The offical season 1 vhs/dvd reviews, opinions.. post here!
 

Well today is the day everyone has been waiting for. This morning, I walked to walmart first and they had the vhs verison of season 1 and it contains all 5 episodes. The dvd version wasn't there yet. I went over to HMV and they had the dvd for a cheap price of 19.99. i guess it a sale or something. (I live in canada). As soon I got to work, I took off the seal and there was this box thingy instead of the dvd, so I tore open the side of it and opened it and there was a dvd cover.

Why was this a box? It's cool though. I haven't watched it yet but I will when I get home or after I eat lunch or something.

It may be in a box (aka slip case) because 1) it looks cool, 2) lots of TV shows that have multiple seaons released are in cool boxes or slip cases.

I haven't watched mine yet either. Maybe tonight if I get enough studying done.

It's cool. yes indeed. it's just weird to see it. hehe..

Well, I've just finished watching the original 5 episodes. The video quality wasn't exactly perfect, but it was better then the tapes, with just some scratches on the film, but I suspect that's the actual negative and not the transfer. The colours were vibrant though, and sound was pretty good.

The episodes were as good as when I last saw them :)

I would have liked a few more extra's, like maybe an interview with Laird, but I can deal with just 4 extra episodes.

DVD transfer: 4/5
Episodes: 5/5

Best buiy had them for.... you'll kick yourself for going to HMV... $10.99....

Now, I didn't get the DVD, AS I'm strapped at the moment, and I'm gonna have to wait till my birthday. But the cover looked very very good.

I just watched one of the season 10 episodes, and, it was pretty good! I may actually have to stop being lazy and watch the rest of my red sky episodes :)

EDIT: I thought Dregg's voice seemed familiar, so I looked it up, Turns out he was the Elder God in the Soul Reaver games. Cool :)

Are you serious that Best Buy had the dvd for 10.99? Cause I was just at the mall and looked in four different retailers and they all had it for 19.99 which is what I paid for it at HMV aswell. Or are you in the U.S, cause I'm in canada. Weird thing though that walmart only had the VHS version!

I live in Canada too. I got it at hmv like you did. I guess the walmart people didn't get their dvd yet. Oh well. I got my dvd so I am happy! My friend only has a vcr so the vhs will be good for him.

With my employee discount at Suncoast I got mine today for $5.08. :)

Damn that's very cheap. :kgrin:

Sorry... hehe hehh.... must cost more there for some reason... maybe becauser of the international monitary system....

I was pretty much panicing because I could not find the thing, but then I found several copies on a large case, yet to be put away. 10.99 is a great price, but I swear... 5.08? I paid more for an old FHE video I had to return than that. Great job.

what's with the "One! live by the code of the martial arts. Two! never fight unless someone else starts" quote....that's the new show??

Yup those are the new show lyrics. Maybe trying to get more people to buy it that are familiar with the new show.

weird....but maybe more effective...maybe the next dvd will have 3 and 4...ha

I ordered mine off of Amazon.com two days ago, so HOPEFULLY it will be here soon, because I have been watching the Epic Begins for so long and I forget what was cut out of the episodes.

Where... where? Is that on the cover?

Yeah it's just wrong that they even did that with the Epic Begins in the first place. At least the uncut versions are finally out.

It's on the back, under the TMNT symbol but above the desciption, in bold letters :)

I bought mine last nite at midnight at Wal-Mart. DVD version. $9.99 US.

I got over to Best Buy at 11am and flipped when it was only 11 bucks I was figuering 15-17 since all sites said 15. I watched the first three episodes and stopped, my brother wanted to watch them to so I can wait till he gets back. Even though I have seen these episodes a million times it is still great. They put those lyrics from the new show on the back so it can be like a "before there was the new, there was the old" kind of thing.

Haha, that is awesome. I picked up Legacy of Kain: Defiance along with the TMNT DVD because it was on sale at Best Buy, finally I get to finish the series :P

So each episode is it's full version right? :)

Got mine today at Wal-Mart. THe lady who worked there had to go into the back and get the case since they did not put the DVD on the Shelf yet. Anyway it was only $9.44 !!! and they only got in 8 copies! I got one and two workers said they were gonna buy a copy too. So my Wal-Mart only has 5 copies left when I left the store. Mind you, this was at 9 a.m. this morning.

Man, those Dregg episodes SUCKED.

But it's nice to have a good quality copy of the miniseries that won't decay over time.

Yep.

Picked up the 1987 season 1 DVD today as well as DVDs 7 and 8 of the 2003 series at Wal-Mart. Spent $41 something which wasn't bad. The season 1 DVD was only $9.44 and the other 2 being right under $15 each. I watched the season 1 DVD right when I got home and like our friend said previously, the quality was a little lower than expected. Especially with the intro. It seems that was taken from another source. It's still great quality though, better than VHS. The 4 bonus episodes are crystal clear, though. But, it's great to have them. I'll rip the opening and closing theme from the red sky episodes for everyone later tonight. How's that?

I am NUMBER ONE!
 

i bought the tmnt dvd at walmart this afternon for 9.99 i rock. the quality is ok, i thought it would be better but it is still good. the menue could use like a theme song or something but hey, at least there out on dvd!

I bought the DVD today at my wal-mart, in plymouth NH. IT was $10. They only had 4 or 5.

I had waited baited breath to buy this. I watched Enter the Shredder because HAve Eps 1,3,4 and 5 on tape. It was worth it because I have Eps 1,3,4,5 on a recording tape, which is 14.5 years old and may become obsolite. I had not seen enter the shredder for countless years. It was funny when Shredder said you idoits when they bumped into each other.

I watched only 1 bonus ep because I dont' want to be up too late. I watched beginning of the end. This was the first time I saw an ep from the red sky years. The theme song's voice was different and had scenes intercut with the 1st movie and showed sences of someone who looked like rat king, raph throwing raph into the air and shredder pointing to krang(in bubble walker), bebop and rocksteady and them running. When I saw this, The dregg eps were worlds apart from the eps I used to watch with different backround music, no shredder and more competitant villians etc.

I loved the DVD. I HOPE THEY MAKE SEASON 2 DVD. BECAUSE MY RECORDINGS OF SEASON 2 are about to become obsolite. MY return of the technodrome ep is bad here and there in parts because it can have the screen have something go through and turn blue for a sec. They will probably release all the otehr eps if this does well. IT HAD BETTER. I want to have the rest of the eps.

How did you all like the DVD. I am glad they did not have the EPic begins that they first aired because I heard that they cut out thing about rats and cut out 5 minutes of each ep.

I just ordered the DVD from Amazon, cost $8.34 plus tax. :wink:

I notice under the description, it says best seller, which seems surprising for it to be title best seller in one day.

It should come in the mail by the weekend. I'll let you all know what I think of the episodes.

picked up DVD A Best Buy, my son was thrilled and he LOVES the old series.
I could not stomach it...I can't handle the old show anymore.

Question: Do the the Season 10 episodes have a different intro or is it the same intro from Season 1?

A vastly different one. They don't even use the original theme song.

Yeah, I know what you mean. After watching the new tv series it's hard to tolerate the old one. The old TMNT pretty relies on nostalgic value with me, otherwsie it's sh*t.

The miniseries was decent, and I'm glad it's on DVD since it's the only season of the old series I'd willingly spend money on.

Well I finished watching all 5 episodes of season 1 and the first of the 4 bonus episodes and I am happy to see the show again.

I will be getting the next season when it comes out but I will still watch the new show because it rocks..

So it's this theme: http://students.cis.fvtc.edu/web1029...edskyintro.mp3
Right?

I really liked the different theme. I liked how they mixed the movie w/ the cartoon….I liked the music to

AHHH picked it up from walmart tonight and it looks awesome!! u cant expect it to look perfect .. i wouldnt like it if it did.. it is original and it couldnt be better 10 out of 10!!

when I viewed the Third Intro Video Clip from the Technodrome website I notice one of the charaters was Rat King(or just some guy who looks like him) in a trenchcoat, since i don't remenber any episodes of him, but just notice that when I watched it again.

yes that is rat king I quite enjoyed him in that episode
-Vaughn Michael

That is a clip from the episode "Wrath of the Rat King", the 2nd episode of season 8.