The World Trade Center as the TMNT Saw It

*pannoni1* · 09-12-2011, 07:35 PM

Very haunting after watching that climax in "The Big Blowout". Don says: "The Earth is on its way to Dimension X!" Also, "I'm afraid the Earth is doomed".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrx59ge_gk

It was also that "Enter The Fly" scene that freaked me as a kid. It just shows that without nonfiction, there can be no fiction!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkAQk...ature=related- A special surprise from fantasy to reality!

But what a strange incidence that both fiction and nonfiction meet; I may never see anything like that again in my life!

*gobo* · 09-12-2011, 07:47 PM

*tone-master21* · 09-12-2011, 08:00 PM

That is a great tribute!

prophecy718 · 09-12-2011, 08:40 PM

I applaud her

good job

abit related to the video link but seeing those clips was just too much for me
I was only a senior in high school in Brooklyn (across the river from Manhattan) but I could see the whole thing unfold from the window in my school. Man that was just too much. Rest In peace to those lives lost ten years ago.

*Scandia* · 09-12-2011, 08:41 PM

Great tribute. I am very impressed.

I remember when in one of the tales- I think it involved Donatello- the WTC was there. Even though the story was drawn after 2001, it took place before that terrible day.

Always remember. Never forget.

*CyberCubed* · 09-13-2011, 01:29 AM

Something tells me that if one of the 4kids directors caught the twin towers being put into the background, they would have erased it.

Its actually pretty unethical to see the Twin Towers in a cartoon made in 2003...

*Roseangelo* · 09-13-2011, 01:39 AM

Thanks, everyone. I'm really glad this got such a positive response. It's hard to even begin to think about how to address this topic in general, let alone on a trivial entertainment website, but once I started work on this I think it ended up writing itself.

~~ABrown~~ · 09-13-2011, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Its actually pretty unethical to see the Twin Towers in a cartoon made in 2003...

I don't know. I mean I'm ok with it. Even if I had lost a loved one in one of the twin towers on 9/11/01, I don't think I'd be offended by the towers just appearing in the background. Now recall the Simpsons episode where they went to New York: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cit..._Homer_Simpson. If a cartoon today were to go and actually do an episode featuring the twin towers, then there certainly would be cause for people to be offended. And rightfully so. But I see nothing wrong with just having the towers appear in the background. In a way, I actually think that it can be viewed as paying respect to the lives that were lost on 9/11.

*ToTheNines* · 09-13-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Its actually pretty unethical to see the Twin Towers in a cartoon made in 2003...

I totally disagree. Not that it was some profound statement or was all over the news or anything, but I love the fact that the background artists (and whoever else) defied the terrorists when drawing that scene.

09-12-2011, 07:35 PM	#1
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	Very haunting after watching that climax in "The Big Blowout". Don says: "The Earth is on its way to Dimension X!" Also, "I'm afraid the Earth is doomed". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrx59ge_gk It was also that "Enter The Fly" scene that freaked me as a kid. It just shows that without nonfiction, there can be no fiction! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkAQk...ature=related- A special surprise from fantasy to reality! But what a strange incidence that both fiction and nonfiction meet; I may never see anything like that again in my life! __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power! Last edited by pannoni1; 09-12-2011 at 08:08 PM.

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gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	__________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

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tone-master21 Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 2,152	That is a great tribute! __________________

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Scandia Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,265	Great tribute. I am very impressed. I remember when in one of the tales- I think it involved Donatello- the WTC was there. Even though the story was drawn after 2001, it took place before that terrible day. Always remember. Never forget. __________________ Turtles fight with honor!!!

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09-12-2011, 08:40 PM	#4
prophecy718 Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 312	I applaud her good job abit related to the video link but seeing those clips was just too much for me I was only a senior in high school in Brooklyn (across the river from Manhattan) but I could see the whole thing unfold from the window in my school. Man that was just too much. Rest In peace to those lives lost ten years ago.

09-13-2011, 01:29 AM	#6
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,880	Something tells me that if one of the 4kids directors caught the twin towers being put into the background, they would have erased it. Its actually pretty unethical to see the Twin Towers in a cartoon made in 2003...

09-13-2011, 01:39 AM	#7
Roseangelo Emperor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 9,119	Thanks, everyone. I'm really glad this got such a positive response. It's hard to even begin to think about how to address this topic in general, let alone on a trivial entertainment website, but once I started work on this I think it ended up writing itself.