Coming Back to OT TMNT
 

I've let my OT TMNT DVD collection collect (no pun intended) dust for many years. I've been all about the 2k3 for years; but I'm definitely re-discovering this show (and my first tastes of the TMNT, it's quite nostalgic!) and I'm loving it a lot. I have Volume 1 on DVD and as you that also have it know there are some unreleased episodes as a bonus feature. I remember loving those re-designs as a kid. What season was that; where the new theme song and look of the TMNT was introduced? Season 8?

The theme and character design change happened in season 8, the episodes on the disk are from season 10.

Actually I owe a lot of people here a big thanks, because it's been literally probably 18 years since I watched the original cartoon and listening to all of you talk about it made me really miss it and I'm now about halfway through season two and enjoying the show TONS more then I even remembered doing as a kid!

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The OT is pretty awesome, Sure it is way different from the Mirage turtles, But i have always liked that they in way kept with the parody theme that the comics started out as. The cartoon poking a little fun at old sci fi films,serials, and comic books. well, I saw it that way.

Thanks Jester.

Oh yeah, absolutely! I very much owe the friends I've made here for this coming back to the OT business. Many thanks to them!

The original series is very funny in a, "this show makes fun of itself," kind of way. Fun wacky plots, well written main cast, and it never takes itself too seriously.

Question:

For later in the series where the DVDs start playing the episodes out of the order they were aired, is it important I watch them in order like the 2K3 show, because so far I do see loose plot lines running through the seasons??

Just curious :tsmile:

There is an exception to everything but for the most part, the OT episodes do not need to be viewed chronologically. Each exists almost entirely on its own. There will be small things you might be confused about if you watch one before the other. One example that comes to mind is the technodrome's location. Depending on where you are in the series, the drome will be in a different location that might leave you asking, "Why is the technodrome at the bottom of the ocean?" However, it is nothing major and it probably won't affect your level of enjoyment.

Also there is a sidestory, a kind of European vacation where you might wonder what is going on. But again, it doesn't really matter since the series doesn't take itself seriously anyway. If I had to suggest chronology based viewing, it would be the red sky eps. Personally, I thought they seemed to hold a tighter grip on continuity.

Thank you for the advice!!

I will just watch them on the order of the DVD then!! :tgrin:

These is a loose continuity that goes on throughout the show. While you don't have to watch the OT in order, it is more rewarding to.

I would say that the final three seasons/24 episodes kinda do need to be watched in order. But seasons 1-7 are for the most part stand alone episodes with a very small amount of continuity.

I know when I watched it, I watched the "European Vacation" right after season 4, since that's where it fits chronologically. It's the only major change I made to the DVD order when I watched it.

Glad to see I'm not alone in doing this, oh Fearless One!

It was SO weird because I literally was sitting here a couple of days ago wondering if I should make this thread myself and then I got distracted by something else *laughs*

Then I got on yesterday and was excited to see you had already made one I could just reply to!! :tgrin:

I think I am going to order volumes 4,5 and 6 tonight!!

Also, thank you everyone else for all your suggestions about the viewing order!! Everyone has been very helpful!

:lol: Nice! That happened to me once with a topic, too.

I really love those Season 8 re-designs. And yes, I must also say thank you to those well versed in the OT!

What I like about the show is there IS continuity, old characters who return remember past events, the Turtles or Shredder will sometimes reference something that happened in an older episode, or Don would bring back an invention from an older ep, etc.

Don't let anyone tell you the OT has no continuity. The Technodrome is also abandoned in a different location each season due to the Turtles stopping Shredder/Krang from making it active again.

The stars must be in alignment or something; I'm about halfway through season 2 myself and have been watching 1-3 a day with my wife. It's great.

Actually, there is something that I forgot to mention. If you have "season 7" in the individual disks, you should watch disks one and two after "volume 6," before "season four." Those episodes make more sense to watch them there than they do before the actual season seven episodes.

Thinks ABrown for correcting me....It does take place between seasons 3 and 4. Whoops. :P

Its a real shame that fans can only watch up to the end of Season 8 on their DVDs.

I do not own the last dvd of season 7. How does the season end? Is it a satisfactoring ending if ignoring season 8?

Season 7 had a pretty good finale, but why would you ignore Season 8?

I agree, season 7 did have a pretty good finale. And I also agree about inquiring why one would want to ignore season 8.

i have nothing really against season 8, i thought it ended well, my only gripe is the fact that they tried to pull a batman:tas with the red sky. so if you go from season 7 to season 8 it is a complete wtf moment with everything being fun and then dark and depressing looking. I do like the fact that season 8 had more multipart storys.

To be fair, season 7 was a better mix of action and humor than eariler seasons where the humor was very high. Some of my favorite episodes, Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter; Night of the Rogues; White Belt, Black Heart; and Legend of Koji are in season 7....maybe even on that last disk.

"The dimension x story" is out of order on the season 4 set. For several episodes before it, the technodrome is stuck in hardened lava, but this is the episode where it gets stuck. I would count this episode as the first of the CBS episodes (it aired that way anyway IIRC).

This is funny, because I just recently decided to re watch the series, well okay not every single episode. I'm picking and choosing during season 4 and 5. I'm almost done with season 4. I've always thought season 7 was one of the best, also season six seems like one of the black sheep seasons? I don't really hear much talk about that one, but it had some good episodes and consistent animation.

I plan on getting the VHS tapes again. I don't need them for anything other then the superior cover art, but I would still pop em in for a watch.

Season 6 was excellent, its just as good as Season 7.

Season 4 is where we got a lot of duds, (the season was 40 something episodes), and Season 5 was average.

The Euro vacation eps are generally viewed as the least memorable.

THIS!

I was thinking while looking at the menu screens today you designed the cover art for these DVDS :tconfuse:

This I agree with.

I was actually glad they didn't put season seven out as a complete set, so I could skip those all together.