TMNT 87: Questions of a Brit

AsylumTurtle · 05-01-2020, 07:08 PM

So as a new face in these here parts, I thought long and hard (by which I mean I didn't

) about what one of my first topics could be? After all, you only get to make a first impression once! Unless your a time traveller, then I guess you can make multiple firsts. Unfortunately I'm not a scientific genius like Donnie and don't have a super brain in my stomach from another Dimension. Nope, sorry folks this is the best I could do with my small human (think I'm human?) sized brain. Take a deep breath folks, here we go...

So I'm a child of the late 80s/90s. It was a great time as far as Television and movies was concerned (Thundercats, Knight Rider, Masters of the Universe, Conan the Adventure, Keatons Batman) never really cared for school as it just got in the way of watching all that cool stuff

But I loved Fridays, oh yes! Remember that Friday feeling? Friday meant Saturday was just around the corner, and with it Saturday mornings

Remember when Saturday's were worth getting up for? Because I sure do

Here in the UK we had Going Live (BBC 1) and it was within this loud, colourful and somewhat cheesy show that the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (did I mention I'm British?) burst out of the swears and onto our screens. First episode was Return of the Shredder, and I loved it. But I had questions! Namely where was Shredder returning from? How did he get there? And had I missed an episode? A whole series even? Impossible as it was billed as the UK premier of the Turtles. I occupied myself with these questions for quite some time, until one Christmas it was a Turtle fest

We got everything. All the turtles, Shredder, Krang, Swear-system and the Technodrome. Now I could act out my own stories, and the first on my list was to explore where the Shredder came from and how he and Krang got stuck in Dimension X.

Sometime later, we was at a family friends house. Thair son was pretty much the same age as me and was also into TMHT, but had nowhere near the amount of stuff as me

However, he had something I didn't! A VHS tape with the title Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: How it all Began. Can we watch it? I asked. Yes, he said. But I couldn't hear a word as the adults where in the living room talking about boring old adult stuff

Form here on out I knew what my heart desired. Lucky for me my birthday was just around the corner and as you might expect, I got what I wanted

! TMHT: How it all Began was now mine. Trouble is it left me with more questions? Not only did it sill not explain how the Technodrome crew ended up in Dimension X but it actually began with Splinter having lost his memory. WTF? It was like watching a clip show of episodes that had at one point aired but I had never seen

Then one afternoon (BBC moved Turtles from Saturday mornings to weekday afternoons) an episode aired called Blast from the Past. OMG! Splinter has lost his memory and its an episode of flash backs just like How it all Began. OMG, it is how it all began. As the season came to a close with an epic 3 Parter (Big Rip-off, Big Break in and Big Blow Out) TMHT finished its run. Err... ok! So we are back in Dimension X after still having not explained how we got stuck there the first time? The years past by, and other things took my interest (mostly girls) But I still wanted answers. Then, some 25 years later, I happend upon a DVD titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Special edition. This consisted of the first 2 seasons of the 87 show. No longer branded Hero Turtles, they where Ninja Turtles. This not only answered all my childhood questions but got me back into the franchise in a big way. Thank god my parents never junked all my toys as immediately got them back down and into the light on display. I also bought a tone of more TMNT stuff including original comics, action figures we didin't have +new ones and the complete original series box set. OMG. This ran for 10 seasons? and we Brits (did I mention I'm British) only had seasons 2-3? I am still making my way through the boxset, midway through season 7, just seen Convicts from Dimension X. I will soon be on to the red sky era and am very excited to see what changes the show underwent. But I still have questions, and maybe you fine people hold the answers? Did season 1 air in the UK a tall? or anywhere in Europe under the TMHT branding? What happened to seasons 4-10? Did they go to another network? Seems foolish of the BBC to have passed on several seasons of a highly rated show?

So there you have it guys and girls. My first post! Sorry if it went on to long. Thanks for at least taking the time to read this and maybe one of you will have the answers. I await your reply's. BTW did I mention I'm British?

05-01-2020, 07:08 PM	#1
AsylumTurtle Random Punk Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: UK Posts: 19	TMNT 87: Questions of a Brit So as a new face in these here parts, I thought long and hard (by which I mean I didn't ) about what one of my first topics could be? After all, you only get to make a first impression once! Unless your a time traveller, then I guess you can make multiple firsts. Unfortunately I'm not a scientific genius like Donnie and don't have a super brain in my stomach from another Dimension. Nope, sorry folks this is the best I could do with my small human (think I'm human?) sized brain. Take a deep breath folks, here we go... So I'm a child of the late 80s/90s. It was a great time as far as Television and movies was concerned (Thundercats, Knight Rider, Masters of the Universe, Conan the Adventure, Keatons Batman) never really cared for school as it just got in the way of watching all that cool stuff But I loved Fridays, oh yes! Remember that Friday feeling? Friday meant Saturday was just around the corner, and with it Saturday mornings Remember when Saturday's were worth getting up for? Because I sure do Here in the UK we had Going Live (BBC 1) and it was within this loud, colourful and somewhat cheesy show that the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (did I mention I'm British?) burst out of the swears and onto our screens. First episode was Return of the Shredder, and I loved it. But I had questions! Namely where was Shredder returning from? How did he get there? And had I missed an episode? A whole series even? Impossible as it was billed as the UK premier of the Turtles. I occupied myself with these questions for quite some time, until one Christmas it was a Turtle fest We got everything. All the turtles, Shredder, Krang, Swear-system and the Technodrome. Now I could act out my own stories, and the first on my list was to explore where the Shredder came from and how he and Krang got stuck in Dimension X. Sometime later, we was at a family friends house. Thair son was pretty much the same age as me and was also into TMHT, but had nowhere near the amount of stuff as me However, he had something I didn't! A VHS tape with the title Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: How it all Began. Can we watch it? I asked. Yes, he said. But I couldn't hear a word as the adults where in the living room talking about boring old adult stuff Form here on out I knew what my heart desired. Lucky for me my birthday was just around the corner and as you might expect, I got what I wanted ! TMHT: How it all Began was now mine. Trouble is it left me with more questions? Not only did it sill not explain how the Technodrome crew ended up in Dimension X but it actually began with Splinter having lost his memory. WTF? It was like watching a clip show of episodes that had at one point aired but I had never seen Then one afternoon (BBC moved Turtles from Saturday mornings to weekday afternoons) an episode aired called Blast from the Past. OMG! Splinter has lost his memory and its an episode of flash backs just like How it all Began. OMG, it is how it all began. As the season came to a close with an epic 3 Parter (Big Rip-off, Big Break in and Big Blow Out) TMHT finished its run. Err... ok! So we are back in Dimension X after still having not explained how we got stuck there the first time? The years past by, and other things took my interest (mostly girls) But I still wanted answers. Then, some 25 years later, I happend upon a DVD titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Special edition. This consisted of the first 2 seasons of the 87 show. No longer branded Hero Turtles, they where Ninja Turtles. This not only answered all my childhood questions but got me back into the franchise in a big way. Thank god my parents never junked all my toys as immediately got them back down and into the light on display. I also bought a tone of more TMNT stuff including original comics, action figures we didin't have +new ones and the complete original series box set. OMG. This ran for 10 seasons? and we Brits (did I mention I'm British) only had seasons 2-3? I am still making my way through the boxset, midway through season 7, just seen Convicts from Dimension X. I will soon be on to the red sky era and am very excited to see what changes the show underwent. But I still have questions, and maybe you fine people hold the answers? Did season 1 air in the UK a tall? or anywhere in Europe under the TMHT branding? What happened to seasons 4-10? Did they go to another network? Seems foolish of the BBC to have passed on several seasons of a highly rated show? So there you have it guys and girls. My first post! Sorry if it went on to long. Thanks for at least taking the time to read this and maybe one of you will have the answers. I await your reply's. BTW did I mention I'm British? Last edited by AsylumTurtle; 05-01-2020 at 07:35 PM.