When we were younger, Movie 1 was our first taste of the Mirage universe

*CyberCubed* · 09-06-2010, 09:07 PM

Like a lot of people, when I got into TMNT when I was...4 years old or so, all I knew about it was the cartoon. I was way too young to be aware of the comics.

When I saw the first movie when I was 5 or 6, I wondered the following:

1. Why were the Foot Soldiers humans instead of robots?

2. Why was Splinter a pet rat instead of Hamato Yoshi?

3. Why is Raph's personality much angrier?

And of course I also noticed the lack of Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, the Technodrome, etc.

You know what the best thing about Movie 1 was? It gave us (those who were little kids at the time), the first, "taste" of what the Mirage universe was like, and for the first time let us knew there was a different version of the Turtles out there.

Later when I got into the Mirage comics for the first time, I noticed all the similarities to the first movie.

Anyone else have a similar story to this? Only knew about the cartoon, saw how Movie 1 was so different than the cartoon, and then discovered there were other versions of TMNT out there, particularly the comics?

09-06-2010, 09:07 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,831	When we were younger, Movie 1 was our first taste of the Mirage universe Like a lot of people, when I got into TMNT when I was...4 years old or so, all I knew about it was the cartoon. I was way too young to be aware of the comics. When I saw the first movie when I was 5 or 6, I wondered the following: 1. Why were the Foot Soldiers humans instead of robots? 2. Why was Splinter a pet rat instead of Hamato Yoshi? 3. Why is Raph's personality much angrier? And of course I also noticed the lack of Krang, Bebop, Rocksteady, the Technodrome, etc. You know what the best thing about Movie 1 was? It gave us (those who were little kids at the time), the first, "taste" of what the Mirage universe was like, and for the first time let us knew there was a different version of the Turtles out there. Later when I got into the Mirage comics for the first time, I noticed all the similarities to the first movie. Anyone else have a similar story to this? Only knew about the cartoon, saw how Movie 1 was so different than the cartoon, and then discovered there were other versions of TMNT out there, particularly the comics?