What is your overall favorite look of the Ninja Turtles?
 

What is your overall favorite look of the Ninja Turtles?

1. 1st Live Action movie
2. 2nd Live Action movie
3. 3rd Live Action movie
4. 2007 CG Movie
5. 80's Cartoon
6. 2k3 Cartoon
7. Nick Cartoon
8. Mirage Comics
9. Next Mutation
10. Other

#1 ? Hard one,going to have to go with 1990 original live action film for nostalgic reasons.Honorable mentions 2007 cgi,4kids cartoon series and nick.Also for its time the 80sthe series still holds up pretty well.

Mike Dooney.

I went "other" because my favorite look is the new action figures, which aren't quite 'toon accurate, yet have a ton of personality. Kinda the perfect marriage between the new show and everything that came before.

I voted Mirage, but that's kind of weird option considering they had about 15 different designs in various significant stories. But I voted Mirage for A.C. Farley's painted covers. I can only dream they'll use them as a basis for the upcoming movie.

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Michael Dooney's style has always been my favorite look.

Yep. This or Eastman or Laird.

Nick version for me.

The Look of the First Movie Turtles is my favorite.

I was just think of all the designs over the years a couple weeks ago.

Through process of elimination I picked 2k3.

Original comic (I know theyve changed throughout but generally the first designs are what is remembered) This is actually my least favorite. Theyre too short and saggy imo. Necks are too long too.

OT - ok but a little too cute be taken seriously.

Live Action - cool but also kinda scary? in a way...hard to describe. I was never afraid of them but they do kinda look intimidating. In a big creepy reptile kinda way. I dont know.

CGI Movie - too skinny and Popeye-ish.

Nick - nice but on the square-hard edges side.

2k3 - theyre the right height, look tough and dont have over exaggerated proportions.

2007 CGI movie, followed closely by Nick's TMNT.

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Well this is tough. I'm going with Nick. Mirage is awesome and great for its time. I'm still very fond of it. But I think the Nick direction is perfect for the characters.

I'm also a huuuge fan of the 1990 live action film. The costumes look GREAT but it's not ideal at all. It's about as good as it could possibly be for 1990 so I will always respect it for that. But It does bother me how big and bulky they look. They don't look like teenagers... they look like BODYBUILDERS! Not sleak ninjas. I love the Nick style because the turtles look how I feel a 15yo mutant turtle should look like... a little lanky and not huge and bulky

Not as big a fan of TMNT II and III I actually feel the costumes got WORSE in those films. Especially the faces which look more and more weird and use strange expressions that look... goofy. In the first live action film they keep that toned down. TMNT II and III were such huge missed opportunities.

LOL @ including next mutation. You trolling, son?

I wish there were an IDW option but they keep changing artists so I'm not sure I really feel it has a cohesive style at this point.

I voted for the ot turtles, i just love hand drawn animation. The Neca turtles looks great to, if that were an option.

For some reason I always loved their costumes in Secret of the Ooze. I guess it was how it seemed like this blend of the costumes from the original movie with a little more influence from the cartoon.

2007 Movie
 

The original movie ones were good for their time but honestly too tall, too clunky and too muppet looking. 2007 looked really good, then 2003 series then Nick

The Nick version. I really like how the turtles actually look like kids in this show and that they each have their own unique design. :)

Were the looks from the first and second film even different?

For the movies, I felt that Movie 1 had the best realistic mutated turtle designs.:tcool: They were great. Unfortunately, by the last two movies, the costumes became sort of fake. It wasn't bad in the second one, but by the third film, they looked like old rubber costumes with bad animatronics. The Next Mutation, however, was so fake, they screamed "cheap rubber seen on Power Rangers." Also, I hated those bandages wrapped around their legs. They looked like soccer socks.:tcouch:

The OT turtles are classic, of course. They are not only cool, but they do have this appeal to them as if they were friends with Kermit the Frog. No wonder Jim Henson was involved with the first movie.:tlol: By the 2k3 series, they looked cooler and edgier, but sometimes, I feel that white eyes don't really work for cartoon ninja turtles. Only for Batman or Wolverine. Still, it was not a bad design.:tneutral: Fast Forward had them look crazy like it was a gimmick to sell toys of them in weird outfits. How do I say this: annoying.

For the comics, I say I really liked the turtle designs that were drawn by Kevin Eastman. They looked fantastic.:tcool: Then by the IDW comics, they had Dan Duncan draw the turtles. They might look a bit realistic, but they were ugly.:tmad: I'm sorry. He can't draw the turtles. Humans, he's fine with. Turtles, no. All their jaws seemed unproportional.:tsick: Also, this new artist who's drawing the turtles is just as bad, too. It's like he didn't bother to erase the sketch lines that weren't needed.:tgrumble:

Now for my answer - while I liked the look for the CGI turtles in the 2k7 film, I must say that I now I really love the design of the CGI turtles in the 2k12 series on Nickelodeon. Ever since The Next Mutation, I didn't want the turtles to wear bandages, especially if they reached up to their knees and elbows. That changed once I saw the designs of these new turtles. I actually thought they were going to wear the same color bandages, but as soon as I discovered that they were wearing ones of different colors, that was cool.:tcool: Best part was the bandages were not up to their knees or elbows. In fact, I even love now that they have three toes. Yes, they're not that three-dimensional, but I still think it makes sense. 6 fingers now with six toes. It works.:tsmile: Yet, I even like how scaley the turtles look, as if they resemble the ones from the first movie. Even Michelangelo has freckles. Raphael even has that chip on his plastron, which is cool. Things I'm not down on, however, are just little nitpicks. Donatello's gap is kind of ridiculous, but it does make him nerdy. Plus, he's the tallest. I guess age doesn't always represent height, but I sure wish Leonardo was the tallest. Here's hoping he is in the next incarnation of the TMNT. Still, the Nick series designs are my favorite look for the turtles now.

It is an option: Mirage Comics. :trazz:

Why Bandages..
 

They may be ace-bandages, they may even be dirty athletic tape! I like the design and for anyone who's ever done full contact martial arts and a lot of climbing you will at some point need a bandage for support on a tender ligament.
The turtles being Ninja's and training/fighting everyday we could only assume extra support on their limbs.

As far as the worst Turtles it's gotta be Next Mutation, they were super clunky and their features looked like Chucky Cheese animatronic band.

I personally like how Nick went close in design with 2007 TMNT.
I like the lidless turtles for action scenes and pupils for dialogues.

Comic Wise
 

Comic TMNT = Kevin Eastman !!!!!!
Look at his covers, the classics and the 2012 Annual!
Am I the only one who would like to see that in color?

I voted for the first Film but I also love Original Toon and Michael Dooney.

I really can't believe how many people are picking the 2007 movie... I can't stand looking at it anymore. They look like frogs not turtles to me in that film. Except for the shells, of course.

what doesn't suprise me is 3rd Live Action film with 0 votes :twink:

Voted for the first movie. To me, they're the best. But versions of the Mirage turtles (including volume 3) as well as the Nick turtles come really really close.

voted for the 2k3 versions season 1-5 its just my favorite look for them, but I have to admit that the Nick turtles look the most "teenage" like as everyone else says.

I enjoy the Ben Bates IDW turtles as well. They're tied for second with the first movie for me.

The nick cartoon except don just looks wrong and leo needs a few changes.

Hmm..I went for the OT Turtles. Not only for Nostalgia reasons.. I kinda like the Fact that they may look cute, but still can wipe the Floor with you if they want to.

Mirage Comic-look (while it needs to get used to, it does have something) and Nick in close second.

I voted for 2003 turtles. My choice came very close with the 80's turtles. I like the darker animation for them for the Red Sky episodes and for seasons 1 to 5 of the 2003 show. I think they look cool when they're tall so I chose the 2003 turtles, plus the darker animation was used for most of the show.

With the first movie, 2007 movie, Mirage comics, and all three cartoons having significant competition, it proves that the TMNT brand is well-diversified which has lead to long-term success. But the OT Fred Wolf Turtles will always be home to me, since it is clearly the incarnation I have gotten the most out of and understand the best, and this includes all of the tie-ins. I still get nostalgic for the belt initials and always preferred a pudgier shape like a non-mutated Turtle.

2k3 Turtles for me.

Mirage Comics

Wow. I'm surprised so many think the Nick Turtles look the best. If anything, I would have thought they would come in last, or at least near the bottom.

Boy...this was a tough vote, but I chose the 1st Live Action movie because I enjoyed how the scenes capturing them fighting.

Don't get me wrong, I like the 80s style too. but as i watched the series, the colors became too bright for me. sometimes, Raph's red banana turned orange (TV error I guess).

can't beat the original toon version as thats what i grew up with and saw the most of. i was always a huge fan of the archie comic look though. :)

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I vote for 3 multiple polls!!!!!: Movies , Cartoons and Animation ...even with that ..... I feel like Michelangelo!!!! *Cant stop playing, but must eat pizza.....Cant stop playing...must eat pizza**** :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


I feel a special :tlove: for All type of draw cartoons, animation Nick show and 2007 movie, and Movie I look. :twink:

amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am glad a few people agree!!!!!

Nick turtles, definitely. They actually look like teenagers. I also like how they all have very immediate and distinct body shapes. If you were to silhouette them, sans weapons, you could easily tell them apart. I'm also a fan of their block-y musculature; it reminds me of reptiles (dinosaurs, really). That, combined with their odd proportions gives them an anatomy that isn't completely humanoid in form, which is refreshing.

My second place goes to the First Movie turtles, on the basis of kicking ass. I dunno, can't describe it. They're just awesome.

The first E&L issues, my fondest TMNT memories are there. I also love A.C. Farley's style, and overall I prefer the different comic looks over the cartoons.

The Nick toys are pretty amazing too.