" was a shocker!

[JakeSully]

I was ten, and I was in the fifth grade. I'd see previews of it on TV, and when it came out, I heard a lot of other kids talking about it and how great the movie was. So I knew I had to see it. My mother took me to see it, as well as my cousin, who was probably twelve and in the seventh grade. On the way there, my mother told me she really didn't want to see the movie, but I'm grateful that she took me. Besides, I can think of worse things she could watch with me. At least I was never into Garbage Pail Kids. From what I read about their feature film, it's pretty sick to sit through, and my mother would have hated that. I also feel bad for any parent who had to sit through that with their kids.

I've never owned the VHS, although I did have a VHS copy of the second movie. I bought the DVD of each movie in 2003 though. Hopefully I'll be able to get their Blu-ray counterparts.

I actually saw the Garbage Pail Kids movie in theaters when i was 6 as my parents dropped me off and i liked it as i loved the cards growing up.

[grungethemovie]

oh, i remember it well when i saw the trailer, (i don't have the faintest idea what movie i went watching! the trailer made a stronger impression XD)
first it felt like a really dark and scary movie, i think it was this first one here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPLyzhTZ_I8) then OMG, was that? OMG it's the Tennage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie! OMG, i was so excited, i went to see it in the theaters, i was 9 :tlove:
now i put my son to watch it, he's 6 and loving the new nick series and the original cartoon!

[Pachira]

9 years old. I was not teenage.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

6 it was the first movie i ever saw in theaters, i remember after wanting to grow up to be a ninja turtle

[Oculus Orbus]

I was about 5, and it probably was the first film I ever saw in a theatre.

[MrPliggins]

I was just turning 12 when I saw the movie in the theater in 1990. Yeah, I was "too old" for TMNT, people told me.

[JakeSully]

I was just turning 12 when I saw the movie in the theater in 1990. Yeah, I was "too old" for TMNT, people told me.

Well it was TMNT for big kids you know like the comics and do you like that it was loyal to the comics?

[AK_Mikey_Fan]

I think I was around 3-4 years old when it came out. My folks took me to it since I was a big fan of the turtles at that age (and still am to this day!)

[Storm Eagle]

I watched it with my mum on the big screen when I was 7 years old. I'll never forget that day, because there was an awkward incident. Right in the middle of the movie my mum asked me to get her some extra popcorn, so I went outside to get her some and I saw the lady behind the counter was lying flat on the ground with weird foam coming out of her mouth. Me being 7years old, I ran to my mum and asked her if something could be wrong with this lady. My mum ran outside with me, and we actually saved the lady's life by calling an ambulance. She had some kinda allergic shock or something. Well the officials of the movie theater gave me the official poster and all the little pictures of the first turtle movie to reward me. I felt like a hero that day:tlol:

Now that's something to definitely be proud of.


When I saw the film--well--- wow, it was dark and gritty. - I was used to dark and gritty things. Mom didn't pussify me, she exposed me to Rambo, Bruce Lee, Conan the Barbarian, all those action films.

But for me to hear Raph say "DDDAAAAAAYYY'MMMMNNNN!" was a shocker!

There was a time where my mother didn't like me watching violent things. Ironically enough, she let my father take me to see Robocop. I didn't even want to see that.

I'm sure that was a shocker for all of us. I wonder how my mother felt about that. She probably didn't like it too much.


I actually saw the Garbage Pail Kids movie in theaters when I was 6 as my parents dropped me off and I liked it as I loved the cards growing up.
At least your parents didn't have to suffer through it.

[JakeSully]

I've been seeing R-rated movies since i was 4 with Fright Night being my first R-rated movie i saw in theaters and my parents had no problem of me seeing R-rated movies in theaters, video and cable including reading mature readers comics like Watchmen, Swamp Thing and more.

Oh yes i saw Robocop 4 times when i was 6 years old and i had merchandise plus watched the cartoon all the time.

[shreddinghead]

I was 4, it was secret of the ooze, the best one in my opinion. I think that was some of the first i saw of the turtles, but im not sure though, it's such a long time ago.

[shreddinghead]

I was just turning 12 when I saw the movie in the theater in 1990. Yeah, I was "too old" for TMNT, people told me.

Where all to old for the turtles now :P Besides i had a conversation with a guy about your age about the turtles wave, he said he was to young for the turtles actually.

[liugeaux]

Around 7, I remember seeing it in the theaters.

[bjaxx87]

I was 3 when TMNT hit the cinemas, so I probably didn't even know the turtles at that time. I watched the movie in television some years later on a Sunday afternoon, but I'm not sure if I was in kindergarten-age or if I already was going to elemetary school.

I sure was a TMNT- (or "TMHT-" as it was called here) fan in kindergarten as I had shirts and shoes. And it must've been 1993/1994 that I watched the cartoon show.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I was 3 when TMNT hit the cinemas, so I probably didn't even know the turtles at that time. I watched the movie in television some years later on a Sunday afternoon, but I'm not sure if I was in kindergarten-age or if I already was going to elemetary school.

I sure was a TMNT- (or "TMHT-" as it was called here)

Where? Sweden?

[bjaxx87]

Where? Sweden?
Germany. :)

[Shark_Blade]

6 years old.

[1/2Shell]

Crazy 8. 1990.

I saw Aliens, Puppet Master, and Robocop around the same time. Plus a truckload of Godzilla movies. A good wholesome, film-viewing diet.

[DonatelloNinja82]

I was 8 :)

[Coola Yagami]

Forgot. Maybe 13 or 14. I remember it came out when we were short on funds, so we had to wait til it hit VHS. I as so jealous of a friend that got to see in theaters. I did get to see the 2 sequels in theaters though.

[Vi11AiN6]

I will never forget the summer of 1989 as that was the year they filmed the TMNT movie in my hometown of Wilmington, NC. At that point I was taking Karate and loved the TMNT. I was lucky enough to get cast as one of the kids in Shredder's warehouse. I was a real dream come true It was one of the coolest weeks of my life, I got to meet Jame Saito who played Shredder, Elia Koteas, Ernie Rayes Jr. (stunt double for Don and later Keno in TMNT part 2)


It was really amazing to be a kid in the 80's a turtle fan and then to be in the movie. I can be scene running across the screen in the warehouse, that's the best thing a kid could ask for..
:tgrin::tgrin::tgrin:

[Keroscene]

I was ten years old and I think it had just come out. My dad borrowed a pirated video tape off someone I think, because my parents REALLY did not want to go to the cinema and sit through it with me.

Although seeing the pirated version did mean I got to see the full version, unlike the British people who saw it at the cinema. Even in the recent DVD release, I think the scene with Mike and the punchbag in the barn was removed for some reason.

[Bocce]

11 years old, CASEY JONES favorite character

[drewizzle88]

I will never forget the summer of 1989 as that was the year they filmed the TMNT movie in my hometown of Wilmington, NC. At that point I was taking Karate and loved the TMNT. I was lucky enough to get cast as one of the kids in Shredder's warehouse. I was a real dream come true It was one of the coolest weeks of my life, I got to meet Jame Saito who played Shredder, Elia Koteas, Ernie Rayes Jr. (stunt double for Don and later Keno in TMNT part 2)


It was really amazing to be a kid in the 80's a turtle fan and then to be in the movie. I can be scene running across the screen in the warehouse, that's the best thing a kid could ask for..
:tgrin::tgrin::tgrin:

Dude...that's so cool!

Would love to read more about anything you remember from that week, you should make a topic about it and share your experience.

[JakeSully]

YES Vi, do your experience on what was it like being in the movie and being at the opening premiere of the movie.

[jmfoxfire]

I was 10 when it came out.

[Plasticplayhouse]

i was 13 when i first saw TMNT in theaters on it's original day of release. to this day, it was the longest movie line i had ever waited in. the line wrapped around the building. the theater manager decided to cancel the other film (two film theater) and play turtles in that one too. so tmnt was playing in both of the movie's theaters and there were STILL a ton of people who got turned away.

i LOVED that movie! it was a great meld of the Mirage comic and the cartoon. to this day, it is still one of my most favorite movies.

[Discogod]

Not entirely sure when it came out in the UK, but I'd have been 9 or 10. Went to the first showing at the "local" cinema (which was really about 25 miles away) with my parents and loved every minute. I went back for the next 3 weekends to see it again, until my dad got thoroughly sick of it and refused to take me again...

I also got this awesome glow-in-the-dark cup at the first showing, still in use after all these years!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/TMNTcup.jpg

[JoshDA7X]

I was 6 I believe! It was the second film I can actually remember seeing at the cinema!

[Turtle-X]

i was eight years old i think. i almost didn't get to see it because i fell down a flight of stairs on the way to the movie.

[the fixer]

I was eleven and my mom was kind enough to see it twice with me at the cinema.
I was blown away by how real, dark and gritty the movie looked...

[ryukenden]

I was 9 years old when I first saw it.

[Gwydion]

I actually have no idea how old I was. My parents thought I was too young to see it when it came out, so I think my first time was actually when it got played on TV (same with the second, though I actually didn't watch the third one until years later as my sister told me not to bother, lol). We've still got a VHS lying around somewhere from when I recorded it.

[dudeabides]

I was 13 halfway between kid and teenager where all our friends tell you watching the cartoon is lame and for kids, but they'll go see the movie with the same characters and story (imagine that) cause that's alright. But I loved the movie so much I said screw all that and finally started watching the cartoon and never looked back. Thanks movie!

[Yorae]

I watched this movie in 1993 on VHS - that's when it made it to my country. I was 9 at the time.

I watched the movie last night. To me its amazing how every single time I rewatch this movie I'm 9 all over again and reliving that wonderful time when I first watched it. Not many films can do that!

[plasticturtle]

The weekend I saw the first TMNT was one of the best weekends of my childhood. There was a carnival in town that weekend. I went to that that Friday night. Saturday my mom dropped a friend and me off at the mall to hang out for a few hours and when she came to pick us up she offered to take us to see TMNT. We ate lunch at McDonald's and then headed to the Theatre to catch the film. They gave away free TMNT plush to anyone who bought a ticket to the movie. I got Mikey.

[Agent 86]

I was nine years old.

But, I received the VHS when it was released and watched it over and over again until the tape wore out. Even then, I still kept the box for sentimental reasons. I don't think I threw it out until I was around 18 or so.

[Walkabout]

Eight years old-saw it at the hyperdome in brisbane and remember it as clear as day.

I actually had the novel well before the release,wish eye still did (still have the ots lp though) TMNT were everywhere back then, pretty sure 60 minutes did a bit on them before the release, and I fondly remember watching 2 hours of crap on video hits to see the spin that wheel clip (little did i know that in general top 40 hits only get worse as time wears on and that crap is now golden)

I loved the movie, remember seeing SOTO too and being dissapointed.

T hey shouldnt dumb stuff down, I saw last of the mohicans at the same cinema hunt for red october too all around the same time I got all of them...its like people forget what being a kid is like and think they cant fathom most every concept/death/violence/sexuality all pretty much inevitable in life

[MoreCowbell5263]

Secret of the Ooze was the first movie my parents took me to ever (the first movie came out in '90, was born October '89). I honestly don't know when I first saw the first one. Would assume I was pretty young.

[HeroTurtlesFan]

I was 9, nearly 10. Good times.

[Lycanth]

I was....14/15? I went 4 times and I still have the original ticket stubs. *is such a nerd*

[Penst0ck]

I was 8 when it showed up on FOXtv randomly....it was 2001 I think

[JakeSully]

I was....14/15? I went 4 times and I still have the original ticket stubs. *is such a nerd*

Cool man that you got your ticket stub

[ObiWanFan4life]

I was 8 years old

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

I would have been atleast 6 years old.
We didn't see any movies in theaters when my sister and I were that young. I didn't even see Jurassic Park which came out a couple years later (and I REALLY want to see it in theaters in 3D because of that).

I just know I still have the tape, it's still in great condition considering it survived my childhood, and I always watched it...
Not as much as I watched Star Wars, which my mom threatened to tape over the movie if I didn't watch something else lol

But much of my childhood is blank from my memory so, to me, I just always had the VHS and I always watched it.

[Luigiperps]

I was 13 halfway between kid and teenager where all our friends tell you watching the cartoon is lame and for kids, but they'll go see the movie with the same characters and story (imagine that) cause that's alright. But I loved the movie so much I said screw all that and finally started watching the cartoon and never looked back. Thanks movie!

Hehehe. I'm that same age, all those stupid people making fun of my tmnt lunch box, but I don't care!:D

[TMNTChris1980]

I was 9, and thought it was a movie for adults. I still love it.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Hehehe. I'm that same age, all those stupid people making fun of my tmnt lunch box, but I don't care!:D

Don't let them get to you.

[Luigiperps]

Don't let them get to you.

Oh, I don't, I'm the one who is actually cool:D turtle power!!!:tgrin:

[zak_the_neutrino]

7 years old. I remember going to see it like it was yesterday. When that tmnt logo popped up on the screen with Leo's shadow in the background, hearing them talk and all that. I was taken by it :)

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

Hehehe. I'm that same age, all those stupid people making fun of my tmnt lunch box, but I don't care!:D
Sadly I repressed my TMNT fandom 'cus I was being made fun of in school for it.
Infact basically anything I did resulted in torment... video games, etc.

I was 9, and thought it was a movie for adults. I still love it.

It KINDA is... or atleast I think it's more adult in themes then the other movies.
I think it's why I watch it the most to this day.
And the TMNT movie 'cus the CG still looks great to me. I loved the teaser seeing them all just animated so seamlessly and gracefully as they were beautifully lit, running across roof tops.

[DVD]

I want to answer this but it'll make me out to be the Splinter of the forum !!

[zak_the_neutrino]

I want to answer this but it'll make me out to be the Splinter of the forum !!

Lmfao!!!!! Who cares lol share it with us master splinter :P

[sdp]

Young enough that I don't know how old I was, younger than 7 and I saw both the first and the second movie the same day on Pay Per View.

[Powder]

I want to answer this but it'll make me out to be the Splinter of the forum !!

Not necessarily, there are some members of both genders in their 40's and 50's. & besides that, what matters is your love for the turtles, not whether or not it's age appropriate. The turtles and their message is a timeless one. :)

[1984TMNT]

I was 10 1/2, and loved every second of it, though having not read the comics by that point, wondered why it was as "serious" as it was. It grew to be my favorite interpretation of the TMNT, save the "misguided street kids" = foot clan aspect.

To this day, that is the only thing I would have changed. It's definitely one of my favorite movies, all time.

[Welmanshire]

Not necessarily, there are some members of both genders in their 40's and 50's. & besides that, what matters is your love for the turtles, not whether or not it's age appropriate. The turtles and their message is a timeless one. :)

I couldn't agree more! I first saw the film when I was 3 or 4, now I am 24 and still watch it at least once a year!

[Nameless]

i can't remember how old i was. Probably very young as i know i watched Braveheart when i was around 10 or younger. haha o to be a little kid that knew how to run the satellite :D. I do know family friends had the first movie and i had the third. I still remember the day i found secret of the ooze taped on VHS. Best day Ever ;).

[DVD]

Not necessarily, there are some members of both genders in their 40's and 50's. & besides that, what matters is your love for the turtles, not whether or not it's age appropriate. The turtles and their message is a timeless one. :)

Cheers.
I saw the movie when I was a little older than most of you, as I was one of those parents back then, buying the stuff for my son.
So I took him to see it. I was 26. And, I thought it was excellent, so started to pay more attention to the cartoon, and loved it.

[jetfire prime]

I was probably four years old. I was born in 1991 so I watched it on VHS. I was different, because most people I talk to mentioned how they watched the cartoon, whereas I grew up watching the first movie, so anytime I talk about the characters, I normally picture the turtles from the first movie. I saw the cartoons eventually but vastly preferred movie one and still love it to this day.

[Powder]

Cheers.
I saw the movie when I was a little older than most of you, as I was one of those parents back then, buying the stuff for my son.
So I took him to see it. I was 26. And, I thought it was excellent, so started to pay more attention to the cartoon, and loved it.

That's awesome dude.

[jenna]

I must have been ten or eleven. It was a bit of a land-mark moment in my life because I was old enough to have gone off the turtles a bit due to feeling too 'grown up' for it. :lol: (at that stage I wasn't aware of the Mirage world) The darker aspect of it really opened up another world of turtles and from then on I was hooked. I doubt I'd still be a fan were it not for that film.

[Half Sh3ll Hero]

I was seven years old. It was a Tuesday night. I was wearing my sacramento kings jacket... most epic night of my life.

My brother had let me read his Mirage Turtles comics as a kid and I watched the OT whenever I could. So the movie was like a sign from the gods that turtles were the holy grail lol.

Great movie from beginning to end. I remember the car ride home my older brother and I were arguing which of the brothers had the best weapons and if Splinter could win a one on one fight with Shredder. Good times.

[Mzx10484]

I was about 8 years old when the first movie was on TV, my mother recorded it on VHS tape because it was too late for me to watch :ohwell: I fell absolutely in love with the Turtles. Remarkable experience !!

[JakeSully]

Who else thought April was a hottie in this movie? i do, the actress had nice legs and she was quite sexy.

[ctt4lfecw]

I was 4 years old. My dad's company actually rented the movie cameras out to Golden Harvest Studios so they could film all of their scenes in NY. SO I feel like in a way I was a part of TMNT! There's even a big credit at the end for the company, "Camera Service Center branch in New York."

Funny story, when they called my dad, they thought he was Japanese because of his first name lol

[MsMarvelDuckie]

I think I was about 12 or 13 when I went ot see the first film with two of my friends on opening night. I remember we were in sixth grade, and the movie really had an impact on me. I'd always been a bit of a bookworm and a quiet "wallflower" type that got picked on a LOT. But for some reason, after seeing it, I decided I wasn't going to take that anymore, and I even started to "come out of my shell" as it were. I started learning to stand up for myself more, and using my own brains and humor to fight back. It's funny, but even though I still got picked on, it wasn't so bad anymore, because I found my "inner ninja", as weird as that may sound. I guess it just really gave me something to look up to as an ideal- you know, honor, doing the right thing, and not letting bullies get away with crap. I still keep those ideas in mind when it comes to dealing with people who would try to walk all over others.

Funny thing is, until the movie came out, I'd never even HEARD of the TMNT! But I was hooked from the start, and even though my friends thought it was kinda dumb, I LOVED it. I discovered the cartoon not long after, and I've been a fan ever since! And someone mentioned still having their ticket stub, and I think I may still have mine somewhere, too!

[redsai4lex]

I was 4 years old. My dad's company actually rented the movie cameras out to Golden Harvest Studios so they could film all of their scenes in NY. SO I feel like in a way I was a part of TMNT! There's even a big credit at the end for the company, "Camera Service Center branch in New York."

Funny story, when they called my dad, they thought he was Japanese because of his first name lol

That is totally tubular dude! :tlol:

I was also 4 years old when I first saw the 1st movie... My dad gave my brothers and I a long lecture on real life violence before allowing us to watch the movie. It had just come out as a brand new rental from the video store, and we all loved every minute of it! The rest is history! :tsmile:

[ctt4lfecw]

That is totally tubular dude! :tlol:

I was also 4 years old when I first saw the 1st movie... My dad gave my brothers and I a long lecture on real life violence before allowing us to watch the movie. It had just come out as a brand new rental from the video store, and we all loved every minute of it! The rest is history! :tsmile:

thanks a lot!

[frank_one]

I was 4 years old. My dad's company actually rented the movie cameras out to Golden Harvest Studios so they could film all of their scenes in NY. SO I feel like in a way I was a part of TMNT! There's even a big credit at the end for the company, "Camera Service Center branch in New York."

Funny story, when they called my dad, they thought he was Japanese because of his first name lol

Great story, thanks for sharing it. Next time I watch the movie's end credits I will think about you :P

[raphfan84]

I was 6 yrs. old, i had already been watching the cartoons and had seen the previews for it one Saturday morning and I remember running full blast through the house to tell my mom about it! So the first week the movie was out she took me on a Saturday and they had people dressed up as the turtles giving out free mini movie posters and coloring books. It was a very fun experience! I still to this day watch that movie at least once a month cause I enjoy so much.

[redsai4lex]

That is awesome! I wish I was able to see that one in theaters for sure! If only I was a bit older at the time :tlol: it's ok, I wouldn't give up the memories I have for anything :tsmile:

[JakeSully]

This movie was like an event for some of us who grew up on the original show, kind of like how it was like for our parents to experience Star Wars on the big screen.

[MikLeo]

I don't really remember, I think I was 9 or 10.

[TigerClaw]

I was 17 years old when the first TMNT movie came out in 1990.

[CowabungaMikey]

13 :D I just started collecting, i'm 14 now.

[discordiatookie]

I would've been seven or eight. I really can't remember if I went to the cinema or if it was on video, my memory is hazy, but I do remember being one of the first in my class to watch it. Its strange that's what I recall most about it, there was a bunch of my friends asking what it was like, what happens, and the question that stands out most is one of them asking the size of Donatello's bo. I was stumped, trying to describe the length (this is all starting to sound very double entendre :P) and he wouldn't believe that i'd seen in because I didn't know the exact dimensions... Weirdo.

[raph27]

Errm...11.....that was a few months ago....picked up the four flicks in a box set for like 10 dollars and watched one film a day.:D(I know, i know, I'm young..)

[Welmanshire]

Errm...11.....that was a few months ago....picked up the four flicks in a box set for like 10 dollars and watched one film a day.:D(I know, i know, I'm young..)

So you got onto the films through the nick series? Thats cool. How did you like it in comparison?

[keaton]

11, my neigh our rented it so I could watch it along with batman.

[raph27]

So you got onto the films through the nick series? Thats cool. How did you like it in comparison?

The first was cool because it was so different from the Nick series in tone. The second seemed like a cheesy bad episode in the Nick series. 3 was hell. And TMNT was very interesting because it looked and seemed like an epilogue to Nick.

[Red Robin]

I was 4 years old. My dad's company actually rented the movie cameras out to Golden Harvest Studios so they could film all of their scenes in NY. SO I feel like in a way I was a part of TMNT! There's even a big credit at the end for the company, "Camera Service Center branch in New York."

Funny story, when they called my dad, they thought he was Japanese because of his first name lol

That's a cool story. Awesome.

[Raphael Let It Go]

I was 4 or 5 and it has always had a big impact on my life. I quote it all the time.

[NYShell]

When the first Turtles movie came out I was born, and Madonna was old.

[OrokuYoshiFilms]

March of '90......that would put me at 4 and 3/4

My mom was so disappointed that Raph said "Damn". Don't worry she didn't protest or anything. lol Did anybody else have any turtles toys in hand when they went to see it? I carried my Raph everywhere at that time.

[InsaneZane]

he also says bi+chin' at the end
i first saw the turtles movie when i was 6... loved it!

[Yeti83]

I saw it in theaters with 3 of my friends. One of their mom's took us. I was 6.

[ledahead]

I saw it when the first movie came out on VHS when I was 4. I think the vhs came out at the end of 1990.

[METALHEAD]

i'm lucky mom didn't care when raph said damn.

this is the same mom who took me to see terminator 2, rambo movies, robocop.

[billbot85]

I think I was 6 or 7 when I first saw it. I didn't see it in theaters, but I did watch it at home on VHS when it came out. And man, it was one of the most mind-blowing and epic movies I ever saw as a kid.

I remember watching the trailer that was on one of my OT VHS tapes from the Burger King Kid's Club. To me, it was one of the coolest things ever :tgrin:

[Tora]

^This.

I was 8 years old in 1990.

[Luckyday]

I just saw it yesterday. The entire experience was....very surreal.