Comparison Pics of all 4 Turtles from all 3 movies. LOOK
 

I made this to compare they way the turtles look in each film by viewing the pics. It goes in order starting from the left movie I, Movie II and then Movie III. Click on the pic to enlarge. Share your thoughts on your favorite look. Thanks

The movie one costumes still look the best, far more realistic.

Agreed. Movie 1 FTW.

The first movie has the best costmes.Why did they go through the changes? Seems like they got worse and worse.

Your right they did get worse. Jim Henson's creature shop did the costumes for the first 2 films. There isnt a reason I can think of as why they went with a more happy cartooney look for the second film but a company called All Effects did the costumes in 3 and they were terrible as you can see from the pics. Part 1 was far superior to the other 2 movies but part 2 had alot better costumes then 3.

Man, Don is one UGLY mofo. In all three movies.

I liked Mikey and Leo's costumes best in the first movie, but Raph and Donnie's costumes from the second.

TMNT three. The costumes were horrible, but I really liked the story that came with it, so I don't hate on it as severe as some people like to.;) (The reason why I liked TMNT three, is because I love horses, and this movie incorporated the Turtles on horseback, and I thought that was cool)

Thats funny, I am the exact opposite of you. I like Raph and Don's look the best in part 1. I like the wider cheeks and the smaller eyes of Raph and Don. Raph looks the best of all though.

We're all different. World would be boring if we all thought the same way and had the same opinions.

What I liked about the 2nd costumes, especially Donnie's, is the wide range of facial expressions. Like when he was surfing on the chair, and a Foot stuck a Bo out in the path of the chair, and he knew what was gonna happen. Funny. I also thought his expression when Mikey dropped the pizza in the potion he was making was cute too. I just think it was the facial expressions for me, at least Raph's and Don's.

I agree on the facial expressions, they were alot better due to the more advanced animatronics in part 2. They had alot wider range of expressions. I think I just really liked the paint job and realistic look in the first movie but I still really like the second movie costumes as well. Part 3 makes me sick.

You should add in the turtles from the new movie

Well there is no need to compare them because they are computer animation not live action. If there was 3 animated TMNT movies then it would be a good idea to compare the 3 but there isnt. Sorry

What about the live action crap-fest that is NT:TNM??

I prefer their looks in Secret of the Ooze over the first film, but they're all pretty damn neat. They may look more realistic in TMNT but they're more visually striking in the sequel, and the animatronics were vastly improved, with better lip-synching and much more facial expression.

Man, Raph sure does look goofy in that shot from TMNT III. :lol:

I thought about it but its not worth it, Not only do they look terrible they dont even resemble the movie turtles in any way. In fact part III movie looks better then TMNT NM.

Too true...too true...:lol:

it would have still been a fun comparison.

Jeez, Don's head in the first movie was huge. Much broader than the other three.

Jeez put them all together...the first look real, the second look fake and the 3rd....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! ! They look so freaking STONED!:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Don did have some big cheeks in the first film but mostly when he was smiling which he is in the pic above. One feature I will point out that I loved in the part 1 turtles asside from the paint jobs is the eyes. I think they look alot realer and less cartooney because they arnt as big and dont show as much white in them.

the only one i truely can't stand to look at is leo from the 3rd movie, it just looks too ugly...also the heads seem to get fatter and bigger each movie

I agree about Leo from part 3. He takes the cake for the worst looking head out of all of them. He looks like a dinasour his head is so longated from front to back its rediculous.

I was reading a bunch of articles about the original turtles movie and the design work went into the turtles and they talked about how they came up with a bunch of maquette designs for each turtle (and Splinter ofcourse) before getting approval on the design so they could to start making the costumes. I seriously want to see those maquettes and some of the other designs they came up with for the guys.

ohhh yeah...i would PAY for the Raph maquette...

Okay now Im on a lifetime quest: find the final design Raph maquette and BUY IT. lol!!!!

Yup. That's another reason why I love the costumes of the first movie the most --Their eyes just seemed so lifelike. Leo's eyes in particular seemed so real to me, escpecially when he was getting on Raph's case about bringing April to their lair.

The eyes were made by an artificial eye company..yes, they are REAL glass eyes. Actually I think they're a resin material, but the company makes glass eyes too. Thats why they look real. I bet today, if they made them...the pupils could react to light. Well, okay maybe not, that's what CGI is for.

They all look like they have leprosy in the third movie.

I never knew that. That is freakin' sweet!

I definitely love the look of all the turtles in the 1st movie the best, by far. They're still good in the second movie, although Don's mouth really bugged me. The 3rd movie.. eughh no. I watched a few scenes from it, and I thought Raph's teeth really stood out. They all probably did in that movie, I can't remember.. but I'm not gonna watch it to find out, haha.

I agree about Don's mouth in part 2, he seemed to have a very thin and flat upper lip and a severe underbight. Looked odd especially when in the first film all the turtles had more of an overbight like they should.

Jim Henson's Creature Shop rules! Henson had more of an impact on my childhood than Disney did. Their involvement with TMNT only made it sweeter. I'm not sure if I knew Jim had died prior to TMNT 2, but it wasn't until the credits of TMNT 2 and seeing it dedicated to the memory of Jim that it really sunk in. We owe Brian Henson a lot for pushing for the TMNT project and convincing his dad that it was a good idea. Does anyone know the exact story of why Henson's Creature Shop was never involved in TMNT 3 and what studio was reponsible for those subpar costumes?

Yeah I have an article regarding TMNT 3. Henson's bid on the movie but All Effects bid lower and got the gig to do the movie. It fit the budget better having All Effects do the costumes. You pay for what you get obviosly.

Did they really bid on it? I wasn't aware of that. I had just assumed it had to do with confusion and loss of direction the company seemed to experience in those first few years after Jim died. They really didn't do a whole lot for awhile there.

Yeah it says in the article that they did bid but it was way to high for the budget of the film so they went with All Effects.

I read part of the reason was that the turtles was a 'violent' movie and Jim really wanted nothig of it.

Yeah it's like when Laidlaw underbids all the quality service providers(in my industry)...you get what you pay for.... crap.

Those teeth...I swear...they're like in your face. Reminds me of a cartoon donkey, big teeth.

In #1...anybody notice how icky their teeth looked? THAT is realism. They don't have dentists! I doubt they even brushed!

It was All Creature Effects...they screwed up the TMNT.

Ha! It's not like they were trying to impress any chicks, until April came along. I dunno though, if you don't have access to a dentist, you're more likely to want to take preventative measures. Otherwise, they wouldn't have any teeth left. :D

Yeah there teeth looked alot different in the first film, in fact they were more off white with rounded tips where is the other 2 films had scuared white teeth. In Part 3 they actually had Gums which looks very odd to me.

Ugh, the spots on the cotumes in TMNT 3 just make me cringe each time I see them. They just don't belong there! The first movie costumes were by far the best. No weird liver spots, no big dorky teeth, or fat faces, or anything. In the second movie I could deal with the fatter faces, but number 3 just pushed me over the edge with the costume. Just look!

Big dorky teeth that don't belong there (and not to mention those spots again...ugh)
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http://www.ninjaturtles.com/movies/movie3/18.jpg

Big eyes that just look wrong on them...
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http://www.ninjaturtles.com/movies/movie3/04.jpg

AGAIN with the liver spots! *spazzes*
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http://www.ninjaturtles.com/movies/movie3/20.jpg

/bashing of the third movie

The first movie was by far the greatest. Realistic costumes...swearing on the odd occasion and not going "Oh no!" but just saying "damn". I love that movie. The second movie was alright too. Not great, but it didn't suck that much either. Although I didn't like Raph's new fat head when I first saw it, I just lived with it. It's not like it affected the preformence of the actors or anything like that.

True dat. The only good thing to come out of TMNT III was "Tarzan Boy." Damn I love that song... :)

I didnt like the head shapes in TMNT 2 either. They looked funny. I'm used to the over shot upper lip, with the wide but flat chin...okay im seriously figuring out how to describe Raph's face in TMNT1...HAHA....he had the cheeks but they were right, they are cheeky-all of them were-the cheeks were in porportion to the rest of the face whereas in TMNT2, Raph's whole chin area was flatter and his cheeks seemed compressed with the flatter chin, and the overshot lip became almost under shot and it looks weird.
Raphs color changed a little in TMNT2 as well, I think he was darker when in 1, (looking at a pic) he looks a little lighter and the colors & blends aren't all greens, they used some grey and browns on the freckles on top of his snout.

I know im probably making no sense at all!! HAHHAA!!