Season 2 Hits DVD (Original TMNT) - Page 2

*MrPliggins* · 01-27-2005, 05:28 AM

Don and Raph are on the back cover... I like this art much better than season 1!

*Kazari* · 01-27-2005, 06:18 AM

I hope they are! How do you know if Don and Raph are on the back?

*Weapon X* · 01-27-2005, 06:23 AM

That cover art is freaking awsome god I cant wait till April now,nice find. I really hope they keep doing it in this style it'show they should have done season one,but ten again I'm not exactly dissapointed with season one.

*ZariusTwo* · 01-27-2005, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire666xXxXx

How many seasons of the orgnial show are there?

There were ten seasons, with four episodes from the final season already released alongside the episodes from Season One.

*KROW* · 01-27-2005, 12:50 PM

I wouldn't consider the cover art that great but it is indeed better than the featured art for Season One's release.

*BigApple3AM* · 01-27-2005, 03:33 PM

At first I thought that cover art was terrible with the weird orange background, but when I enlarged the picture (I first saw this on dvd empire) it doesn't actually look too bad, the only beef I have with it is that it looks like a combination of the new style turtles and the old ones. Like they took the new style turtles and added the older colors. Their heads are a bit too small, but that's just the perfectionist in me speaking. This dvd is going to be AMAZING especially if they keep with the full season sets! Doesn't matter if they're out of order since there's really no ongoing story most of the time, but just to have them all together as part of a season is great.

Jed · 01-27-2005, 03:40 PM

The cover of season one never bothered me and I really like this one, so I can't wait to pick them both up when I'm in the US this summer. I have 'em on VHS but I hate VHS

*Anarchistguy* · 01-27-2005, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazari

It's not that great. The artist just took these two pics and redrew them "old show" style.

The guy obviously turned the Don pic into a Leo one.

*MrPliggins* · 01-27-2005, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazari

I hope they are! How do you know if Don and Raph are on the back?

http://www.dvdtoons.com/news/722

This website shows both the front and back cover, and even the spine.

anarchistguy: interesting..I didn't even realize that. Well, what do you think they took the back cover art from?

*Weapon X* · 01-27-2005, 05:17 PM

Cool and I didn't even think to go there.

*Anarchistguy* · 01-27-2005, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPliggins

anarchistguy: interesting..I didn't even realize that. Well, what do you think they took the back cover art from?

I'll show you

The guy must've turned the Leo pic into a Don one.

*Weapon X* · 01-27-2005, 05:41 PM

I wonder why they couldn't have come up with something original.

*MrPliggins* · 01-27-2005, 09:16 PM

wow, good observations, I would have never noticed. The most obvious one to me is probably Mike because I have seen that pic around.

*Spitfire* · 01-27-2005, 09:17 PM

Well blame the guy they hired to draw it because Im sure they let him do what he wanted

*CyberCubed* · 01-27-2005, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by weapon x

I wonder why they couldn't have come up with something original.

Isn't it obvious? They're trying to make the Turtles look more serious, to appeal to the kids watching the new Turtle show.

The Season 1 DVD had the TMNT looking a little TOO "happy and goofy" looking. This Season 2 cover makes them look a bit more serious, so an 8 year old watching TMNT on Cartoon Network will be interested in seeing the old series based on the cover art.

It's all marketing. Why do you think the back of the Season 1 DVD had the first two lines of the new show theme song?

They're trying to get the kids watching the new TMNT today, to buy the old toon DVDs.

*ZariusTwo* · 01-27-2005, 09:38 PM

Season Two is pretty damn thrilling to an extent, so the serious look of the cover is a neccesity either way

*Weapon X* · 01-27-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Isn't it obvious? They're trying to make the Turtles look more serious, to appeal to the kids watching the new Turtle show.

The Season 1 DVD had the TMNT looking a little TOO "happy and goofy" looking. This Season 2 cover makes them look a bit more serious, so an 8 year old watching TMNT on Cartoon Network will be interested in seeing the old series based on the cover art.

It's all marketing. Why do you think the back of the Season 1 DVD had the first two lines of the new show theme song?

They're trying to get the kids watching the new TMNT today, to buy the old toon DVDs.

I fully agree except the old toon was "happy and goofy" after the second and third seson it pretty much went on without much fighting. So kid's today that are watching the new too with the "Serious" tone might be dissapointed with the goofyness.

*CyberCubed* · 01-27-2005, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by weapon x

I fully agree except the old toon was "happy and goofy" after the second and third seson it pretty much went on without much fighting. So kid's today that are watching the new too with the "Serious" tone might be dissapointed with the goofyness.

Yes, but kids today don't know what the old toon was like. Kids today would simply look at the cover of the DVD and think the TMNT will act just like the ones in the new show.

That's the whole reason the art of the DVD mimics the new toons art. They're not only trying to get older fans to buy the DVD for nostalgia, but they want to target to kids as well.

They probably realized the mistake in making the TMNT look too "happy" on the Season 1 boxart.

*Weapon X* · 01-27-2005, 09:45 PM

As long as it's coming out it doesn't matter to me. I'll be watching the episodes not the cover art.

LionO · 01-27-2005, 10:08 PM

Not bad for the box art. Definetely better than the first season but I still don't understand why they couldn't just use some of the good art they had. The artist ho drew this was pretty lame. Honestly, there are better artists than that, especially ones that don't have to trace over curent illustrations

Anyway, I'll stil pick this up but I don't understand why the majority of 80's cartoon have the cheapest, least imaginative art. it was the best decade for cartoon and they can't come up with anything better? Don't get it.

01-27-2005, 06:18 AM	#22
Kazari Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nexus: Chasing after the Ultimate Ninja Posts: 2,731	I hope they are! How do you know if Don and Raph are on the back? __________________ is an official Drako hater

01-27-2005, 06:23 AM	#23
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	That cover art is freaking awsome god I cant wait till April now,nice find. I really hope they keep doing it in this style it'show they should have done season one,but ten again I'm not exactly dissapointed with season one. Last edited by Weapon X; 01-27-2005 at 06:29 AM.

01-27-2005, 12:50 PM	#25
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01-27-2005, 03:40 PM	#27
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	The cover of season one never bothered me and I really like this one, so I can't wait to pick them both up when I'm in the US this summer. I have 'em on VHS but I hate VHS __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

01-27-2005, 09:17 PM	#34
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01-27-2005, 05:28 AM	#21
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	Don and Raph are on the back cover... I like this art much better than season 1!

01-27-2005, 03:33 PM	#26
BigApple3AM Mad Scientist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Supermarket Aisle Posts: 1,635	At first I thought that cover art was terrible with the weird orange background, but when I enlarged the picture (I first saw this on dvd empire) it doesn't actually look too bad, the only beef I have with it is that it looks like a combination of the new style turtles and the old ones. Like they took the new style turtles and added the older colors. Their heads are a bit too small, but that's just the perfectionist in me speaking. This dvd is going to be AMAZING especially if they keep with the full season sets! Doesn't matter if they're out of order since there's really no ongoing story most of the time, but just to have them all together as part of a season is great.

01-27-2005, 05:17 PM	#30
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	Cool and I didn't even think to go there.

01-27-2005, 05:41 PM	#32
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	I wonder why they couldn't have come up with something original.

01-27-2005, 09:16 PM	#33
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	wow, good observations, I would have never noticed. The most obvious one to me is probably Mike because I have seen that pic around.

01-27-2005, 09:38 PM	#36
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,488	Season Two is pretty damn thrilling to an extent, so the serious look of the cover is a neccesity either way __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

01-27-2005, 09:45 PM	#39
Weapon X Turtle Power! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,744	As long as it's coming out it doesn't matter to me. I'll be watching the episodes not the cover art.

01-27-2005, 10:08 PM	#40
LionO Foot Soldier Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 166	Not bad for the box art. Definetely better than the first season but I still don't understand why they couldn't just use some of the good art they had. The artist ho drew this was pretty lame. Honestly, there are better artists than that, especially ones that don't have to trace over curent illustrations Anyway, I'll stil pick this up but I don't understand why the majority of 80's cartoon have the cheapest, least imaginative art. it was the best decade for cartoon and they can't come up with anything better? Don't get it. __________________ "What made America great was not that every man struggled for his own survival, but that every man accepted individual responsibility for the survival of all." "You are what you experience.You experience what you express.You express what you have to express.You have what you grant yourself."