Teenage mutant hero turtles?

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Didn't just affect the UK, Norway got most that Hero crap as well.

But most people said Ninja then Hero thanks to the Live Action movie still had Ninja in its title, unsure bout the video games, I can't remember that. But the toys, Archie comics and Fred Wolf series had Hero in it.

but Norway is also the same country where the Christian People Party tried to ban American Superhero comics because Superman did not teach good Christian Family values, no joke.

The first TMNT movie had a age 15 rating

TV3 had a studio in the UK. They boradcasted the show to Denmark, Norway and Sweden. This made the turtles famous as the "Hero Turtles". But there were always videotapes in Denmark, Norway and Sweden using the original titles.

But are there any family values in Superman?

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

But are there any family values in Superman?

Not really, but still, trying to ban Superhero comics are pretty whacked. But not too surprising with which politician that wanted it.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Not really, but still, trying to ban Superhero comics are pretty whacked. But not too surprising with which politician that wanted it.

You really mea they tried to use a law in the parliament of Norway against it, saying something like?
"US superhero comics are banned in Norway. Everyone who's caught by the Norwegian police selling them shall be sentenced to prison."

[Candy Kappa]

Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

You really mea they tried to use a law in the parliament of Norway against it, saying something like?
"US superhero comics are banned in Norway. Everyone who's caught by the Norwegian police selling them shall be sentenced to prison."

basically, yes. There was a serious attempt in the mid 80's to ban American Superhero comics in Norway.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

You really think only Mike's weapons would be targeted if it weren't for the UK?

Why not? It's not just TV stations in the UK that had a problem with Mikey using his chuks. Otherwise the UK and other EU countries would have kept editing out him using his chuks as it had been doing.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Galactus

Why not? It's not just TV stations in the UK that had a problem with Mikey using his chuks. Otherwise the UK and other EU countries would have kept editing out him using his chuks as it had been doing.

So blades and sai's were OK? Mike's chucks were targeted because of the UK banning them. Since Fred Wolf probably didn't want to bother producing two versions of the show they just got rid of them altogether.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

So blades and sai's were OK? Mike's chucks were targeted because of the UK banning them. Since Fred Wolf probably didn't want to bother producing two versions of the show they just got rid of them altogether.

I don't get what you're trying to say? It's ridiculous that anyone would deem swords and daggers as well okay but nunchuks offensive but people do both sides of the pond.

Fred Wolf didn't produce two versions of the show. Whoever edits the show in the UK would do that simply by cutting small pieces were Mike used his chuks or most times the word "ninja" is spoken. Even if they were both allowed in the UK they'd have to do some editing here and there to accomadate the different times UK TV places ad breaks.

[Candy Kappa]

Nunchaku is easier to make then swords and Sai.

[Longview01]

It was amazing when I finally got my hands on the first season of the original Series on Region 1 dvd and there was parts I had never seen before due to the stupid censorship we had here in the UK.

Still got my old TMHT videos and now they are a cool part of my collection

[Shark_Blade]

If I remember correctly, they edited the theme song too. That annoyed me to no end (along with the edited logo. "Hero"? PAH!)

[ZariusTwo]

As messed up as the TMHT theme is, the title sequence they came up with isnt actually all that bad, I loved the shot of the four of them running towards the lake at the end with the dissolve fade logo for one thing. More effective than the U.S one. Plus the UK intro even incorporated Krang into the sequence where as he's left out in the U.S intro.

[JoshDA7X]

When I watched it as a kid I didn't notice and now I just don't care. Censorship is a messed up thing.
And Mr Cubed, I'd rather be living in the UK with 'TMHT' than have to put up with some of the stuff that goes on over in the U.S on a regular basis.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Was the light bulb scene in "New York's Shiniest" also edited out.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

As messed up as the TMHT theme is, the title sequence they came up with isnt actually all that bad, I loved the shot of the four of them running towards the lake at the end with the dissolve fade logo for one thing. More effective than the U.S one. Plus the UK intro even incorporated Krang into the sequence where as he's left out in the U.S intro.

I remember when the movie came out I was confused about whether it was 'The Hero Turtles' or 'The Ninja Turtles'. The thing about is if you watch the Hero intro Michelangelo's nunchucks are supposed to be edited out via using footage from Season 2 but still appear in some shots quite clearly. They didn't even totally remove them so what's the point, either edit them out or leave them in. By the way when Turtles first started in the UK on BBC I was slightly confused when they started with the second season and not the first. It's only a couple years later Sky One showed Season 1 although still as a Hero Turtles edit. But it was better than nothing.

[grungethemovie]

here in Brazil, we're so hardcore we never even bothered to call them "Teenage" and "Mutant" we just call them "NINJA"
And all the kids would make their own nunchakus back in the day, oh..the good ol' times...

if you think about it, Don's bo should have been censored too, it was damn easy to get the stick out of mom's broom and break things all around, oh yeah!

[TMNachoT]

How come foreigners tv stations had so much power to make FW change mike´s weapons?

[JoshDA7X]

Originally Posted by TMNachoT

How come foreigners tv stations had so much power to make FW change mike´s weapons?

It is not necessarily that they had power, more that FW wanted to make it available to as many viewers as possible with as little alteration as possible.

[TMNachoT]

Originally Posted by JoshDA7X

It is not necessarily that they had power, more that FW wanted to make it available to as many viewers as possible with as little alteration as possible.

Ok, thank you. So the tv stations wrote a note or something to FW asking them to make some changes, right? From which episode did FW make the changes? Cheers.

[snake]

What did they replace mikes nunchaku with?

[Discogod]

A grappling hook.