1990 or 2007?
 

This is a poll for the rivalry between the original TMNT to the 2007 CGI movie.

Vote for your favorite, and I encourage you to also leave your personal review for both releases.

Tomorrow I will begin writing my reviews. I promise to share them with you when I am finished. :)

EDIT: There's a poll now!

Anywho, I prefer the original 1990 TMNT. While the 2007 one was relevant to how the franchise is currently being treated, I'm a big fan of comic adaptions. While I didn't see it as a comic adaption as a kid (I just saw it as a damn good movie), it feels like that the first TMNT movie was as close to Kevin and Pete's on-screeen "baby" as we're going to get. It was a blending of universes that was very delicate in making the comic fans happy as well as the kids who watched the OT at the time.

And, like I said, its a damn good movie. Its probably nostalgic bias that partially plays a role in my decision, but the initial TMNT/Foot conflict of the 1990 movie has yet to be surpassed in my eyes and it probably won't be surpassed for a very long time. The idea of a DTV adaption of Vol. 1 #1 would've given the 1990 movie a run for its money, but as it never happened there's still no real competition for the original.

The 1990 movie hands down. For all the reasons Goog just stated.

I see a poll. >_>

I love both films dearly, but I'm gonna have to go with the 1990 film as well. I honestly liked it better.

The 1990 film was a great adaptation of the comics, whereas the 2007 film seemed to be more of an adaptation of the new toon.

Gotta go with the 1990 movie.

I will say, dispite the fact I did like the first film much better, I think that TMNT 07 was the best TMNT movie since the first one. The second was good, but it became like the TV show, and the third one was alright, but lacked good anamatronics and puppetry.

Goonga, had it right when he said "there is no poll here". There really isn't. This is going to be 1990 all the way for at least 96.54% of the people here.

You do realize, Odupianist...

that when he said "there is no poll", I had been distracted and forgot to add one. So I edited in the poll later.


In 1990, fans were blown away... sky high! ... at that action-packed flick known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

We are flung into an alternate New York, which seems normal enough initially, but we soon discover right under the surface (literally), there are mutants that have taken it upon themselves to fight the forces of badness: in this case a clan of Juvenile Delinquent Wannabe-Ninjas infesting the Big Apple.

Never thought you could do anything but balk and chuckle at the idea of four actors in turtle costumes, with a penchant for kicking ass? If you are a human with an actual soul: Think again. Whackiness is but an after-thought here... we as the viewer encounter the results of children raised on the streets. While the Foot Clan are twisted, they are also all sympathetic criminals. They have been ruthlessly brainwashed by a Japanese tyrant whose blood has ran cold, his mindset totalitarian, bitter, and derranged. If those attributes aren't enough to cause concern, keep in mind that this main villain, Oroku Saki aka The Shredder, makes no attempt at a facade. He makes it perfectly clear, via his razor-sharp armor, that he's there to do dirty business, and hasn't a single reservation about it.

Only the Turtles are an adequate (questionably so) force to resist this criminal uprising. Being mutants, they are forced to isolate themselves from mainstream society, working in only the deepest of shadows. Rather fitting, given their occupation for ninjitsu (second only to the fine art of devouring pizza).

While two characters (Splinter and Shredder) are well defined as pure light or dark, every other character, even the four Turtles, are cast in varying shades of moral gray. It's this brutally honest realism aspect that might disturb younger viewers. What's going on in everyone's heads? Why is Raphael so given to bouts of rage? Are the Turtles truly the ninja heroes they strive to be? Finding the answers to these questions is a journey of animalistic violence that scarcely falls short of blood sport. It's through this we come to respect each individual Turtle and their distinguishable, 3-Dimensional personalities.

If a Turtle movie of this calibur comes along in the future, I'll be pleasantly surprised. How could it get any better than this for a fan?

In this, you fall in love with the ambitious April O'Neil, admire the quasi-madman Casey Jones, fear and despise The Shredder, and be reminded of your wise grandfather in Master Splinter.

Which reminds me... "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for a late pizza!"

Pun very much intended, this classic is one shell of a good time!

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Reason: Raph.

2nd Reason: I love animatronics!!!!

Movie 1 alllllll the way.
I loved the look, the feel, the story. So far it's been my ideal TMNT film

I thought the 1990 movie was horrid, it almost turned me off to the franchise. I hate animatronics, and the turtles moved so clunkily. I'm glad the era of animatronics and live action are over. *shudder*

Uhm, Captain Futureman, you seemed to have forgotten about giving really harsh critique to Donatello's characterization. Also, you didn't follow up with how you think TMNT '07 was so much better in your eyes.

:P

I voted for the first movie because T-U-R-T-L-E Power ROCKS and for nostalgic reasons. But TMNT was very good for the most part too.

And the era of annoying CGI flies and Monkeys in space is upon us.

Seriously, I don't see why CGI is so much better than animatronics when it comes to a live action movie... most of the time everything seems painted in last moment. Look at the last 3 Star Wars films, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. I liked Chipmunks, but half the time you could tell Jason Lee was talking to an empty counter top.

Now TMNT 3 had TERRIBLE animatronics... and the Splinter Puppet looked like... well, any girls have old Barbie Dolls they played with constantly, and the hair got all greasy and fuzzy and looked like it could pull all off with one clean pull? he looked like a stuffed dog covered with the stuff...

The 1990 TMNT is the BEST out of all the TMNT movies that have been made so far. I also liked part three, but those puppets were fugly.

There was enough of a realism that you don't really notice the absurdity of the whole thing. If they were to do the same thing with a CGI movie, it could be just as good. I don't think TMNT 07 wasn't as well recieved for its animation style, it's just that the plot (and almost everything about it, really) seemed hastily pushed together and flimsy. The universe portrayed in TMNT 1990-you feel like you could almost buy real estate in it, whereas in the 2007 movie...well, not so much.

The first movie was pioneering in technology, naturally not up to today's standards. You can't compare it to now. Back then they were clunky, unreliable things...I think the leaps & bounds they made were huge.

There may be a live action / cgi...

CGI isn't always the best way to go with live. Not to me it is. With an actor in a technologically advanced costume, it would work. There's something missing when live and CGI characters are mixed...not in every movie, but many times there are.
Gads...that Jarjar is a good example.

I also went with the first movie.

No contest, 1990.

I really like last year's movie, but the first movie wins without a contest. Especially when it comes to rewatch value. My whole group of friends was tired of TMNT's prologue halfway through opening weekend. :P

That was a bad move telling the whole story over again in the middle, waste of time.
I'm like WTF?!

I was afraid of this repeating in Hellboy II, but no, they tell you the story of the Golden Army in the beginning. I was happy with that. Why the hell did they have to waste those minutes in TMNT when they could have put it to better use? Run out of ideas? Kids aren't stupid, they don't need it repeated.

Count your blessings. They could have easily retold the origen all over again for the trillionth time. I think having 2 minutes of prologue is a good balance.

Yeah, I can help ya there. AWFUL characterization, not great voice... It goes on. The 1990 movie had tons of problems, but I still like it. The 2007 one was ok, also. I guess if I had to vote between the two of them, I'm not really sure, but I have seen the 1990 one more than twice, which is all I saw of the 2007 one, if that means anything.

Oh yes yes...at the beginning is fine, I liked that in TMNT and HBII; TMNT could have omitted the retelling by April though. We know the story, get on with the movie! :P

.... TMNT 1990 actually had Mikey in it....

In my opinion, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie hands down, is undoubtedly one the best comic book adaptions ever made. Well for many reasons, it had a dark mature tone, it was more of a PG-13/R film than PG, Jim Henson's turtles and splinter animatronics/costumes were awesome, Shredder and the Foot looked insanely good, Judith Hoag & Elias Koteas played April and Casey Jones perfectley, John Du Prez's scores were outstanding, Raph was such a badass (yeah I'm proud to be a Raph fan), the sets were well designed, basically every scene was well thought out and filmed excellently (we've got Steve Barron to thank for that). This is what basically made me a fan.

TMNT 2007...:dead:...There can't even be a comparison here between these two movies. There where countless things that gave me more reasons not to like this movie. I don't know but to me, the plot so f***ing senseless with all these random characters. I didn't like how the cg humans looked, all deformed and everything. The yoatl intro put me to sleep. The voice acting was weak. The list goes on.

TMNT 1990 wins the medal.

:tthumbsd: :tthumbsd: :tthumbsd: :tthumbsd:...umm I'm guessing fast foward is the very first incarnation or thing of tmnt you've ever seen right? and I'm not being sarcastic.

I get the sense that the 1900-hater (Raphael_) is a lone wolf encountering a pack of the unaccepting.

I'm all for vicious debate. However, if Raphael_ doesn't reply back in the next couple of days, I ask for his first post to remain criticized no further. Fans have to defend their convictions, but never take it so far as to become cannibals. My threads are for people with class.

That's something that's really nice about TMNT movies in general, though. Even in the first one where a more in-depth version of the origin was told, it didn't take like half the movie to tell the story.

Unless you're talking about the TMNT and their first encounters with the Foot being an origin story, its not really that bad.

I voted for the first movie...I loved it back then and I still love it now :)

The 1990 film does it for me. It's my favorite of all time

The first Ninja Turtles from 1990, no contest.

I'm sure it takes a lot of effort to make a CGI movie, but making live action turtles seems much more impressive to me. The original movie seemed to have a lot more action and more of the turtles. Plus it's a great adaptation of the Mirage comic books, with a little bit of the cartoon thrown in so kids won't be left completely baffled as to why the turtles are a bit different than what they've seen on TV.

1990 for me

I Choose the original 1990 movie for the following ;

- The darker tone made it more Mirage comics than Fred Wolf Toon.

- The original movie blew my mind as a kid. Live action Ninja Turtles ? HELL YEAH !!!!

- The soundtrack was dope as hell . M.C Hammer's " This is what we do ", Technotronic's " Spin that Wheel ", Riff's " Family", Spunkadelic's " 9.95", and Partners N Kryme " Turtle Power " were the best tracks.

- Shredder whooping the turtles, then being taken out by Splinter. Classic.

- Rapheal was a bad ass.

- The 2007 movie just plain sucked. The story was juevenile, the monsters corny, and the turtles looked more realistic than the humans. Plus I hate CGI animated movies. 2-D is good enough for me.

First movie. To see "real Turtles!" in a movie as a kid was phenomenal. As an adult, I really appreciate the tone of the movie. For the most part, the cast was spot-on, and the story/action really flowed. It's a movie you didn't want to end.

Don't get me wrong, I love the CGI movie, too, but in a different way. Also, not being much of a rap fan, I like the song selection much more in the last movie than in the first.

TMNT 2007 for me the voice acting was good

TMNT 2007 Nightwatcher

For me, it was back when rap was worth listening to.

I'll take the 1990's one anyday!!
 

No contest!!!!! I'll take the 1990's one anyday!!

Why?

1. It had the BEST RAPH ever!! Josh Pais rules!!!8)

2. Gimme the latex and Henson animatronics anytime!!

3. It had the best RAPH ever!! Period!!!8)

TMNT 90, because I have a nostalgic investment in it....

That and it's a whole lot more realistic and the characters are more well developed.

It also had a superbly characterized Shredder. The villain in this movie is straight from the comics, albeit with some slight backstory altering.