Norinaga in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3!

[Juggalette72284]

Does anyone think that Norinaga is supposed to represent Nobunaga or was he just some random, made up character?

[SurfGuru133]

Originally Posted by Juggalette72284

Does anyone think that Norinaga is supposed to represent Nobunaga or was he just some random, made up character?

Hey dude maybe u should put who that is before u put whether or not its the same

[Jester]

Originally Posted by SurfGuru133

Hey dude maybe u should put who that is before u put whether or not its the same

Indeed, I'm not sure who Nobunga?

[Buslady]

I thought Norinaga was a spoof of Lord Torinaga in Shogun. (played by the late great Toshiro Mifune)

[Ra]

*tilts head* ...do you mean Motoori Norinaga?


Norinaga was a guy who lived from 1730 - 1801 in Japan. I think he was the guy who invented the current Japanese writing scheme. Here's a link

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/TOKJAPAN/NORINAGA.HTM

[Sage Ninja]

did this character apear in the old toon or something? Because I have no idea who you are talking about

[SurfGuru133]

No man he was in the third movie wich really blew balls

[Jester]

I'm starting to warm up to TMNT 3, I think the story, action, and humor trumps TMNT 2, it's just the costumes that make it groady.

[Jephael]

Trust me when I say the third movie's storyline was supurb! Unfortunatly, the guys at Mirage screwed themselves over when they decided to go for a different company to make the costumes.

As for the Shogun reference, I can see how that might've been intended.

[Sewer Bull]

Originally Posted by Jester

I'm starting to warm up to TMNT 3, I think the story, action, and humor trumps TMNT 2, it's just the costumes that make it groady.

Methinks TMNT 3 > TMNT 2. Really.

* better fighting scenes - and the guys are using their weapons! TMNT 2 had mainly hand-to-hand combats
* better storyline - what bugs me about II is that scriptwriters came up with some ideas but solved them in a quite lame way. "The Secret of the ooze"? There was actually no secret of the ooze and that was SO lame! Also, Eric Reyes Jr was neat but kinda useless - his character has barely any impact on the plot
* better OST... I really like III's music way better than II's.
* Casey is in III BTW - I don't understand why he's not in II. I suppose the action in II takes place only a few weeks after the events in I. And Jones just disappered, leaving me in sadness and grief <as I wanted so much to see April and Casey's wedding in the end>

I think the reasons why most people hate III are those freaky costumes and the atmosphere that totally differs from the first two movies. I and II in their darkness are very close to Mirage comics, whereas III is pretty joyful, that places it much closer to the old toon in my opinion. If someone loves the first movie, he'd naturally prefers II rathen than III, although II is not all that that great in fact.

[Buslady]

I prefer 1 and pretty much only the 1st movie. 2 was so-so, lost the great feeling of the first one...the dark, gritty, in your face how pitiful thier lives can be feeling and they totally redesigned the costumes in 2.

And 3...

ugh.