Are you a TMNT fan for life?
 

One thing I notice is that when some people have a favorite franchise, such as Star Wars or Star Trek fans, they stick with their franchises for life and are fans of their respective series until the day they die.

Now, none of us know what TMNT will be like, or if they'll still exist 15-20 years from now, but do you think you'll always be a fan of the Turtles because of the cartoons/movies/comics/toys from during either your childhood or from the present day?

Like a lot of people here, I grew up watching the original cartoon back in the 80's and I've been a TMNT fan ever since. I can't ever imagine losing interest in the franchise completely, and I'll always have my comics or the cartoons/movies on DVD to re-watch for years to come.

Do you consider yourself a TMNT fan for life? Or is it just for a brief time in your life before you like something else more?

TMNT is life. @_@ Join us.

I dunna.I was a big TMNT fan in the heyday, dropped off when I was a tween and then came back to it hard and heavy when the 2k3 series came out, and I haven't looked back since. Although even when NT:TNM was on, in my teen years, I did own the figures, and East Meets West on VHS (still do actually, check out MCubed this Thursday...shameless plug. :P) so I guess it'd be TMNT 4 LIFE!!

I am a fan for life for:

TMNT (since 1989)
Star Trek (since 1983)
Hellboy (my newest fandom)
DrWHO (since 1985)

Hey, when I'm a fan of something, I'm usually a fan for life. Even if my interrest drops for a little while, it's still in the back of my mind. TMNT is no exception. Neither are the Muppets, Inspector Gadget, or Darkwing Duck... for examples.

Only things I lost interrest in are Captain Planet (I liked it much better when I was younger... but the older I got the more I thought that Toxic Crusaders was robbed!) and the girly things I liked before I hit preschool. Seriously, that stuff looked like candy. Those bright colors can really make you happy when you're 4.

I have left Turtles behind in the past. After the fad died out, I didn't even think about it again until maybe three-and-a-half years ago. Now I'm not going to watch Turtles every day until I die, but I don't think there'll be a time when I wouldn't at least check out a new comic or cartoon.

Im a fan for life for:

TMNT (since 1987)
Star Trek (since birth. Im a 3rd generation fan)
Star Wars (since 1984)
Dr. Who (newest fandom)
Muppets (since birth probably)
Duck Tales and it's various spin-offs (Im obsessed with the Duck family)
Care Bears (since 1984)

There's probably even more. Im a pack rat....i collect fandoms....

TMNT touched me like nothing else on TV ever did. TMNT addict for life.

Well, how can you NOT be a fan for life once you become so absorbed into the franchise? I've sort of dropped off the fandom for now, but that doesn't stop me from loving the characters and the story. Sure, I may not be as hyped up as I used to be, but I've been infected by the bug. And once you're infected, it stays with you for life.

My interest in it goes up and down and I'd be lying if I said I've enjoyed every direction the franchise has taken, but it's been too big of a part of my life for me to just stop being a fan. I haven't been following the new cartoon since FF, the latest movie was average at best and the new comics are awful, but I'll always have my memories.

I will always like my turtles. It will go into dormacy again I bet you but, I'll always like it very much.

life fan of:

TMNT (both cartoon versions)

The Real Ghostbusters

Extreme Ghostbusters

Mighty Max

Jem

Grimm's Fairy tale Classics

Conan the Adventurer

Gargoyals

Pirates of Dark Water (I'm still holding out hope that they'll finish off the series some day)

abd much, much more than I can probably think of right now. 8)

I'm very different than other people in that if I liked something as a kid I most likely still like it as an adult (22). Power Rangers, TMNT, Nintendo, Jurassic Park, etc. There are very few things I just no longer like. I mean as a kid I may have liked Mickey Mouse or Bugs but now while I don't hate them I don't feel the need to check them out again.


I'm a member of so many fandoms :lol:.

Of ocourse I am not a hardcore fan that I talk all the time about all the things I like, I also go dormant for a few months or years for a few franchises but I'll go back to revisit them soon enough.

^You're not alone, I feel like I'm the same way.

But I'm also experiencing something different. I was a big fan of the TMNT back in the day. But then, high school and college came and went, and then my career took the most of my time, so the Turtles and all of those fun things slipped my mind when one day, about the year I joined this forum, I got my first home computer, and discovered youtube, and spent an evening down memory lane, when I realized I still loved The Turtles. And then I found out about the new show, the new movie coming out, and the whole ordeal pretty much cemented the Turtles a permanent mark on my life. I let them slip once from my life, but never again!

Since then, I've also realized I miss and love all of my old shows, Rainbow Brite, Brave Star (that would make one helluva live action movie today with all of our movie magic) Ducktales, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, Smurfs, Gummie Bears. And movies such as E.T., The Last Unicorn, Flight of the Navigator, Home Alone, License to Drive, Goonies. Hell, I still love playing the classic games with my friends and cousins such as Monopoly, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect Four, Checkers, Game of Life, old fashion Solitaire.

Only thing I don't do that I used to when I was a kid, is play with actual toys and stuff. But I still have my sticker album I'v added to. I've gone from cartoon characters to places that I've visited now. Great way to keep memories alive.

OMG, you know about the Last Unicorn?! That is my favorite movie of all time and every one I've ever asked has never heard of it! I'm glad I'm not alone. :)

I think I'll be a TMNT fan for life. I started taking interest in the TMNT with the old toon, and have been a fan ever since. There was a time though that I forgot (a little) about them, but when my parents got internet the first website I visited was the official website of the turtles and I've been following them ever since again. This was before the new Tales comics or new toon came out.

I'm also a huge Buffy the vampire slayer fan: even though the show has ended I still regularly watch the show on dvd and I read the new comics of course. :)

Like everyone else, I plan on being a Turtles fan for life.

I don't know, I kind of go in phases. I'm always a fan, but sometimes I'm a huge fan and others I'm not into it much. Right now I've kind of lost interest in a few things but I'm sure it'll go back up in the future. I'm weird like that.

I probably will be a fan for life. I did lose interest at one point when I was a kid. I eventually dropped the TMNT at one point for Power Rangers. That was a mistake as far as fandoms go, because as far as something to be nostalgic for goes I think TMNT have aged far better. Aside from the Mirage comics which can be enjoyable for all ages IMO, the Turtles TV show and Archie comics have aged better than the Power Rangers material. I look back at the Turtles show and comics and think about how awesome they were as a kid, sometimes with the Rangers I'll think "I can see why I thought that was cool", but then when you get to the parts with the teenagers I think "how the heck did I sit through this?".

For me , it's always going to be TMNT for life, as well as DRAGONBALL Z, TRANSFORMERS, GHOSTBUSTERS, SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, and MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, THE NEW ARCHIES, ONE PIECE, DUCKTALES, VOLTRON, and TOXIC CRUSADERS.

I'm a lifer! I will always love TMNT, maybe not every incarnation *cough*NT:TNM*cough*

I still love He-Man, She-Ra, Darkwing Duck, Jem, Teknoman, Sailor Moon, Scooby-Doo (60's & 70's), Tale Spin, & Duck Tales. Yeah, my DVD collection is very much a true representation of the inner child that still lives in me ;)