Old toons on tv?
 

Okay, I'm new here and pretty new to the fandom as well so I sort of need to ask. Is the original TMNT on television anywhere or is there a way to get hold of some more eps? I have the little dvd's that are currently out, but I'm itching to get my hands on some more if I can. Any help would be appreciated.:)

DVDs are sadly the only way. :(
(By law we have to pretend episode downloads are non existant)

Eh, poo. I tend to be the impatient type. Wonder why they didn't do box sets like some of the other 80's toons.

Because they are complete morons. I wish they'd do boxsets like the He-Man dvds.

Maybe they will in time..
 

Perhaps in time, they will start putting releases with more episodes together instead of these DVD's with god awful artwork and not superior quality. The first release is actually preety good, it includes a slip on 3D cover and some decent artwork that actually reflects the original series, as well as an insert with the episode names. The DVD releases now just come with DVD artwork (which is abysmal) and the disc.

Right now Volumes 1-4 are out on DVD. Each of these DVDs have 10-12 episodes on them. But as mentioned before, this is the only way to watch the original series.

*nods* I have all those. I was hoping there was a way to get my hands on more. :P

Volume 5 will not be coming out until late this summer.

cool! you are new to the TMNT fandom and you actually like the classic TMNT! :o :D I think that is so damn awsome because some people only like classic TMNT for nostalgia reasons, you go girl--er, boy (what evere you are) :ohwell:.

I'm dileriously happy that this series is making it to dvd, but I'm miffed its not being handled as well as it deserves. Season one and two dvds looked much brighter and sharper in quality than the season three releases, and it makes me weep :cry:

I'm female. :P I grew up watching the classic toon(I'm 27). Really there isn't much that can beat out classic 80's toons. I can't even really get into the new incarnations of the Transformers. Sometimes the original really is the best. :D

As for being new to the fandom, I'm just now cruising around TMNT forums and stuff.

This place needs more classic TMNT fans

Well I'm one... :P

As for the classic tmnt show... I CAN STILL SEE IT ON TV !! Yes my friends. This is not a joke. Its in french and I can see it on the channel ''super ecran'' a channel who exclusively presents recent movies, toons who cannot be seen elsewhere and some classic toons. These includes tmnt, biker mice from mars and some unknown others..

They're now starting season 5. So far so good, the voices are BAD but the ratings are good so... I think they will go to season 9-10.

I am pretty much both....I have liked the turtles since 1987, which is when I was 8 years old.

yeah, I was a little supriced on how many people on here only pay nostalgia respect to the classic toon and nothing more :-? , since the premice of this board seem to be classic toon geared and all :| Oh well I'm still a hard core fan of the classic toon and proud of it, LOL baby!!!

oh then, I guess i'm sort of a newbie too, since i only started looking cruising online for TMNT info and participating in discussions for about a year and half.

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I don't mess with the new show.

I've always preferred the old show. I'm a huge fan of it and have all the episodes on low quality vhs, all but 3 of the official vhs, and all 4 DVDs. I watched the new show until season 4. I watched the first 5 or 6 episodes of the 4th season and just got bored and stopped watching it. Can't wait for volume 5 of the old series. By the end of this year, we might be on season 4!

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I love the humor of the classic show, especially Krang and Shredder. Those two have me laughing my behind off!:lol:

Yeah, Krang and Shredder are just awesome in the old show. I love how they constantly insult each other.

Krang and Shredder really helped make that show. Krang was just as great as Skeletor in the classic MOTU toon.

Everyone should still try to watch the new show just to keep the franchise alive. The old show was good, but I prefer this new show more. Now when I watch the old show, it seems so simple and childish, which is boring to me. The new show seems to be written with more thought and effort put into it, also its storylines are more intense.

That's cause it was a kids show! Do you except intense storylines and such? The 80s were like that. Cartoons didn't have much of a continuity back then. The new one is more instense, as you say, because it is based on the original comics, which was ment more for adults (blood and violence manily). Peter Laird, who worked on the original comics, works on the new series.

Transformers G1 only had a few plot holes in continuity and got tighter in that department during the third season (it had plenty of it in the first season but it vanished back then). He-Man had intense storylines, Thundercats, Centurions, Dungeons and Dragons, all had great storylines etc, not to mention depended heavily on continuity. So did the Disney cartoons.

And if some people were'nt so biased towards the new show, they'd know the original had dark storylines also. Mostly in the early and final seasons, but that's not really why it's superior to the new version, it's superior because of how "childish" it is, it's funny, more original, funnier characters, a more versed appeal.

The new show may be intense, dark, and serious. But THAT is sometimes also fracking BORING,. You're always exepecting a comedic balance in the show, and it's near impossible. Even the comics balance humour out.

The original>the new version six ways to sunday.

Definitely. Well, you can count Shredder and I in, since we based this site around the classic cartoon (the new cartoon didn't even exist when we opened the site). To me, the main bad guys (Krang, Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady) and the fact that it didn't take itself too seriously (especially considering the whole concept of the TMNT) were what made the classic cartoon so fun and enjoyable, and I don't find any form of TMNT that doesn't have these elements worth watching.

That is a point that I think others often forget. The show took it's self just as serious as it needed to be, no more no less. It was a silly and fun show, that still had interesting storylines and characters.

I wouldnt mind seeing the old show on TV again. I doubt cartoon network would put it on the air, maybe G4?

could i just say, cbbc used to show it. I used to watch it from cbbc.

why can't some one bring up their love of the old show and (heaven forbid) say that they like the old show better than the new one? I don't think any one here was saying they disliked the new one or even that they where planning not to watch it any more. No one was putting it down so there is no need to put the classic toon down.

I'd like Boomerang or Toon Disney to pick it up, personally. I know the Toon Disney thing wouldn't happen, like ever but it'd still be pretty cool. I could swear I heard somewhere that Entertainment Rights was considering starting their own Cartoon channel. That'd be bad ass if they did, and they aired classics like TMNT, Transformers G1, Jem and GI Joe as well as Filmation's library.

I don't get why the classic TMNT toon goes for long absences from TV in the country it was made in: USA. It deserves more airtime. As far as the UK is concerned, yes it was on the CBBC channel back in 2002/3, but not been on since, and i can't see the BBC bringing it back on, unless another cable/satellite channel gets the rights to show it.

I am one fan that supports the classic show in everyway. I enjoy the new show but it isn't as good as the classic.

I really, really miss Bebop and Rocksteady and the funny Shredder with Krang. Many hate these guys and hate them because they are not part of the original comics but hey they are awsome.Just because they are not part of the original com,ics doesn't mean they are bad characters. I miss the Technodrome and the ooze.

The new show would've been a million times better if we had had more mutations and humor. That's what made the classic a hit if you ask me.:D

nah, I like the new toon for its serious air, i don't want a re-done classic cartoon. Although we might be getting something to this affect with fast foward business.

I agree there where plenty of times in the classic toon series where in amidst all the craziness and tongue-in-cheek humour and slap stick, there was a current of seriousness going on underneath it all. Like the story plot of Donatello's duplicat, was a bit on the serious side even though it was dilvered in a light hearted matter; and that was a story line that was in season five. Also the Mutagent man episode where some poor innocent person gets mutated and loses most of his body parts was a bit dark if you ask me, heck you could even see his intestines :sick: . That was in season four or sixe i believe.

Hey Krang! what is your favorite season in the classic toon?

At the sake of trying to tie everything together, both series are special in their own right. Being a fan of the comic, I like the new series a tiny tiny bit more, but I LOVE both of them. I just choose to ignore the live action one.

As for the old series on TV... I recall seeing a promo for a network that was never made. I saw it on an old video in art school back 5 years ago. I can't really tell if it was a proposed network trying to publicize itself via college campuses, or if it was just a student project (as a promo, some sort of demo reel for someone who wants to work making network promos) or what, but old TMNT was definately one of the clips. other clips included Conan, Mighty Mouse the New Adventures, and several Japanese shows I didn't get the name of at the time. Something like an adult animation lover's channel.

I've always been angered over the lack of animation driven cable networks. I mean, we have 7 ESPN channels, and they ALL show Sports Center 24/7.... Boomerang, Funimation, Nicktoons... stuff like that... we have a few, but not one dedicated to showing a massive variety for older animation fans... something with cartoons from the olden days, up until the more adult shows on today. Just old shows, no original programming.

But I have a feeling in a few years, companies will realize the potential of streaming medai, or downloadable (LEGAL) episodes of certain shows. Soon, we won't need to petition for DVD's... we'll do it for shows to legally download.